Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22942, Joseph Dimock, Conn.
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Conn.     Dimock, Joseph     W. 22942
            or Dimick
                           Fanny
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Reported
1755
New York Albany
Fanny Dimick
widow of Joseph Dimick
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private.

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

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Sept.1848 and sent to B. G. Baldwin
Potsdam
NY

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 59  Vol. 4
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Albany 30310
Koseph Dimick
of St. Lawrence Co in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the            commanded 
by Captain            of the Regt commanded
by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of Jany
1833 and sent to Hon R H Gillet, H R

Arrears to the 4th of Sept '35    180.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '36 20.00
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                                                  $200.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E-2  Vol. 4  Page 17
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In the matter of
Joseph Dimick
application for
a pension

No 14582


Hon R. H. Gillet
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss. Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
On this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, now sitting Joseph Dimick, a resident of the town Pierpoint in said County of St. Lawrence and state of New York aged sixty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law; doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That at the time New London in Connecticut was burnt by the command of Arnold then a British General, in what year he does not recollect, soldiers were immediately raised to fo and man the Fort at that place for six weeks, as he thinks, till others could be raised for a [unk], that on Chamberlain was drafted for said campaign who hired said Dimick to go as his substitute. He went immediately or such sub=--
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stitue from Mansfield in the county of Windham in the state of Connecticut, where he resided during the revolutionary war, and joined a company at the Fort at New London aforesaid, and served out his full period of six weeks in reforming the Fort there [unk] lent a few soldiers then then and he being quite [unk] and his term of service short, he did not learn many of the officers names and he does not now recollect the names of any of them

He further saith that the next Spring as he thinks, the Inhabitants being divided into classes to furnish soldiers when called, he was procured by one class to enter the service at HorseNeck for one year from the 1st of May 1781 as he supposes, it being the past year of the war. That he went from Mansfield aforesaid together with one Eaton (afterwards Genl. Eaton now dead as he believes) and joined Col Canfields Regiment Adjutant Bull. There were four companies at the Fort. The other officers names he does not recollect. He served out his full period of one year at the Fort and the whole Regiment was then drawn up and dismissed. He recollects very well of being there in the winter, and also if there being a mutiny among the soldiers while there.
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As he was upon Guard one day, most of the soldiers rose and paraded with their packs ready to start for home, but by the interference of the officers they were induced to return to duty. He thinks the mutiny was occasioned by the badness of the fare. The learning  of the soldiers there was to help guard at that Fort and at Stamford near by. Believes no continental troops were near there and thinks no soldiers were sent to that Fort after his Regiment was dismissed. He moved from Mansfield to Woodstock, Vt., and from there to Barrow Vt. and then to Pierpoint aforesaid. Je jas for about eleven years past resided at Pier point aforesaid when he now resides, his constitution has become considerably broken and his memory quite poor. He has no documentary evidence of his said services, and knows of no person living who was in the service with him. He has written to three different places at great distances for proof of his said services, but has learned that the witnesses are all dead or in a great [unk] deprived of their memories. He is acquainted with Asa Briggs, Gardner Cox and other in Pierpoint who could testify as to the reputation in his neighborhood of his said services. He hereby relinquishes
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as he was upon guard one day, much of the soldier rose and paraded with their packs ready to start for home, but by interence of the officers, they were induced to return to duty. He thinks the mutiny was occasioned by the badness of the fare. The business of the soldier there was to help guard at that Fort and at Stamford near by. Believes no continental troops were sent to that Fort after his Regiment was dismissed. He moved from Mansfield to Woodstock Vt, and from there to Barrow Vt and then to Pierpoint aforesaid.

He has for about eleven years past resided at Pierpoint aforesaid where he now resides, his constitution has become considerably broken and his memory quite poor. He has no documentary evidence of his said services and knows of no person living who was in the service with him. He has written to three different places at great distance for proof of his said services, but has learned that the witnesses are all dead or in a great reason deprived of their memories. He is acquainted with Asa Briggs, Gardner Cox and others in Pierpoint who could testify as to the reputation in his neighborhood of his said services. He hereby relinquishes
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every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his names is not on the pension roll of any state. He further says that he is informed by Henry Clinton, who says he was at HorseNeck the same time that this deponent was, that Capt. Grangers company was stationed near the gate of the Fort, and he thinks Granger was his captain.

Joseph Dimock

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

A C Low Clk

We Asa B Briggs of Pierpoint in said count of St Lawrence and Amos Bicknell of Stockholm in said county and Jabez Willis one of the Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas presiding at Potsdam, adjoining the said town of Pierpoint hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Dimick, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration: that we believe him to be sixty five years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Asa B. Briggs
Amos Bicknell
Jabez Willis

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
A C Low Clk

And the said Court o hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further
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certifies that it appears to them that Asa Briggs of the to wnof Pierpoint in said County of  St Lawrence, Amos Bicknell of Stockholm in said county and Jabez Willis Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Alvin C Low. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Dimick for a pension, and I further certify that Horace Allen before whom the following affidavits of Stephen Turner appears to have been taken, was at that time, a Justice of the Peace of said county, and that his signatures thereto and to the certificate below [unk] are his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.

