Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,536, Paul Hammond, Continental New York
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Continental New York
Hammond, Paul
R. 4536
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Aug 3 1838
Paul Hammond
Penfield in the state of N York was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Warner of the N. Hampshire for the term of 9 mos (1780).

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 8 dollars per month to commence on the 10th of January 1822.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th of Aug 1822 and sent to Ira Pelby, Esq. Canandaigua, N.Y.

Arrears to 4th of March 1822  $14.70
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4th Sept 1822 $48.00
Total $62.70  1 mo. 26/61

Vol 5 fol 150  {Revolutionary claim,}
                       {Act 18 March 1818}
                       and 1st May 1820
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Paul Hammond
Declaration of Pau Hammond
N. York
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Stephen Phelps, Esq Judge Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.

Paul Hammond, Batteause Service, New York Line, Revolutionary Claim Inadmissible 

Following lines crossed out:
There is no evidence in the pension office that proves this service, or that, if rendered, it was not on the Continental establishment.  Satisfactory testimony to this effect, is required.

See endorsement in the cases of Jeremiah Battles and Noah M. Norton
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State of New York, Ontario County

I Stephen Phelps a judge of the court of common pleas in and for said county and state do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Paul Hammond did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration and I now entrust the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.

Canandaigua                Stephen Phelps
May 2nd, 1818
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State of New York
Ontario County

On the 30th day of August 1819 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Comm. pleas personally appeared Daniel Spiker to me known to be a credible witness who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is fifty nine years of age and that he now resides in the county of Steuben in State of New York and that he is Personally acquainted with Paul Hammond whose application for a pension is hereunto attached and that the deponant and said Hammond [illegible] the Town of Saratoga in the State of New York and that the Deponant was knowing to the said Paul Hammond [illegible] in to the Continental Service at Stillwater in the state of New York and a private in the Company Commanded by Capt. Collins in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Van Cortlandt in the New York line for the Term of Nine Months in the month of March 1776 and that he continued to serve in said Corps until his time of Service or enlistment expired and [illegible] served in the same company and Regiment aforesaid this most of said [illegible] were all the said Hammond and further saith not-
                                Daniel Spiker

Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
Signed Stephen Phelps, Judge
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State of New York, Ontario County ss
On the 6th day of Sept 1819 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas personally appeared Benoni Ballard to me known. [illegible] [illegible] a credible witness and being sworn deposith and saith that he is personally acquainted with Paul Hammond and that he saw the said Paul Hammond doing the duty of a soldier in the year 1776 in the Continental Establishment in Col. Van Courtlands Regiment in the N. York line in the new month service and that he verily believes he continued in [illegible] service for nine months or more and was honorably discharged.
Benoni Ballard

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
Stephen Phelps a Judge
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State of New York, Ontario County
On this 2d day of May 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county and state personally appears Paul Hammond aged 60 years resident in the town of Penfield in the said county and state. Who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the  land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." That he the said Paul Hammond enlisted in March 1778 or 1779 in Saratoga in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt. John Varner in the Batteau Service on the North River for the term of nine months. That he continued to serve in said Corp. until the expiration of service term of nine months when he was honorably discharged from service at Saratoga in the State of New York. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Paul Hammond - X his mark

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
Stephen Phelps
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State of New York, Ontario County ss
On the 30th day of August 1819 Common Pleas personally appeared Paul Hammond to me known to be the applicant named in the above declaration and being by me duly sworn doth on his oath make the the following declaration in adition to the above that he the said Paul Hammond at the time he made the above declaration was in [illegible]. That a nine month service was sufficient to obtain his pension and [illegible] to state [illegible] in the service. And that he the said Paul Hammond in adition to the said service states in the land [illegible] enlisted in the town of Saratoga in the State of New York in the month of March 1776 for the term of nine months on the Continental Establishment as he then supported as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Collins in the regiment commanded by Col. [illegible] Courtland in the New York line and that he continued to serve in said Corp until his term of enlistment expired and was honorably discharged from service at Fort Miller or Saratoga aforesaid.
Paul Hammond

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforsaid before me.
Stephen Phelps
Judge of Ont. Com. Pleas
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Declaration [illegible]
Paul Hammond
May 2d 1818
Not on the Continental Establishment.
Inadmissible
The Hoorable Secry. of War
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State of New York, Ontario County Clerks Office ss
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at [illegible] this 7th of May AD 1818
Hu. McNair Clk
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The Honorable The Secretary for the Department of War. If my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Sephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is my agent. May 2d 1818
Paul Hammond - X his mark

