Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22629, Ashbel Baldwin, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Baldwin, Ashbel

NUMBER
S. 22629

CONTENTS
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   30,623.  Increase    Albany

NEW YORK
Ashbel Baldwin, decd.

of ................... in the State of ..........................
who was an Assistant Quarter Master {last two words inserted] in the .....................commanded by Captain        ..................... of the ..........................commanded by .............................. in the Connecticut line for two years.

Inscribed in the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, & end 8th February 1846, when he died.  

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of August
1850  and Sent to 
Hon O. Fowler, It. R.

Increased from $320.00
Payable to Charles E. Bristol, only surviving Executor of said
Ashbel Baldwin decd  he having
left neither widow or child. 

 Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.
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Certificate of the Town Clerk of Fitchfield
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I certify that it appears from the Records of this Town that "Ashbel son to Isaac and Ann Baldwin was born March 7th 1757 Tuesday"

Litchfield County
Litchfield Town Clerk Office Aug 9th 1832

Elihu Harrison Town Clerk

Litchfield County ss Litchfield 25 Sept 1835

I certify that on the 9th of August 1832, Elihu Harrison Esq. was Town Clerk of the Town of Litchfield and that his signature above is genuine. Attest

Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
New Haven

On the 30th day of November 1835, personally appeared in open Court, before the
Court of Probate in and for the District
of New Haven now sitting, Rev. Ashbel
Baldwin of Oxford in the County of
New Haven in the State of Connecticut,
aged 79 years on the 7th day of March
1836, who being 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 the 7th day of June 1832 viz:-

That at the commencement of the
Revolutionary War, he was a member
of Yale College, in the town and County of New Haven, and was graduated
at the said Seminary in the year 1776.

That in the years 1777 and 1778, a large
military depot consisting of between
twenty and thirty pieces of brass canon
and munitions of war of every description, clothing, provisions, &c. were stationed
at Litchfield in the County of Litchfield
;-- That barracks, to accommodate the troops, and store houses for the Commissary Department and the
ammunition &c. were erected by Gov
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ment nearby adjoining the farm of Isaac
Baldwin Esq of said Litchfield, represented
father of the said Ashbel Baldwin; That
a company of military soldiers, which he
always understood belonged to the continental army, were stationed there for
the purpose of guarding said military
stores, &c. That said depot of military stores and troops were under the direction and command of Wm Richards,
Esq. of Elisabethtown in the State of New Jersey, an officer, as he always understood,
belonging to the Continental army; 

That said Richards bore the title of Lieutenant
and Quartermaster, (but was sometimes call
ed Major,) by the common people; That
said Wm Richards boarded at his father's
house for a considerable time;-- That
soon after the establishment of said
military depot, he entered into the service
of his country in the capacity of
a Quartermaster at said station, acting
under the authority of a warrant granted him for that purpose by the constituted authority, which warrant is unfortunately mislaid or lost, probably the latter as he cannot find it among his numerous papers;- That he acted in the
aforesaid capacity at said military
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station between two and three years; and is certain of his continence to said service two years and five months at least; That during the time of the service aforesaid, he well remembers that orders came from the commander of the American army, stationed near the village of Fishkill on the Hudson River in the state of New York, to transport a part of said military stores to that place and deliver them at the quarters of General Knox, which orders were immediately complied with; That he was directed by the officer commanding said military station to perform this duty which he did by procuring twelve ox wagons partly by contract and partly by impressment; That he proceeded with them and the ammunition under a guard of military soldiers, one only of which is now living, whose deposition accompanied this statement; That he delivered said military stores &c to Gen Knox and received his personal thanks for their delivery in such good condition. He well remembers that he regularly received his pay and rations as the other officers and soldiers did; and that he received an honorable discharge, whether written or verbal he does not recollect; That the Commissary at said station was Moses Seymour of Litchfield. He further states, that some short time before the coarmation of New Manhattan island by the Americans troops
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he went out with a body of drafted militiamen from the County of Litchfield and joined them to the corpse then stationed at or near Harlam Heights; the commander's name he does not recollect, and he well remembers that on the night of his arrival with the drafted militiamen that a battery was opened by a part of the British army on the American camp and a severe cannonade was kept up during the night. He further states, that soon after the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, he commenced a preparation in order to make application for a pension and had two depositions taken for that purpose viz James Baldwin and Ashbel Marsh, but was suddenly and unexpectedly laid on a bed of sickness, with but very little expectation of ever being again restored to health, but is able at present to walk about, his health and strength is however so much prostrated; and his sight so much impaired that he has no expectations of ever being again able to transact any business. He therefore makes the foregoing statement and application to the constituted authorities of his beloved country. He further states that he was born at Litch-
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field in the County of Litchfield on the 7th day of March 1757; That after the establishment of our present happy and independent government, he entered into the ministerial service, and was the first person ordained in America by Bishop Seabury, in the city of Middletown, on the 3d day of August 1785; That he settled in his native town of Litchfield, and performed clerical services in said town until November 1792; when by the advice of his friends and physicians he removed, on account of the ill health of his family, he removed to the town of Stratford in Connecticut and took the rectorship of Christ's Church in said town, and continued in that station until the year 1825, when he resigned his care in that place, and officiated in the vacant parishes in the state, until his removal to Oxford, where he continued his services in the Church until the year 1832, when he was deprived by sickness from performing any more duties excepting those of patience and resignation to the will of his Heavenly Father.

