Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23424, John Allen, Mass. R. I.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
R.I.

Allen, John
Sally

NUMBER
W. 23424.
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20. 484
New York
John Allen
of Fridonia [Fredonia] in the State of NYork
who was a private in the Comp. command
by Captain Whipple of the Regt commanded
by Col. Symonds on the Mass state
line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
to the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sep. 1833
and sent C. H. William
Cazenovia
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 31 $108”30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 [illegible] ’14  21”66
$130.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 41
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In the Matter of John Allen an Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 1832 |
State of New York 
Madison County | Ss. Samuel Salisbury, a resident of the town of Nelson in the County of Madison & State of New York being the duly sworn doth depose & say that he was in the service of the United States from 1776 for above two years, and knows that John Allen, in 1777 was in the service of the United States, in a Company of Militia raised in the town of Adams in the County Berkshire Massachusetts in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Simons of Williamstown in Berkshire County he frequently saw said Allen after the Company was called out, but the company was soon separated & a part called one way & a part another -- & the said Allen was in one part & this deponent in the other & after that time, he had no further knowledge of said Allen in the service. That said Company were volunteers  --- 
Samuel Salisbury
His mark + [signature]
signed in the presence of Chas H Williams
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 14th day of July 1832- Justin Dwinell Supreme Court Commissioner
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In the Matter of John Allen. An applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 1832|
State of New York County of Madison} Ss. Jeremiah Whipple of the town of Nelson in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose & say that sometime during the Revolutionary War (but he does not remember the year) Ezra Whipple the father of this deponent while residing in the town of Adams Berkshire County Mass [illegible] a Captain of a Company of Malitia [sic] that John Allen the Applicant was a member of such Company. And was drafted for three months service, and deponent understood & believes he went into the service Deponent has frequently heard his father say that said Allen was a good Soldier 
J. Whipple [signature]
Sworn & Subscribed before me 
this 17th of September 1832 and 
do certify that that I am well 
acquainted with This said Jeremiah Whipple is entitled to credit & 
Sustains a good character for truth & veracity 
Justin Dwinell Supreme Court Comr.
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[top half left side vertical] John Allen

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office} Ss. I Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County do certify that Justin Dwinell, before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been Sworn, was, at the date of the same, a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits, to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 25th day of May 1833, 
A.S. Sloan Clk.
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Allen a Revolutionary Soldier|
Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
State of New York County of Madison} S.s. On this ninth day of October in the year our Lord One thousand Eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the [crossed out illegible] Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison in the State of New York. now sitting John Allen of the town of Cazenovia in the County & State aforesaid, aged Sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 – 
That he entered the service of the United States under following named Officers & served as herein after stated.
In the year 1777 the declarant lived in the town of Adams County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts & had, lived there for several years. - In May or June 1777 he was attached to Capt. Ezra Whipple Company of Militia in Colonel Simonds Regiment [of is crossed out] and stood as a minuteman liable to be called out on duty at any moment - for six months. [underlined] -  from the time aforesaid - He was called out Several times-- for a week or two at at [sic] a time -
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In 1778 - He was drafted by Capt Ezra Whipple in Adams aforesaid for three months service - was inspected at Great Barrington, Berkshire County Mass - marched to Claverac [Claverack] [illegible] where the Regiment met. -  under command of Colonel Chapin, Declarant was in a Company commanded by Capt Asa Barnes - Does not remember the names of any other officers in the Regiment staid about a week at Claverac & marched to the Barracks, & remained there on duty as a guard the remainder of the three months when the Regiment was discharged - Did not receive any written discharge - He returned to Adams.

In the month of May 1781 Eleazer Jenks of North Providence, Rhode Island  - was drafted & the declarant was employed by him & went into the service as a substitute for him - for one month - in Captain Allen's Company in Colonel Thomas Potter's Regiment of Rhode Island Militia John Whipple was Major of said Regiment They were stationed on Brenton's Point Declarant was Sergeant of the Col's guard remained in service one month & was discharged but rec no written discharge

In June 1781 he enlisted at Grafton in the County of Worcester Massachusetts in Colonel Luke Drury's Regiment, a Mr Carpenter was Lieutenant Colonel. Solomon Stowe quartermaster, & a Mr French (he thinks Adjutant of said Regiment.-- They marched
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to West Point & were stationed there, for the whole of the declarants term of service He served out the three months & was discharged  - received a written discharge from Colonel Michael Jackson of the Eighth Regiment (Mass) -  in the Continental Line Genl McDugald was commander in chief on the point - Col. Sheldon of the Cavalry (continental) was there a part of the time He is known in his present neighborhood to the Rev Lewis Leonard Asa Lord Perry G Childs Esq Charles Stebbins Esq Jesse Wilbur & many others who can testify as required by the War Department He has no documentary evidence of service & knows no other persons than those whose affidavits are annexed, by whom he can he procure them – He relinquish has all claim to a pension or annuity as of this present. & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - 
He was born in the town of Rehobarth [Rehoboth] Bristol County Massachusetts - on the ninth day of August 1763 He has a family Record of his age at home He continues to live in Adams aforesaid till about 1793 - moved to Manchester Bennington County Vermont. lives there about four years. moved to Springfield Otsego Co. NY. about 30 years removed to Cazenovia Madison County New York -  where he has lived ever since – John Allen [signature] 
Sworn and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid |
A. S. Sloan Clk 
Mr Lewis Leonard a Clergyman & Asa Lord residing in the town of Cazenovia aforesaid do certify that we are well acquainted with John Allen who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is [illegible crossed out word] generally reputed & believe in
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The neighborhood where he resides to have a Soldier of the Revolution, & we concur in that opinion
 [signed]
Lewis Leonard
Asa Lord 
Sworn subscribed the day & year aforesaid|
A.S. Sloan Clk [signature]|
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution & served as he states and the said court do further certify that Lewis Leonard who has subscribed the above certificate is a clergyman, residing in the town of Cazenovia, & Asa Lord who has also subscribed said certificate resides in said town & is a credible person of their statement is entitled to credit 
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Allen for a Pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal office this ninth day of October 1832 
A. S. Sloan Clk

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In The Matter of
John Allen an application for a Pension 
Declaration 
Chas H. William 
Atty
Cazenovia 
Madison Co
NY
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No 14988
John Allen
Madison Co
NY
i
Admitted
Private 13 months
8666
21.66
108.23
Chs H. Williams
Madison Co
NY

