Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6786, for Benjamin Marvin, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Marvin, Benjamin
Urania, Pamela
NUMBER  W. 6786
B.L. Wt. 26207-160-55
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New York 8091 
Benjamin Marvin of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bell of the Reg commanded by Col Migat [Mygatt] in the Connecticut line for 15 months 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon J. W. Taylor Present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 - $100
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 25 
$125 
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by  G. C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book E  Vol. 4 Page 25
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4646 
New York, Albany 
Urania Samela Marvin 
widow of Benjamin Marvin 
Conn 
who served in the Revolutionary war , as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 7th May 1854. 
Certificate of Pension issued 17th day of November 1854 and sent to A. A Vedder  Schenectady N. York 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 80 Vol. A 
December 29 1854 new Certificate issued and sent to A. A. Vedder Schenectady N.Y.
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34.889 Act March 3 / 55 
April 2 / 55 
Urania Pamela Marvin widow of Benjamin Marvin pri 
War of Revolution 
No. 26207 iss May 21 / 56
[unreadable] Pension Act Feby 3. 1853 
4646 
Boynton
No : 160 acres  May 16 / 56
Boynton
M
Saml H. Marks Albany New York 
Cin S.H. Marks Aug 21 / 55 
WS
[unreadable] 53 - No 4646 
Vols M 1 - 18. -
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Amendment to the declaration of Benjamin Marvin hereto annexed.   
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Saratoga Benjamin Marvin 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 served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following Grades – 
In the years 1778 & 1779 I served as a private , for, not less than nine months In the year 1780 I served as a private not less than nine months. 
In the year 1781 I served in the Marine service as a private, not less than seven months. 
In the year 1782 I served in the Marine service as a private, not less than seven months. 
In the two last tour or terms of service I commenced in the spring of each year and think in the month of May, but cannot mention the time with more precision,
Benjamin Marvin
Subscribed and sworn the 15th January 1833 before me. 
A Goodrich Justice-
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State of New York Saratoga County } ss 
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Alpheus Goodrich, before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justice of the peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. 
Witness my hand and seal of Office the twenty fourth day of January 1833 
A Goodrich Clerk
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I hereby certify, that, being personally acquainted with Benjamin Marvin an inhabitant of the town of Charlton, I believe him to be about seventy years of age, & a man of integrity and truth. It is also my belief, that he is considered, among the community where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and I know of no reason to question the fact.  
Jno Clancey (A clergyman in the town of Charlton)
Charlton Aug 30 18332.
Subscribed and affirmed this third day of September 1832 before me Josiah C. Grant Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit of John Clancy (57
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 6th day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Benj’n Marvin
12.528
Adm’d  [admitted]
15 mo pri
50$
Undefined service as Marine disallowed
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SS  State of New York 
County of Saratoga } ss On this day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting - Benjamin Marvin, a resident of the town of Charlton in said County, aged sixty nine years and upwards, 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 6 June 7th 1832. 
He was born in the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut on the 17th day of November 1762. He has no record of his age, except that left by his parents.  
He resided with his parents at the commencement of the revolutionary war at Brookhaven in Suffolk County, Long Island in said State of New York. In the year 1776, when the British troops took possession of Long Island, he removed with his father's family as refugees to Norwalk, Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut, where he resided when he entered the service of the United States.  Since the revolutionary war, he has lived in said town of Norwalk, and for thirty years past in the County of Saratoga in the State of New York aforesaid, and at present resides in the town of Charlton aforesaid in said County of Saratoga.   
He entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated – 
In the spring of the year 1778, he was enrolled as a private in Captain Bell's Company of Militia, Lieutenant Ealls in the Regiment of Colonel Migat [Mygatt] His other Company and Field officers he cannot
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Recollect.  