A C Low Clk

At Lawrence County ss: I Alvin C. Low Clerk of said County, named in the preceding papers, certify that the annexed papers are the same as allowed by the Court of Common Please for said county in this matter except the
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affidavit subjoined of the said Joseph Dimick, and that Horace Allen, before whom said affidavit was taken, was a the act of the same a Justice of the Peace of said County and that his signature to the same is genuine, and also that the tape through [unk] [unk] to be put under the seal of this Office favorly affixed. 
Witness my hand & seal of Office this 28th day of May 1833.
S C Low Clk
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State of New York
St Lawrence County} ss. Stephen Turner of Potsdam in said county, being sworn saith that he is forty four years of age that he formerly resided in Mansfield in the State of Connecticut, that he always understood that his father was engaged several times, in the revolutionary war and was stationed for a considerable time at HorseNeck and this deponent further saith that he is acquainted with Joseph Dimick of Pierpoint, St Lawrence County, New York, formerly of Mansfield aforesaid, and he further saith that while he was young and resided at Mansfield he recollects his father and the said Dimick relate anecdotes and occurrences which took plcve while they were together in the army and while they were stationed at HorseNeck and this deponent understood from the conversation of his said father and the said Dimick that the said Dimick was engaged for some time in the army and was stationed at HorseNeck and he further saith that he understood from the conversation of his said father and the said Dimick that the said Dimick was at New London at the same time his said father was, which
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was at the time and soon after the Fort at New London was taken.

Stephen turner

Sworn & subscribed this 20th day of August 1832, before

Mr. Horace Allen, Justice Peace

I the Justice before whom the above affidavit of Stephen Turner was taken certify that said Turner is a person of truth and veracity. Dated August 1832
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State of New York
St Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas} ss.
Asa B Briggs of Pierpoint in said county, aged 47 years, being sworn in open Court deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Joseph Dimick who has made an application for a pension at this Court, in Barnard Vermont and has been well acquainted with him and lived within a few miles of him for thirty years past except for about two years, that it has always been reputed & believed in the neigh of said Dimick that he was a soldier of the revolution and this deponent heard said Dimick has repeatedly spoken of his services in the revolutionary war and he has always since this Deponent knew him, maintained a fair character for truth and veracity. This Deponent further saith that said Dimick has for some time past been failing in his memory and his mental faculties have become quite impaired.

Asa B. Briggs

Subscribed & sworn this 24th day of September 1832 in open Court.
A C Low Clk
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Abstract of said Dimick's services=
time of enlisting not recollected- 1 1/2 month
From May 1781- 12 do
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                             13 1/2 months





In the matter of the
application for a
pension by
Joseph Dimick
14582
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State of New York
St Lawrence County} ss. 
Joseph Dimick of Pierpoint in said county and the applicant for a pension named in the preceding papers, being sworn saith that he has no doubt as to the term of his services mentioned in his said declaration being correct. That is to say that he served six weeks the first time and one year the second time. That he lived at the town of Mansfield in Connecticut as mentioned in his said declaration at both of said times, when he entered the service and during the revolutionary war, that the Inhabitants of said town liable to military duty were forced into classes to hire their quota of soldiers. That he was hired by one of the classes at the time he entered for a year and he served out that full period, but he cannot recollect particularly what year it was, only he has always had it impressed upon his memory that it was the last year of the war.
He further saith that he was born in Wellington in the state of Connecticut on the 16th day of March 1767 as he has always believed making him 66 years old last
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March, but he has no record of his age and has not had any for a long time. He has lived since the war, as mentioned in his said declaration at Woodstock in the State of Vermont three or four years, and then moved to Banau Vt. and lived there some over thirty years and then moved to Pierpoint his present place of residence. That he cannot state any more particularly the circumstances of his said services  as he has stated in his declaration above annexed.

Joseph Dimck

Subscribed & sworn this 25th day of May 1833 before me

Horace Allen Just. Peace

I certify that I am acquainted with Asa B. Briggs whose name appears subscribed to an Affidavit hereunto annexed and that he is a credible person. Horace Allen, Justice Peace

At. Lawrence County ss.
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Horace Allen before whom the foregoing affidavits of Joseph Dimick purports to have been sworn was at that date of the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & sworn, and that his signatures to the said affidavits and preceding certificate are genuine. Witness my hand & seal of office this 28th day of May 1833.

