Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,050, Josiah Willoughby, Vt.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Vt.

Willoughby, Josiah
Susannah

NUMBER
W.26.050

CONTENTS
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6.440

New York.   A.
Susannah Willoughby
widow of Josiah Willoughby
Vt
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
45. Dollars 55.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of March 1858
and sent to
John Magee, [possibly Migee]
Putney, Vermont.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
Februar [black ink stain] 2 [black ink stain] 848, Page 203 Vol. H

[Hand written]
Let to Pen [?] agent July 2 1858
" " 2 [?] comptroller March 28 1859
" " 3d auditor " " "
Secty, [ink smeer] Apl. 11"/59.
pro: magee. Apl. 21/59
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[hand written]

(No. 4)

Roderick Baldwin [crossed out]
Affidavit [crossed out]
Robinson Mansford

(Please particularly notice this)
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State of Vermont
Addison County [illegible]

On this 25 day of Febuary AD 1854 Personally appeared before me Roderick Baldwin a justice of the peace within and for the County of Addison Robbinson Mumford a resident of the Town of Monkton County of Addison and State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to Law declares that he was born at South Kingston Washington County in the State of Rhode island in the AD 1758 that in about the AD 1775 he removed to Bennington Vermont where he resided until after the close of the revolutionary war that in about the year AD 1785 he removed from Bennington to Monkton Addison Country in the State of Vermont where he has ever since resided. That he this deponant when residing at Bennington  afforesaid was with acquainted with Squire Joseph Willoughby and family that he recollects his two sons Joseph and Josiah that the said Willoughby family was the only one that he was acquainted with during his residence at said Bennington that he recollects that the said Josiah Willoughby was out in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution recollects that when the British army under the command of General Burgoin [Burgoyne] passed up Lake Champlain that the said Josiah was out in a scouting party with Sergent  [illegible] who was
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stationed at Pittsford and that Tupper was killed by the enemy and his party taken prisoners that he the deponent recollects that the said Josiah Willoughby was known and regarded in the neighborhood where
he lived or resided as a revolutionary soldier 
That the said Squire Joseph Willoughby also, removed from Bennington to Monkton in the said County of Addison in about the year AD 1791 that the said Squire Joseph Willoughby died at said Monkton in the year AD 1810 that in the month of Feb immediately preceding the decleration [declaration] of war by the United States against Great Britain June AD 1812 the said Josiah Willoughby came to Monkton accompanied by his wife to receive a legacy left him on the death of his father 
That he this deponent the saw the said Josiah Willoughby at Monkton and conversed with him who informed his this deponant [deponent] that he the said Josiah Willoughby was then a resident of the province of uper Canada and he also swears that he is a disinterested witness
Robbins Mumford
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25 day of Febuary [February] AD 1854 after being duly read to him and explained by me and I hereby certify that Robbins Mumford is a credible witness and I further certify that I am in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of this claim Roderick Baldwin Justice Peace
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State of Vermont }
Addison County ss}

I George S. Swift clerk of the county court for the county of Addison in the State of Vermont hereby certify that Roderick Baldwin whose signature is attached to the foregoing certificate, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe said signature to be genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Middleburg in said county this seventeenth day of April A. D. 1834

George S. Swift Clerk of
Addison County Court.

[image of seal]
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afft
John Tompson    
Andrew

affidavit
A. Tompson Willoughby
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Canada West}
Home District}

To Wit
Andrew Tompson of North Guillemburg  being Duly sworn saith that he has been acquainted 
with Josiah Willoughby ever since the year 1790 and that deponent has often heard Willoughby state that his former place of Residence was Bennington, he thinks in the state of Vermont where he enlisted & also that he Josiah Willoughby did serve one tower in another State he is allmost [sic] confident in the New York Dutch Company and there his Captain was a broken Dutchman and called him Wolloughby - this deponent cannot recollect the Dutch Captains name as Willoughby often called his name in speaking of his officer in the Revolution War for the United States.
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United States of America this deponent further Saith that from Josiah Willoughby statements in his Lifetime of his services, he served in the diferent [sic] States over three years & half and Deponent further Saith that to his certain knowledge, Susannah widow of the Late Josiah Willoughby, has Remained a widow ever since the above name Josiah Willoughby Departed this life and she now Lives in the Same House he died in only one Mile and Quarter from Deponenents Dwilling [sic] ever since
Andrew Tompson

Sworn and subscribed Before me one of her majesty's Justices of the peace in and for the Home District aforesaid this 14th Day of October 1848
John Prossen JP


I do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with John Tompson who has taken and subscribed to the above affidavit and consider him a Man who [illegible] a character of truth and sobriety, whos [sic] word can safely be taken in all cases

John Prossen JP
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss

On this third day of November 1849 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in the County off Jefferson aforesaid Susannah Willoughby a resident of the township of North Gillenburg in the Province of Canada West who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath say that she is the widow of Josiah Willoughby and that on the 30th day of October 1848 she made her declaration for a pension under several laws giving pensions to certain widows of Revolutionary Soldiers that the said Josiah Willoughby was a soldier of the Revolution and resided in the War of the Revolution in Bennington Vermont and served in Capt Hutchin's Company and was entitled to a pension as she is informed and believes under the act of June 7 1832  under which act he tried to get a pension but died without one in said North Guillenburg on the Eighteeth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty six:  that she is still his widow; that she is informed that she is entitled to receive by virtue of being his widow the amount of pension
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at his death being from the 4th day of March 1831 to the 18th day of January 1836 the being he day of his decease in proof of which & of his being entitled to pension she refers to the proofs herewith & with her pension papers & pays the Commission of Pension to grant her a Certificate for the amount found her due as widow of the said Josiah Willoughby 

