Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,631, Jesse Clark, Mass.
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Service: Mass.
Clark (or Clarke), Jesse (Sarah)
Number: W. 17,631
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6800
New York 
Jesse Clarke 
of Groton in the State of New York 
who was a Priv & Sergt. in the Company commanded 
by Captain Goodrich of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Patterson in the ["New York" stricken] Mass. 
line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. E.C. Reed 
H of R

Arrears to the 4th of Sep '32 $200.
Semiannl. allowance ending 4th  Mar 33 $50
[=] $250.

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. A Page 17
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2657 
New York  A 
Sarah Clark
widow of Jesse Clark 
who died on the 30th Novr 1837 
of Tompkins Co in the State of New York 
who was a private & drummer in the compy commanded
by Captain Goodrich of the regt commanded 
by Col Patterson, in the N.York ["N.Y." stricken & Mass. added below]
line for 12 mos 13 days private  [obscured] months 
Drummer Mass. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 59 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 30th day of November 1837. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of 
Oct 1846 and sent to A. Ray - Present 

Arrears of the 4th of [blank]
Semiannual allowance ending [blank] 
Increased from $40-- 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act July 4, 1836,}
{Section the [blank]}
Recorded by D.H. Wood Clerk,
Book C Vol. 1 Page 109.
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of New York }
Tompkins County ss.} 
On this in the 28 day of July year 1832 personally appeared before me Cyrus Powers of the town of Lansing in the said County of Tompkins and state of New York aforesaid one of the Judges of Tompkins County Common Pleas being a court of Record having both a Seal and a Clerk, Jesse Clark of the town of Groton in the said County of Tompkins in the said State of New York aged seventy five years on the fifth of January next 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 1775 under the following named officers and served as herein stated 
In the month of February in the year 1775 when he lived in the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts he enlisted as a minute man in the Company Commanded by Captain William Goodrich  commonly called Guttridge of the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire aforesaid And in the month of April following rendesvoused [sic] at Tyringham in same County and marched directly to Boston and was stationed at Cambridge. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel John Patterson Saw General Putnam while there and General Ward, thinks General Ward commanded the division of General Warren, saw Warren at the battle of Bunker Hill, was in that battle saw Warren when he fell. Putnam took command after Warren fell, after the battle went back to Cambridge. Washington arrived there some time in July if he recollect right. After the battle of Bunker Hill, he enlisted at Cambridge aforesaid into Arnolds regiment under Goodrich, Captain Major Meigs accompanied them and he the applicant marched
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under the said Arnld [?] through the wilderness to Quebeck went through the province of Maine up the Kennebek River sailed from Newbury port N H to Kennebeck River and went down by Chaudiere River to Quebeck - a short time after our army reached Quebeck Montgomery joined us who came down the River St Lawrence recollects we suffered greatly before we got through the wilderness he subsisted ten days on one pint of flour -  in the last day of the year 1775 the army under Montgomery attempted to storm the City of Qubeck and the applicant was taken prisoner during the action and while prisoner had the small Pox the natural way was taken up to three Rivers and exchanged about the first of May 1776 And went up Sorel River and Lake Champlain to Ticonderoga and joined General Gates in Colonel Samuel Brewers [?]  regiment Captain Porters Company of Becket Mass - was there when Ticonderoga was evacuated by the American Army having wintered there the winter 1776 & 1777 - was at the battle of Bennington in August 1777, under General Starks and took most of the Enemy prisoners - was in the Battle at Saratoga when General Burgoyne surrendered to our Army saw General Frazier fall and saw Burgoine [sic] before and after he was taken prisoner - after the battle about the middle of November was discharged and went holm [sic] having been in the Service the whole time from the first enlistment till he was discharged at Saratoga it being about two years and eight months - was an orderly Sergint [sic] in Captain Porters company the whole time of his service after he joined it if he recollects right in Colonel Samuel Brames regiment - has no record of his age was born 1758 in the town of Lebanon Connecticut - after the Revolution he lived in the aforesaid till he moved to Groton where he now lives about twenty two years ago And has lived there ever since entered the service as a minute man And served about four months as such then enlisted to go to Canada as above stated remembers Colonel Brown died at Quebeck dont recollect whether he received a discharge or not never had any compensation in the service lives a
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near neighbour to Samuel Nash, Oliver Hatch, Roger Crane, Abraham Sears and Ezra Hollister who can attest to his character for truth and that they believe he served as above stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim to whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agincy [sic] or any State or of the State of New York. Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid 
[Signed] Jesse Clark
Before me,
[Signed] Cyrus Powers Judge of Tompkins County Courts- 

I Cyrus Powers a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that Jesse Clark the applicant above mentioned cannot from bodily health attend Court 
[Signed] Cyrus Powers

State of New York}
Tompkins County} 
Clerks office}  
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do certify that Cyrus Powers Esqr. Before whom the foregoing declaration & the within affidavit purport to have been sworn, and also by whom the said certificates were given, was at the date of same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas which being a court of record of said County of Tompkins, and that I am well acquainted with his writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said declaration & affidavits and to the said certificates is the proper hand writing and Signature of the said Judge. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Ithaca August 8, 1832
[SEAL]
[Signed] Saml Love Clk
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We William Williams a Clergyman in the town of Summerhill and Linus [?] Marsh residing in the town of Groton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration That we believe him to be of the age as by him Stated that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
[Signed] Wm Williams
[Signed] L. Marsh
Sworn before me the 28th July 1832.}
[Signed] Cyrus Powers 
Judge of Tompkins County Courts

And the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 I further certify that it appears to me that William Williams who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town summerhill and that Linus [?] Marsh who has also signed the same is a resident of Groton and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
[Signed] Cyrus Powers
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V 4020 
Sarah Clark 
NY 
act 4 July 36 

[illegible - Hd?] 30 Nov 1837 
Capt Wm Goodrich 
1775 Ent 5 May 
must 1 Aug 
Vol 15 Page 14 
12 mo private from 
5 May 1915 to 5 May 1776 
In 1776 [?] 6 mo 
Drummer - Vol. 3 p 41

Admitted Private 12 months 

A. C. Marsh Esqr 
Groton N. Y.
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State of New York} 
Tompkins County ss.} 
On this twelfth day of October one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before Samuel H. Dean Esquire one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County of Tompkins Sarah Clark a resident of the town of Groton in the County of Tompkins aged Eighty years and upwards 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 4th 1836. 
That she is the widow of Jesse Clark who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, that he served under General Arnold at the time he went to Canada, and he served under Captain Goodrich who was afterwards Major, that he was a volunteer and Enlisted this deponent thinks in April 1775, that he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill under General Warren as she thinks that he was taken prisoner in Canada. that he served about three years, during the War that he resided in the town of Lee Berkshire Co Massachusetts. that he left the service the last time this deponent thinks in 1779. also that the claimant has no documentary Evidence in support of her claim 
She further declares that she was married to the said Jesse Clark on the fourteenth day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight at the town of Lee Berkshire Co Massachusetts that her husband the aforesaid Jesse Clark died on the thirtieth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty seven that her husband the aforesaid Jesse Clark was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death that he drew a pension of one hundred dollars per year and that she has remained a widow ever since his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed 
Sarah (X her mark) Clark
Sworn to and subscribed on the} 
day & year above written before }
[Signed]  Samuel H. Dean a Judge of 
the County Courts of Tompkins Co.
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State of New York} 
Tompkins County ss.} 
I Samuel H. Dean a Judge of the County Courts of said County do hereby Certify that the above named Sarah Clerk by reason of bodily infirmity is unable personally to attend the Court of record of said County for the purpose of making her declaration to obtain the benefits of the provision made by Congress by the act of July 4th 1836. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Groton in said County on the twelfth day of October 1838 .
[Signed] Samuel H. Dean 

