Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5822, Abraham Bishop, Conn.
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Service
Conn.   Bishop, Abraham  W 5822
                          Charity BL Wt 26563-160-55
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New York

Abraham Bishop of (illegible) in the State of New York
who was a private in the comp. commanded
by Captain Mills of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Mead in the Connecticut line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 80 dollars ____ cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Oct. 1833___and (illegible)

Arrears to the 4th of '31   $200
Forward allowances ending in '34  40
$240
Revolutionary Claim 
On June 7, 1833
Recorded by (illegible) clerk
Book E Vol 4 Page 89
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State of New York
Genesee County}ss
.
On this 15th day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee, Abraham Bishop of the town of Middlebury in the said County aged
Seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he was
born in the town of Old Durham in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut on the 24th day of July in the year, one thousand seven hundred and Sixty two.
That in November 1778 he resided in the town of Hartland
in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, and went into
the service as a substitute for Sargeant Israel Williams, to guard the prisoners taken under General Burgoyne, their kept at the guard to which I belonged had charge of the second division of
Hessians, and in this service I was out two weeks, and then returned home
That in July 1779, he was drafted at Hartland
and served at Horse Neck two months, under Captain Thomas Gidius, in Col Matthew Meads Regiment, and was most of the time kept upon guard, or "look out" " That before my return
home received orders, or a request from his father to stay at  Horse Neck, as the substitute of his said father, who had been drafted
to go to that place, for two months; that he did stay, and served the two months, for which his said father had been drawn, under
Captain Benjamin Mills of New Hartford, and in Col Mead's Regiment
That in the month of November 1777 he enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops for twelve months, under Captain Chap(illegible)
(whose Lieutenants name was Amos Hubbel) in Col. Seth Bubus (?) Regiment, but receiving a furlow he returned home, and remained until
the month of May following, when he returned to Horse Neck and
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served the remainder of the time for which he had enlisted some times upon scouting parties, some times as a guard, and a part of the time was stationed, at Quaker Ridge, North Carthe(?) and at Horse Neck
Before returning home, and in May 1781 he
again enlisted under Captain Benjamin Mills, in a Regiment under the command of Daniel Waterbury for twelve months, and
served the time, for which he enlisted principally at Horse Neck
After the expiration of the year above mentioned and in the spring
of 1782 he again enlisted for twelve months, under Capt. Abner Granger in Col Samuel Caufields Regiment, and served the time
for which he had enlisted, at the same place viz Horse Neck
That during the summer of 1781 while at Horse Neck, he was on duty as a "station guard, one half the time, for three months. That he has no written discharge or documentary
evidence and that he knows of no persons except those who have
signed the annexed certificate who can testify to his service
That he had record of his age now at his residence
That his resided since the war in the town of Shoreham in the County
Addison and State of Vermont thirty years and for the last Seventeen years he has resided in the town of Middlebury in the County of Genesee
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That the Hon
Isaac Wilson & General Phinehas Stanton residents of the town of Middlebury in the said County of Genesee live in his neighborhood are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution

Subscribed & Sworn to this day
& year aforesaid in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk

Abraham Bishop
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18091

Abraham Bishop

asmd

C.J.

William Mitchel
Bethany Genesee County
New York
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WAR DEPARTMENT, Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined
and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form
On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: })
You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
Period when the service was rendered:
1778
Sub
1779
drafted
1779 Sep
Sub
Nov 1779
enlisted
May 1781
enlisted
1782
Duration of the claimant's service.
1778  14 days
sub
1779   2 months
Drafted
1779   2 months
Sub
Nov 1779   1 year
enlisted
May 1781 1 year
enlisted
1782  1 year
Rank of
the
claimant:
Private
as
as
as
as
as
Names and Rank
of the Company
officers under
whom he served.
 Capts
Gidins
Mills
Chapman
Mills
Granger
Names and Rank
of the General
and Field officers. ┃
Cols
Mead
as (referring to Mills)
Barber
Gen Matus (?)
Buby
Col Canfield
Battles in which
the applicant was ┃
engaged.
None
Country through which he marched
Horse Neck
Quaker Ridge
Horse Neck
Great Neck

Place of abode
when he entered
the service, and a
at the present
Hartland Hartford
County
Connecticut

Evidence by which the declarations is supported:
Living witness as to part
Part Traditionary


aged
70 years

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers", all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.

Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of}ss
County of
On this _____day of________personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of____
in the county of
and State, Territory or District of_______aged (c)
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)___with___and
served in the____(e) regiment of the______line
under the following named officers.
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I_____of the Court of_____
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of_____
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the_____
and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_______ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be_____
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
{And then will follow the certificate of the Court}.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I___________Clerk of the Court of ______ do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of that the foregoing
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ____day of ____&c

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will full
(Footnotes)
(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance
(b)The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c)The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise the claim cannot be had; Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite
as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making his affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared b before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c A.B. who being duly sworn, deposeth, and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
intellect, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as
months and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f)The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g)The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
(J) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses
 and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (l) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note (J) applies to continental troops only.
(K) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witnesses cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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State of New York
Genesee County ⎬ ss
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the said County Abraham Bishop who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he he served not less than than than the periods mentioned
below and in the following
That in the year 1778 he served as a substitute for Sargent Jual (?) Williams under Capt Thomas Giddens fourteen days. In this service he did Sergent duty but had no wounds.
That in the year 1779 he served as a private Soldier four months two months of which time was a substitute for his father whose name was Abraham Bishop, and the other two months upon his own draft.  This service was in Capt. Thomas Giddens Company and
Capt. Benjamin Mills Company in Col. Mathew
Meads Regiment
That in 1780, and 1781, he served as a private soldier one year in Captain Chapmans Company in Col. Seth Becker' Regiment
Capt. Benjamin Mills Company in the Division
commanded by General Waterbury who had the immediate command of the regiment. That there was no Colonel of the regiment. (something illegible is inserted here) That in 1782 and 1783 he served in Captain Abner Grangers Company
in Col. Samuel Canfields Regiment one year.
That from the time of his enlistment in November 1779 he was continually in the service under the different officers above named three years without intermission. Making in the whole of my service in
the war of the revolution the time of three years four months and fourteen days.  Three years and four months of which I served as a private Soldier and fourteen days as a Sergent for which I claim a Pension and further Saith not.   Abraham Bishop

Sworn and Subscribed before
me the 21. June 1839
Charles S Cone Justice of the Peace
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State of New York

State of New York
Genesee County} ss


I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of said County
certify that Charles S. Cone before whom the
within affidavit purports to have been taken
and made was at the date of taking the same
a Justice of the peace in and for said County
and that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of said Justice and verily believe his
name subscribed to said affidavit is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name and seal of office this first
day of July 1839
Timothy Fitch Clerk
By B. Reigh Deputy
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(On the left side of the page)
Letters Testamentary and Copy of Will
___________________
The People
vs
Charry Bishop
E 4 of (illegible)
Abraham Bishop Ds

Recorded in (illegible) 1 of 
Letters Testamentary & of Administration of 
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H. Putnam Sur (abbrev. for surrogate)

(on the right side of the page, written vertically)
(First line illegible)
of said surrogate at Attica this
twentieth day of January in this year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
H. Putnam Surrogate
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT.

To all to Whom these Presents Shall come or may concern, Send Greetings:
KNOW YE, That at Attica
in the county of Wyoming on the twentieth
day of January
one thousand eight hundred and forty two before Harvey Putnam Surrogate of our said county, the last will and testament of
Abraham Bishop
deceased
( a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed of by us; and the said deceased having, whilst he lived, and at the time of his death goods, chattels, and credits,
within this State, by means whereof the proving and registering the said will, and the granting administration
of all and singular the said goods, chattels, and credits, and also the auditing, allowing
and final discharging the account thereof, doth belong unto us; the administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his
will, is granted unto
Charity Bishop
executrix in the said will named she having first taken and subscribed an oath faithfully and
honestly to discharge the duties of such executrix
the said
Charity Bishop

hereby requiring you
to make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to your hands, possession or knowledge; as also to make, or cause to be made, duplicates of such inventory and cause the same to be signed by the appraisers, and the same so made and signed, that you make return thereof to the Surrogate of
the said county, within three months from the date hereof.

In Testament WHEREOF, we have caused
the seal of office of our said Surrogate, to be hereunto affixed.
WITNESS H Putnam
Surrogate of said
county at Attica
aforesaid the twentieth
day of January
in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two
H. Putnam
Surrogate.
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Copy
The last will and Testament of Abraham
Bishop of the town of Middlebury (?))
County of Genesee and State of New York
In the name of God Amen
I, Abraham Bishop of Middlebury in the
County of Genesee, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and any work in body and but of sound and perfect mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last Will and
Testament in manner and form following.