Susannah Willoughby
her X mark

Sworn & subscribed this day and to as first above written before John Baker Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss 
On this 30th day of October 1848 personally appeared before the Hon. Robt Lansing, Judge of the County Court of the County of Jefferson aforesaid Susannah Willoughby a  resident of North Guillemberry a township in the Home District Canada West aged Seventy Eight years the 8th day of July 1848, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" & also to obtain the benefit of the provision of the several act of Congress passed March 3d1843. June 17, 1844 & February 2d 1848 in behalf of said widows: that she is the widow of Josiah Willoughby who resided previously to and during the Revolutionary war in Bennington in the State of Vermont and served in
the army of the Revolution under Capt Hutchins and others as this declarant has often been informed by the husband the said Josiah Willoughby and verily believes to be true, at various times in all amounting to more than two years [illegible] She further declares that she is the daughter of John Thompson who resided in what is  now the township of Berne in the County of Albany State of New York previous to and during & after the Revolution; that her father the said John Thompson was a farmer and after the close of the Revolutionary War employed as a laborer for him the said Josiah Willoughby who lived in his house and wit
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whom and at her fathers house she first came acquainted. She further declares that she was married to the said Josiah Willoughby at the church in Schoharie by the Pastor of the Church Dominis Summers, who was a blind man & whose first name, this declarant does not now recollect; that they were married on the Eighth day of September One thousand seven hundred and ninety; that her husband the aforesaid Josiah Willoughby died on the 18th day of January 1836 at his residence in North Givellenberry, since which time she has not married but is still his widow. She further declares that after her marriage as aforesaid she continued to reside with her husband at her father's in Boone then called Hilderberg about two years and then moved into the town of Western Oneida County New York and after a residence there of ten or twelve years and then moved into Richmond in the Province of Canada and from thence to North Guillenberry where she now resides She further declares that she has caused search to be made for the record of her marriage in the church at Schoharie and has ascertained that there is no such record nor any church records of marriages for some time previous to her marriage and  during the time of the blindness of Dominici Summers which continued during his life - She further declares that she did keep a family record, which
was destroyed in the burning of her house & that now she has no record She further
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states that she was not married to the said Josiah Willoughby prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me and I certify that
Susannah Willoughby who}
her
Susannah X Willoughby
mark
[illegible lines crossed out]
has this day made the foregoing declaration for pension before me is in full health and that, according to existing laws of the Court, that County Court is open at all [illegible] 
for all business except [illegible] the foregoing was distinctly read to her & that she appeared to understand the whole of said declaration and made solemn oath to its truth - 
I further certify that her memory appears to be good and that I have no reason to doubt the truth of any of her statements but believe them to be true
Robt Lansing County
Judge of Jeff County
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss 
Susannah Willoughby being sworn in addition to her aforesaid declaration says that her husband the aforesaid Josiah Willoughby made an effort obtain a pension under the law of 1832 that he made two journey to the United States for that purpose and Employed as she believes Bates Cook Eq of Lewiston New York that the last time her husband went over to the United States was in 1835; that she believes that her husband made his declaration & that it was objected to on account of want of proof & that before proof was obtained he died as aforesaid on 18 January 1836 since which time she has not married but is still his widow
Sworn & subscribed this 30th day of October 1848 before
Robt Lansing
Co Judge of Jeff. Co. 
her
Susannah X Willoughby
mark
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State of New York
Jefferson County
I Richard Sheppard being duly sworn according to law depose and say that I am a resident of the township of North Gevillenberry in the Home District Canada West and am thirty five years of age and upwards: that I was well acquainted with Josiah Willoughby of North Guillenbury & Susannah his wife now his widow; That my acquaintance commenced in 1827 and continued uninterrupted during the life time of the said Josiah & with his widow & family to the present time. I further on my oath
say that I have often time & again & frequently heard the said Willoughby say that he
served in the war of the Revolution in all about three years, have heard him speak of his officers and remember that he said one of his captains was named Hutchins, have heard him say that he lived in Bennington during the Revolution; have often heard him say
that he was entitled to a pension and this deponent in 1835 went with him the said Willoughby to Lewiston New York on that business; that Bates Cook told Willoughby he must go to Lockport that the said Willoughby did get into a and as he understood went to Lockport when the court sat to make his declaration & this deponent remained
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at Lewiston until the said Willoughby returned - that the said Willoughby did not live long after this but died the next winter on the 18th day of January 1836: that he was present and saw him die and that his widow the said Susannah has not intermarried
since that date of the death of her husband
Sworn & subscribed 30th day of Octob 1848 before me Robt Lansing Co Judge Jeff. Co.
Richard Sheppard

State of New York
Jefferson County ss
James Ryndress being sworn says that he is a resident of North Guillenbery Canada West
and is sixty years old last September has know Josiah Willoughby & his family from 1823 to the present time, that the said Josiah died in the winter of 1836. that Susannah Willoughby his widow has not intermarried since the death of her husband the said Josiah Willoughby but is still his widow This deponent has heard the said Willoughby relate to the father of this deponent his Revolutionary service that he belonged to Bennington in the time of the Revolution
Sworn & subscribed this 30th day of October before me Robt Linsey Co. Judge of Jeff Co
his
James X Rindress
mark
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I, Isaac Munson Clerk of the County of Jefferson in the State of New York do hereby certify that
Robert Lansing before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the several dates of the same County Judge of Jefferson County aforesaid, and that John Baker
before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time of the
several dates of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of each & believe that their signatures to said papers are genuine
Given at Watertown this 12th day of January 1850 as Witness my hand and the
seal of the County hereunto affixed

Isaac Munson Clerk
By W. E Massey Dep
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State of New York
Jefferson County
Elijah Ketchum being sworn says that he is acquainted with Richard Sheppard and James
Rindress the above named affiants and that they are credible persons in the neighbourhood [neighborhood] where they live & believed to be men of respectability and truth
Sworn & duly entered this 22 day of November 1848 before me & I certify the above named
affiant to be a man of Respetability [respectability] & truth as I have ascertained
E Ketchum
Robt Lansing Co. Judge of Jeff County -
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14134 Susannah Willoughby Widow of Josiah
Act July 7/38

Susan Willoughby
aff for pension
Admid Esq
Wolutown
NY
Atty

(N  ? [illegible])
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7/2
Affidavit of
Salina Holmes
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State of Vermont
Lamoille County ss ⎬ 
On this 21 day of Sept AD 1854 Personally appeared before me Theron Holmes Justice of Peace within and for the County of Lamoille and State aforesaid Salina Holmes, a resident of the Town of Cambridge in Lamoille County and
State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she was born at Bennington in the said State of Vermont in the year A.D. 1766. That she was well acquainted with Esqr. [Esquire] Joseph Willoughby and his family prior to the Revolutionary War that she well recollects his Children Viz. Joseph, Josiah, Sarah Susannah and Mary, that she attended the same School that the
said Josiah and his sisters attended previous and subsequent to the Revolutionary War, that she was well acquainted with the said Josiah Willoughby from a small Boy up to the time he entered the United States Service in the War of the Revolution in about the year AD. 1781 that she saw him several times during his service in said war when he occasionally came home to visit his friends at Bennington that the said Josiah was stationed at Castleton or Pittsford in Vermont in said War that the said Josiah was known
and regarded at Bennington where he resided as a Revolutionary Soldier, that this Deponant [deponent] was acquainted with the said Josiah Willoughby, several years at said Bennington subsequent to the said War that in about the year A.D. 1788 or 1789 this deponant [deponent] removed from said Bennington to the Town of Cambridge in the said State of Vermont, where she has Ever since resided, and she this deponant [deponent] further declares that the said Josiah Willoughby above mentioned is the Only One of that name that she was ever acquainted with or had any knowlege [knowledge] of, that this deponent recollects that the said Joseph Willoughby I was also out in the United States service, in the said war, that she was never acquainted with or had any knowledge
Over
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of any Joseph Willoughby Other thou those herein before mentioned and she swears that she is a disinterested witness 
Sallena Holmes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day of  Sept. AD 1854 and I hereby certify that Salma Holmes is a credible witness and that I and in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim
Theron Holmes Justice of Peace

EASTMAN & DANFORTH, PRINTERS.
CERTIFICATE OF JUSTICE COMMISSION.
State of Vermont,} 
Lamoille County, SS. }
I, E. B. Sawyer, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Lamoille in the State of Vermont, which is a court of record, do hereby certify that Theron Holmes, before whom the foregoing affidavit [illegible, obscured by seal] was in the 22 day of Sept 1854 & now is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the Thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next; that his signature to the foregoing Affidavit, is genuine, and that he is duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer oaths & that I have no interest in the above claim [obscured by seal] under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this Twenty Sixth day of September, A.D. 1844.
E. B. Sawyer CLERK.
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Andrew Thompson's
Affidavit

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(No. 5)
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State of New York}
County of Niagara}