State of New York, Ontario County ss
I Sephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas do certify by satisfactory evidence that Paul Hammond the aforesaid applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support.
Stephen Phelps
Canandaigua
Sept 26th 1818

State of New York, Ontario County Clerks Office ss
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas, and that the same is his signature. I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the county seal at Canandaigua this 28th day of September 1818.
Hu. McNair Clk
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18,382
Paul Hammond Copy of Declaration & Inventory

Col. Warner, N. Hampshire Reg't
10th Inf. 1822

1780 - 9 mos
Col Warner did not belong to the N. York line.
Amend the decl'n.

Proof of service for 9 mos on the Continental establishment is required, by the affidavits of a credible and disinterested witness, or by the certification of an officer.

31 May 1822

Admitted

Penfield
Monroe Co.
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State of New York, Monroe County ss
On this 10th day of January 1822 personally appeared in open court, being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and constituted a court of record by proceeding [illegible] to the Courts of Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in Joint of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings and recognised as such court by the laws apend judicial decision of said state, Paul Hammond aged sixty three years resident of the town of Penfield Monroe County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision of Congress made by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820.
That he the said Paul Hammond enlisted in March one thousand eight hundred and eighty, in the town of Saratoga in the state of New York, for the term on nine months under the command of Captain John Chipman who then belonged to Colonel Seth Warners regiment of the Vermont or New Hapshire line and whose command he served about five months and was then delivered to Major Hugh of Schenectady and first under the command  of Captain Crake at Fort Stanwix and served under him the residue of the nine months and was honorably discharged at Shenectady. That having tore his discharge he has no other evidence in his power to prove his service. That he is in no [illegible] [illegible] and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support. That he is lame with the Rheumatism and infirmed as to health. Has a wife and three children for which he has to porvide one of which is blind and has no other means to support them. There what is [illegible] to the following page.
Sworn to this 10th day of January 1822 in open court before me Elisha B. Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in said County.
E.B. Strong
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And in pursuance of the said act of the first of May 1820 I Paul Hammond do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight and eighteen and that I have not since the time by Gift or Sale or any other means whatsoever disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval of the united States in the Revolutionary war passed on eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust any property or Securities Contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed viz -
One Cow $10.. One Mare & Colt  ([unclear] old) $10 - $20.00
One four pail kettle $3.00, one fire Shovel & [unclear] $1 -- 4.00
Four old Chairs $ 50cts. One old Loom $2.50 - - 3.00
One tea kettle $ ..62cts one old Chair $..25 ---..87cts
One table $1.50 One linen wheel $2.50 ---$4.00
Three Shoats or [unclear\ $2.25, one Reel $.. 30 cts. --- 2.55
One pewter platter $.50 one old saddle $3.00 - - -3.50
One Griddle & pot $..50 One Mattress $ 1.00 - - - 1.50
One pair of steel yards $1.25, one flat iron .25 - - - 1.50
Two old wooden troughs 50 cts. One set of old Lamps $4.00 - - 4.50
One iron wedge and shovel $1.00 Two pails 50cts. - - 1.50
One spider 25cts. One looking Glass 25cts. - - - ..50
One tea Cannister 25 - - -. .25
[unclear] [unclear] unclear] Chairs - - - 2.00
One old Drag with Six teeth $1.00 One [unclear] wheel head 12cts - - - 1.12
One Candle stick 25cts. One Chest 25 cts. - - - .50
51.30
Sworn this 10th Day of January 1822 before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Monroe  E. B. Strong
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Monroe County 
[Seal affixed]

I, Nathaniel T. Rochester Deputy Clerk of the County of Monroe duly appointed according to law in the absence of the clerk do certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said court and I further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Fifty one dollars and thirty cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court on this Seventeenth day of January AD 1822.