First. I do will, order and direct that all
my lawful debts be paid out of the
first money we shall come into the
hands of my Executrix after my decease

Secondly I do give and bequeath to my
daughter Julian Hamilton, Lucinda Maria
under husbands name I do not know and Caroline Langworththy ('and' lined out)
all such (illegible)  apparel  which may
belong to me at my decease to be equally
divided among my said daughters.

Thirdly- I do give bequeath and (illegible)
unto my beloved wife Charry Bishop all my
Estate both Nat. and personal of which I
may die seized whether in law or Equity
excepting my wearing apparel as aforementioned
to (illegible) former
And I do hereby appoint my said wife
Charry Bishop sole executrix of this
my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made
In Witness whereof I there hereunto set my
seal the 29th day of March 1834

(Note: Charry is their nickname for Charity)
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Signed, sealed, published and Declared by
the above named Abraham Bishop
to be his last will and testament in
presence of us who have herunto set
one names as Witnesses in the
presence of the testator and at his
request-
William Mitchell Bethany Green County
John Sill - Bethany Green County

State of New York
Wyoming County}ss
I, Henry Putnam Surrogate
of said County do hereby certify the prececing
to be a true copy of the last will and Testament
of Abraham Bishop deceased which has been
duly bound and (illegible) in said Surrogates
office and Letters Testamentary which are
hereunto annexed granted therein
Witness the official seal and Signature
of said Surrogate at Attica this
twentieth day of January in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight
hundred and forty two-
H.  Putnam Surrogate
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(on the left side, top of the page)
Let. to A. L. Lynde
June 17th 1855
(Right side of the page)
N York Albany
Charity Bishop
widow of
Abraham Bishop
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary
as a private
scribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars  00
cents per annum, to commence on
(illegible) February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 
7th day of June 1853
and sent to
A. L. Lynde
Warsaw N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act (illegible) Page 69(?) Vol A
1832
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State of New York
Wyoming County }
On this first day of March 1853 here personally appeared before the Surrogate Court in & for said county, Charity Bishop a resident of Middlebury in said county of Wyoming aged 66 years who being duly sworn according to law on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by  the act of Congress of February of 1853 & of the other acts relating to pensions.  That she is a widow of Joseph Bishop who was a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner of the United States at the date of his death at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum. That she was married to the said Abraham Bishop at Middlebury in the said county of Wyoming on the 2nd day of August 1830 by Esq Potter a Justice of the peace in and for said county and that her husband the aforesaid Abraham Bishop died on the 3rd day of November  1841 that she was married to him at the time above stated.
She further swears that she was a widow on the 3rd day of February 1853 that she has not enter married since the death of the said Abraham Bishop but is now his widower and that she has never before made application for a pension. That she has no record of her marriage.
Charity Bishop (signature)
Subscribed Sworn in open court
this 1st day of March
AD 1853  Witness my hand and official seal
M Trall county judge
Acting as Surrogate
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(Left side of the page)
22.336  Act signed 3/55
March 29/55
________
Charity Bishop, widow of Abraham Bishop
______
War of the Revolution
________
Rec Pension Act Feby 3,, 1853

Feby 53  64'0
_________
Boynton
(ill) 160 (ill) May 15/56
(illegible signature)
_________
A. L. Lynde 
Warsaw N.Y.

(Right, top of the page)_
(illegible) Feby 13 1855
(Written vertically, right margin)
Feby 27/56 Let to agent. Buffalo N.Y.

(bottom of page)
Vol B1-140
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22.336
Application of Charity Bishop for 
Bounty Land 
Act of March 3 1855
A.L. Lynde
Warsaw
New York
atty
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Wyoming County ⎬
State of New York}ss

On this 16th day of March 1855 personally
appeared before me Orlando Kelly a Justice
of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Charity Bishop aged Sixty nine years resident of Middleburg in the County & State aforesaid
who being duly sworn declares that she is widow of Abraham Bishop deceased who was a private in the Revolution and a
Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum That she is unable to set forth the particulars in relation
to his services and refers to the proofs upon which his pension was originally granted for evidence of his services.
She further states that she was married to the said Abraham Bishop at Middlebury in the State of New York on the 2d day of August 1830 by Esq Potter a Justice of the peace
that her name before her said marriage was Charity Perry that her said husband died at Middlebury on the 3d day of November AD 1841 and that she is now a widow- that she
has received a pension under the act of Feb 3, 1853 as the widow of said Abraham Bishop & hereby refers to the proof filed in support of her said claim for evidence of her marriage with said Abraham Bishop & of his decease.
     She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act passed March 3d 1855 never having received bounty land
& not knowing that she is entitled except for the above service and she believes that no bounty land was ever received by her said husband and she hereby constitute and appoints
Albertus L Lynde of Warsaw New York her true & lawful attorney to prosecute the above mentioned claim & to receive the bounty land warrant to which she may be entitled
Attest
William A. Mollison
Alma Perry
Charity Bishop