State of New York} 
Tompkins County} ss. 
I  Watt T. Huntington Clerk of said County and of County Courts herein do certify that Samuel H Dean Esquire whose name is subscribed to the above certificate, and before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the date thereof, a Judge of County Court, in and for said County, duly qualified; And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and verily believe that the signatures thereto are genuine. 
Given under my hand and seal of said County at Ithaca the 20th day of October 1838. 
[Signed] W.T. Huntington Clerk.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Berkshire, ss. 
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that William Porter Jr Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Porter and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight 
[Signed] Chs. Sedgwick Clerk
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April sixth in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight then Jesse Clark and Sarah Foot both of Lee was published as the Law Directs 
pi me Prince West Town Clerk 

I Hubbard Bartlett Town Clerk of the Town of Lee County of Berkshire and State of Massachusets [sic] hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows 
April 6th AD 1778 Then Jesse Clark and Sarah Foot both of Lee was published as the Law directs 
pi me Prince West Town Clerk 
Attest [Signed] Hubbard Bartlett Town Clerk 

I Hubbard Bartlett above named depose and say: that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the county, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Lee with the exception above named as certified by me.
[Signed] Hubbard Bartlett Town Clerk of Lee Mass. 
Sworn, before me, this 
nineteenth day of December A. D 1838 
[Signed] William Porter Jr. Justice of the Peace
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FAMILY RECORD 
Births
Eli Clark, was born 30th September 1779
Cynthia Clark, born September 22nd 1782
Jesse Clark Jun., born August 21st 1785 
Sarah Clark, born 24th August 1786 
Mildren Clark, born 21st August 1789
Tryphena Clark, born 5th November 1791 
John Clark, born 14 February 1793 
Charles Clark, born 1st July 1795 
Alma Clark, born 3rd October 1797 
Chauncey F. Clark, born 27 December 1799
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FAMILY RECORD. 
Marriages.

Jesse Clark born January 5th 1757 
was married May 14th 1778 
To 
Sarah Foot who was born January the 12th 1758.

State of New York}
Tompkins County ss }
On the fifth day of September 1838 personally appeared before Augustus Church a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John F. Clark who being duly sworn according to Law does depose & say that the above is the original family record of the Marriage of Jesse Clerk to Sarah Foot. Which record has been in possession of the family remembrance of the deponent 
[Signed] John F. Church
Sworn and subscribed on the }
day & year above written before me} 
[Signed] Augustus Church Justice of the peace
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State of New York} 
Tompkins County } ss.
I Alfred Wells County Judge  & ex officio Surrogate of Said County do hereby Certify that at a Surrogates Court held in and for said County before the said Surrogate at Ithaca on the 5th day of December 1846 it was Proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Sarah Clark late of the town of Groton in said County died on the 7th day of October A D 1846. That she left the following named Children her surviving Viz Eli Clark, Cynthia Bigelow, Jesse Clark, Sarah Howe, Mildred Orcutt, Chancy F. Clark, Ruth Sabins & Charles Clark 
That they are her onely children her Surviving 
And I further Certify that Charles Clack haz been duly appointed administrator of the Estate of the said Sarah Clark deceased and is legally authorized and qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 5th day of December 1851. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Alfred Wells County Judge & ex officio Surrogate
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March 29, 1934 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MCS  OW
Jesse Clark, W. 17631 

Mrs. Harry N. Exton 
303 Cortland Street 
Groton New York 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your request for the record of Jesse Clark who died November 30, 1837. 
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 17631, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Jesse Clark.
He was born January 5, 1757, at Lebanon, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given. 
While living at Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he was a minute-man in Captain William Goodrich's Massachusetts company from February, 1775. He joined Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts regiment and in the following April marched to Cambridge and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. After that battle he enlisted at Cambridge, serving as private in Captain William Goodrich's company in Colonel Benedict Arnold's regiment and went on the expedition to Quebec by way of the Kennebec River. On December 31, 1775, during the siege of Quebec, he was taken prisoner. While a prisoner he had the small pox. About the first of May, 1776, he was sent to Three Rivers, Canada, and released by exchange of prisoners. He then went to Ticonderoga and enlisted as orderly sergeant in Captain Peter Porter's company in Colonel Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Bennington and at the surrender of Burgoyne and was discharged about the middle of November, 1777, His entire service amounted to about two years and eight months. 
He lived in Lee, Massachusetts, until about 1810 when he moved to Groton, New York.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed July 28, 1832. He died while living in Groton, New York.
He died November 30, 1837, at Groton.
This soldier married at Lee, Massachusetts, May 14, 1778, Sarah Foot who was born January 12, 1758, and both were residents of Lee. 
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 12, 1838, while living at Groton, New York, with her son, John F. Clark. 
She died October 7, 1846, in Groton, New York.
Their children were: 
Eli born September 30, 1779.
Cynthia born September 22, 1782.
Jesse born August 21, 1785.
Sarah born August 24, 1786.
Mildred born August 21, 1789.
Tryphena born November 5, 1791.
John F. born February 14, 1793.
Charles born July 1, 1795.
Alma born October 3, 1797.
Chauncey F. born December 27, 1799.
It was stated that the widow, Sarah, was survived by the following children: Eli Clark, Cynthia Bigelow, Jesse Clark, Sarah Howe, Mildred Orcutt, Chancy F. Clark, Ruth Sabins [underlined] and Charles Clark. 
In 1846 the widow's brother, Fenner Foot, was living in Lee, Massachusetts, aged eighty-six years. 

Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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Albany 2657 
Sarah Clark 
widow of Jesse Clark 
who died on the 30th November 1837 
of Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York 
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain Goodrich of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Patterson in the [N York- stricken]Mass. 
line for 1 year 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany 
at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum 
to commence on the 30 November 1837 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May 1839 
and sent to A. C. Marsh Groton, N.Y. 

Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act July 4, 1836,} 
{Section the 3--} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 2 Page 107 

Right side:
Letters to A Marsh & Alby Agt Sept 25. 18[3?]9 
Letter to Hon. G. Rathbrun 24 March 1846.
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Left side:
Refd.
Inceased 
Evans & Fant Apr 1/52 
To same June 7 /54 

Right side:
New York. 2657. 
Sarah Clark,
widow of Jesse Clark 
who died on the 30th Novr. 1837
of Tompkins Co. in the State of N. York 
who was a Private & Drummer in the Co. commanded 
by Captain Goodrich of the Reg. commanded 
by Col. Patterson in the [N.Y. stricken] Mass
line for 12 mo. 13 dys, Private, 5 months Drummer 

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 59 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 30th Novr 1837. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Oct 1846, 
and sent to A. Ray Esq. Present.

Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 
Semi-annual allowance ending [blank] 
Increased from $40

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act July 4, 1836,} 
{Section the 3d} 
Recorded by D.H. Wood Clerk 
Book C. Vol. 1. Page 109
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Rev. War Section. 
January 25, 1917.

Honorable James A. Frear, 
House of Representatives. 

My dear Mr. Frear: 
I have the honor to furnish you herewith the history of Jesse Clark described in a newspaper clipping quoted by you, and to advise you that a careful search of the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, fails to afford any information in regard 
to any Jesse Clark who served as a Captain during that War. 

Very truly yours, 
[Signed] G.M. Saltzgaber 
Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section. 
January 25, 1917.

Honorable James A. Frear, 
House of Representatives. 

