Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5191, Rice Honeywell, Green Mt. Boys Mass. New York
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Green Mt. Boys.  Honeywell, Rice      R.5191
Mass
New York
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L 152
Rice Honeywell

Hon. R.H. Gillet
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State of New York} P
St. Lawrence County

Isiah Honeywell a resident of [Haldiman] in the County of Northumberland and Province of Upper Canada aged Eighty-two Years in October next being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say That Rice Honeywell whose declaration to obtain a Pension is [illegible] [illegible] is the Brother of the [illegible]. That the said Rice was seventy-four years old in March last. That he lives with this [illegible] in the Year 1776 and in the month of January at [illegible] in the said declaration [illegible] [] [][] enlisted in Captain [illegible [illegible] in Colonel Seth Turner Regiment marched to Quebec and remained in service until his [illegible] [illegible] and that this [illegible] enlisted and remained with its said Rice during the {illegible] [illegible] [illegible] when he was on the Island Orleans and [illegible] knew at the time of his being there that in Jjune following-the said Rice enlisted in Captain [illegible] [illegible] in Colonel Smiths Regiment and did not leave the service until their term expired after cold weather set in [illegible] [illegible] enlisted with him on this tour- that the said Rice after his return continued to
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no further personal knowledge of his service but always heard and believed that he rendered the further services in the said declaration mentioned.
Isaiah Honeywell
Subscribed & sworn this 12th day of May 1834 before me
John Fine
First Judge of St Lawrence Co.

I hereby certify that the above witness Isaiah Honeywell has been proven to me to be a credible witness
John Fine
First Judge of St Lawrence Ct
May 12 1834

