Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,633, Andrew Clark, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Clark, Andrew
Clarke
Anna

NUMBER
W. 17.633
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9799
Connecticut
Andrew Clark, decd.
of Middlebury in the State of Connt
who was a pri  Sgt. Qtr Master in the_____ commanded 
by Captain __________ of the Regt commanded
by Col Sheldon in the Connt
line for 5 months, 14 days private
3 months Sergeant
3 months Quarter Master

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 57 Dollars 70 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[illegible] 19 October 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jany 1837 and sent to Hon. O. Fowler

Arrears to the 4th of                                                 House of Reps
Semi-anl. allowance ending              

Incd from $48.24

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832,
Recorded by H. R. Weightman  Clerk,
Book E.2.  Vol. 3, Page 8
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[check mark] 4423
Connecticut
Anna Clark
widow of Andrew Clark
who was a priv. Sergt. and Q Master
in the Connecticut Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48 Dollars 24 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the Seventeenth day of Jany 1844 and sent to
E. F. Merrell
Waterbury Cont

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book a
Vol. 1 Page 64
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
District of Waterbury          SS.

On this 8th day of January A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District in open court now sitting Andrew Clark of Middlebury in New Haven County Connecticut aged 80 years last November who being duly sworn according to Law doth in this oath make this his declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed Jun 7 1832
That he entered this service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated: To wit:
That in March 1776 his brother [Samuel marked out] Joseph C. Clark enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Peck then of Milford in said County (in which town the said [Samuel marked out] Joseph & the said Andrew then lived) and that they started on a tour, but having proceeded a short distance, were
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ordered back, that his brother then went to New Milford to work- that a few days after the company were again called out, and then this applicant took his brothers place, that the company were marched to New York. That they remain in New York and in Long Island two months during which time this applicant was in service in said company.  That he was dismissed in New York without any written discharge.  That the company belonged to the state Troops and that Samuel Tibals & John Powells were Sergeants and Joseph Hall of Derby was also a Sergeant and applicant believes Major Humphrey's of Derby commanded.  That there is no one living that he can find after the most diligent search that was with him in the Company and no one that knows he went except his brother the said Joseph C. Clark who is 82 years old and is considerably broken down, that he recollects his going in said Capt. Peck's company for him but that his brother thinks it was in 1775.  Applicant is not positive as to the month but 

1776 = 2 months            New York
Soldier
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but is confident it was in the fore part of the year 1776 and knows that he served two months in said company.

That in July 1777 applicant was drafted into a Company commanded by Capt. John Smith.  then of said Milford, that he recollects when he was notified by the Clerk of the Company that he was drafted he was  in the field pulling flax, that they  never marched toward the north to join the army which was opposed to Borgoyn that a part of the Company that was drafted only went on that after they had got into Vermont and before they joined any Regt they were ordered back to Milford and then finally dismissed.  That he was in the service at this time as a solider 2 weeks
That there is no one living who was in the company with him to applicants knowledge that in Oct last when application took the


1777 1/2 month North
Soldier
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affidavits which are hereto annexed Elnathan Baldwin of Milford who was the Clerk of the company who notified him in the field was living but so feeble as not to be able to give his deposition and had pretty much lost his reason as applicant was informed by his neighbours.

That after applicant returned from his last Tour he got displeased with course taken by the foot and he then immediately enlisted into the Cavalry.

That his brother Joseph C. Clark aforesaid then belonged to the same company of Cavalry.
That in May 1778 the next summer after he enlisted in to the Cavalry his said brother was drafted and applicant took his place as a soldier in the drafted company - which was commanded by Captain John Skinner of Hartford Ct. and Elias Clark of Milford was Quarter Master, that he cannot
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recollects the names of the other officers.  That they were marched from Milford to White Plains and served at White Plains during three months.  That as soon as they arrived at White Plains there being no Sargeant he was appointed as an advanced Sergeant and served as such during the said three months that he had no warrant.  That he recollects that a Dutchman had the charge of the Provost to see to the flogging the soldier, and taking charge of the prison that he cannot recollect his name but he used to go by the nickname of the Old hangman  That he recollects that Col. Sheldon was Col. of the light House and Major Talmadge was major of the light House but Capt. Skinner's company was not joined to the Regt but was used as patrols and applicant was considerable of the time with the Provost Master, that during this 

1778  = 3 months.  White Plains
Sergeant
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time of service he recollects that Gen. Washington crossed the Hudson River with the main army and encamped on the White Plains.