The frontiers of the State of Connecticut along the shores of Long Island Sound, were without any permanent fortresses, and had no regular troops for their defence from Horseneck to New London.   Small parties of the British continually made descent on different parts of this unprotected coast, plundering and burning all within their reach. the town of Norwalk as well as other towns on this coast, it is well known, were ravaged and laid in ashes in the summer of 1779 by the British forces under Governor Tryon. The services of the militia of said town of Norwalk (in which this applicant then resided as above mentioned) were during the years 1778 & 1779, continually required in guarding the place.  Of these services he performed his quota during the years 1778 & 1779 aforesaid. But his military services were not confined to this town. He was sometimes ordered out twenty or thirty miles from Norwalk to different posts and passes, where it was reported the enemy had made incursions. The militia of his Regiment were divided into classes who performed duty alternately. In consequence he was not out all the time, yet he conscientiously believes, that the period for which he served as aforesaid exceeds Nine months. In the month of May 1780, he went out with said Regiment to Horseneck aforesaid which place was retained as a military post during the whole war. This Regiment was the only one stationed at this post. He performed garrison duty there for the term of six months making the whole term of his service in the militia Fifteen months. That this deponent was in service and at the affair & burning of Norwalk.  Part of the shipping of the enemy in Long Island sound, consisted of vessels, which although larger than [unreadable] from their resemblance to, whale boats were usually designated by that name. These vessels cruised in said sound, & greatly aided the enemy in their offensive operations against us. The Connecticut assembly fitted out similar vessels to cope with those of the British, and Governor Trumbull commissioned officers to command them. He (the applicant) entered this marine service in the Spring of the year 1781,
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He then enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Martin, and continued to serve in said Company two Campaigns consisting of at least seven months each, to wit, in the years 1781 & 1782 while in the marine forces he was in several severe engagements with the enemy in which lives were lost and prisoners taken. He assisted in taking a large schooner and other prizes. Thus the whole period for which he served his country in the war of the revolution exceeds Twenty Eight months.  
His recollection does not serve him sufficiently well to give the names of any of the regular officers whom he knew, or the companies with which he served in the revolutionary war. Except Colonel Migat [Mygatt], Captain Bell, Lieutenant Eells, Captain Stephen Martin.  
He never received any written discharge from the service, has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service.  As to his character for veracity, good behavior & services as a soldier in his neighborhood he refers to James Merrill,  Thomas Palmer and Charles McCabe of said town of Milton where I formerly lived.  
He hereby relinquishes every claim what ever 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. 
Benj’n Marvin
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid 
Thomas Palmer Clerk
 We James Merrill residing in the town of Milton in the County of Saratoga and Charles McCabe residing in the said town of Milton a Clergyman do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Marvin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty-nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that of we concur in that opinion. 
Charles McCabe
James Merrill 
Sworn & Subscribed to in open court 
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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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 Benjamin Marvin was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that John Clancy who has signed the annexed  certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Charlton in Saratoga County and that Charles McCabe who has signed the preceeding certificate & James Merrill who has also signed the same are residents in the town of Milton in said County and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. and that the said Charles McCabe is a Clergyman of said town of Milton.  
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application, Benjamin Marvin for a pension and that Josiah C. Grant is Justice of the peace of said County, and that he subscribed the annexed certificate to the affidavit of John Clancy.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 6th  day of September in the year of our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred & Thirty two. 
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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Declaration
of Urania Pamela Marvin in order to obtain the benefit of the 2d Section of the Act of 3d February 1853.  
State of New York  
Schenectady County 
Schenectady } ss   On this 11th day of October 1854 Personally appeared in Open Court before me Stephen H Johnson County Judge of the County of Schenectady in the State of New York, Urania Pamela Marvin to me known, a resident of the town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga and State foresaid, aged seventy one years, who first been duly sworn according to law on her oath makes the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3. February 1853 granting pensions to the widows of persons who had during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Benjamin Marvin who was a private in the revolutionary Army, that said Benjamin Marvin resided in the town of Charlton in the County of Saratoga aforesaid of the time of his death and that he was a pensioner of the United States & was pensioned under the act of June 1832, and that he drew an annual pension of fifty dollars which fully appears from the Certificate now in her possession granting him said pension bearing date the 11th day of March one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty three, Signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War, and Countersigned J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, which said Certificate is herewith Surrendered.  
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Marvin on the 6th day of August 1840 and that they were United by
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by marriage by the Rev John Clancy who performed the Marriage ceremony of his own house in the Town on Charlton and who was there,  the settled Pastor the Presbyterian Congregation in said town of Charlton in the County Saratoga aforesaid and her Husband died on the 7th day of May 1854, that she was not married to him prior to the first January Eighteen Hundred but at the time above stated.  She further declares that she is now a widow and further that before she married to Benjamin Marvin she bore the name of Hall which name she acquired by a former Marriage & that she was a widow at the time she married Benjamin Marvin and was Known & distinguished as the widow Hall and that her Maiden name was Minor.   
