Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.1906, for Reuben Martin, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                                                                             NUMBER 
Conn.                                                           Martin, Reuben                                                       W. 1906
                                                                                Sally                                                            B L W. 21838-160-55 
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CONTENTS
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No 34
Connecticut.-
Sally Martin
widow of
Conn Reuben Martin
who served in the Revolutionary
 war, as a private.
_______________________________
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
33 Dollars 33
the 4th day of
Cents per annum commencing on
the 4th day of
__________________________________________
Certificate of Pen
29  day of
and sent to
            C.  Bos
             Woodbury
                 Con
____________________--
orded on Roll of Pensioners.
Page 1911
            H
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19
Connecticut
---
Reuben
'99 -
Connecticut
Reuben Marlin
of Woodbury
in the State of Con
who was a Pri in the com commanded
by Captain         of the Regt. commanded
by Hermans Col in the Con Troops
line for 10 Mo-
________________________________________________________
Inscribed in the Roll of Con
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
______________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Octobr
--33    and sent to C B
Phelps, Woodbury Ct
____________________________________-
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33                                  $83.33
Semi-anl allowance ending Mar 4 ending Mar. 4 - 16 66
                                                                                $99.99
                                                         {  Revolutionary Claim,}
                                                         {  Act June 7, 1832.     }
Recorded by D Bullock Clerk
Book E       Vol 3        Page  28



let 6 ?? ??      July
1836
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to
Eleven
---
Connecticut
Martin.
of Woodbury in the State of No
who was a Pri
in the com commanded
by Captain
of the Regt. commanded
by Chermans lot in the low ropes
line for
10 mo
Inscribed in the Roll of Con
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension on the 28 day of Octobr
-
13
Lentle B
Shelps. Woodbury at
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 33 $83.33
Sums allowance ending Mar 4-1666
9.9
Rock
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. ⎬
Recorded by Bullock Clerk
Vol.
Page
28
W W Phelps 2 July
1836
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Penna
for
a certificate giving the date of the filing of the proof
my
Vol M 1. page 115.
159.533
Act March 3.
June
Sept. 15/60  Warrt. adressed to Dr r. B. Ironside  Gen Land office with
a certificate giving the date of the filing of the proof

Vol M1. page 15.

159.533    Act March 3
                  June 4
__________________________________________________
Sally Martin, wid 
Reuben Martin, pri.
_______________________________________________
Ct.  Cont'l Line
         Conn.
Revy. War -
21,838 In'd Apl 12/16
_________________________________________________
Reid, act 7 June 1832
All 160 Acr Apl 5" 1856
Conn ??????
__________________________________________-
C. B. Phelps
Woodbury Con
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IDENTICAL TO PAGE 5
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Reuben Martin
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State of Connecticut}
Probate Court          } ss.    District of Woodbury
On this 30  day of Feby 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
the Court of Probate for the District of 
Woodbury holden at Woodbury in
Litchfield County
now sitting, Reuben Martin a resident of
Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged
Sixty seven years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein
stated. That he was born at Woodbury Connect.
on the 22 day of June 1765 and continued to reside
there untill he entered the army. In the month of
August 1781 & was a member of the militia company
in Woodbury commanded by Capt Hline and
was drafted for two months & was directed to
???? at Norwalk by the first of Sept. 1781. Jonah
Hine and Poulemon Abernathy were drafted at the 
same time repaired to Norwalk and on the first
day of Sept Capt Ephraim Hinman took command.
our company was allocated and a part under
the Lieut and Ensign marched to Horse Neck and Stamford
I remained at Norwalk under Capt Hinman and
served out the two months, our business was to reconnoiter
night to keep the Con Boys from coming from (the) Long
Island and from the Country to steal, Cattle -
after the expiration of this tour I returned home and in 
a few weeks was again drafted by Capt Hine for
Eight months. I was dissatisfied with this craft and
thought capt Hine was partial. In December I enlisted
into the continental troops this operated as a discharge
from Captain Hines. this enlistment was made under
Captain Couch who acted as recruiting officer, and
was for one year from the first of January 1782. Soon
after my enlistment Captain Couch came to me
and vexed that he had received general orders that
any recruit should have the small pox before he
joined the army. a Port House was procured
and in January 1782 I entered it and was innoculated
with small pox, after I was pronounced cured by
the Physician I went to the Connecticut Line
Huts then occupied by the Connecticut troops in
winter quarters on Hudsons River a little above West
Point on the East side and was mustered in Capt
Nehemiah Rices Company, Col Isaac Shermans Regiment
Gen Huntingtons Brigade. I was sent out to serve on
Drill and then attached to the company again
& continued performing duty in this company until
first day of January 1783. I was at New Boston Huts
occupide as a hospital
I am unable to state the
Major or Lieutenants names they were young men
I was at West Point on fatigue duty in making
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& repairing fortifications at Fort Willis and in
mounting the artillery principally that taken from
the British at Saratoga and in laying the base
of a mortar. from thence I went to Stoney Point
Fort and did garrison duty, thence back to Camp
at the high lands near Danforth plain after that
serve duty in the line,I was then sent into the
High lands to chop wood them to camp thence
detached to Fishkill deciding to wait on Lord
Sterling thence to camp at highlands. from
there to New Boston Huts in the highlands occupied
as a hospital and was there discharged -
i have since remained in Woodbury  where
now live. I never had any discharge
A record of my birth is in my fathers great
bible now in my possesion
I was placed in Port House by
Capt Church and was under martial law
I joined the company at the North Run
March or April 1782 and was told by
Capt Church that the time in the sick
??? would count towards the year
I am acquanted with Rev. Grover
Browmack Elijah Dayly Richard Nether
Minor ?????????
of Woodbury
I know of no ???? by
which I can prove the two months since
at Norwalk. I have no written proof of it
I have  no other evidence of service than
the annexed Depositions, although I have
made diligent enquiry and search for
further evidence
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The said Rueben Martin 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, Reuben Martin
H B Phelps Judge of
Probate District of Woodbury
We, Grove L  Brownell a clergyman, residing in the town of Woodbury
and Elijah Dayley residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Reuben Martin who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 67 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.
H B  Phelps Judge of                                                       Elijah Daley
Probate District                                                                Grove L. Brownell
of Woodbury