Ashbel Baldwin
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The said Ashbel Baldwin hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

Ashbel Baldwin

We, Henry Croswell a clergyman, residing in the town of New Haven and William H Ellis Esq residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said Ashbel Baldwin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; and we believe him to be seventy nine 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.

Harry Croswell
Wm H Ellis

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Harry Croswell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of New Haven and that William H Ellis Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Haven and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Chas A Ingersoll
Judge of said Court

I, Anthony P Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ashbel Baldwin for a Pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 30th day of November 1835.

Anthy P Sanford Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield } ss Bridgeport

On this 17th day of September 1842 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Fairfield personally appeared Ashbel Baldwin of said Bridgeport who on his oath declares that he is the same person to whom was granted a Pension as a Qtr Master in the War of the Revolution at the rate of $240 per annum dated May 9th 1836 signed by Lewis Cass Secretary of War No. 30.623, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Connecticut from whence he is about to remove to the City of Rochester in the State of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable in future.

The following are his reasons for removing from sd Bridgeport to
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Rochester in the State of New York are that he has no family and he wishes to go there to reside with his adopted son Charles B Bristol of sd Rochester.

Ashbel Baldwin

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesd before me.

Isaac Baldwin Justice of Peace

Philo Hurd of said Bridgeport of lawful age, deposeth & saith that Ashbel Baldwin who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit.

Philo Hurd

Sworn & subscribed this 17th day of Sept 1842 before me & I certify that said Philo Hurd is a credible witness well known to me.

Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  } ss Baldwin

I Mark Moore Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Bridgeport in said County & State do hereby certify that Isaac Sherman is a Justice of the Peace in and for sd County duly commissioned & qualified & that his annexed signatures are genuine.

Given under my hand & seal of Office this 17 day of Sept 1842,

Attest Mark Moore Clerk
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State of Connecticut
Bridgeport
Sept 17 1842

J.L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Washington City

Sir please send me notice of the transfer of my pension directed to me at Rochester State of New York to the care of Charles B Bristol merchant & oblige your obt. sert.