N. T. Rochester, Dep. Clk.
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13029

Mary Hammond, dec
Widow of Paul
NY
Act of July 1838
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State of New York
County of Monroe SS:

On this ninth day of September eighteen hundred & forty six personally appeared in open court Before me Samuel P. Gould one of the Judges in and fore said County William Hammond aged fifty nine years a resident of the Town of Penfield in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount that ma be due to the heirs of Paul [crossed out] Mary Hammond late widow of Paul Hammond deceased under the act of July 7th 1838.
This declarant states that he is the son of Paul & Mary Hammond - that his father was a soldier in the war of the revolution and enlisted (as this declarant understood from his said father) in the month of March 1780 for a period of three years into a company commanded by Capt John Chipman in Col Seth Warner's Regiment and that a part of the time his said father was in service he was under Captain Drake in the Continental Line - that his said father drew a pension for his revolutionary services for more than fifteen years previous to his death - that he resided in the town of Webster formerly a part of the town of Penfield in said county at the time of his death and had resided there for more than twenty years previous to his death - This declarant states that
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his said father, Paul Hammond died on the seventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven (1837.) at the reported age of seventy four years. This declarant further states that his said father was married in the town of Pittstown State of New York as near as this declarant can ascertain in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one. that this declarants Mother's maiden name was Mary Fuller. This declarant states that his said father & mother for several years subsequent to the time of their marriage resided in the town of Pittstown in said state - that after that time they removed to the town of Northampton Montgomery County that it was in the year 1790 when they came to the town of Northampton to reside - that they resided in the last mentioned place for several years and removed from there to the said town of Webster where this declarant's said father died.

This declarant further states that after the death of his said father his said mother did not again marry but died. being his widow - that subsequent to the death of his said father this declarant's said mother resided in the town of Webster & for most of the time at the house of this declarant. his said mother died on the twenty third (23) day of July in the
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year eighteen hundred and forty three (1843) This declarant further states that his said father & mother left seven children surviving there whose names are William Hammond (this declarant) Benoni G. Hammond Paul Hammond, Samuel Hammond, Elizabeth Lapdell, Naomi Randell & Amanda Wager.  
                             Wm. Hammond [signature]

Sworn & subscribed in open court the day and year first above written.
Before me
Samuel P Gould
Judge of Monroe Co. Court

State of New York
County of Monroe SS 
I Chs J Hill clerk of the court of Oyer and Terminer held in and for said county at Rochester the ninth day of September 1848 it was proved by the exhibition of testimony satisfactory to said court that Paul Hammond late of Webster in said County died on the seventh day of July eighteen hundred & thirty seven (1837) and that Mary Hammond his wife died on the twenty third day of July eighteen hundred and forty three and that the said Paul & Mary Hammond left seven children
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surviving them whose names are William Hammond, Paul Hammond, Benoni G. Hammond, Samuel Hammond, Elizabeth Lapdell, Naomi Randell and Amanda Wager.

In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court & county this 9 day of September 1848.

Chs J Hill
Clerk
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State of New York
County of Monroe SS

Daniel Fuller of the town of Penfield in said county aged seventy six years in August last past being duly sworn doth depose & say that he was well & intimately acquainted with Paul Hammond & Mary his wife of the said town of Penfield during many years of their life time. This deponent states that when quite a child he removed from Dutchess County to the town of Pittstown in said state and resided in said town of Pittstown till this deponent was about twenty three years of age - that said Paul Hammond & Mary his wife then resided in this said town of Pittstown and this deponent was well acquainted with them for several years previous to the the time when this deponent was married and this deponent was married when he was in his twenty first year.  This deponent states that from his early rcollection and for several years previous to his arriving at the age of twenty one years he knew that the said Paul Hammond and Mary Hammond lived together in lawful wedlock in the said town of Pittstown and sustained the relation of husband and wife and had children born and were reputed as husband & wife where they were known.  This deponent further states that in the year seventeen hundred and ninety he removed from the said town of Pittstown and took up his residence in the town of Northampton County of Montgomery in said state - This deponent well remembers that in the same year vis 1790 the said Paul Hammond and Mary his wife likewise removed from
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the said town of Pittstown & took up their residence in the said town of Northampton.  This deponent states that he knows that at this time viz in the year seventeen hundred & ninety the said Paul & Mary Hammond lived together in lawful wedlock and had children born previous to that time - the names of two of whom were Benoni and Elizabeth Hammond.