Thats in the first part of June 1779 applicant was drafted into a company of calvary commanded by Captain Enoch Woodruff.  Lieut Heinman applicant was Quarter Master Joseph Plumb & Samuel Camp Sergeants:  There was another company of calvary commanded by Capt. Nichols both of which companies were stationed at Horse Neck in Greenwich that then was no Col. of Cavalry but Captain Woodruff having the orders Commission took command.  There was a Regt. of Infantry then at the same time commanded by Col Hooker.  That applicant served then three months in the capacity 


1779  3 months  Greenwich Ct
Quarter Master
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of Quarter Master and had a warrant but does not know what has become of it- supposes it was lost many years since.
That he had no written discharge but was dismissed when the term of the draft expired  That he cannot find any body who was with him in this service in the same company but Thomas Stephens of Litchfield whose affidavit he annexes hereto and that he annexed the affidavit of his brother Joseph C. Clark who remained at home when he went to Horse Neck.  That said Thomas Stephens is about ninety years old.
That which they were at Horse Neck they heard of the burning of Fairfield.  Norwalk & 6
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That in the fall of 1780 he enlisted in the garrison of the fort in Milford under Captain Joseph Davidson of Milford and served in said fort for three months as a private. That he cannot be precise as to the month, but he recollects that oysters were good before he left the fort and that the people had common boiling salt which was not generally boiled until about winter. That there were no officers above a captain in the fort. That Samuel Him was a Sergeant in the fort.
That he claims for five & a half months as a soldier and three months as a sergeant and three months as a quarter master.
That he knows of no more testimony he can procure and that he has no documentary evidence.
1780 3 months in the fort
soldier
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Question 1st. In answer to the first question proposed by the Department he says he was born in Milford in New Haven County Connt in the 12th day of November A.D. 1752

Question 2d. To the second he says
He says that he was recorded on the church record of Milford when he was christened and his birth was recorded in his father's Bible but the Bible went into the hands of his sister and has been worn out.

Question 3d. To the 3d  he says he lived in said Milford when he entered the service & until he was sixteen years old to wit until May 1810 when he moved to Middlebury where he now lives & has lived since 1810.

Question 4 He says he has answered question 4th in his declaration
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Question 5 He says he has answered question 5th so far as his recollection extends. That by reason of old age he is unable to name all the officers and circumstances.

Question 6 - He says he never had any written discharge.

Question 7. He says he is acquainted with Larmon Townsend Esq and the Reverend Jason Atwater who resides in said Middlebury and are his neighbors.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Andrew Clark
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
Probate District of Waterbury} Ss.
On this 25 day of July 1839 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid at Waterbury in New Haven County & state of Connecticut Anna Clark a resident of Middlebury in the county & state aforesaid aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Andrew Clark, late of Middlebury in New Haven County Connecticut, now deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War & served as such as a private soldier and as a sergeant & quarter master but the precise length of his service & the officers under whom he served she is now unable to state but she refers the Secretary of War & the Pension Office to said Clark's original
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application for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 & to the certificate of Pension issued to him under that act dated 3d Sept 1834, signed by John Forsyth acting Secretary of War & Countersigned by J. L. Edwards Com.. of Pensions & numbered 9.7.9.9 for full proof of said Andrews service & the officers under whom he served.
She further declares in relation to her marriage as herein after set forth that she has examined all the records of marriages where there is any hope of finding a record of it but has been unable to find any. She therefore has annexed the deposition Mrs. Edwa Clark who was present at said marriage & she states also that she has no family record either of her marriage or of the births of her children but she has annexed the deposition of one of her children now more than fifty years old & who is her fourth child in relation
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to the premises

She further declares that she was married to the said Andrew Clark on the ___ day of December 1788; That her husband the aforesaid Andrew Clark died at Middlebury on the 19 day of October 1835 That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above.

Stated Sworn to & subscribed
on the day & year above written
before                                                    [SIGNED] Anna Clark
Fod Hinman
Judge of the Court of Probate
for the District of Waterbury
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State of Connecticut }
Litchfield County       }

Watertown Probate office   Oct 1850

I certify that satisfactory evidence was advanced to me to prove that Andrew Clark a Revolutionary soldier ^and Pensioner of the United States died at Middlebury in the County of New Haven and state aforesaid on the 17th day of October 1835 and that his widow Anna Clark who also was a Revolutionary Pensioner died at the same place on the 13th day of
December 1843 that they left children whose names are Nathan Clark Aceneth Wilmott Andrew Clark Mary Nettleton and Edmond Clark who are all and the only heirs at law to the estate of the aforesaid Andrew and Anna Clark

Given under my hand and
seal of office this 9th day of
October 1850
Allen M. Hungerford.
Judge of Probate

I certify that at the line marked thus  # the
words and Pensioner were interlined before
the evidence was advanced of the above certificate
signed by me
A.M. Hungerford
Judge of Probate
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21,697
Adam Clark:
Connecticut

Admitted
Private 5 mo 14  Aug,  Infy
Sergeant 3 " Calvary
Quarter Master 3" Infantry

Robinson S. Hilman, Clk:
Peer Haven
Conn,
1.55
27

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1967
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18.21
1500.66
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183_

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed.
The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[TABLE]

A Statement, shewing the Service of Adam Clark, of Connecticut.

Period when the service was rendered.
Sub: [Substituted] in '76
Duration of the claimant's service 
Years.    Months.  2  Days.
Rank of claimant.  
Pv.  [Private]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Peck, Sergeant Tibals, Sergeant Powell, Sergeant Joseph Hull.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Major Humphreys.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
N. York.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Milford, Connecticut.  Adged 80 years.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Living witnesses and traditionary.