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 Grove
L Brownell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the
town of Woodbury and that Eliza Daley who
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Woodbury and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
                                        H B Phelps Judge of Probate for
                                                     the District of Woodbury
    I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the
District of Woodbury
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Reuben Martin for a Pension.
    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
this third day of September 1832-
                                           Nathan Preston  Clerk
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State of Connecticut
                               Probate Court
                                 District of Woodbury
                                    July 30 1832
    Be it remembered that on the day and
year aforesaid personally appeared in said Court
Elijah Dayley of Woodbury in said District whom
the Court certify to be a credible witness and
being first duly cautioned and sworn on oath
declares that he has been acquainted with
Rueben Martin of Woodbury since the 1775
and remembers that said Martin enlisted into
the army of the revolution as it was these generally
heard and beliieved from the 1' June
1782. This Deponent knows that a Post House
was established in Woodbury near the present
line between Watertown Woodbury which post
House was established for the accommodation
of the Soldiers and by direction of an officer
this deponent was ?????? into it who was
not a Soldier or because he had lived in
the family of Doct Bronson the innoculating
Physician This Deponent went into the said Post
House as he thinks the last of Dec 1781 or fore part of
January 1782 and was innoculatide. Said Martin
came into said Port House and was innoculatide
it was then understood it was by order of the
Generals of the American Army. Several other
persons who have enlisted into the army were
also innoculatide there at the same time
This Deponent remembers Elijah Atwood Jnr
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Samuel Minor 2d Jas Palemon Abernathy after
said Martin was cured he left the Post House
and went out of Woodbury for the army as
he then said. This Deponent resided near
the father and family of said Reuben Martin
??? and remembers that serving the year
1782  Benjamin Martin a Brother of said Reuben
Eunice Martin a Sister of said Reuben had
the small pox and both died. The Deponent having have the
Small pox was admitted to the house where they
were sick. it was a time of great distress in that
family and he weill knew that said Reuben
during the sickness & Burial was not at home
    This Deponent knows it was a great grief to
said Martins father & mother to have Reuben
absent in the army. After the year
have expired for which said Martin enlisted
he returned home, as the
                                         Elijah Daley
Sworn in Court
              H B Phelps Judge
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9645
     Reuben Martin
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Court of Probate
                   District of Woodbury
                      August 25 1832 
    Be it remembered that on the
day and year aforesaid in open Court
personally appeared Hannah Atkinson
of  Monroe in Fairfield
County whom the court certify to
be a credible witness and being first
duly cautioned and sworn She stated
??? that She during the year 1781 & until
April 1782 she was his wife of Benjamin
Barton formerly of Woodbury the Brother
of Reuben Martin ??? of said Woodbury
and resided in Woodbury during ???
years in the neighborhood of said Reuben
Martin and his father. and well remember
said Reuben was drafted as a soldier
under the direction of Capt Nathan
Hine and went into the army and was
gone three months as she believes. but two
months as she is certain. His clothing and
preparations to go into the army were made
at home & in which this Deponent assissted
so his service in this draft commenced
on such ??? the exact dtae of his return
She cannot now ascertain but he was
absent more than two months
my husband Benjamin was also drafted
and served and returned home
who drafted Soon after his
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return Capt Hine drafted said Reuben Martin
for another tour of Eight months, this
was before first Jan 1782. it was matter
of some feeling in the family that so many
draft number be made in our family so soon
Reuben to advise Capt Hine enlisted
into the United States force under a recruiting
officer for a year as she believes and it
was in the about 1 Jan 1782 ordered to
the post house to have small pox preperatory
to going into the army. said 
Reuben went to have small pox and
soon after he was called and then
left home for the army and continued
absent untill the cold and the death wet in
the subsequent winter he returned accord-
ing to the best of the Deponent recolection
in Dec 1782. ???????
this Deponent and a sister of the said
Benjamin & Reuben died with
the small pox in April 1782 and it was a
matter of contversation to and
grief in the family that said Reuben
was absent. this deponent thinks
She shall never forget her feelings on the
return of said Reuben to his home
when said Reuben was absent it was
often subject of conversation that he was in
the army was so generally undertood
Subscribed & Sworn before me
H T Phelps Judge Probate                        Hannah Silliman
Dist. Woodbury
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State of Connecticut
                                                      Probate Court
                                                      District of Woodbury
    Be it remembered that on this 7 day of
Sept 1833 in open Court personally Reuben
Martin of Woodbury and in addition to
& Supplemental of his original declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
of 7 June 1831    That he enlisted and served
as stated in said original declaration and that
said company raised by Capt Cash was
raised in an act of the Connecticut Assembly
and were recruits to fill up the regular
Regiments. they were some times called
Short Levies said secrets were called upon to
fill up different companies as they are wantioned
    The annexed certificates of
the Comptroller of Conn shows that the Reg
had a paymaster John Sherman & that 
the applicant was so enrolled as to entitle
said Sherman as pay master to receive
of the State of Conn, the wages for him as a
private in the Regiment  The same
document shows that in the same settlement
with the Commissioners monies were
charged said Paymaster for subsistence of Officers
who are known to have belonged to said
Regiment by the Rolls     The declarant
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has stated that he was sent out on Drill
and remained there some time. One reason
was that his uniform did not exactly
correspond with the rest of the company
being made at home a not furnished by the
public  and that on the summer of 1782
when Gaylorse was executed for mutiny at
West Point the declarant was one of the sentries
at the Camp    The applicant was
kept out on fatigue and sent away from the
Regiment on account of his want of uniform
    When mustered in the Regiment Baron
Steuben at a Review was not ??? with
my  dress. on account of its non uniformity being
are at home    It appears that by the
Commitioners & was replaced as a soldier
and money appropiated for my payment