On this 15th day of July A. D. 1854 personally appeared before me Wm J Moss a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Niagara and State of New York Andrew Thompson a resident of the County of York in the Province of Canada who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was born at Rensselaerwyck now the town of Berne in Albany County in the State of New York in the Year A. D. 1783  that he is the son of John Thompson and Brother to Susannah Willoughby who is the widow of Josiah Willoughby.  That in about the year A. D. 1789 when this deponent was about the age of six years he first became acquainted with Josiah Willoughby at said Rensselaerwyck.  that in the year A.D. 1790 the said Josiah Willoughby was married to the said Susannah Thompson this deponents Sister.  That this deponent well remembers seeing the said Josiah and Susannah and their attendants start for Elder Sammers residence in Schoharie to have they Marriage solemnized that he also well remembers seeing them return from the said Elders and was then informed that the said Josiah and Susannah were then and there married by the said Elder Sammers at Schoharie.  That the said Josiah and Susannah ever after lived and cohabited together as husband wife that they were reputable and respectable and were reputed and generally believed in the neighborhoods where they resided to be lawfully husband and wife and that this deponent fully concurs in that opinion.  
That the said Josiah Willoughby was respected and generally believed in the different neighborhoods where he resided to have been a Soldier in the United States service in the war of the Revolution and that this deponent fully concurs in that opinion.  That this deponent has__
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Frequently heard the said Josiah relate incidents and events that occurred during his services in the said war , that this deponent remembers particularly of hearing the said Josiah say that he served under two or three different engagements to the amount of three years and more service during the said war.  
That in about the year A. D. [1789 crossed out] 1794 the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby removed from said Rensselearwyck with their daughter Nancy to the town of Western in Oneida County in the said State of New York and subsequently to the township of Richmond at the Bay of Quinte near Kingston now the County of Lenox in Canada West and thence to the township of Ameliasburg at the said Bay of Quinte now the County of Prince Edward.  That in the year A. D. 1810 he this deponent also removed from said Rensselearwyck to the said township of Richmond at the said Bay of Quinte in the Provence of Canada.  That in the month of February immediately preceding the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain in June A. D. 1812 the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby called at the residence of this deponent at the said township of Richmond with a Horse and butter being then on their way to the town of Monkton in the State of Vermont to obtain or receive some property or Legacy left to the said Josiah at the death of his Father.  That in the month of March following on their return from said Monition the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby again called at the residence of this deponent at the said township of Richmond with a Sleigh and Horses and other property received by the said Josiah out of his Father's estate in Vermont.  That in the year A. D. 1813 the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby removed from the the said township of Ameliasburg back the the said township of Richmond  that in about the year  A. D. 1822 this deponent and also the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby removed to the township of North Guilliambury in the Home District
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now the County of York in the Province of Canada where this deponent has ever since resided that the said Josiah Willoughby also resided in the said township of North Gwilliamburg until his death, that this deponent saw the corpse of the said Josiah Josiah Willoughby after his death and that he died on the 22nd day of January A.D. 1836. That this deponent remembers the date of the death of the said Josiah Willoughby the better still on account of the birth of Andrew Earl this deponents
Grandson which birth occured [occurred] in August A.D. 1835 immediately preceding the death of the said Josiah Willoughby in January A.D. 1836. That this deponents sister the said Susannah Willoughby is still living and that she is still the widow of the said Josiah Willoughby.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness
his
Andrew X Thompson
mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15. day of July A.D. 1854. And I hereby certify that Andrew Thompson is a credible witness and that he assents that he cannot write his name on account of the Palsied state of his hand is the reason he makes his mark which appears evident. And I further certify that the figures (1789) erased on the sixth line from top on second page was done previous to the execution of the Affidavit, and that I am in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim
William J. Moss,
Justice of the the peace
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I Joseph Willoughby Sawyer, a Clergyman, do hereby certify, that I was born at Mankton, Addison County Vermont, May 6, 1794,- that my Fathers name was Isaac Sawyer, that my Mothers prior to her marriage was Mary Willoughby, and youngest daughter and child of Joseph Willoughby Esq -- that my Grandfather Joseph Willoughby Esq had two sons, and three daughters whose names were Joseph, Josiah, Sarah, Susannah, and Mary and that I hold in my possession a true copy of the original family record of my said Grand Father, and find from an examination of said  record, that my Grand Father, the said Joseph Willoughby Esq was born in Hollis, Newhampshire in the year A.D. 1739, and died at Mankton, Addison County and State of Vermont, July 13, 1810, that my Uncle and Joseph Willoughby Jr was born at Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont on the 13th November 1761, and died at Mankton, March 15, 1812,- that my uncle Josiah Willoughby was born at Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, July 30, 1763,- that my Grandfather resided at Bennington, as afforesaid, [aforesaid] during the Revolutionary War, and removed from Bennington to Mankton, Addison County and State of Vermont about the year 1791, or 2. -- that I well recollect of often hearing during my childhood, that my two Uncles the said Joseph and Josiah Willoughby were in the Battle at Bennington, and that my uncle Josiah Willoughby was an enlisted Soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution, that in the month of February, A.D. 1812. a little previous to the death of my unde Joseph Willoughby, and in the first year of the late American War, my uncle Josiah Willoughby, accompanied by his wife Susannah, came to Mankton, where I then resided, -- that I distinctly recollect of seeing him, at that time, and also recollect something about the settlement between him and my Uncle Joseph
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Willoughby, relating to my Grand Father Willoughbys estate, and that my said Uncle Josiah Willoughby then informed me, that he was a resident of the Bay of Quinte in the Province of Upper Canada and I do hereby certify that I am a disinterested witness.
Signed, Joseph Willoughby Sawyer
Subscribed and sworn to before me George G Tobey a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Essex and State of Newyork, [New York] this 30th day of May
A.D. 1854.
George G Tobey Justice of the Peace
And I hereby certify that Joseph Willoughby Sawyer is a Clergyman of the Baptist Denomination resident at the town of Jay, Essex County and State of New York and that his testimony is entitled to credit. And I further certify that I am in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of this claim.
Day May 30th 1854
George G Tobey Justice of the Peace in & for Essex County
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STATE OF NEW YORK,}
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.}
I, E. A. ADAMS Clerk of said County, Do Certify that George G Tobey Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed
affadvit [affidavit] was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and
verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
E A Adams Clerk.
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Widow Willoughbys  Marriage & Death of Josiah Willoughby Proved by Andrew Tompson
And
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Canada West}
Home District}  To wit

