Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4251, John Green, Conn.
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Service Conn. Green, John Esther Number R. 4251
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1864                                   6908
No 6908                          General T
Esther Green
Widow of John
01 4251
act 4 July 1836 


Receipt of
General Stanton of
Voluntown for [unintelligible]
[unintelligible] of Stonington for service of
John Green who is
stated to have served 7 tours
of duty.
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State of Vermont District of Marlboro} 88 On this 11th day of September AD 1845 Personally appeared before the probate court of the District aforesaid Esther Green a resident of Guilford in said State aged 84 years; Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 4th 1836; That she is the widow of John Green; who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and as nigh as she can state from her present recollection as follows - sat. as a private soldier in Capt Ephrain [not legible - Murrings?] company in 1775, Col- Putnams Regiment at Roxbury, Boston and vicinity by Enlistment; should think near seven months- and as a private soldier in the Militia to Westchester in the fall of 1776 about three months- and as a private soldier in 1777 in Captain Ely's Company, was enlisted, or drafted and was attached to the Regiment of Col Prentice; - Abel, of Preston Connecticut [not legible] said Green for this term of service and was paymaster of the Regiment - She said Green was dismissed from the service, so that he arrived at home by the time his enlistment was out; when he was immediately married; length of this tour was about seven months - 4th as a private soldier in Capt Thomas Wheelers Company; Col Chapman Regiment Daniel Hall was Ensign; this tour was in the summer or fall after we were Married and my Husband commenced this tour about the time the people were [not legible] staying; served about one and a half months - 5th also a tour in Col. Charles Webb's Regiment the year New London was Burnt; commenced this tour about the time, began this morning; the forepart of July I should think, he was absent about six months - 6th also enlisted and served another tour the next year; during the summer of fall after New London was Burnt; one Ells was his Captain; did not serve so long, as he enlisted for, by about one month, was gone from home on this tour, about seven months - over
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7th Also served several short terms in the Militia, which one not herein set forth, and which I cannot particularly describe - She further declares that she was Married; at Stonington New London County, Connecticut, were she and the said John Green her Husband then resided on the thirty first day of December 1755, that her said husband the aforesaid John Green died in Vermont on the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four - And that she has not since [entermarried?] - And that during the Revolutionary war she and the said John Green aforesaid, resided in the town of Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut - Esther Green [signature] [not legible signature]

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before said Court - In testimony  [wereof?] I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Brattleboro in said District this 11th day of September A.D 1845
[not legible signature]
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I Anna Walsworth of Groton in the County of New London and state of Connecticut aged about 85 years being duly engaged according to law do on my oath [not legible] and say, that I am sister to Widow Esther Green now of Vermont that our father's name was Joshua Holmes a resident in Stonington Connecticut.
First my sister Esther Holmes married Mr. John Green of Stonington. I remember that when I was a girl John Green's mother come over to my father and wanted fathers [not legible] to fix things so that Esther and John could be married one day and John Green's sister and Joshua Grant could be married the next day and they so arranged the business and were so married.
I saw my sister Esther married to John Green after at my fathers in said Stonington by one of the Elder Browns of Stonington and the next day went to the wedding of John Green's sister who married Joshua Grant. I do not recollect the year best I think I was about fifteen years old when these weddings were. 

[signed Anna Walsworth]
State of Connecticut
New London County Groton Sept 14 1847
Personally appeared Anna Walsworth subscribed to the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of [the same?] before me

