Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18588, Henry Bennet, New York
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New York
Bennet, Henry
W.18588
Bennet,
Harriet
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[Two column. Left column:]
New York Roll
1351
Henry Bennet
Private
New York line from 1779 to end of war
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th June 1818,
and sent to Henry Wells, Esquire
Bath, Steuben County New York
Arrears to 4th of September 1818
4 months 14 /30. $35.73
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
35.73
Colonel Van Schack
Discontinued under
law 1st May 1820
Steuben County

[Right column:]
Letter to A. P. Sherril 7th December 1841
Reinstated July 19, 1821 and sent to
D. Cruger
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
acts of the 6th April 1838 from 4 Sep 1840 to
8 January 1841. Agent Notified 30. Dec 1841



Notification sent to Daniel Cruger
Bath New York
28 July 1820
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[Two column. Left column:]
1424
New York Albany
Harriet Bennett,
widow of Henry Bennett New York
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars __Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the
and 24 day of August 1848 and sent to 
A J. Lyon
Rushford New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 10, Volume 4
Letter to
S. A. Pengh 14th November 1849
Reported
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Steuben County
State of New York , ss.
Henry Bennet of the County
of Steuben in the State of New York being duly
Sworn before me William Read Esquire one of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said
county doth depose and say that in the month
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
Seven hundred and seventy nine he this deponent enlisted as a private soldier in a company commanded by Captain Cornelius Johnston belonging to Colonel Peter Gansvoort's
Regiment of the New York line on the continental establishment that on the General new arrangement of the army which took place in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty he this deponent was transfered [sic]
to the first New York Regiment commanded by
Colonel T. Van Schack of the said line that he
continued in service under his said enlistment
from the said month of April in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine
to the conclusion of the Revolutionary war in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three and that he then received a discharge from the said Army signed by the
R
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said Colonel G. Van Schack and countersigned by
General George Washington which said discharge
this deponent gave to a person for the purpose
of obtaining his bounty land and was unable to procure his said discharge again, that he is unable to produce his said discharge not knowing what has become of it. And this deponent further
saith that by reason of his reduced circumstances
he needs the assistance of his country for support
Henry Bennet
Sworn this 21st day of April A.D 1818 -
before me 
William Read

Steuben County
State of New York Ss. 
Joseph Havens of the Town of Conhocton in the County of Steuben and State of New York being duly sworn before me William Read one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of
said County deposeth and saith that he this deponent
and Henry Bennet named in the preceding affidavit both belonged to Colonel G. Van Schack's Regiment
of the New York line on the Continental establishment
in the revolutionary war and that he this deponent and
the said Henry Bennet were discharged from the said army at one time in the year 1783 - by the said Colonel Van Schack and General Washington
Joseph Havens
Sworn this 21st day of April 1818
before me
William Read
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In the matter of Henry Bennet
Henry Bennet Pike Allegany County New York 1852. on roll 30 June 1818
Not entitled
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State of New York
Allegany County ⎬
On this 28th day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally
appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for
the County aforesaid Henry Bennett aged fifty seven
years in August last resident in the town of Pike
in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath declare that he
served in the Revolutionary war as follows, on the company commanded by Captain Cornelius Johnson first New York
Regiment commanded by Colonel Goos Van
Schaick when I was discharged-enlisted in the
said company 1779 at which time said Company
belonged to Colonel Gansvoorts Regiment New York line
and was about nine months thereafter transferred into
the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick
That my original declaration was made on the 21st day of April 1818 and that my pension certificate is dated on the 30th June 1818 and numbered 1352 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States and a citizen thereof on the 18th day of March and that I have not since that time, by gift sale
or in any manner disposed of my property or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged
in the land and naval service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th March 1818,
and I have not nor has any person in trust for me
any property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor
have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule of the real and personal estate
of Henry Bennet
Real Estate I have none by contract or otherwise.
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Personal estate as follows-
One yoke of oxen purchased on credit, I am to pay
$20 every six months out of my pension as I receive
it with interest until they are paid for --two 3 year
old heifers- 1 spring colt. 8 sheep, 2 hogs,1 old
waggon not worth more than $10. 1 set of drag teeth 
And  ox chain,  2 axes, 1 Pitchfork, 2 five pint
Kettles, 2 dish Kettles, 1 frying pan, half dozen tea
cups and saucers, 3 knives and forks, 4 carthen plates,
4 Spoons, 3 tin Basons [sic],1 milk pan( broken), 1 churn
2 pails-
I have not the necessary bed, bedding and wearing
apparel, I owe about $20 besides what I owe for
the oxen above in all about eighty dollars-
My occupation is a farmer I have a wife about
50 years old- I have 5 children in my family
1 Son and four daughters as follows - Francis
aged 14 years, Belinda aged 17 years, Maria
aged 12 years, Ann aged 9 years, Angelica
aged 5 years. I am frequently afflicted with the
the rheumatism. I am subject to a catarrh in my head.