Andrew Tompson of north Guillemberry in said District yeoman being sworn according to Law saith on oath that he this deponent was Born the fifteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand & seven hundred and Eighty two in the Town of Bern Albany County & State of New York that in the year seventeen hundred and Ninety Josiah Willoughby worked for this Deponents Father in Bern aforesaid that it came out that Josiah Willoughby was Published to be Married to this Deponent's Sister Susanna Tompson daughter of John Tompson of Bern aforesaid that this Deponent's Father was opposed to the Match of his Daughter to Willoughby that it made unpleasant times 
in the family, that Seeing the strong attachment of the Daughter to Josiah Willoughby this Deponent heard his Father John Tompson say he gave way, that they & this Deponent's older Brothers & Sisters attended the Marriage of Josiah Willoughby & Susannah Tompson that this Deponent clearly & freshly recollects the time they all prepared & left his Father's house, on Horseback to go to Scohany about fifteen Miles to be Married
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that they returned the same day & said that the Reverend M Summers of Schonarry a blind Priest had Married Josiah Willoughby & Susannah Tompson to Eachother [sic], this Deponent cannot Recollect the Month but is certain it was in the year Seventeen hundred & Ninety by his own age & that it was in the fall of the year after grass & wheat harvests, that he was displeased that he Depoinent was not permitted to see them Married & this Deponent saith that he well recollects the Wedding supper & seeing his new Brother and his Sister seated used the Name of Man & Wife  at the Table of Wedding Supper & that they Josiah Willoughby & his Wife made their home at and worked for this Deponent's Father for two or three years after they were married, that Josiah Willoughby
& family moved to Western, Oneida County & then to Richmond Upper Canada & from Thence to North Guillemberry Home District of 
Upper Canada where he departed this Life on the 18th day of January in the year 1836 that his Widow Susannah is yet living in the same house her late husband died in, in North Guillemberry Home District of Canada West
Andrew Tompson
taken and Sworn before me this 16th day of July 1847
John Prossen JP
one of her Majesty Justices of the peace
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss
Andew Thomps
I Andrew Tompson being sworn depose and say that I am the identical person who subscribed and made oath to the within deposition and that the same is true in all respects
his
Andrew X Thompson
Mark
Sworn & Subscribed before me this third day of November 1849 & I certify that the above named affiant is a credible person
John Baker Justice of the Peace
Andrew Thompson
Widow Willoughbys Marriage & Death of Josiah Willoughby Proved by Andrew Thompson
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I do hereby Certify that I have been acquainted with Andrew Tompson , who has taken and subscribed his name to the within affidavitt [sic]
for the Space of Twenty Eight years and believe him to be a person of truth whose oath may be relied upon strictly
John Prosson JP
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Willoughby
Nathan Denison

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Nathan Denison
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C }
W } 
Midland District } 
To wit}
Nathan Denison of the Township of Richmond in Said District, personally appeared & he being Duly Sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith, that he this Deponent became Personally acquainted with Josiah Willoughby in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Eighty eight or Eighty nine in the place called Hellibark (Now bern), Albany County State of New York, and at that time Josiah Willoughby was not Married Deponent further Saith that he well recollects that in the year one Thousand seven hundred and ninety Josiah Willoughby was Married to Susannah Tompson Daughter of John Tompson of
Helibark (now Bern), that after they were married Josiah Willoughby and Susannah his wife mooved [moved] Nigh to Fort Stanwick (now Rome), and from thence to the same Farm this deponent now Resides on, in Richmond Midland District of Canada West this deponent further saith that in the year one Thousand Eight hundred & seven Deponent mooved [moved] into the same house with Josiah Willoughby & Susannah his wife & their children; in Richmond aforesaid & that this deponent then purchased of Josiah Willoughby the same Farm he now Resides on in Richmond aforesaid, & some years afterward Josiah
Willoughby & his family moved to the Township of North Gwillembury Nigh Lake Simco in the County of York Canada West. This deponent further saith that he has Kept up an acquaintance with Josiah Willoughby and his family until Willoughby departed this life, which is some nine or ten years since his Dearth, and that Deponents family and the Late Josiah Willoughby family have corresponded and Visited frequently since Willoughbys Death, & that
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that this Deponent cannot conscienciously name the Month in which Josiah Willoughby was Married to Susannah Tompson but in the year of One Thousand seven hundred & Ninety & that he well knows her to be the proper widow of the late Josiah Willoughby, - Reputed to have been an old Revolutionary soldier. -Deponent has no reason to believe the Widow of the late Josiah Willoughby has ever been Married since the death of the Late Josiah Willoughby
Sworn before me at Nap[illegible] in the Midland District aforesaid this 15th day of October AD 1846
Alex Campbell J.P.
Nathan Denison
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathan Denison who has attested to the above affidavit and that he is of good character and full reliance may be placed
in his testimony
Napance 18 Octr 1846.
Alex Campbell J.P.
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Province of Canada}
Midland District}
Towit.
I James Nichalls of the City of Kingston in the said District Esquire Clerk of the peace of the said District do hereby certify
that Alexander Campbell of the Village of Napeme in the said District Esquire whose name is set and subscribed to the foregoing paper is now and for many years past has been one of the Justices of the peace of the said District duly Sworn: that he is a person well and favorably Known to me, and that his signature as thereto subscribed is truly the hand writing of the said Alexander Campbell-- and to whose official acts full faith and Credit may at all times begiven
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Private Seal
(having no Seal of Office) at Kingston aforesaid this the twentieth day of October One thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Six -
James Nichalls
Clerk of the Peace
Midland District
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss
I, Nathan Denison being sworn depose and say that I am the identical person who subscribed and made oath to the within deposition and that the same is true in all respects
Nathan Denison
Sworn & Subscribed before me this twenty sixth day of October 1849 & I certify
that the above named affiant is a credible person
John Baker Justice of Peace
Willoughby
Nathan Denison
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26,050
Susannah Willoughby Wid of Josiah Willoughby
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 2nd 1848
Index: -- Vol W, Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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11869
New York A. 
Susannah Willoughby widow of Josiah
who died on the
of    in the State of 
who was a private in the   commanded 
by Captain of the      commanded
by      in the Revolution,
line for 13 mos [months] & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 40 Dollars 55 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
March 1858 and
Arrears to the 4th of John Magee
Semi-annual allowance ending Putney Vt:
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk.
Book H Vol 2 Page 99
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9.704
New York A.
Susannah Willoughby
widow of Josiah
who was a private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 45 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March 1838 and sent to
John Magee
Putney Vermont
[Acts of March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book H . Vol. 2 Page
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No 14, 134
Susanna Willoughby, Widow of Josiah
N. Y. 
Letr. Adril Ely 25th Octr 1850
Hon J. Hosford Apl. 15 1852.
E. Weaver 28th July 1854.
W. Hunt 12 Sept 1854.
Same 25 Sept 1854
Same Octo 124 1854
Let. J. Magee, April 3/55
Secy [illegible] Nov 30/57
Oct 7 to July 1838.
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Additional Evidence
Susanna Willoughby
Heirs of Josiah Willoughby}
Revolutionary Soldier
Act of 1838
New York case
Attorny
William Hunt
Washington City
D.C.
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Additional Evidence
Susanna Willoughby
Widow of Josiah Willoughby
(Revolutionary Soldier) 
NY sus 1838
Claim under charge of Charles E Weaver of Washington DC
Mr Weaver, having been appointed to a clerkship, has transferred his business to 
William Hunt
Washington City DC
Please address Hunt.
Cole
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State of New York,}
NIAGARA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.} ss
I Certify that William J Moss before whom the annexed Instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine; and that the annexed instrument is executed
and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Lockport in said County, this 17th day of July 1854.
L. S. Payne Clerk of Niagara County.
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Susannah Willoughby
widow of Josiah. 
Jefferson Co. New York
Admitted Oct [illegible] 7, 1838
at rate of $45.55 per
Annum commencing 4th
March 1836 (omitting
two years)-
Service 13 mos and 20 days
as private of Infantry
"State amount due 4th March last
Pay Widow
"Certificate to
John Magee E[illegible] 
Putney,
Vermont.
[also crossed out] 
$ 227.75- 1838
277 75 - [illegible]
455.50- 1848
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to the Commissioner
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Putney, Vt. March 28th 1855

To the commissioner
of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Sir

I herewith inclose additional proof in the case of Mrs Susannah Willoughby for a pension under the Act (Believe) of 1838.  Her application was made in the State of New York some seven years ago las November and was suspended for the want of satisfactory proof of the identity of her husband Josiah Willoughby, who enlisted at Bennington Vermont in the 1781.  The search for proof has been attended with much difficulty and delay; however I trust that the two accompanying Affidavits will prove satisfactory .  Mrs Holmes could as well have stated in her first affidavit the years in which Josiah was in the service, and the Officers under whom he served had she known such proof was required.  
I the claim should be allowed please forward
over
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the Pension Warrant or Certificate direct to me at Putney State of Vermont.
It would be a privilege if the arrears of pension could be made payable in this State.

