Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26547, for Joseph Torrance, Connecticut
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Service: Conn.

Torrance, Joseph
Sarah

Number: W 26547
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[illegible]
Feb 27 1846

7566 Albany
New York
Sarah Torrance, Decd.
widow of Joseph Torrance
who was a Private & Corpl
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843 and terminate on the 25th Feb. 1844 the day of her death.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of February, 1846 and sent to
Hon. Wm DeMott
House of Rep
[Act of March 3, 1843]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 87
Payable to ____, Anna Trumbull
____ Torrance only surviving children
_____
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Died May 3, 1834
Rep. June 1835

1443
Vermont
Joseph Torrance 
of Addison in the State of Vermont
who was a Private and Corporal in the company commanded by Captain Bostwick of the Reg. commanded by Col. Enos in the Connecticut line for 12 months as Corporal 44.00
5 months as Private 16.66
$60.66

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 60 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of November
1832 and delivered to S. Haight
Present

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832    90.99
Semi=anl allowance ending 4th March 1833   30.33
$121.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by M. Duffield,  Clerk
Book D Vol. 4  Page 87
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1728
Vermont
Admittence

Corporate 12 mo. 44.00
Private 5 mo. 16.66
$60.66

Send to Judge Haight
Present.
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BRIEF in the case 
of Joseph Torrance
of Addison, Addison Cy
in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court of Probate
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
July In 1776
Spring 1777
Spring 1778
6. ┃
7. ┃
8. ┃
Years,
Duration of Service.
Months,
5 ┃
---
6
Days.
┃ About 6