I can work occasionally but not sufficiently to
Support myself and family-
Henry Bennet
Sworn to and delivered
in open Court on the 28th
day of June 1820 -
Amos Peabody Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas
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Amos Peabody Clerk of the County of Allegany
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the records
of the said Court. And I do further certify
that it is the opinion of the said Court,
that the total amount and value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule
is one hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court on this 29th day of June AD 1820
Amos Peabody Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas
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Book of Births
Nicholas Bennet was born June the 4th 1773
Elizabeth Bennet was born  [illegible] 1776
Francis Bennet was born  [illegible]1779
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Mariah Bennet was born august the 25th 1807 Ann Bennet was born May the [illegible] 1810.  Angeline Bennet was born May the 21st 1815
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State of New York
Ontario County ss
On the sixteenth day of March 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber Jeremiah B Parish a Judge of Ontario County
Courts in said State Harriett Bennett a resident
of Pike, Allegany County and State of New York
aged Seventy one years the twenty fourth day of
September last who being 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 7th 1838, that she is the widow
of Henry Bennet who was a soldier in the
war of the revolution and obtained a pension
for his services as a soldier in said war as will
appear by the annexed Copy of the certificate
of her said husband granted by the war department
on the 30 day of June 1818 and which
said certificate was after the decease of her
said husband the said Henry Bennet sent
to the agent for paying pensions in the City of
Albany for the purpose of ascertaining and
drawing the back pay due her said husband
at the time of his death and which said
certificate is not in the possession of this deponant but of which she declares the and
Copy marked B is a true copy of the said
original which was in possession of her
said husband the said Harry Bennet
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at the time of his death and to which
certificate of the record thereof in the pension
office and to the proof upon which the same
was granted this petitioner prays leave to refer
for the particulars of her said husbands services in said war she further declares that she was married to the said Henry
Bennet on the 19th day of December 1788 at
Eastown, County of Washington, and State of
New York by Reverendh Elder Nathan Tanner, that
her maiden name was Harriet Clute
That her said husband the said Henry
Bennet died at Pike in the County of
Allegany and State of New York on the Eighth
day of January 1841 that she was married
to him after his leaving the service and
at the time above stated and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband on the 8th day of January
1840
And she further says that she is
now residing temporarily with her sister
in the town of Naples in the County of
Ontario and State aforesaid where she now
makes this her application and that the
said town of Naples is twenty five miles from
the place where the courts of Ontario
County are held and that she is unable
by reason of age and infirmities to attend
in open court and make this her declaration
Subscribed and sworn 
Harriet Bennet
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before me this Sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord 1843 Jeremiah B Parish Judge of Ontario County County 
Ontario County 
I do hereby certify that Harriet Bennet is unable by reason of old all and bodily infirmity to attend in open Court and makes the above declaration 
Jeremiah B Parish Judge of Ontario County Courts
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Revolutionary and 1812 Wars Section
April 10, 1925
Mrs. Hattie Campbell
Battle Creek, Box 501
Iowa
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.18588, it appears that Henry Bennet was
born in August, 1762, place not stated.
He enlisted in April, 1779, and served until the close of
the Revolution in 1783, as a private in Captain Cornelius Jansen’s Company, Colonels Peter Gansevoort's and Goose Van Schaick's New York Regiments.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April
21, 1818, while a resident of Steuben County, New York. He died
January 8, 1841, at Pike, Allegany (later Wyoming County, New York
He married December 19, 1788, at Easton, Washington County,
New York, Harriet Clute who was born September 24, 1771. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 16, 1843, while a resident of Pike, New York.
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Nicholas
Children of Henry and Harriet Bennet:

Nicholas born June 4, 1793.
Elizabeth born April 19, 1796.
Rachel born June I, 1799
Belinda Haret born September 16, 1802.
Francis born May 15, 1805.
Mariah born August 25, 1807.
Ann born May 25, 1810.
Angeline born May 21, 1815
In 1820 Nicholas, Elizabeth, and Rachel, were married and
Elizabeth had two children and Rachel had one child, their names
not stated.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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1925 Apr. 10 History to Honorable Clarence Cannon M.C.S
1925 April 10. History to Mrs. Hattie Camp  M.C.S
 Revolutionary WIDOW, etc.
 File No. 18588 
Harriet Bennett Widow of Henry Bennett Private Revolutionary War 
Act: Feb. 2 1848
Index: -Vol. A, Page 53
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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B 
Copy of Henry Bennett pension certificate
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I certify,
War Department
that in conformity with the
law of the United States of the 18 March 1818. Henry 
Bennet late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to commence on the
twenty first day of April one thousand
eight hundred and 18.