This deponent further states that he resided in the said town of Northampton for about eighteen years when he removed from that place to the said town of Penfield where he has ever since resided & now resides.  This deponent states that in a few years after he came to the said town of Penfield the said Paul Hammond & Mary his wife likewise came to the said town of Penfield to reside & continued to reside in said town of Penfield to the time of the death of the said Paul Hammond.  This deponent states that during the whole time of his acquaintance with the said Paul & Mary Hammond which began in his boyhood and continued until the death of the said Paul with the exception of the interval after this deponent came to Penfield & before the said Paul & Mary came. the said Paul & Mary lived together in lawful wedlock & held the relation of husband & wife and this deponent knows & states positively that they lived together in lawful wedlock & had children born
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previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four.
                            Daniel Fuller

Subscribed and sworn this 16th day of June 1846
Before me
Daniel Fuller, Jr JP
Justice of the Peace of Monroe Co, NY

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Fuller the subscriber to the above affidavit - He is a man of truth & veracity and in my opinion full confidence may be deposed in his statement above made.
                                  Daniel Fuller, Jr.

State of New York
County of Monroe SS    
     I Charles J Hill clerk of said County and of the County courts of said County do hereby certify that Daniel Fuller, Jr is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified to act as such; that his term of office commenced on the first day of January 1845 and will expire on the Thirty first day of December 1848 and that his signature above written is genuine -
     In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this Sixteenth day of June 1846.

                          Charles J Hill Clerk
                           S. A. Leach, Dep Clerk
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February 21, 1936

Paul Hammond – R.4536
BA-J/AWF

Harriet N. Durrell
3513 Clifton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Dear Madam:

The data which follow pertaining to Paul Hammond, were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 4536, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown, nor are the names of his parents stated.

While residing in Saratoga, New York, Paul Hammond enlisted sometime in March, 1776, served nine months as a private in Captain Collins' company, Colonel Van Cortland's New York regiment. He served in 1778 or 1779, nine months under Captain John Varner in the bateau service on the North River. He enlisted sometime in March, 1780, served in Captain John Chipman's company, Colonel Seth Warner's regiment, in about five months, he was transferred to Captain Drake's company and served four months at Fort Stanwix under Major Hughes.

He was allowed pension on his application executed January 10, 1822, at which time he was aged about sixty-three years and living in Penfield, New York.

Paul Hammond married about the year 1781 in Pittstown, New York, Mary Fuller; they were both then of said Pittstown. They moved about 1790 from Pittstown to Northampton, Montgomery County, New York where they lived several years and moved to Penfield, New York. He died July 7, 1837, or August 3, 1838 or
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August 3, 1838 in Penfield, New York.

The widow, Mary Hammond, died July 23, 1843, leaving the following children - Benoni G. Hammond, Paul Hammond, Samuel Hammond,
Elizabeth Lapedell, Naomi Randell, Amanda Wager, and William Hammond, who was fifty-nine years of age in 1846 and living in Penfield, New York.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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February 21, 1936
BA-J/AWF

Harriet H. Durrell
3512 Clifton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Charles Clees or Close, who was born about 1756 at Antrim, Ireland, served in the Maryland Line, and died about 1838 in Webster, New York, and the Revolutionary War record of Paul Hammond, born 1757, died 1838, served under Captain John Chipman in Colonel Seth Warner's regiment.

The information furnished you herewith in regard to the above named soldiers, was obtained from claims for pension based upon their service in the War of the Revolution.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

[Handwritten note on the right side of the letter:]
See her letter
Prev. View per claim of Charles Cloes R. 2054
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

November 3, 1928

Mrs. Henry S. McGonegal
230 Dorchester Road
Rochester, New York.

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 4536, it appears that Paul Hammond enlisted at Saratoga, New York in March 1776 and served nine months as a private in Captain Collins' Company, Colonel VanCourtland's New York Regiment.

He enlisted in March 1778 or 1779 and served nine months in the Batteau service under Captain John Varner, with the New York Troops.

He enlisted in March 1780 and served five months in Captain John Chipman's Company, Colonel Seth Warner's Continental [strikethrough] Regiment, was transferred to Captain Drake's Company under Major Hughes and served four months.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was living at Penfield, Ontario County, New York, aged sixty years. He died there August 8, 1838.

The soldier married about 1781 at Pittstown, New
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York, Mary Fuller.

She died July 23, 1843, leaving the following children- William Hammond, born about 1787; Benoni O. Hammond; Paul Hammond; Samuel Hammond; Elizabeth Lapdell; Naomi Randell; Amanda Wager.

