Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7267, Elnathan Finch, New York
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New York   Finch, Elnathan    W. 7267
                             Elizabeth   B.L.Wt, 3996-160-55
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 New York No. 24181
Elnathan Finch
Of Saratoga County in the State of N. York
Who was a private in the Commanded by Captain Drake of the Reg. 1 commanded by Col. Harper in the N. York troops
time for 2 years
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March 1831 and sent to Seth W. Higgins
Half Moon NY
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1824              200.00
Semi-anl allowance on [?ing] 4 March ‘34 40.00
                                                                         240.00
Revolutionary claim act, June 7, 1832
Recorded by D. Brown.
Book E. Volume 4 Page 101      Clerk
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NY
534
36075 Act 3 March /55
April 3d '55.
Elizabeth Finch, Widow
Elnathan Finch private
N.Y.
Private Col. Livingston’s
Reg. N.Y. Contl Line
Revolutionary War
Pensioner.
Boynton
Admd 160 ac’s [acres] Aug 21/55
Dodge
3996 iss Aug 22/55
S.W.Higgins
Clifton Park
N.York
Vol F.47.
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534
New York Albany
Elizabeth Finch
Widow of Elnathan Finch
NY
who served in the Revolutionary 
War, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
The [crossed out 4th day of March 1848]
3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 
28th day of May 1853
and sent to
S.W. Higgins
Clifton Park, N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 73 Vol.A
1832
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Family Record
A           MARRIAGES
Elizabeth Champion and
Elnathan Finch was
21 April 1828
Elnathan Finch and
Elizabeth Champion was
Married April 21 1828

B         BIRTHS
Elizabeth Champion was 
Born Tuesday September the
21 1779
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FAMILY RECORD 
BIRTHS






C      DEATHS
Elnathan Finch died the
19 day of January 1845
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[Brib?] No. 10953
Elnathan Finch

Admitted
Private 2 years

4.14.14.16
15 Sept 1832
10 Dec 1832      P 143
Seth W. Higgins  Agt
Half Moon
Saratoga County 
N. York
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No. 10953
Brief in the case of Elnathan Finch of Wilton County of Saratoga in the State Of New York
Act 7th June, 1832.

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
     Before a Court
2. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?
70 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period /Duration of service/Rank/Names of 
                                                             General/ Field
                                                          Officer/under    
                                                        whom he served 
In 1777/1st June/  private/Capt.Rich Sackett
1778 abt APL./ 9 mo/“ /Ludenton- Capt J.   
                                                                 Drake
1779 March 1/1 yr/ “/ Col. Graham- Col. 
                                                             Weisenvelt
1780 April / 9 mo 15 days/“/ Capt. Sackett- 
                                                        Col. Graham
1781 June 11th/3 mo/“/Capt Williams- Col. 
                                                        Harper
1781 Oct- light horseman/ Capt Familiar
Served to the end of the War/Major Honeywell 
5. In what battle was he engaged?
Battle at Kings Bridge 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Westchester- New York.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by tradition ary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls?
3 living witnesses & traditionary evidence 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They appear to be correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above.
James Ord Examining Clerk.
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State of New York
Saratoga County 
On this sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas of the county of Saratoga now
Sitting Elnathan Finch A resident of the town of Wilton In the county of Saratoga and State of New York aged seventy years Who being first Duly sworn According to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832
Entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as henceforth stated
In the year 1777 about the 11th of June this deponent enlisted in a Company under the command of Captain Richard Sackett of which company Miller was Lieutenant, that said company in which he enlisted belonged to a Regiment of New York State troops under the command of Colonel Ludenton that he together with the remainder of the regiment was stationed at White Plains where they performed their tour of duty for which they was enlisted and was dispatched at that place.