[signed Wm C Stanton Notary Public]
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Windham County in Brooklyn Oct 6th 1847
I hereby certify that Anna Walsworth who has subscribed to the forgoing deposition is a respectable person and is a credible witness
[signed Mr Wm C Stanton Justice of the Peace]
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I Caleb Grant of North Stonington in the county of New London and state of Connecticut aged upwards of fifty years old [not legible] my oath depose and say that I am son of Joshua Grant formerly of Stonington. That my mother and John Green formerly of Stonington were Brother and Sister and children of Caleb Green of Stonington. That my uncle John Green's widow now lives in Guilford in Windham County state of Vermont. I was up there on a visit to see her last January. She was [not legible] living but very much broken down and her intellect is much impaired. I have formerly heard my father and mother say in his life time that my Aunt Esther and Uncle John were married on the last day of the year and that they, my father and mother, were married on the first day of the year, that is uncle John and aunt Esther were married Dec. 31 and father and mother on January the 1 day. That uncle John and aunt Esther were married one day and they were at the wedding and my father and mother were married on the next day and uncle John and aunt Esther went to their wedding. That I have a record of my father and mother's marriage and is in the following words as is recorded in my father's Bible to [not legible] "Family Record Joshua Grant was married to Lucy Green January 1, 1778"
That my uncle John Green and aunt Esther moved away from Stonington before my recollection. That uncle John used to come down from Vermont to visit my father and family once a year and sometimes would stay away two years at a time. O I have visited my uncle John at Vermont twice and the last time I saw him was about
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the year 1822. I can now well remember how I have been delighted and entertained when I was a boy by sitting and hearing my father and uncle John talk about their being in the Army together. One thing I more particularly recollect is they used to tell about one John Utley formerly of this town who was with father and uncle John at White Plains in the state of New York and that John Utley got Lousey while in the service and they used to have a great deal of sport with him.
I worked for Capt Jacob Meach of Preston (who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War) at [haying in 1822. Capt Meach then enquired of me about my uncle John Green and told me he was with my uncle John in the Revolutionary War and that he saw uncle John Green at White Plains in the army and that he saw him at Newport Rhode Island in the army.
Jeremiah Wheeler of Stonington knew uncle John or he told me a short time before his death. Mr. Manassah Miner of Stonington come to my house about a year and a half since to enquire for proof of my uncle John Green's Revolutionary services. Miner said he had engaged to get proof if it could be found of uncle's service and I went to see Jeremiah Wheeler and Wheeler said he knew John Green my uncle and that he saw him at White Plains in the Army at White Plains as a soldier the year that more of the militia were called out there.
I informed Mr. Miner of Capt Jacob Meach and  of Mr. Jeremiah Wheeler who could talk about my uncle's Revolutionary service.
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Capt Meach of Preston and Jeremiah Wheeler of this  town are both now dead. Whether Mr. Miner saw them before they died I do not know. 
I have heard my father and Capt Meach tell of other service of uncle John Green but do not recollect where it was.
[trust?] further say not
[signed Caleb Grant]

State of Connecticut
New London County - North Stonington Sept 14 1887
Personally appeared Caleb Grant [not legible] to the aforesaid deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
before me -
[signed Wm. C. Stanton Notary Public]

Windham County Brooklyn Oct 6th 1887
I hereby certify that Caleb Grant [Ey? - not legible] is a person with [not legible] to the subscriber and is a credible witness.
[signed Wm. C. Stanton Justice of the Peace]
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, }
Windham County, } SS.

I Uriel Fuller [not legible] Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That William C Stanton is and since the 20th day of June, 1847 hath been a  JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Windham, in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of courts, and the give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. And I do also further certify, That William C. Stanton is, and since the 20th day of June A.D. 1846 hath been a NOTARY PUBLIC, within and for the STATE OF CONNECTICUT, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths and take depositions in any case in which a Justice of the Peace might administer or take the same, and also to take the acknowledgement of deeds.
And I further Certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said William C. Stanton to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Brooklyn this 6th day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Seven.
[signed Uriel Fuller - not legible] Clerk
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No 1 1908
Esther Green
VT
Alexander Ray Apr 5/47
to same.          May 19/47
"  "                  July 21/48



D--d 4 July 1836?
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4251.

Esther Green

REJECTED
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John Green
Conn.              R. 4251

A pay-roll of Capt. Ely's co., Jedidiah Huntington's Conn. regt., dated Peekskill, Sept. 1777 , showing payment in full of wages to July 1, 1777, has been removed from this claim for transmittal to the War Dept.