Respectfully,

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[Top of page has 6 column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE

Mch. 1776 | 9 mos. | Pvt. | Collins | Van Courtland | N.Y.
Mch. 1778 or 1779 | 9 mos. |   |  John Varner in Batteau Service |    |  
Mch. 1780 | 5 mos. | John Chipman | Seth Warner | Continental
Transferred | 4 mos | Drake | Major Hughs |

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Saratoga N.Y.
Date of application for pension, May 2, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, N.Y. Penfield, Ontario Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 60 yrs He died at Webster or Penfield N.Y. Aug. 8. 1838.
Remarks: Soldier married at Pittstown N.Y. about 1781. Mary Fuller who died July 23, 1843 leaving 7 children. William born res Deerfield about 1787. Benoni G; Paul; Samuel; Elizabeth Lapdell; Naomi Randell and Amanda Wager
Very respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner
81793b5m1C-07
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MRS. HENRY S. McGONEGAL
220 DORCHESTER ROAD
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
January 15, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me any information you may have regarding Paul Hammond [underlined] who was a soldier in the Revolution. He enlisted at Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York.
Very truly yours
[Signed] (Mrs. H.S.) Fanny M. McGonegal
[Stamped twice] U.S. PENSION OFFICE F JAN 17 1928
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[Stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 22 1916
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M. 1.
Rev. Sec.
The Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly
give me the information regarding
Paul Hammond, who served
in Capt. Drake's Co. Harper's N.Y.
Reg't in the Rev. War in 1780.
whether any pension was granted,
and to whom?
Also as to Paul Hammond
who served in Van Vightin's Regt
N.Y. Militia, 1785.
Thanking you for information
obtainable, I am,
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[continued from other page]
Very Respectfully,
[Signed] Mrs. Nathan B Prentice
The Plaza. Pa. Ave. N. W.
Washington D.C. 
January twenty-one
Nineteen, sixteen,
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[Blurred stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE O JUL 28 1917
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Bement, Ill
July 25, 1917
The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
Gentlemen:
Can you give
me any information
concerning Paul
Hammond, a Revolutionary
soldier & he
was in Van Veghten's
New York Regiment of
Militia, I think. I
would like to find
out (1) if he was a
pensioner (2) anything
else about him that
can be found out.
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If you know nothing of him, can you refer me to some place where the knowledge can be ascertained?
Thanking you, I am.
Yours very truly,
[Signed] Emily J. Hammond
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APR 14 1911

[Stamped] U.S. PENSION OFFICE H APR 14 1911
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Amarillo Texas
Apr. 10th -1911
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I desire to obtain the Revolutionary War record of my Great; Great; Grandfather and as I have been told he drew a pension from the Govt: for his services, I trust you can tell me something of his record. This is all I know of him,
Paul Hammond, [underlined]
born - Wales, Hampden Co. Mass. Dec. 27th 1757.
died - Webster, Monroe Co. N.Y. Aug. 8th 1838.
He moved about 1780 from Mass. to Northville, Fulton Co. N.Y. Later to Penfield, Monroe Co. N.Y.
And last to Webster, Monroe Co. N.Y. where he died.
Any information you can give me I wish
to thank you in advance
Yours respectfully
[Signed] Mrs. John F. Ross
Box 729.
Amarillo, Tex.
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[Left side of page]
1910 Feby. 16 - Hist to miss Daisy S. Close
1911 Apr. 19 Hist. to Mrs. John F. Ross.
1916 Jany 27 Hist. to Mrs. Nathan B. Prentice
1917 Aug. 1 Hist to Emily J. Hammond
1928 Nov. 3 "  " [Hist to] Mrs. Henry S. McGonegal
1936 Feb. 21 "  "  [Hist to] Harriet N. Durrell see her letter in Charles Cloes R. 2054

[Right side of page]
[Crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]
[Stamped] REJECTED
4536.
P.O. ____
Mary Hammond
Service: widow of Paul
Enlisted: ______, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: ______, 18
Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: ____
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Checkmark  No 13029
Mary Hammond dec.
NY
[Crossed out]
Let to TL & A T Smith
Oct 9 '46
do to [illegible] Oct 24 '46

4536
Act of July 1838
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William Starks
Affidavit

[Written at the bottom of the page and upside down]
One hundred 89/100 & 75 cents
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One hundred 89/100 & 75 cents

[Written at the bottom of the page and upside down]
William Starks
Affidavit
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State of New York
Ontario County   ⎬SS I Gavin L Nicholas Clerk of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that Moses Atwater whose signature appears within and which I verily believe to be his proper hand writing was on the nineteenth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty two a Judge in and for said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take affidavits &c-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 17th day of July 1822-
[Signed] Gaven L. Nicholas Clk