Urania Pamela Marven 
N B. Her the word "was" between 2d & 3d lines from top of page interlined before sworn to.  
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me 
S. H. Johnson 
County Judge of Schenectady Co 
State of New York 
Schenectady County }ss  I certify that on the 16 day of October 1854 before me Stephen H. Johnson County Judge of the said County of Schenectady in Said State, personally appeared the Rev John Clancy to me well Known, and after being duly sworn makes the following declaration on oath, that he resides in the Town of Charlton Saratoga County in the State aforesaid & has resided with the Execution of an Absence from April 1846 to May 1849 there for the space of nineteen years and upward last past.  That he is well acquainted with Urania Pamela Marvin now the widow of Benjamin Marvin, late of the said Town of Charlton and Deponent further States, that he was well acquainted with
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with said Benjamin Marvin during his life time and further States, that Urania Pamela aforesaid before she married said Benjamin Marvin Bore the name of Hall and was known and distinguished as the widow Hall.  Deponent further States, that said Benjamin Marvin & Urania Pamela Hall were United in Marriage by him said deponent on the 6th day of August 1840 at his own House in said town of Charlton in the presence of his wife and Timothy Marvin, son of said Benjamin who also is dead, and deponent further says that on the said 6th day of August when he married the said Benjamin & Urania Pamela, he was, and had been for the space of fourteen years previous the settled Pastor of the Presbyterian Congregation of the said town of Charlton, & that the said Benjamin Marvin & the said Urania Pamela, his wife were both members & Receiving communicants in good in his Church at the time they were married by him the said pastor.  And Deponent further states that the said Benjamin Marvin Died on or about the 7th day of May last past at his own House in the town of Charlton aforesaid, that he saw him a corpse and attended his funeral. And further states that he has understood that said Benjamin was a United States pensioner when he died.  
And this Deponent further, from his own knowledge States, the Urania Pamela Marvin described in & whose signature appears at the bottom of the Application & declaration hereto Annexed is the same individual & the same Urania Pamela Marvin herein Alluded to & Described as the Widow of Benjamin Marvin aforesaid, the pensioner and this deponent further States that there was on Entry of Record of said Marriage made by her in the book containing the Record of Marriages of the Church  of which he believes the following to be a true Copy, “ August 6th 1840 at my House Mr Benjamin Marvin Farmer aged 74 years to Mrs Urania Pamela Hall House Keeper aged 58 years witnesses Timothy Marvin, Miller and Marther A Clancy House keeper, all of Charlton & John Clancy”   but that the book containing the Record is not before him but positive there is a Record made of said Marriage.
John Clancy
Sworn to and subscribed
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Before me this 16th day of October A D 1854. and I certify that the within named John Clancy is a credible Witness 
S. H. Johnson 
STATE OF NEW-YORK. 
COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, ss. 
CLERK' S OFFICE. Clerk. 
I MARVIN STRONG, Clerk of the County of Schenectady, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That S. H. Johnson Esq. before whom the foregoing two Affidavit in subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, the County Judge in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said County Judge and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavits and Certificate is genuine. 
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 16" day of October 1854. 
Marvin Strong
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Before me this 16th day of October A D 1854. and I certify that the within named John Clancy is a credible Witness 
S. H. Johnson 
in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said County Judge and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavits and Certificate is genuine. 
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 16" day of October 1854. 
Marvin Strong
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[Revolutionary Widows.] 
DECLARATION.   
State of New York 
County of Saratoga } ss   
On this Twenty sixth day of March A.D. 1855 before me, Alex Davidson Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, personally appeared Urania Pamela Marvin Seventy two years, a resident of Charleton in the State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress approved March 3d, 1855. 
That she is the widow of Benjamin Marvin, who was a private in the Revolutionary War; that, on account of the services of her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Marvin in said war, she now receives a pension at the rate of $50  per annum, under the act 3 February as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington. 
She further declares that she is now a widow; that she has never before applied for nor received any Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress. 
Claimant's Signature. Urania Pamela Marvin
We, Joseph L. R. Valentine and Nathan H Brown residents Charlton in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Urania Pamela Marvin in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Joseph L R Valentine 
Signature of Witnesses. 
N. H. Brown 
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Magistrate.  Alex Davidson 
Justice of the peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK 
SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK' S OFFICE, SS. 