Sworn & Subscribed          Reuben Martin
in Court
E. M.. Phelps  Judge Prob  Dis Wood'by


I Edward M Phelps of Probate for the District of
Woodbury, hereby certify that the above
and foregoing, contains the original and
supplimentary proceedings of said Court in
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the matter of the application of Reuben Martin
for a Pension
    In testimony whereof I have set my
hand and the seal of said Probate Court this
5th day of October 1833-
             Edw M Phelps
                Clerk of Probate
               for the district of Woodbury
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Reuben Martin

Record of Rec'd
from April 1782
to Oct

Reply to
Charles B. Phelps
Woodbury
Conn
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                                                   Comptrollers Office
                                                         May 31st 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public
Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify
that in a book called "Fanning, Burs, Dorrance
" & Shermans return of final certificates, I find
an account or list of names, headed "An
account of final settlement certificates remaining
in the hands of John Sherman Sept 28th 1790"
     " Names 2d Regt '
     "Names 4th Conn, Regt "
     "Names 5th Connt Regt "under the
latter description, & among names amassing
several columns & pages, I find the name, "Reuben
Martin 66, 60/90", Subjoined, & headed, "Officers
subsistance" I find several names viz Joseph
Hoit Timothy Mather & others, which appear
upon the roll of the Connecticut line on
Continental establishment
                                 E. Phelps
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No 298
Sally Martin
wid of Reuben
Conn
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1799
husband died Feby 14 1834
Adm 33.33 pr ann
from 4 March 1848


C B Phelps
Woodbury
       Con.
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(No 13801)


In reply
Address
C B Phelps
Woodbury
Conn
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State of Connecticut
                              Probate Court
                               District of Woodbury
    Be it remembered that on the second
day of November 1848 personally appeared
in open Court Sally Martin of Woodbury
in said District aged forty seven years
and being duly cautioned to speak the truth
on oath declares as follows hereinafter for
the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the
act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled " an
act granting half pay and pensions to
certain Widows" & the acts supplementary
thereto
    I am the widow of Reuben
Martin formerly of Woodbury in Litchfield
County now deceased I was married
to said Martin by the Rev Azel Back
Pastor of the Church in Bethany Connecticut
at the House of my Sisters husband Daniel
Hill on the (4) fourth day of March AD
1799 (Seventeen Hundred and ninety nine)
    Daniel Hill was present he is now
alive his wife was also present, She has
been dead four years, Elisha Atwood Jun &
his wife Lucy were present & Elisha has
been dead eight or ten years, Lucy Atwood is
now live, I do not now remember that
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any other persons are present who are
now alive  My husband made an
Entry on the family Bible of our marriage
and of the Birthof Children, this entry
is in his own hand writing and was
were some years after he commenced
housekeeping. but is correct
    Of the service of my husband
in the Revolutionary war I can speak
only from information derived from others
some from him & knew him long before
our marriage & remember he was absent
and said to be in the army. He was
drafted into the coast guard & I believe
served at or near Norwalk and other
parts of Fairfield  and in
West Chester & Duchess County N York
as a private and believe he served
from seven to twelve months but of
this I have no personal knowledge
I have been informed he was in Capt Hinmans
Company my husband was a pensioner
under the act of 1832 and to his declar-
ation I refer for a more accurate account
of his service he had a pension ???
which was by me surrendered to
the pension office when I drew the
arrears of his person as his Widow
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    He died at Woodbury on the
14 fourteenth day of February AD. 1836
Eighteen Hundred and thirty six  Since his
decease I have not intermarried but remain
old and unmarried
                                    Sally Martin


Probate Court
                           District of Woodbury
                           Novr 2d 1848
    Sally Martin of Woodbury in said
District to the Court personally known
appeared in Court and supplied the
foregoing declaration & made oath
to the truth thereof
    In testimony whereof
have hereunto set the
seal of said court on
the day and year above
Written
                         David S. Bull Clerk,
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I Philo H Skidmore of Bethany
in Litchfield County depose
& say that I am Town Clerk of
the Town of Bethel and as such
have all the Books and papers of
the Town Clerks office in my custody
and have carefully examined
the form and case can not find
any entry of the marriage of
Reuben Martin to his ???
Wife Sally and that no
such record is in this Office
Dated this 7 Dec 1848
Attest Philo H. Skidmore
Town Clerk

Litchfield County Ss.  Bethel Decr 7 1848
Personally appeared
Philo H Skidmore who inspected
the foregoing certificate & made
oath to the truth of the same
before me
Chas B Phelps Justice of
                            Peace
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I Fordie Harrison of Bethlem in