My dear Mr. Frear: 
In response to your letter dated the twenty-fourth instant, I have the honor to advise you that the papers on file in this Bureau of Jesse Clark, W. File No. 17,631 Rev. War, show that he was allowed pension on his application executed July 28, 1832, while a resident of Groton, Tompkins County, New York. 
He stated that he was born January 5, 1757, at Lebanon, Connecticut, and resided at Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts when he enlisted in February, 1775, as a Minute man in Captain William Goodrich's company, Colonel John Paterson's regiment, and in April following marched to Cambridge near Boston; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and in August was attached to Colonel Arnold's regiment and marched through the wilderness to Canada; at the surrender of Quebec he was sick in the hospital there, and was captured and held a prisoner for four or five weeks, when he was exchanged, and enlisted as Orderly Sergeant of Captain Peter Porter's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment; he was at the evacuation of Ticonderoga, Forts George and Edward, in the battle of Bennington and capture of Burgoyne, and was discharged about the middle of November 1777, at Saratoga.
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Jesse Clark married at Lee, Massachusetts, May 14, 1778, Sarah Foot who was born January 18, 1758. 
He died November 30, 1837, at Groton N.Y. and she was allowed pension on her application executed October 12, 1838, while a resident of Groton, New York. with son Jno. F. 
Their children were, 
Eli born September 30, 1779. 
Cynthia born September 22, 1782. 
Jesse born August 21, 1785. 
Sarah born August 24, 1786. 
Mildred born August 21, 1789. 
Tryphena born November 25, 1791. 
John F. born February 14, 1793. 
Charles born July 1, 1725. 
Alma born October 3, 1797. 
Chauncey F. born December 27, 1783. 
The soldier's widow Sarah, died October 7, 1846, leaving the following children: Eli Clark, Cynthia Bigelow, Jesse Clark [Stricken?], Sarah Howe, Mildred Orcutt, Chancy F. Clark, Ruth Sabins and Charles Clark, who were her only surviving children. 
Very truly yours, 
G M Saltzgaber 
Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [bllank] for a statement of the military history of Jesse Clark a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. 17,631 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) |  STATE
Feby 1775 | 2 yrs 8 mos. | Minute-man & Private | Capt. William Goodrich/Cols. John Paterson & Arnold | Mass.
"   | "  "  | Orderly Sergeant | Capt. Peter Porter/Col. Samuel Brewer
At the surrender of Quebec he was captured while sick in the hospital there he was held prisoner for 4 or 5 wks, then exchanged and served under Col. Brewer until Nov. 1779. 

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, Quebec, Ticonderoga, Forts George & Edward. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 28, 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Groton, Tompkins Co., N.Y. 
Age at date of application, born Jan 5, 1757 at Lebanon, Conn. 
Remarks: Sol. mar. Lee. Mass., May 14, 1778 Sarah Foot born Jan 12, 1758; he  died Nov 30, 1837 & she was pension in 1839 while res. of Groton; she died Oct. 7, 1846, leaving childn: Eli Clark, Cynthia Bigelow, Jesse Clark,, Sarah Howe, Mildred Orcutt, Chancey F. Clark, Ruth Sabin, Charles Clark. 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
1838
45
[=] 1793
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Rev. War Section.
July 22, 1913

Mrs. Susie E. Dolan, 
Marathon, N. Y. 

Madam: 
In addition to the military record of Jesse Clark, W. File No. 17,631, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file in the claim. 
Jesse Clark born January 5, 1757, at Lebanon, Connecticut died November 30, 1837, married May 14, 1778, Sarah Foot born January 12, 1758 died October 7, 1846. 
Their children were: 
Eli Clark, born September 30, 1779. 
Cynthia Clark, September 22, 1782. 
Jesse Clark, August 21, 1785. 
Sarah Clark, August 24, 1786. 
Mildred Clark, August 21, 1789. 
Tryphena Clark, November 25, 1791. 
John F. Clark, February 14, 1793. 
Charles Clark, July 1, 1795. 
Alma Clark, October 3, 1797. 
Chauncey F. Clark, December 27, 1799. 

Very respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14, 1894. 
O.W. & N. Div.
F.S.
M.E.C.

Sir:-
In response to your communication of February 23rd last, relative to the place of residence of Jesse Clark, a Revolutionary solider, at the time he applied for pension, you are advised that it was Groton, Tompkins County, New York, instead of Groton, Connecticut, as given in the report of his service. With reference to his place of birth, he states in his declaration dated July 28, 1832, that he "was born in the year 1758 in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut, after the Revolutionary War lived in Lee, Massachusetts, until he removed to Groton, where he now lives, about twenty-two years ago and has lived there ever since". 
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.

Sol. F. Clark, 
Harre Block, 
Little Rock, Ark.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., February 19, 1894. 
O.W. & N. Div.
[obscured]
M.E.C.

Sir:-
In response to your request for a statement of the Revolutionary service of Jesse Clark, you are advised that he first entered the service in the month of February 1775, at which time he was residing in the town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He served as private in Capt. Goodrich's company, Col. John Patterson's regiment, and participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. In the fall of that year he, together with most of the others of Capt. Goodrich's company, joined Arnold's expedition to Quebec. In the attack upon that city in December he was taken prisoner and was not exchanged until the first of May 1776. During his imprisonment he was afflicted with the smallpox. During this latter term of service, especially in the march to and from Quebec through the wilderness, he endured many hardships and privations, the company at times being in great distress for want of provisions. He states that at one time during the march he subsisted for ten days on one pint of flour. After his exchange he went to Ticonderoga and joined Capt. Porter's company in Col. Samuel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment; he served with this company until November 1777, when he was discharged and returned home. He took part in
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the battle of Saratoga.
On July 28, 1832, he was a resident of Groton, Tompkins Co., N.Y. He was born in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut, in the year 1758.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Sol. F. Clark,
Harre Block,
Little Rock, Ark.
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303 Cortland St 
Groton, New York 
Feby. 27, 1934. 
[Receipt mark] Received MAR 1 1934

Pension Dept.
Washington - D.C.

Gentleman:- 
I would like to get information regarding my ancestor. I have them traced to my great grandfather a Capt. Jesse Clark, who I think came from Lee, Massachusetts and settled in East Groton or Groton City which at that time might have been known as Milan or Locke. Capt. Jesse Clark died Nov. 30. 1837. Capt. Jesse Clark had 11 children- one Chas. Clark being my grandfather and father of Martin Clark capt. of 23 Reg. of N.Y. Vols. in Civil War, also father of Baldwin P. Clark who was my father. 
I am trying to trace my ancestor to the Revolution period and any information you could give me would be greatly appreciated. 
Was Capt. Jesse Clark a capt. in the Rev. or might it be the war of 1812? Would you have any record of Capt. Jesse Clark's father?
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What Jesse Clark's fathers name was or where he lived? 
Could you advise me where to go for this information if you can not give it to me?
I am awaiting your reply. 
Very truly- 
Mrs Harry N. Exton 
303 Cortland St. 
Groton N. York 
Tompkins Co. 
(Laura Clark Exton)
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JAMES A. FREAR 
10TH DISTRICT WISCONSIN 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. 
Committee on Elections No. 1. 
Washington, D. C. January 24th, 1917. 

To the Director,
Honorable G. M. Saltzgaber, 
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 

My dear Mr. Saltzgaber: 
I am desirous of obtaining some information regarding Captain Jesse Clark, who I am informed was a captain in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He received a grant of land in the State of New York and probably was connected with some military organization of that state. I can get nothing definite in regard to his company and regiment but am asking you if you can give me any information on his record of service. Have been advised by the War Department to take the matter up with you. 

The following newspaper clipping has been handed to me by the interested party. I do not know in what paper the article was published. 
"Jesse Clark, was a native of Berkshire county, Mass., and was a soldier at Bunker Hill and afterwards was a captain. In the winter of 1775 he followed Benedict Arnold in that terrible and disastrous expedition to Quebec. For his services as a soldier he received a grant of land at Groton, in the county of Tompkins, state of New York, to which he removed and reared his family, including John F. Clark, the father of our subject." 
I desire, if possible, a written statement that said Jesse Clark received a Captain's Commission in the Revolutionary Army, and will greatly appreciate any light you may be able to throw on the subject. 
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy, I am, 
Very truly yours,
[Signed] James A. Frear

[Postmark] U.S. Pension Office, JAN 24 1917
Crosswise, stamped: CONGRESSIONAL
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Marathon, N.Y 
July 11, 1913 

Bureau of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen, 
Will you kindly send me some information of the following soldiers of the Revolution and oblige 
Yours truly 
Susie E. Dolan 
(over)
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1. Jerome Clark, Private in the Conn line  from Lebanon - Placed on Pension Roll 1818 Resided in New York State at date of application 
2. Jesse Clarke, Private in Conn line Born Lebanon Conn. about 1787, resided in Lee Mass up to 1812, married Sarah Foote 
3. Elias Willigus, Private in Biddles artillery. Placed on Pension Roll, Apr. 19, 1832. Died Dec. 22, 1832.
4. William Carpenter Private Conn Line. Placed on Roll 18.18. Resident of Fairfield Co., Conn. Aged 74 yrs 
5. Elijah Carpenter. Capt. of 2nd Reg of Conn. Born Coventry, Conn. 1732. Married Patience Brewster
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SOL. F. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 
MARRE BLOCK. 
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Feb 23 1894 