[SECOND ENTRY IN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered.
Drafted in 1777
Duration of the claimant's service 
Years.    Months.    Days. 14.
Rank of claimant.  
Pv. [Private]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Smith.
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Vermont.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[THIRD ENTRY IN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered.
Sub: '78 for his brother Joseph C. Clark
Duration of the claimant's service 
Years.    Months.  3  Days.
Rank of claimant.  
Sergeant
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Thinsen
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. Sheldon and Major Tolmady.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
From Midford to White Plains.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[FOURTH ENTRY IN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered.
Drafted in '79.
Duration of the claimant's service 
Years.    Months.  3  Days.
Rank of claimant.  
Quarter Master
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Woodruff, Lt. Hindman, Sergeant Plunk, Sergeant Camp. 
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

[FIFTH ENTRY IN TABLE]
Period when the service was rendered.
Enlisted in 1780.
Duration of the claimant's service 
Years.    Months.  3  Days.
Rank of claimant.  
Pv. [Private]
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Capt. Davidson, Sergeant Hinman
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Country through which he marched.
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
Evidence by which the declaration is supported.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service. but not those who were occasionally employed with, the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of }ss.
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years
 of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore. these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
To an Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace. the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 bis 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 mouths and days, I served as a and for such service I claim a pension."
{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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS: MLB
July 15, 1930

Mrs. Henry James Carr
919 Vine Street
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim,
W. 17633, it appears that Andrew Clark was born November 12, 1752 in
Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 8, 1833,
at which time he was a resident of Middlebury, New Haven County,
Connecticut.
He died October 19, 1835, at Middlebury, New Haven County,
Connecticut.

He married in December, 1783, Anna_______. She died December 13,
1843, in Middlebury, Connecticut, and was survived by the following
children: Nathan, Andrew, Mary Nettleton, Asenath Wilmott and Edmond
no other children's names appear.
If this is the soldier in whom you are interested, a full history
will be furnished you upon request.
In the papers of the pension claim of Andrew Clark, W. 480, it
appears that he was born January 6, 1762, in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Connecticut, and was the son of George Clark.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832,
at which time he was a resident of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
He died there July 10, 1839,
It is not stated whether this soldier ever had any children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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of Andrew Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and(his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or appointment. Length of service. rank. Officers under whom service was rendered-captain. colonel. State.

Spring, 1776, 2 mos. pvt. Samuel Peck, Maj. Humphrey, Conn.
July, 1777, 2 weeks, pvt., John Smith, Maj. Humphrey, Conn.
June, 1778,  3 mos., Sergt., John Skinner, Maj. Humphrey, Conn.
June, 1779, 3 mos. Jr. Master, Enoch Woodruff, Maj. Humphrey, Conn.
Fall, 1780, 3 mos. Private, Joseph Davidson, Maj. Humphrey, Conn.

Battles engaged in, Not stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Milford, New Heaven Co.,  Conn.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 8, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Middlebury, New Heaven Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, Born Nov. 12th, 1752 at Milford, New Heaven Co., Conn.
Died Oct. 19, 1835, at Middlebury, Conn.
Remarks:  Soldier married Anna __________ in Dec. 1783. 
[unclear], July 25, 1839-
She was 78 yrs. old and a resident of Middlebury, Conn. where she died there Dec. 13, 1843-
Children: Nathan, Andrew, Mary Nettleton, Asenath Wilmott and Edmond. 
Very respectfully
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1930, July 15.  Mrs. Henry
James Carr sent meagre description of this case.  See Andrew Clark, No. 480 M.C.A.

[CENTER PANEL]
^Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17633
Anna Clark widow of Andrew Clark
Serg't & Q.Master Rev. War
Act:  M.ch [March] 3, 1843. & Jun 17, 1844
Index: ---Vol. A, Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[RIGHT PANEL INCOMPLETE TEXT]
1896 Mar of Declarati[on] L Stillson Benning
the Hon Redfield

Mch. 9, 1906 - Histor
F. Martin, Bris

1907 Nov. 7, Hist to
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National Society United States Daughters of 1812
National Headquarters, 1461 Rhode Island Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C.
Business Headquarters
Office of the President National
MRS. SAMUEL E. SHOPE, 108 Iona Avenue, Narberth, Pennsylvania
State President
MRS. HARPER DONELSON SHEPPARD, 117 Frederick St., Hanover, Penna.
22 May 1930
.
[stamp] PENSIONS OFFICE U.S. MAY 23 1930
Secretary of War
Pension Department
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly let me have the
record of
Andrew
Clark
who served
in the revolution?
There were two
Andrew Clark's drawing
pension in 1832 and I do not know which
is the ancestor desired
One resided in New Haven Co. the other
in New London Co., Connecticut.
The one desired had a son Roswell
Perhaps his pension paper will will give
names of children
again the father of
Andrew (father of Roswell) was Andrew and
it may be father Andrew and son Andrew who
were pensioners,
The ages would decide that
Very Respectfully yours
Mrs. Henry
James Carr
919 Vine Street
Scranton, Penn.
Page 26