Given at the War office
of the United States this 30 
day June one thousand
eight hundred and 18
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War

(LS)
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State of New York
Ontario County ss
Anne Bennet of Pike in the County of Allegany and State of New York being duly sworn according to law says that
she is the daughter of Henry Bennet and
Harriet Burnet that her mothers maiden
name was Harriet Clute that she this
deponent is aged thirty three years and
during that time has resided with her
parents knows her father the said Henry
Bennet was a pensioner and also knows the
paper marked B hereto annexed is a copy
of the certificate in her fathers possession at
the time of his death and knows the copy
was taken and left with her mother at the
time the papers were made out and sent to
Albany to draw the balance due to her said
father at the time of his death which said
certificate was sent with those papers and of which
she has not since seen she further says she
was present at the death of her father at the
town of Pike Allegany County  State aforesaid
on the 8th day of January 1841 and further says
not
Ann Bennett
Sworn and subscribed on Bennett
before me this 16th day
of March 1843
Jeremiah B Parish Judge
of Ontario County Court
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
Hannah Bennet of Naples in the County of Ontario and State of
New York being duly sworn according to law
says that she is the sister of Harriet Bennet
and that her sisters name previous to marriage
or her maiden name was Harriet Clute
and that he this deponents name was-
Hannah State that this deponants husband
was Benjamin Bennet brother of Henry Bennet
that she has understood that Henry Bennet was a
revolutionary pensioner. This deponent further
says she was present and well recollects the
marriage of Henry Bennet with her sister
Harriet Clute at her fathers house at a place
at that time called Easton in the County
of Washington and State of New York on the nineteenth day of December One thousand seven hundred and Eighty Eight by the Reverend Nathan Tanner and that she has ever since known and  been acquainted with the family of the said Henry Bennet and Harriet Bennet her sister that she understood and
verily believes that the said Henry Bennet
died at the town of Pike Allegany County
on the 8th day of January 1841, and further saith not
Hannah Bennet-her mark
Subscribed and sworn before me this 16th
March 1843
Jeremiah B Parish Judge
of Ontario County Courts
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office
Canandaigua 20. March 1843
I hereby certify that Jeremiah B. Parrish
Esquire before whom the within foregoing
affidavits were taken and subscribed was at the time the same purport to have been taken and subscribed a judge of the County Courts in and for the said County duly appointed Commissioner and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures
within written to be genuine-
In Testimony Whereof I have have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said County the day and year
hereto above written -
Thomas Hall Clerk
By George A. Leete Deputy Clerk
8816
Harriet Bennett
New York
Act 7 July 1838
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State of New York
Allegany County ss.
Harriet Bennett of the town of Pike in said County being duly
sworn says she is the widow of Henry Bennett
who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war
and this deponent further says that the
family record hereunto annexed marked A
is the same made under the direction
of the said Henry Bennett and kept by him
as such and which made for a
great number of years and she further
says that it was kept in an old account
Book from which the same is now taken
in my presence and hereunto attached
Sworn and subscribed
Harriet Bennet-her mark
Sworn and subscribed 
this 8th day of September 1843 before me
Alvan Peck Justice of the peace
in aforesaid County
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State of New York
Allegany County ss.
Angeline Bennett of the town of Pike in said County being
duly sworn says he is the daughter of
Henry and Harriett Bennett she further
says the family record hereunto annexed
she has known and been acquainted with
ever since her earliest recollection
and knows that it is the only one ever in
the family since her recollection or has
any reason to suppose ever was in said
family
Angeline Bennet
Sworn and subscribed
this 8th day of September 1843
before me
Alvan Peck Justice of the peace
in and for said County
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State of New York
Allegany County ss.
On the 8th day of September 1843 personally came before
the subscriber Alvan Peck a Justice of the peace
in and for said County Harriet Bennett
a resident of the town of Pike in said
County who being 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 March 3 1843 - That she is the
widow of Henry Bennett who was a soldier
in the war of the revolution, as will more
fully appear by reference to evidence on
file in the pension office and she further said
she has not since the death of his said
husband the said Henry Bennett intermarried
but she remains the widow of the said
Henry Bennett
Harriet Bennet-her mark
Sworn and subscribed
this 8th day of September 1843
before me
Alvan Peck Justice of the peace
in for said County
State of New York
Allegany County Clerk's Office ss.
I William Windsor Clerk of said
County do hereby certify that Alvan
Peck, Esquire before whom the preceeding
Affidavits were taken was at the date
of the same one of the Justices of the
peace in and for said County and further
that I am well acquainted with his
hand writing & verily believe his
Name Subscribed thereto, to be in
his own proper hand writing
Witness my hand and the
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Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at Angelica this 14th day of September 1843 William Windsor Clerk
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9714.
New York
Harriet Bennett,
widow of Henry Bennett,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18
and who died on the 8th January 1841
of Ontario (in the State of New York)
who was a private in the___
commanded by Captain___
commanded by___
In the New York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 - Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of November 1845 and sent to A. J.
Lyon, Rushford, New York
Total amount,
$400.00
(Act July 7, 1838.) and resolution of August 1845
Recorded by M.M. Stuart, Clerk
Book D Volume 1
Page 529
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Henry Bennet
Correct
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Steuben County
State of New York ss.
I, William Read-- one of the
Judges of the Court of Common pleas of the
County of Steuben in the State of New York
do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that
Henry Bennet Named in the preceding affidavits served as a private Soldier in the revolution against the common
Enemy at the time and in manner stated in
the said affidavits as witness my hand this
twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and eighteen
William Read
---
Steuben County
State of New York ss.
I John Metcalfe Clerk of the County of Steuben in the State of New York do hereby certify that William Read whose
signature appears to the preceding affidavits and
certificate is now one of the acting Judge of the Court
of Common pleas of said County and is duly commissioned
as such.
Given under my hand and the seal
of my said office this 21st day of
April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
John Metcalfe
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File
the Honorable --- The Secretary of War- Washington City
Vernon New York February 7 
 September 1818
Pension office from thence to [illegible] [illegible] office.