THE REMAINDER IS TOO FAINT TO INTERPRET


al estate of on
my mite antioned and sworn
depose and say that for the Pastor of
---
the Chest at the
for the Reon Bakers
Olive Norton and
have in my history certain Books
all of managh
of
the best book is entitled
to Book of Record of the Church of
to
thereto
have
1740 in the
and
.
the Lord manifes is witen
to 1790 when he in his appear to
thereof betzer
has to 17 December 1798 when he
of Mark Elleth Ferris
is entered this is was adore of the Book
mention manage appear on the
th
have also a book in which
us of marriages are made entitled "The
Second Book of Record for the Church of
Christ in Bethleen Bogan AD 1800. The first
Entry in this Book in relation to marriage
is in Doct Bankers hand writing of 1800 January 12
1
Schabald Chapen to Frank Brace" and simila
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TOO FAINT TO SAFELY INTERPRET


entrus in the time on Doe Rakes
hand and all down to 1812 about
the time said she has relinquished the thrish
have examined said books
attentively, and cannot find any
Entry of Ruben Martin marriage,
Dalive at then this
December AD 1843
Ford Harrison
intent Lichfield
Stanton
B
ally appeared the
no
Free Harrison until
Mile
inging
tion
more on the to the truth
the same
time
●
hills Phelps to
R
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In the year AD1799 March 4th
Reuben Martin was Married to Sally Minor
Both of Woodbury
Issue of Reuben and Sally Martin
  Althea Born 11th Feb 1800
  Olive Born March 15th AD 1802
  Electa Born April the 9th AD 1804
  Electa 2nd Born October the 4th AD 1807
  Benjamin Born January 14th 1813

I certify the above to be a true copy of
record taken from my Father's
Reuben Martin's Family Bible and
I have known the Bible from my
childhood to be the Family Bible of my
Father    Reuben Martin
                                   Reuben B. Martin

I Reuben B Martin of
Woolley Connecticut aged thirty
five years depose and say I am
the son of Reuben Martin late of
Woodbury dcd and resided in his
family at his death my fallen has
a large family Bible purchased at New
York in 1806. I have said Bible before
me ??? ??? ??? leaves
betwen the older new testament
I find the entry of his marriage and
of the birth of his children written in
his own hand as copied on
this sheet said Bible has never
been out of the house of my father
during his life untill my mother
removed to live with the daughter
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Electa in Woodbury
my father died 14 February
1836
     I have carefully compared
The foregoing extracts and know them
to be true copies of his entries in sd Bible
                                     Reuben B. Martin


    Litchfield County Ss. Woodbury
    November 2 1838
                   Personlly appeared
Reuben B Martin who ???????
the foregoing Deposition and made
oath to the truth of the same
   before me
                      Chas W Phelps Justice
                                                of Peace
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Electa A Martin of Woodbury
depose and say that I have lived in
my father family from childhood
until his decease and well know the
family Bible by him kept upon a
blank leaf between the old and
new testament is the following entry
in the hand writing of my father
  "in the year Seventeen hundred and
ninety nine. March 4" Reuben Martin
was married to Sally Minor both
of Woodbury"   I have been familiar
with the sd entry as long ago as I can
remember & no change or alteration
of the time has been made satia
21 1848
                                     Electa A Martin

Litchfield Ss.  Woodbury 2 Nov
1848 Personally appeared Electa A. 
Martin who ????  the
 foregoing deposition & being duly sworn
declares the above deposition is true
Chas B Phelps Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
                          Litchfield County
                            Ss Woodbury
    Be it remembered that on the 30th day
of October 1848 before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the Peace within and for
the County of Litchfield presonally
appeared Sally Atwood now sitting
in Watertown Connecticut aged 73 years
next July and being duly cautioned
and sworn on her oath deposes as
follows      I was born in Woodbury
and have always had in Woodbury
and the adjacent town of Watertown
except about one year and a half that I
reside in Goshen and have known
Reuben Martin & Sally his wife since
my infancy, and I was married
to Elisha Atwood fifty years last Sept
and remember being present at
the House of Daniel Hill in Bethlem
and saw said Reuben Martin married
to Sally Minor by the Rev Mr Backes
the Congregational Minister of Bethlem
it was cold weather & I remember
the time by the birth of my oldest
child Collins Atwood who was born
during the first year of my marriage
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and the was not  born at
the time of the Martins marrange
   Mr & Mrs Martin have from
that time until his death been
received & regarded in family as man
and wife & have raised a family of
children
                                    Lucy Atwood

Litchfield County Ss.  Woodbury
  Oct 20 1848
    Personally appeared
Lucy Atwood who asserted the
foregoing Deposition & made oath
to the truth of the same
before me
               Chas B Phelps Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticutl
                       Ss. Litchfield County
                           Bethlem
    Be it remembered that on this 27 day
of October 1848 before the ?????
a Justice of the Peace within and
for said County personally appeared
Daniel Hill of said Bethlem who being
first duly cautioned and sworn deposeth
as follows  I was Eight one years old
last march and have from my birth
resided in sd Bethlem except for tempo-
rary absence   I was well acquainted
with Reuben Martin formerly of
Woodbury now dcd and with Sarah
Minor who was sister of my wife
Electa & well remember that said
Martin and said Sarah were married
at my house in Bethlem in the Winter
by the Rev Doct Azel Backus ???
Pastor of the longigational Church in
Bethlem   I recollect the roads were 
blocked up with snow & that I went
about a mile to pilot & assist Dr
Backus on his way home
    Reuben Martin has been dec'd
about twelve years his widow
Sarah Martin is now living
    As to the time this marr-
iage took place I am not able to
recolect accurately it is was I think
full fifty years since
                     Daniel Hill
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Litchfield County Ss.  Bethlem
October 27 1848 Personnally
appeared Daniel Hill and made
that the above deposition by him
subccribed is true before me
     Chas B.  Phelps Justice of Peace