That in the year 1778 about the month of April, he this deponent again enlisted in the New York State troops in a company commanded by Captain John Drake the Lieutenant I do not recollect. Colonel Graham commanded the regiment to which he this deponent belonged. He was stationed at White Plains and was dismissed there after he had served the term of time for which he enlisted which was nine months 
That in the month of March, the day he does not recollect, in the year 1779 he this deponent again enlisted in a company commanded by Richard Sackett in a regiment of New York State
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troops commanded by the afore named Colonel Graham that they were stationed at White Plains where he this deponent remained  until he was detached together with others from said Colonel Graham’s regiment by order and joined a company of Infantry of the State of New York that this attachment in which he belonged and in which he served was marched to a place called Tuckahoe near Kings Bridge where we formed the Militia under the command of Captain Williams, General Clinton commanded the Infantry at that Post that at the time this deponent was stationed there an engagement took place between the British troops and our Infantry and friendly Indians This action took place between the above mentioned Tuckahoe and Kings Bridge where we. Our infantry was obliged to retreat, and also the Indians but [ crossed out ] the retreat of the Indians was cut off by the British. They lost their commander Nemham [Daniel Nimham**] who was killed in the engagement. his the said Nemham [Daniel Nimham] [illegible] was taken prisoner taken to New York where he this deponent then understood said young Indian was exhibited as a show in this deponent then understood that the forces of the Indians at the time the action commenced was about one hundred and that they only made their escape with about 13 or 14, that He, this deponent, continued to serve in the Infantry as aforementioned until he was dismissed at the expiration of one year the term for which he Enlisted.
That in the year 1780 in the month of April as near as this deponent can now recollect he again Enlisted in the State Troop of the New York in a company commanded by Captain Williams which Company belonged to a Regiment commanded by
[Transcriber note: Daniel Nimham was of the Wappinger tribe in the Hudson Valley]
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Colonel Harper that he enlisted for nine months which enlistment took place in the county of Dutchess at a place called Nine Partners state of  New York that he this deponent together with the remainder of the Regiment was immediately marched to Albany and from there up the Mohawks River under the command of Governor Clinton to cut off the retreat of the Indians who had burned Johnstown Montgomery County. We continued our March to Crown Point We then returned to Johnstown where we remained a short-time from there we marched to a place called German Flatts at this place during our stay Captain Norton came as a Recruiting Officer from Colonel Weiservelt regiment Continental troop by Special Order from the Governor of the State to enlist soldiers for the Continental Army 
That he this deponent again Enlisted under the said Norton together with about one hundred others on or about two months under his last enlistment that this regiment under the command of Colonel Weiservelt marched to the place called Orangetown, New Jersey when we were armed a team of four at time then we marched to Fort Stanwicks where he this deponent remained until the term of seven months for which the enlisted had expired and received an honorable discharge from Colonel Weiservelt  the term of service at the time was nine months and fifteen days 
That in the year of 1781 in the month of June the 11th day as near as this deponent can now recollect he was taken prisoner at the towns of Bedford in the County of Westchester by a party of British Light Horse carried to the City of New York confined in a Shugar house kept for a prison by the British where he remained three months a prisoner and was then exchanged at the time I was taken prisoner as above stated I was
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That in the year 1781 in the month of October soon after my return from prison at New York as fore stated I [day am] enlisted in a company of Light-Horse which company was commanded by Captain Jacob Familiar Major Honeywell was [ crossed out] stationed at different post at the lines at Westchester County in this company he served during the remainder of the Revolution was in many skirmishes during the term he served in said Company and was dismayed with the remainder of his company at Bedford at the close of the revolution 
To the interrogatories [propanned?] by the Court I answer as follows 
1 I was born in the town of [ Horseobech] in the State of Connecticut on the eighth day of January AD 1762
2 I have no record of my age but [derive?] the same from my parents 