S.C.A.
Aug. 16, 1911

Sent to the War Dept. 
[Jarry.] 16, 1913 c
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I, Isaac Miner of Stonington, in the County of New London, and State of Connecticut, aged sixty four years and upward being duly sworn according to Law, do on my oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Mrs. Esther Green of the State of Vermont and was also well acquainted with her husband, John Green in his life time. They both formerly resided in that part of this town which is now North Stonington.
That in November of the year 1815 I went to Vermont with a view of purchasing a farm. I did purchase a farm in Massachusetts instead of Vermont, and removed there with family in Feb 1816. My farm was situated in Colrain, Franklin County State of Massachusetts. That John Green & his family, aforesaid resided in Halifax in Windham County, Vermont a distance of four miles from my residence. 
That when I first went to make the -- purchase I stayed at Green's all night with him.  That said John Green then told me about his marriage with said Esther his wife and also of his being in the army of the Revolution and restated many circumstances relating to his marriage and services. He then said he engaged a man to take his place in the company to which he belonged & serve his time out for him while he this -- Green came home & was married. He then told me the name of the man who took his place as aforesaid but I do not remember his name. He told me there was another couple married wither the day before or day after he the -- Green was named which I do not remember. He said one pair were
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married on the last day of the year and the other couple on the next day following which was on the first day of the year, but which couple ever married on the first or last day as aforesaid I cannot remember to state.
He then told me how many days he lacked of his time being out but I don't know exactly remember but it seems to me [being] about ten days.
After I removed as aforesaid & while I lived at [Coleran] I frequently knew the said John Green tell the same story & tell who it was that took his place to find out his time of service but I cannot now recollect his name. 
I have also heard the Esther Green tell the same story before and since the death of C John Green. The said John often told the particulars of his service giving day & date of his goings and returning but I do not recollect the particulars any further than I have stated aforesaid.
Dated Stonington, November 3rd, 1847
Isaac Miner
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State of Connecticut
I, John B. Robertson, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern that Benjamin F. Palmer is and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New London in said State duly appointed and commissioned having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same: also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof: and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. 
And I further certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said Benjamin F. Palmer to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State at Hartford this 20th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. John B. Robertson, Secretary of State
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I, Reuben Bryant of Plainfield in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, aged from the best of my present rrecollection, 87 years old last May. In this I may not be exactly correct. I do not recollect the year I was born but from what I have been taught in my early days, I was born on 29th day of May but the year I do not positively recollect as I am somewhat broken down & I am aware my faculties fail me. I am now informed I stated my age to be 88 in May 1846. If I did so, I think I was wrong but I think the justice who took my deposition must have misunderstood me or else made the mistake in counting with my age as I was hardly sixteen when I first enlisted which was in Nov or Dec 1775 and was sixteen from best of my present recollection is May following & whether right as to my age either in this or former statements I am a continental soldier. I am requested to make a statement of my Revolutionary Services from 1776 to 1783 to which request I comply to the best of my present recollection and now proceed to make a brief statement for I am not now capable of giving a particular ly full statement as I once could and if I now err in any essential point it should be inspected to the loss of memory and my natural facilities of mind & nothing else. 
I when a boy resided in Plainfield above and with a man by the name of Joseph Shepherd and was within the limits of Capt Joshua Dunlap's company of militia in said Plainfield. That I enlisted as near as I can recollect some where nigh the last of December 1775 or earlier.
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in Capt Christopher Ely's Company in Colo Parsons Regiment for the term of one year, I was with the troops near Boston until the British evacuated that place and was then moved to State of N.Y. & Long Island, was taken sick about one week before the retreat from Long Island & I was removed to York Island & remained some ten days or more then began to resume my duties was after this soon marched to Kings Bridge or White Plains. I was in the engagement at White Plains. 
In the spring of 1777 I again enlisted and for the term of three years. If I recollect right, I was enlisted by Capt John McGreggor and was joined to Colo Durkee's Regt. I think I joined the Regiment at a place called the Highlands in the state of New York. I was after this in the State of New Jersey & in Pennsylvania. When we passed by Red Bank the Rhode Island Troops were there; we encamped at a place called Woodbury, not far from Red Bank. I was in several battles. Sometimes I was in detachments & not with the Regiment to which I belonged. 
I was in the siege at Fort Mifflin; spent the winter at Valley Forge. I was in the battle at Germantown. I was in many engagements with the enemy. The Regiments to which I belonged was most of the time with the main army under Gen. Washington. When my time was out which was from (best of my present recollection) in 1780. I came home to Plainfield but soon enlisted again for three years in said Colo Durkees Regiment. I joined the Regiment at the Highlands again & served as a private soldier until
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until I was discharged in 1783. I was at the taking of Cornwallis. I was much of my time in detachments during this tour. I was of Colo Durkee's Regiment of Continental line but was 
