Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15647, Joshua Clarke, Mass.
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Service: Mass 
Clarke, Joshua  
or Clark
Miriam 
Number: W. 15647
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Service: Mass
Clarke, Joshua
or Clark
Miriam
Number: W. 15647
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[left side]
Sett. Hon W. B. Calhoun
Feby 13 '39 

Let. to Mason Shaw; & Pension Agent at Hartford; & Pen Agent at Boston. April 2, 1839 

[right side]

Massachusetts - 1777 --- 
Miriam Clark widow of Joshua Clark, decd who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 18th March 1838 of Hampshire Co in the State of Massts. who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col. Reed in the Mass line for [blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 19th day of March, 1838. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of February 1839, and sent to Wm B Calhoun, H.R. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $12.39 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4. 39 - 13.33 
= $25.72 

{Act July 7, 1838. }

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 1  Page [crossed out 172] 80
(Certif. wrongly paged.)
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Duplicate certificate issued and forwarded to Wm Belcher Granby, Mass June 24. 1835.

 2467. 
Massachusetts Joshua Clark of Hampshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] by Col Reed in  the regt commanded in the  [blank] line for [blank]

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Nov 1832 and sent Chas P Huntington Northampton, Mass

 Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. $39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 13.33 
= $53.32 

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Book D. Vol. 2 Blair Clerk, Page 43.
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Joshua Clark Declaration N. 4.359
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County of Hampshire ss

On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting, Joshua Clark a resident of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty 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 7, 1832. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated- 

That about the first day of May 1775 he enlisted for the term of Eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Parsons in which Ariel Collick was Lieutenant, and Enoch Hewens second Lieut. said Company belonged to the Regiment under the command of Col. Reed-- that he joined his company at Roxbury, Massachusetts and soon after went with his company to a place then called Squantum in the town either of Milton or Braintree he verily believes-- that he remained there in the service until about the first day of November 1775, when he was dismissed, having served his full term of Eight months- that three companies only under the command of Captains Parsons, Bent, and Cobb were stationed at Squantum the main army being stationed at Roxbury under the command of Gen. Ward-- that he was in a skirmish with the British at Moon Island, some time during his engagement, a part of the Troops at Roxbury, and those at Squantum were engaged under the command of Col. Tupper 

That he was born in March 1752 in Sharon in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he knows of no record of his age - he resided in said Sharon when he enlisted & was called into service, and continued to reside there until 1779, when he removed to said Granby his present place of residence, and has resided there since-- he never received a written discharge from the service, and knows of no documentary evidence he can produce, and of no person who can testify to his service, except Zebulon Rhoads whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.

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, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Massachusetts.

Sworn to and sub scribed the day and year aforesaid Joshua Clarke Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for sd County
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We Elijah Gridley a clergyman residing in Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and John Montague residing in said Granby hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty 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- 
Elijah Gridley 
John Montague 

Before me Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate 

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 stated. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elijah Gridley who signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in said Granby, and John Montague who has also signed the same, is is a resident of said Granby, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit 

Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate 

I Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joshua Clark for a pension- 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our and one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - Sam F. Lyman Register
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Zebulon Rhoads formerly of Sharon in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now a resident of Granby in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth aforesaid being duly sworn make oath & state that I am well acquainted with Joshua Clark formerly of said Sharon now a resident of said Granby, and now present-- that said Clark some time in the spring or summer of 1775 enlisted as a private soldier in the Massachusetts State troops, in whose Company cannot say - said Clark left Sharon to join the army and it was generally believed and reported in the neighborhood that he was with the army in service - he was absent I verily believe as long as eight months. he resided in said Sharon when he enlisted, and I verily believe him to be eighty years old- That said Clark is a credible person, and I should verily believe what he might state in his declaration in regard to his services- 
Zebulon Rhoads 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss August 11. Then personally appeared the above named Zebulon Rhoads, reputed a man of truth, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me 
Edward Hooker Justice of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. HAMPSHIRE SS. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Edward Hooker Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition at taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County , duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832. 
Saml T. Lyman Register of Probate
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1777J V356
Miriam Clark
widow Joshua
Mass
Act 7 July 38
5 years
Mar 79 - at 38
married 
vol. 15 p 93 (75 8 mo)