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Vernon, Oneida County New York
To the Pension Office
Henry Bennett was a Revolutionary
Soldier in the York line for during the War-
it is presumed he was or is a pensioner and that
this department can afford some account of his
present residence, if yet alive
To whom his pension is payable, or where remitted, will
give a Clue to his residence, which is the only
object of this letter.
it is proper to remark he does not seem to have enjoyed his 500
acres bounty from New York. and may, if we
can find him, go into possession and take him
from the pension list, if indeed he should appear to be on.
it will be very gratifying if the Department could furnish
A clue to his residence and would communicate
the same to a Citizen at this place.
Yours truly
Benjamin Carpenter
N. B. it is hoped no delay may be made if consistent with the nature or duties of the office
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State of New York Ontario County Canandaigua
March 20, 1843
In the matter of the application of Mrs Bennett for a pension.
Inclosed I send you the declaration of Mrs Bennett with other papers if they are not sufficient please advise me to that effect
Your Obedient Servant 
E.B.Pottle
Honorable J. L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Canandaigua New York May 21, 1843
Sir
In answer to your favor of 26th April
requiring further proof in the matter of the
application of Harris Bennett for a pension
I send you the enclosed affidavits and hope they
may be found satisfactory
Respectfully Your obedient servant
E.B. Pottle
Honorable J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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In the matter of Mrs Harriet
Bennett, an applicant for
a Pension as the Widow of
a Revolutionary Soldier
Naples Ontario County
New York February 27. 1844
Honorable J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Last fall I forwarded
to you some evidence in reference to the
marriage of the above applicant since
which I have had no communication from you
you in reference thereto. May I ask if you
were in receipt of said Evidence and if so if it was
satisfactory. The evidence referred to was to
establish the fact that there was no family or
other record of the Marriage of the said applicant
Respectfully your obedient servant
E.B. Pottle
September 25
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Rushford July 9th 1844
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the Declaration of 
Harriet Bennett widow of Henry of Pike in this County for a pension under the act of 1838 and 3 March 1833.
she says that her claim was presented
some two years since and believe the
there is something wrong about the
claim in her agent as she cannot
hear from her claim from him.
she wishes me to take the charge of
of the Claim as her Attorney
I wish you to inform me the situation
of her claim and what further is
necessary to a final decision in the case
am also agent and attorney for the
following claim now on file in your office which I should like to hear from, viz. [namely] Keziak Warriner widow of Samual Warriner.
Deborah Orcatt widow of James Orcott,
Lydia Webster widow of Benjamin Webster, and Mary McKeen widow of Hugh Mckeen all of this County.
Be so good as to forward your decision
in these cases as soon as your convenience will allow
And you will much
Oblige your True
friend and Humble
servant A Lyon
Honorable J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Sir:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office
December 24th 1841.
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Henry Bennet
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, New York Agency, at
the rate of Eight Dollars and__Cents per month under the law of the 18th March 1818, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of September 1840
to the 5th of January 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Pike New York December 1st 1841
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Henry Bennet was a
Revolutionary soldier and received a
pension of eight dollars per month under the
act of 18 March 1818. He died the 8th January last
leaving a widow whom he married previous to the
1st January 1794 (about 1788). she wishes to know
whether she is entitled to a pension by any act
of Congress now in force.
Persons to whom the has applied give different opinions and by her request I write to you so that she may know what to
depend upon-
I am, sir, your most obedient servant
Abraham P. Sherril
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Naples Ontario County New York Sep. 18. 1843
Honorable J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send you the record
which you required accompanied by some supplementary affidavits in the matter of the application
of Mrs Harriet Bennett for a pension also a
declaration from her to obtain the benefit of the
provision of the pension law of 1843. I hope
they will be found satisfactory.
Respectfully your
Obedient. Servant.
E. B. Pottle
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I hereby
certify that I am fully satisfyed [sic] that
Harriott Bennett the person who made her mark to
the foregoing declaration before me is
unable from age and infirmity to
appear in Court or write her name
A Lyon Judge
State of New York Allegany County
Clerks Office ss.
I William Windsor Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Abraham I. Lyon
before whom the above declaration was
taken was at the date of the same one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County that his commission
was dated the 16th day of March 1840 and
will expire the 16th day of March 1845
that I am well acquainted with his hand
writing and verily believe his name subscribed
thereto is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal
of said County this 8th day of
July A.D. 1844.