Rank.
As a
Private
Corporal
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Thadeus Lacy, Col Herman
Swift - dischd on the 1st Dec
Capt Reuben Bostwick, Col
┃ Roger Enos.
Capt Cirich, Col. Canfield
Connecticut Troops
5. In what battles
was he engaged?
Battle of Danbury, and Several Skirmishes
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service
Woodbury Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witness as to the service of 1777
Traditionary as to the best, supported by testimony in accordance
with the regulations
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect:
they are perfect
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Rob Lowles
Examining Clerk.
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State of New York ⎬
Essex County
On this 23rd day of December 1841 Sarah Torrance
a resident of the Town of Jay in the County aforesaid
aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the
act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 Entitled "an Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows. That she
is the Widow of Joseph Torrance deceased who was a private
in the Army of the Revolution as to the particulars of his services she has no means of ascertaining or stating as all such
Evidence was transmitted to the war department at the
time he obtained his Pension and she has no doubt may
there be found.  She further declares that she was married
to the said Joseph Torrance in the month of November 1782
and that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Torrance Died on the
3rd day of May 1834 that she was not married to him previous
to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous
to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four
Viz at the time above stated, and at his death was a Pensioner of the
re. Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written 
[illegible] on the 23d day of Dec 1841
Sarah Torrance
 Judge of Essex to Co [illegible]
I also certify that the above named Sarah Torrance
is not able by reason of bodily infirmity to appear in
open Court to make the above [illegible]
[illegible]  23-- Dec 1841 -
Judge [illegible]
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State of New York. J. Edmund F. Williams Clerk of the
County of Essex ⎬ Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of
the County aforesaid do certify that Nathaniel S. Storrs
Esq whose name is subscribed to the forgoing affidavit
and Certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and duly
Commissioned and sworn residing in the said County and
duly authorized to act as such and further that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge
and verily believe that the signatures within "N.J. Storrs to
be genuine
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my
Official Seal at the office of Clerk
of said County this 27th day of
December A.D. 1841
of J. Williams Clerk
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Joseph Torrance
No 1828
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State of Vermont
District of Addison
On this 9th day of August 1832, personally appeared in
open Court before the Probate Court for the said district
of Addison, being a Court of record now sitting, Joseph
Torrance a resident in Addison in the County of Addison,
aged seventy three years last May, who being first duly sworn
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7.
1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers and served as herein stated
at Woodbury in the State of Connecticut About the first of July 1770 
do not recollect the day, but recollect the crops of wheat were beginning to get [illegible]
 I enlisted into a company commanded
by Capt Thaddeus Lacy in a regiment commanded by
Colonel Heman Swift after I enlisted, I went through
Litchfield, [illegible] to Canaan in Connecticut, where I was
mustered, thence we were marched to Bennington in
Vermont, where we remained one day - thence we marched
to the South end of Lake Champlain, then called Skeenes
borough, now Whitehall. He lodged one night in
Sheeves Stone barn;-- thence the next morning went on
board a boat in Wood's Creek, & went by water to Fort
Ann: At this place were barracks erected & we remained
there a week or fortnight - thence we returned on boats
to Skeenesborough and thence by Lake Champlain to
Mount Independence, opposite to Ticonderoga.
Here were stationed until near the expiration of the
term of my enlistment, which was five months, at
this time with forty others were sent to the head of Lake
George for the purpose of prowing boats for the regiment
and when we returned with the boats, the regiment
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were ready, and immediately marched to outlet of Lake
George, where we embarked, and rowed to the head of
that lake, landed and soon after the regiment being [illegible]
we were all dismissed together, our term of enlistment
having expired, which was on the first day of December
none of us had any written discharge. There I was left
to find my way home, about two hundred miles as I
could. When I first arrived at Mount Independence,
there were several Connecticut regiments, and among
them Colonel Barrells, and we left them there, their
times not having expired.-
In the spring of the year 1777, enlisted for six months,
at Woodbury aforesaid, as corporal in a company
commanded by Capt. Reuben Bostwick of Newtown
Connecticut, in a regiment commanded by Colonel
Roger Enos. We marched to Fishkill on the North River,
when I was mustered I served on the lines moving
from place to place in the neighborhood of the
North River and New York, at White Plains, West Chester
& guarding the lines against the Tories & British
While stationed at Crump Pond, I was sent out with a
detachment of about two hundred & fifty men apart
from our regiment and apart from Colonel Meigs
Continental regiment, the whole and the command
of Lt. Colonel Smith, [illegible] regiment, the object of which was to
[illegible] and  take a band of tories under the command
of Colonel Delaney, which had much annoyed our troops
We marched to West Chester, through White Plains, We arrived in
the neighbourhood of the enemy just before dark, and were
there ordered to halt  & leave our packs and after dark, we