admd
26.66
died - 18 March '38
Pen:com:19 March '38
Hon Wm. B. Calhoun
Mason Shaw
Belchertown, Mass
Aug 28
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County ss.
On this eighth day of August AD 1838 personally appeared before Ithman Conkey Judge of Probate of wills &c in and for said County Miriam Clark a resident of Granby in the same County aged eighty four 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 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joshua Clark late of said Granby deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary war. She has no documentary evidence of his service and does not remember when at or where he served except at Boston. nor the names of any officers under whom he served but that he was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832. She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Clark in May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, but the day of said month she does not remember.  That they were married at Mansfield in the County of Bristol in said Commonwealth by the Revd Mr Green the then Congregation as minister of said Mansfield, that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Clark died on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and thirty eight,
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that she was not married to him prior 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. Mariam Clark 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before 
Ithaman Conkey Judge of Probate 
I hereby certify that the said Miriam Clark the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.
 Ithaman Conkey Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding before said Judge of Probate in the matter of the application of Miriam Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my & seal of office this ninth day of August A.D. 1838. Samuel F. Lyman Regt of Probate
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I Israel Clark of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy eight years testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joshua Clark late of said Granby deceased and with his widow Miriam Clark, that when I was twenty two years of age which I believe was fifty four years ago, that said Joshua Clark was married to Miss Mariam Tiffany at the eastward of this place somewhere in the vicinity of Boston in Massachusetts, in May or June according to the best of my recollection and brought her up to this town and moved into the same house where I then boarded and commenced house keeping, and the said Joshua Clark and his wife with their family of children have lived in this town and in the towns near this place to the to the (sic) time of his death. That their marriage was as notorious as that of any other marriage whatever. I further testify and say that said Joshua Clark has from time to time with his family received assistance from said town of Granby, not being able to support themselves, so that if it were possible to invalidate their marriage it would have been done to relieve said town from the expenses of supporting her and especially their oldest son who is an idiot. 
Israel Clark (signature)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Hampshire County ss. August 9th 1838
Then the above named Israel Clark personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid deposition before me, 
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace (signature)
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I certify that same well acquainted with the within Israel Clark - that he is a man of truth & veracity and that full credit should be given this deposition aforesaid. 
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace (signature)
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Hampshire SS.
 I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August  A. D. 1838 
Sam’l F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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Hon. W B Calhoun 
H R
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May Twenty Seventh one Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy nine married each to the other Mr. Joshua Clark and Miss Mariam Tiffany both of Foxborough by the Rev. Roland Green 

I Wm. B. Bates Certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record of said Town of Mansfield with the Exception of the Date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows May 27th 1779 
Wm. B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield (signature)

I Wm. B. Bates above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Mansfield, County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, and the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the above named exception as certified by me 
Wm B. Bates Town Clerk of Mansfield (signature)

Mansfield Jany 10th 1839 
Bristol ss. Mansfield Jany 10th 1839 Then personally appeared the above named Wm B. Bates Clerk of the Town of Mansfield and made oath that the above certificate by him Subscribed is just & true in all its parts 
Before me David Gilbert - Justice of the Peace (signature)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Bristol ss. I James Sproat Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that David Gilbert Esqr  whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine -
Jas. Sproat
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No. 4357 
Joshua Clark 
Private 
8 Ma 
Admitted 
$26.66. 
C.P. Huntington 
Northampton M[cutoff]
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BRIEF in the case of Joshua Clark of the County of Hampshire in the State of Mass 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he? 80 years 

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. In 1775 May 1st
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Duration of Service.  
—Years, 8 Months, & —Days. 
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Rank. As a Private 
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Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. 
Col. Reed, Capt. Paysons ————————————-

5. In what battles was he engaged? Moon Island 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sharon 

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition 

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt 
Examining Clerk.
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Joshua Clark 
Mass’tts
Lost Cert
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
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[writing upside down]
Joshua Clark Pri. Under act 7 June 1832 at $26.66 per annum - Massachusetts roll- paid to the 11 March 1834
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regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Eleventh day of October 1834 (at or near, or on his way from his residence in Granby to the office of Mason Shaw Esqr in Belchertown, he lost the same, and has never been able to find it. 
Joshua Clarke 
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
 William Belcher, Justice of the Peace. 

NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
—> If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one." 
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. 
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
—> In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. 
—> Mode of authenticating papers. -- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a peace of tape or small 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.
—> No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
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[writing upside down]
Joshua Clark Pri. Under act 7 June 1832 at $26.66 per annum - Massachusetts roll- paid to the 11 March 1834
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regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Eleventh day of October 1834 (at or near, or on his way from his residence in Granby to the office of Mason Shaw Esqr in Belchertown, he lost the same, and has never been able to find it. 
Joshua Clarke 
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
 William Belcher, Justice of the Peace. 

NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
—> If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one." 
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. 
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
—> In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. 
—> Mode of authenticating papers. -- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a peace of tape or small 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.
—> No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
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County of Hampshire SS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
On this twenty third day of May A.D. 1835, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Hampshire. Personally appeared Mr. Joshua Clarke who, on oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Samuel Pearson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Eleventh day of October 1834 (at or near, or on his way from his residence in Granby to the office of Mason Shaw Esqr in Belchertown, he lost the same, and has never been able to find it. 
Joshua Clarke 
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.}
 William Belcher, Justice of the Peace. 

NOTES. -- The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
—> If the Pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one." 
The Pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be. 
When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, lose the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
—> In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers. 
—> Mode of authenticating papers. -- In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a peace of tape or small 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.
—> No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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I hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with the within named Joshua Clarke, and know him to be the person described in the within affidavit, and that his character is that of a man of strict truth and veracity. 
William Belcher 
Justice of the Peace.
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Hampshire ss. -
I Benjamin Witt of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age, on my oath declare and say, that I am well acquainted with Joshua Clark and know him to be the same person described in the within affidavit. Benjamin Witt 
Subscribed and sworn to 
before me, William Belcher Justice of Peace 
I certify that Mr Benjamin Witt the above deponent is a man of undoubted truth & veracity. William Belcher, Justice of the Pea
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
SS.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that William Belcher Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifth day of June A. D. 1835 
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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I Joshua Clark of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged eighty three years, testify and say that I am a Pensioner of the United States on account of services rendered the United States during the Revolutionary war and had a Pension certificate therefor for twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum, and that said certificate is lost or mislaid and cannot be found. That I have not drawn my pension on that account since March 4th 1834. I further testify and say that I served in 1775 for the term of eight months in Captain Samuel Pearson's Company of Infantry in Col. Reed's Regiment - reference to my declaration on file being had. Joshua Clarke  Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampshire County ss. April 1st 1835. Then the above named Joshua Clark made solemn oath, that the above affidavit by him signed is true. Before me. Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace  I hereby certify, that I am acquainted with the above named Joshua Clark, and that full credit is to be given to the truth of his statement aforesaid.  Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace   Octr 11th 1835
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
Hampshire SS. 
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Second day of April A. D. 1835 
Sam’l F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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I John Montague of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years, certify and say that I have known Joshua Clark and Miriam Clark his wife from seventeen hundred and seventy nine or eighty, that they have lived in this town about half the time since they were married, they have had a family of children and I further testify and say that I have seen the declaration of the said Miriam Clark stating when they were married at Mansfield Massachusetts by the Rev Mr Green, and I have no doubt of the truth of her statement and that they were lawfully married accordingly
John Montague (signature)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County ss. August 8th 1838 
[seal]
Then the above named John Montague personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace 