William Windsor Clerk
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State of New
Ontario County SS
Harriett Bennett of the town of Pike in the County of Allegany
and State aforesaid having been duly sworn
says that she is the widow of Henry Bennett
deceased a pensioner of the United States
for services rendered during the revolutionary
war and that she was married to
the said Henry Bennett at the town of
Eastown in the County of Saratoga in
the State of New York on the nineteenth day
of December One thousand Seven hundred
and Eighty Eight by Elder Nathan Tanner
of the same place. she further says that they
did not take any certificate of the marriage
at the time neither does she know that any
record was made of it at the time by
any church or town. she further says that the
record kept by her said husband did
as a family record did not contain a
record of her marriage with the said
Henry Bennett but only the births and deaths
of the said family and further saith not
Harriet Bennett-her mark
Sworn and subscribed
the 22d day of May 1845 before me
Calvin H Luther Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
Hannah’ Bennett
of the town of Naples in the County of
Ontario being duly sworn says she is
sister of Harriett Bennett and widow of
Benjamin Bennett brother of Henry Burnett
she further says she well recollects the
marriage of Harriet Clute her sister to
Henry Bennett as she was present at the
wedding which took place at her father’s house
in the town of Eastown in the County of Saratoga
as this deponent thinks and verily believes
on nineteenth day of December 1788 or near
that time for she distinctly recollects it was
but a short time before new-year- This deponent further says she well recollects that she was Eleven years old the July previous
to the marriage of her sister the said Harriet Clute by the circumstance that she had the small pox but a short time after the Marriage and the same winter following
said marriage she further says she well
recollects that that took place before she was twelve
years old. She further says she was born in
July 1777 and that she is now Sixty five years
of age last July
Hannah Bennett-her mark
Sworn before me and  subscribed the 22d day of May 1843
Mark
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
Angeline Bennett
being sworn according to law says
she is the daughter of Henry and
Harriett Bennett that she is now aged
twenty Eight years. this deponent further
Says her father was a pensioner of the
United States for services rendered
during the Revolutionary war. she
has frequently seen the certificate
granted to her father as such pensioner
and knows that he drew money
by virtue of such certificate. she also
says her father the said Henry Bennett
died at Pike, Allegany County New York
on the seventh or Eighth day of
January 1841. She also says she
has always resided at home in her
fathers family and is acquainted with
the family record kept by her father
the said Henry Bennett and she
further says that the said family
record does not contain the record
of the marriage of the said Henry and 
Harriett Bennett but only the births
and deaths which have occurred in said
family and further saith not
Angeline Bennett
Sworn and Subscribed before me the 22d day of May 1843
Calvin H. Luther
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office
Canandaigua 31. May 1843
I hereby certify that Calvin H.
Luther Esquire before whom the
foregoing affidavits were subscribed and sworn was at the time
the same purport to have been taken and subscribed a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said County duly Elected and qualified
and authorized by law to act as such and further that
I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily
believe his signatures within written to be genuine
Given under my hand and seal of said county
at Canandaigua aforesaid this 30 May 1843
Thomas Hall Clerk
By George A. Leete Deputy Clerk
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12189.
 September 22. 1841- --- ,
 Cc 
Harriet Bennett, 
July 7, 1838, 
J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City, D.C.
[round stamp] [illegible] September 16
New York
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Rushford September 15th 1845
Sir:
Enclosed I send you The Sub Declaration of Harriet Burnett
Widow of Henry Bennet and some
further evidence in support of her
claim for a pension under the
act of the 7th July 1838 and march
3. 1843 now on file in your office.
There cannot remain a doubt of 
the justness of this claim. I have written to Saratoga and will
forward the result to you as soon as
received
I am very respectfully
Your
Obedient Servant A. J. Lyon
Honorable J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Rushford May 31st 1843
Dear Sir 
I received your letter
Directed to my friend S.C. Peck relating
to the claim of Harriet Bennett widow
of Henry Bennett for a pension under the
Act of July 7th 1838 now on file in your
Office. I have called on the old Lady
she informs me that the family record taken
from her by Luther was a true record of
the ages of her children except the first which
was still born. that the record was not
made out untill [sic] the year 1805 when she
had five children and when the records of her
husbands father Bennetts family came to her
Husbands possession. the book being full
leaves were put in and the ages of her
children set down right. she showed me
the Book which goes back to the year 1720
and before there is not a doubt but
what this claim is just and honest.
since I was there she has procured the
Enclosed evidence which I forward to
you for your decision.
I am very respecfully
your Oedient Servant
A. J.  Lyon
Honorable J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
P.S. The old lady particularly requested
me to say to you if you allowed her
a pension to send the certificate to her
or to me
A. J. Lyon
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
Emory B Pottle of Naples
in said County being duly sworn says
that Harriet Bennet named in the annexed
affidavit procured said deponent to make
application for her at the pension office
for a pension as the Widow Henry Bennett
who was as she averred a soldier in the war
of the Revolution. And that this deponent
forwarded her papers to the pension office
that among other papers this Deponent
found one below. H. Luther to get
of said Harriet a Record of Births in the
family of said Harriet and said Luther
did procure and this deponent did send
to the Pension office the record mentioned
in the above affidavit of Calvin H
Luther hereunto attached and that said Record
was the only paper purporting to be a record
of births ever sent by this deponent to the
pension office in said case
Emory B. Pottle
Sworn and Subscribed
before me this 3 day of February 1846
Elijah Waller Justice of the Peace
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State of New York Allegany
County SS
William Wilcox of Eagle in said
County being duly sworn
Deposeth and saith that he is now sixty six years of age according to Record. he became acquainted
with Henry Bennet and Harriet
Bennet his widow as early as the
year 1801 at town of Saratoga in
the State of New York that they
were then living together as husband and wife and 
had three or four children and
that he has known them ever
since up to the time of said Bennet’s
death and that his oldest child living 
name is Nicholas and that he has
known him ever since and that he is living now and that comparing his own age with Nicholas he is now over fifty years of
age and further saith not
William Wilcox
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 23 day of May 1845
Ebenezer Fitter Justice of the Peace
State of New york Allegany County ss.