State of Connecticut Ss. Woodbury
january 8 1849
    I certify that I am
& have been for more than twenty years
acquainted with Rev Fordie Harrison
Philo H Skidmore Daniel Hill, Electa
A Martin Reuben B. Martin, and
Lucy Atwood & know them to be
 credible reputable witnesses
        Chas B.  Phelps Justice of Peace
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          STATE OF CONNECTICUT}, Ss. Lichfield
                 LITCHFIELD COUNTY}
      I Frederik L Beeman Assistant Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Charles B. Phelps
of Woodbury in said County is an acting
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by law authorized to admin-
ister OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEEDS. And that his commission was dated on
the 26th day of June  . D. 1846 and will expire on the 20th
day of June, A. D. 1849, & that the signatures to the
accompanying instrument purporting to
be his an genuine
                      Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
                             9th day of January A.D. 1849.
                                           Frederick L. Beeman
                                            Assistant Clerk
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State of Connecticut
                        Probate Court
                        District of Woodbury
    Be it remembered that on the
Tenth day of August 1849 personally
appeared in said Court Salles Martin
of Woodbury in said District and on oath
declares as supplementary to her former
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the Pension Statutes of the United States
as the Widow of Reuben Martin a Revolutionary
Soldier deceased
    After I was eleven years old
I was an orphan and without property
I was engaged to be married to Mr Martin
and was taken sick and remained sick
for near four years & at length recovered
and before my marriage learned the
tract of a tailoress & worked at that business
from house to house. As I have stated I
was married on the 4 of March 1790
in answer to the requirement of the com-
missioner to be more definite as to time
I state that Mr Martin & my com-
menced house keeping within the same
month we were married. Mr Martin
was the owner of a farm and worked
with the assistance
on it him during his life with the assistance generally
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of another person commonly some young
man sometime after our marriage &
within the last year he hired Garrett 
Hard the son of Nate Hard who then
reside in the neighbourhood the bargain
was made between Nate Hard Mr Martin
Garrett lived in the family with us
his wages were paid in part by such
clothes as he wanted. he lived with
us from one to two years  For many years
after our marriage & made clothes
& Stockings sacks for the men who were
hired to us. I remember doing Tailor work
for Garrett when he lived with us
I am not able to remember what work
I did for him in particular although I know
I made clothes for him
    On looking at Mr Martins
account with said Hard I see
the making a vest charged
and trimmings threads Buttons
these were furnished by us I never
worked for any body but our own
family & found trimmings
    Garrett was 15 or 16
years old, and the bargain being
made with his father I conclude
the account was properly kept under
Nate Hard
Page 39

I have a very clear recollection that
Sasse Hurd came to our house and
proposed to Mr Martin to work for
him and be paid by my doing some
tailor work for his wages and that
he brought a coat to be turned
which I did for him, my recollection
of the date is not very precise I know
it was within a year or two after our
Marriage     I know I never
did any work for Garett Hurd untill
after my marriage
    The ????? annexed I
know are a part of my
husbands account book in which
he kept his dealings with those he did
business with
                                                Sally Martin

Sworn & Subscribed in open court
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
and the head of
said Probate Court on
the day & year aforesaid
Chas B Phelps Judge of
                         Probate
                District of Woodbury
Page 40

I Elijah Sherman of Woodbury
in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut
depose and say that I am
sixty six years of age and was born
in Woodbury and have resided in
said place ever since with the exception
of some temporary absence
    I was well acquainted with
Reuben Martin formerly of said
town now deceased, and remember him
before I came of age,  I am enabled
to state that I was well acquainted
with his wife Sarah Martin as early as
the winter of 1803 & 1804. this date I am
enabled to state from written minutes in
my hands, I well remember the oldest
child of sd Reuben Martin came to my
School Mr Martin lived within a few
rods of the school house, her name was
Althea she is now the wife of Deacon
Nathaniel Minor of this place. I think
the child must have been three or four years
old.   said Martin about 1804 or 5
was a lister (an officer to make up the
grand levy preparatory to paying
taxes) be called on me to assist him
about writing & casting & making up
the grand levy & I assisted him one
or more ways after this was somewhat
Page 41

intimate with him. In 1814. we
were select men together and have a great
deal of imtercourse together for four
years after.   Our names in the
Course of public business were often
????together and I have a good
knowledge of his hand writing
I have examined the Entry upon a
family Bible in possession of his widow
which is annexed, I have
no doubt that entry (in the said leaf
annexed) of his marriage is the hand
writing of Reuben Martin, I have
recently preparatory to deposing examined
papers in his hand writing which
I know to be genuine, & some of 
with Martins subscription to papers in my
own hand writing

The annexed leaf I found in a
bible a good deal worn in the possession
of Sally Martin his widow, at the
quest of Chas B Phelps & cut out of
sd Bible said leaf in the presence of Deacon
Nathaniel Minor & have with my
own hand annexed the same to this
deposition and have also inscribed
my name on said leaf and in the
entry of said Martins marriage
Page 42

    I have also this day 31 July 1849
cut out of said Martins account Book
two leaves which bear my signature to
identify them & they have been by me
annexed to this Deposition
    These leaves are taken
from an old book purporting to contain
his accounts with his neighbors
and those he dealt with, commencing
in its earliest date in 1799 & continued to
1834, I have no hesitation in declaring
that most of the Entries on the annexed leaves
are in Martin hand writing & believe all
but the signatures of Wait Hurd and Jasper Hayes
& Hayes is dead I was his Executor
    Wait Hurd I know, he was older
than Mr Martin, he removed away from
this town is now dead as I have been
informed & believe
    Mr Martin and his
wife were reputed since1800 to be
man & wife and sustained a highly
reputable position in society, Mr Martin
was many time a member of the
State legislature, both for many years
before Mr Martins death were members of
the Third Congregational Church
in Woodbury and in good
standing
Page 43

    I have examined the list of Births
on the said Bible leaf and think
the entry to be in the hand writing
of Mr. Martin   Dated this 31 day July
1849
                                       Elijah Sherman


State of Connecticut
Litchfield County Woodbury
                      31 July 1849
    Personally appeared Elijah Sherman
who subscribed the foregoing Deposition
and made oath that the facts by
him therein set forth are true
    In testimony whereof I have
affixed my Notarial seal on the day
& year aforesaid
                         Chas B. Phelps Notary Public
    I certify that Elijah Sherman
the above Deponent is a
???? - credible witness
                  Chas B. Phips Noty Public
Page 44

                           FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES                                       MARRIAGES.
  In the year AD1799 March 4
Reuben Martin was Married to
Sally Minor Both of Woodbury


I cut this leaf from a Bible in the
hands of Sally Martin
                      Elijah Sherman

This leaf was cut out in my presence
                                   Nathaniel Minor
                   July 31st 1849.
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                                FAMILY RECORD.