A C Low Clk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled an "Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows," &c.
State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss.
On this fifteenth day of July A.D. (1846) eighteen hundred & forty six personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Oger & Terminer & General [unk] delivery in & for said County now sitting Fanny Dimick, a resident of the Town of Pierrepont in said County of St. Lawrence aged 74 years on the 13th day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by an act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows," & acts explanatory of & amending the same,
That she is the widow of Joseph Dimock or Dimick, late of the Town Pierrepont aforesaid in which he departed this life on the 24th day of last December (1845).
That she was married to said Joseph Dimick in the spring of the year 1792 in Woodstock, Vermont.
That her husband the said Joseph Dimick or Dimock was a soldier of the United States during the War of the Revolution & at said day of his death a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the rate of forty dollars per annum. That she believes
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he resided during said War of the Revolution in Mansfield in the State of Connecticut from whence he entered the service. That as Declarant was not married to her said husband until after said War she cannot relate the particulars of his service therein. But has frequently heard her said husband relate that he enlisted into the service & served one year under Colonel Canfield & an other officer by the name of Bull, & that he was stationed at Horse Neck in said State of Connecticut, & that he belonged to the Connecticut Troops. That owing to old age & loss of memory she cannot now relate the various particulars communicated to her from time to time by her said husband, but as he was at the day of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States as aforesaid, she respectfully refers to his papers on file in the Department at Washington in the matter of his application for said pension, for the proofs of his Revolutionary services.
And Declarant further saith that she was married to the said Joseph Dimick or Dimock, as aforesaid in the spring of the year (1792) seventeen hundred & ninety two, by Jesse Safford Esq. in the Town of Woodstock, Windsor County in the State of Vermont, at the residence of said Jesse Safford Esq. That the following persons were present at her marriage, to wit, John Fletcher, Oeta Boice, Benjamin & Mariam Dimick, & Abigail Safford, some of whom Declarant believes are still living.
That previous to her marriage as aforesaid she resided in said Town of Woodstock, in Windsor County, in the state of Vermont and bore the
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maiden name of Fanny Matthews.
That her husband said Joseph Dimick died as aforesaid on the twenty fourth day of December, eighteen hundred & forty five at his residence in Pierrepont in the County of St. Lawrence aforesaid, and that since his death she has remained his widow single & unmarried.
And Declarant further saith that she & her said husband kept no family records. That she & her said husband continued to live in Woodstock aforesaid for a period of two or three years after which they moved to the Town of Barnard in said County of Windsor, Vt., from whence she removed to St. Lawrence County N.Y. about twenty four years ago  in which she now resides as aforesaid.

Fanny Dimick her mark X

Subscribed & sworn the day & year first aforesaid in open Court before the said Court.

Martin Thatcher Clk

St. Lawrence County
I hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Fanny Dimick for pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Official seal this fifteenth day of July A.D. 1846.

Martin Thatcher Clerk
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Barnard Vt
May 4

Mr Penfield Dimock
Pierpoint
St Lawrence County
New York
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I Daniel Aikins of Barnard in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont and Town Clerk of said Town hereby certify that on the application for the reckord of the marriage of Joseph Dimock & Fanny his wife on search of the reckords of the Births of the children of the said Joseph and Fanny which are as follows to wit

The following are the children of Joseph Dimock & his wife Fanny
Panford born at Woodstock Jany 15, 1793
Dexter born August 24, 1794
Joseph P. born June 8th 1796
Lyman born May 10th 1798

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of reckords on a Book of reckords kept for that purpose in the Town of Barnard aforesaid.

Attest Daniel Aikins Town Clerk

I Daniel Aikins above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in and for said Town of Barnard in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont and that the above is a true extract from the Reckords of said Town.

Daniel Aikins Town Clerk

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Woodstock Apr 17, 1846
Sworn to before me Julius Converse Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
Windsor County ss.} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court, of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Julius Converse is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 24 day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature on the preceding page is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this 17 day of April A. D. 1846

Norman Williams, Clerk
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No 14582
Joseph Dimick St Lawrence County N York

Admitted
Private 12 months 
$40
14.16.147
p 383

May 9 '71
Hon R H. Gillet
House Reps N. Y.

Genese County Court
New York
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Dimick
County of St Lawrence in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  65

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: Subst 1781 May 1
Duration of Service: 1 year 42 days
Rank:
Private
Names of the General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col Canfield

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Windham Co Conn

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authenticate? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as the regulations require

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Dyer Castor
Examining Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.     3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C. Dec 13, 1921

In reply to your request of ..................., received....................... for a statement of the military history of Jos. Dimock or Dimick a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his & ((or (crossed out) his widow's)) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 22942

5 column table, 2 entries

1st entry
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Sept 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 weeks
RANK.  Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOME SERVICE WAS RENDERED
   CAPTAIN. blank
   COLONEL   blank
STATE. CONN.

2ND ENTRY
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. Apl 1, 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 1 year
RANK. Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOME SERVICE WAS RENDERED
   CAPTAIN.  Granger
   COLONEL  Canfield
STATE.   blank

Battles engaged in,  some skirmishes
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield, Windham Co., Comm
Date of application for pension, Sept 24, 1830 al
Residence at date of application, Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY
Age at date of application, b. Mar. 16, 1767 in Willington, Conn.
Remarks: He mar.  in the Spring of 1792 in Woodstock, Vt Fanny Matthews of said place, he d. Dec 24, 1845 in Pierrepont NY & she lived there when al pen on ern ap ex July 15, 1846. Children: Penfield b. Jan 15, 1793 : Dexter b. Aug 24 1794 ; Joseph P b. June 8, 1796 ; Lyman b. May 10, 1798, John P. who was al 41 yrs in 1834

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
6-2856
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AWF

Rev. War Section.

May 8, 1923.