5701
Connecticut
=
Anna P. Clark decd
Widow of Andrew Clark
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
and who died on the 19 Oct 1835
of New Haven Co in the State of Connt.
who was a pri. Sgt. & [illegible] commanded
by Captain ----
of the
regt commanded by Col Sheldon in
the Connt. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford
at the rate of 57
Dollars 70
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836. & [crossed out text]
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of
Jany 1851 and sent to
Hon O. Fowler
House of Reps
Total amount, 
[illegible] from &48.24
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by H. R Weightman Clerk
Book D. Vol 1 Page107
Page 27

(see over) 4423
Connecticut
Anna Clark decd
widow of Andrew who was a pri. Sgtg, In, Matre Conn.
in the Connt .Line
Incrd from $48.24
Inscribed on the Roll at the tare of 57 Dollars 70 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1843. & ends 13 Dear 1843
Certificate Of Pensions issued the 
17 day of Jany 1837
and sent to
Hon O. Fowler
House of Reps
[Act of March 3, 1843.}
Recorded in Book  A7 June 1845
Vol 2 Page 57
Page 28

Certificate dated 17 Jany 1837
returned to office & new certs
issued (payable to Admr) Jany
22d 1837 & sent to
Hon O. Fowler
H of R.
Page 29

Connecticut 5701
Anna Clark
widow of Andrew Clark Esq
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
and who died on the 19th of October 1835.
of New Haven Co. in the State of Connecticut,
who was a pri. sergt. & QrM [Private, Sergeant & Quarter Master] in the ---- commanded by Captain ---- of the Rgt. commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Conntl as Pri. Sergt. & Quarter M. [Private, Sergeant & Quarter Master]
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
the rate of 48 dollars 24 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.
Certificate of Pensions issued the 5th day of September 1840 and sent to J. Hinman, Esq Waterbury, Connt.
[illegible] & to the 4th of March 1841.
Semi-annual allowance ending [crossed out] $241.20
{Act of July 7 1838.}
Recorded by S.A. Elliot Clerk
Book A Vol. 1 Page 173
Page 30

9799
Connecticut
Andrew Clark
of Middlebury in the State of Connecticut who was a Private of [unclear] in the [unclear] commanded by Captain ________________ of the {unclear] commanded by Col. [illegible] in the Connecticut service- Sent of 6am and Quarter Master 
$48.24
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 43 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of June 1833 and sent. R.L. Heinman, New Haven [unclear]
Arrears to the 4th of March of 33 $86.42
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep. 4 of 33 $21.60
increased to $48.24
$108.00
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by ED Bullock, Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 8

Side Note: 
Sent to [unclear]: S. Beardsley 16 May 1834 do to do 20 May '34-This [unclear] was erroneously written about this claim in reply to [unclear] in relation to another Andrew Clark. 
Sent to RS Hinman 3 June '34
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Oct 16/M
W. Cole
[STAMP]  FALL RIVER 24 OCT MS.

[ILLEGIBLE]  J. L. Edmonds
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

[STAMP]  FREE

[ILLEGIBLE]
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A '35. mc.=83= 9.799
Connecticut
Andrew Clark of Middlebury in the State of Cont. who was a Pv. Srg^t & Qr.M. [Private, Sergeant & Quarter Master] in the ___ commanded by Captain ___ of the Rgt [Regiment] commanded by Col. Sheldon in the Cont. & line for Inc. [Increase] from $43.21 to $48.24.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 48 Dollars 24 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of Sept. '34  and In RS. Hinman New Haven Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '34     144"72
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. " [34]  24.12
[Total Amount]  $168.84

{Revolutionary Claim,  }
{Act June 7, 1832.        }

Recorded by Nattan Rice Clerk,
Book E -- Vol. 3 -- Page 8--
          E2--      3 --          7--
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[stamp] OLD ARMY NAVY FEB 6 1936 FILES P.B.
[stamp] PENSION OFFICE U.S. A FEB 5 1906
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- Will you kindly send ,e the record of service and other items- as dates of birth and death if also on record- of Andrew Clark? He was a pensioner of the War of the Revolution residing in New Haven County Connecticut.
Very Truly Yours
(Mrs.) May F, Martin
Registrar
Katherine Gaylord Chapter
D.A.R.
Bristol Ct.
Feb 2 - 1906
Page 34

Papers in the Case of Anna Clarke [illegible] by Hon Orin Fowler.
Page 35

Jun 1933
Anna 4423

MILTON C. ISBELL
LAWYER.

ANSONIA, CONN.  Oct. 31, 1907.