            BIRTHS.                                           BIRTHS. 
Issue of Reuben and
Sally Martin
Althea born 11th Feby 1800
     Olive Born March
15th 1802
Electa Born April
the 9th AD 1804
Electa 2d Born October
the 4th 1807
Reuben Benjamin
Born January 14th 1813
Page 46

Contra
May 6th  By Cash                                                    "  7   "
               By  ???????                                               "  5   "
Oct. 6th 1801 By his account                               "  13   2
January 21st 1802 a the balndlance it being 2/5   1  5  2
                                                                               "  2   5
_____________________________________________________________
31st Aug 1801                                                    £ 1  7  7
Agreed with John Woowers so to work at farming
business the month of Sept next vowing to begin
tomorrow morning & I am to give him
$ - 6 67 cents at the end of sd month if he
continues with me if not do to pay when
he makes up the time that he shall use
for himself or be out of my employ

By Cash p Mr Hayes                                               "    1   6
25th Feb   By Cash                                                 "   14   6
                                                                               1    0   6
                                                                           ____________
Recd all  accounts with it Nate Hurd                     1   15   0
150
on the above date and received payment in full
                                            Reuben Martin
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By Cash pr Mr Hayes                                                        1   6
25th Febr By Cash                                                           14   6
                                                                                     1   0   6
Aud all accounts with Maitland                                    1  15  0
on the above date and received payment in full
                                                    Reuben Martin

2nd Ap. 1801  By Cash                                                 "  10  6
13th                By Cash                                                 "  15  0
17th                By cash                                                  "  15  0
22                   By cash                 16/3                          2  0  6
                                                                                        16  3
                                                                                 ___________
                                                                                     2  16  2

Rcvd 22nd Ap 1801 sixteen Shillings
and 3d in full of all
account to which  att  Reuben Martin
Page 48

3           November 1799 Writ Hurd                                0 per
                                                  pt boy
                 to 2¼ yards of field cloth 6/9                              "  13  6
Decr 28th to 1 pr mittens                                                     "    1   8
                 to making vest                                                     "    1   3

                 to backs buttons pockets buttons stays & thred        10
         29th to soleing his shoes                                             "   2   0
Jan 1st      to 1 pr socks                                                         "   2  6
    1800     to certuing and making his coat                          "   2   3
       6th    to buttons pocket & buttons stay                        "    "   3
Feb. 18th to soleing 1 pr shoes                                            "   2   11
March 24th to cash to pay for drawing a tooth                   "    "    3½
           26th to 3¾ yd cloth 2/-                                            "    6    9
                   to makeing 2 shirts found thred                        "   2    "
Apr 25th to pair of calf skin shoes  and                                "   8    "
May 5th  to cash.                                                                   "   1   "
               to crevat                                                                 "    1   "
               to pocket hand                                                       "    1   8
               to 5¼ yd ??? cloth   1/8                                          "    8   9
               to making 2 pr trousers and thred & buttons        "    2   "
      22nd to making frocks                                                     "    5   9

FIVE LINES UNREADABLE

7th June  to 4 buttons--            2/6 Doz                              "    "    10
to makeing coat                                                                         5     "
to makeing shirt                                                                         2     "
to find thred for shirt & coat                                                 "   "      4
to mending shoes                                                                  "   2     3
????                                                                                        "    3     6

Reuben Martins Account Book
                             Elijah Sherman
Page 49

to making coat                                                                    ?
to makeing shirts                                                             "   2   "
to find thred for shirt & coat                                           "   "    4
to mend cap and shoes                                                   "   2   3

SIX LINES UNREADABLE

1st Sept  to cut ???                                                           "   1   10
1st Nov   to 1 pr shoes                                                     "   7   "
2nd         to a  ???                                                              "   8   "
               to 1¾ yd 2/- 3/6 make shirt #1/                        "   4   6
9th          to 1 pr ?? ???                                                      "   1   "
11th Nov to 1oz indigo                                                     "   1   4
6th          to cash                                                               "   "   7
15th        to a reconing of the pasturing                          3   "   3
               to ipr socks                                                        "   2   6
the above charges are all reconed
26th Nov to 10¾ yds coat 6 /6                                       3   9   4
14. 00       to 1½ yd sheard & prest 7/0                          "   7   11
                to 4 button                                                      "    "    7
                to sole his shoes                                              "   2   "
                to  1 basket  ???                                               "   5   3
?? Jan      To 2 bushel Rye         5/8                                  "   10   6
"  1801    to a ??? in cloth measure                                  "   6   6
                                                                                         5   2   1

I cut this leaf from Reuben M
Page 50

Octr 1799    walt Hurd pr boy Gart                         "   "   6
                    to i months work ending Nov 1         1  "   "
16th Decr    began his year work with me
                   for which has to have $9. 0. 0              9   "   "
                                                                          ____________
                                                                           £ 10   "   "

         NEXT NINE LINES UNREADABLE
-
16th Sept     Byan old Barrel                                   "   2   "
4th Oct        By a day laying wall                            "   4   6
9th               By a day  do                                        "   4   6