Mrs. W. H. Foster,
3313 Harriet Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dear Madam: 

In response to your letter of Feb. 28, 1923, I have to advise you that if you desire photostat copies of the papers in the pension claim of Joseph Dimock or Dimick, W. 22943, the same will be furnished you, under the provisions of the Act of August 244, 1912 at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The number of pages to be copied is thirty seven.  The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
For the date of last payment of pension and date of death of Fanny, widow of Joseph Dimock, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General
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Accounting Office, 1800 E Street, N.W. Washington D. C., citing all of the following data- Fanny Dimock or Dimick, Certificate 1955, issued September 11, 1848, rate $40 annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act of February 3, 1848, New York Agency.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

Record Division
Re. War Section

August 30, 1921.

Harriet Willson Ryan,
223 St. Helen's Drive,
Bend, Oregon.


Madam:

In reply to your letter dated the ------------, and received the 12th August      , you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Jonathan Willson (or Wison) as described by you. In order to identify the record of any particular Joseph Dimick of Connecticut, you are requested to furnish the following data: Residence at enlistment and after service; approximate dates of birth and death; name of widow. 

Very respectfully, 


Commissioner.



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PENSION
U.S.
DEC
2
1921
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3312 Harriet Ave
Minneapolis, Minn

Feb 28, 1923

Commissioner of Pensions
Revolutionary War Dept.

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me statement of military history of Joseph Dimock (Dimick). He applied for pension Sept 24, 1830, his residence at that time was Pierrepont, N.Y. His wife was Fanny Matthews.
I would like to know the number of pages in the pension application as I may wish a photostat copy.  Also please tell
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me to whom to write to get the date of death of his widow Fanny (Matthews) Dimock? 
These three things I would like
1. Military History
2 Number of pages in pension application
3 Where to write for death of pensioners wife.
Thanking you in advance
I am yours truly

Mrs. W. H. Foster
3312 Harriet Ave
Minneapolis, Minn.

Joseph Dimick was my great grandfather
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W 22942

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U.S.
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Nov - 21- 1921

Dept of the Interior
Washington,

Am enclosing all the data I have of Joseph Dimick, he lived at Mansfield Conn. Revolutionary soldier, private in Capt. Parker's company & commanded by Col. L. B. Webb, Conn. troops in 1777, h served three years he also enlisted in Capt Ayers Co. of Col Sheldon's regiment serving three years but previous
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to this he had rendered eight months service, so he must be credited with six years & eight months service. I also [illegible word] he was in the battle of {illegible name) & was a pensioner if this will identify Joseph Dimick record please end it.
About Jonathan Willson, ,he was born about 1740, lived in Harwick Mass married a Lucy Blaidell??? and in 1825 moved to Shoreham Vt. died Apr 9th 1890 aged 89 years. I understood he was a soldier in the French and Indian war serving two years, and served a short time in the Revolutionary.
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war. please send me his record also if there is one.
Very Respectfully

Harriett Willson Ryan
223 St Helen's Drive
Bend Oregon
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Revy

WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 22.942
Fanny Dimick
Wid. of 
Joseph Dimick
Priv Rev. War
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Act: Feb. 2 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870]

2nd column
24 Dec 14 hist to Harriet W Ryan - Ews
___________________________________
?3 May 8 0 Hist. information as 
[word blurred out] last payment date of death
[word blurred out] of photostat copies to [illegible word]
[beginning of word blurred out, ends ater] - AWF
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14582
New York
Revol

Joseph Dimick
word Rejected  crossed out

See letter to
A.C. Low
13 August 1833
to Hon R. H. Gillet
Apr 2 1835 - do alane
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Apl 11 1834
Act 7 June 1832
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Let to Hon R. H. Gillet
Dec 23 1834
Let to same 14 Dec 1835



opposing page
papers (page corner bent covering next word) 5 to Hon R.H. Gillett
19 June '3? crossed out
2 Feby 1-35
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Albany 409
New York
=====================
Fanny Dimick
widow of Joseph Dimick
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 24th Dec 1845
======================
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 24 December, 1845 when he died
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of August, 1847
and sent to 
T. S. Slingerland
Barnerville
New York
=========================
[Act of June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page 83.
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State oof New York}
Oneida County} SS

Jeremiah Gifford a resident of the Town of Vienna in said County of Oneida aged 86 years being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. That during the War of the Revolution he  resided in Norwick in the State of Connecticut from where he entered the service & served for a period of one year under Captain Miles in the Regiment of Colonel Canfield. That her was well acquainted with Joseph Dimick who lived in said Warin Mansfield in said State of Connecticut and served also for a like period of one year in the company of Captain Granger and in said Regiment of Colonel Canfield. They were stationed during a portion of the time at Horseneck in said State of Connecticut.. Deponent and said Joseph Dimick were in service together in their respective companies at HorseNeck aforesaid in the year 1782. Deponent does not now recollect whether said Joseph Dimick served longer than the aforementioned term of one year in said Regiment of Colonel Canfield or not, but well knows that he did serve in said Company of Captain Granger for at least one year as Deponent served that time in said Regiment of Colonel Canfield with said Joseph. They were frequently together while in said service & out on scouts & in company with each other. Said Joseph Dimick was a true whig in said war & while in said service a good &  faithful soldier, Deponent believes this one years service to have been rendered in the years of 1782 & 1783. Deponent believes that said Joseph served for two years in said Regiment of Col. Canfield as said Joseph was serving their when Deponent entered said service & continued to serve therein after Deponent was discharged therefrom, Deponent having been discharged in short time previous to the Regt. being disbanded, Said Joseph Dimick after the War went to live in the State of Vermont & there married Fanny Matthews of Woodstock Vt. Said Joseph as Deponent has been informed died in St. Lawrence County N.Y. and left his wife said Fanny a widow who is now an applicant for
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a pension, said Joseph having been a Revolutionary Pensioner when he died
Jeremiah Gifford