3 I lived in the town of Bedford in the County of Westchester in the state of New York at the time I entered the service by enlistment at four different periods set forth in my statement as hereunto annexed also at the same town county and state when I was taken prisoner as afore stated I lived at Nine Partners Dutchess county N.York when I enlisted on my fourth tour of duty in April of that year that I enlisted at German Flatts at the time I enlisted my fifth time on enlistment in May 1781 that I lived in Bedford aforestated  State at the
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close of the Revolution since which time I have lived at several different places that is in the town of Duanes Burgh Schenectady Co about seven years that I now live in the town of Milton Saratoga County Saratoga N.York that may be
4  I enlisted on all tours of Duty as set forth in my claim
5  I would here propose the names of Governor Clinton commander in chief Colonels Ludington, Graham, Harper, Weiservelt and Major Honeywell Captains & [crossed out the word Lieutenants Sackett Drake Williams Norton & Familiar Lieutenants Miller and as to the nature of my service I refer to the aforementioned Lieutenants
6 th At the several times that I have as afore stated I never received a written discharge  but one time only that I think was signed by Colonel Weiservelt this discharge was left in the possession of my brother and I understand is lost and I know of no person living, except those whose depositions are here unto annexed one of which has died since he made deposition named Jonathan Finch, who can test and I have no documentary of my times as a soldier in the revolution
7 th I here present the names of[Gibbon] Armstrong And John [ illegible] who know me in my present neighborhood who can identify as to my character for [ illegible] and belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution
I hear by relinquish every claim Ever the app in or annuity The present and declare [Crossed out] My name is not on this Pension roll of the agency of any State.
I hear by relinquish claim whatever Kind or annuity accept the present and declare that my name not on the pension role of this agency of any state Elnathan Finch
Sworn and subscribed to by the said Elnathan Finch  the 6 Of September 1832
Thomas Palmer clerk
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We Lebbius Armstrong and John Wood
Residing in the town of Wilton County and State above named here by certify  we are well acquainted  with Elnathan Finch who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed Believe in the neighborhood Where he resides to have Soldier of the Revolution And that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and The day and year aforesaid.
Sworn & subscribed to in open court 
The 6th September 1832 Lebbius Armstrong 
Thomas Palmer, Clerk         John Wood
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogators described by the [illegible] Department of that the above named applicant was a Soldier and served as he states and the Court feels this certifies that it appears to them that Lebbeus Armstrong who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Ballston in the County of Saratoga N.York and that John Wood who has also signed named and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And it is made to appear satisfactorily to the said court that Johnathan Finch who was sworn to and subscribe an affidavit before Daniel Morgan
 Jun. a Justice of the Peace on the 4th March 1830 is dead, and that he the said Johnathan Finch was a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Thomas Palmer, clerk of the court of common pleas of the County of Saratoga do certify that the foregoing
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contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Elnathan Finch for a pension and I do further certify that Johnathan Finch subscribed today sworn to me the following affidavit in open court and that Daniel Morgan Junior Who has signed the ‘Jun’ affidavit of Jonathan Finch subScribed and affirmed On the 4th March 1830 Was on that date thereof a Justice of the peace of the town of Saratoga in said county And the name, Daniel Morgan Jun Is his own Proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal of office this 7th Sept. 1832
Thomas Palmer, Clerk
State of New York Saratoga County 
I Jonathan Ferris of the town of Providence in the county of Saratoga and state of New York On both dispose and say that I am personally acquainted with Elnathan Finch and have been during the most part of my life that I served as a Revolutionary soldier with the said Finch in a Regiment of State Troops under the Command of Colonel Luddenton in the year 1777 as near as I can recollect. And after know that it was said the Sara Finch was out in the Service at the time of the Revolutionary War but do not recollect that I served him at any time during the same but the one above stated.
Johnathan Ferris his mark X
Sworn in open Court this 6th day of September 1832
Thomas Palmer, clerk
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Elizabeth Finch
Declaration
Act of 3 Feb. 1853
S.W. Higgins
Agent
Clifton Park
N.Y.