Elisabeth Wilcox of Eagle in
said County being duly sworn
deposeth and saith that she was born in
the year 1782 on the 5 day of May of that year according to record and that she has been ┃
acquainted with Henry Bennet and
Harriet Bennet his wife ever since
her earliest recollection
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and that when she was about
Seven years of age she resided at
the town of Easton in the State of
New York at the home of one John
Wyatt her father and that Harriet
Clute then resided at her fathers
and that she distinct recollects that the
said Henry Bennet together with Elder Tanner coming
to her fathers and that the said
Henry and Harriet Standing up
together and being married by
the said Elder Tanner and that
this Deponent lived with them
for some three or four years after
the marriage and that in about
two years after the manage the
said Harriet had a still born child
and that about two or three years
after the birth of the first child
Nicholas Bennet was born who is
Now over fifty years of age and
that this deponent was married
to William Willcox on the 24th
day of March 1802 and that the
said Henry and Harriet were living
together as husband and wife
at that time and that they have lived together ever since
up to the death of the said Henry
and have raised a family of Eight
children and further saith
not
Elizabeth Wilcox
Sworn and subscribed before me this 23 day of May 1842
hereby certify
E. Pitter Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that that I am well acquanted with William Willcox and Elizabeth Willcox who made the foregoing affidavits
and that they are both of unimpeachable caricter [character]
Ebenezer Pitter Justice
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State of New York
Allegany County
Clerks Office ss.
I William Windsor Clerk of said County do hereby certify
that Ebenezer Pitter before whom
the preceeding [sic] affidavits were taken
was at the date of the [illegible] a 
Justice of the Peace in and for said
County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and
verily believe his name subscribed
thereto to be his proper hand writing
Witness my hand and the
Seal of said County this 28th day of May 1818
William Windsor Clerk
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
Calvin Luther being duly sworn deposes and says that he
resides in the town of Naples Ontario County
says he knows Harriet Bennett of Pike Allegany County. says about two years he called upon the said Harriet Bennett at 
her residence in the said town of Pike
for the purpose of obtaining from him a family
record to be forwarded to the pension office
of the United States to enable the said Harriet
Bennett to obtain a pension as the widow of
Henry Bennett deceased and this deponent
further says that he did find in the possession
of the said Harriet Bennett a record purporting
to be a record of the birth of the children of
the said Henry and Harriet Bennett. This deponent further says the said record was kept in an old account pocket memorandum or day book which from history given by the family and
from the accounts and Statistics noted in it appeared
to once have belonged to an ancestor or man
by the name of Bennett and who appeared to have
been an officer of the old French Wars as the
aforesaid statistics showed which were notice in
the said book and as this deponent was informed
by the family was kept by them as a family
relic and as such was used as a family record
and as an account book and further that this deponent cut the leaf from the aforesaid book containing said record and procured the affidavits of proof accompanying the same and
that he has no doubt that the same is in the hand
writing of the aforesaid Henry Bennett Husband of
the said Harriett.
Calvin H. Luther
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17th day of September 1845 Elijah Waller Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County ss.
On the Sixth day of September 1845 personally came before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the
said County Martha Havens with whom I am
acquainted and who being by me duly sworn
according to law deposes and says she is Eighty eight
years old last April. says her maiden
name was Martha Bennett he also says
that Henry Bennett was her brother. Says
in the time of the Revolutionary war she resided
in East-town and as she thinks in the County of
Rensselaer in the State of New York and that her
fathers family resided there likewise. that
her brother Henry Bennett was a soldier in
war of the Revolution. this deponent further
says she was acquainted with Harriett Clute
from the time she was quite young the also
says she knows her brother Henry Bennett
married the said Harriett Clute sometime
about or before the year 1790 as this deponent
recollects of being at her brother Henry’s in
that year by the circumstance of the age of
one of her children or son William and at
that time she knows that her brother was
married or so reputed to be and that he
and the said Harriett Clute were then living
together as husband and wife and did so
live together untill [sic] the death of her brother
which took place three or four years ago
This deponent further says that she removed
from the County of Rensselaer to the County
Ontario New York about forty years ago from
Ontario County into the town of Cohocton where
she now resides more than thirty years since and that when she moved to the present
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present place of residence she found her
brother Henry residing there and that
soon after he moved to the County of
Allegany and resided there untill [sic] his death.
as she has always understood this deponent
further says she has been intimately acquainted
with her brother Henry’s family and
that his oldest son is now somewhere about
fifty five or six years old as she well recollects
be the age of one of her children. this deponent
further says that Harriett the widow of
her brother Henry now resides in the
town of Pike in the County of Allegany
as she has understood and believes
Martha Haven-her mark
Sworn and subscribed
before me the 6th day of September 1845
Calvin H Luther Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County ss
Joseph Havens of the town of Cohocton personally came before
the Subscriber a Justice of the peace of the said
County of Ontario and made oath in due
form of law and deposes that he is sixty
four years of age that he was well acquainted with his uncle, Henry Bennett
before and after his marriage. he
also says he was acquainted with
Harriett Clute was living with his uncle
Henry Bennett at the time of his marriage with the said Harriett Clute. Know they lived together as husband and wife
from that time to the death of his uncle
about four years ago. This deponent further
says that from his recollection he must
have been some six seven or eight years
of age at the time of the marriage of
his uncle Henry- says he knows the
children of his uncle thinks the oldest son
of his uncle Henry is about the age of
William the brother of this deponent which is
about fifty five or fifty six years or thereabouts.