marched into West Chester, seeing some tories [illegible]
and about day light, just as the morning gun at
the fort was find, we arrived at the house of Delaney
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and demanded it, and took him prisoner, while in  Col. Delancy was left on his [illegible] of honor, what the other prisoner belonging to his corps of  [illegible] to the number of forty one, with [illegible] cattle [illegible] brought back to the regiment. At the end of [illegible] month, for which I enlisted, we were discharged at Horseneck, -but had no written discharges. [illegible] campaign [illegible] of the year 1778, I enlisted into a company commanded by Captain Couch, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield, of the Connecticut State troops and served until fall or winter - the exact term of enlistment and [illegible] not able to [illegible], but it was not told for six months: - After my enlistment, I went to Danbury, Connecticut - from Danbury we went to Horseneck, - [illegible] to Maroneck (sic), New York - and were moving from place to place, until our term of enlistment [illegible] what [illegible] are [illegible]. Besides the above campaign, I was called out on three alarms - one at the time of the attack on Norwalk - at the time of the burning of Danbury, and at the time of the burning of [illegible]. I was in a battle at the time the British front landed at Norwalk, just at day break, in which are succeeded in [illegible] term back on board their [illegible] and I was in  [illegible] battles at Danbury, - two on Sunday the other  on Monday in [illegible] we succeeded to drive the British on board. In the last battle my brother was wounded. I was [illegible] obliged to carry him home on [illegible] which took us [illegible] days. In all these [illegible] in the service [illegible] then his wake.
I had no written discharge in any case; but the regiment was discharged together, when the term of this enlistment [illegible] And I have no documentary evidence [illegible] and know of no other evidence of my service, [illegible]
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the affidavits annexed: I was born on the 7th day of
May 1759, at Woodbury Connecticut; I suppose my birth
was recorded in Woodbury, but never saw it, & have no
other record; but depend upon my recollection. I continued
to reside at said Woodbury until after the war, when I
removed to reside a few years at Coxsackie, New York
thence I moved to Vermont and have resided in word
Towns, Sandgate & Arlington in Vermont & Jay in New Yorkl
until about eighteen years ago, I removed to Addison,
where I have since resided:- I refer to Elder Carpenter,
a Clergyman who has recently come to reside in Addison,
and Henry Brevort & Gideon Seeger Jun Esquires in
my present neighbourhood, who can testify as to my
character for veracity, and their belief of my services
as a soldier of the revolution.
And the said Joseph Torrance 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.
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year               his
aforesaid                                                 Joseph   X   Torrance
                                                                           mark
Saml Swift, Judge
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Warner
Opposition
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Chittenden )   27th November 1823
County       ) I Jabez J Warner of Jericho
County of Chittenden & State of Vermont
of lawful age testify & say that I was in
the Revolutionary army in the year 1777
with Joseph Torrance. He was in the Regiment
commanded by Roger Enos in the company
commanded by Reuben Bostwick he belonged
to the Connecticut line was in actual service
about six months. I further state that John
Torrance of Addison in Addison County Vermonyt is the Identical person mentioned above
sd Torence served as Noncommissioned officer
He joined the Regiment at Fishkill New York
& was discharged at Greenwich Connecticut
further your deponent saith not
Chittenden                               Jabez T. Warner
County ss
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 6th November 1829
Wm S Richardson Just Peace
for Chittenden County Vermont
I hereby certify that the above deponent
is in my opinion a credible witness
Wm G Richardson
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B Maswell Clerk of
Chittenden County Court do hereby
certify that William P Richardson
before whom and at the time when
the foregoing deposition was
taken was a Justice of the Peace
acting under the authority of
this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto
at my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
at Burlington this 7th day of November AD
1829
Nathan B Maswell
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Essex County ss Say 9th Nov. 1829
I Lucy Torrance of Jay County of Essex and State of
New York of lawful age testify and say I was knowing
to Joseph Torrance going from home in July in the year
1776 and gone five months and that it was said he was in actual service in the revolutionary army which your depo-
nant verily believes to be true that he the said Joseph
Torrance was in a Regiment commanded by Colonel
Heman Swift and Company commanded by Capt Thaddeus
Lacy of the Connecticut line, And your deponant
further saith that in the year 1778 the said Joseph Torrance
went from home in the spring of the year and was gone Eight
or nine months, that it was said the said Joseph was in actual
service during said time in the Revolutionary army in a
Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Campfield and Company under the command of Capt. Couch and Lieut Timothy Castle
of the Connecticut line all of which your deponant verily believes
to be true, and further that the said Joseph served as a non-
commissioned officer and was in the action at the burning
of Danbury, and your deponant further testifies that
Joseph Torrance of Addison in Addison County
Vermont is the identical person above mentioned
                                                                     her
                                                             Lucy  X   Torrance
                                                                    mark