13th November 1800
       this day reconed with Wait Hurd
       all the work done by himself Garret & Hath
       and the pasturing of his cows & horses
       and all the charge against them on book
       and their is due from me to Wait Hurd
       to ballance all Book account £1   12   0

12th January 1801
         Wait Hurd By 1 days work                                  "   4   "
21st  By Cash                                                               2   3   9½
         By  do                                                                 "   12   "
         By a journey of Horse & Sleigh                          "    6    "
21st JanBy fetching a sleigh from Oxford                   "    2    " 
           By cash                                                             4   19   9½
                                                                                    "     4   4½
                                                                                    5    4    2
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12th January 1801
                      Wait Third By 1 days work                           "    4    "
21st               By Cash                                                        2    3    9½
                      By do                                                           "    12   "
                      By a Journey of Horse & Sleigh                   "    6    "
21st Jany       By Fetching Sleigh from Oxford                   "    2    "
                      By Cash                                                        4    19   9½
                                                                                           "      4   4½
                                                                                           ___________
                                                                                           5    4    2

    Recond this 22nd day of Jany all accounts
    to this date and Ballance the same
    Witness our hands.                Reuben Martin
                                                  Wait Hurd
I cut this leaf from the Account Book of
the late Reuben Martin
                                             Elijah Sherman

Jan 21st             to bushel of Corn                                    "    2    "
   1801       to his account Brot forward                            5    2    1
                  to cash                                                        £  5    4    2

Jany 23rd  Wait Hurd                                                   Do
1801          to bushel Rye      5 /3                                     "    7   10
                  2nd   Oats bushel                                           2    8    "
29 Jan        by 30 days work                                             "   13    "
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4     Woodbury 13th March 1800
       this day Reconed with Jesse Hayes
       and due to me to ballance Book                            "    3   11
16th Apr     to 6lb 8oz Cheese                  6d                 "    3    3
17th May    to turning a coat                                         "    6    "
24th            to Bushel Rye by L Richards-                      "    5    "
12th June   3 weeks & 2days pasture     6d                   "    1   11
26th Novem to 1 hogsut  5yd at 3/5                             "   14    9
19th Decr   to making a coat                                         "    4    6
26th           to ½lb butter                                               "    "    6
24th March 1801 this day Reconed                               1   19   10
                    with Jesse Hayes and Dye
                    to me to be of book list                             0    4    4
                    to cart to carry shingles & soap
                    to Ushdill Road for Hurd                            "    "    9
5th Apr        to bushel corn                                            "    5    "
6th July        to ½ bushel Corn                                       "    2    6
31st              to ½lb Butter                                             "    "    6
3rd Augt      to ½lb  butter                                             "    "   6
13th             to ½lb  Lard                                               "    "    5
21st              to ½lb butter                                             "    "    6
2nd Nov       to the 3 lbs butter for wife                        "    3    "
                     to cash lent.                                              "    1    6
                     to work at sanford coat                            "    "    9
                     to wool shirt.-                                           "    2    "
4th                to cash                                                      "    2    6
                    to ballance on note taken up-                   "   16    "
19th             to cart to Woodbury                                  "    "    6
                    to 15 oz Ison some time past                    "    "    6
                   to wastage ingots                                       "    "    8
                   to 1 bushel Rye                                           "    2    "
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4th Decr          to cash                                          "    2    6
                        to ballance on note then up        "   16    0
19th                 to cart to Woodbury                    "    "    6
                        to 15oz Iron some time past       "    "    6
                        to wantage ingots                       "    "    8
                        to bushel rye                               "    2    0
22nd Febr this day reconed with
   1802 J Hayes and due to                                 2    3   11
    him to ballance Book to this date
    one pound nine shillings and three
    pence witness our hands
                                       Reuben Martin
                                       Jesse Hates
3rd March  UNREADABLE

27 May           to oxen & dray to fetch bush        "    7    4
Page 54

Sally Martin
Page 55

    I Nathaniel Minor of
Woodbury in Litchfield County
State of Connecticut aged sixty
one years testify & say I was born in Wood-
bury and have resided there
with some short intervals untill this
time
    I was acquainted with
Reuben Martin formerly of sd place
now deceased. In the year 1819
I married Althea Martin the
eldest daughter of said Reuben Martin
and have been intimately acquainted
in the Martin family since
    I remember a folio Bible
in his possession which Bible is now
before me. I know it to be the family
Bible of that family & have often heard
it read there.   This Bible is now
in the possession of Sally Martin his
Widow  at the request of Chas B Phelps
I have this day 31 July 1849. been
present and saw, Deacon Elijah
Sherman cut out of sd Bible a leaf
which he has annexed to his deposition
sd leaf has been by sd Sherman & myself
ratifide with our names     I am well
acquainted with the hand writing
Page 56

of Mr Martin and testify that the
entry of his marriage on sd
leaf and of the Births on the other
side of it to be his own hand
writing    Mr Martin had
a child by the name of Electa she
died & a subsequent born daughter
was named after her & is now alive
      Date this 31 day of
July 1849                           Nathaniel Minor


State of Connecticut
        Litchfield County
                   Woodbury
                        31 July 1849
    Personally appeared before me
Nathaniel Minor to me personally known
and being duly cautioned & sworn
made oath that the ??? facts by
him set forth in the foregoing deposition
a true    In testimony whereof I have
Affixed my official seal Chas B.  Phelps Notary Public
    I certify Nathaniel
Minor who testified above
     a credible witness
           Chas B. Phelps Noty Public
Page 57

                                                    BOUNTY LAND, ACT OF 1855.
                                     WIDOW'S APPLICATION FOR FIRST WARRANT.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,}
COUNTY OF Litchfield     }  SS.     Wodbury
    On this 29 day of May  A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty four personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
within and for the county and State aforesaid, Sally Martin
aged Eighty five years, a resident of Woodbury
in the State of Connecticut, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow
of Reuben Martin deceased, who was with Revolutionary
and served as a private 