Joseph Havens
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 6th day of September
1845
Calvin H Luther Justice of the Peace
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8816 
Harriet Bennett
New York
Widow of Henry
Act 7 July 1838
Widow, husband died January 8, 1841 
Admitted 2 years private $80 
under Joint Resolution of 23d January
 A. J. Lyon Rushford New York
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See letter to Benjamin Carpenter 8 April 1829. September 1 
Real Estate - none 
Personal - $115.25-
58 years of age can labor some but not sufficient to support himself and family
wife 50- unwell -
 5 Children, viz [namely]-
 Maria - 12 -
 Francis 14- 
Belinda - 17 - 
Ann-9
Angelicas-5-
Served over 4 years
Honorable D. Cruger 
8816
Harriet Bennett, Widow of Henry New York
Suspended
letter toE.B. Pottle April 26 and January 9, 1843. ditto to Honorable WS. Hubble December 20. 1843. 
ditto to E.B. Pottle Mar 27. 1844.
ditto to A.S. Lyon October 10. 1844,
ditto to Honorable L.C. Peck April 25, 1845.
A.J. Lyon, July 15 1845 
Suspended Act 1838
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State of New York
Allegany County ss.
On this 28th day of June in the year of
our lord one thousand eight hundred
and forty four personally appeared
before the subscriber one of the Judges of the
Court of common Pleas in and for
the County of Allegany Harriet Bennett
a resident of the town of Pike in the
said County of Allegany aged 73 years
who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the
Act of Congress passed July the 7th
1838. and the act of the 3d of March 1843
extending said Act granting half pay
and pensions to certain widows, that the
is the widow of Henry Bennett who
was a private in the war of the Revolution
she believes will fully appear by reference to his papers now on file in the Pension Office.
And she further declares that her husband drew a pension under the Act of 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six
dollars per annum, and that he resided at the town of Caladonia County of Livingston and State of New York at
the time he drew his pension and
that her husband the said Henry
Bennett died on the 8th day of
January one thousand eight hundred
and forty one at the town of Pike in
the said County of Allegany and State aforesaid
and that her husband's original
certificate has returned to the Pension
Office
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And she further declares that she was
married to the said Henry Bennett at
the town of Eastown Washington
County and State of New York on the 19th
day of December 1788 by Nathan Tanner
a minister of that town and that her
maiden name before her marriage was
Harriet Clute.
And she further declares that sometime
in the month of March 1843. She made
declaration in order to obtain a pension
before Judge Parish of Naples Ontario
County and State of New York and imployed [sic] one Calvin H. Luther who resided
there as her attorney to forward her
papers to Washington who she under
stood procured some testimony in relation to her marriage,
And she further declares that she had a family record of
the ages of her children which was
not forwarded with her declaration
that sometime in the month of September
1843. the said Luther come to the town
of Pike where she now resides and
took the leaf from the family Bible
containing the said record together
with an affidavit and since then
she has heard nothing from her claim
And she further declares that she
is still the the widow of the said
Henry Bennett and has not
since married.
Harriet Bennett-her mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me the day and
year first above written
A J Lyon Judge of
Allegany County Courts
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Honorable A J Lyon Rushford Allegany County New York
North Easton New York
August 28th 
10139
Per July 22, 1845
Harriet Bennett widów of Henry
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Reston 26 August 1845
Mr. A J Lyon 
Sir, I received your letter of the 8th August requesting me to search the Town Records for the marriage of Henry Bennet to
Harriett Clut. I have done so but cant
find records so late as that date, but
find records of the next year, this town
belong to Saratoga untill after 1789.
You wish me to search the church records.
I have been to the Clerk of the
church for the marriage but cant find
anything on record, The clerk said that
he had a letter on the same business
but could not find out nothing.
I have called on 3 or 4 of our old
people to see if I could find any one
that new [sic] of the marriage, but no one new
either of them but new the minister
well but could not find out that the
old minister is alive or not
Yours in haste
A Worth
Town Clerk
as there is one old women that was gone to the west I think that she will now [know] about the marriage if she is connected. If she should I will write you
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State of New York
Allegany County ss.
on this eighth day of September
1845 personally appeared before me the subscribed
A justice of the peace for the said County
Harriet Bennett resident of the town of Pike
in said County aged seventy four years who
being by me duly sworn according to law
doth on her oath make the following sub
declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed July 7th 1838 and the act of March
5th 1843. that she is the widow of Henry Bennett
Who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution 
as the believes will fully appear by reference
to his papers now on file in the pension office in which he drew his pension and that her husband drew a pension under the
act of Congress of March 18th 1818
and at the rate of ninety dollars per annum.