Ashbel Baldwin
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Revolution
22629
Invalid

File No. 22629
Ashbel Baldwin
Maj Qtr Master Rev War

Act: June 7 32

Index:- Vol. 2, Page 21

[Arrangement of 1870]


No 33434
Connecticut
Ashbel Baldwin
suspended
Set to Hon G Sorntriesan Esq Dec 1833
Copies of same to [unk] Ellis & Benjamin
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Report to Hon. G Tomlinson & send copies of the report to Mrs Ellis of N. Haven Mr Benjamin of N. York
See letters -

Ashbel Baldwin, Albany Asvery, Act 7 June 32
$240.00 pr anl
To what time was he [illegible] hard
El A
Pension Office }
May 28 1850 }

to his death Feb. 9 1846
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[unk] to Pension Agent 27 Sept 1842.
To Albany New York from 4th Sept 1843. 5 Oct 1842 modification to pensioner, Bridgeport Conn

New York
30623
Ashbel Baldwin
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut who was a Qr master in the Company commanded by Captain ------ of the ------ commanded by ------ in the Connecticut line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 240 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of May 1826 and sent Hon G Tomlinson Senate N.J.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1826 $1200.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept $120.00

$1320.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D D Addison Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 3 Page 5
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30623 Increase Albany
New York
Ashbel Baldwin, decd of       in the State of      who was a Reg Qr Mast in the      commanded by Captain     of the       commanded by       in the Connecticut line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 480 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the  4th day of March, 1831 & end 8th February 1846, when he died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of August 1850 and sent to Hon. O. Fowler, H.R.
Increased from $320
Payable to Charles E Bristol only surviving executor of said Ashbel Baldwin decd, he having left neither widow or child

Recorded by J P Chase Clerk, Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 8

Let D. C. Goodard Sec of Int. a [unk] [unk] 1850
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Reparted inscrease 30.623 Albany
New York
Ashbel Baldwin decd of       in the State of     who a Reg Qt Mas in the      commanded by Captain     of the      commanded by      in the Connecticut line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 320 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 & end 8th February 1846 when he died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of June 1850 and sent to Hon. W. H. Seward S.M.S.
Increased from $240.00
Payable to Charles E Bristol only surviving executor of said Ashbel Baldwin decd he having left neither widow or child.

{revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 4 Page 8
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STATE OF VERMONT}
Chittenden County, ss.}

I Nathan B Harnell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that, Wm Weston Esqr. before whom the annexed deposition is taken, was at the time hereof, a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I [believe] know his name thereto, subscribed, to be his own proper signature "believe" erased & "have" inserted before signing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 15th day of June AD 1835.
Nathan B Harnell
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Hon Lew. Cass
Secretary of War
Washington D. C.
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New York December 12, 1835
Hon. Lew. Cass
Secretary of War

Sir,

I understand that the Rev. Ashbel Baldwin has made or is about  making an application for the benefits of some of the acts of Congress granting relief to the officers & privates of the army of the Revolution. Though my personal acquaintance with you is but slight, I nevertheless deem it not improper he address you on his behalf; having known him from my earliest years: he was for about 40 years Rector of the Episcopal Church at Stratford Connecticut, my native town. Many a time when a lad have I heard him officiate, as Chaplain, at the General reviews & musterings of the militia. The services rendered, for which he now asks compensation from his Country were performed before my existence, but the public spirit and love of Country always
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manifested by Mr Baldwin is such as might be expected from those who during a time which tried mens souls," stepped forth in defence of our Country. Mr B has always sustained an unblemished character & from my knowledge of him have no hesitation in stating that any statement made by him can be implicitly relied upon, he is now about 80 years of age; constitution and sight much impaired & unable to transact any business, as he was quite young when he was in the army & but few if any of those with whom he served among the living it will be very difficult if not impossible to produce witnesses, but I trust there will be enough to satisfy you of the justice of his application.

Very respectfully your obt servt,

Meigs D Benjamin
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1377
16 Dec 1833
Pension Office
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Ashbel Baldwin

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington City

Dec 16
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Collections Office
New Haven Decr 19th 1835

Sir
I am induced from a long and personal acquaintance with Revd Ashbel Baldwin who this day forwarded to the War Department through Senator Tomlinson an application for a Pension to say a few words to you respecting the character and standing of that numerable & faithful minister of the gospel. I have known him from my earliest recollection, & his character stands [illegible] & untarnished for holiness of heart and rectitude of life. He is the oldest and was the first ordained Episcopal clergyman in Connecticut and though his advanced age has wrought [illegible] and impaired his bodily health still his intellectual faculties, his mind, appears good. I think there can be no doubt on the correctness of his statement for I know him to well not to know that he would rather fall short than to go beyond a true statement of his services. I sincerely hope he may be a successful applicant for his pension.
I am very Respectfully
Sir
Your obedient servant
Wm. H. Ellis
Collector