Hon Wm Lachern 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D C 

Dear Sir 
Yours of the 19 inst  duly and thankfully received. It affords important information which we are glad to receive But your statement thus 
"On July 28 1832 he (Jesse Clark) was a resident of Groton Connecticut" is a mistake . He was then a resident of Groton Tompkins County New York I know this to be so for I being a small boy resided in the family with him He died there Nov 30th 1838 I saw him die He had resided there for many years Our family records show that he was born at Lee in Mass on the 5th day of Jan 1758 Whether the record is true as he was born at Lebanon Conn as you state as you state I cannot state but as we wish to make a particular use your information I wish you carefully look at the records and see 
over
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SOL. F. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 
MARRE BLOCK. 
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. 

if you are not mistaken and correct your letter accordingly and please return me the letter 
Very Respectfully
[Signed] Sol F Clark
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SOL. F. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 
MARRE BLOCK. 
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.  Jan 26 1894 

To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC 
Sir 
The Secretary of War informs me that the records of the Old Revolutionary War have been turned over to you to whom I must write for information   My Grand Father Jesse Clark was a soldier in that war  I know but little about him Except what was current in our family   I know that he died at Groton Tompkins County NY on the 30 day of Nov 1838 at the age of 80 years. He drew a pention [sic] for his service until he died  He was born and went into the war from Berkshire County Mass He had two brothers with him in the War Gersham Clark and Jerome Clark   It was said that he was at battle of Bunker Hill but that I think is doubtful   He was certainly under Arnold in the expedition via [?] Champlain and the Kenebeck to Montreal and Quebeck
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SOL. F. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 
MARRE BLOCK. 
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.  

and was at the battle of the latter place where General Montgomery was killed on the 31 Decr 1775. This is about all I can say about him  I want to join the "Sons of the Revolution" and want an official statement of the principle points of what is in the records about him for which I shall be greatly obliged
Very Respectfully,
[Signed] Sol F Clark
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 17631
Sarah Clark
Widow of
Jesse Clark
Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
Index: - Vol. A, Page 138 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

Right side:
Feb. 19/94 Mil. Hist to Sol. F. Clark, Marre Block, Little Rock, Ark. 
1913 July 22. History to Mrs. Susie E. Dolan ¢
1917 Jan. 25. Hist to Hon James A. Frear ¢ 
1934 Mar. 29 hist to Mrs Harry N. Exton N.C.S.
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Payment to be made
at Albany
by T.W. Olcott
Agent for paying pensioners,
in the Agency of
New York

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book C. Volume 1
Page 109 by
D.H. Wood Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
Revolutionary Claim. 

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4th July 1836 the pension of Sarah Clark, of New York, Widow of Jesse Clark ,who was a Private and Drummer in the N. York Line, is increased from Forty Dollars $40 per annum to Fifty nine dollars and Seventy Seven cents per annum, commencing on the 30th November 1837, the day of his death and will continue during life, unless she should be married again; in which case the pension will cease on the day of such Marriage. The difference between the former and present pension is payable on demand. 
[SEAL]
Given at the War Office of the United States, 
this 13th day of October one thousand 
eight hundred and forty-Six.

Examined and
Countersigned.
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Clark
Jurat May 3

Crosswise:
[Postmark] Groton N.Y. APR 27
FREE [postage]
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City, D.C.
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Hon J.L. Edwards 

Sir 
Yours of the 2d inst in regard to Mrs Sarah Clark was received in my absence 
In regard to making proof identifying Jesse Clerk as the drummer you mention there is no person living Within the Knowledge of the friends that the fact could be proved by although there is no doubt of the fact. I have heard Mr Clark tell of it himself, during his life time but if the departed must have proof, by a witness that was living at the time it is impossible to make it and you will send on the certificate allowing her a pension for one years services- 
Very Respectfully Yours 
[Signed] A.C. Marsh 

Groton N.Y. Aprl 27th 1839
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Sept 25
[illegible]
W Bown [?]
[illegible]
Sarah Clark
[illegible]

Crosswise:
[Postmark] Groton NY SEP 20
FREE [postage]
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
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Hon J.L. Edwards

Sir 
I Enclose you Mrs Sarah Clark's Pension Certificate for this reason. I made out her power of attorney on the 4th inst & forwarded it to Albany for payment the agent there for paying pensions found her name Entered on his books. Commencing on the 30th of Oct. instead of the 30th November as the certificate reads & refused to pay it supposing the Error was made by me in making the copy of it. I then sent the power back & also the certificate in order that he might correct his Books, and he now refuses to pay it & says I must write to you & send you the certificate & have the mistake ratified in the Certificate or have you inform him that her pension Commences on the 30th Nov. It is very unpleasant to be subjected to so much trouble & delay and for my part I cannot discover any weight to the Agents objection, after he had the original certificate before him. I am perfectly confident the certificate is correct or that her pension commences the day the old Gentleman died, but agreeable to the agents wich I send you the certificate that you may alter it, or return it as it is & write the agent to pay it from the 30th Novr 1837. I hope for the sake of the old Lady this matter Will not be delayed as she is in need of her money, the old Gentleman died in my neighborhood & I well recollect the time & by refering to John F. Clarks affidavit accompaning [sic] her declaration you will find he died I am very sure as I stated above (30 Nov 1837) hoping this matter will be attended to as soon as possible. I Remain Respectfully Yours &c.
[Signed]  A.C. Marsh 

Groton Tomp Co  N.Y. 
Sept 20th 1839-
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E.W. Edgcomb 

J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Dr Sir 
I send the enclosed papers & Ask your attention to them   if the application is denied will you return the papers to me 
Truly Yours 
[Signed] G Rathbun

Mar 18  46
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Cortland Village March 2d 1846

Sir 
I take the liberty of Sending you the Papers of Sarah Clark Widow of Jesse Clark of Groton Tompkins Co. 
Mr Clark made application for a Pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 and obtained a pension of $100 Per Annum. The Hon Edward C Reed Member of the 22 Congress presented his papers to the Commissioner of Pensions J L Edwards Esq who after some consultation on the subject allowed him a pension of $100 - as Sergent [sic] - applicant having Claimed $120 per annum - Subsequently on the 13th of November 1837 - Mr Clark died and his Widow Sarah Clark made application for a Pension under the Act of July 4 1834 and Recvd a Pension of only $40 Per annum - which would make a difference up to this time of about $500-- I Send you herewith the Affidavit of E.C. Reed and her husbands memorandum of his original declaration for a Pension which had been preserved by Mr Reed and I make no doubt but that Mr Edwards Will Cheerfully allow her the same per annum that was allowed to her Late husband - You will see by referring to the anexed [sic] papers that her late Husband was at the Battle of Bunker Hill & Saw General Warren fall
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and was at Quebeck when Montgomery fell and at that time he was taken Prisoner & while a Prisoner at the Prison he took the Smawl [sic] Pox the natural way - he was also at the taking of Ticonderoga at the Battle of Bennington -Still Water &c 
Widow Clark is Extremely debilitated by Age and Misfortune in consequence of which she is now lingering out a life of Wickedness and poverty, her only hope and Reliance is in the Magnanimity of that government which her husband so fearlesly [sic] fought to Establish, and could the Representative of that government from whoom [sic] she is litterally [sic] begging a scanty Pitience [sic] behold her scarcely able to crawl Without the aid of cruches [sic] her hed [sic] silvered on with the frosts of nearly Ninety Winters. I could not but believe that her old age would be [illegible- churnt?] with the prospects that her government had not forgotten her husbands service in its early struggles for Independence & Liberty-- and She be allowed at least $100- per annum the same as her Late husband which sum would afford her a comfortable support through life 
I send you Mrs Clarks original Certificate in order to have it cancelled and a new one issue at the increased rate. 
I Wish you Would give your earliest attention to her Claim and let me know the result.
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I am [Varry?] Respectfully 
Your Obedient Servant
[Signed] E. W Edgcomb 
[Signed] Horatio Ballard

and
P.S. Mr. Rathbun - will you take an early opportunity, to have an interview with Mr. Edwards, on the Subject of these papers - and address M. Edgcomb. I have advised him to send to you .
[Signed] H. Ballard 

Hon George Rathbun
Washington D.C.
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Payment to be made
at Albany 
by T. W. Olcott Esq. 
Agent for paying Pensioners, 
in the Agency of Albany 
Recorded in the Pension Office, 
in Book A Vol. 2 Page 107 
by D. Brown 

75. pri 12.13
76 Drumr 5
[St. Sgt -9 stricken]

12.13 pri 
5 - Drumner 
$59.77
New Certificate 
deduct what has been paid -
41.44
18.33
[=] 59.77
[Signed] A. Ray
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM 
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th July, 1836, Sarah Clark of the State of New York widow of Jesse Clark who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty dollars per annum, during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the thirtieth of November 1837 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September. 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
[SEAL]
[Signed]  J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of War. 