Sworn to and subscribed & acknowledged
before me this day and year first above written, and on the same day personally
came before me William Mallison & Alma Perry
residents of the said town of Middlebury & known to me  as credible witnesses who being duly sworn declare they are personally
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acquainted with Charity Bishop, widow of Benjamin Bishop,
who has made & subscribed the foregoing declaration that they
were personally acquainted with Abraham Bishop & his wife
during the life time of the former & know that they lived together
as man and wife & were reputed to be such & they know that the
said Abraham Bishop was the identical person who
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States that
he is now dead and that the said Charity is now  a widow and they further swear that they are not interested
in the claim of the said Charity Bishop
Sworn & Subscribed before me and 
I certify that I am not interested
in the said claim or concerned
in its prosecution
Orlando Kelly Justice
(signatures)
William A Mallison
Alma Perry
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
W.F.5822       3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of______
received________for
a statement of the military history of Abraham Bishop
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Nov. 1778  
July 1779
Nov 1779
May 1781
Spring 1782

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
2 weeks
4 mos.
1 year
12 mos
12 mos

RANK,
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Gibbs    guarding prisoners
Thomas Giddens  
Benjamin Mills
Chapman
Benjamin Mills
Abner Granger


COLONEL.
Matthew Mead
Seth Bube
Gen'l Waterbury
Samuel Caulfield

STATE.
Conn.

Two months of this tour (July 1779) he
substituted for his father Abraham Bishop

Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hartland, Hartford Co, Conn
Date of Application for pension, Oct 15, 1832
His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application for pension, Middlebury, Genesee county N.Y.
▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓
Age at date of application, b. July 24  1762 at Old Durham Hartford Conn.
d. Nov 3, 1841 at Middlebury N.Y.

Remarks:
He mar Aug 2 1830 at Middlebury N.Y.
 Charity Perry
.She was al. pens. on an application executed Mch 1 1855
While a resident of Middlebury N.Y. aged 66 years
Daughter Julian Hamilton,  Lucinda Marian and Caroline Langworthy
Respectfully,

Commissioner
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(top left corner of page)
1915 Aug. 6 Hist to Wm. W. Cone.
S (?).L.M.

(Main Page)
Revy  Widow, &C.
File No. 5822
Charity Bishop
Wid.
Abraham Bishop
Prvt. Rev. War
Act: 1832
Index:--Vol A, Page 62
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Revolutionary Claim 
of 
Charity Bishop

(Then an illegible signature)
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Appl. of Charity
11879
Bishop widow of
Abraham
Wyoming County, N.Y.
20900
Act of Febry: 1853

Rev:
Admitted $80 per Annum
Commencing 3rd Feb. 1853
A. L. Lynde
Warsaw, N.Y. 

(Vertically, right margin)
Department of the Interior
Pension Office, Official Business
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Mr (?) Isaac Wilson, Judge of Genesee Common Pleas and General Phinehas Stanton of Middlebury in the County of Genesee, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Bishop who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be of the age of Seventy years & that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn in open Court the fifteenth day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch, Clerk
(signatures of) Isaac Wilson, P. Stanton

And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interogatories (Sp) prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Phinehas Stanton and Isaac Wilson who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the town of Middlebury in said county and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Robert Earll
James Taggart
William Mitchell}
Judges of Genesee County

J. Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the court of Common Pleas do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Bishop for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub. my hand and Seal of Office this fifteenth day of October 1832
Timothy Fitch, Clerk
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Jonathan Allen of the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario, states that in the time of the Revolutionary War, he was drafted to perform a tour of duty in guarding the prisoners belonging to Genl. Burgoyne's Army from (illegible) in the State of Connecticut (Illegible) that he performed said service, that Abraham Bishop of the Town of Middlebury in the County of Gennesee was a soldier in said service with him, that they served under Capt Gibbs--and that they were act. said service two weeks--says that on or about the month of July (or thereabout) 1778 he performed a term of service as a substitute for Theophilus Allen in the Connecticut Militia, that the said Abraham Bishop was also a soldier in said service--that they served in the Regiment commanded by Col. Matthew Mead in Capt. Thomas Giddens company stationed at Horse Neck, in said state of Connecticut and that after their discharge and when in their native homes the said Abraham Bishop received a line from his father stating that he had been drafted for a term of two months, and that he said Abraham must return and serve out the term as his substitute to which the said Abraham assented and returned--that he resides in the town of Hartland in the State of Connecticut from the commencement until after the close of the Revolutionary War--that he afterwards removed to Whitestown in the State of New York where he lived three years and from there to the town of Bristol where he now resides.
Jonathan Alan
Sworn and subscribed this 12th day of July, 1832
Horace Pennell, Justice of the Peace
I Horace Pennell the justice before whom the foregoing affidavit with Jonathan Alan was taken do certify that (ill) well acquainted with the said Jonathan Allen and that the said Allen is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit. 
Horace Fennell, Justice
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State of New York
Ontario County} ss
I Charles Crane acting Clerk of the Said County certify that Horace Pennell before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jonathan Allen purports to have been taken and made, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and well acquainted with the signature of the said justice subscribed to said affidavit and to the certificate of the credibilityu of the witness and verily believe the same to be his proper hand writing. 
In Testimony, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed my seal of office, this twelfth day of June 1833.
Charles Crane
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State of New York
Livingston County}ss
Jeduthan Crosby of Leicester in said county, being duly sworn before Geo. W. Patterson, a Justice of the Peace of said county, doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Abraham Bishop, now of Middlebury in the county of Genesee and state of New York and formerly of Hartland in the county of Hartford State of Connecticut. That during the revolutionary war, this deponent knew that the said Abraham Bishop started from Hartland aforesaid to go and join the American army and that after being absent some months, he returned and if was then and there reported and believed that the said Bishop had been in the army, and this deponent further saith, that the said Bishop spent one winter, during the revolutionary war, in the said town of Hartland, where he was out on a furlow, and that the said Bishop started in the spring following from Hartland for the purpose again of joining the army and further this deponent saith not.
Jeduthan Crosby
Subscribed and sworn
July 14th, 1832 before me
Geo. W. Patterson J.Peace
I George W. Patterson the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jeduthan Crosby was taken do certify that I am well acquainted with the said Jeduthan Crosby who has sworn to and
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subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that the said Jeduthan Crosby is a credible person and that full faith and credit aught (sp) to be given to his testimony.  Geo. W. Patterson

State of New York
Livingston County}
I. Chauncey R. Bond, Clerk of this said County certify that George W. Petterson before whom the foregoing affidavit of Jeduthan Crosby purports to have been taken and made was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of the said Justice subscribed to the said affidavit and to the certificate of the credibility of the witness inn testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of office this 11th day of June 1833.
Chauncey R. Bond Clerk
By. S. G. Haven Dep Clerk

Secretary of War
Washington City
Sir, Please to make such (ill for three words) to the written application as (ill for three words) you may think proper to William Mitchel of Bethany (?) (ill) County New York. 

(Vertically, right side of the page)
J. Crosby
Aff
July 14, 1832

Admd
24 mo.for 80$

(Left Margin, vertical)
Abraham Bishop
Application 18097
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I William Tillotson Town Clerk of Middlebury
in the County of Wyoming & State of New York
hereby certify that in my official capacity I have
the custody of the records of said town and that there is no record in my office of the marriage of Abraham Bishop & Charity Perry, Dated at Middlebury this 7th day of April 1853 Wm Tillotson, Town Clerk