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State of New York
Schenectady County Surrogates Court
On this twenty sixth day of February in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three 
Persons ally appeared in Open Court before the County Judge of the County of Schenectady and Judge of the Surrogates court of said county it being a Court of Record and having a Seal Elizabeth Finch a resident of the town of Clifton Parkin the County of Saratoga and the State of New York aged seventy two years Who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the promises made by the act of conscript passed February 3 1853, That she is the widow of Elnathan Finch who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner at the date of his death under the act of Conscript of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum during his natural life which Certificate of Pension was dated at the War Office of the United States on the 4th day of March AD 1834 and was payable and paid at the Pension Agency in the City of Albany State of New York
She further declares that she was married to the said Elnathan Finch on the twenty first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight that her husband the aforesaid Elnathan Finch died on the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and Forty five
That she was married to him at the time above stated she further declares that she was a widow at the passage of this act and is still a
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Widow and that she had never made application for a Pension and that the only Record of her marriage is hereunto amended 
Elizabeth Finch
State of New York 
Schenectady County Surrogates Court 
I Stephen [ crossed out] H. Johnson 
County Judge of Schenectady county and judge of the Surrogates court of said county do certify that on the twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three Elizabeth Finch above named appeared in open court and being duly sworn disposes and says that she has heard the foregoing statements read and knows the contents thereof that the same is true to the best of her knowledge and belief.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the Surrogates Court of the said county this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three 
Stephen H. Johnson
County Judge
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36075
Application of
Elizabeth Finch
FOR BOUNTY LAND
Under act March 3 1855
S.W. Higgins
agent
Clifton Park
N.Y.

[crossed out]
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No.5
Declaration
Of a revolutionary widow, who claims Land warrant under act March 3, 1855.
State of New York
[ crossed out] And county of Saratoga [Crossed out] On this 20 Day of A . D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me, A justice of the peace [Crossed out commissioner of deeds] Within and for The city, county and state aforesaid Elizabeth Finch Aged seventy four Years, a resident of Saratoga County In the state of New York, who being Sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Elnathan Finch Deceased, Who was a Private in the Revolutionary War And a pension at the date of his death Under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per year pay at the pension office at Albany N. Y. She further declares that she was placed on the pension roll of the N.York agency payable at Albany N. Y. Under the act of 3 February 1853 at a like annual sum of eighty dollars per annum. As the Widow of the said Elnathan Finch and is still continued as such and she could defer to her said husband’s declaration on file as to his services and also declaration on file all in this Department for proof of services and her marriage to said Finch.
She further states that she was married to the said Elnathan Finch in Clifton Park on the twenty first day of June A.D. 1828. By one Jobe Champion a Baptist Clergyman  and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Champion that her said husband died at Clifton Park Saratoga County on the 19th day of January A.D. 1845 and that she is now a widow. She further declares that she made an application under the act of 1853 declaration was returned by reason of the law making previous class of claimants at that date for bounty land. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which She may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855 and she hereby requests the commissioner of pensions to forward her warrant to S. W. Higgins of Clifton Park N.Y. And appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me. The erasure of the words city Albany “commissioner of deeds, Lawrence Franklin, Albany N.Y" shall the evaluation of the widow. Justice of the peace, Saratoga and. S. W. Higgins of Clifton Park N.Y. was made before executing the above.
Elizabeth Finch
We John P Higgins and Elisha Morse residents    of Saratoga County in the state of New York upon our oaths declare, that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Finch, in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to.