I, JAMES W. HORTON, CLERK OF THE SAID COUNTY, do hereby certify, That Alexander Davidson and was on the day of the date of the above DECLARATION and CERTIFICATE a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and that the signature to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 27 day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
James W. Horton CLERK.
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October 1, 1936. 
BA-J/ILL 
Benjamin Marvin 
W. 6786 
Mrs. John C. Cochrane 
1023 8th Avenue South 
St. Cloud, Minnesota. 
Dear Madam: 
The data which follow were found in pension claim, W. 6786, based upon service of Benjamin Marvin in the Revolutionary War. 
Benjamin Marvin was born November 17, 1762, in Sharon, Connecticut ; the names of his parents were not given. He resided with his parents in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and, after the British took possession of  Long Island, moved with them to Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.   
While a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted, served on various tours in the years 1778 and 1779, amounting in all to nine months as private in Captain Bell's company, Colonel Mygatt's regiment of Connecticut militia, engaged in the defense of Norwalk and other adjacent towns, and was at the burning of Norwalk. He enlisted in May 1780, and served six months as private, stationed at Horseneck, Connecticut, names of officers not given. He enlisted about May 1781, and served seven months as a marine, Captain Stephen Martin, and again, in May 1782, served another seven months under that same captain; during this marine service, he was in several severe engagements, and assisted in taking a large schooner and other prizes. 
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Norwalk, Connecticut, until about 1802, then moved to Saratoga County, New York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 1832, at which time he resided in Charlton, Saratoga County, New York. He lived there until his death which occurred on May 7, 1854. Benjamin
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Marvin had been a member of the Presbyterian Church of Charlton, New York, for many years.
The soldier married, August 6, 1840, Mrs. Urania Pamela Hall, then a widow, her maiden name Minor; the name of her former husband and the date of that marriage were not given. Benjamin Marvin and said Urania Pamela Hall were married at the home of the Presbyterian Minister of Charlton, New York; Timothy Marvin, the soldier's son was present at this marriage. The name of Timothy's mother and his age were not given. 
Urania Pamela Marvin, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Charlton, New York, aged seventy-one years. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents were not given. She had resided in Charlton then about seventeen years. 
In 1854, the soldier's son, Timothy Marvin was deceased. No reference was made to any other children. 
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following: 
Urania Pamela Marvin, widow of Benjamin Marvin 
Certificate #4046 
Issued November, 1854 
Rate $50 per annum 
Commenced May 7, 1854 
Act of February 3, 1853. 
New York Agency. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER. 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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5/14/1939   
Veterans Administration 
Washington D.C 
[stamp] RECEIVED MAY 16 1939 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #11
Dear Sirs
Will you please send me copy of application for pension, made by Benjamin Marvin. He was at that June 1787 or 1794, a resident at Alburgh, Franklin Co Vermont, moving there from Long Island & New Canaan Conn.  
Thanking you for your help in this matter. 
Very Truly (Mrs. L. Lee) Hazel Hilton Dunlap 
80 Ottowa Drive Pontiac Michigan
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40963 
Revy INVALID.   
File No. 40963 
Benjamin Marvin 
Capt Rev War
Act: 18th March 18” 
Index:- Vol. 5 , Page 506 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1939 July 10 hist to Mrs L. Lee Dunlap
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Urania Pamela Marvin
Wid
Benjamin
Boynton
Mr. Cole
Recd Novr 8th [unreadable]
[stamp] SCRANTON NY NOV 6
FREE
L. P. Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D. C.
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26 207
May
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NY 8091
Urania Pamela Marvin
Wid
Benjamin
[stamp] SCRANTON NY NOV 6
Boynton
Recd Novr 8th [unreadable]
FREE
L. P. Waldo Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D. C.
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The vouchers for any claim that may be pending in this case must accompany the enclosed papers agreeably to the rule of the Comr & Auditor.
Robt J. Munn Auditor 
Pen off, Oct 19 1854 
Sir
Benjamin Marvin N Y. Act 1832 $50 a year. Please say to what time paid 
R J Atcheson Third Auditor 
Very Respectfully  
J. Cole Chief Clerk Pens Off
Triplett
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Penn Off Nov 9” 1854
Sir The Certificate of Benj Marvin filed in this case was this day returned to M.A. Vedder of Schenectady, N.Y. to enable the heir to claim the arrears of her husband at his death.