Examined and Countersigned.} 
[Signed] J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions. 

payable from 30th Oct ‘37 
In Pension Agency Revly

Lived in this town 31 years Sept 4th 1839
Removed from Lee, Mass 
Lives in Bethany 1 year
Formerly lived in Groton [illegible]
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I Oliver Partridge of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts aged ninety five years do depose and say that I came into this town in the year 1771 and have resideded [sic] here ever since, and that at the time I came into Stockbridge the places called Hartwood,  Glassworks Grant, Willoughby Grant & which were incorporated into a town by the name of Lee, in 1777 were annexed for town duties to Stockbridge, and that I knew a man who resided in Lee by the name of Jesse Clark and that I never knew a man of that name residing in Stockbridge, and I further depose and say that I commenced the practice of medicine in the year 1775 and that I practiced in Stockbridge and the places above mentioned which were afterward incorporated into a town by the name of Lee, that I have during sd time resided within about one mile of the line of the town of Lee, and from three to four miles of the Center of Lee, and that the Meetinghouses of said Lee & Stockbridge, are about four miles apart; and I do further depose and say that previous to the incorporation of the town of Lee the inhabitants of the above mentioned grants were for all town and military duties considered as belonging to the town of Stockbridge
[Signed] Oliver Partridge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. August 10th 2846
Personally appeared Doct Oliver Partridge well known to me as a credible witness and who retain his powers of mind extraordinary
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well, and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence 
Before me [Signed] Hubbard Bartlett Justice of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.  
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for sd County do certify that Hubbard Bartlett Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition of Oliver Partridge was taken & sworn & also the Deposition hereto annexed of Fenner Foot is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August 1846 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Charles Sedgwick Clk
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I Fenner Foot of Lee in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts aged eighty nine years, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Jesse Clark who came into this place before the Revolutionary War commenced. He came from Tolland County, Connecticut, a single man, and worked as a laborer in this place which was then called Hartwood, Glassworks Grant &c and afterwards incorporated into a town by the name of Lee in the year 1777, I further say that sd Clark and I served as privates, under Capt Goodrich & Lieutenant 
Linley both then of Stockbridge one year in 1775 & 1776. Said Jesse Clark afterwards served several times & part of the time as a Sergeant. Before the town was incorporated we had to go to Stockbridge for town business. The said Jesse Clark married my Sister Sarah, and afterwards removed to Groton, Tompkins County New York where my Sister now resides, I was well acquainted with the people of the town of Stockbridge during the Revolutionary War and I never knew a man of that name residing in Stockbridge 
[Signed] Fenner Foot 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss August 10, 1846 
Personally appeared Fenner Foot well known to me as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence 
Before me [Signed]Hubbard Bartlett Justice of the Peace
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State of New York} 
Tompkins County} 
Josiah Willoughby of Groton in said County aged Seventy five years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was Resident of the town of Lee Berkshire County Massachusetts That he has been acquainted with Jesse Clark and Sarah Clark his widow for more than Fifty Five years That he knew him in the town of Stockbridge and in the town of Lee Massachusetts That he lived near the line of the said towns of Stockbridge and Lee and that this deponent did not know of any other Jesse Clark in Berkshire County Except that the said Jesse Clock referred to. This depont [sic] further says that he has lived a Neighbor to the said Jesse Clark of Lee & Stockbridge and that the said Clark lived in the town of Groton for as much as forty years and either 3 or 4 miles of this deponent. This deponant well Recolects [sic] of hearing it talk for more than Fifty years that the said Jesse Clark was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that he marched to Quebeck [sic] and was there at the time Montgomery fell at Quebeck.
This deponent is confident that there was no other Jesse Clark in Lee or Stockbridge
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Than the one Refered [sic] to and this depont [sic] further says that the said Jesse Clark died in Groton Tompkins County about Nine years ago and left his widow Sarah Clark who still continues his Widow and Resides in Groton Tompkins Co
[Signed] Josiah Willoughby
Sworn and subscribed this 20th day of July 1846 before
[Signed]  S. D. Carr. J.P.

I certify that the above named depont [sic] sustains a good Character for truth and Varasity [sic] 
[Signed] S. D Carr J. Peace

State of New York} 
Tompkins County Clerks Office} ss 
I Ezra Weaver Deputy Clerk of Said County do hereby certify that S. D. Carr Esqr whose name is subscribed to the Jurat to the preceding declaration & to the Certificate thereto under written was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Commissioned & Sworn & duly authorized to act as such & to take the same & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & verily believe his signatures to the preceeding [sic] Jurat &c are genuine. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereto afixed [sic] the Seal of the Said County and inscribed my name at Ithaca this twenty first day of July 1846 
[SEAL]
Ezra Weaver, Dep. Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary's Office, Boston;
May 22, 1846. 

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jesse Clark is borne upon a return of the men that marched from Stockbridge to Cambridge in Capt William Goodrich’s Company in Col John Patterson's Regt. April 22, 1775. as a private 13 days [ In margin: 13–]. Upon a Mileage Abstract of Capt Peter Porter’s Company, in Col Samuel Brewer’s Regt. as a Drummer. no service named Number of Miles travel against his name is 80 said Abstract is dated “Dec. 1. 1776.” Upon a pay roll of Capt Job Woodbridge’s Company in Major Caleb Hyde’s regt from Stockbridge, in the County of Berkshire as a private from July 8th to 26th 1777 19 days. [In margin: 19] Upon an abstract of the pay due to Capt Amos Ellers Company in Col Benjamin Hawes's Regt for service at Little Compton, as a
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private from September 25 to October 31 1777 1 month & 7 days, said Abstract is dated, “Bellingham March 14 1778.” Upon a payroll of the men that went on alarm from Lee to Stillwater Oct 12 1781 as a Sergeant 18 days, including 8 days for travel. Capt Josiah Yale Commanded said men from Lee. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Bacon's Comp’y, in Col Caleb Hydes Regt for service at Stillwater as a Sergeant from Oct 20 1781 9 days. Not upon rolls of Col. Arnold. The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name shown by the Military records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application heretofore annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and 
circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
[Signed] John G. Parfrey 
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Service made by Sarah Clark Widow of the Party who [illegible] the Service 
State of New York County of Cortland Town of CortlandVille 
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby Requested to furnish Evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of Jesse Clark in the War of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of Lee in the State of Massachusetts and County of Berkshire. He enlisted from the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts as a Minute Man in the Month of February 1775 in a company commanded by Capt William Goodrich of the town of Stockbridge Berkshire Co and marched to Cambridge and Served in Col John Pattersons Regiment and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and Saw Warren when he fell and after the Battle of Bunker Hill he Joined Col Arnold’s Rejiment [sic] and Served under Capt Goodrich as a Sergeant and in the fall of the year 1775 Marched with Col Arnold through the Wilderness to Quebeck [sic] and was Presant [sic] When Montgomery was killed and was taken Prisnor [sic] on the 31 Day of December 1775 - and While in Prison took the Smawl [sic] Pox the Natural Way — and in the Spring of 1776 he Joined Col Brewers Regiment in Capt Porters Comp’y Was at Tyconderoga and [illegible] there in 1776 & 1777 he was also at the Battle of Bennington & Saratoga in October 1777 — and was discharged in November 1777 - at Saratoga
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My husband Served as an orderly Sergeant all of the time in the Service above stated 
I am now Eighty Eight years old and my memory does not Enable me to State the Service of my husband the Said Jesse Clark more fully than above Stated.
I Wish you would Send a Certificate of My Late Husbands [illegible] service to E W Edgcomb at Cortland Village Cortland County N.Y. I send you fees $2 
Witness my hand this 4th day of April 1846 
Sarah (X her mark) Clark