John P. Higgins
Elisha Morse
The foregoing declaration and affidavit 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 person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
D.W. Wait Justice of the Peace
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State Of New York
[Crossed out city and] County of Saratoga [Crossed out, Albany]
I, James W. Horton Clerk of the said county,
do hereby certify that DW Wait was, o the day of the date of the foregoing certificate, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 31 day of March A.D. 1855
James W Horton Clerk
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State of New York
County of Saratoga
I Sarah Finch 
a resident of the town of 
Clifton Park in the county
of Saratoga and State of
New York aforesaid are
 both depose and say that I am Sixty four 
years old, that I have a sister of Elizabeth Finch, widow of the Reverend Elnathan Finch
deceased. That I reside under the same Roof with this said Elizabeth Finch, widow aforesaid and resided in my father’s family the Rev Jobe Champion deceased at the date of the marriage of my sister the said Elizabeth to the Rev Elnathan Finch deceased at aforesaid which marriage took place at the place aforesaid and the marriage ceremony 
was performed by my father the Rev Jobe Champion, deceased, in my presence on the twenty first day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty eight and I further depose and say that the said Elnathan Finch died at the town of Clifton Park aforesaid on the nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and forty five leaving her the said Elizabeth his widow him survivng who has never intermarried but still remains the widow of the said Elnathan Finch died aforesaid and further depose and I say that I know the amended record to be the family record of the said Elizabeth Finch and the original one that most of said record is in the handwriting of Joseph Almond who has executed the same. That the leaf on which said record was made
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formed a part of the said Elizabeth's Family Bible and said Record was removed from said Bible as aforesaid  And I further depose and say that I have in my possession the record which my father Job Champion now deceased kept of Marriages by him Solemnized, that in Said Record is entered in the order in which it transpired the Marriage of the Revd Elnathan Finch to Elizabeth Champion now the widow of the said Elnathan in the following words "Monday April 21st 1828 Elnathan Finch and Elizabeth Champion were joined in marriage."
  And I further depose and say that my father was a clergyman of the Baptist order, that for many years previous to his death he did not take on having a pastoral charge yet laboured as a Clergyman in the church to which he belonged when his health would & permit and I further depose and say that I have no interest in the final result of the said Elizabeth claim and am not engaged in the prosecution of said claim
  Sarah Finch
Taken Sworn and Subscribed this 4th day of March 1853 } before me D.W. Wait   Justice Peace
I D.W. Wait the Justice of the peace before whom the above named Sarah Finch appeared and sworn and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit do certify that I am personally acquainted with her the said Sarah that she is a woman sustaining a good moral character and her statements as by her made is entitled to the fullest credit and I further certify that the said Sarah showed me a Record purporting to be her fathers the Revd Job Champion decd which Record I examined and found recorded in said Record a large number of marriages many to me well known and I examined the record of the said Elnathan Finch to the said Elizabeth Champion now the widow of the said Elnathan and on comparing the copy of said record as given by the said Sarah Finch in her affidavit as above I find it a true copy of the original
  D.W. Wait
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Re y WIDOW, & c.
File No. 7267
Elizabeth Finch
Wid.
Elnathan Finch
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 3rd/53
Index: Vol. A, Page 236
Arrangement of 1870
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3996
[illegible]
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March 25. 1833
No. 705
Appl. Of Elizabeth Finch widow of 
Elnathan 
N.Y. 32
24789
Act 3rd Feby: 1853
$80.00 per annum 
Commencing on the 3rd Feby 1853
N.Y.
S.W. Higgins 
Clifton Park
N.Y.
Department of the Interior
Pension Office Official Business
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Declaration under Act of Congress of
Feb 3 1853
Hon. J.E. Healte 
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
1853
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No. 360.75
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 3rd, 1855
Elizabeth Finch wid. of 
Elnathan Finch pri.
Col. Livingston’s Regt.
N.Y. Control.line Rev. War

Warrant 3996-160-55
S.W. Higgins
Clifton Park
N.York.
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Finch, Widow of Elnathan 
Saratoga County and State of New York.
act 3rd. February 1853.
Claim “original “ [ crossed out ]
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 7th June, 1832.
Marriage proved by family record.
Parole proof, certified to be credible.
(If for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

S.W. Higgins, Esq.
Clifton Park
N.Y.
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton.
Examining Clerk
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Revolutionary claim Of June 7 1832
New York, RET‘
27.1 Act of 1832
Half moon, N.Y.
Jan 27th
Finch
Hon. Lew Cass
Secretary of War
Washington
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Sir,
I again Forward you Amended declaration of elder Elnathan Finch In this claim A pension for your further examination And hope you will examine disease, and if due Sharla Book decision in his favor.