Essex County ss. Personally appeared before me Lucy Torrance
whose name and mark appears affixed to the above
affidavit who being duly sworn made oath and subscribed
to the same before me this 9th day of Nov. 1829
Thaddeus Bowman Justice
I further certify that in my opinion the above deponant
is a credible witness
T. Bowman J. Peace
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State of New York
Essex County I Leonard Stow Clerk of the County of Essex do herby certify that I Thadeus Bownson whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
County duly appointed and sworn and authorized by law to administer Oath &
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 11th day of November in the year 1829
Leonard Stow Clerk
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Smith Justice Peace
I William Storrs Clergyman residing in the
town of Shoreham formerly in Addison in the
County of Addison, & we Henry Brevoort
& Gideon Seeger Jr residing in said Addison
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
Joseph Torance who has made application for a pension that we believe him to be Seventy three 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
                                                                Henry Brevoort
Sworn & Subscribed this 10th                 Gideon Seeger Jr 
day of August 1832                                William Storrs
Before me Henry Smith Justice Peace

State of Vermont)     Shoreham August 11th 1832
Addison County )   Personally appeared William Storrs
the signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath
that the same contained the truth and nothing
Before me Joseph Smith Just Peace
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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 was a revolutionary solder
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them, that William Storrs, who has
signed the preceding affidavit is a clergyman resident
in Shoreham in the County of Addison, and late a resi-
dent in Addison in said County, and that Henry Brevort
and Gideon Seeger Jun who have also signed the same
are residents in said town of Addison of respectable
standing, and are credible persons, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Saml Swift Judge
State of Vermont
Addison County
I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court
for the said County of Addison, do hereby certi-
fy that Henry Smith, before whom Henry Bre-
vort & Gideon Seeger Jun were sworn to the
foregoing certificate, and Joseph Smith 2d
before whom William Storrs was sworn
to the same are Justices of the peace for said
County and their respective names subscribed
thereto are their own signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court this 13th day of August 1832
Saml Swift Clerk
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State of Vermont
District of Addison  I Harvey Bell, Register of the Probate
Court for the said District of Addison, do hereby
certify that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of Joseph Torrance for a
pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and af-
fixed the seal of said Court this 13th day of August 1832
Harvey Bell Register
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Payment to be made
at Albany
by T. W. Olcott Esq
Agent for paying pension-
ers in the Agency of Granby  New York



Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A Vol-
ume 2 Page 87 by
Tho.. Lumpkin
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States
, of the 3d March, 1843, Sarah Torrance dec late
of New York, widow of Joseph Torrance
who was a private the war of the Revolution, and
entitled to receive a pension at the rate of Sixty
dollars and sixty six cents per ann. commencing
on the 4th March 1843, and terminating on the 25th
Feb. 1844 the day on which she died; which  
payable on the production of the
proper vouchers to David Stickney, Anna Trumbell
and Hasting Torrance only surviving Children
of Sarah Torrance decd

Given at the War Office of the United States
this 11th day of February
one thousand eight hundred and forty six

Secretary of War.
Examined and
Countersigned. }

Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Woodbury
July 30 1841
Be it remembered that on said date
and at said place personally appeared
before the helples a Notary Public duly
appointed commissioned and
Sworn under the law of said State
Mrs Ruth Mitchell of said Woodbury
whom I have known for ten years
& more & certify to be a creditable and
reputable witness and being first duly
sworn on oath declares that she
is now aged eighty two years old
and was born in Woodbury and
resided there many years untill after
the termination of the Revolutionary war
and was well acquainted with
Joseph Torrance who was an inh-
abitant of said Wooldbury and
was acquainted with Sarah Mitchell
a Daughter of Elijah Mitchell, & recolect
that before the year 1785 Joseph Torrance
was married to said Sarah at Woodbury
aforsd. I think about three or four years
??? year 17?? before 1785 as it was said
then currently reported I believe the
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same date of the Township and
remember hearing of the circumstances
I remember it llitler as the Sarah
had a child to from
In the year 1785
my father removed from Woodbury
to Greenville New York
Afte their marriage I
saw them often & they lived together as
man and wife at Woodbury
and I also knew them as Greenville
where they lived together as man
wife
They came from an earlier
period than 1785 in repetion to
be man & wife to retend and
right and in County had a family
                                                     her
                                           Ruth   X   Mitchell
                                                    mark
(?????) in
presence of
Chas A Phelps
Lewis Hurd
(?????) & Sworn
before me
Chas B Phelps Notary
Public
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of Joseph Torrance, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his
widow's)application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 26527
DATE OF ENLITMENT	LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVISE WAS RENDERED	     	STATE
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                                     CAPT		                   COL		
							
July 1, 1776	                 5 mos	         Pvt	                      Thaddeus Lacy	             Heman Swift                          Conn
Spring 1777	                 6 mos	         Corpl	               Reuben Bostwick	     Roger Enos		                       "
Spring, 1778	                 6 mos	           "	                        Couch		             Canfield	                               "	
	                                 6 weeks	              called out on alarms at Norwalk
                                                                       Danbury and Essex
		

Battles engaged in, with Delancey Light Horse, Norwalk & 3 at Danbury
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodbury Com-
Date of application for pension, Aug. 1832 His cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Addison, Addison Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, born at Woodbury Conn May 7 1759 & died at Jay, Essex Co N Y.
May 3 1834
Remarks:  Sol mar at Woodbury Conn. Nov-1782 Sarah daughter of
Abijah Mitchell. She was al pens on ap, ex. Dec. 23. 1841 while res, at Jay N.Y. age 80
and she died Feb. 25, 1844. The following children were mentioned Catharine mar
David Stickney, Anna Mar, Simeon Trumball, and Hastings
Very respectfully,
as last battle at Danbury his brother name not stated was wounded
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8 -- 505.
Record DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Dec. 2, 1907.
Searched by Gill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier, Joseph Torrance
Service,
Rev. War
Remarks.
no claim except
Wid 26, 547