LS & Cert
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
 Pension Office, 
183
Sir, 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }).  You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, shewing the service of John Allen Madison Co Ny – 
[column headers] 
Period when the service was rendered. |Duration of the claimant’s service. Years | Months. |Days. |Rank of the claimant. |Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. |Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |

Attach May 1777 | [null] | 6 | [null] | private | Capt Whipple | Col. Symonds Rgt | [null] | Greater Bennington | 69 years Berkshire Co Massachusetts | Living & Traditional evidence |

May 1778 |[null] | 3 | [null] | [null] | Capt Whipple | Co Chapin Col. Potters Rgt | [null] | Berkshire County | [null] | [null] |

[illegible] May 1781 | [null] | 1 | [null] | [null] | Capt Barnes | Major Whipple Col. Drury’s Rgt | [null] | Brenton’s Point | [null] | [null] |

June 1781 | [null] | 3 | [null] | [null] | Cap Allen | Col Jackson Gen. McDougall | [null] | [null] | [null] | [null] |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of
County of ___________} ss.
 On this ___day of _____personally appeared (a) before _______
A.B. a resident (b) of_____ in the county of _____and State, Territory or District
Of _____aged (c ) ______years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ____ ,with _____ and
served in the _____(e) regiment of the ______line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I _______ of the Court of _____do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _________for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of __________& c. 
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: _______
 (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ______ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _______ , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the ____and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, ___ Clerk of the Court of ____do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of _____for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? {To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant my just invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise, a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service;  but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For ___years, ___ months, and ____days, I served as a- -- ; and for such service I claim a pension.”
 It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectional. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. [f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
Proof of Service. 
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes for [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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11481
Sally Allen
N. Y.
Act July 7th 38
[illegible] Mar 22d 40
aomd
6 mo. 8 days pri
20.88 from
11 March 40
Also
Acts 43 & 44
Hon W.J. Hough
H. R.
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State of New York Madison County} S.s. On this twenty fifth day of November one thousand Eight hundred and sixty four personally appeared before me Talcott Backus one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Madison County & State of New York Sally Allen a resident of Cazenovia in the County & State aforesaid aged seventy years and eleven months who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath say & 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 & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Allen who was a private in the Revolutionary Army but in what troop or company she is unable of her own knowledge to say but refers to the records of the War Department for proof of the particulars She further declares that she was married to the said John Allen on the twenty third day of March one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid John Allen died on the twenty second day of March Eighteen hundred & forty 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 
Sally Allen
Her mark x [signature]
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before me Talcott Backus Judge of Madison County Com pleas
I certify the above named Sally Allen signed the above affidavit by making her mark because she had never learned the art of writing & I further certify the said Sally Allen was prevented from appearing in open Court on account of infirmity the place of the holding of the Courts for this County being eleven [the word eleven is also written directly below the original as to clarify] miles from the residence of the said Sally Allen Talcott Backus Judge of Madison County Com pleas
Nov 25, 1844
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State of New York Madison County Clerks Office} S.s.  I Zadock T. Bentley Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Talcott Backus Esqr the Judge before whom the subjoined affadavits were taken was at the time the same bear date a Judge of Madison County Courts duly appointed and qualified and that I am well acquainted with his signature and verily believe the same as signed to the said affadavits are respectively genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 28th day of November 1844 
Z. T. Bentley Clerk
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State of New York Madison County} S.s. Rufus Allen being duly sworn says that he is son of John Allen & Sally Allen & that the Sally Allen mentioned in the affidavit on the first page of this sheet is the identical Sally Allen who is widow of John Allen deceased & who was a pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 & who died on the 22nd day of March 1840 & that the certificate accompanying this sheet is the same which the said John Allen obtained in his life time & the said Rufus Allen further says on his oath, that no record of the marriage of his said Father & mother could be found in the town where the marriage took place & that the Bible which contained the family record reciting said marriage was burned by a person who was insane at the time 
Rufus Allen [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th day of November 1844 before me Talcott Backus Judge of Madison County Com pleas
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Syracuse August 5, 1845 
I hereby certify that I am the sister of Sally Allen now widow of John Allen late of Cazenovia that I was brought up in the family of said sister and her husband said John Allen Suppose I was at their wedding but was too young to recollect distinctly the fact, but do well recollect the birth of Rufus Allen their eldest son in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine at which time they were living together as husband and wife in the Town of Lanesborough Berkshire County, Massachusetts and I knew them so living as husband ^& [above line] wife to the day of his death in March 1840 and their being lawfully married I never heard questions or doubts by any one His funeral I attended at Cazenovia 
[signed] Lydia Greggs
Sworn before me this 5th day of Aug 1845 J.H. Johnson Justice of the Pc |
Syracuse August 5. 1845 
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Lydia Greggs the above deponent That she is a person of good moral character reputable inteligent [sic] and to be believed under oath 
John H Johnson 
Justice of the Peace 
State of New York Onondaga County Clerk’s Office, ss: I certify John H. Johnson Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Commissioned & sworn & that his signature above is genuine. Given under my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Syracuse August 5. 1845. Lewis J. Gilles DepClk
Clerk absent
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I Sally Hutchins hereby certify that I am sister to John Allen late of Cazenovia deceased that I was born on the twenty third day of June seventeen hundred and eighty one my said Brother John Married Sally Greene in 1788 I was not at the wedding but they came to my Fathers house in Adams Mass as husband and wife within a few days after their marriage and in April seventeen hundred and eighty nine I lived in the house with them in the town of Lanesborough Berkshire County Massachusetts in that month and while I was living with them their first son Rufus was born They were then living together as husband and wife I have no doubt but they were lawfully married and lived together as husband and wife to the day of his death I had also a Brother Benjamin who died in 1815 at Watertown NY he was older than John
Sally Hutchins
Her mark X [signature]
In presence of Loring Dow Justice 
Camilla Hutchins 
Subscribed and sworn 
STATE OF NEW YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss, } George B. Wilson Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Loring Dow Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit and certificate was of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorised by law to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 16 of October A.D. 1845 Geo. B. Wilson Clerk.
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I Sally Hutchins hereby certify that I am sister to John Allen late of Cazenovia deceased that I was born on the twenty third day of June seventeen hundred and eighty one my said Brother John Married Sally Greene in 1788 I was not at the wedding but they came to my Fathers house in Adams Mass as husband and wife within a few days after their marriage and in April seventeen hundred and eighty nine I lived in the house with them in the town of Lanesborough Berkshire County Massachusetts in that month and while I was living with them their first son Rufus was born They were then living together as husband and wife I have no doubt but they were lawfully married and lived together as husband and wife to the day of his death I had also a Brother Benjamin who died in 1815 at Watertown NY he was older than John
Sally Hutchins
Her mark X [signature]
In presence of Loring Dow Justice 
Camilla Hutchins 
Subscribed and sworn
October 8th 1845 before me
Loring Dow Justice of the Peace 
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mrs Sally Hutchins the above deponent that she is a person of inteligence and of good moral character that she does not write her name but makes her mark by reason of education 
Loring Dow Justice
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Nov. 24, 1875.
Addl to case
Sally Allen.