a part of time detached to serve as infantry and was under Colo. Scammell at Yorktown when he was wounded and I was under different captains all of which I cannot name in the order in which I served under them but I think the office commanders of the companies were Capt John McGregor, Throop or Troop and [Ellis]: Capt [Ellis] was my last. 
I served during the Revolutionary war seven full years & once could tell many incidents & events which occurred but am now in the decline of life & my limbs & faculties fail me. I can tell but very little but have forgotten much and I further now say not. 
In presence of Wm C. Stanton His mark
Reuben Bryant
Windham County for Plainfield, August 9th 1847
Then personally appeared Reuben Bryant who subscribed to the foregoing statement by his mark and who is personally known to the subscriber as a credible person and made oath to the truth of the same before me.
Wm C. Stanton, Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Windham County
I Uriel Fuller, Assistant Clerk of County Court
for the County of Windham in the State aforesaid do hereby certify
that William C. Stanton Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within 
and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as that his commission bears date the 20th day of June AD 1847 and will expire on the 20th day of June AD 1848. I further certify that the foregoing signature purporting to be his I verily believe to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County Court this 10th day of August Anno Domini 1847
Uriel Fuller Assistant Clerk
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State of Connecticut
Comptroller Office
Hartford 21 Oct 1846
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of John Green in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that War and find as follows:
A paper headed "A Pay Roll of the 7th Company of the 3? Regt raised per order General Assembly Colony of Connecticut May AD 1775 of which Ephraim Manning is entered as Captain. In this roll John Green is stated to have enlisted 29 May and served to 15 December, 6 months 16 days.
Also, a paper headed "Pay Roll of the Eight Months-men who served in the 1st Connecticut Regiment in the year 1782"
In this document appears the name of John Green who is stated to have enlisted June 10 and to have been discharged January 1st serving six months & 21 days.
Mason Cleveland
Comptroller
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I Reuben Bryant of Plainfield in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged 83 years may --- and after being duly cautioned and sworn as the law directs 
deposeth and saith that he served in the war of the American Revolution as he hath often stated, that he entered the service as a private soldier in 1776 & served during that year and also in 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781 & 1782 & was discharged in 1783. 
That he was at many different placed during this period of time and was in many different Battles.
That he knew John Green of Stonington & was well acquainted with him before he went into the service.
Deponent also knew two other John Greens, one who was a corporal & lived in Woodstock & served as such. Also a John Green who was Capt and served as such.
That in 1777 Deponent well recollects of seeing the --- John Green from Stonington in the 
service as a private soldier at a place in New York called White Plains & also saw him at Pittskill & in the vicinity—. Deponent recollects well of being out on one two detached parties with said John Green of Stonington the first named to reconnoiter the country & watch the movements of the enemy.  We were once attacked by the enemy.
The Deponent recollects seeing the said John Green from Stonington several times when out on duty but cannot tell the officer he was under in all of his tours. Said Green was out on several tours of duty but not many months at a time on any one tour. His tours were usually from four to eight months & deponent from what he saw & personally knew at the time should think I knew must have several more
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than two years during the war but never knew of his serving in any other capacity than as a private soldier. 
Said John Green moved --- Stonington to
the State of Vermont many years ago.
Reuben Bryant (his mark)
In presence of George -- Johnson
Wm C. Stanton
State of Connecticut Windham County for Plainfield, April 10th, 1836
Personally appeared Reuben Bryant who has subscribed to the foregoing deposition by his mark and who is personally known to the subscriber as a credible person and a witness whose testimony is entitled to full credit & belief and made oath to the truth of the statements herein set forth by him before me.
Wm C. Stanton, Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham
I Thomas [Ney] Elect of the County Court in for the County of Windham aforesaid hereby certify that William C. Stanten Esq before the foregoing deposition was taken was & is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified & the signature thereto purporting to be his, is his genuine signature — In testimony whereof therein
hereunto let my hand & affidavit the 
seal of County this 17th day of April 
AD 1846
[Thomas Gray?]
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Esther Browns Dep—
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I Esther Brown of North Stonington in the County of New London and State of connecticut aged 79 y Oct 10th 1846 — being duly cautioned and sworn according to law do on my oath depose and say that I have always resided in this immediate neighborhood with the exception of eleven years which time I spent with my first husband within about six or seven miles of this place. That I when a small child was well acquainted with John Green of Stonington, he was son of Ensign Caleb Green of --- Stonington & was the oldest child of the family. I was intimately acquainted with the said John Green and was knowing to his being gone in the service in time of Revolutionary War and I will remember about John Green's mothers finding fault & complaining very much about John's being gone so much in the army in time of the war; John would say in reply "La Mother somebody must go & it might as well be me as anybody else" — They said John Green was gone much of the time in the time I was knowing to his being gone and of his coming home. He was not out generally more than about six or seven months at a time but used to be out on a tour about every year while the war continued. I do not now recollect precisely the year John Green was married but I recollect he was married to Esther Holmes with whom I was also well acquainted & who was near neighbors to my father, and that my father & mother were invited to the wedding & went. I also saw other guests when they were going to the wedding who went by my fathers house — He said John Green & Esther Holmes were reported to have been lawfully married by --- of the