Chief of Division.
2749864-07
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6554
Albany New York
Sarah Torrance
widow of Joseph Torrance decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 3d May 1834
of Essex Co. in the State of N.Y.
who was a priv & Corp in the Compy. commanded
by Captain Bostwick of the Regt commanded
by Col Enos in the Connt
line for 8 months Private
           12 "     Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y.
at the rate of 60 Dollars 67 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Febry
1842 & sent to Hon. T. A. Tomlinson
House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841                    $303.35

                                                                         $303.35
Act July 7,
1838
Recorded by D. D.  Addison Clerk
Book A   Vol. 20    Page 107
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State of New York ⎬
Essex County ss.           Be it remembered
that on the second day of September 1841 Personally
came before me Isaac Finch Esq one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County Charles
Purmort a person to me well known and a Repec-
table witness who being duly sworn says that he
was for many years personally acquainted with
the late Joseph Torrance a Revolutionary Pensioner
and Sarah his wife that the said Joseph Torrance
died in the Town of Jay in sd County in the Month
of May 1834 that he attended his funeral and that
Sarah Torrance the person that that subscribed this
within affidavit is the widow of the said Joseph
Torrance Deceased
                                  Charles Purmort
Sworn & Subscribed
this 2nd day of September 1841
before me Isaac Finch Justice
of the Peace
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Sarah Torrance
Ovid
NY
Act 7 July 38

Hon. T. A. Tomlinson
H. R.
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Wid Torrance
Application for a
Pension
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State of New York
Essex County                          Be it Remembered
that on the 1st day September 1841 person-
ally came before me Isaac Finch one of the
Justices of the Peace in and for said County Lewis
Torrance a person well known to me and is
considered a credible witness who being duly
Sworn deposeth and saith that has been acquain-
ted with Sarah Torrance for near sixty years and
knows her to have been the wife of Joseph Torrance
Deceased during that period of time that the within
Deponant Sarah Torrance is the Widow of the sd
Joseph Farrance late a Revolutionary Pensioner
that said Joseph Torrance Died in the Town of
Jay in the County aforesaid on the 3rd day
of May 1834 that he saw him die and fur-
ther Deponent sayeth not
                                                     Lewis Torrance
Sworn and subscribed 
the day and year above written
before me Isaac Finch Justice of the Peace
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8192
Sarah Torrance
N. Y.
act 7 July 38
m 82.d. 34
admd 
5 mo.  pri
12.      Corpl
$60.66

No deduction
Hon T. A Tomlinson
H R
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Woodbury 20 July 1821
Be it remembered that on said
day at said place before me the
(????) a Notary Public duly
appointed commissioned & sworn
under the laws of said State personally
append Elizabeth Chatfield of said
Woodbury to me known & whom
I certify to be a credible witness
having been duly cautioned
sworn on oath declares and says
that she is forty years old and
was born in Woodbury and
before my marriage lived
with Deacon Clement Minor in sd
Woodbury & remembers hearing when
she was not one Seven or Eight years
of age hearing it talked out in
the Deacons family that Joseph Torrance
had to many Sarah Mitchell that the
was like to have a child & Deacon talked
to Torrance & persuaded him to
marry her that Rev Mr  Bincount
came to her fathers house in Woodbury
(Higah Mitchell) & married them and
that she sat down in a great chair whin
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she was married and that
said Torrance & Sarah lived together
as man & wife & have a family of
children before they removed away
they were reputed to be & recognised as 
man & wife for twenty years or more
as she thinks before they left
Subscribed in                                   her
presence of                      Elizabeth   X   Chatfield
Chas B Phelps                                 mark
Lewis Huid
Sworn & subscribed before me
Chas B Phelps Philps Notary
Public
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[illegible]
28 Jan 1846
[illegible] of the [illegible] is [illegible] pension certificate of Sarah Torrance.
[signature][illegible]
And
John de Mott
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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Hon J. L. Edwards
Washington
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Torrance
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House of Rep
Washington Feby 5. 1843
James L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pension
Sir
I take the liberty of
enclosing the papers of the Widow Sarah Torrance in
Support of her application for a pension,
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
Thos A. Tomlinson
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Feb 25 '46
7566 May Torrance
Act 43
Rose NY
Feby 20.