Hon
Wm J. Hough
H.R
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In the matter of the application
Of Sally Allen for a Pension 
State of New York Madison County ss: Rufus Allen of Cazenovia in said county being duly sworn depose and says I am a son of John Allen (late deceased) and Sally Allen and resided with my parents from the time of my birth in 1789 until I attained the age of nineteen and have continued to reside in the immediate neighborhood with the exception of a few weeks ever since. My father kept a family Register until the year 1812 when it was destroyed by Caleb Green on such of mine while insane. His Register was kept in our family Bible and I was perfectly familiar with its content. I was married and commenced house keeping in 1811 and at that time examined said Register and copied therefrom the record of my own birth. The following is in all respects a true copy of said Register as kept by my father according to my best recollection and belief. In making said copy I have examined the family Register of my brother & sisters and find them in all respect to conform therewith
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 “John Allen Born August 9th 1763. Ninth Seventeen hundred and sixty three
Sally Green Born December 23 1773. twenty third seventeen hundred and Seventy three
Married March 23, 1788 twenty third seventeen hundred and Eighty eight
Rufus Allen Born April 13, 1789 thirteenth seventeen hundred & eighty nine
Reuben Allen " Jany 28, 1791
Wm M. Allen Jany 21, 1793
Russel G. Allen. Nov. 30. 1794
Polly Allen Jany 28, 1797
Caleb S. Allen Aug. 20, 1799
Sally Allen April 29. 1802
Sophronia Allen Oct 31. 1804
Louis Allen Apl 6 1807
Wm Allen Dec 23. 1809 “

I have recently made diligent search for a
family record kept by my father but have not succeeded in finding any and am now sure there is no such record in existence.
My father with his family removed from
Lanesborough Massachusetts to Manchester Vermont while I was quite young. Of the particulars of the removal I can remember but little, but I well recollect that in on arriving at Manchester we
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went into an old Hatters ship for a day or two while the home designed for our residence was being put in readiness This was a few month previous to the birth of my brother Wm M. which occurred on the 21st Jany. 1793, and at which time my said father John Allen & said Sally Allen my mother were living together as husband wife, and to my knowledge they so continued to reside together as husband & wife until the decease of my said father on the 22d day of March 1840. My birth occurred on the 13th April 1789 as appeared from the entry in said Register is destroyed by said Uncle Caleb Green and of the truth of which I have no doubt.
 During the life time of my said father he often spoke to me of his Revolutionary services and frequently stated that he was not getting a pension for any thing like the amount of service he rendered, that he had served at Albany and was on duty at West Point at the time of the breaking of the chain which had been placed across the river for the obstruction of British vessels, but did not present his claim because he supposed he could not find the requireth witnesses to establish it. He afterwards found such witnesses and thought of presenting his claim for an additional amount but neglected it until his decease. I have always understood and believe that my paternal grand father resided with his family during the Revolutionary war at Adams Berkshire County Mass. He had several sons, Benjamin the Eldest I was personally acquainted with he died in 1815. My father was the second son, and after informed me that Benjamin and himself were more or less in service during the war and ^that Benjamin was in the army at the battle of Bennington. He also repeatedly stated to me during his lifetime that while apprentice to Mr Smith (Blacksmith) of Adams Massachusetts he ran away from his master and entered the service & after the period of his enlistment had expired returned to Adams & was subsequent again in the army. 
Rufus Allen
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Sworn & Subscribed 
before me this 3rd day of 
November 1845 
B. T. Clarke Justice peace
 
Madison County Ss I Hereby certify that the above named deponent Rufus Allen is a person of good moral character, respectable & intelligent and that I am well acquainted with him 
Nov 3rd 1845
B. T. Clark Justice peace
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[illegible – top half of sentence covered] of the application 
Of Sally Allen for a Pension 
State of New York Madison County ss:  Caleb S. Allen of Cazenovia in said County being duly sworn deposes & says I am a son of John Allen late of Cazenovia deceased and Sally Allen and was brought up in my fathers family & continue to reside therein from my birth August 20, 1799 until the year 1820. I have examined the annexed affidavit of my brother Rufus Allen and am acquainted with and know the facts then set forth in relation to the contents of my late fathers family Register & of the destruction thereof by Caleb Green which [illegible] to be correct and true. and further that a short time before the Bible containing our family Register was destroyed is therein mentioned the blank leaf on which said record was written having become somewhat mutilated, my father Copied said Record into his account book and I assisted him in comparing the same with the original. After the destruction of said Bible the copy in said account book was the only family record kept by father and the same as in the family when left home in 1820. I have recently examined all the books papers left by my father in march for said Record but have been unable to find the same and have no doubt the same is either lost or destroyed. From my recollection of the contents of said original record & of the copy thereof so made by my father and from an examination of the family Records of my brothers & sisters I have no ^ doubt but the copy enclosed in said affidavit of Rufus Allen hereto annexed is a correct & true copy of said original Record so kept by my father.
My father during his life time frequently informed me that he was not getting pension for the whole of his Revolutionary services
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he not being able to leave the names and residence of witnesses of whom to a required proof
Caleb S. Allen [signature]
Sworn & subscribed 
before me this 3d day 
November 1845 
B.T. Clarke Justice Peace
Madison County ss: I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent 
Caleb S. Allen
[illegible covered by attached paper]
[Attached paper as follows]

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County, SS. I, ZADOCK T. BENTLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify , that Benjamin T. Clarke Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instruments, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified ; and also, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate are genuine 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 
4th day of November 1845 
Z. T. Bentley Clerk

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Nov. 24, 1845
Addl to case
Sally Allen
Hon Wm. J Hough
H.R
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he not being able to leave the names and residence of witnesses of whom to a required proof
Caleb S. Allen [signature]
Sworn & subscribed 
before me this 3d day 
November 1845 
B.T. Clarke Justice Peace
Madison County ss: I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent
Caleb S. Allen and that he is respectable and intelligent and possesses a good moral character
Nov 3. 1845
B.T. Clarke Justice Peace



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Nov. 24, 1845
Addl to case
Sally Allen
Hon Wm. J Hough
H.R
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[left side]
1089 Alby.
New York
Sally Allen
widow of John Allen
served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of Jany 49
and sent to
G. M. Phillips
Present
[partial word] orded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[partial word] bruary 2, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 4
Increased
$20.