Boynton
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NAMES. Pamela Marvin Widow of Benjamin   RANK. Private     ACT. 2d Sect. 3 Feb 1853    ANNUAL AMOUNT. $50.   COMMENCEMENT OF PENSIONS. 7th May 1854.   CONTINUATION OF PENSIONS. Widowhood 
Ent’d in Ledger A Act 3d Febry 1853 Page 143
PENSION OFFICE, 24th Oct., 1854.  
SIR: Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.  
Respectfully,
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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Brief in the case of  Urania  Pamelia Marvin Saratoga County and State of New York act 3 February 1853 
Claim, 
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
New certificate issued in lien of one dated 17 Nov 1854, which was incorrect 
(If for increase) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?  
A. A. Vedder Name and residence of Agent Schenectady, N.Y. 
S. Cole Examining Clerk.
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Brief in the case of Urania Pamela Marvin County and State of New York act 3 Feb 1853  2nd Sect.
Claim, (original or for increase) 
Proof exhibited, (if original) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.  
Name incorrect in old pension certificate being written Pamela Marvin.  Now corrected to Urania Pamela Marie 
(If for increase.) 
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of claim? If so what?
Name and residence of Agent 
A A Vedder
Schenectady NY, 
R. McRae Examining Clerk
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State of New York 
Schenectady County Novr 6th 1854 
Dear Sir 
The Certificate issued to Urania Pamela Marvin from the pension office, Granting her pension of $50 – as the widow of Benjamin Marvin bearing date the 24th October 1854 was duly received by  me she being desirous of drawing the Arrearages due her Husband at the time of his death (which event happened on the 7th of May last) (to wit)  from the 4th of March Last to said 7th May to enable her to do so she will require the Original Certificate of her late Husband, which was surrendered and accompanied her application for the pension by me above refered to -  please have the goodness to forward it to my address on the receipt of this. 
Respectfully Yours &c A.A. Vedder 
L. P. Waldo Esq 
Comr of pension
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Pamela Marvin 
5740
Widow of Benjamin 
Schenectady Co N.Y. 
Admd. [admitted] 3 Feby 1853 
15 Mos for $50 per annum from May 1854, when of he died.   
Cert to 
A A Vedder Esq 
Schenectady Ny
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Brief in the case of Pamela Marvin Widow of Benjamin 
Schenectady County and State of New York-
act 3 Feby 1853 
Claim, (“original”) 
Proof exhibited (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. 
Her husband was pensioned under the act of a June 7 1832 at $50 a year (service proved in his papers) 
Necessary to be proved in her case – Marriage, his death & her identity as his widow. All of which is proved by J. Clancy, the clergyman who married her and by the return of his pension certificate.
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk
Name and residence of Agent 
A A Vedder Schenectady NY
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State New York 
Schenectady 16th October 1854 
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the Application of Urania Pamela Marvin to obtain a pension as the widow of Benjamin Marvin &C. 
The Result of it you will please to Communicate to me at Schenectady 
Respectfully Yours &c. 
A.A. Vedder 
L. P. Waldo Esqr Commissioner of Pensions
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Mrs Marvin 
Payment to be made at Albany by
James M French 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 3d, 1853, Page 80 Vol. A 
G. T Getty Clerk.
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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 Urania Pamela Marvin widow of Benjamin Marvin who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Fifty dollars per annum, commencing on the 7th May 1854 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.  This Certificate is issued in lieu of one dated October 24th 1854.
Given at the Department of the Interior this Seventeenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and four
R. McClelland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned.  L P Waldo 
Commissioner of Pensions.
1854 [unreadable] 17 [unreadable] pensioners N. York until her decease
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Payment to be made at Albany by
Jas M. French Agent for paying Pensioners, in the gency of New York 
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 80 Vol. A. 
W. R. Wilson. Clerk.
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for the purpose preventing confusion or difficulty I herewith return the annexed Certificate to have it [unreadable] so as to have the name Correspond  with the name in the Application, 
it should read Urania Pamela Marvin.  
L. P. Waldo Esq Commr &c A. A. Vedder Schenectedy N. Y.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb May 3, 1853, Pamela Marvin widow of Benjamin Marvin, Deceased, who was a  Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fifty dollars per annum, commencing on the 7th May 1854 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 Twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 
R McClelland 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Examined and Countersigned. 