Respectfully yours
John Magee

P. S. Will the Commissioner please sent me the recently enacted Pension and Bounty Land Laws.
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State of Vermont,
Secretary of States office}
Burlington July 14, 1848}
I,  Elliot E. Kellogg, Deputy Secretary of State of Vermont, hereby certify that there is on file in this office a paper purporting to be a "True List of (of the names and sums of) of Capt. William Hutchin's Company's Pay Roll for services in the State of Vermont, from the beginning of the Campaign, 1781 to the 30th of June in said year inclusive taken from the originals in the Paymaster's office," and that in said List occurs the name of Josiah Willoughby private who received $7.69. 8d. for said service said list is attested by "Thos Solman Paymaster".
I also certify that is a paper filed in this office purporting to be a "Pay Roll of Capt. William Hutchin's Company in the Battalion commanded by Samuel Fletcher Esq. Lt. Col [illegible] in the Service of the State of Vermont;" and that
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on said Pay Roll appears the name of Josiah Willoughby who was allowed for one Hundred and sixty-five days service from July first 1781 to December 15th of the same year; and that opposite to the name of said Willoughby a written the following words "To draw pay in winter campaigns from Nov. 19, for particular services." - Said last mentioned Pay Roll is attested by "Wm Hutchins, Capt."-
I further certify that is a paper on file in this office purporting to be A Pay Roll of Capt. William Hutchins Independent Company of Troops in the service of the State of Vermont from the 20th of Nov. 1781 to the first day of May 1782 stationed at Castleton and Pittsford Forts during the service. May 11. 1782." And that on said last mentioned Pay Roll appears the name of Josiah Willoughby private was allowed for 104 days service from Nov. 20th 1781 to May 3d 1782. Said Pay Roll is attested by "Wm Hutchins Capt."
- The word "private on the first page was interlined before signing & sealing.
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In testimony of all which
I have here unto set my hand
and affixed the Seal of this
office, at said Burlington, on
said 14th day of July 1848.
Elliot E. Kellogg. Dep. Secy. of State of Vt.
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(8)
Secretary of States'
Certificates
Service
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State of Vermont
Secretary of State's Office

Montpelier, Aug 19th 1854.

I hereby certify that there is but one Josiah Willoughby on the Rolls of Revolutionary soldiers on file in this office. The said "Josiah Willoughby" served from the 20th of November, 1781 to the of 1st of May, 1782, in "Capt. William Hutchin's" Company, in same Company from July 1st, 1781 to Dec. 15th, 1781, and also from the beginning of the Campaign to the 30th of June, 1781, in the same company. There is no other evidences of any service by "Josiah Willoughby", nor is there any other person of that name enrolled in the Pay Rolls on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this office this 19th day of August A.D. 1854.

George R. Thompson
Deputy Secretary of State
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Department of the Interior
April 18th 1859

Sir,
I have considered the claim of the heirs of Susannah Willoughby decd. widow of Josiah, for a pension under Act July 7th 1838, upon which an appeal has been taken from your decision.
It appears from your report upon this claim that Mrs. Willoughby's name was inscribed upon the roll of the Albany, New York, Agency on the 12th March 1858, and that the certificates of pension were sent to her attorney at Putney, Vermont, but that it was subsequently ascertained she had died before the adjustment of the case. A claim is now made that the heirs are entitled to the pension.
My opinion is, that they have no legal claim, for Mrs. Willoughby was dead when the certificate issued in her name - the person described in them was not in existence - Consequently, she took nothing. Not having been a pensioner in her lifetime, it is man-
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manifest she had no "arrears" of pension due her; and under my decision in the case of Deborah Grant, the heirs could only be paid arrears. It therefore follows that the claim of these heirs is bad, and ought to be rejected. Your decision is therefore affirmed.

I am, very respectfully,
Your obdt. Servt.
J. Thompson
Secretary

Hon. G.C. Whiting
Commr. of Pensions
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Mr Hines
Elizabeth Hines

Widow Willoughby Marriage 
Proved by Elizabeth Hines
Death of Josiah Willoughby
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Canada West 
Home District
To Wit

Elizabeth Hines (widow of the Late John Hines of the Township of North Guillemberry in said District Yeoman) & this Deponent being duly sworn saith on Oath that she was born at the place then called Cloverick, she thinks in the County of Dutch on the thirtieth day of September in the year of Our Lord 1768 & Raised at hillibarrack now being in Albany County, State of New York that this Deponent became acquainted with Josiah Willoughby at Hillibarrack aforesaid & that on the thirtieth day of July in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty five this Deponent was married to John Hines of that place that Susannah Tompson (Daughter of John Tompson of Helibarrack) attended this Deponent's wedding being one of the
guests & an associate of this Deponent, & nigh neighbor also, that on the Eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand & seven hundred & ninety to this Deponents certain Knowledge Josiah Willoughby and Susannah Tompson both of Hellibarrack, Albany County, was married to each other at the Church in Secharry, by the Reverend M Summers when he was blind, that this Deponent being well acquainted with them she became one of their wedding Guests & saw them participate in the ceremony of Joining hands &c &c that this deponent did bury her first born child on the sixteenth day of the same month only Eight days after had attended the Marriage of Josiah & Susannah Willoughby
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a day of mirth, & soon became a day of Deep Sorrow and
Mourning not to be forgotten, & this deponent further saith that
in the Month of March in the year Eighteen hundred & twelve
she with her husband left Hellibarrack & moved into the
Midland District of Upper Canada in Richmon Township &
in the year-1818 this Deponent moved to Markham in the
Home District of Upper Canada & then again renewed the friendly
acquaintance with Josiah & Susannah Willoughby who then
lived in North Gwillemberry in said Home District & that on
the Eighteenth day of January in the year-1836 or 37 he
Josiah Willoughby Departed this life, & that this Deponent
Moved into North Gwillemberry in -1837 within one mile & a
half of Susannah Willoughby widow of the Late Josiah
Willoughby who was married to each other at Scoharry the eighth
day of September in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred
and ninety, & she yet living in the same house, the
Late Josiah Willoughby Died in, & this Deponent further saith no
first being read to this Deponent and she appears
to understand well.
taken and Sworn before me
Elizabeth Hines (her mark X)
this 16th day of July 1847

John Prosser (initials)
one of his Majesty Justices of the peace
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I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with
the said Elizebeth Hines which has hereby
Subscribed her name to the annexed affidavit
for the space of twenty-five years and know
her to be a person of truth and candor to be
relied upon.
John Prosser (Initials)
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State of New York
Jefferson County ss,
I John Prosser one of her Majestys Justice
of the peace for North Gwillersbury, County of
York. Home District. Canada West, being duly
Sworn depose and say that I am now a Justice
of the peace and was when Elizabeth Hines made
oath to the annexed affidavit before me on the 16th day of July 1847 and that the said Elizabeth Hines is
now dead.
Subscribed and sworn before
me this 5th day of November
1849
John Prosser (Initials)
John Baker Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Jefferson County
I, Elizabeth Hines being
sworn depose and say that I am the
identical person who subscribed and made
oath to the within deposition and that the
same is true in all respects.