Subscribed & Sworn this 17th day of June 1847 before me. And I certify that said Jeremiah Gifford the above Deponent is a highly reputable person & a credible witness whose testimony upon any subject is entitled to full faith & credit
Albert Morse
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York}
Herkimer County} ss

I Absalom Gifford being duly sworn do testify and say that I now live in the Town of German Flatts in the County of Herkimer and State of New York and am a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That my Revolutionary service was performed in the State of Connecticut, where I then lived, That at, or near the close of the War of the Revolution, I served for a term of one year under Captain Miles, and Colonel Canfield at Horse Neck. That during this period of service I was well acquainted with Joseph Dimick who was from Mansfield in said State of Connecticut and who served under Captain Granger in said Regiment of Colonel Canfield for at least a portion of said year at Horse Neck aforesaid, I do not know how long said Joseph Dimick served in the said Company of Captain Granger and Colonel Canfield but I well know that he served therein for a period of at least one year as I served with him in said Regiment for that period of time which I believe was in the years of 1782 & 1783. Said Joseph Dimick was serving in said Company of Captain Granger when I entered said service and continued to serve therein when I was discharged from said service, I left him serving in said company where I was discharged I having received my discharge from said service a short time before the Regiment was disbanded. I cannot say positively how long said Dimick was in service in said Company of Captain Granger buy I should think he was there two years. I know him to have served as aforesaid for a period of one year and during the time I was in said service. Said Dimmick married Fanny Matthews
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of Woodstock Vt. who is now his widow and is as deponent has been informed are applicant for a Pension.
Absalom Gifford


first word of paragraph covered but should be Subscribed

bed and sworn to before me this 13th day of July A.D. 1847. And I certify that said Absalom Gifford is a man on internity and veracity and a credible witness
Chs Wightman Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,}
Herkimer County, } ss.

I certify that Chs Wightman Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Tenat of affidavit was, on the day of the date of [illegible word] Jural a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said Jurat genuine

Witness my hand and official seat. at Herkimer this 16th day of July AD 1847
Standish Barry Clerk
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Barnerville July 19, 1847

Dear Sir:

I herewith enclose you two additional affidavits in support of the claim of Fanny widow of Joseph Dimick, under the Acts of July 7, 1838, March 3, 1843 & June 17, 1844.
These are affidavits of Revolutionary Pensioners both of whom swear that they served in company with Joseph Dimick in the same Regt. (that of Col. Canfield) for one year. There were both well acquainted with Dimmick & think that he served two years but are not positive as to the length of time, they know that he served n that Regiment for more than one year, as he was serving when they entered this service & they still left him serving after their years had ended. They know also that said Joseph Dimick went to Vt. & married Fanny Mathews of Woodstock
Ver truly yours,
T. S. Slingerland
Barneville
Schoharie Co.
N.Y.

Hon. J. L Edwards
Comm Pensions
Washington
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford 23 Dec 1835

Dear Sir

I send herewith a certificate of the service to which you called attention and which the Commis of Pensions required in the case of Joseph Dimock. There are no pay rolls of the Company; but of the service alleged in his declaration of Canfields Regt. there in no douby.

Very Respectfully
Gideon Willes
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Office of Commiss of pensions


Hon R H Gillett
House of Representatives


Hon RH Gillet
HR
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War Department
Pension Office
December 14, 1833

Sir

In compliance with the request in your  letter of the 112h inst I have the honor to state that Joseph Dimock alleges tow terms of service viz six weeks as a substitute under Officers not recollected and one year from April 1782 at New London and Horse Neck under Capt Granger and Col Canfield.

I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servant
J.L. Edwards
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House of Reps
Jay 13. 1B5

Dear Sir,

I will thank you to return to me the pension papers of 
Amos Partridge,
David Brown &
Joseph Dimick
I wish them but one day so as to be able to write to Mass & Con for testimony. I cannot do so without them because I do not recollect the persons under whom, nor the time when they sevnolly say they served. As soon as I can write these letters, I will return the papers.
Your obt sevt
R.H. Gillet

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com Pensions
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House of Reps
Dec. 27th 1835

Sir,
Mr. Joseph Dimock, whose application has been suspended on account of a deficiency in the proof has enclosed to me some money to send to the Comptrollers Officer in Con. Without his papers, I cannot call to mind his case so as to enable to Compt. to search, as to the regiment &c that he refers to. I will therefore thank you to send me his [unk] declaration, which &  will return to you as soon as I can write to the Compt. 
Mr. Dimock is a resident in St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. & his [unk] declaration was sent to you be me.

Your obt sert
R. H. Gillet

J. L. Edwards Esq
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St. Lawrence Co, NY
Potsdam, Augt 22/68

The Commissioner of Pensions will please examine the enclosed papers and said certificates as soon as practicable in order that the persons interested may draw their money as soon after the 4th of Sept. as may be
Address
yr reply

Benja E Baldwin
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12 Regent
14 years old
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Dimick which require further proof or explanation.