[right side] 
769
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September 27, 1939 

Miss Evelyn Allen Hammett    BA-J/MCS 
                                                [illegible initials]
4th and Maple Streets 	    JohnAllen, W.23424
Cleveland, Mississippi
 
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John Allen, a Revolutionary War soldier who was born August 9, 1763, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. 
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.23424, based on the military service of John Allen. 
John Allen, the son of Barnabas, was born August 9, 1763, in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While living in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was attached to Captain Ezra Whipple's company in Colonel Simons' Massachusetts regiment in May or June, 1777, and served for six months as minuteman and was called out several times for a week or two at a time. He enlisted in 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Asa Barnes' company in Colonel Israel Chapin's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in May, 1781, and served one month as sergeant in Captain Allen's (relationship not shown ) company in Colonel Thomas Potter's Rhode Island regiment. He enlisted in June, 1781, and served three months in Colonels Luke Drury's and Michael Jackson's Massachusetts regiments. 
John Allen lived in Adams, Massachusetts, until 1793 when he moved to Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont. After living there about four years he moved to Springfield, Otsego County, New York, and about thirty years later he moved to Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while living in Cazenobia, Madison County, New York. 
He died in Cazenovia, New York, March 22, 1840.
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John Allen married in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, March 23, 1788, Sally Green who was born December 23, 1773. 
As the widow of John Allen, Sally Allen was allowed pension on her application executed November 25, 1844, while living in Cazenovia, New York. She was living there in 1848. 
John and Sally Allen had thirteen children but only the following names are given: 
Rufus born April November 13, 1789, in Lanesborough, Massachusetts,
married in 1811, name of wife not given, and was living in Cazenovia in 1845.
Reuben born January 28, 1791
William M. “ January21, 1793
Russel (?) G. “ November 30, 1794
Polly “ January 28, 1797.
Caleb S. “ August 20, 1799, resident of Cazenovia in 1845.
Sally “ April 29, 1802.
Sophronia “ October 31, 1804.
Louis “ April 6, 1807.
Nelson (?) “ December 23, 1809.
John B. “ March 26, 1818.
The soldier's eldest brother, Benjamin Allen, died in 1815 in Watertown, New York, and it was stated that the soldier was the second son. The soldier's sister, Sally Hutchins, was living in 1845 and stated that she was born June 23, 1781. One Camilla Hutchins acted as witness for Sally Hutchins in 1845, relationship not given. 
The soldier's son, Rufus Allen, referred to his uncle, Caleb Green, who was living in 1812. In 1845 the widow's sister, Lydia Greggs, was living in Syracuse, New York. 
There are no further data relative to family. 
No charge is made for furnishing this information. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant 
to the Administrator
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[left side]
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23424
Sally Allen
Wid of
John Allen
Pri Rev War
---
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. A, Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side]
1925 Nov 23 Hist.
to Mrs. R. J. Dixon M.C.S.
[illegible] hist to to Miss
[Chri]stine O. Atwell M.C.S.
Sept. 27. Hist to
Evelyn A. Hammett M.C.S.
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New York 7430 Alby.
Sally Allen
widow of John Allen
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 22 March ‘40
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
16th day of Jany 49
and sent to
Geo. M. Phillips
Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June
17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 2 Page 70
Increased from $20
Deduct former pay

[right side]
Reported
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9741
N. York.
Sally Allen
widow of John Allen,
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the 22d Mar 1840.
of Madison (in the State of N. Yk
who was a private in the
commanded by Captain of the
commanded by in
the Mass line for 6mo 8 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany,
at the rate of 20 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence 22d March, 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the
Nov. 1845 and sent to Hon.
W. J. Hough, H.R.
Total amount, $18.90
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W.A. Stewart Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 - Page 147.
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[left side]
7430
N. York
Sally Allen,
widow of
John Allen,
who was a private
in the Massachusetts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
26 day of Nov: 1845
and sent to
Hon W. J. Hough
H. R.
[Act of March 3, 1843.
& 7 June, 44]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 70