State of New York
Wyoming
County ss ⎬
On this 7th day of April 1853 before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace
in & for said County personally appeared William Tillotson above named to me well known to be the Town Clerk of the said town of Middlebury in said County and made oath in due form of law that the above certificate by him subscribed is just & true. & I certify said deponent to a credible witness
A. W. Blackmer Justice
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State of New York
Wyoming County}ss
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county personally came Naomi Worden, Huldah Perry (?), Stephen Worden, Archibold Worden
and upon their oaths by me to them severally administered according to law depose & say that they were well acquainted with Abraham Bishop deceased, during his life time & with his widow Charity Bishop that the said Naomi Worden aunt of the said Charity and the said Huldah Perry, Stephen Worden, Archibald Worden are her cousins. that they are well acquainted with said Charity before her marriage which took place according to their best recollection in August 1830, that they were not present at said marriage but knew when it was reputed to have occurred & that after the date of said marriage the said Abraham & Charity lived together as husband and wife until his death without reproach & were reputed in the community to have been married at the date above mentioned. That the said Abraham Bishop was a pensioner of the United States and died at Middlebury in said county in the month of November 1841. That the said deponents
Naomi Word & Archibold Worden
attended his funeral. That the said Charity was known & called by her friends Charry, but her true name was Charity & she was a widow on the 3rd day of February 1853 & is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 4th day of April 1853 & I certify the deponents to be persons of good character & entitled to credit.  
Orlando Kelly, Justice of the Peace
(signatures of ) Naomi Worden, Huldah Perry, Stephen Worden, Archibold Worden.
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State or New York
Wyoming County
I Nathan P. Currier County Clerk of said Country hereby certify that at the date of the several affidavits hereunto annexed which purport to have been made before Orlando Kelly & A.W. Blackman Esquires the said Kelly and Blackman were Justices of the Peace in & for said county duly elected and qualified & their signatures to said papers are genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at Warsaw in said county this 7th day of April 1853

N.P. Currier Clerk
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Warsaw, Wyoming Co. New York
June 10, 1853

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Sir, I have received the Pension Certificate of Charity Bishop under the act of Feb 3, 1853, the act provided "That the widow of all officers, non commissioned officer musicians and privates of the Revolutionary Army who were married subsequent to January 1, (ill) 1800 shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner as those who were married before that date"
the evident intention is this act is to extend the provisions of the act of July 29, 1848 to these widows & to place them upon the same footing in all respects. Yet the certificate of Mrs.  Bishop fixes the date of the commencement of her provision upon the 3rd February 1853 instead of March 4, 1848. 
This limitation of the provisions of the act of Feb. 3, 1853 appear to me so utterly at variance with its obvious import that I beg leave to call your attention to it & to express a hope that on a review of the law you will deem it proper to change the date of the commencement of this provision to March 4, 1848. I enclose the certificate in order that the proposed correction may be made
Very Respectfully
A.L. Lynde
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Warsaw, New York
April 7, 1853
Hon. L.P. Waldo
Enclosed please find the application of Charity Bishop for pension under act of Feby 1853. I trust that the proofs will be satisfactory to establish her claim.  The old Pension Certificate of her husband was surrendered with the other vouchers upon which she recovered the small balance due him at his death
Very Respectfully
A.L. Lynde
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Brief in the case of Charity Bishop, widow of Abraham Bishop.
Wyoming County and state of New York
act of 3rd February 1853
Claim (original)
Proof exhibited (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832
Marriage proved by parol testimony (there being no record proof)--and witnesses certified to be credible.

(if for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? Is so, what?

A.L. Lynde
Warsaw
Name and residence of agent
New York 

(illegible signature)
Examining Clerk
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(left side of the page)
File with her case being left on Comp. Table Feby (ill) 1865
For Middlebury 36 before Sept 4, 53
pensions (?) in (ill)

Charity Bishop
2d Sec/B NY 640/53

(right side of the page)
Charity Bishop
Payment to be made at   by
Albany
J.W. (ill) Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners, in the agency of 
New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th march

Recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd, 1853, Page 69, Vol. a
Clerk
H.R. Weightman
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Department of the Interior
Widow's Pension

I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Charity Bishop
widow of Abraham Bishop
who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3rd of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this Seventh day of June 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
R McClelland
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
L.P. Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Buffalo New York
June 15 1853

Hon Geo. C Whiting
Bounty Land Warrant No 26563 for 160 as in favor of Charity Bishop, widow of Abraham Bishop a Pensioner in the Revolutionary War dated May 19, 1856 is in my hand.
Mrs. Bishop died while her application was pending and before the date of her warrant.
I see by the papers that a recent act of Congress vests the rights of Mrs Bishop under the act of March 3, 1855 in her heirs, will you do me the favor to send my a copy of this act & the instruction to carry the same into effect.
Respectfully
A.L. Lynde
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William Whitney Cone
Compiler of the Cone Family
Now compiling the 
Bishop Family History

Brandsville, Mo  July 31 1915

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear sir;  I would like to get the pension record of  Abraham Bishop who was bapt in Durham Conn. July 25 1761 (possibly born 1760) 
He rec'd a pension beginning Mar 4 1831, applied for pension while living in Genesee Co, N.Y.  He served in "Connecticut Continentals". This is all the information that I can give and would like as full information as you can give me. 
Yours very truly,
W.W. Cone
P.S. Any family mention would be of exceeding value to me.