L.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
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Department of the Interior. 
WIDOW'S PENSION. 
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb May 3, 1853, Pamela Marvin widow of Benjamin Marvin, Deceased, who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fifty dollars per annum, commencing on the 7th May 1854 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 Twenty fourth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 
R McClelland 
Secretary of the Interior. 
Examined and Countersigned. 
L.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
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Schenectady 26th Number 1859 
Dear Sir 
You will bear with me for troubling you so often.  
I sent you back the first Certificate because the pensioners first name was omitted (to wit) Urania.  I return the accompanying one because it reads 1804 instead of 1854.  
Would it not be best to send the enclosed back with the word (fifty) interlined - and save the additional work of Copying.  Should a new one be sent [unreadable] the reasons why it was best. 
I called at the pension Agents office to day for the purpose of collecting the pension for the 7th May untill the 4th September but he refused to pay it & told me I must send it back to get it corrected.  The accompanying is the voucher which Mr French refused to pay.  
Mr French also told me that it was believed that Isaa Truax, was dead on the 4th of Sept last when his pension was paid & that additional Evidence is required that he was alive at that time.  I [unreadable] & shall furnish you as much Evidence as you can reasonably require that he died on the 22 of December Inst 1854 & was buried on the 23d last Saturday & I was invited as one of the beares but did not go on account of the extreme coldness of the weather.  He left one Son & two daughters - And I have this day been Employed to prepare the papers to enable them to obtain the arrearages from the 4th of last September 1854 untill the 22 December 1854.  
Respectfully yours &c 
A. A. Vedder
L. P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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October 1, 1936. 
BA-J/ILL 
Benjamin Marvin 
W. 6786 
Osias Perry
S. 43832
Mrs. John C. Cochrane 
1023 8th Avenue South 
St. Cloud, Minnesota. 
Dear Madam:  
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Osias Perry, S. 43832, Benjamin Marvin, W. 6786, and any James or Joseph Clark of Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania. 
The records of Osias Perry and Benjamin Marvin are furnished herewith as found in the pension claims noted above. No records could be identified as those of the James and Joseph Clark in whom you are interested. 
Very truly yours, A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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[unreadable] on file in this Bureau. Benjamin Marvin Wid. File 6786
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1778 & 1779   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   9 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Bell  Colonel Mygatt  STATE.  Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos  RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Stationed at Horseneck  STATE.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   May 1781   LENGTH OF SERVICE.   7 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Stephen Martin in Marine Service    STATE.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.   May 1782   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  7 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Stephen Martin in Marine Service     STATE.
Battles engaged in,  buring of Norwalk, assisted in taking a large schooner and other prizes.  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Norwalk Fairfield Co Conn 
Date of application for pension, Sept. 3 1832.  His cl. was al. [his claim was allowed]  
Residence at date of application, Charlton, Saratoga Co NY   
Age at date of application,  born at Sharon Conn Nov  17 1762   
Remarks: died May 7, 1854 at Charlton N.Y.  Soldier lived at Brookhaven Suffolk Co. Long Island at commencement of Rev. He married at Charlton N.Y. Aug 14 Mrs Urania Pamela Hall, whose maiden name was Minor, she was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 11, 1834, while a resident of Charlton N.Y. aged 71 years.  Timothy Marvin Soldier's son was not alive in 1854.  The Rev. War pension records fail to show a claim for Col. Benjamin Marvin.
Very Respectfully,
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[stamp] SAINT CLOUD MINN SEP 14 1230 PM 1936
[stamp] [unreadable] ONE CENT 1 JEFFERSON 1
[stamp] THIS SIDE OF CARD FOR ADDRESS
[stamp]  RECEIVED SEP 16 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM
The Pension Dept
Washington D. C. 
Revolutionary War Records
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The Adjutant General 
Dear Sir: 
1. Please give me all date, birth, death etc of Ozias Perry, private Conn. and cost, application number S. 43832.  
2. Benjamin Marvin Norwalk Ct. Widow Urania Palmer recieved pension; No. 6786 - full data on this please served in N.Y. regt 
3. James Clark (if any) --- Fayette or Westmoreland Co. Pa. or Joseph Clark, same place
Respectfully. 
Mrs. John C. Cochrane 
1023 Eighth Ave. S. 
St. Cloud, Minn.