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Rept 29 Nov
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[left side]
Increase 9741
New York
Sally Allen
Widow of John Allen
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 22 March 1840
of Madison in the State of N. Y.
who was a Private in the Compy
commanded by Captain [null]
Regt commanded by [null] in
The Revolution for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 22nd day of
March, 1840.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of
Jany. 49 and sent to G.M. Phillips Esq.
Total amount             Present
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Th. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 147
Increase from $20 [illegible]
All forms of payment.
[right side]
Reported
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[left side]
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
2d day of August 1848
and sent to B. T. Clarke
Cazenovia N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 4.
[right side]
Jany 2nd 49.
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11.481
Sally Allen
N. Y
Suspended
Sent to B. T. Clarke Jany 7. 1845
"         “ [illegible] June 23rd ‘45
“         “ [illegible] August 11 ‘45
Act July 7th ‘38
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Supplementary. 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston; July 30 1845
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Captn White’s roll from which the service of John Allen was described in the certificate issued March 5, 1845, does not give the towns to which the men belonged, but the comp. was from the county of Berkshire, and the John Allen named in the certificate, is the only one of the same name found upon any of the rolls, as from that county. Another roll of Captn White is sworn to at Lanesborough, which then adjoined Adams. It has further been verbally stated, that John Allen had an elder brother Benjamin, also in service, but that it was not known whether he belonged to the same compy with John or not, and ^on reference to Captn White’s roll, the name of Benj. Allen is found upon it, with that of John}
 In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written. John G. Palfrey
 Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Sir Cazenovia Jan 14, 1845 
Sir
I have applied for pension for Widow Sally Allen for services rendered by John Allen her late husband John Allen during his life time obtained a pension act of June 1832 & I supposed the evidence of his services on file in the War Department sufficient &c & the Commissioners letter to me runs thus “the Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts should be produced in evidence of the services of John Allen who says he served in John Allen 1777 under Capt Whipple Col Symonds Regt in 1778  Capt Whipple & Col Chapin in 1781 under Capt. Barnes, Col Potters Regt and Capt Allen Major Whipple Col Drury, Col Jackson and General McDougal " _________ 
can you certify by any records in your office to any or all the services above mentioned if so you will confer a lasting favor upon the Widow who is poor and in need of the pension please address your reply to your obt servant Secretary of Massachusetts  
B. T. Clarke
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Allen is borne as a private upon a pay roll of Capt. Silas Goodrich, Col. John Ashley from the County of Berkshire from Sept 19 to Oct 19, 1777 31 days; - upon a pay roll of Capt Asa Barnes, Col. Israel Chapin, service at Claverick, from Oct 16 to Nov 21. 1779, including allowance for 60 miles travel, 1 month, 10 days.-- upon a pay Roll of Capt William White in the "late Col Browns” regt from the County of Berkshire, service at “Stone Arabia”, N.Y. from July 13 to Oct 22, 1780, including allowance for 120 miles travel, 3 months, 13 days; -- upon a pay Roll of Capt Ezra Whipple Col. Simonds, on an alarm to reinforce Genl Allen from Oct. 27 to 29. 1780, 3 days; -- upon a Pay Roll of Capt Levi Brown Col. Asa Barnes’ Regt as a Corporal, from the town of Adams in Berkshire County,
[Left margin]
31 
1 -10 
+
+ 3 - 15
3
6.98
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on an alarm from Oct. 30. 1781 9 days & 60 miles travel. The name of said Allen is not ^on any rolls of Capt Allen, Cols Drury or Jackson, there are no rolls of Col. Potter, and the preceding is all the evidence of the service of any one of the name who can be identified with the individual for whom it is claimed in the annexed declaration, (letter)
 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the letter [application is crossed out] hereto annexed was filed in this Office, [crossed out]in the form in which the same now appears [/crossed out] that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter [application is crossed out], and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal 
of the Commonwealth, the date above written 
John G Palfrey [signature]
 of Secretary of the Commonwealth.
[Very faint writing]
X no record of John Allen X
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Cazenovia June 30: 1845 
I am the eldest son of John & Sally Allen was born April 13: 1789 at Lanesborough at which place I called in April last and helped the Town Clerk examine the record we found that Elder Simmons had made no return of marriages by him I found old people that knew my parents and recollected their marriage and the house in which they were married but was not at the wedding there is but two person now living that was at it & the one Mrs Niles highly respectable & who has testified -  and a sister of my Mother who was but a small child & don [sic] not recollect the ceremony - I learned that Elder Simmons was at Lanesborough only about two years and left at about 1790 went North to Vermont on Canada & there died I saw his brothers widow but could not learn where he died. The returns were made mostly from the private records of the office once in two to three years. I called at the County Clerks office and found the Town return for those years but none from Elder Simmons - the particulars as to the Original Family record kept by my Father in his own hand writing and its being destroyed can be proved and also what means the family nor have of knowing the correctness of the times of Births, Marriages and there are several persons living who knew my parents as husband and wife before 1794 – I knew them as such (beyond all doubt) since my earliest recollection ^to my Fathers Death [written in above], but I could hardly fix a definite time so early as 14 being so young-- there will be no difficulty on that point however Whether my Mother could in any way prove that Father served at Stone Arabia I do not know but I do not think she will be able to prove by living witnesses any service whatever as the witnesses are all dead -- that
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my Father rendered services for which he did not claim he repeatedly told me for the reason that he supposed he could not find a witness to prove them after he got his pension certificate he said he had found more testimony but contended not to make a new claim he mentioned often to me during his life time of service at west point and elsewhere particulars I do not recollect except that he ran away from his master engaged in the service and after the time was out returned again to his master I always considered my Father a man of sterling integrity I am informed that Jeremiah Whipple & Lieut Samuel Salisbury were my Father witnesses I knew them both they were highly respectable are both dead Daniel Salisbury Son of Samuel says he knew something of my Father at the time of the Bennington Battle in the Company of Capt Philip Mason & his Father Lieut Samuel Salisbury but not sufficient to be a witness ^ he was so young [written above] he heard his & my Father talk over those matters
Unless my Mother can have the benefit of Fathers proof & certificate I do not see how she can succeed as it will be impossible at this late day and without the aid of Father to find living witnesses to prove service in the Revolutionary war 
Rufus Allen 

John Allen Born Aug 9-- 1763 
Sally Green " [illegible] 23 1773 
Married March 23 - 1788 
Children 
Rufus Allen Born  Apl 13:1789 
Reuben “  Jan 28, 1791
Wm M  “  “  “ 21:1793 
So on 13 in all and the last one is John J Allen Born March 26: 1818
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Declaration
For increase of Pension under the Acts of 7th July, 1838. -  3d March 1843 - 17th June 1844 - 7th May 1846, and Joint Resolutions of 23d January 1845 and 1st July 1848, and Act 2d Feb 1848
State of New York Madison County} S.S.  On this eleventh day of September 1848, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mrs Sally Allen, a resident of Cazenovia in the County of Madison, State of New York aged 74 years in December last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the several Acts of Congress and Joint Resolutions above mentioned. I am the widow of John Allen, who departed this life on the twenty ^second [above crossed out word] day of March 1840, and who was a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia in the war of the Revolution, and drew a pension, prior to his decease, from the United States, at the rate of Forty- three dollars and thirty- three cents per annum. I have drawn a pension from the United States, from the 22d day of March 1840, under the Acts of 1838 1843- 1844 and 1848, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Eighty- Eight cents and now ask for such increase and arrears as I may be entitled to, under the decisions of the war Department and laws of the United States, 
Sally Allen
Her mark X [signature]
In presence of             {first [illegible] & second interlined}
B. T. Clarke W A Phillips
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and 
year first above written, before me 
B. T. Clarke Justice of the Peace 
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit and that she still remains a widow 
B. T. Clarke Justice of the Peace 
STATE OF NEW YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County, SS. I, A. SCOTT SLOAN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that B. T. Clarke Esqr whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the Eleventh day of September 
1848 A. Scott Sloan Clerk 
pr Wm A Holmes Dep
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I Henry J. Brown Town Clerk of the town of Cheshire for the year Eighteen Hundred and forty five hereby Certify that the town of Cheshire was a part of the town of Lanesborough in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Eight, that the present town of Cheshire was incorporated in the year 1793 - that I am the Officer in whose care the Records of the Town are placed for safe keeping, that I have made diligent search among the Records in my care and am unable to find any Record of the Marriage of John Allen to Sally Green, that I find no Record of Marriages, previous to seventeen hundred and ninety two with one exception consisting of a family Record. 
Henry J. Brown} Town Clerk of Cheshire 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Berkshire ss. April 25th 1845. 
Then personally the above named Henry J Brown Town Clerk of Cheshire in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true Before me John C Wolcott Justice of the peace 
I the subscriber hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Henry J Brown and that he is a person of good moral character. J. C. Wolcott.
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Commonwealth Massachusetts. 
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify that John C. Wolcott Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said John C. Wolcott and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
Chas Sedgwick, Clerk
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[Handwritten note top left]
not entitled under the
Joint resolution of [illegible]
Declaration made 25 & in
1844
Payment to be made
Albany by
Thos W. Olcott Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the
Agency of New York
[faded faint handwriting]
Joint Resolutions of 23d
January 1835 & [illegible]
1848