The above is the signature of John Fine, who is first Judge of the County Court in + for the County of Sty. Lawrence + State of New York, + that he is duly authorized to take affidavits + date Sept 6 1834 R H Gillet
MC
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State of New York
St. Laurence County SS
On this 18th day of December personally appeared in Open Court before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Rice Honeywell a Resident of the Province of Upper Canada aged seventy three years and ten months 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 of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- That in the month of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy six he enlisted for five months in the army of the United States when he was 16 years of age in the town of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire and the State of Massachusetts in Captain Halls Company in Colonel Seth Turner Regiment. That immediately after his enlistment he marched with his regiment to Montreal and thence proceeded to Quebec in the [illegible] when his regiment joined the Troops under General Benedict Arnold on Abraham Plains as near as the Declarant can recollect in the month of February- soon after his arrival at Quebec he was sent with a Detachment to the Isle of Orleans to cut off the enemies supplies under the command of Lieutenant Thadeus Monroe where he remained until the British Supplier came up on the sixth day of May when the detachment received orders to retreat and fall back or [illegible] when his term of service expired and he returned with his officers Capt. Hall having died on Abraham Plains to Lanesborough and never applied for or received any discharge. That in the month of June in the year last after said Declarant again enlisted for six months in the Army of the United States at Lanesborough aforesaid in the company under the command of
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Captain Root whose Christian name declarant does not recollect of the Tour of Pittsfield in Colonel Smiths Regiment in General Poors Brigade. This declarant with a small squad of men proceeded to New York where he joined his company and Regiment as declarant thinks about the last of June or first of July, where he remained until September of the same year when New York was taken when he retreated with his Corps to White plains. At the time New York was taken this declarant was attached to the guard and was led through the Enemy's Army by General Putnam to [illegible] where the joined the Army. At White Plains he remained until sometime in December when his time of service expired. While at White Plains the Enemy attacked the Army but the attachment to which this declarant belonged was not engaged when this declarants term of service expired he returned to Lanesborough aforesaid and did not receive any written discharge but was directed by his officers to return.
In the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in the month of May this declarant was called out on a term of Militia duty on the approach of Burgoyne and joined Captain David Whalebone Company in Colonel Smiths Regiment at Fort Ann. Sometime in June as declarant thinks he was attached to a detachment of 100 volunteers under command of Captain Rowley and attacked the British advanced guard about a mile from Fort Ann down Wood Creek when several were killed + some prisoners taken by the Americans particularly a Captain Montgomery who was wounded. In this skirmish this declarant received a flesh wound in his left arm which
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disabled him for about four months and he returned immediately to Lanesborough. This declarant although not yet recovered of his wound joined his Company on the fourteenth of August at Bennington and was in the engagement there on the sixteenth and immediately afterwards returned to Lanesborough where he suffered severely in consequence of his wound having been neglected.
In the month of March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight this declarant removed from Lanesborough aforesaid to the State of New York near old Hook on the Horse River where he remained until the month of April as near as he can recollect. When a draft was made to fill General Wagner's Brigade which had been cut up at Valley Forge on the [illegible] previous. This declarant was drafted, went as a substitute for nine months and joined Captain Davis' Company in Colonel Livingston's Regiment in General Wagner's Brigade at Valley Forge in the month of May [crossed out: and remained in the Army until the British evacuated Philadelphia]. When the British evacuated Philadelphia declarant was with the army and pursued by forced marches to Monmouth declarant was present when the battle of Monmouth was fought but was not actually engaged. After the battle the Regiment to which Declarant was attached under Colonel Livingston proceeded through New Jersey to White Plains New York where they remained until September when this declarant was taken sick and received a furlough and retired to the home of a relation at Livingston Manor and did not recover his health
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until after his term of service expired in the month of December when the returned to Horace when he found most of the men attached to his company who had been sent from previous. And this Declarant received no written discharge or certificate of service. The furlough which this declarant received was not prescribed by him and he has no written evidence of any of the above services. And this declarant further saith that he was called out at several times in the militia for short periods which he does not set forth as he is advised it is unnecessary to obtain his Pension. And he duly relinquishes every claim 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. This declarant was born in [illegible] in Dutchess County in the State of New York in the year 1762 at about the age of thirteen he went to reside with his Brother at Lanesborough aforesaid. That he has a [illegible] wife from an old family Record which is destroyed in his possession at his present place of residency which states his age at above year when first called into service he lives at Lanesborough aforesaid from whence he removed to Hoosac in New York in 1778 where he resided until March 1785 when he removed to Augusta in the County of Geneva Upper Canada where he has lived until the present time. For the Two first terms of service put forth above Declarant voluntarily enlisted in his service in 1777 he went as a substitute for one Bagg to Fort Anne and one Jacob Wood to Bennington
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and in seventy eight he was hired by a class out of five or six individuals among who was John Sly and one Bacon from whom a draft was to be made and which was not made in consequence of this detachment being hired by the whole. in 76 Bent Arnold commanded in the winter at Quebec and in the summer and full General Washington commanded in person. in 77 was under General Gates and Schuyler + in 78 under General Washington at Philadelphia immediately under general Wayne. And that this officers are mentioned in this Declaration. That he never received a written discharge and that John C Bush and Eric Lusher are persons to whom this Declarant is known in his present place of residence and who can testify to his veracity and their belief in his services and that for many years past he has been accustomed to attend the celebration of the Fourth of July at Ogdensburgh in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York.
Rice Honeywell
I certify that the above oath or affidavit was taken before me in due form of Law on the eight day of November 1833 at Ogdensburgh aforesaid
R.H. Gillett
Comm of Deeds +c
Sworn in open Court this 18th day of December 1833
AC Low Clk
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WE John C Bush and Eri Lusher residing in the Village of Ogdenburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rice Honeywell who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed Declaration that we believe him to be seventy-three 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.
John C. Bush
Eri Lusher

I certify that the above oath or affidavit was taken before me in due form of law on the eight day of November 1833 at Ogdenburgh aforesaid
R J Gillet
Comm of Pens

I certify that I have been a resident of Ogdenburgh for the last ten years, + that at our celebrations on the fourth of July I have very often seen the above named Rice Honeywell present + that he has been received + held at such celebrations like other revolutionary soldiers on such occasions
Date Nov. 8 1833
R.H. Gillet
Minn. Congress
elect
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I further certify that John C Bush + Eri Lusher are persons with whom I am well acquainted + that they are respectable + credible persons whose statements are entitled to credit. They are persons of veracity + their assertions can be relied upon. Dated Nov 8 1833
R.H. Gillet
Come of Deeds

And the said Court do surely declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 John C Bush and Eric Lusher who have signed the preceding certificate are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Alvin C Low Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that he foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Rice Honeywell for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 26th day of December 1833
A C Low Clk
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County SS I Alvin C Low Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Ransom H Gillet Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit of John C Bush and Eri Lusher purports to have been sworn was at the time of taking the said affidavit a Commissioner of deeds in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing + signature. Witness my hand and seal of this 26th day of December 1844
A C Low Clk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
January 10. 34
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. Those 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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Rice Honeywell

[Table, as follows]
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years. | Months. | Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.
1774 January | - | 5 | - | Private | Col Seth Warner Capt Hall | Pittsfield Massachusetts 73 years
 | | 6 | | " | Col Smith Capt Root |
1777 May | - | not stated | - | " | Col Smith Capt Rowling
1778 March | | 9 | * | " | Col Livingston Capt Davis

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

not in the rolls of Col Livingston's Regiment
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7 1852
     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, mucicians, 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.
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person 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 detectig the imposition, if one be attempted; and unles, 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? [handwritten mark made next to question no.]
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? [mark made beside question no.]
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. [mark made beside question no.
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 inquiry 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 if  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.