Sworn & Subscribed before
me this (blank) day of
1849 & I certify
that the above named
officiant is a credible person

(separate page- sideways script)
(Illegible) 
Elizabeth Hines
(bottom of page-upside down script)
(can't read)
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.
A
State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office
Montpelier, Aug 9th,1854

I hereby certify that there is on file in this
office. "A Pay Roll of Capt. Wm Hutchin's Independent Company of
troops, in the service of the State of Vermont, from the 20th of Nov. 1781,
to the first day of May 1782 stationed at Castleton and Pittsford Forts
"during the service, May 11. 1782."  I also certify that at this time, Elias
Hall was Lieutenant of this company. On this roll occurs the name of
Josiah Willoughby, with an allowance for one hundred and sixty-four
days service, as a private.
Also, A Pay Roll of Capt. William Hutchin's Company in the
Battalion commanded by Samuel Fletcher, Esq. St. Col. Comd. in the service
of the State of Vermont, on which roll occurs the name of "Josiah Willoughby" with
an allowance for 165 days service, and for 60 miles travel. There is a note
referring to this name as follows--"To draw pay in winter campaign from Nov. 19
for particular services."
Also, a "True List of (the names and sums of Capt. William Hutchin's
Company's Pay Roll for services in the State of Vermont from the beginning of the
campaign, 1781, to the 30th of June in said year, inclusive, taken from the original
in the Paymasters office-- on which is the name of "Josiah Willoughby," as a private.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my
official signature and the seat of my office this ninth
day of August A.D. 1884.
George R. Thompson
Deputy Secretary of State.
(Seal affixed)
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Hon L P Waldo
Wm Hunt
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Susannah Willoughby, widow of Jonah Willoughby
Revolutionary Soldier. Act June 1838.

Washington City DC Sep 21, 1854
Sir,
Mr Charles E Weaver, having been appointed to a Clerkship, requested me
to take charge of the above case, under his charge, pending in your office.

On the 8th of the present month I filed an additional certificate 
from the Secretary of State of Vermont to the effect that there is no other person of the name of Josiah Willoughby on the Rolls etc.
The case has again been suspended on the alleged want of proof of the
identity of the soldier.
On a careful examination of the affidavits on file, particularly
that of Roderick Baldwin No 4, in my humble opinion the chain of evidence
is complete, connecting the certificates with this Josiah Willoughby.
I am well aware of the extreme caution with which evidence in
these cases ought to be received; but I think that, if at your leisure,
you will oblige me by a review of the facts sworn to, you will arrive at
the same conclusion as myself.
Please add ref
Respectfully yours,
William Hunt

Hon. LP Waldo.
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Watertown Jeff. Co. N.Y.
Feb. 25, 1850
Sir
The enclosed papers of Susan widow
of Josiah Willoughby are for a pension
under all the Laws in relation to widows
of Rev. soldiers exept 1836 - and also
for the Call of pension to which she
was entitled as his widow at
the time of his death.
I trust the evidence
will prove satisfactory.
Yrs being respectfully,
Adriel Ely
Col J L Edwards
Com of Pensions
Washington
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Washington City D. C. September 8. 1854
Sir,
I herewith present additional evidence in the case of
Susanna Willoughby, widow of Josiah Willoughby a
Revolutionary Soldier,
The said additional evidence compares two certificates from
the Secretary of State of Vermont
1st-- Showing the there was only one Josiah Willoughby
2.  That certain service of his appears on record.
All of which is respectfully submitted by
Yours (initials)
William Hunt
Attorney,
Note, Mr. C E Weaver having been appointed to Clerkship in the
(illegible) said office has requested me to attend to all his briefings pending in your office. Will you therefore please send any future communication to be addressed to me. 
W Hunt
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Washington City D.C. , Oct 11 1854
Sir
Therewith present additional evidence in
case of the heir of Josiah Willoughby.
Application being under the Act of 1838, and
more from State of New York.
Respectfully yours ??,
William Hunt
Attorney

(Illegible) L P Waldo
Commissioner?
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Department of the Interior
March 5th 1858.
Sir,
I have examined the claim of
Susannah Willoughby widow of Josiah Willoughby.
for a pension under Act July 7th 1838,
upon which an appeal has been taken
from your decision.
I am of the opinion that Susannah
is sufficiently identified as the widow
of the soldier whose services are described
in the Certificate of the Secretary of State of
Vermont, and that her claim ought
to be allowed. The papers which accompanied
your report, are herewith returned
to your Office
I am, very respectfully,
Your Obedt Servt
J. Thompson
Secretary

Hon. George C. Whiting
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Loren P. Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C. July 25, 1854.
Sir,
I herewith transmit affidavits from 1 to 6 including, as 
additional evidence in support of the claim of Sarah Willoughby to a Revolutionary pension.
She is the widow of Josiah Willoughby, and filed her application from New York a few years since, but her case was suspended for further evidence.
The enclosed testimony I hope will be deemed sufficient.
Declaring in her name early action upon the claim.
I remain very (illegible)
C. E. Weaver
Atty
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Briefs
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Susan Willoughby widow of Josiah
Declaration October 30, 1848, aged 78 years July 8. 1848
Acct. July 8, 1838. Josiah Willoughby provisions and duty Revolutionary
war served in Vermont.  She was daughter of John Thompson
of Rome, N.Y.  Married September 8. 1790. Husband died January
18, 1836. - Resided in Bennington Vt.
Richard Sheppard aged 35 October 30. 1848

Acquaintance with Willoughby command in 1827.
Said Willoughby say he served in war of revolutionary years
knew that he had to obtain a pension in his lifetime but
time in 1835 died Jan 18. 1836.
James Kinder " Oct. 30, 1848

known (illegible) him 1823.  He died in winter of 1836. Heard Willoughby
relate his revolutionary service.
Josiah Thompson Oct. 14. 1844

Has been acquainted with Willougby since 1790.
Heard him state that his place of (illegible- residence?) was Bennington, Vermont,
Heard him speak of his serving.
Nathan Dennison   Josiah Willoughby reputed to have been a revolutionary
soldier
Commander of Companies 1781 to 30th Nov 7.6.8. = $24.44
equal to 3 months 20 days.
13 mo. 23 days
It is very probable he was a soldier.
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Albany N.Y
June 26. 1858.
D. Vanderpool
Ten. Agent
Recd. June.  28.1858
Answered - Ditto 29
Reply Answered
to the Commissioner
of Pensions
& (illegible) so informed of
3 (illegible) affadavits by
June 29th 1858.
(signed) M J Morrison 
(illegible ? attorney?)