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Elder Brown, I am not positive whether --- or Eleazar but think it was the former yet it might have been the latter. The[y] said John and Esther were married before the close of the Revolutionary war & I remember the said Green carried his wife home to his mother who was a widow and there she lived while John Green was gone in the Army.
The aforesaid John Green and his wife Esther moved from this time to the State of Vermont in the town of Hallifax [sic] some thirty five years ago or more. Esther P Brown
State of Connecticut
New London County for North Stonington January 10th D 1846
Personally appeared; Esther Brown of North Stonington for the identical person who in my presence subscribed to the foregoing deposition which was by me reduced to writing after carefully canting her to speak the truth, the whole truth, & nothing but the truth and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same as the law directs. Wm B. Stanten Notary Public.
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as for truth & veracity-- that her statement are as within are entitled to full credit & belief. 
Wm B Stanten, Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut
Office of Secretary of State
I hereby certify that Wm. C. Stanten Esq is, and for more than six months last past has been, a Notary Public and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of New London, and that the foregoing are his genuine signature, and that he is a duly appointed & ----- : Justice & Notary Public. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & testified that the seal of said state at Halifax this 13th day of Feby. A.D. 1846. 
D.Aul.P Tyler
Secretary of State.
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I Joseph Henry of Halifax of lawful age depose & say that I have an acquaintance with John Green late of Halifax and his wife Esther Green (now a widow) for nearly fifty years that they lived as a family & have no doubt she is his widow as they cohabitated as -- man & wife.
Jos. Henry
State of Vermont—Windham County Halifax Sept 9 1845. Personally appeared: Joseph Henry the signer of above affidavit made oath to its truth. Before me, Rufus K. Henry, Justice of the Peace.
I ,Jas. L. Stark of Halifax, testify & say that I have in my possession a ... family bible purporting to give the marriage of John Green & Esther Holmes this .... in the words following viz.
"December the 31st 1777 Thurs John Green & Esther Holm[es] was married." I have no more doubt of the ... [correctness?] of this record than I have of the fact that fifty years & more of the time I have known John Green of Halifax disappear, he raised a ...family of children for the last fifty years I have lived within two miles of Widow Esther Green and have no doubt this is the widow of said John Green. Jas. L. Stark
State of Vermont Windham Co, Halifax, Sep 9th, 1845
Personally appeared Jas. L. Stark made an oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me Rufus K. Henry Justice of the Peace.
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I James L Stark of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont a Lawful --- reaching my fifty fifth year do further testify today that the friends? of John and Esther Green's marriage as stated in the foregoing  
deposition by me subscribed as being recorded
in a Bible in my possession, has in my opinion, the impression of age and that the written record in the Bible as testified to by me as aforesaid in my judgment was written at or about the time it was dated. Jas. L. Stark
State of Vermont
Windham County Personally appearance James L. Stark Esq. and made oath to the truth of the
deposition by him subscribed. Halifax Apr 5th 1847
Before me Rufus K. Henry, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Joseph H--- and James L. Stark Esquires subscribers to the aforesaid depositions are personally known to me the subscriber can ---they are men of unquestionable veracity & thus their statements at all times are entitled to full credit and belief.
Rufus K. Henry Justice of the Peace.
I Rufus K Henry Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham & State of Vermont do certify that a Bible of which the records of marriage of John & Esther Green is written is now in the possession of Jas L. Stark Esquire has been examined by me & the said records have every appearance of being an ancient record where I have no doubt of its antiquity and of its having been written many years since ^& in my judgment no doubt at or about the time of the date of said record - Viz Dec = 36- 1777
Halifax VT Apr 5 - 1847 Rufus K Henry Justice of the Peace
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I Elizabeth Frink of Halifax of lawful
age testify and say that I was acquainted with John Green and Esther his wife now a widow. I knew them before they left Stonington and have known of them ever since til his death they remained a 
---- family and have no doubt they were
lawfully married, certain it is they so habited as
man & wife and I have no doubt should this widow
my age is seventy eight years
witness.   Elizabeth Frink, Mark
----
State of Vermont
Windham Co -- Halifax Sept 9th 1844 personally
appears Elizabeth [Frink] and maintains the oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed court --- --- ---
Before me Rufus N Henry Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Elizabeth Frink subscribes to the above deposition, is personally here ---
that this is a witness whose testimony is essential to ---- evident ----
Rufus K Henry Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office
---- April 13th D. 1847
I, Marshall Miller, clerk of said 
court certify that  Rufus V. Henry is
a Justice of the Peace within and for 
said county, duly commissioned and 
qualified that his commissioning bears
date October 30th 1846 and will expire
on the 30th day of November 1847
and that his signature, hereunto
written, are genuine—
In testimony I hereby hereunto set
my hand --- the seal of said court the day and year first above written.
Attest, Marshall Miller, Clerk
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Stonington Apr 1- Conn