[footnotes begin]
(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) 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 serves, 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 my making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Pearce, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but according to the best of his days, I served as a _. For _ months 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 of 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 services was performer; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(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 affix 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. [previous sentence underlined] 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 (i) 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.
(h) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(kl) 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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In reply to your request of ... , received ... for a statement of the military history of Rice Honeywell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( [crossed out] 's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
R.5,191
[Table, as follows]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
Jany 1776 | 5 mos. | Private | Hall, Thaddeus Munson | Seth Warner | Gr. Mt. Boys
June 1776 | 6 mos. | ... | Root | Smith | Mass.
May 1777 | 4 mos. | ... | David Wheeler, Rowling | Smith | ...
Mch. 1778 | 9 mos. | ... | Davis | Livingston or Van Cortland | N.Y.

Battles engaged in, Bennington Aug 77, wounded in left arm in skirmish on Wood Creek near Fort Ann.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 8. 1833
Residence at date of application, Augusta, Grenville Co., Upper Canada
Age at date of application: 73 yrs. 10 mos. b. Fredricksburgh, Dutchess Co., N.Y. 
Remarks: No pension was allowed for the reason that claimant failed to furnish satisfactory proof of his alleged service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.

1833-11
73-10
1760-1

1777
Enlist May
[illegible] June
Ft Anne July
Bennington Aug
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Dec 25. 1914

[stamp reading:] US PENSION OFFICE 6 DEC

Pension Officer
Revolutionary Dept. C
Have you any record of one Wm Baker of Pennsylvania who, I believe, gained the rank of Col. I think he was a German, resident of Philadelphia. 
Also, have you any record of one Job. Andrews from the same places I believe. If so can you give me any
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data from their "application" papers Col Wm Baker afterword because a nearby resident of Philadelphia and as he is an ancestor, I would very much like to have more knowledge of him. He was I believe born about 1735.

Please state also if the name Rice Honeywell appears as a pensioner. May be Hunneywell.

Very sincerely yours,
Mrs Harry John Miller
2223 Rucker Ave Everett Wash.
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1915 Jan 4. set to Mrs. Harry J. Miller C.

REJECTED

5191
P.O. Rice Honeywell
Service:
Enlisted: , 18 .
Discharged: , 18 .
Application filed: , 18 .
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted:

Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contract.
Cert. of Sic. Searched for , 18 .
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29,152
Rice Honeywell
New York
Suspended
Set to Hon R H Gillett
19 Septr. 1834
Letter to Hon R H Gillet April 28 1836

Set to J A. Eastman
Dec 20th 1844
Rej 5191
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Boston April 5th 1836

Sir,
We have examined the rolls and documents relating to services in the Revolutionary War, for evidence of the services of Rice Honeywell, but are unable to find any further evidence than that stated in the Certificate, now sent. It is next to an impossibility to find evidence unless we have very full information of all in particulars relating to the claimants services. The rolls in this Office, though numerous are far from being complete. Should you wish further examination you will please state all the particulars in your power.
Yours Respectfully,
Eleazer Homer
Henry White
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Mr Honeywells papers have been again prepared by his council that into my hand informed you. The [illegible] or testimony is supplied by living witness, whose credibility is certified in due form.
I now see no difficulty in your allowing him a pension.
You can send his certificate to me or his place. Ogdensburgh N.Y.
Sept 6th 1834 Your Obt. Servt.
R. H. Gillet
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 5th 1836
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 Rice Honeywell, as a private, is bone on a payroll of Capt. David Wheeler's Company in Co. John Burner's Detachment of Militia at Fort Ann, where he is allowed from June 30th to the 25th of July 1777 twenty six days. m. 0 d. 26
Rice Honeywell's name is borne on a payroll of Capt. David Wheeler's Company, who marched on the Alarm, from Lanesborough to
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War Dept.  Pension Office April 1836
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the certificate of the State of Secy of Mass. has been compared with the alleged services of Isaiah Honeywell of Canada and is satisfactory as to the seven-month term in 75. The term of 6 days in the certificate under Capt Wheeler and 21 under Capt Newall are not set forth in the declaration. The other terms of 5 mo in 76 under Col Seth Warren and 6 mo in the same year under Capt  Root are not sufficiently sustained by evidence to justify their admission.
In the case of Rice Honeywell no part of the several short terms amounting to 1  month 26 days has been claimed by him in a declaration before court. The whole claim however is discredited by the fact that he is not found on any one of the numerous returns of the Muster Master of Davis's company Livingtonston's regt. for of 77, 78 or 79 while he alleges that he served 9 mo in that company & regt in 78. No ____ evidence can be received to ___ those
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returns