U.S. Pension Office
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:--
Will you kindly give me what your records disclose regarding Andrew Clark, who was a pensioner living in New Haven County in 1832, having served in the Revolutionary War.
Truly yours,
Milton C. Isbell

[STAMP]   O.W. & N. DIV.  NOV. 1 1907 FILES

[STAMP]  U.S. PENSION OFFICE A NOV 1 1907
Page 36

Payments to be made
at Hartford
Pres. W: I: Bank
Agent for paying Pension
Ors, in the Agency of Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension of
Fice in Book 6 Vol. 3
Page 8 by E.D. Bullock
Clerk
Page 37

WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United State of the 7th June, 1882, Andrew Clark
of the State of Connecticut
who was a Private of Infantry, Sergeant of Cavalry &amp; Quarter Master during the Revolutionary War 
is entitled to receive Forty-Three dollars and
Twenty one cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on
the 4th of March, 1881 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 21 days of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

Acting Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned

Commissioner of Pensions
Page 38

Payment to be made
at Hartford
by A. H. Pomroy, Gen
Agent for paying pension
ors, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Payable on the 4th March
(note: the following text is strikethrough)
and 4th Stptember in each year.  First payment to be made on the 4th day of next.
(end strikethrough text)
Recorded in thek Pension Office, in Book 8, Vol. 1
Page 173 by
S.A. Elliot, Clerk
Page 39

WAR DEPARTMENT
Five years' Pension
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Anne Clark, of Connecticut, 
widow of Andrew Clar, Deceased
who was a Private, Sergeant &amp; Quarter Master
and died on the Nineteenth day of October, 1835
is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Forty-eight
dollars and twenty-four cents per annum, commencing on the
fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage
of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension
will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this fifteenth day of September
one thousand eight hundred and forty.

Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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State of connecticut
Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify that Samuel L. Pithen Esq. is,
and since the 20th day of 
has been, a native of the  within  the County of Hartford in the said state, duly appointed and commissioned as 
appears  in this office.
In testimony whenof 
I have hereunto put my hand
 the Public Seal of the said State this
sixth day of April, 1843
Noah A. Phelps
Secretary of State.
Page 41

7318
Anna Clark
Wid (widow) of Andrew 
Act July 1838
Married 1783
Died 1835
Allow $48.24 per
annum
J. Hinman Esq.
Waterbury
Conn.
Page 42

Andrew Clark d. 1835
Anna M. 1783
$48 24/100 Penn.
Page 43


Increase
Andrew Clark died
at
Act 7' June, 1832
Aa? Pri. 5 mo 14d.  $18.20
Sgt 3 mo  $12.00
 Q. Mr [Quarter Master] 3 mo  $27.50
[Total] $57.70
per annum from 4th Mch [March]
1831 to 19th Oct. 1835, when
he died
Payable to Nathan
Clark, Aceneth M Clark, Andrew Clark, Mary Nettleton
and Edmond Clark, his only
surviving children

Hon. O. Fowler
Jd. of Reps.
Page 44

Anna Clark, ^Increase all [allowance?]
wid of Andrew Clark
Act of July 1838--
Ao?
Pri. 5 mo 14d.   $18.20  [Private]
Sgt  3 mo            12.00  [Sergeant]
Q.Ma  3 mo         27.50  [Quarter Master]
[Total]                $57.70

from 4' Mch 1836 to 13' Dec. 1843 (except 2 years, when she died.
Payable to Nathan Clark, ^admin. for the benefit of himself, Aceneth Milmore Andrew Clark, Mary Nettleton & Edmond Clark, her only surviving children.
Acct sent to Hon O. Fowler HyPelps
Page 45

evidence of the 
administratorship  of
Nathan Clark,
in the case of his
mother Anna Clark,
a U.S. pensioner.
Page 46

Senate Chamber
Jan 7th  1851
I am well acquainted with Judge
Alfred Blackman 
Probate for this district of Waterbury &amp;
have been  with his hand
writing.  I believe the signature
to this written document to be in his
hand writing  and that he was Judge
of Probate at this date thereof.
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District of Waterbury ss. Probate Court, January 15th 1844
Estate of Anna Clark late of Middlebury in said District, deceased
to Nathan Clark Esq. Judge of said Court.
WHEREAS Anna Clark late of Middlebury in said district
having while she lived and at the time of death, Goods, Chattels, Credits and Estate in said District, no lately died, and the
executor named in her will having died
with the will
intestate ; by virtue whereof, the power of Aministration  and full disposition of all singular the Goods, Chattels, and estate of the
said deceased, and also the hearing, examining and allowing the accounts of the Administration thereof, appertains unto me: and being desirous that the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Estate of the said deceased shall be well and truly administered, and having full confidence in your 
fidelity, care and good management:
THEREFORE, I do by these Presents, hereby commit unto you full power to administer according to deed will &amp; powers,
The Goods, Chattels, Credits and Estate
of the said deceased, which to her while she lived, and at the time of her death, did appertain: and to pay all debts in
which the deceased stood bound, so far as her Goods, Chattels, and Estate can extend, according to
the value thereof: and to make a true and perfect inventory of all, and singular, the Goods, Chattels, Credits, and
Estate of said deceased, and to exhibit the same into the Registry of the said Court of Probate, on or before the
15 day of March next ensuing: and also to render to the said Court a true and plain account
of your Administration, on or before the 15 day of January, which will be Anno Domini 1845
And I do by these presents, ordain, depute and constitute you Administrator of all, and singular, the Goods,
Chattels, Credit and Estate aforesaid.
By  order of the Court,
Alfred Blue Romare Judgee
Page 48