Alexander Ray Esq
Washington
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Stonington April 15 1847
Sir
Yours of 7th inst came to hand yesterday. I have examined the record of the Town (of marriages) but do not find the marriage of John Green, neither have I found any thing as evidence of his service as a soldier—
I think the marriage of Mr. Green may be found in the Church records of North Stonington (formerly a part of this town) and also that Luther Hull Esq of that town will be able to give me information where the evidence of Mr. Green's service may be obtained—
I will make inquiries and should I obtain any evidence of either his marriage or service, I will inform you—
Respectfully Yours, 
J. D. Noyes T Clerk

Alex Ray Esq
Washington
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Stonington April 15 1847
Sir
Yours of 7th inst came to hand yesterday. I have examined the records of the town (of marriages) but do not find the marriage of John Green, neither have I found any thing as evidence of his service as a soldier— I think the marriage of Mr. Green may be found in the church records of North Stonington (formerly a part of this town) and also that Luther Hull Esq of that town will be able to give me information where the evidence of Mr. Green's service may be obtained.
I will make inquiry and should I obtain any evidence of either his marriage or service will inform you. 
Respectfully yours,
J. D. Noyes, T Clerk

Alex Ray Esq
Washington
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May 4, 1847
... the case
Esther Green 

James L. Edwards, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
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Washington May 3 1867
Sir
Your letter of the 5th ... in the case of Esther Green widow of John for the Act 1836 was duly received. The town clerk of Stonington has her written to for evidence of the service and marriage of said Green. You have endorsed his reply. You ... also received endorsed proof of marriage and the identity of the parties, which may go to establish the widow claim. 

I am very respectfully 
... .... ....
Alex Nay
T. L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
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Washington 
March 13. 1867
Sir:
I herewith enclose you a declaration made to Esther Green, widow of John, for the benefit of the Act 4 July 1836.
You will perceive that, seven tours of duty is alleged to have been performed. The certificate from the comptroller of Connecticut shows 13 mo, 26 days. the statement of payment to Rufus B. Abell pay master shows further
service: together with the affidavits presented may make up the full term of service. 
I remain ...
     ......    .......
     Alex.  Nay or Ray

T. L. Edwards Esq.
Comptroller of Pensions
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Washington Dec 13. 1847
Sir: In the case of Ester Green of Connecticut, an applicant for the Act 4 July 1836. I herewith enclose you additional evidence, which must go to prove the identity. 
I remain .... ....
             A... ....

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com[missioner] of Pensions
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John Green Conn
1775 8 mo. Capt Manning Col Putnam
1776 3 mo. officer not given
1777 7 mo. Capt Ely Col Prentice
1778 1 mo. 15 days Capt Wheeler Col Chapman
1781 11 mo.                  Col Webb
1782 11 mo. Capt Ellis