James L. Edwards Esq.
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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To J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
New Haven March 8th 1836
Sir,
Not having the honor of a personal acquaintance with the Secretary of War, nor with the commissioner of Pensions, and being acquainted with the etiquette necessary to address the publick [public] Officers of our Country, I drew up my declaration agreeably to the printed Rules of the Pension Office issued October 1833, & having taken such Depositions as I deemed relevant to the case, I laid the same before his Honor Judge Ingersol, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven.  He having authenticated the same according to Law, forwarded the Declaration & Depositions to the Honorable Gideon Tomlins Senator in Congress from Connecticutt [sic] 
It was a [illegible] of much regret to me, to be deprived of the counsel, & assistance of Senator Smith on this occasion, as he has been my particular Friend thro' Life, & connected with me in all the important concerns of our Church.  But to all the dispensations of Divine Providence I bow with intin[?] submission. - On the 26th of December, I received a letter from Senator Tomlinson, saying "that he had received my papers, and laid them before the Commissioner of Pensions." - On the 29th December I received a letter from my friend Meigs D Benjamin of New York, enclosing a circular from the War Department, having your signature, saying that my papers had been examined, & placed on the files of the
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Office; at the same time stating several things supposed to be necessary for me to reply to. - at the time of my receiving this Circular, I was so much indisposed, that i was obliged to confine myself to my room, & to exclude all light from it, on account of a severe inflamation on my eyes.  - Thank God! I am again restored to the light & am able to make another statement, embracing the enquires in the Circular.  This statement is enclosed. - Since I am permitted to address you, Sir, will you permit me to remark; that it will generally be found a matter of considerable difficulty to substantiate, after a lapse of half a Century, any facts, unless those facts are matters of Record.  In the present case, altho' it is well known to all the inhabitants, by tradition, that there was a very large military Depot in Litchfield, at the time mentioned in my Declaration, & testified in the depositions accompanying it, & also that a Military Guard, composed of Continental Troops ^stationed there.  Yet I venture to say, there is not twenty, or more persons now living in the Town, whose memory contain any definite & correct views on the subject.  There is, I know, three, or four persons, still on the stage of Life, besides those who have testified, but their memory's are so compleatly [completely] killed by age, & destroyed by infirmities, that I deemed it improper to call on them to testify. - Since my removal from that Town, which was many years after the Revolution, almost an entirely new race has opened up, and when I now visit my Native Town, I almost find myself in a strange land. - You observe, Sir, in your Circular, that it would seem to be
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pondent for a P[illegible] to presents some of
the numerous documentary evidence in his pension
at the time of his service. Had I intended to
lead a military life, it is very possible I might
have that so, of my services had been approved of by 
the commanding Officer, but that was not my
intention, at the time I considered myself [illegible]
for other & important services beside my bodily 
infirmities, would forbid it. However as aforesaid was
wanted at the station, the offer was made to me
& I was glad to accept it. A warrant was processed 
for me and I intend on the duties of my
Office, with full confidence, that I was duly 
appointed Intending to continue my services, as 
long as the military depot, should to contained
then; or untill I should feel prepared to enter
upon a course of professional studies. I was very
young, & had just emerged from the walls of a
College, & that but very little about future {illegible] 
[illegible], especially, I never dreamed of events nearly
sixty years a head. - Upon a review, of the printed
directions from the War Office I find is particularly 
directed, that when no documentary evidence 
can be produced, particular care should
taken to establish the reputation of the applicant
I do not recollect, so, that I have forwarded any