William Curtis N.H. Invalid Pension
{Private  3a$: Whitings Regt. March 1800}
{   "         [illegible]a   Whitings Regt. Sept. 1808}
{   "        9b               Whitings Regt. Apr 24 1816}

See Printed Reports 1834.  No papers to be found.  Sept 10, 1841.
Page 49

Col. J. L. Edmonds
Page 50

 Oct 26th 1850
and J.L. Edwards born of 
 In your letter to me
of August 21 in the ? of 
Andrew and Anne Clark, whose
children have applied for an
Increase of Pension - you
require them to state the
grounds of this application
and the later of the death of
the said Andrew and Anne
and the names of their children,
herefrom  you 
This ground of  an
 is that 
it a higher rate, ought to be
allowed.
This new proof you ask, is have
with forwarded. - Please now
Page 51

 for this
 as soon as made
out.
I have the honor to be
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Middlebury, Connecticut,
12th August, 1850
J.L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Sir;
W. George Hill, of Guilford, 
Connecticus, has been duly appointed
agent and attorney of the heirs of Andrew
Clark, formerly a pensioner of the United
States, and of Anna Clark, also formerly
a pensioner of the United States as the
widow of said Andrew, and is authorized
to present our claim to the increase of 
pension due to the said Andrew and
Anna at this time of their decease.  I,
therefore, respectfully request, that
you will extend to him, or to any
person whom he may employ, the
same facilities you would extend
to me, were I personally present,
in establishing our right to said
increase in pension which was due
to said Andrew and Anna for
his services in the Army of the
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American Revolution.
Nathan Clarke,
Sone of said Andrew and 
Anna Clark, for himself and
their other children.
Witness,
 Clark
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Payment to be made
at Hartford Conn
by Charles Donnelly, Esq.
Agent for paying pension-
ers  in the Agency of
Hartford
Conn
Recorded in thek Pension
Office, in Book A Vol-
ume  2, Page 51 by
Clerk
H.
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NOTE:  Entire document has two words written across:

CANCELLED
Page 56

A. C. Clark
$48.24 per a 
E.F. Merrell
Waterbury
Con
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Clerk's Certificate Sold by Croswell &amp; Jewett, No. 2 Street's Building, New Haven
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
County of New Haven
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.       SS.
I, Robert H. Osborne Esq., 
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County
of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the
Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County,
hereby Certify:
THAT, E.F. Merrell Esquire
was on the 9th day of October
1843 and now is a Justice of the peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned
and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment
of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing  and
that the signatures to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, are his genuine official signatures.
In Testimony WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 2nd day
of November 1843.
R.H. Osborne, Clerk.
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State of Connecticut New Haven County. On this 9th
day of October 1843 personally appeared before the subseeker a Justice of Peace in and for the county 
of New Haven aforesaid Anna Clark a resident of the town of Middlebury in the county of New
Haven Aged eighty three years who being  duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed
the 8th of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of
 who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Andrew Clark, who was
a private Sergeant &amp; Quartermaster in the
war of the Revolution and that the 
sum of Forty eight dollars and twenty
four cents per annum under the act of
July 7th 1838.  She further declares that she is
still a widow.
Sworn and  the day and year above within before me
E.F Merrell Justice of Peace
Anna Clark   "X" (her mark&gt;
Illegible&gt; Clark
I further certify that the above named
Anna Clark is well known to me
E.F. Merrell Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County
District of Waterbury

Be it remembered that on this 22d day of August 1832 personally appeared before Joel Hinman Esqr Judge of the Court of Probated for said District duly commissioned and sworn Thomas Stephen of Litchfield in Litchfield County and said State of who is a credible witness and being first duly sworn on oath declares and says that he is well acquainted with Andrew Clark now of Middlebury New Haven County Ct., that he has been acquainted with him from his boyhood that at the Commencement of the Revolutionary war the deponant and the said Clark both resided in the Town of Milford Ct. that at that time there was a Company of minut men as they were called raised at said Milford but whether the said Clark was a member of said company the deponant does not now distinctly remember though he has no doubt that he did belong to it.  