[Seal on left side of page but is illegible]
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State of New York
Ontain County ss
On the Nineteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty two Before me Moses Atwater a Judge of the Court of Com Pleas of said County personally came William Stark whom I believe to be a credable witness and being by me duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Paul Hammond that in the year one thousand Seven hundred and eighty he enlisted into Capt John Chipmans Company in the regular service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col Warner of the Vermont or Newhampshire line and delivered to Major Hughs who commanded a Regiment or part of a Regiment in the New York line at Schenktada and with him went to Fort Stanwix in Capt Drakes Company and that he knew him to have served under the command of there officers during the said term of Nine Months and always understood the said Paul Hammond was regularly discharged
[Signed] William Stark
Sworn & Subscribed this 19th day of June 1822 before me
[Signed] Moses Atwater
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S. Philps affidavit for Paul Hammond
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State of New York, Ontario County ss
On this tenth day of September 1821 before me Hugh Jameson a Commissioner in said county personally came Stephen Phelps who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith that in the year 1818 he acted as Judge of Ontario Common Pleas and that on the second day of May of said year of 1818 Paul Hammond then a resident of the town of Penfield Ontario County made his declaration for a pension for Revolutionary services under the act of the 18th March 1818 and that he the said Stephen Phelps forwarded his declaration to the war office and the same was returned for proof of service and that the said declaration was again returned to the war office or is mislaid and that he has made diligent search for the same without success. He further saith not. Stephen Phelps

Sworn and subscribed this tenth day of September 1821 before me.
Hugh Jameson, Com
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I Peter Boice affirm that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty was personally acquainted with Paul Hammond belonging to Capt John Chipmans Company then delivered to Maj. Hughs of Schenectady and afterwards to Capt Drake and then served nine months and fifteen days. I am [illegible] September the 7th day AD 1821. Peter Boice - X his mark

Witnesses present - Moses Atwater, Ira Selby

State of New York, Ontario County ss
On the seventh day of September in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one before me Moses Atwater a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said county came Peter Boyce and made solemn affirmation to the truth of the foregoing instrument.
Moses Atwater

I Hugh Henry being duly sworn do depose and say that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty I was personally acquainted with Paul Hammond then belonging to Capt. John Chipmans Company in the regular service of the United States & soon after delivered to Major Hughs of Schenectady and afterwards to Capt Drake and that he serviced nine months and always understood that he was regurlarly discharged. Dated at Canandaigua September 7th 1821
Hugh Henry

Sworn & subscribed this 7th day of September 1821 before me a Judge of the Court of Common Please in [illegible] said county.
Moses Atwater

I certify the above to be creditable witnesses
Moses Atwater
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State of New York, Ontario county Clerks Office ss
I certify that Moses Atwater whose name appears within and which I verily believe to be his proper hand writing was on the seventh day of September 1821 a Judge in and for the county of Ontario duly commissioned and sworn and authorized by law take affidavits. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county this tenth day of November A.D. 1821
Heman Norton Dep. Clk

Peter Boyce
Hugh Henry
Affidavit
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18,382
Paul Hammond
Ira Shelby
Canandaigua N. Yk.
Recd. 27 July 1822

Free
Honble. The Secretary of War
Washington

Mr. Edwards
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Mr. Edwards
Free
Secretary of War
Washington
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Canandaigua July 18th 1822
Enclosed is the Declaration of Paul Hammond togeth with the affidavit and proof of his service. Should he be entered on the pension list the Honbe the Secretary of War will please forward his Certificate to the post office in Canandaigua. Directer to the case of Ira Selby
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Washington DC
15 Sept 1846
Sir,
We have the honor to present the declaration of William Hammond of New York, son of Paul & Mary Hammond for the benefit of the service pension act, in sight of his said mother, with the affidavit of Daniel Fuller, duly certified and to request that you will be pleased to give the papers an early examination.
Very respectfully your O Svt.
JL & A Tho Smith

J L Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Oct 5 26
[illegible]
Mary Hammond

J.L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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Washington DC
3 October 1846
Si,
We have the honor to present the affidavit of William Hammond in the case of the heirs of Mary Hammond widow of Paul Hammond of New York. We are informed that an application was made for a pension by Mary Hammond in her life time, and that the same will appear by the records of your office.
Very respectfully yr obt svt
JL & A Tho Smith