depositions particularly on that point, unless the
Certificate of Doctor Croswell, & Wm W. Ellies Esq be 
considered as such. If any thing more on that
point may be considered important permit
me to refer you the Honorable Senator Tomlinson
the Delegation of Connecticut in Congress, I am
acquainted with a considerable number officers
of almost every grade in the Army who have been 
home now alive, and an still enjoying the benevolent 
provisions of the Government, who assuredd me
they could not produce any documentary testimony.
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Bert, my dear Sir, I hope you will pardon me for
troubling you with a long an Epistle, My very
imposition [illegible] must come as my appolegy
for such miserable penmanship.
Will now have the goodness, Sir, to accept considerations of my best respects & [illegible]
to [illegible] myself
your Obedient Servant
Ashbel Baldwin
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Mr Marsh's Deposition
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Mr Marsh-
Question- Are you the same Asgbel Marsh whose deposition was taken before Joseph Adams Esq of Litchfield in the year 1832 to be improved at the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in favor of Mr Ashbel Baldwin?
Answer-I am the same person
Question-Was you a native of the Town of Litchfield?
Answer- It is so recorded in the Town Clerks Office
Question- Have you always resided in that Town?
Answer- Yes, ever since I can remember
Question- How far was your father's residence from the military encampment?
Answer- About a quarter of a mile
Question- Was you often at the camp?
Answer- Almost every day, and often several times in a day, as my father's farm and mill extended beyond the camp, business called me by and through the camp very frequently
Question- Do you remember the number of troops that were stationed there?
Answer- I think there was a full company; say ninety or one hundred soldiers
Question- Did they belong to the Continental army?
Answer- I always understood so, and have heard many of them frequently say, that they were enlisted during the war and that they came from the eastward.
Question- Do you know whether Mr Baldwin was stationed at the barracks or at his father's house?
Answer- I believe at the barracks; his office was there and he appeared to be always there
Question- Did you ever have any person in Litchfield, or elsewhere, express a doubt of Mr Baldwins being a duly appointed and authorized Quarter Master?
Answer- No sir, I never did
Question- In your deposition, I think, you stated that you went as one of the guards with Mr Baldwin to transport a large quantity of ammunition and
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miltary stores from the Depot in Litchfield to the quarters of Gen Knox in Fishkill of the Grand Army, then encamped at Fishkill?
Answer- I did so testify
Question- How many composed that guard?
Answer- A Sergeant and ten Privates
Question- Was this guard detached from the troops stationed at the military depot?
Answer- No. They were voluntary, enlistments for that express purpose.
Question- Do you know whether any of that guard are now living beside yourself?
Answer- I do not. About two years since there was one living besides myself and he was then very inform. All the other I know are dead.
Question- How many teams were employed by Mr Baldwin on this expedition?
Answer- Besides those hired by him for that purpose there was according to the best of my recollection, six or eight belonging to the Continental army, stationed at Litchfield with the troops; making I should say eighteen or twenty waggons.
Question- How long was you performing this tour?
Answer- I think the stores were delivered to their distant place on the eighth day before sunset. The weather being very hot we were obliged to travel very slowly and several men gave out, and we were detained to procure others. On the 10th day we arrived home.
Question- How were you supplied with provisions and forage on the road?
Answer- We were principally supplied from the Continental stores which were established in almost every town on the road, as it was the great road of transportation from Fishkill to Boston.
Question- How did you receive your pay for said services?
Answer- We received a certificate from Mr Baldwin, stating the services we had performed, and signed by him as Quarter Master. My Father received my pay as I was under age, but from whom I do not know.
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New Haven County ss New Haven March 31, 1836