Hon Ransom H Gillet
April 28 1836

Hom Ransom H Gillett

H. R--
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War Dept
Pension office 
Sept 34

Sir
The claim of Rice Honewell of the Province of Upper Canada has been again examined. His alleged services under Capt Hall, Col Warner, Capt Root, Col Smith & Capt Rowley Col Smith of the Massachusetts troops in 76 & 77 must be ___ of proof by the records of Massachusets and as the regulations require the best attainable evidence it will be necessary to procure he certificate of Mr. Bangs of Boston. 

His alleged service of 9 mo in '78 under Col Davi of Van Cortland's regt of the New York line is not supported by the rolls and should therefore provided by two creditable witnesses who should state the time & manner of entering & leaving the service, the company regt. & the line to which he belonged. His claim is suspended & his paper placed on file. 
Hon R.H. Gillett, Ogdensburg  act 7 June
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Hon R.H.  Gillett
19 Sept 1834
O.C.
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Pension office
December 20th 44

Sir
The addl evidence in the case of Isaiah Honeywell & Rice Honeywell  respectively claiming a pension under the Act of June 7th 32, has been   examined and filed. The enclosed copy of a letter addressed to the Honorable R  H Gillett on the 28th of April 1836 will show the objections that exist in the cases above mentioned. If satisfactory, a certificate will be issued in the case of Isaiah Honeywell allowing for a pension for the 7-month service in '75.

J.A. Eastman Esq                                29-132
Rochester                                               32 367
NY                                              Act June 7 '32
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________________ is sent additional testimony in the applications of Isaiah & Rice Honeywell for pensions. It appears that the rolls are incomplete.
When the cases are examined with this testimony ___ communicate to me at the H.R.     R H  Gillett
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State of New York
County of St Lawrence(?)
Town of Coney Mountain(?)

Rice Honeywell the applicant for a Pension named in the accompanying declaration and affidavits being first duly sworn to law doth appear and say for the purpose of [illegible] his said declaration that by [illegible] of lapse of time this department cannot specifically state the time of time he was actually out in militia in 1777 but believes he was actually in the field marching to [illegible] Fort and in May of that year
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I certify that Anthony C Brown, whose signature is signed to the (seal?) of the within affidavit, is a Justice of the Peace in (for?) the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, Duly authorize and administer oath and that know this signature to be genuine. 

Dated [illegible]
September 6th 1834

R H Gillet
M C
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State of New York
Monroe county} is Henry Shaff being duly deposed and says that he has been acquainted with Rice Honeywell since the year 1772 that the said Honeywell enlisted in the American services in 1776 and wen one campaign to Quebec and the same year 1776 when New York was taken by the British and in 1777 on the approach of General Burgoyne he was engaged in an [illegible] where he was wounded in the left arm and also wounded still continued to fight with his arm in a sling - that the said Honeywell was in the battle of [illegible] fought on the 16 August and in the next year he went on a campaign to Philadelphia and was engaged at the battle of Monmouth and afterwards often in the [illegible] that this [illegible] [illegible] tell the [illegible] time the said Honeywell served in all but that he should think according to the best of his recollection the said Honeywell served in all about two years reckoning the time he was disabled by his wounds he received that after the war in 1785 said Honeywell moved into upper Canada where he has remained ever since

Subscribed this 8th day of July 1834 before me

[illegible signature]

[illegible]
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State of New York
Monroe County} SS.
I certify that Alexander S. Alexander Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and [illegible] believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper handwriting and signature. Which my hand and seal of office this eighth day of July 1834.

Leonard Adams clerk

State of New York
Monroe County} SS.
I certify that I have satisfactory evidence from the statements on oath of George Carr and Rowland K Metkiff who are personally known to me and are men of truth and veracity that Henry Shaff whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit is a man of credibility and sworn reputation for truth and veracity is good.

Given made my hand this 30th August 1834

A.S. Alexander Justice of the Peace of Monroe County