I certify that I am well acquainted with John Montague above mentioned and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full credit should be given to the truth of his deposition Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire SS.
 I, SAMUEL F LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth day of August A.D. 1835
 Saml F. Lyman Register of Probate.
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I John Montague of Granby in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years, certify and say that I have known Joshua Clark and Miriam Clark his wife from seventeen hundred and seventy nine or eighty, that they have lived in this town about half the time since they were married, they have had a family of children and I further testify and say that I have seen the declaration of the said Miriam Clark stating when they were married at Mansfield Massachusetts by the Rev Mr Green, and I have no doubt of the truth of her statement and that they were lawfully married, 
John Montague  (signature)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Hampshire County ss. August 8th 1838  
Then the above named John Montague personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed. before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace   

I certify that I am well acquainted with John Montague above mentioned and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that full credit should be given to the truth of his deposition aforesaid. 
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

Saml F Lyman Register of Probate.
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Feb 11
Clark 
J.L. Edwards 
Commt of Pensions
Washington City

W. B. Calhoun HR
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Washington Feb. 9, 1839. 
Sir,
I neglected to make a memorandum of the application of Miriam Clark for a pension; and am therefore not certain whether it came from Mason Shaw Esq. of Belchertown though I suppose it did. I will thank you to inform one - having just recd a pension certificate in her favor. 
Very Respectfully 
Your obedt servt
Am. B. Calhoun 

J L Edwards Esq.
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Granby, Mass. June 1835
Sir
Mr Shaw of Belchertown, when the papers were returned to him which he had prepared & forwarded for a renewal of Joshua Clarke's pension certificate, was on the eve of his departure to a distant part of the country and of course, unable to attend to the business: in consequence I have been call'd upon, and the papers now sent bear my official signature
Together with the new papers, I return
those previously sent by Mr Shaw..

Very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Wm Belcher


J.L. Edwards Esq
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Washington
Feb. 1. 1839

Sir,
Accompanying are some papers forwarded to me by Mason Shaw Esq. of Belchertown Mass, which I transmit as requested.  Mr Shaw's note is explanatory.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Wm B Calhoun

JL Edwards Esq
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Burlington N.J. Jany. 28. 1839
Dear Sir
The declaration of Asenath Lumbard, I notice has not the certificate of the Register of Probate, and if I am not mistaken the hand writing may be certified by a member of Congress, as well as by clerks of Courts.
I have therefore to request that you will ascertain from  Edwards Com. of Pensions whether your certificate will not be satisfactory. If so please to make your certificate thereon to that effect and send to him her declaration and Wm Reeds  Deposition of the record of her marriage, I enclose also the deposition of the town clerk of Mansfield to the record of the Marriage of Joshua Clark to Mariam Tiffany. The declaration of Mariam Clark is on file in the Pension office. please to hand this also to Mr Edwards to be filed in that case. I have the certificates will be forwarded to me soon from the Pension office. Mr Edwards has always been very punctual & kind to me. I shall return from this place to Belchertown tomorrow.
The Pension certificate I have of Ennis Howard is not right or I do not understand the law. Her husband died the 17th of Jany last and her pension begins the 18th of June and to continue to the 4th of March 1841. If that be the meaning of the law she will not receive her five years pension. I shall be
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obliged to you to inform me how the law of July 4th 1838, is to be construed in that respect.
Very respectfully
& truly yours 
Mason Shaw (signature)

Hon. Wm B. Calhoun


{sideways}
Clark 
Wm B Calhoun
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James L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
War Department
City of Washington



Joshua Clark Mass. act 7 June 26.66 when [illegible]? G.M.C.

4 July 37

p to 4 March 1838 4th gr not in
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    Free

James L Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
War Department
City of Washington


[sideways]
June 20 
Joshua Clark
for Dup. Cert
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yr let to Mason Shaw,
Sept. 14, 1838.
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
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File No. 15647 
Miriam Clark 
Widow of 
Joshua Clark 
Priv Rev War
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Act: July 7th 1838 
Index: — Vol. A, Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]