                                                          20
Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Rose New York
February 20th 1846
Sir, 
I beg leave to ask if the enclosed
certificate should not have been made payable
to Catherine Stickney and Ann Trumbull
as they are the only surviving children, whose
residence can be ascertained
It is noticed in the certificate of Court
that Hastings Torrance residence can
not be ascertained & that he has
not been heard from in some years,
although efforts have been made to ascer-
tain his residence, if living
I have the honor to be
your Most Obt Servt
W. G. Wade

Hon J L Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington
D. C
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No 8443
Sarah Torrance decd
Widow of Joseph
NY
Act 3 March 1843
Admd
5 months private                                   $16.66
12   "       Corporal                                    44.00
                                                               $60.66

from 4 March 1843 to 25
February 1844 the day of her
death, payable to David
Stickney, Anna Trumbull
and Hastings Torrance
only surviving children of
Sarah Torrance decd
Hon John De Mott
House of Reps
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No
Sarah Torrance decd
widow of Joseph
NY
act 3 March 1843
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State of New York
Oneida County Ss
Surrogate Office. I John Stryker Surrogate of said
county do hereby certify that at a surrogates Court holden at my office in Rome, on the 20th of June 1846
satisfactory evidence was adduced before me the said
court, That Sarah Torrance, late the widow of Joseph
Torrance who received a pension under act of Congress
7th July 1838, died on the (25th) twenty fifth day of
February (1844) one thousand eight hundred and forty
four, that the remained a widow until her death
that she died on or about the date above stated,
That he left the following named children her
surviving being her only children known to be
her surviving, Viz Catherine wife of David Sticking
Corning New York, (and Anna
Tumbull wife of Semeon Trumbull of Richland
Oswego County New York and that each one of the
age of twenty one years and upwards, and that repeated
next unsuccessfull efforts have been made to
ascertain the residence of living of one Hastings Torrance
one of the children of said Sarah Torrance Deceased
but that it has not been ascertained and that
he has not been heard from the more than
three years past,-- the word "ascertained written
upon erasure been executed,
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and impressed my seal of
Office at Rome this 20 day of January 1845
John Stryker
Surrogate
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Mr Lewis Torrance
Jay
Essex County
N York
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State of Connecticut
Town Clerks office
Town of Woodbury
July 28 1841
I have at the request of my
husband Lewis Ludd who is
Town Clerk of said town now
confined to his bed examined carefully
the Town Record & Entries of Marriage
in said office to find the record of
the marriage of Joseph Torrance &
Sarah Mitchell and can find no
entry in any Record in said office
of the marriage of the aforesaid persons
I have been assisted in the search
by Chas B Phelps
Harriet S Ludd for Lewis Ludd
Town Clerk
Litchfield County ss Woodbury
July 28 1841
Personally appeared Harriet
S Ludd and made oath that the
above certificate by her
deported is true
before me Chas B Phelps Notary Public
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Woodbury
July 29 1841
Be it remembered that on said
day at said place before the hiloscriber
a Notary Public duly appointed
commissioned & sworn personally
appeared Nathanel B Smith Esq
of sd town to me long known & whom
I certify to be a reputable credible
witness & on oath declares as follows
I am the son of the Hon Nathan
Smith of Woodbury Decd & the Nephew
of Noah B Brudent Esq of sd place
the former married the daughter of the
Rev Noah Brudent now deceased
the latter was his son. They are
the Executors of sd Rev Noah Brudent
I am executor of my father & have
access to all their papers & my
Grandfathers papers also, (the Rev Noah
Brudent) I have formerly been 
called upon to examine & research
for entries of Marriages by the Rev
Noah Brudent who was pastor
of the Church here from about 1760
to about 1813  After repeated & carefull search I am certain
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no such record or entry of said
Rev Noah Brudent is in
existence in this place nor
at any other place to my
knowlege
Nathaniel B Smith