Mr. Randall
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Pension Agency
Albany June 26th 1858
Robt. J. Atkinson Esq
Third Auditor of the Treasury
Sir-
The enclosed communication of Wm
Magee presents the question, whether the children of
a pensioner placed upon the roll but who was
actually, dead at the time of date of the Pension
Certificate, are entitled to draw the amount which
the mother would have been entitled to, from the
time of the commencement of the Pension to the
day of her death. Shall I, upon the presentation
of the ordinary papers required of children in
dead cases, pay them the pension, within the (illegible)
the appearance of the fact that the Pensioner
was dead at the time of the date of the
Pension Certificate? Please give me your instructions in
the matter and return with them, the enclosed letter.
Very Respectfully Yours
J. Vanderpool
Pension agent

Mrs Susannah Willoughby
under act Feby 2. 1848
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Brief in the east of Susannah Willoughby, widow of Josiah
Jefferson County and State of New York
act July 7. 1838
Claim, ("original," (or for increase. crossed out)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Claiment produces certificate of Secretary
of State of Vermont showing a service decided by
the Department upon appeal to have been performed
by her husband of 13 months and 20 days as
Private of Infantry.
Marriage in 1798, death of husband,
in January 1836, and present widowhood proved.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
by part (or panel)
Allowance accordingly
John Magee Esq
Name and residence of Agent
Putney, Vermont
R ?Geddes
Examining Clerk
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State of New York}
County of Albany} ss
On this 19th day of October A.D. 1853. personally appeared before me John R. Williams a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Albany and State aforesaid Cornelius Secor and Sarah Reamer residents of the said County of Albany who being duly sworn according to law declare that they became residents of Rensselaerwyck now the town of Berne in Albany County and State of New York in the beginning of the year A.D. 1791 in the neighborhood of Josiah Willoughby and Susannah Willoughby his wife whose maiden name was Thompson that they were
well acquainted with them for a period of two or three years from the year A.D. 1791 aforesaid, that the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby lived and cohabited together as husband and wife that they were reputable and respectable people that they were reputed and believed in the neighborhood where they resided to be lawfully husband and wife and that these deponants [deponents] fully concur in that opinion that these deponents think it very probable that the said Josiah
Willoughby was a soldier in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution. that the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby removed from the town of Berne aforesaid about the year A.D. 1794 they believe to the town of Western in Oneida County and State of New York and from thence to the Province of Canada. That these deponants [deponents] [crossed out believe that the said Josiah and Susannah Willoughby had resided in the said town of berne some two or three years prior to their acquaintance with them.] 
believe that the said Josiah had resided in the said town of Berne some two or three years prior to their acquaintance with him and that the said Susannah had resided with her Father in the said town of Berne for many years prior to her marriage in 1790 and they swear that they are disinterested witnesses
Cornelius Secor
her
Sarah X Remer
mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day
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of October A.D. 1853 - after being read and explained and I hereby certify that Cornelius Secor and Sarah Remer are creditable witnesses and of good morrel [moral] charicter [character] and that I am in nowise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim. J. P. Williams Justice of the peace
The 24th and 25th and 26th lines from the top were erased and and struck out previous to being signed by the said Cornelius Secor and Sarah Reamer
E. D. Williams Justice