Payable on the 4th September and 4th
March
Issued Certificates made
Sem Al Oct 5 $43.33 pr ann
deducting what
husband had at $20.00
pr ann 
Recorded in the Pension Office on the
Roll of Pensioners under act February
2d, 1848, Page 1 Vol. 4
Leo Jenkins Clerk.
Geo M Phillips
Present
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WAR DEPARTMENT. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848 
Sally Allen 
widow of John Allen 
who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty dollars and eighty eight cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 
Given at the War Office of the United 
States this 29 day of August 
one thousand eight hundred and 
forty eight.
W.L. Marcy
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions. 
By F. S. Evans
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Secretary's Office, Boston; 
Febr 21, 1845  
Sir, 
Your letters of 14th ult. & 12th inst. have been received. The case in which you requested an examination has come up in its turn, but it is impossible to identify services satisfactorily, unless the town to which the individual belonged, or from which he is supposed to have enlisted is given, particularily when, as is the case with John Allen, the name is common. On receipt of the necessary information the case will receive immediate attention. 
I return the $ [illegible] enclosed in your last letter. No fees are received at this office for this kind of service.
Respectfully your Obt Servant
John G. Palfrey.
B. T. Clarke [illegible]
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[written in light ink]
John Allen was a resident of the town of Adams in Berkshire Co
He was in the service several times and commenced at the age of 16
He proved to satisfaction of Dept that he had rendered services & partly from 
Sect office – 40 Dolls & over  He was son of Barnabas Allen of Adams

[written upside down in the bolder ink]
July 1. 1845 
I answered this letter by stating that John Allen was a resident of the town of Adams Berkshire Co Mass and that he entered the service at the age of 16 years & was the son of Barnabas Allen of which information I obtained Widow & family of his Widow and family
B. T. Clarke
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[written in the bolder ink]
July 1. 1845 
I answered this letter by stating that John Allen was a resident of the town of Adams Berkshire Co Mass and that he entered the service at the age of 16 years & was the son of Barnabas Allen of which information I obtained of his Widow & family.
B. T. Clarke 

[written upside down in light ink]
John Allen was a resident of the town of Adams in Berkshire Co
He was in the service several times and commenced at the age of 16
He proved to satisfaction of Dept that he had rendered services & partly from 
Sect office – 40 Dolls & over  He was son of Barnabas Allen of Adams
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Cazenovia July 1, 1845 
Sir
Yours of 25 ult July received and I take the liberty of enclosing a statement made by Rufus Allen & by that you will see that they have no expectations of making any further proof of the services of the late John Allen - We also supposed we could use the evidence already on the files of the department which enabled the deceased pensioner to obtain his pension. There is proof obtainable of their living together as husband and wife prior to 1794. but if the rules of the pension office require further proof of the services or further identity, the applicant thinks it will be of no use for her to search for proof as the witnesses are all dead that one has any knowledge of - will you have the goodness to State in particular what evidence other than what relates to their living as Husband & wife will be satisfactory & whether she could not use the evidence on the files of your office to substantiate her claim 
Very respectfully yours 
B. T. Clarke
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[left side]
Payments to be made
At New York
by Pres. U.s. [illegible] [illegible]
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. H
Page 41. by Go. C. Stiles
Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Allen of the State of New York who was a private in the revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Forty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year. 
Given at the War Office of the United States this 10th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Lew Cass 
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.} J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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11481 Dec. 4. 1844
Cl. Sally Allen,
July 7 1838
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Cazenovia New York Nov 29. 1844 
D Sir
Enclosed are the papers which we rely upon to enable Mrs Sally Allen to obtain a pension certificate & among them I send the certificate which Mr John Allen possessed while living - you will discover that we are unable to show any service performed by him but refer you to the evidence on the files of the Department supposing of course there must be evidence there or he would not have obtained his certificate If any further proof or any omission of necessary proof is wanting I hope to be informed if agreeable to the rules of the Department - & if possible it shall be forwarded without delay
 Very Respectfully yours 
B. T. Clarke
J.L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
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State of New York Madison County} ss. On this tenth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said County Sally Allen a resident of the town of Cazenovia in said County aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2nd day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War . That she is the widow of John Allen who was a private in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts but the Regt or Company is unknown to your declarent [sic] and that she received under the act of June 17. 1844 annually the sum of twenty dollars and Eighty eight cents and she further declares that she is still a widow 
Sally Allen
Her mark X [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
B. T. Clarke J. Peace  
Minerva S Becker [signature]
I certify the above named Sally Allen signed the foregoing affidavit by making her mark having lost the art of writing & I further certify I have known her personally for thirty years last past 
Cazenovia July 10th 1848 
B. T. Clarke J. Peace
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State of New York Madison County Clerks office} ss  I A Scott Sloan Clerk of said County hereby certify that B. T.  Clarke Esq before whom the within declaration on oath was taken and whose name is subscribed to the jurat thereof and to the certificate thereunder written was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and qualified. That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate and to the said jurat is genuine --- 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 17th day of July 1848 A. Scott Sloan Clerk 

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B. T. Clarke
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Cazenovia May 14, 1845