Signed by said Sarah Clark }
in my Presence }
[Signed] E W Edgcomb }
Justice of the Peace }
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State of New York 
Cortland County
Clerk’s Office ss.
I Samuel Hotchkiss Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that Eleazer W Edgcomb Esq before whom the annexed affidavit of Edward C Reed purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned and Sworn and authorised to take the same Also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of said affidavit to be his Genuine Signature.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County at Cortlandville this 3d day of March A D 1846
[SEAL]
[Signed] Saml. Hotchkiss Clerk
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Revolutionary Claim 
In the matter of the Petition of Sarah Clark of the State of New York widow of Jesse Clark a private in the War of the Revolution.
Cortland County ss. Edward C. Reed of the town of Homer County of Cortland & State of New York being duly sworn says that he was a Member of the House of Reps of the 22d Congress. 
That on the 3d of Jany 1832 he presented a Petition for Jesse Clark for a Pension (Reference to House Journal 1st Session. 22d Cong.) which was referred to the Committee on Rev. Pensions March 19, 1832.  Mr Pendleton reported a Bill for his relief No. 494 (House Journal 1st Sess. 22d Cong Page 515 ). I have not a copy of that bill by me & I do not remember precisely whether any action was had on the bill or not. Subsequently the petitioner under the act of 1832 prepared his papers for a pension & this deponent presented them to J.L. Edwards of the Pension Office. 
There was some objection made to those papers by Mr Edwards, but I do not now recollect now precisely what it was,  my impression however is that Mr Edwards thought the proof was not such as to enable him to tell precisely what length of time the petitioner served as a private, & what length as a Sergeant so as to give to each service deffinitely [sic] its just weight. This deponent examined the papers of the applicant with Mr Edwards at his office & talked over the matter fully & as it was out of the power of Mr Clark at that time to look up any additional proof throwing further light upon the subject it was finally agreed between Mr Edwards & this deponent, that Mr Edwards should take the papers & make such an allowance to Mr Clark as he Mr Edwards should deem just & fair. Mr Edwards accordingly did make a decision allowing Mr Clark pension of $100 per
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year & made out his Certificate & delivered it to this deponent — On receiving the Certificate from Mr Edwards deponent informed him that he thought he had done substantial justice in the case & that the applicant ought to be satisfied with it — When deponent delivered to Mr Clark the Certificate deponent informed him how the amount came to be fixed at $100 rather then a large or smaller sum & Mr Clark expressed himself satisfied that deponent, & Mr Edwards had done perfectly right under the circumstances of the case — I have in my possession what I suppose to be in substance a copy of Mr Clarks declaration on which his pension was allowed except that the blanks are left for dates &c — this copy I suppose was kept by me for reference at the time — It is herewith attached to this affidavit & marked A. B. And further this deponent says not. 
Dated Homer Feby 24, 1846. 
[Signed] Edward C. Reed

Sworn and Subscribed this 25th}
day of Febry 1846 }
[Signed] E W Edgcomb }
Justice of the Peace }
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State of New York ⎬
Tompkins County ⎬ 
On the fifth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before Augustus C. Marsh a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County John F. Clark a resident of the town of Groton in said County aged forty five years and upwards who first being duly Sworn according to law does depose and say that he is Son of Jesse and Sarah Clark, that his mother the aforesaid Sarah Clark lives with this deponent, that the following is an Exact Copy taken from the family record which has been in possession of the family as far back as this deponent can remember and which record this deponent believes to be true. 
(Copy)
“Jesse Clark born January 5th 1757. 
Was married May 14th 1778 
To 
Sarah Foot who was born January 12th 1758 " 
That the aforesaid Jesse & Sarah Clark have always lived together as husband and Wife since this deponent can remember. And that the said Jesse Clerk died at the town of Groton aforesaid on the thirtieth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty seven. And that the aforesaid Sarah Clark has remained and is now the widow of the said Jesse Clark.
[Signed] John F. Clark
Subscribed and Sworn the day and year first above Written before Me
[Signed] Augustus C Marsh 
Justice of the Peace  

State of New York}
Tompkins County ss.}  I hereby Certify that I am personally well acquainted with the above affiant John F Clark and know that he is a person of Strict integrity & truth and whose Character for truth & veracity is unquestionable. 
Groton Sept 5th 1838.
[Signed] A C Marsh Justice of the Peace
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State of New York} 
Tompkins County} ss. I Wait T Huntington Clerk of said County and of County Courts therein do certify that Augustus C Marsh Esquire whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, and before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified; And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signatures thereto are genuine. 
Given under my hand and Seal of said County at Ithaca the 20th day of October
1838.
[Signed] W.T. Huntington 
Clerk.
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[Postmark] Lee, Mas. Aug 2
Mr. John Clark
Groton
Tompkins Co. Sta[te of NY]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss.
I Chas. Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Berkshire County do Certify that Hubbard Bartlett Esq is Clerk of the Town of Lee in said County & was on the 13th of April last & that the Signature to the above certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 16th day of June 1838.
[Signed] Chs. Sedgwick Clerk
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Jesse Clark 
Petition for a Pension 
January 3d 1832 
refd to the Committee on Revy Pensions

In favour of E H P 
Mar. 19 1832 
Bill No. 494 
E. C. Reed 

Letter to Rathbun March 2d 

See Courtland Co N.Y. — Act 7 June 1832 Jesse Clark, priv & Serg $100 — Widow pensioned Act 36, $59.77 — increase asked to $100 Recd NY. 26, Rev. Pens
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December 18, 1831 
To the honourable Senate & house of representatives of the United States in Congress assembled 
Your petitioner would respectfully set fourth [sic] to your honourable body his services & sufferings his dangers & his loses and solicits some consideration and recompence for his services which are as yet unrewarded only by freedom so obtained.
In the year 1775 in the month of Febuary [sic] I enlisted as a minute man in the company of Capt William Guttridge [Goodrich] of Stockbridge Mass. and in April following marched to Cambridge near Boston well Equipt at my own Expense I was in the action at Bunker hill having previously joined Col. John Pattersons Regt. In Aug following I was attached to Col. Arnolds Regt & with him traversed the wilderness to Quebec. The indiscribable [sic] sufferings of that campaign are known to you all. I actually subsisted for ten days on one pint of flour. We joined Gen Montgomerys army before Quebec & failing in our attempt to storm that City I was taken a prisoner from the hospital where I then lay sick by the British. After a lapse of four or five weeks by an Exchange of prisoners I joined Gen Gates’ army at Ticonderoga in Col. Saml Brewers regt. After evacuating fort Ticonderoga I assisted in demolishing forts George & Edward and retreated to Stillwater before Gen Burgoynes army & was present at the capture of his army. For these services and for my Equipage with which I enlisted I have never received a farthing. 
To my Countrys representatives I appeal To the hou[se?] aforesaid.
[Signed] Jesse Clark

P.S. Carried over
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P.S. 
The term of my service was two years and nine months - My present age nearly seventy five - In the army I contracted a rupture which for fifty four years has been a burthen to me and at present disqualifies me for Exercise - I am in needy Circumstances supported by my friends & Children - My services you will remember are as yet unrewarded & years spent in hardships and dangers unrecompenced - Does not Justice as well as gratitude make some Consideration necessary & reasonable 
[Signed] Jesse Clark 

Personally appeared Jesse Clark Before me and made oath that the Content of this writing is true and Correct in Every Respect -  I Being Personally aquanted [sic] with the said Jesse Clark 
Subscribed and sworn to this 23 day of December 1831
[Signed] Archibald Bowker Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Stephens, Alvah Jarvis & Archibald Bowker & that they were, at the time of taking the above affidavits by them respectively, acting Justices of the Peace - With Mr Rice Weed I have no acquaintance. Jany 3. 1832 
[Signed] E. C. Reed
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28 Aug. 1846
Resp. Sarah Clark.