In the year that New Haven was taken and Fairfield and Norwalk burned by the Enemy this deponant was drafted into a Company of Calvery Commanded by Capt Enoch Woodruff Hinsman of Woodbury was Lieutenant of said Company the said Clark was Quarter Master and Joseph Plum & Samuel Camp were sergants of said Company the other Officers of said company he does not remember they were ordered to Horn Neck in the Town of Greenwich Ct. and as near as the deponant can remember did military service there in the month of June July & August of that year. he remembers there was another Company of Cavelry there but the officers of the other company he does not remember he remembers that there was a Regt of Infantry that commanded by Col. Hooker but the other
Page 60

Officers of said Regt he does not remember.  The Regt were either Drafted or Connecticut State Enlisted Troops  he does not remember which.  The said Andrew Clark he well remembers did service as a Quarter Master in the same Company with the deponant all the time said Company remained in service.    Thomas Stephens

Sworn & subscribed the very said year aforesaid before me Joel Hinman
Judge of Probate for the District of Waterbury

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
District of Waterbury

I Robinson S. Hinman Clerk of the said Probate Court & keeper of the seals & Records thereof hereby certify that Joel Hinman Esqr is Judge of said Court & as [illegible] Judge has power to administer oaths and that the signature attached is the foregoing affidavit is his genuine official signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of January A.D. 1833.

R. J. Hinman Clerk
Page 61

State of Connecticut
New Haven County

Be it remembered that on the 11th day of Oct A. D. 1832 personally appeared before Samuel B. Gunn Esqr a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven residents in the Towns of Milford duly appointed & sworn Joseph C. Clark of said Milford in said State of Connecticut who is a credible witness & being sworn on oath declares & says that he is well acquainted with Andrew Clark his own brother formerly an Inhabitant of said Milford but now an Inhabitant of the Town of Middlebury in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut aforesaid & that he resided in the same family with the said Andrw at the commencement of the Revolutionary War & nearby during the continuance of the War & that in the year 1775 there was a company raised in the Town of Milford by Enlistments which company was commanded by Capt Samuel Peck of said Milford & that said company marched to the City of New York & from thence went on to Long Island & that the said Andrew Clark was in said company & served therein a short time how long he cannot distinctly remember & the deponent further says that the year 1778 he was drafted into a Company of Cavalry which was sent on to White Plains & that his Brother Andrew Clark went & served as his substitute in said Company during the continuance of that Tour of Military service but how long he was in the service he cannot now distinctly remember-  he thinks however according to the best of his recollection it was two, or at most three months.
The deponent further says that in the year that New Haven was taken & plundered by the British & the Town of Fairfield & Norwalk Burned by the British Troops the said Andrew Clark was drafted into a Company of Cavalry & served in said Company at & in the vicinity of Horse neck in the Town of Greenw[incomplete]
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in the State of Connecticut--what length of time the said Andrew served in said Company he does not distinctly remember--he says he well remembers the said Andrew was absent & in the service, at the time the British Troops plundered New Haven & burned the Towns of Fairfield & Norwalk.
& the deponent further ways that the said Andrew was same time a member of the Garrison in the Fort at Milford, but cannot positively say how long nor in what year of the war. --
[SIGNED]   Joseph C. Clark

Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Samuel B. Gunny, Justice of the Peace

[ADDITIONAL TEXT ON SAME PAGE UPSIDE DOWN.  NOT EVEN THE "EXTRACTED TEXT" CAN READ IT.  IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO READ IF WE COULD TURN IT RIGHT-SIDE UP.  I AM UNABLE TO PRINT THE PAGE SO I CAN TRANSCRIBE THE TEXT.]
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United States of America  }
State of Connecticut         }SS:
I Robinson S. Heinman a resident
of New Haven County Ct. [Connecticut] a
Notary Public duly appointed Commissioned and sworn do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Samuel B Gunn,
Esq,  before whom the within affidavit was taken and with his
hand writing, and that he is, and
for more than a year past has 
been a Justice of Peace
within and for New Haven County duly
appointed & qualified and that his
signature to this affidavit is his genuine
official signature. Testimony [illegible due to ink stain] ereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 4th day
January 1833. R.J. Hinman Notary of Public

[SECOND DOCUMENT AGAIN WRITTEN ON THIS PAPER BUT UPSIDE DOWN.  I HAVE PRINTED THE DOCUMENT AND ATTEMPT HEAR TO TRANSCRIBE THE UPSIDE DOWN TEXT.]

in the State of Connecticut.  What length of time the said Andrew served in said Company he does not distinctly remember--he says he well remembers the said Andrew was absent & in the service at the time the British Troops plundered New Haven & burned the Towns of Fairfield and Norwalk.
The deponent further says that the said Andrew was sometime a member of the Garrison in the Fort at Milford, but cannot positively say how long nor in what year of the war.