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

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

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

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

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  yes 

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

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

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

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

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

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

XIV. + If the applicant's names is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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

XVI. ++ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  no

XVIII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  no

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For --- year ---- months, and ----- days, I served as a -----. For ---- months and ----- days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension.

no service which is not set forth as definitely as the regulations require can be taken into the compulation of a pension.
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration if highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

++ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
On every instance where the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or marrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

--> In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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House of Reps.
Dec. 18, 1834

Sir,
I send you the pension papers of Mr Joseph Dimick, of Pierrepoint NY. I owe it to frankness to make the following statement. Mr D. came to me & informed me that he had applied for a pension & had failed in consequence of what he supposed to be an error of the Clerk of the Attorney whom he employed in mistating his age; as he was told that i was put down, as being to young. He did not, he said, know what had been inserted. He desired me to aid him. This I could not decline, as the people of my country, claim the services of their representatives, even when at home. I chose not to draw affts to that point alone, but sat down & wrote down in form, his whole story that you might be able to judge the better on his case. The papers appear now as original papers. In making his papers in this name, I become satisfied that he had served & was
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of the age he states, & consequently entitled to a pension.
After examining it, please communicate with me at the [unk].

Your obt servt
R. H. Gillet

J L Edwards Esq
Comr Pensions
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War Department
Pension Office
Dec 23d 1831

Sir,
The amended declaration of Joseph Dimick has been examined. In the original he stated, that he entered the service in 1780, but the events to which he referred showed that it was in the latter part of 1781, as asserted in the amended declaration. He was born in 1767 and of course was but fourteen at that time and fifteen during his other term of service, upon this ground it might be insisted, that he produce some proof from the numerous survivors, still residing in Connecticut of his actual service, and from the Comptroller of Connecticut, a certificate that the officers were in service for the term asserted.

I have the honor to be very respectfully your obedt servt

J L Edwards


Hon. R. H. Gillet
House of Reps
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Connecticut
December 21st 1835

On application for Mr. Joseph Dimick, a Revolutionary Soldier, I have examined the records & papers of the late Pay Tables Office of this state, and the records of the State, and certify as follows, viz:
An acct with Cap. Abner Granges, who is credited 29 April 1783 "By amt of acct rendd L 3185.3.0," and on same say "War Dr. To amt Cap. Abner Grangers dec. Pay Roll Canfields Regt L 3185.3.0," which is "Harkells Receipts" is stated to be of "Specie Value." A corresponding entry is also in Harkells Receipts, under head of "Expense of the Post at Greenwich," where Cap. Abner Granger is mentioned as serving at that place, and the same sum annexed to his name. And the name of Colo. Samuel Canfield is placed immediately succeeding that of Cap. Granger, in the same account. 
There are documents remaining of Commissary Smith Weed, showing that provisions were issued to "Lt. Colo. Samuel Canfield's Regt State Troops," as late as Nov. 30, 1782.
An acct, in Haskells Receipts headed "Expense of the Post at Greenwich" in which is this entry, "1782 Sep. 23 Cap. Samuel Grainger ditto [Port Greenwich] L 2383.16.9 spice,"
It appears by the State records, January 1782 that a regiment was ordered to be raised forthwith, "for defense of Horse Neck, or
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Western Frontiers," of which Samuel Canfield was appointed Lieut. Colonel and Samuel Grainger Captain, and ordered "to continue in service until the 1st day of April 1783."

Gideon Wells Comptroller
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Joseph Dimick NY act 7June 1832 $40.00 pr an
To what time was he last paid?
GCA

Pension Office August 4th 1847} Died 24th Dec. 1845
paid to his death.
BLB
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New York
Joseph Dimick
Revoy.
Suspended
see let to Hon R. H. Gillet
Apl 18 '34

act 7 June '32
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The within deposition was to here & send up by me.

W. H. H. Bingham
Justice of Peace
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I Miriam Raymond of Stowe in Lamoille County and State of Vermont being duly sworn depose testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Dimick of Woodstock Vermont in A.D. 1785 and for 10 or 15 years afterwards.
Mr Joseph Dimick was married in A. D. 1792 to Fanny Mathews there of Woodstock by Jesse Safford Justice of he Peace. I was present at the wedding which was at the Justice's dwelling house in Woodstock. I very distinctly recollect of the circumstances as I have a short time before married one of said Dimick's brothers  & afterwards [unk] a Mr Raymond, Mr J. Dimick after he was married, resided in Woodstock some 2 or 3 years and thence moved to Barnard in this State. My maiden name was Churchill. I a not able to state the month in which they were married but recollect that there was no snow on the ground and further I say not.

Miriam Raymond
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State of Vermont
Lamoille Co Js Stowe February 12th A.D. 1844

Then personally appeared Miriam Raymond [crossed out text] and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before W.H.H. Bingham
Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Marian Raymond subscribed to the within deposition in my presence and that she is to be relied on as a person of truth + veracity
W.H.H. Bingham Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
La Moille County ss} I P. G. Camp of Hyde Park hereby certify that W. H. H. Bingham is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of La Moille duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission is dated oct. 30th 1845 & will expire on the last day of November 1846 & that his signature within is true & genuine.