Crosswise:
28 Aug 46
James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

‘75 –13
To ‘76. 12 —
76 Private 5 Drumr

24 88
5
44.0  18.33
24
200
192
80
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Washington
Aug. 27. 1846

Sir 
In the case of Sarah Clark of New York, you required in your letter of Jun 22. last to the Hon George Rathburn, proof of the identity of her Husband Jesse Clark. I have just received, and by request, the evidence herewith enclosed is presented. It is confidently expected, the evidence will be satisfactory to you to grant to the widow, the amt of pension her husband enjoyed, which I understand for $100 pr annum.
I remain very 
respectfully your Ob Ser
[Signed] Alex. Ray 

Note I am informed the applicants pension certificate has been returned, that a new one may issue at an increased rate 

James L Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Pension Office 
September 28th 1846. 

Sir, 
The additional evidence in the case of Sarah Clark has been examined and is deemed sufficient to shew that her husband is entitled to the service credited to his name either from Stockbridge or Lee ,in the Companies' designated by him. But, as he claimed for no service under Captain Woodbridge, Yale and Ellis, she cannot be allowed the benefit of the service credited to Jesse Clark, in those Companies. 
The service allowable upon the present proofs is twelve months thirteen days private, and five months Drummer. 
I am, Very Respectfully,
Your Obt Servt 
[Signed] J.L. Edwards 

Alexander Ray, Esq. 
Present.
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V  N. York
Sarah Clark
Letter to A.C. Marsh 5 Dec. 1838
to same 2 April 1839

Act July 4, 1836
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Albany
Jesse Clarke on roll act Jun 7, 1832 at th rate of $100 per anm to what time period?
VL

John Harry Esq

Died 30th Nov 1837 p % [?] that period
JH
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No 2657.
Sarah Clark
Hon. Geo. Rathburn
Letter to June 22, 184[6?]
do to A. Ray Sept 28 '46

Act 4th July 1836.
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Lee
[17]75. Goodrich Patterson Cambridge x 12 -
--July -- Arnold Quebec. May 76 -
77. Porter Brewer (Becket) N.Y.  nearly 2 yrs -
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Washington, Decr. 26th 1851.

Sir, 
We herewith enclose papers in the Cases of Sarah Clark, Widow of Jesse,  N York  Act 4th July 1836 -- and Timothy Crosley N Y. Act 7th June 1832, for increase of pension. 
The authority we deem sufficient to enable us to see the papers 
Very respectfully 
Evans & Fant 

James E. Heath Esq 
Comr. of Pensions
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Left side:
By consent of the Hon. E C Reed the service 
is estimated at 12 mo pri & 12 Sergt 
Admd 
12 mo Sergt $60 
12 mo pri 40 
[=] $100 

Right side:
Jesse Clarke 
Pension applicant 

Address E.C. Reed 
House of Reps 

2 Years 
No 5267 
admitted 
2 years - pri & Sergt
100$

Papers corrected & returned to Pension Office by Mr Reed agreeable to Mr Edwards directions Jany 25 1832
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In the matter of
Jesse Clark
of Groton N.Y.
Revolutionary Claim
Direct to Fall Creek Post Office Groton [in pencil]

[faintly in pencil:]
in July or Augt 1776 enlisted in
Captain Porters Company Col. Brewers
Regt Mass. line [2 Sept to 17 Oct ?]
1777 [illegible] Applicant further
was in C[illegible] W[illegible]

No. 5267.
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I hereby certify that I have been aquainted [sic] with Jesse Clark who has made the within declaration that he is a man of good moral Character and that it is generally believed by the Community as far as I have had an opportunity of hearing that he did serve in the army of the revolution as set forth in his declaration - Augt 10, 1832 
Ed. C. Reed 
M.C.
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Tompkins County ss.
I Elijah West of the Town of Groton in the County of Tompkins do Swear + Declare that I was personaly [sic] Acquainted with Jesse Clark while in the army of the revolution and am Knowing that he Served fourteen months in the Company of which William Goodrich Commanded  - part of the time under Col John Paterson & part of the time under Col. Benedict Arnold from [April?] 1775 to June 1776 & that he was in the army aforesaid at different Periods untill the Capter of Bergoin [sic]
[Signed] Elijah West
Subscribed & swore this 19th Day of March 1829 before me] 
[Signed] Alvah Jarvis Justice of the Peace 

Tompkins County ss.
I Nathan Davis of the Town Groton in the County of Tompkins Do Swear that I was personaly [sic] acquainted with Jesse [illegible] while in the army of the revolution and that enlisted and marched under Col Benedict Arnold in the Company of [illegible] William Goodrich Commanded to Newberryport [sic] & then took Shipping & Sailed to Kennebeck and that the marched to quebeck in October 1775 
[Signed] Nathan Davis
Subscribed & Swore this 19th Day of March 1829 before me} 
[Signed] Alvah Jarvis Justice of the Peace 

State of New York} 
Cortland County}
Town of Homer} ss.  
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Alvah Jarvis that he was at the date of the two above affidavits an acting Justice of the Peace of the town of Groton that I am acquainted with his signature & believe the above to be his own hand writing. I am not acquainted with Rice Weed. 
[Signed] Ed. C. Reed 
Member of Congress
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Hon J L Edwards 
Sir 
Enclosed I hand you the Papers of Widow Sarah Clark Claiming a pension under the law of July 4th 1836. the old gentlemen drew a pension under the Law of June 7th 1832. & We Suppose there is Evidence Sufficient of his services on file in your office. their marriage is not on record but there [sic] publishing is & we send you the Clerks Certificate of that which with the record of the family is Supposed to be Sufficient Respectfully Yours 
[Signed] A.C. Marsh

Groton Oct 22d 1838
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NY Dec 31
Addl. proof
Sarah Clark

Crosswise:
[Postmark] GROTON N.Y. DEC 25
[Stamped] FREE
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Hon J .L. Edwards 
Sir
I Enclose you a duly authenticated Copy of the records respecting widow Sarah Clarks Marriage, which I Suppose is Sufficient.
Respectfully Yours 
[Signed] A.C. Marsh
Groton N.Y. Dec 24th 1838 

The paper respecting the marriage was returned by you to me about two weeks since
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In the matter of Jesse Clark 

House of Reps Decr 5, 1832. 

Sir
When I saw you on the First & stated to you what I knew in relation to Jesse Clarks papers which had been previously returned to me on account of the objections mentioned in your annexed letter you stated to me that if I would make a certificate of the facts & annex it to the papers it would be perfectly satisfactory to you & would obviate your objections -- I now proceed to do so.
Jesse Clark the applicant is a gentleman who resides about six miles from me. I have known him for several years. He is an estimable man respected by everyone  --Some 3 or 4 years since he conceived himself entitled to a pension under the then existing laws & the affidavits annexed to his present declaration were then obtained by him for the purpose of substantiating his claim.  Just before I left home in Novr 1832 Mr Clark called on me & requested me to use my endeavors to get a special act of Congress passed for his relief -- I took the above mentioned affidavits of Ewers, Percival, West & Davis & annexed them to a petition & presented them to Congress at the last Session. The Commit[tee]
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[Commit]tee on Rev. Pensions reported a bill in his favor. On account of the passage of the General Bill the private will reported was not acted. When I left Washington at the close of the Session I took home with me all of Clarks papers -- Immediately after I got home the annexed declaration of Clarks was drawn in my office by one of my Clerks under my direction & Judge Powers was called on to take the affidavit of Clark which was done in Tompkins County & certified by Tompkins County Clerk -- I then took from Clarks petition the aforesaid affidavits & annexed them myself to Clarks declaration in the form they now are those affidavits being the only proof Clark was able to procure of his services and in that condition I forwarded them to the Pension office. The certificate at the bottom of Davis' affidavit was put on by me at the last session of Congress to satisfy the Com. on Rev. Pensions of the official character of the Magistrate Jarvis before whom two of the affidavits were taken. At the time the Clerk of Tompkins Co certified to the official character of Powers he also certified to Rice Weeds official character -- As I had previously certified to Jarvis official character I did not conceive it necessary to direct him to certify also to that fact.
I am Yours respectfully 
[Signed] Ed. C. Reed 

J.L. Edwards Esq
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War Department 
Pension Office 
Nov. 3. 1832. 