Very respectfully yours
Seth W Higgins

HalfMoon P. Office
Saratoga Co. N.York
Jan 18. 1834
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State of New York
County of Saratoga 
I Joseph Almond a resident of the town of Clifton Park in the county of Saratoga and State of New York on oath depose and say that I am Seventy four years old, that I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Finch now the widow of the Rev. Elnathan Finch a resident of said town, county and state above named and [and] have so been for the last fourteen years past and that I was personally acquainted with the said Elnathan husband of the said Elizabeth for many years previous to and up to the date of the death of the said Elnathan. I was called on to make an entry in the family Bible of the said Elnathan of the date of births marriages and death of said Elnathan & family and that I did these on there and by the direction of the said Elizabeth widow aforesaid and in said family Bible aforesaid and for the purpose of keeping and retaining the same as an original and only record of said family the record on there annex leaf marked A as a record of the marriage of the said Elnathan to the said Elizabeth after on said leaf and under the head of Births I made an entry marked B on said leaf For the purpose of recording The date of birth of the said Elizabeth. Also on said leaf  The head of deaths I made an entry
Of the date of the death of the said Rev. Elnathan Finch which entry is marked (C) on said record. All of which
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Was so entered by me in my own handwriting with no other new claim to form a family record and I further depose and say that I did this day cut and remove said record from said
Family Bible and annex the same to this very affidavit of Identity and I further depose and say that I have no interest direct or indirect in any claim the said Elizabeth Finch May have on the department For services was and by her said husband neither are in any way concerned as the prosecution of said claim 
As was sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day of Feb 1853 Joseph Almond
D.W. Wait Justice of the Peace 
And I this said Justice do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the Joseph Almond who subscribed and swore to this foregoing affidavit before me on the date above named and that he is a very candid man and sustaining a good moral character 
D.W. Wait
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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 D.W. Wait whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit, was, at the date of said affidavit, a Justice of the Peace of the County of Saratoga, dwelling in said County, duly qualified; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said D.W. Wait and verily believe that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of the said county, this [illegible] day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three 
James W. Horton Clerk
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To the Hon [Safa?]
Secretary of War
Sir
Having received a line from J L Edwards 
Esq. that further proof was necessary to substantiate my claim to a full pension. I would respectfully refer you to the following remarks of my service by way of explanation.
There appeared to have been no account of the whole amount of my service which I claimed in my formal declaration in 1778 under Capt. Drakes in Col Graham’s regiment. I would here remark that after having served some months under Captain Drake an order was received to form a certain number to be taken from each company in the regiment to form a detachment to be stationed at a place there called Tuckahoe near White Plains. 
I was one detached from Captain Drake’s company and placed under the command of Capt Richard Sackett of which Daniel Williams was a Lieutenant. I do not know whether Col. Graham continued in command or not. I served until the full term of nine months the term for which I enlisted when of the evening of the 25th day of December the night of our term of service expiring whilst encamped At a Mr. Young House the enemy came upon us took Lieutenant Comdt Wlliams prisoner and as other Commander of us made our escape. This was cause of our  not receiving our discharge which was to be given to us the coming morning.
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In 1779 I again enlisted for 9 months under The command Of Captain Daniel Williams. I think I was Ordered to March To Albany. We embarked On board the sloop Went to Albany From there and joined The militia and others Under the command of [General?] Clinton Col Van Rensselaer. We marched [crossed out]to Crown Point to cut off the retreat of the Indians who have burned and destroyed property at or near Johnstown. We returned back to Ticonderoga  and crossed the lake, returned to Albany from there we marched up the Mohawk River to German Flatts to a fort called Fort Herkimer where we were quartered until our dispatched at the close of the term of our service.