Personally appeared before me, Charles A Ingersoll, Judge of Probate for the District of New Haven, Mr Ashbel Marsh of Litchfield, and County of Litchfield, being duly sworn according to law, solemnly swears, that the answers he has given to the interrogatories made to him, as above and signed by him are true, according to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Chas A Ingersoll
Justice of Peace
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33434
A.
admd
2 years. Qr Master
240$

Hn. G. Tomlinson
Senate U.S.
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I Moses Catlin of Burlington in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont being duly sworn according to law depose and say that I was a native of the town and County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut and that I was a resident of said Litchfield until some time after the American revolution when I removed to said Burlington, that during my residence in said Litchfield I was well acquainted with Ashbel Baldwin now of Oxford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut and know that he is the same Ashbel Baldwin who was born, and formerly resided in said Litchfield. I very well remember that during the American Revolutionary War, a depot of military stores was placed in said Litchfield adjoining the farm of Isaac Baldwin Esq- the reputed father of said Ashbel Baldwin. I likewise remember that a considerable number of soldiers were stationed there as a guard to said military stores, and I have an impression fully on my mind that said troops belonged to the continental army, and were under the command of William Richards of New Jersey and I think that he was a Lieutenant and Quarter Master. Barracks and Store houses were erected adjoining the said farm of said Isaac Baldwin to accommodate the troops and shelter the ammunition. The troops and stores were contained in Litchfield some considerable time, but the exact number of years I cannot recollect. I remember that said Ashbel
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Baldwin was an assistant to said Richards and in his absence had the entire command.

I have a strong impression that said A Baldwin was regularly appointed by the constituted authority and received his pay as the other officers and soldiers did. The ordinance consisting of twenty or more pieces of brass canon and a large quantity of ammunition, military store, &c. I always understood were taken at the surrender of General Burgoyne's army in 1777, and were made part of said military depot at said Litchfield.

It was a matter of notoriety at the time if the continuances  of the truth and stores at Litchfield that said Ashbel Baldwin was acting under said Richards as an officer and according to the best of my recollection and belief, said Baldwin was appointed soon after the troops came there and continued so to act until the stores were removed. I have been personally acquainted with said Ashbel Baldwin from early youth, and know him to be a man of the strictest integrity and veracity. For more than half a century he has been a clergyman and further say not.

Moses Catlin
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State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss Burlington June 15th 1835

Then personally appeared Moses Catlin signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same is just and true on due form of Law. Before me

William Weston Justice Peace

I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Moses Catlin, above names, and know him to be a person entitled to full credit and belief.

Wm Weston Justice Peace
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I Ashbel Marsh of Litchfield Town & County State of Connecticut being duly sworn according to law, depose and say that I am well acquainted with Ashbel Baldwin of Oxford in N Haven County in this State and know that he is the same Ashbel Baldwin who was born and formerly resided in this Town, and have known him sixty years or more. I recollect that in the time of the Revolutionary war, a depot of military stores was deposited in this Town, near the river adjoining the Farm then owned by Isaac Baldwin Esq, Father of said Ashbel Baldwin, and I likewise remember that a Guard was stationed in this Town from the continental troops and was under the command of William Richards of N Jersey, who was called Major Richards, he was a quarter master and had the whole command of said Guard & Stores. Stores and Barracks were erected for the purpose of [unk] the Stores, and to accommodate the troops. The Stores and troops mentioned above were continued more than three years. I remember that an order came from the army for the delivery of a certain quantity of ammunition at Fishkill, at quarters of Gen Knox, and I went myself with said Baldwin as a Guard to guard said ammunition that said Baldwin was employed by said Richards as an assistant Quartermaster, and that said Baldwin drew his rations & pay regularly [unk] his clothing. I have an impression that the artillery and part of the ammunition was taken at the capture of Gen Burgoyne in the year 1777 and further saith not.

Ashbel Marsh

I certify that the [unk] of the words "& Stores" were made before the above affidavit was signed.

J Adams Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Mr Ashbel Marsh, the signer of the within deposition and that he is entitled to full credit & belief.

Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County ss Litchfield Aug 7th 1832

There personally appeared Ashbel Marsh the signer of the foregoing deposition, and made oath to the truth of the same. Before me

Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace
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I James Baldwin of Litchfield, County of Litchfield, State of Connecticut being duly sworn according to law depose & say that I am well acquainted with Ashbel Baldwin, now of Oxford in the County of New Haven in this place,  and have been acquainted with him nearly seventy years, and that he is the same Ashbel Baldwin who was born and formerly resided in Litchfield. I perfectly recollect that in the war of the Revolution a depot of military stores were deposited in the Town, near the river adjoining the Farm owned by Isaac Baldwin Esq Father of said Ashbel Baldwin. And [unk] a guard was stationed in said Town from the continental troops, and were under the command of William Richards of the State of N Jersey, what his rank was I do not perfectly recollect, his State was Major, he was a quarter master, and had the whole command of said guards & stores. Stores & barracks were erected for the purpose of receiving the Stores, and to accommodate the troops. the Stores and troops above mentioned were continued in the Town for three years or more. I believe that the artillery and part of the ammunition was taken at the capture of Gen Burgoyne in the year 1777 and further with not.

James Baldwin

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield ss Litchfield August 8th 1832

Then personally appeared James Baldwin the signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same. Before me

Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace

I certify that the [unk] of the words "& Stores" was made before this affidavit was signed.

J Adams Justice of the Peace
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I certify that I am well acquainted with Mr James Baldwin the signer of the within deposition and that he entitled to full credit & belief.

Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace
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I Joseph Mason of Litchfield Town & County state of Connecticut depose & say that in the war of the Revolution, I was occasionally on the guard right at Litchfield aforesaid, for the purpose of guarding [illegible] in said town belonging to the U. States, and that Moses Seymour was the acting commissary, and I drew my rations under said Seymour as Commissary aforesaid. I also testify that I have been personally acquainted with Ashbel Baldwin, more than seventy years and know that he has been a clergyman more than fifty years. And that his character has always stood perfectly good.
dated at Litchfield the 25 Sept 1835.
Joseph Mason

State of Connecticut Litchfield County Ss. Litchfield Sept 25 1835
Then personally appeared Joseph Mason signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. Joseph Mason and that his affidavit is entitled to full credit & belief.
Joseph Adams Justice of Peace
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I Samuel Seymour of the town & county of Litchfield, state of Connecticut, depose & say that early in the Revolutionary War, my brother Moses Seymour, was appointed a Commissary and that he acted as a purchasing & [illegible] Commissary during the Revolutionary War and supplied the troops & guards stationed in Litchfield with Provisions. I also testify that I have been personally acquainted with Revd Ashbel Baldwin for sixty five years, and have known him to have been a clergyman for fifty years or more and that his character for integrity has always stood perfectly fair.
Samuel Seymour

State of Connecticut Ss.
Litchfield County Ss. Litchfield 25th Sept 1835
Then personally appeared Samuel Seymour, signer of the foregoing affidavit, and made oath to the truth of the same. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said Samuel Seymour and that full faith and credit is to be placed on his affidavit.
Joseph Adams Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut hereby certify that Joseph Adams Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits of Ashbel Mark, James Baldwin, Joseph Mason and Samuel Seymour appear to have been bapisas on the 7th & 8th days of August 1865 & on the 25th day of September 1865 and that he now is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly commissioned & grant & that the signatures to the certifying attached to said affidavits respectively genuine -
Given under my hand & the Seal of said County this 26th day of September 1865
Frederick Wolcott Clerk
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Oct 3, 1842
Jno Evans
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pennon Agency
Hanford Sep 29 1842
Sir In answer to your enquiry as to
what time Ashbel Baldwin a Pensioner
on the Roll of this Agency under the Act
of 7 June 1832 at 240 Dollars per annum
was last paid
I have to inform you
that he has been paid to the 11 day September
1842
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
A.H. Pomroy
per H Folwer
Pen Clerk
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Department of the Interior
August 5th 1850.
Sir,
I will thank you to inform me
whether you have in your office, record evidence showing the period of service, the rank and the amount of pay of
Ashbel Baldwin 
deceased, who alleges a service of Quarter
Master during the war of the Revolution
Also where is the law fixing the award
of pension of a Quarter Master for two years
service at $320 per annum, and whether a
larger amount of pension has not been allowed
to Quarter Masters, than $320, for two years
Service?
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
D.C. Goddard
-
Secretary ad interine.