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COUNCILMEN 
FIRST WARD, V. HERMANN
2ND  WARD C.M. KELLY
3RD WARD W. H. BABCOCK
4TH WARD H. G. NICHOLS
5TH WARD N. P. ELLIS
CITY OF WAVERLY, IOWA
J.Y. HAZLETT, MAYOR
HW
COUNCILMEN AT LARGE
H. C. SCHLUTSMEYER
H. A. THIES
E. A. SCHIEFELBEIN City Solicitor
J. W. ZOLLER, Marshal
W. WEIDITSHKA, Treas.
WAVERLY, IOWA Is the county seat of Bremer county, and has a population of 4,000. Located on the Illinois Central , Chicago Great Western, Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific and Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroads. Thus Waverly has unsurpassed Railway facilities -- on main lines to the following cities: Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul, Minneapolis , Omaha, Kansas City and Sioux City. FACTORIES WANTED Waverly has a Beet Sugar Factory, capacity 600 tons of beets per day; a Brewery which cost $150,000; the Largest Corn Canning Factory in the state, annual output 3,000,000 cans; a Condensed Milk Factory, capacity 100,000 pounds of milk per day; Butter Tub Factory; Sash and Door Factory: Planing Mill; Largest Stone Crushing Plant in the state, employing 200 men; Caphenin Chemical Co., manufacturing chemists; one Large ┃ Nursery; Bottling Works; Wartburg Publishing House, employing thirty people; two Grain Elevators, two Cigar Factories; Ice Cream Factory. Waverly is particularly favored as a location for coming great enterprises . She has only started upon an era of manufacturing and is open to receive new enterprises. Waverly is a clean, healthful town, located on the banks of the beautiful Cedar river with excellent drainage and sewerage. Supplied with pure artesian water from a flowing well 1,700 feet deep. The water works system and the electric light and power systems are owned by the city, both plants are operated with water power, the water power also being owned by the city. It is not the intention of the city to make money, hence electric light and power and water rates are very liberal to consumers . First Class Fire Department. Waverly is surrounded by the richest farming and dairying country in all Iowa, producing more corn and milk per acre than any county in the state. Waverly has paved streets. Two telephone systems with rural lines; Free Public Library; Opera House; Lutheran Orphans Home; Wartburg College; Mercy Hospital; Parochial Schools; Seven Churches; Three Banks with deposits of $1,500,000; Six Rural Mail Routes, Driving Park; Public Parks; and the Best Public Schools in the State. 
Waverly, Iowa, Dec. 3 / 10. 
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 
Sir:- 
Will you kindly inform me whether your records show that William Puryer Reeves was pensioned as a soldier of the Revolutionary War, whose home before enlistment, was Saybrook, Connecticut; also whether your records show that Benjamin Marvin was a colonel and pensioned as a Revolutionary War soldier, who resided at Long Island, New York, prior to his enlistment.
Very respectfully, 
J. Y. Hazlett 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D DEC 5 1910
[stamp]  DEC 6 1910
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One 2 cent stamp rec’d.
OK AS
HW
Stamp Ret’d 
Jackson Michigan
Oct. 19 1915
Chief of Pension Dept
WI Rev Sec
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir
Have you among the pension records, a record the dates of birth and death of of Benjamin Marvin a Revolutionary officer who enlisted
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from Charlton, Saratoga County New York?  If not both have you the date of death?    
I have written to the New York State Library, and to the of Town Clerk of but have not been able these dates. 
If you cannot
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find them, can you of me where I may be able to get this information.  
Thanking you very much 
I am Very Respectfully 
Louise M. Hollon 
416 First St 
Jackson Mich
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A OCT 22 1915
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ADT 3-871
RECORD DIVISION. 
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Briefed by A Ward. 6/12/10 
Claim No. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant.
Soldier Benjamin Marvin 
Service N. Y. 
Additional Services Rev 
lived on Long Island prior to enlistment 
No claim, State records 191. 
No claim, combination records , 191  
no other Inv, below 40000 
Ser.  F. 40,963 (N. Y) no mention of living on Long Island no other Ser, [unreadable] from 40,000 No. Wid., “ “ except Wid. 6786 ([unreadable] , N.Y. ) found on Long Island
No. Rg at all 
Chief Division
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1910 Dec. 10 Hist. to Hon. J. Y. Hazlett V. L.M. 