In witness whereof I hereunto affix the seal of sd. Court & subscribed my name this 14th day of Feby AD 1846.

P. G. Camp Clerk
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No 12950
Ai44-505
Fanny Dimmick
widow of Joseph
NY
act 7 July 1838
married 1793
husband decd 1845 Dec
Rejected

under act 17 June 44
12 mos pri
$40.00 per an
from 24 Decem 1845

T. S. Slingerland
Bamusville
NY

J. R. Rupper Depy
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County Js 
Hesekiah Winslow of the Town of Pierrepont in said county of St. Lawrence aged (76) Seventy six & upwards being duly sworn according to law deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Fanny Dimick who is now the widow of Joseph Dimick deceased, (who died in December last, & who was then a revolutionary pensioner of the United States ), Deponent moved more than fifty years ago from the State of Massachusetts into the Town of Barnard, in the county of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, Deponent then & there became well acquainted with said Fanny & Joseph Dimick, They then lived in said town of Barnard & in the same house with Deponent & had one child which they called Penfield. Deponent then understood as it was the common report in the neighborhood in which they then resided in said Town of Barnard that they were married in the town of Woodstock in said County of Windsor from whence they came to live in said Town of Barnard but a short time after Deponent came to reside in said Town. Deponent was well acquainted with Jesse Safford who was an acting Justice of the Peace for a number of years in Said Town of Woodstock & who Deponent understood married said Joseph & Fanny Dimick, & that said Fanny lived previous to her said marriage in Woodstock aforesaid & bore the maiden name of Matthews. Deponent was well acquainted with  the family of said Fanny, to wit, her parents & brothers & sisters. Deponent & said Joseph Dimick moved from said Town of Barnard more than twenty years ago  to said Town of Pierrepont
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to which Deponent now resides & in which said Joseph continued to reside until the time of his death as aforesaid. Deponent has continued to be intimately acquainted with said Joseph & Fanny for more than fifty years during which time they continued to live together as husband & wife & that they raised a family of children.

Hezekiah Winslow

Subscribed & sworn this eighteenth day of May AD 1846 before me & I do certify that said Hezekiah Winslow is a credible witness.

Joseph Dimick Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St. Lawrence County Clerks Office } ss.
I Martin Thatcher Clerk of said County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that Joseph Dimick Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at that date of the same a Justice of the Peace in& for said County of St. Lawrence duly commissioned & qualified to act as such Justice. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice & verily believe his signature to said affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my official seal this 19th day of May AD 1846.

M. Thatcher Clerk
By J. R. Rupper Depty

No 12950
Fanny Dimmick
widow of Joseph
NY
married 1793
husband decd 1845 Decy
Rejected

under act 17 June 44
12 mos pri
$40.00 pr an
from 24 Decem 1845

T. S. Slingerland
Bamusville
NY
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Fanny Dimick
application for
a continuation
of widows pension

act of Feby 2nd 1848



admitted

B. G. Baldwin
Potsdam NY
agent
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled, "An act making further provision for Surviving widows and soldiers of the Revolution"-
State of New York
St. Lawrence County ss
On this twelfth day of August one thousand wight hundred and forty with appeared personally before the subscriber Benjamin E. Baldwin a Justice of the Peace of the County of Sr. Lawrence aforesaid. Fanny Dimick a resident of the town of Pierpont in the said county aged Seventy Five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed in the 2nd February 1848. granting permission to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph Dimick who was a private in Col. Canfields Regiment of the Connecticut Militia or State Troops that he received a pension of forty dollars per annum under the act of 17th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on 
Fanny X Dimick her mark
(over) witness Joseph Dimick
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the day and year above written before
Benjamin G. Baldwin
Justice Peace

I certify that the abovenamed declarant Fanny Dimick is personally known to me and is a person of good character for truth & veracity and that she made her mark to the above declaration because as she alleged, she never learned to write. She made her mark in my presence. Dated Augt. 12 1848
Benjamin G. Baldwin 
Justice Peace

State of New york
St. Lawrence County} ss. I Martin Thatcher Clerk of the County of St Lawrence and also clerk of the Courts of  and directed by Law to be held in and for the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin G. Baldwin Esq whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit of Fanny Dimick and signed to the above certificate was at the time of taking such affidavit and at the date of said certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of St Lawrence elected and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe the signature to the Jurat of the foregoing affidavit & to the above certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court & County this 15th day of August 1848.
Martin Thatcher Clerk
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Town Clerk's Office Woodstock Feby 6th 1846
I hereby certify that I have made diligent search in the book kept for the record of marriages in this office and the record of marriage of Joseph Dimick and Fanny Mathews does not appear in said book.
N. Haskell Town Clerk

State of Vermont
Windsor County} Personally appeared the above named N. Haskell and made oath that the above certificate by him signed is true, before me
Charles P. Marsh Justice of Peace