Sir
Enclosed I send you the Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts relative to the services of John Allen in the Revolutionary War also the certificates of the respective Clerks of the towns of Lanesborough & Cheshire, which show that no record of the Marriage of said John Allen & Sally Green appear upon the books in the respective offices of said Clerks and I refer you to the affidavit of Rufus Allen the oldest son of said John & Sally Allen already to in your office accounting for the loss of the Family record which was kept in the Bible belonging to said John - The said Rufus Allen having recently made a journey to Massachusetts for the purpose of obtaining information to enable his mother to obtain the pension procured the Clerks Certificates which are enclosed informs me that all the attendant witnesses are dead who were present at said Marriage except the Widow of Judge Niles whose affidavit you have and that Elder Simmons who married them removed from Lanesborough to other parts unknown & has been dead a number of years 
The destruction of the Family record can be proved by other children of said John Allen if necessary - From the strict inquiry made I am confident that no written testimony of said marriage can be found & that no record births &c is in existence but that from the recollection of the children of said John & Sally Allen a true Copy of said last or destroyed Register can be made & verified upon oath if required 
Respectfully yours
B. T. Clarke
J. L. Edwards Esqr 
Comr of Pensions
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State of New York Otsego County Town of Burlington} ss 
Exa Niles being duly sworn before me the undersigned says that she is acquainted with Sally Allen who is the widow of John Allen and that she was present and witnessed the marriage of the said John Allen and said Sally whose family name was Green on the twenty third day of March in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred eighty eight and further affirms that she acted as bridesmaid at the marriage of and the ceremony was performed by Elder Simmons a Baptist Minister at the house of Caleb Sheffield in the town of Lanesborough Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts and further this deponent saith not
Exa Niles [signature]
Subscribed and sworn before me this 18th day of November AD 1844 
Avery Park Justice Peace 

Otsego County ss Town of Burlington
I do hereby certify that I was acquainted with Judge Jonathan Niles and his wife Exa Niles for about thirteen years last past she being now his widow has resided the most of the time since within a few miles of this place and from my acquaintance with the said Exa Niles do believe her to be a person of truth and veracity and a credible witness before any court of Justice wherever she might be called to testify 
Burlington November 18th 1844 Avery Park Justice Peace
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State of New York 
Otsego County Clerk's Office}ss
I George B Wilson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Avery Park Esquire before whom the written affidavit taken purports to have been ^taken was on the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected sworn & qualified according to law to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Avery Park Esqr and verily believe his signature to the within affidavit is genuine 
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said County this 18th day of November 1844 
Geo B. Wilson Clerk
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Mrs Allen [illegible]
on the fact of her husband having a Pension certificate the evidence [illegible crossed out word] produced by him to obtain it which is supposed to be with the Department and she understands that Jeremiah Whipple & Lieut Samuel Salisbury were witnesses & that the war department found record at Washington also his frequent saying he served much longer than he proved and at Albany & West Point NY the part of there being no documentary evidence of his marriage in existence proof ^Town Clerk [illegible crossed out words]^Cheshire Town and Church ^Clerk Lanesborough 
Rufus Allen – Caleb S Allen
The fact time & manner of his marriage proved by Mrs Niles-- the bridesmaid at the wedding who I am informed was taken there by Reuben Johns Brother then paying attention to him [illegible] of course strengthens his memory 
the fact of their living together as husband & wife before 1794 Mrs Lydia Gregg testimony [illegible] 1789 or Sally Hutchins & Rufus Allen 
Rufus Allen [during his is crossed out] from his earliest recollection his birth of April 1789 being proved Lydia Greggs 
Other evidence can be obtained on this point by sending a [illegible] but I think the department will be satisfied with the above x
X (Mr. [illegible] has since obtained)
The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts of March 5: 1845
X supplement there to July 30
to make the case still more plain hopes the department will be able to find the record referred to in the letter to Mr Allen when his application was under consideration [crossed out] as testified by Rufus Allen [/crossed out]
There is the name of John Allen on some other Roll on file at Boston in a remote part of the state from Berkshire - A part of the service of her husband was done while he was a runaway apprentice from Adams and probably the most part of it as he run away for that purpose engaged in the service served out the time and then returned to his master it is believed that this was his first service and afterwards his Master permitted him to go A sundry times (Blacksmith [illegible)
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I Richard Whitney certify that I am the Town Clerk of the Town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that I have carefully examined the Records of said Town and cannot find any Record of the Marriage of John Allen and Sally Green thereon recorded and I further certify that the Records of early date are very imperfect
And I further certify that I was clerk of the Church the Last year and Examined the Records of said Church and did not ^find the Marriage of John Allen & Sally Green Recorded thereon and I do not think there is any of the above Marriage to be found in this Town- 
Lanesborough April 25th 1845
Richard Whitney T. Clerk 
Berkshire Ss April 25th 1845 Then personally appeared Richard Whitney the signer of the above and made oath to the truth of the same 
Before me Wm T Filley Just Peace 
and I certify that Richard Whitney the signer of the above affidavit is personally known to me and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that his statement ought to be believed and taken as true 
Wm T Filley
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Commonwealth Massachusetts. 
Berkshire, ss. 
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that William T Filley Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations do in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Wm T Filley and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
 In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five
 Chas Sedgwick Clerk
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RECEIVED SEP 20 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV Renderer
VETS ADM

4th and Maple Streets 
Cleveland, Mississippi
September 18, 1939

The Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
 I have recently been in correspondence with Mr. Chester C. Allen of Springfield, Massachusetts in regard to our common ancestry. He gave me a carbon copy of a letter from the Veterans Administration dated April 11, 1938 addressed to Miss Christine O. Atwell, 44 Sullivan Street, Cazenovia, New York, which gave data obtained “from papers on file in the pension claim W. 23424 based upon military service of John Allen”, who was born August 9, 1763 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The letter lists the children of John Allen, including my great-grand-father, Caleb S. Allen, born August 20, 1799. 
If it in order, I should like very much to have this same material written in a letter to me or sent to me in a clean copy of the original; it is of course now a part of my own family record since Mr. Chester Allen has passed it on to me. 
The letter is signed by A. D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to the Dministrator, and the reference number of the letter is blurred but seemed to be “In reply refer to John Allen W. 23424 BA-/MCS." 
If there is a charge, please inform me. 
Yours very truly, 
(Miss) Evelyn Allen Hammett
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[Stamp] RECEIVED APR 4 1938

44 Sullivan Street, Cazenovia, New York. Apr. 2, 1938.
Veteran's Administration, Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen: 
Kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary War service and pension application, if any, of 
[check mark] BARNABAS ALLEN, born 1741 Rehoboth, Mass. died 1811 Allen's Lake, Springfield Township, Otsego Co., N. Y. mar Amy Camp. Enlisted July 9, 1777. War record found in Vol. I, p. 140, Mass. S. & S. of the Rev. 
and his son,
[check mark] John Barnabas Allen, b. 1763-4 Rehoboth, Mass. d. 1840 Cazenovia, N. Y. m. Sarah Green War record on p. 165, v. I, Mass. S. & S. of Rev. 
Thanking you, I am,
Very truly yours,
Christine O. Atwell [signature]
 (Miss) Christine O. Atwell.
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1432, S. Carson Ave., Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 15, 1925.

Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen, 
Have you anything in your records of the following named persons that would ^aid me in furnishing proof of eligibility to the society of D. A. R. -
Barnaba Allen, born at Rehoboth, Mass. April 28, 1741, married to Amy Camp, born Sept. 17, 1744, supposed to have served in Capt. Enos Parker's Co. Col. Symonds Regt., (Berkshire Co.) Enlisting July 9, 1777, discharged July 31, 1777. Company sent to reinforce Continental Army at Ticonderoga. Enlisted again in Oct. 1780 for three days, on an alarm in Berkshire.
John Allen, son of Barnabas and Amy, born Aug. 9, 1763 at Rehoboth, Mass., married Sarah Green Mch. 23, 1788. She was born Dec. 23, 1773. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Capt. Ezra Whipples Co. Col. Symond's Regt. Enlisted Oct. 27, 1780, discharged Oct. 30, 1780, on an alarm.
Also, data concerning the service of Benjamin Allen in King Phillip's War, for which his son, Joseph, received a grant of land. The said Benjamin was born in 1652. He married Mrs. Rachel Squire) Wheeler, widow of Henry Wheeler, daughter of Phillip and Rachel Squire. Anything in your records that would furnish proof to aid in becoming a member in the D. A. R. or Colonial Dames will be gratefully appreciated. 
[stamped] U.S. Pension Office  Oct 21 1925
 Very Respectfully,  
(Jno). Cora Martin Dixon Address  R. J. Dixon 1432, S. Carson Ave. Tulsa Okla.
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April 9, 1938 
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BA-J/EEL


Miss Christine O. Atwell #44 Sullivan Street Cazenovia, New York 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Barnabas Allen, born 1741, at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, married Amy Camp, and died in 1811, in Otsego County, New York, and of his son, John Barnabas Allen, born 1763 at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, died 1840, at Cazenovia, New York, wife Sarah Green. There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a Barnabas Allen, as described by you or of a John Barnabas Allen. The record has been found of a John Allen, born in 1763 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and died in 1840, at Cazenovia, New York, whose wife was Sally Green. The history of that soldier is furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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April 11, 1938
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Miss Christine O. Atwell
44 Sullivan Street
Cazenovia, New York
John Allen, W.23424
BA-J/MCS
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, W.23424, based upon the military service of John Allen.
John Allen, the son of Barnabas, was born August 9, 1763, in
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While living in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was
attached to Captain Ezra Whipple's company in Colonel Simonds' Massachusetts
regiment in May or June, 1777, and served for six months as
minuteman and was called out several times for a week or two at a time.
He enlisted in 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Asa
Barnes' company in Colonel Israel Chapin's Massachusetts regiment. He
enlisted in May, 1781, and served one month as sergeant in Captain Allen's
(relationship not shown) company in Colonel Thomas Potter's Rhode Island
regiment. He enlisted in June, 1781, and served three months in Colonels
Luke Drury's and Michael Jackson's Massachusetts regiments.
John Allen lived in Adams, Massachusetts, until 1793 when he moved to
Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont. After living there about four
years he moved to Springfield, Otsego County, New York, and about thirty
years later he moved to Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832,
while living in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.
He died in Cazenovia, New York, March 22, 1840.
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John Allen married in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, March 23, 1788, Sally Green who was born December 23, 1773. 
As the widow of John Allen, Sally Allen was allowed pension on her application executed November 25, 1844, while living in Cazenovia, New York. She was living there in 1848. 
John and Sally Allen had thirteen children but only the following names were given: 
Rufus born April 13, 1789, in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, married in 1811, name of wife not given, and was living in Cazenovia in 1845.
Reuben born January 28, 1791
William M. “ January 21, 1793.
Russel(?) G. “ November 30, 1794,
Polly “ January 28, 1797.
Caleb S. “ August 20, 1799, resident of Cazenovia in 1845.
Sally “ April 29, 1802,
Sophronia “ October 31, 1804.
Louis “ April 6, 1807.
Nelson (?) “ December 23, 1809.
John B. “ March., 26, 1818.
The soldier's eldest brother, Benjamin Allen, died in 1815 in Watertown, New York, and it was stated that the soldier was the second son. The soldier's sister, Sally Hutchins, was living in 1845 and stated that she was born June 23, 1781, one Camilla Hutchins acted as witness for Sally Hutchins in 1845, relationship not given. 
The soldier's son, Rufus Allen, referred to his uncle, Caleb Green, who was living in 1812. In 1845 the widow's sister, Lydia Greggs, was living in Syracuse, New York. 
There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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November 23, 1925
Mrs. J. R. Dixon 1432 S. Carson Ave. Tulsa, Okla. 
Madam: I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23424, it appears that JOHN ALLEN was born August 9 1763, in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, son of Barnabas. While living in Adam, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was attached to Captain Ezra Whipple's Company, Colonel Simonds' Massachusetts Regiment in May or June, 1777, and served for six months as minute-man in readiness to go when called and was called out several times for a week or two at a time. He enlisted in 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Asa Barnes' Company, Colonel ^Isreal Chapin's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1781 and served one month as Sergeant in Captain Allen's Company, Colonel Thomas Potter's Rhode Island Regiment. He enlisted in June, 1781 and served three months in Colonel Luke Drury's and Michael Jackson's Massachusetts Regiments. He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while living in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. He died there March 22, 1840.
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He married March 23, 1788, Sally Green who was born December 23, 1773. She was allowed pension on her application executed November 25, 1844, while living in Cazenovia, New York. 
They had thirteen children, the following are only names given: 
Rufus	born	 April	13, 	1789, in Lanesborough, Mass., and married in 1811, name of wife not stated.
Reuben “	January	28	1791.
William M. “	January 21,	1793.
Russel G. “	November 30,	1794.
Polly	“	January 28,	1797.
Caleb S. “	August 20,	1799.
Sally 	“	April 6, 		1807.
Sophronia “	October 31, 	1804.
Louis	“	April 6,		1807.
Nelson? “	December 23, 	1809.
John B.	“	March 26,	1818.
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT 
Commissioner