1915 Oct. 26 Hist to Mrs. Louis M. Hollow V. L.M. 
1906 Oct. 1 Hist. to Mrs. John C Cochrane  J. L.L.
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 6786 
Urania Pamela Marvin 
Wid Benjamin Marvin 
Pvt Rev War 
Act: Feby 3d 1853 
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 4,646.  
New York. [unreadable] 
Pamela Marvin 
widow of Benjamin Marvin who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 7th May, 1854. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Oct, 1854, and sent to A. A. Vedder Schenectady N. Y.  
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 80 Vol. A 
W. R. Wilson 
Rep’d [reported]
Ltr to A. A. Vedder Nov. 9" 1854,
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July 10, 1939 
BA-J/MCS   OWN
Benjamin Marvin, S. 40963 
Mrs. L. Lee Dunlap 
80 Ottawa Drive 
Pontiac, Michigan 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Benjamin Marvin who served in the Revolutionary War and lived in Alburgh, Franklin County, Vermont. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 40963, based on the military service of Benjamin Marvin. 
The date and place of birth of Benjamin Marvin and the names of his parents are not shown. 
On June 28, 1775, Benjamin Marvin was commissioned first lieutenant in Captain Daniel Griffing's Company in Colonel James Clinton's Third New York Regiment and early in 1777 he was placed in Captain Jackson's Company in Colonel Henry B. Livingston's Fourth New York Regiment, serving as lieutenant; he was in the battles with Burgoyne's Army, September 19, 1777, and October 7, 1777, (battles of Stillwater) and during these battles he commanded his company, Captain Jackson having resigned, and he received his commission as captain shortly after the capture of Burgoyne; Benjamin Marvin resigned April 24, 1778, on account of ill health caused by the fatigues of the second battle of Stillwater.  His place of residence when he entered the service is not shown. 
Benjamin Marvin was allowed pension on his application executed March 28, 1818, at which time he was living in Alburgh, Grand Isle County, Vermont, aged eighty years and stated that he had lived in that county for more than twenty-five years,
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In 1820 Benjamin Marvin was living in Alburgh, Vermont with his son and he stated that his wife was not living (names of son and wife not shown) and that he had no children under his care. There are no further data relative to the family of Benjamin Marvin. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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[WIDOW'S ACT OF 3D OF FEBRUARY, 1853, SECOND SECTION.] [Sold by Gould, Banks & Co., Albany]
STATE OF NEW YORK, 
Saratoga County, } ss   
Be it known that before me N. H.  Brown a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Urania Pamela Marvin and made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original Certificate, in her possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy: 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.  
I certify that in conformity with the 2nd section of the act of February 3, 1853, Urania Pamela Marvin widow of Benjamin Marvin Private who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list, at the rate pf Fifty dollars  per annum, commencing on  continuing for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is the not payable after the time of such marriage. This certificate is [unreadable] of one dated October 24 1854.  
Given at the Department of the Interior this Seventeenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.   
Examined and countersigned, R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior.
L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions 
That she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the above mentioned Benjamin Marvin that she now resides in the Town of Charlton said County and has resided there for the space of fourteen years thereto she resided in New York City last past, and that previous thereto she resided in New York City.  
To the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied. 
the word fifty Erased before Execution being omitted in the original
N. H. Brown Justice of the Peace 
Sworn and subscribed this fourteenth day of December 1854. 
N. H. Brown Justice of the Peace 
Urania Pamela Marvin 
Amanda Brown Witness to Pensioners signature.
Know all Men by these presents, That I, Urania Pamela Marvin of Charlton a pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint A. A. Vedder of Schenectady my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in  my name to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying pensions in the city of Albany, my pension from the 7th day of May 1854 to the 4th day of September 1854. 
Witness my hand and seal this fourteenth day of December 1854. 
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF N. H. Brown 
Urania Pamela Marvin
Amanda Brown  
STATE OF NEW YORK. 
Saratoga  County. } ss  Be it Known, That on the fourteenth day of December 1854, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Race in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared to Urania Pamela Marvin above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned. 
N. H. Brown 
N.B. The Deposition as well as the Power of Attorney, must be signed by the Pensioner; and every interlineation, erasure or alteration of a word or figure, must be noted in due form by the Magistrate. If the Pensioner makes a mark for her signature, there must be at least one witness in addition to the magistrate to each signature. Two witnesses are always required to the Power of Attorney.