Sworn before me
Chas B. Phelps Not Public

State of Connecticut  Woodbury
30 July 1841
The foregoing Depositions of Ruth Mitchell
Elizabeth Chatfield Harriet Pearse &
Nathanial B Smith were all subscribed
by the respective deponents who came
duly sworn
In testimony whereof I
hereby set my hand and seal
of office
Chas B. Phelps Notary Public

Mr Torrance & Mr Lewis Hawe had
obtained these depositions for Mrs Torrance
& she is probably entitled to the pension again
only if Congress do not refuse it
5 years pension  you had better take your
papers to some person who has been
employed in obtaining pensions & after
consultation do as is thought advisable
yours
Chas B. Phelps
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1907 Dec. 5. Hist to
Dr. A.L. Benedict and
1911 Oct 12. To Rev. C. E. Torrance
Reg
WIDOW, & c.
File No. 26.527
Sarah Torrance
Wid of ┃
Joseph Torrance
Corpl. Rev war
---◆---
Act Mch 3rd 1843.
Index: Vol. M, Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.)
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ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE
1833591,
WAR DEPARTMENT.

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, October 5, 1911.
Respectfully returned to
Rev. C. E. Torrance,
Chazy, New York.
The name Joseph Torrance has not
been found on the rolls, on file in
this Department of any organization
of New York or Continental troops in
service in the War of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary War
records in this Department is
however, far from complete, and it is
suggested as a possibility that the
desired information can be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Kindly note &
advise
Rev. C. E. Torrance
Chazy
NY
T C Ainsworth
The Adjutant General.
(A. G. O. 72-1)       Per
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Plattsburg District Epworth League
The Rev. Thomas G. Thompson, D.D.
District Superintendent
R. E. W. Gould. President
R. A. L. Christian 1st Vice President, Penn
R. C. S. Torrance, 2nd Vice President Chazy
Mrs. D. H. French, Junior Work Hill iView
Miss Mary Cord, Surry, Keaseville
Mr. Marley D. Marshall, Treasurer Whitehall
                                  Not such Religion as will make one League go
                            But such a League as will make our Religion grow
War Department
Washington D.C. Gentlemen                              Chazy 19/2 1911
Can you give me any information as
to Joseph Torrance, Capt in the Revolutionary war, and I
think enlisted from Jay, N.Y. at least that is where he is
buried
Very truly
Rev. P. E. Torrance
Chazy NY-

ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK
OCT 3-1911
WAR DEPARTMENT
Als
PENSION
D
OCT
11
1911
OFFICE
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DR. A. L. BENEDICT.
180 W. CRIPPEWA OV.,
BUFFALO.

Nov. 26/07
U. S. Pension Bureau.
in the Revolution, there were Capt. Samuel Torrance, Samuel Jr., [written above: W26527,] Joseph and Thomas. In fact, I understand there were two Thomases, each of whom lived to the age of 90 or over. The one in whom I am
interested is Thomas of Woodbury Ct., who died at Avon, N.Y. in 1842, #23457. I would like the other records to determine, if possible, any
relationship among them.
Thomas Torrances father-in-law was Thaddeus Lacy born, probably at Danbury, not earlier than 1725, died at Castleton Oct. 3, 1775. His father was Ebenezer Lacy, born May 12, 1793, residence Danbury.
James Morehouse was baptized Nov. 11, either 1719 or 1723 and lived at or near Fairfield, CT. His son James, was a resident of Roxbury, Ct. and died Jan. 6, 1777
Thomas Kimberley was born 1718 and died Dec. 30, 1801.
Any information regarding the above would be highly appreciated,
Very truly yours,
[signed] AL Benedict
[stamp] PENSION U.S. A NOV 27 1907 OFFICE
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Record Division.
3 -- 1865.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 6, 1907.

Dr. A. L. Benedict,
156 West Chippewa Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the twenty-sixth and received the twenty-seventh ultimo, you are advised that a careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show that claims for Revolutionary War pension were filed on account of the services of Thomas Kimberly, James Morehouse, Ebenezer Lacy, Thaddeus Lacy,
and Samuel Torrance described in said letter, or on account of any Thomas Torrance other than Sur. File 40582 and Sur. File 23457, histories of which soldiers were furnished you on April 26, 1907.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
See negative slips
for above