    The Company or Regiment
in which he served she cannot now tell  but
refers to the declaration of sd Martin for a Pension
under the act of 1832, which pension he received
during his life, and the same has been continued
to this applicant from sd  Martins Death

    She further states that she was married to the said Reuben Martin at Woodbury
in sd County on the fourth day of March
A. D. 1799, by one Azel Backus a Clergyman residing in Bethlem and that her
name before her said marriage was Sally Minor; that her said husband died
at Woodbury on the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1836
and that she is now a widow & she has no record of her marriage the
form being sent to the Pension Office when she applied for a pension as the Widow
of Mr Martin.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled
under the act approved March 3, 1855.
                                                                     Sally Martin
    We, Garwood H Atwood & Electra Martin
residents of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut,
upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by
Sally Martin   in our presence, and that we believe, from the
appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
                                                                             Garwood H. Atwood
                                                                                  Electa A Martin
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year
written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the
resents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
                                                                   Chas B.Phelps Notary Public
sions will please forward the Warrant on the above to
Page 58

                        159.133
       Sally Martin
Page 59

necticu
Marion
Reuben
ved in the Revolutionary
as a Private
ribed on the Roll at the rate of
    33 Dollars
Cents per annum, to com
the 4th day of March, 18
Certificate of Pensio
29th day of
sent to
C. B.
Recorded on R

Ripon
Page 60

History
Keeney
ich
984
______
& Geo C. Martin
M. B. H.

WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 1906
Sally Martin
Widow
Reuben Martin
Pri, Rev War
-------
Act: July 29 1848
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 1

{Arrangement of 1870.}

Mch. 11. 1890/
to Mrs. M.S.
Flint M

1905. Dec. 19 - History
Page 61

21.838

Rev Claim
Page 62

Reuben Martin Con. Act 7 June 1832 $33.33 p an
To what time was he last paid?
                                               GLA
Pension Office 1849                     Died 14th Feb. 1836
 Octbr 23rd 1849                           Pd to his death.
                                                                     BDS
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UNREADABLE
Page 64


will be soon reached, when it will be
my pleasure to
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No 298
Sally Martin
Con
C. B. Phelps Judge
1149


Act 29 July 1848
Page 66

                                   MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
                   MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLECE.
Capt. GEO. C. MARTIN, 18th U. S. Infantry.
                Commandant
DEC 6 1905                                                            Amherst, Mass.
                                                                                   Dec. 1.05
Commissioner of Pensions,
               Washington, D.C.
Sir,
    I have the honor to
request  a certificate of
service of the following named
men who served in the
Revolutionary War
    Reuben Martin born at
Woodbury Corm, about 1743
and who I believe served in
3d company with 30th. Reg Regiment
also when enlisted and name
parent if given
Page 67

                                          MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
                              MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
                                                 AMHERST. MASS.
Capt. GEO. C. MARTIN, 18th U.S. Infantry.
             Commandant
    Col. Timothy Sibley of
Mass b. 1777 died Dec. 6
1818
    Lieut. Solomon Martin
who probably enlisted in
Pittsfield Mass.
    If your department
has such records I would
like the military record of
Lieut. Nathaniel Kellogg
b. in Hatfield Mass 4 June
1671 d 22 Aug. 1757
                          Respectfully
                          Geo. C. Martin
                          Capt 18th U.S. Inf.
Page 68

                                     Woodbury Con 27 June 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq
                         Sir
                                   Reuben Martin is a
Pensioner under the act of 1832 at $33.33/100
per annum  He served as stated in his
original application fourteen months the proof
was incomplete we have now asserted
there is corroborative evidence in the Comp-
trollers Office   Mr Martin asks you
if the Norwalk tour was rejection
to open the subject for further proof
if that was not allowed he now
thinks he can share further proof
calculated to satisfy you that Capt
Ephraim Hinman under whom he
served preformed the tour of duty
as stated by Martin & that Martin
was in service there
               Please to reply to me
                 yours respectfully
                                Ch. B. Phelps
Page 69

Reuben Martin


10 mo private
33.33

???
666
8333

Reply to
Chs B. Phelps
Woodbury
Con
Page 70

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Reuben Martin Litchfield which require
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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? Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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                                                                                2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-
tionary service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? not found on rolls  -- ??? given 16
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? y

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? y

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
                                             ___________________________________________-

                                   EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, 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 recol-
lection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ___
year _months , and --- days, I served as a----- For ------ months
and ------days, I served as a ----- ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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                                       3
   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 in-
definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state 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 objection-
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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 em-
ployed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
   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 claimants 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 magis-
trate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper authenticated, the cer-
tificate 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.
   In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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                                                            Woodbury Con
                                                                            3. Sept 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq
                        In 1832 I made applic-
ation to the Com for a Pension under the
act of 1832 and claimed inwo
tours one of two months or thereabout
in Capt Ephraim Hinman company
at Norwalk and about twelve months
in Col Peace Sherman Reg
    A certificate has
Granted to me of 33 D & 33 cents per
Annum  This covers 10 months of the time
in Shermans Reg- only
    When the papers were
returned the objections extended only
to the 12th month tour under Sherman
the two months &  supposed those
were enough.
   I have thought that the
two months might have been
omitted and the pension calculated
only on the Sherman tour by mistake
as the certificate of the Comptrller certifed
part to much time as was allowed
      Will you be pleased to examine
the original papers & if an error has
occured correct it   if not to inform
me.    a letter addressed to
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Charles B Phelps Esq Woodbury
will be received by me
                        yours with respect
                                Reuben Martin