JL Edwards Esq.
Comm of Pensions
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Paul Hammond N.Y. Act 18 March 1828.
To what time was he last paid?
G.C.A.
Pension Office
September 30 1846} Died 8th August 1838, paid to his death
B.D.B.
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J. L. & A.T. Smith
Oct 24. 46
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3/3
Sir
Pen Off
Oct. 29 46
The deposition of Wm Hammond in the case of Mary Hammond decd. respecting the family register has been examined & is deemed insufficient to establish any facts which in any respect satisfies the requisitions of my letter to you of 9 inst.
J.L. & A.T. Smith Esqs
Present
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Pension Office
October 9th 1846
Gentlemen,
The papers in the case of Mary Hammond decd. widow of Paul Hammond have [illegible] [illegible] and filed under the act of 7 July 1838.
Paul Hammond in his declaration that he entered the service in March 1780 for nine months under Capt Chipman [illegible] Warners regiment, and served there for about 5 months, he was then put under the command of Capt. Drake of Major Hughes Battalion of the New York Line and continued in that company until his term of enlistment expired. Hammonds name is not found upon the rolls of Capt Chipman Company in this office. The record in the Comptrollers Office of New York should furnish some evidence of this service particularly that  aledged to have been under Capt. Drake.
Recorded documentary evidence of the date of the marriage of these parties should be produced, or it must be shown that no such [illegible] before the testimony of individuals can be [illegible]. William Hammond and also the witness David Fuller, state in their affidavits that Paul Hammond died in July 1839. The [illegible] in the 3d auditers office show that his death [illegible] [illegible] 8th August 1838. Satisfactory proof [illegible] of the service and of the date of the marriage must be forwarded before this claim can be [illegible] and also of the death of Mr. Hammond.
[illegible] T.S. & A. Tho. Smith, present
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State of New York
County of Monroe William Hammond
of the town of Pitfield in said County being
duly sworn doth depose & say that many years since he remembers to have seen a family record of marriage of his father
Paul Hammond with his mother Mary
Hammond that the said record was in a
family bible belonging to his father that the
years ago the said bible was worn
out and destroyed and the said
record was lost. This deponent states
that in the town of Pittstown where his
said parents were married there it
was not the custom to make a public
record of marriages occurring in said
town and this deponent believes that
town or church record of his
parents marriage was ever made or
is now in existence, and this deponent
states that he is not aware of the existence
of any public or private record
by which the marriage of his said
parents can be proved.
Wm Hammond

Sworn & subscribed
to this 29th day of
September 1846
Before me
Henry Fellows 

I hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with the above named William Hammond He is a person of credibility-
Henry Fellows  JP
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State of New York
Monroe Co. Clerks office ss: ⎬
I Charles J Hill Clerk of said County
do herby certify that Henry Fellows Esq
whose name is subscribed to the within
certificate and to the jurat of the
within affidavit was at the time of
taking said affidavit a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly
qualified to act as such, and that
I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe
his signature within written is genuine-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
this Twenty ninth day of September 1846.
Charles J. Hill, Clerk
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Mary widow
of
Rich Hammond
Power of Atty
March 9th 1853
Mary Hammond

G. R. Yates
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[This power of Attorney should be acknowledged before an Officer authorized to take acknowledgement applicant
, or widow, if living; if dead, then by one of the children of the applicant; if none are alive, then by xecutor or administrator-- to be accompanied by a Certificate under seal from the proper authority, of the official character and genuineness of the signature of the officer who took the acknowledgement.]

Know all men by these presents, that
I William Hammand
---
of the town of
Denfield in the county of Monroe
in the State of New York
do hereby constitute and appoint
Giles F. Yates of Schenectady my true and lawful Attorney or Agent, with
power of substitution, for me and in my name to prosecute before the Commissioner
of Pensions, at Washington City, D. C., the claim asserted in the name of Mary
Hammond widow of Paul Hammond
for a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed 7th July 1838 & Acts
amending day
hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney or his substitute
shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises, by virtue of these presents. In Witmess whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day of
March Anno Domini, 1853
Wm Hammond
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
IN THE PRESENCE OF
W Richards

STATE OF New York
COUNTY OF Monroe ss.
hereby Certify that William Hammond above named personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace
in and for the said county, and he acknowledged that he had executed the foregoing power of Attorney, by him signed as his proper act and deed. And I further Certify, that said William Hammand
also made oath before me, in
due form of law that he was directly interested in the claim above described, as
the son of the above mentioned Paul and
Mary Hammond deceased
Willard Richard
Justice of
the Peace