[SIGNED]  Joseph C. Clark
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jason Atwater who has signed the certificate hereto annexed is a clergyman resident in
Middleburg and that Farmer Townsend who has signed the same is a
credible person resident in said Middleburg and that the statement is entitled to credit.
I Robinson S. Heinman, a Clerk of the said Court of Probate do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Clark for a pension.
On testimony, whereof I have hereunto my
hand & Seal of Office this 8th day of January, A.D. 1833-
[SIGNED]  R. S. Heinman Clerk
Page 65

We Jason Atwater, a Clergyman residing in the town of Middlebury, New Haven County, Con. [Connecticut[ and
Larmon Townsend of the same place hereby certify that we
are well acquainted with Andrew Clark of said Middlebury who is an applicant for a pension that we believe he is
80 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a revolutionary Soldier and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed this 7th day of January A.D. 1833

Before me 
[SIGNED]  Jason Atwater
[SIGNED]  Larmon Townsend
Leonard Bronson Justice of the Peace

United States of America  }
State of Connecticut         }

I Robinson S. Heinman, a resident of New Haven County
Connecticut a Notary Public duly appointed, commissioned
Page 66

and sworn do hereby certify that I am
acquainted with Leonard Bronson Esq before whom the written affidavit was taken and with his hand writing and that he is, and
for more than a year past has been a Justice of Peace within
& for New Haven County and that his signature hereto attached is his genuine official signature.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 8th day January A.D. 1833

[SIGNED]  R. G. Heinman Notary Public
Page 67

Andrew Clark,
Appl. for Pension
21697
Page 68

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven
Probate District of Waterbury ⎬ SS

I Charles Scott Clerk of the Court of Probate for said District of Waterbury hereby certify that the papers hereunto annexed
contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the
application of Anna Clark for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
and said Court this 10 day of June 1840

[SIGNED] Charles Scott Clerk
Page 69

Andrew Clark

Payments to be made
at Hartford by the Pr Farmers & Mec: Bank:
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Cont. [Connecticut]
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E2. Vol. 3
Page 7 of by
Nath Rice  Clerk.
Page 70

WAR DEPARTMENT

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United
States of the 7th June, 1832, Andrew Clark
of the State of Connecticut
who was a Private, Sergeant, and Quarter Master in the
War of the Revolution
is entitled to receive forty-eight dollars and
twenty four cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th day of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually
on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in 
every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 3rd day of
September one thousand eight
hundred and thirty four
John Wright
Acting Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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The deposition Asenath Wilmot, of Waterbury New Haven County Connecticut is as follows vis.
that she was fifty years old in April last; she is the fourth child of Andrew Clark, deceased by his wife (now widow) Anna Clark the present applicant for a pension; that
from her infancy till the death of her father the said Andrew Clark which happened the 19 of Oct 1835, the said Andrew & the present applicant always lived together as husband & wife & she has no doubt that they were married
in 1783 at the time stated in the annexed application  She further declares that her said mother is & since her fathers death has always remained his widow.
[SIGNED]   Asenath Wilmott

State of Connecticut                }
County of New Haven             }
Probate District of Waterbury } SS

On this 25 day of July 1839 Asenath
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Wilmot who is well known to me & is a credible witness appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her Subscription
In testimony whereof I have signed my name & affixed the Seal of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid this day & year aforesaid

[SIGNED]  Fod Harman
Judge of Probate for the District of Waterbury
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT             }
NEW HAVEN COUNTY,                }  SS:
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE}

I, Jos Beculz Clerk of the County Court, within and for said
County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Abigah Carrington Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE,

within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the  acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 8th
day of June A.D. 1839 and will expire on the
twentieth day of June, A. D. 1849; ["that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature herein annexed, purporting to be his is genuine official signature" CROSSED OUT].
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 21st day of Sept. A. D. 1839
[SIGNED]  Jos Beculz
Clerk.
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I Susannah Clark of Milford County of New Haven
and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say
that I well remember being present at the marriage of
Anna Clark to her husband Andrew Clark formerly of
said Milford but late of Middlebury, deceased, that said
marriage took place to the best of my recollection in the
year 1783 and the marriage ceremony was performed by
Stephen Gunn Esq a Justice of the Peace and further
the deponent saith not.
[SIGNED]  Susanna Clark

New Haven County ss Milford June 27th 1839
On this 27th day of June 1839 personally appeared the
above named deponent Susannah Clark and made
oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me
Abijah Carrington Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I know the above named
deponent Susannah Clark and consider her a person
of credibility
Abijah Carrington Justice of Peace
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This certifies that the subscribed is pastor of the ^2nd congregational Church in Milford Co. and that he has searched the Records of said ^Church which are in his keeping and that he is unable to find on record the marriage of Andrew Clark & Anna Clark.  The commencement of the record of marriages was by my predecessor Rev Wm Lockwood, March 18. 1734 -Attestor

Bozabel Pinnco
Pastor of the 2nd congl. Chh in Milford Con.
Milford June 27. 1839
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No 7313.
Anna Clark

Connt  [Connecticut]
July 7 1838

2 Ain war
Waterbury ST
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

By His Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR,
Governor of said State
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Allyn M. Hungerford
is, and since the 4th day of July last past, hath
been, Judge of the Court of Probate in and
for the District of Watertown
in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned,
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full
faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within attestation is in due form
and by the proper officer; and that I believe the
signatures of the said Allyn M. Hungerford thereto, to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto
affixed, this 16th day of October A. D. 1850 and in the
seventy fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

By His Excellency the Governor

Jno. P. C. Mathers
Secretary of State.

[SIGNATURE SET MID-PAGE TO THE LEFT OF TEXT "...of Court;"]  M. H. Seymour