In 1780 I again enlisted [crossed out] for 9 months in the provincial troops under Capt. Daniel Williams as stated in former declaration. Went to Fort Herkimer as above stated when we continued under our first enlistment for four months and fifteen days when Captain Norton of the Continental line was sent with orders to enlist men. I again enlisted under him and I served four months and was discharged on the 15th day of December 1780 after my service of nine months and fifteen days had expired.

In 1781 I again enlisted under Captain Hunt in Col Weisenvelt’s Regiment of which Lieut. Tuttle and Young were subaltern was stationed on the lines in Westchester County until discharged at the close of my term of service which was 9 months. I enlisted at Bedford Westchester
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County New York the first of April 1781 and was decamped in December following at Bedford and within a few days after having been dismissed I again enlisted in a [Co??] of Cavalry commanded by Major Honeywell in a company commanded by Captain Jacob M Familiar. I continued under in said company until the 11th day of June 1782 was later prisoner together with my captain and others by [Dalancass? Delancey?] cavalry and carried to New York when we were confined as prisoners in the old Sugar House for three months to a day when we were exchanged and returned home, joined our Coar [corps?] at Bedford and I continued to serve until dismissed at the evacuation of the City of New York by the British in November 1783.
I would further remark that William Harris of Chautauqua County N. York who is a Revolutionary War pensioner of the United States of America. His pension for the service in Capt. Familiar’s company was a fellow soldier with me during our service and I gave my affidavit in support of his claim which is now probably on file in the war office and also the said Harris gave his in support of mine. Yet not having been certified to according to law by the Justice of the Peace and County Clerk . Having been takenprevious  to the late requirements of
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The Secretary of War under the act of June 7, 1832 was a [justice] although it still remains attached to my declaration.
With those remarks together with the annexed affidavits I humbly submit my claim for your further investigation hoping that although you may perceive some irregularities in my statement. Yet they only [ause] from the effect of old age and consequently of memory and should not this explanation be sufficient to warrant you in granting me the reason government has designed for the  war torn soldier. I will cheerfully answer whatever further request you may please make for then my power.
Elnathan Finch
Sworn this 26th day of December 1833
Before me Eli Holbrook
Justice of the peace
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State of New York 
Saratoga County 
Mary Smith & Hannah Covell
both of the town of Saratoga Springs in the said county being duly sworn saith they were both personally Acquainted with Elnathan Finch And do know That he enlisted and served in The war of the Revolution In the years 1781 and 1782 As is stated in The above  declaration.
Sworn this 26 day of December 1833 before me Eli Holbrook justice of the peace of the county of Saratoga
Also that the said Elnathan Finch Was taken prisoner as above stated
Mary Finch
Hannah Covell
I certify I am personally acquainted With Mary Smith and Hannah Covell the persons who signed the above affidavit and know them to be persons of truth and veracity
Eli Holbrook Justice
State of New York
Saratoga county
I Alpheus Goodrich clerk of the county of Saratoga do certify that Eli Holbrook before whom the forgoing affidavit purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the Said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the above certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this first day of January 1834
A Goodrich Clerk
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State of New York
Secretary’s office
I certify that it appears by the "Military Register" In this  office that Elnathan Finch enlisted As a Private In the fourth New York regiment (formerly commanded by Henry B. Livingston). On the 15th of July 1780 for five months and Was discharged On the 15th Of December 1780.
Arch. Campbell
Dep. Secretary 
Albany December 23, 1833
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Chautauqua County
State of New York
I William Harris of Hanover in said county personally came before Mr Ezra Convis [Converse] by order of the Justice of the Peace of said county an upon oath doth depose & say that Elder Elnathan Finch was a soldier in the revolutionary war and was brought into the city of New York a prisoner of war at the time deponent was in prison & there remained as prisoner of war held by the enemy for the term of three months also the deponent doth further depose & say that he the said Elnathan served as a soldier after being discharged as a prisoner for about the term of one year under Capt. Jacob Familiar in company of Light horse with deponent and we’re in several engagements and actions with the enemy during that time. And further the deponent doth depose & say that he was well acquainted with the said Elnathan Finch at the time he was a prisoner & he the said deponent was with him until the close of the war in the service of their country and had been acquainted with him ever since that time.