J.S.
Edwards Esq
Comn of Pensions
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Dept Interior - case
Ashbel Baldwin
June 7 1832
Ins #22629
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Department of the Interior
August 20th 1850

Sir,
I herewith return the papers in
the case of Ashbel Baldwin, deceased.
Baldwin having served two years and five
months as an Assistant Quarter Master in
the War of the Revolution, his pension should
be increased $480 per annum. His
Certificate of pension may be sent to
the Hon O Farrer of the House of Rep
resentatives.
I am, very respectfully
Your Servant
Th  M.T. McKennan
Secretary
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Coner of Pensions
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Payment to be made
at Albany
by
T. W. Olcott
Agent for paying pensioners, in the Agency
New York
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E 2 Vol 4
J . T. Chase Clerk
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DEAPRTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Claim for Military Service.
Increased from $320 per annum
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States,
of the 7th June 1832, the pension of Ashbel
Baldwin decd late of New York who was [crossed out text]
in the Revolution, has been increased from three hundred
and twenty, to four hundred & eighty
Dollars per annum,
Commencing 4th
March 1831 and ending 8th February
1846, when he died. Payable to Charles
E. Bristol his only surviving Executor,
having left neither widow or childfirst
deducting what has been paid at
the rate of three hundred & twenty
dollars per annum.
Given at the Department of the Interior,
this 21st day of  of August
one thousand eight hundred and  fifty
Secretary of the Interior
Examined and
Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.
X An assistant Quartermaster.
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Copy
Department of the Interior
August 20. 1850
Sir
I herewith return the papers in the case of Ashbel
Baldwin, deceased Mr Baldwin having served two
years and five months at an Assistant Quarter Master
in the war of the Revolution, his pension should be increased to $480 per annum. The Certificate of pension
may be sent to the Hon. O. Fowler, of the House of
Representatives.
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I am very respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
(Signed) The M T McKennan
Secretary
J. L. Edwards, Esq
Com. of Pension
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Washington May 21st 1850
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Com Pensions
Sir

I beg leave to enclose the
application of Charles E. Bristol Esq. executor
of Recd Ashbel Baldwin (deceased) late of New York
for increase of Pension as Quarter Master
in the revolutionary war,
I have the honor to be
Your Obt Servt
William  H Seward
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Increase
Ashbel Baldum dec
NY
act 7 April 1832
Adm 2 years years, Regt
2 Marle
$320 P an
from 4 March 1831 to
8 Feby 18446 the day of
his death payable to
Charles E Bristol only
surviving Executor of
said Ashbel Baldwin and
he having left neither widow 
or child deducting
what has been
[illegible] at the lud of $240
p am for the  same time
Hon W.W. Seward
House of Rep
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State of New York
County of Monroe
Surrogates Court
I Moses Sperry Surrogate of
the said County of Monroe do hereby certify that
Satisfactory Evidence has this day been exhibited
before me That Ashbel Baldwin late of the city
of Rochester in the County of Monroe and State of
New York aforesaid deceased was a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Two
Hundred and forty Dollars ($240) per annum
That he died in said City on the Eighth day of
February A.D. 1846 leaving no widow or child
him surviving - And that this certificate is made
to obtain any increase or arrears of Pension due on
account of his Revolutionary services, and that
Charles E. Bristol is the only surviving Executor
of the Last Will & Testament of the said Asahel
Baldwin deceased. And that the Letters Testamentary
heretofore granted & issued to him are not Revoked
In Testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe
my name and affix my seal of
office at Rochester this first day of May
in the year of our Lord 1850,
-
Moses Sperry Surrogate
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Ashbel Baldwin, des
New York
(Albany)
increased from $320
to $480 per ann
on 4 Mch 1831
to 8th February 1846
payable  to Charles E Bristol Executor
as apt Qr Mr
Act 7 June 1832
N. O. Fowler
H. R