Woodstock Feby 6, 1846

State of Vermont
Windsor County, ss.} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Charles P. Marsh is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 24th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature hereunto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 6th day of February A. D. 1846.
N. Williams, Clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss.
On this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, now sitting Joseph Dimick, a resident of the town of Pierrepoint in the County of St Lawrence & state of New York, aged sixty seven years the sixteenth day of March last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1834.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated.
That about the middle of September in the year 1781 he entered the service as a substitute , of New London Ct. but he cannot recollect the names
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of any of his officers. The place had been burned just previous to his going there. This declarant staid there six weeks & he was then dismissed. The persons who were out in the company with him at this time were drafted.
The first of April 1782, this declarant enlisted at Mansfield on the state of Connecticut for one year in who he supposed were state troops. He mustered at Horse Neck under Capt Granger, his subattern officers he cannot recollect. His Col. was one Canfield, one Bull was adjutant, Declarant staid at Horse neck during the year & were at the end if te=he time discharged, but no written discharge was given to this deponent. Declarant believes there were four companies at Horse neck during this period. There were occasionally skirmishes which refugees & cowboys, but no important battles was fought by the troops stationed there. Declarant did not again enter the service but he returned to Mansfield.
He was born in the town of
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Wiltington on the state of Connecticut in the year 1767, He has no record of his age, He was living in Mansfield, Ct. when he entered the service. On returning from Horseneck he resided in Mansfield & served his time there at the Blacksmith business. He continued there some eight or ten years & then removed to Woodstock Vt., where he resided about three years from thence he went to Barnard Vt. & then come to Pierrepoint where he now resides, He first entered the service as a substitute for one Edmund Chamberlin, but the second term he enlisted for a year & served out his time, He received no written discharges. Capt Nathan Parmeter & Hezekiah Winslow are acquainted with Declarant & can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his having served during of the Revolution. He has no written evidence of his service & knows of no one by whom he can prove it. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
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Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A C sonelk
Joseph Dimock
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State of New York
St Lawrence County} ss.
Nathan Parmeter of Potsdam in said County, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he resides near & is well acquainted with Joseph Dimick mentioned in the annexed affidavit & has known him for many years. he is a man of truth & veracity & his character os good, & Deponent believes him to be of the age he represents himself & to have been a soldier of the Revolution. Deponent recollects that many years ago they resided together in Vermont, & Deponent commanded a militia company in which said Dimick was a private & Deponent used to place him in front of the company as a [unk] man, as it was then understood he had learned to exercise in the Revolutionary war & understood the exercise more correctly than any other one in the company. 
Deponent has often long previous to the passing the law of 1832, heard
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said Dimick tell of serving a year at Horseneck & serving a short term at New London, Deponent recollects his having told him long ago that his service at Horseneck was near the close of the war. Deponent served there at on earlier period of the war & recollected the localities of the place when described by said Dimick.

Nathan Parmeter

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
A. C. Low Clk
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State of New York
St Lawrence County} ss.
Hezekiah Winslow of Pierrepoint in said County being duly sworn depose & saith that he is well acquainted with Joseph Dimick mentioned in the annexed declaration & he believed him to be of the age that he states himself to be & that his character for truth & veracity is good, & he freely believes his statements hereto annexed. He has known him bear forty years & had during that period often heard him tell of serving a short time at New London & a year at Horse neck near the close of the Revolutionary war. He is reported in the neighborhood where he resides to hae been a soldier of the revolutionary, Deponent has repeatedly before the passage of the law of 1832 heard said Dimick tell that he enlisted for a year in Revolutionary army when he was fifteen years old & that he served out his time. Deponent has lived near forty years a neighbor to said Dimick
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ick & during that time often heard his  age mentioned & compared with this Deponents & from these circumstances he has no doubt said  Dimick's age in the dame as he stated it [illegible] 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
A C Soneck 
Heze Winslow 
Certify as to credibility of Wid.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Hezekiah Winslow & Nathan Parmeter, who signed the preceding certificates, are residents of said County of St. Lawrence, & reside near the said Joseph Dimick, & are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Alvin C. Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of St Lawrence, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Dimock for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of Office this 18th day of September 1834.

A. C. Low Clk
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State of new York
St Lawrence County} ss. I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Horace Allen Esq before whom the annexed affidavits of John P. Dimick purports to have been made, was at the time of taking the said affidavits, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected & sworn, and that his name subscribed to the said affidavits is his proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 17th Sept. 1834.
A C Low Clk

State of New York
St. Lawrence County} ss.
John P Dimick of Pierrepoint in said County being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is the son of Joseph Dimick & is forty one years of age, that he is well acquainted with the reputed age of his father as it was understood in the family & from that understanding his father was sixty seven years old last March. Deponent has always understood from his father that he was fifteen
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years old when he enlisted for one year & went to Horseneck during the Revolutionary war. Deponent recollects that when his father resided in Vermont he was liable to do military duties in the militia & that before Deponent became of the age of 18, Deponent did it for him as a substitute & that his father was liable to do duty in the ranks one year after deponent was bound to [unk]. but in consequence of Deponents' having served before as a musician, his father was excused for that year, This makes deponent more certain as to his father's reputed age. He  many years ago, heard his father relate the services state in his declaration hereto annexed & he fully believe that he performed them,

John P Dimick

Subscribed & sworn before me Sept 17 1834 & I certify that John P Dimick character for truth & veracity is good & that I am well acquainted with him,
Horace Allen, Justice Peace