State of New-York,}
City and County of Albany, Clerk's office. } ss. 
I, Robert Harper, Clerk of the said City and County, and of the Courts of Record therein, do hereby CERTIFY, that J R Williams whose name is appended to the annexed certificate and the [illegible] of the annexed affidavit was, on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Albany, duly authorized to administer oaths for general
purposes; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate & [illegible] is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, this 20
of Oct 1853. 
R Harper
Clerk.
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Affidavit of Selina Holmes
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State of Vermont
County of Lamoille SS. ⎬
On this 28th day of February AD. 1855 Personally appeared before me, Amasa Thompson a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Lamoille and State of Vermont Salina Holmes, a resident of the town of Cambridge, in the said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law declares that in addition to her former testimony in the Willoughby case, and since giving the subject more particular attention she well remembers, that Josiah Willoughby the son of Squire Joseph Willoughby formerly of the town of Bennington in the said State of Vermont, was out in the service of the United States in the war of the revolution in the year AD 1781 and 1782 from the fact that she was married on the 11 day of September AD. 1782, that she knows the fact beyond a doubt, that the said Josiah Willoughby was out in the service in the said war a part of the years AD. 1781 and 1782, and that he was out for a period of not less than twelve months that she recollects that it was in the winter and something like a year and a half previous to her said marriage, that they were inlisting [enlisting] soldiers at Bennington to send to the north and that the said Josiah was one of the number that there enlisted; that the reason she so clearly recollects the fact is because she lived in the same neighborhood where Squire Joseph Willoughby and his family lived at Bennington in the said State, that the two families were intimate and she frequently saw the said Josiah previous to his said services, having attended the same school with the said Josiah and his sisters at the said town of Bennington, that the said Josiah's place in the neighborhood and his family circle were vacant for a period of a year and more previous to her said Marriage (with the exception of one or two occasions on which she saw him during his said services, when he came home on a furlow [furlough] to see his friends at Bennington,
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until his discharge from the Army in the spring of the year AD. 1782, immediately preceding her said marriage in September as aforesaid that she well recollects the circumstance of the said Josiah coming to her residence subsequent to his said discharge and subsequent to her said marriage, and complementing her on the subject of her marriage, that she well recollects and was acquainted with Captain
William Hutchins, and Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Flether who commanded troops at the north; that she saw them several times during the said War at Bennington in the said State of Vermont, that the said Josiah Willoughby was under the command of the said Hutchins and Fletcher and was stationed at the north (and
she believes at Castleton,) in the said State of Vermont, that it was known and currently talked of at Bennington in the years AD. 1781 and 1782 that the said Josiah had enlisted and was there in the service at the North under the command of the said Hutchins and Fletcher that the said Josiah Willoughby at the time of his services in the said war, was a young man about the age of eighteen or twenty years, and was the only person of that name that she was ever acquainted with and that she knows
of no person now living who was in the service with him in the said war - And she also swears that she is a disinterested witness
Sallena Holmes
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28th day of February AD. 1855, and I hereby certify that Salina Homes is a respectable Lady and a credible witness and evidently of good memory- And I further certify that I am in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim-
Amasa Thompson Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Lamoille County ⎬ss:
I hereby certify that Amasa Thompson Esquire, before whome [whom] the within affidavit was sworn was on the 28th day of February A.D. 1855, an acting
justice of the Peace within and for the County of Lamoille duly elected  commissioned and qualified, and he has authority to administer oaths for general purposes, and the foregoing signature purporting to be his I believe to be his genuine Signature. "And I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the above claim and are not concerned in its prosecution"
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the County at Hydepark, in said County this 24 day of March A.D. 1855
E. B. Sawyer Clerk
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(No. 2)
D Sprague
Affidavit
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Province of Canada}
United Counties of York and Peel} ss
On this 14th day of July A.D. 1854 personally appeared before me W. B. Terry a Justice
of the Peace within and for the United Counties and Province aforesaid David Sprague Esq. a resident of the said United Counties and Province who being duly sworn  according to law declares that he was well acquainted with Josiah Willoughby deceased and Susannah his wife that he first became acquainted with them in the town of Western in Oneida County in the State of New York about the year A.D. 1794 or 5 that he was
subsequently acquainted with them in the township of North Gwilliambury in the Home District now the United Counties of York and Peel and Province aforesaid many years previous to the death of the said Josiah that this deponent was present and saw the corpse of the said Josiah Willoughby and that he died at the township of North Gwilliambury aforesaid on the 22nd day of January A.D. 1836. That this deponent holds the Family Bible which formerly belonged to Ellis Willoughby this deponents soninlaw [son-in-law]who died in the year A.D. 1842 at North Gwilliambury aforesaid and who was the son of the said Josiah Willoughby that the said Bible contains a record of marriages births and deaths in the hand writing of the said Ellis Willoughby. That upon examination of the said record this deponent finds the death of the said Josiah Willoughby with the date thereof recorded in the hand writing of the said Ellis Willoughby. That the date of the death of the said Josiah Willoughby together with his age stands on the said record in fair legible figures. That a true copy of the said record of the death of the said Josiah Willoughby and his age (with the exception of the written date of his death and age) is given below as follows
Josiah Willoughby Died
January 12th 1836. twenty two, One thousand eight hundred and thirty six
Age 74, seventy four That the said Josiah Willoughby was
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reputed and generally believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier in the United States service in the war of the Revolution and that this deponent fully concurs in that opinion. That this deponent has heard the said Josiah Willoughby relate incidents and events that occurred in the Continental Army during his service in said war.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness
David Sprague
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of July A.D. 1854 
And I hereby certify that David Sprague Esq is a credible witness 
And I further certify that I am in nowise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim
W B. Terry J. P.
I hereby certify that W. B. Terry is a duly qualified Justice of the Peace for the United County of York & Peel, and that the foregoing signature "W. B. Terry J. P." is to the best of my knowledge & belief the proper signature and hand writing of said W. B. Terry
[Illegible signature]  Clerk Peace, United County York & Peel -
Office, Clerk Peace, Untied Counties York & Peel - Toronto 15th July 1854
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I, James R. Keiser, Clerk and Pastor of the Lutheran Church in the town of Schoharie in Schoharie County and State of New York, hereby certify that I hold the records of said church, and from an examination of the said records it appears that the Rev. Peter
Nicholas Sommer took the charge of the said Church at Schoharie in the year A.D. 1743. And in the year A.D. 1768 he was suddenly deprived of his sight, but still continued to discharge his pastoral engagements and perform ministerial duties until the close of the year A.D. 1788, when his advanced age and bodily infirmities obliged him to retire from the active duties of his station. Mr. Sommer's record of marriages closed the 2nd day of March A.D. 1789, and there is a vacancy in the marriage record from that date until the 3rd of July 1790, when it was resumed by his successor, the Rev. Anthony Theodore Braun. The names of Josiah Willoughby and Susannah
Thompson, whose marriage, it is supposed, was solemnized during this period, in the year 1790, do not appear upon the record.
James R Keiser
Subscribed and sworn to before me, A. B. F. Pond a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Schoharie and State of New York, this 17th day of October A.D. 1853.
And I hereby certify that the Rev. James R. Keiser, who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate is the Pastor of the Lutheran Church in the town of Schoharie and State aforesaid and that his testimony is entitled to credit. And that I am in no wise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim
N. B. F. Pond
Justice of the peace
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State of New York}
Schoharie County Clerk's Office:} ss.
I, Almerin Gallup, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that A B F Pond whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said county of Schoharie. sworn and duly authorised [authorized] to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, and verily believe that the signature to
the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal the 17th day of October 1853.
Almerin Gallup CLERK,
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Benjamin Grover
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State of Vermont}
Bennington County}
On this 25th day of January A D 1855 personally appeared before me. Harmon Myers a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Bennington and State of Vermont - Benjamin Grover a resident of Pownal in said County who being duly sworn according to law declares, that he was born in the town of New Fairfield in the State of Connecticut on the 6th day of May AD 1767- That in autumn of the same year he removed with his parents and their other Children into the said town of Pownal in which town said family continued to reside until after the close of the war of the Revolution
This deponents further says that in the year 1778 or 1779 he
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first became acquainted with Joseph Willoughby, and his son Josiah Willoughby This deponents recollects of seeing, some of the sisters of Josiah Willoughby but does not clearly recollect the names of the Sisters and his impression is that the name of one of the Sisters was called Susan - This deponent further says: That the residence of the said Josiah Willoughby and family in the
years above Stated was in the town of Bennington, Vermont about three miles distant from the residence of this deponent in said town of Pownal and he further says that one of the Sisters
of this deponent was married to a man, by the name of Daniel Rood who at that time lived and had their residence in said town of Bennington not for distant from the residence of said Willoughby and his family that this deponent was often at the residence of said
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Rood and his wife with whom this deponents frequently stayed and occasionally worked and did chores several days and some times several weeks - It was at these times, that this deponents became more familiar and better acquainted with the said Josiah Willoughby as he was frequently
at the house of my brother-in-law Daniel Rood 
This deponents further says that in the latter part of the Winter AD 1781 in a conversation this deponent had with the said Josiah Willoughby the said Josiah Willoughby told this deponent that he intended to enlist into the war. and soon after he told this deponent he had enlisted into a company, under the command of Captain William Hutchins and that he was expecting to march to the North and he soon after did [illegible] and marched in said com=
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pany to the town of Castleton Vermont. This deponent did not see the said Josiah Willoughby at the time -- he started to march to Casterton as aforesaid,-- This deponent
further states that it was Said, and commonly talked of among the neighbors that said
Josiah Willoughby had, enlisted, as a Soldier into Captain Hutchins Company This deponent
further says That though he was frequently during the year following at the residence of his brother-in-law Daniel Rood he did not see the said Josiah Willoughby until sometime in the spring of the year 1782, it being about the time the said Josiah Willoughby returned from his compaign [campaign] at the North This deponent does not recollect the precise time - that the said Josiah Willoughby was absent on said tour - That he was-
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absents in said campaign of periods of twelve months or more This deponent further says. That the enlistments of the said Josiah Willoughby as above stated was in the latter parts of the winter
of the year 1781 or in the spring of the same year In this the deponent says he cannot be mistaken, because he well recollects that he was 14 years old in the month of May of the same year. This deponent further says that his residence has been the said town of Pownal from the Autumn of 1767 except about seven years that he lived, in the town of Moosies in the State of
New York -- This deponent recollects that it was said and talked of that there were others who enlisted into said Captain Hutchins Company and marched to the north at the same time that the said
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Willoughby, [illegible] their names he does not recollect. This deponent recollects more particularly about Willoughby from the fact that he saw the said Willoughby so often at his brother-in-laws house in Bennington, before he enlisted, and after his return from said Campaign This deponent says that he was acquainted with the said Willoughby until he removed from
Bennington to the town of Moncton Vermont as this deponent was informed which was several years after the close of the Revolutionary war. - This deponent further says that he is a disinterested witness
attest H Myers
his
Benjamin X Grover
mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of January AD 1855 and I certify that the said Benjamin Grover is a man of good moral character and a credible witness and possesses extrandinary [extrordinary] strength of mind, and memory and I further certify that I am in no
wise interested in the result or prosecution of the claim
Harmon Myers Justice of the Peace
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that the foregoing deposition was read to and explained in the hearing of the said Benjamin Grover before the said Benjamin Grover Subscribed to the same by making his mark
Harmon Myers Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Bennington County ss.} 
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of Bennington County Court do hereby certify that Harmon Myers whose name is subscribed to the above was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Bennington & that his signature is genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of of said County
this 29th day of January A.D. 1855
Saml H. Blackmer Clerk