Sir
I return you the papers in support of the claim of Jesse Clark, all testimony which is to be taken into the estimate of the proof of a claim should be duly certified, and the papers should be so confined to the seal which authenticates them, that no other paper could be improperly attached thereto.
I am Respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt.
[Signed] J. L. Edwards

E. C. Reed Esq 
Homer N.Y.
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John Percival
Afdt.

vol 3 p 41 6 mo [?]
Drummer
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State of New York 
Cortland County}
Clerks Office} 
I certify that Henry Stephens Esqr whose name appears to the within affidavit was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized and empowered to administer oath &c
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereto affixed this 27th day of March 1839 
[Signed] S. Hotchkiss Jr Clerk of said County 
By Daniel R Wheeler Depty Clk
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Tompkins County ss. 
I Paul Ewers of the town of Dryden County of Tompkins being duly sworn deposeth and says that he was personly [sic] acquainted with Jesse Clark while in the revolutioner [sic] service and am knowing that he served four months under Colonel Samuel Brewer at Ticonderoga and under Capt Peter Porter and that the said Jesse Clark at the time he inlisted lived in the State of Massachusetts and marched from their [sic] to Ticonderoga and further saith not
[Signed] Paul Ewers
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty fourth day of September 1828 
[Signed] Rice Weed J Peace
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State of New York }
Tompkins County }
Clerks office} 
I Samuel Love clerk of said county Do Certify that Rice Weed Esqr before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper handwriting and Signature. Witness my hand and seal of office at Ithaca August 8, 1832 
[Signed] Saml. Love 
Clerk Tomp. Co.
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State of New York 
Cortland County ss. 
John Percival of Smyrna in the County of Chenango being duly sworn saith that he this deponant is personally acquainted with Jesse Clark of Groton in the County of Tompkins And this deponent further saith that the said Jesse Clark was a Soldier in the revolutionary war for one year to the knowledge of this deponant. The said Jesse enlisted in the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts under Capt. William Goodrich in the month of April Seventeen hundred & Seventy five and Joined Col. John Patterson's Regiment then laying at Cambridge the same month The said Jesse did duty at Cambridge until the month of September of the year when he was attached to Arnolds expedition and marched to Quebeck where he remained until the month of May Seventeen hundred Seventy six when he returned home. This deponant was a Soldier with the said Jesse from the early part of May 1775 until the month of May 1776 
[Signed] John Percival
Subscribed & Sworn this 27th day of March 1829 before me }
[Signed] Henry Stephens 
Justice Peace 
The above is a credible witness
[Signed] E. C. Reed
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 

State of New York}
Tompkins County ss.} 
On this [blank] day of [blank] in the year 1832 personally appeared before me  [blank] of the town of [blank] in the said County of Tompkins and State of New York aforesaid one of the Judges of Tompkins County Common Pleas being a Court of Record having both a Seal and Clerk, Jesse Clark of the town of Groton in the said County of Tompkins in the said State of New York aged Seventy five years on the fifth of January next who being first duly Sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the privision [sic] made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he Enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 under the following named officers and served as herein Stated 
In the month of February in the year 1775 while he lived in the town of Lee in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts he enlisted as a minute man in the company Commanded by Captain William Goodrich commonly called Guttridge of the town of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire aforesaid and in the month of April further following rendesvoused at Tyringham in same County and marched directly to Boston and was stationed at Cambridge. The regiment was commanded by Colonel John Patterson Saw General Putnam while there and General
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Ward thinks General Ward commanded the division, or General Warren. Saw Warren at the battle of Bunker hill was in that battle saw Warren when he fell Putnam took Command after Warren fell after the battle went back to Cambrige [sic] Washington arrived there some time in July if he recollects right. After the battle of Bunker hill he enlisted at Cambridge aforesaid into Arnolds regiment under Goodrich Captain Major Meigs accompanied them, and he the applicant marched under the said Arnold through the wilderness to Quebeck [sic] went through the Province of Maine up Kenebec River, sailed from Newberryport [sic] N.H. to Kenebeck River and down by Chaudiere river to Quebeck a short time after our army reach Quebeck Montgomery joined us who came down the River St Lawrence recollects and we suffored [sic] greatly before we got through the wilderness he subsisted ten days on one pint of flower [sic] on the last day of the year 1775 the army under Montgomery attempted to storm the City of Quebeck and the applicant was taken a prisoner during the action and while a prisonor had the small Pox, the natural way was taken up to Three Rivers and exchanged about the first of May 1776 and went up Sorel river and lake Champlain to Ticonderoga and Joined General Gates army in Colonel Samuel Brewers regiment, Captain Porters Company of Becket Mass. was there when Ticonderoga was evacuated by the American army having wintered there the winter 1776 & 1777 was at the battle of Benington in August 1777, under General Starks and took the most of the enemy prisoners was in the Battle at Saratoga when Gen Burgoin [sic] surrendered to our Army saw Gen Frazier fall and
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saw Burgoin before and after he was taken prisoner After the battle about the midle [sic] of November was discharged and went home having time in the service the whole time from the first enlistment till he was discharged at Saratoga it being about two years and eight months was an orderly Sergent [sic] in Captain Porter's Company the whole time of his service after he joined it if he recollects right in Colonel Samuel Brewers regiment has no record of his age was born 1758, in the town of Lebanon Connecticut after the revolution he lived in Lee aforesaid till he mooved [sic] to Groton where he now lives about 22 years ago, and has lived there ever since entered the service as a minute man, and served about 4 months as such then enlisted to go to Canada as above stated Remembers Colonel Brown died at Quebeck dont recollect whether he received a discharge or not never had any commission in the service lives a near neighbour to Samuel Nash, Oliver Hatch, Roger Crain, Abraham Sears & Ezra Holister who can attest to his character for truth and that they believe he served as above stated 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State or of the State of New York 
Sworn & Subscribed & sworn the day and year aforesaid
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I [blank] a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that Jesse Clark the applicant above mentioned cannot from bodily health and infirmity attend Court.
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State of New York}
Cortland County} ss. 
Be it Known that on the 16 day of October 1851 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Charles Clark of Groton Tompkins County and made oath according to law that he is a son of Sarah Clark deceased Widow of Jesse Clark deceased That the said Sarah Clark was a pensioner of U.S. under the act July 4th 1836 at the Rate of  $59.77 pr anm That he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased, that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional Evidence or arguments as my agent may use in prosecuting said claim 
[Signed] Chas. Clark
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me} 
[Signed] E W Edgcomb
Justice of the Peace 

I, E. W. Edgcomb Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Charles Clark of Tompkins County who Executed the foregoing paper is a reputable resident of this County of Tompkins and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth 
[Signed] E. W. Edgcomb 
Justice of the Peace 

I hereby certify that W Edgcomb is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Cortland, that he has been such Justice for several years last past, that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signatures to the foregoing are genuine. Dated Dec. 13, 1851
[Signed] H.S Conger
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Know all men by these Presents that I Charles Clark of Groton Tompkins County N.Y 
do hereby constitute and appoint French F Evans 
my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of the children of the said Sarah Clark deceased, for any amount of revolutionary pension or increase of pension that may be due and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim on file in the department at Washington City or elsewhere, additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, to appoint one or more substitutes for the purpose herein expressed, to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises, Hereby revoking all Attorneys and Agents heretofore appointed by me. Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of October 1851. 
[Signed] Chas. Clark [SEAL]
Signed and sealed in presence of 
[Signed] E W Edgcomb 
[Signed] C. A. Edgcomb 

State of New York} 
Cortland County } ss. On this 16th day of October 1851 Before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Charles Clark and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the Purposes therein mentioned 
[Signed] E W Edgcomb 
Justice of the Peace