William Harris
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of Dec 1828
Ezra Convis [Converse] J.P.
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State of New York
Saratoga County 
I Elnathan Finch of Edenberg county of Saratoga New York formerly of Wilton 
Do hereby on oath depose and say that my age infirmity and circumstances in life is such that I cannot obtain the certificate required in the written affidavit that if the said Erza Converse & William Harris still [?] the distance from my place of residence to that of their’s is about three hundred [crossed out]
miles and that my statement together with the affidavit hereunto annexed of Johnathan Finch is such as I feel willing to rely on and is full as I can make at this present time.
Elnathan Finch
Sworn and subscribed on the 1st May 1833 before me Henry Clow Justice of the Peace 
I further certify that I am personally acquainted with with the above named Elnathan Finch who subscribed and swore to the above declaration before me on the date above named and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Dated Clifton Park August 26th 1833 
Henry Clow Justice
[on side]
Affidavit of William Harris

State of New York
Saratoga County Ss:
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the county of Saratoga do certify that Henry Clow before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same of one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office the sixth day of May 1833
A. Goodrich Clerk
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IP.95
In Matter of
Elnathan Finch
[faint illegible]
Walkers Co. [illegible]
[illegible]
15 July to [illegible]
[ illegible]
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I Johnathan Finch do solemnly sincerely and truly declare and affirm that Elnathan Finch did in the Revolutionary War enlisted in Col. Graham’s Regiment of New York Militia to serve one year from the time Of enlistment That previous To the affirmation Of said term, he Enlisted into The regular troops Of the United States And that he was Taken prisoner In the town of Bedford In Westchester county by the British and Kept a prisoner For a Length of time.
Jonathan Finch
Subscribed and affirmed to before me this 25th day of April Eight in the town and county of Saratoga
Daniel Morgan Jr.
Justice peace
I certify That I have been For a number of years acquainted, with Jonathan Finch, Late of Saratoga Deceased that he was A man of fair character and that his testimony is entitled to full credit and that he made this affidavit at the time certified above March 15, 1833
Daniel Morgan Jr. Justice.
Saratoga county
Clerks office
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the said county of Saratoga do hereby certify That Daniel Morgan Jr. whose signature appears on the jurat of  the above affidavit was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Saratoga duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony, where of I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County the 28th day of April 1828
Thomas Palmer
Clerk
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State of New York
County of Saratoga I Jonathan Finch of said county Being duly sworn deposeth And saith that Elnathan Finch was a soldier of the
Revolutionary War. That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he performed a tour of three months duty in the Militia in a Regiment Commanded by Colonel Livingston. That in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight or nine  he served nine months in a regiment commanded by Col. Graham which Regiment was attached to the Continental Troops and served in the same nine months and received from the said Colonel an honorable discharge, he afterwards served in the Militia and was taken prisoner at Bedford Westchester County, N.Y. And confined three months and after his discharge from confinement he served at short periods in the Militia until the close of the war and this deponent further says that the said Elnathan Finch served his Country as a soldier the greatest part of the Revolutionary War either in the Regular Troops or Militia, and further saith not.
Subscribed and affirmed to this 4th day of March 1830 before me.
Daniel Morgan Junr
Justice Peace
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Saratoga County 
State of New York 
I certify that I have been acquainted with Johnathan Finch late of Saratoga deceased the person who made the written affidavit a number of years that he was a minister of the Gospel in good standing and of fair character and that his testimony is entitled to full credit and belief and that he made the affidavit before me at the time certified within by me. Dated at Saratoga this 15th day of March 1833.
Daniel Morgan, Jr. justice

State of New York
Saratoga County 
I Alpheus Goodrich clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Daniel Morgan Jr who has subscribed the above certificate and before whom the written affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the said affidavit, and of the Justice of the peace in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office the sixth day of May 1833
A. Goodrich clerk