and she further declares that she was married
to the said Henry Bennett at the
of Easton in the County of Washington and state of 
New York on the nineteenth day
December 1788 by Elder NathanTanner the
then Minister of said town at the house of John
Wyatt in said town and that Hannah Bennett and 
Elizabeth Wilcox then lived with Wyatt and a 
number of others were present at the marriage
that she knows that she was married at
the time above entitled by her own age
at the time she was married and by the
ages of her children and that about two years
and six months after the marriage she had
still born child that on the fourth day
1793 her son Nicholas was living
being the oldest living of the family and
that she has had eight children and that
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Angeline her youngest child was born on the
twenty first day of May 1815 according to
Record and that she has never stated to any
person that she was married in 1778 and if
it is so stated in any declaration of his on file in the
pension office it is the mistake of her
agents or attorney who wrote her declaration
that she and her husband the said Henry
Bennett removed from Steuben County into
the County of Allegany about the the year
1820-that their family there consisted of five 
children-Belinda then about seventeen
Years old- Francis about fourteen years of
age- Maria about twelve years old- Ann
about nine years old- and Angeline about
five years old. These were then being the
five youngest of the family. that Nicholas
the oldest of the family was then married
and lived by himself and that Elizabeth
the next oldest child was also married and 
had two children- that Rachel the third
child was also married and had one child at
That time all of which said the last mentioned
children were then married and lived
separate from the family of her husband Henry Bennet-and that her husband the said Henry Bennett died at the town
Pine on the eighth day of January 1841-
and she further declares in positive terms
that she is still the widow of the said
Henry Bennett and has not since married
Harriet Bennett-her mark
sworn and subscribed before me the day and year
year above written.
Marvin Fall Justice of the peace
State of New York
Allegany County
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Clerks Office ss.
I, William Windsor Clerk of said
County of Allegany do hereby certify
that Marvin Hall Esquire before
whom the preceeding Affidavit was
taken was at the date of the same
a Justice of the Peace in and for
said County and that I am well
acquainted with his hand writing
and verily believe his name Subscribed thereto is his genuine
Signature
Witness my hand and
the Seal of said County
this 13th day of September
AD 1845
William Windsor Clerk
of Said County
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State of New York
Allegany County ss 
On this Tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred forty five personally appeared before me Timothy Rockwell aged Fifty nine and Moses Smith aged Fifty Six and LymanAyrault aged Forty Eight years all Residents of Pike in the said County of Allegany doth on their Respective oaths
depose and say that they have severally been acquainted with
Henry Bennett who died in this town in the winter
of 1841 and Harriett Bennett his widow now living in said
town and that they were also severally acquainted with
most of their family and severally know that it consisted
of some seven or eight children and that they were all
severally acquainted with Nicholas Bennett the oldest of
said children and that the said Timothy Rockwell
says that he has been acquainted with the said Nicholas
Bennett since the year 1820 and also with the rest of
the family since that time and that the said Nicholas
that was married at that he had a family and
in his opinion was a man then 25 years of age and
that the said Moses Smith & Lyman Ayrault we each
severally acquainted with the said Nicholas Bennett
since the year 1825 and that he was then married and
[illegible] of his family and in their opinion was a
Married [illegible] and these deponents each for
himself doth further say that they have read and
heard read the sub declaration taken before Marvin
Trull Esquire on the Eighth day of this present month
have no doubt of the truth of the facts therein stated
by the said Harriett Bennett
Timothy Rockwell
Moses Smith
Lyman Ayrault
Severally sworn & subscribed 
before me the day and year first
above written
Alvin Peek Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
each of the persons making the above affidavit before me and
that they are among the most respectable men of the town of
Pike, and men of undoubted truth and veracity, and that
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their statement is entitled to full credit
Alvin Peek Justice of the peace
State of New York
Allegany County
Clerks Office ss.
I, William Windsor Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Alvan
Peck Esquire before the above affidavits
was taken was at the date of the same
a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe
that the signature to the said certificate purporting to be his own is genuine.
Witness my hand and
the Seal of Said County this
13th day of September 1845
William Windsor
Clerk of said County
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7399.
 New York
Harriet Bennett, widow of Henry Bennett who was a private in the New York line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars__ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of November, 1815 - and sent to A. J. Lyon Rushford, New York
(Act of March 3, 1843) and  17 June 1841
Recorded in Book A 
Volume 2
Page 71.
2 Certificates
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State of New York
Wyoming County ⎬ ss. On this seventh day of August, one
thousand Eight hundred and forty-eight, personally appeared
before mea justice of the peace in and for the
County aforesaid, Harriet Bennett a resident of the town of
Pike in the County of Wyoming and State of New York,
aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according
to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Henry Bennett who was a Private in the Army of the
Revolution and died on the 8th day of January 1841
and that she is the identical person who drew a pension
under the act of the 17th June, 1844, on account of the
revolutionary service of her husband the above named
Henry Bennett, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
She further declares that she is still a widow
Harriet Bennet-her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written, before me
Alvan Peck
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named affiant is personally
known to me, and that she is the same individual who
drew a pension, as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit
and also I certify that she cannot write her name for
the reason of age and bodily infirmity.
Alvan Peck
Justice of the Peace.
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Wyoming County ⎬ ss 
Clerks office
I, Abel Webster Clerk of said
County do hereby certify that
Alvan Peck before whom the within
affidavit was taken, and whose
Certificate of identity is thereunto attached was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized to take the same
that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his signature
thereunto attached to be genuine- and that the
same is taken in conformity with the laws of this
state. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal this
day of August AD 1848
Abel Webster Clerk
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[oval-shaped stamp]
Office of the Commissioner U.S. Bureau of Pensions
April 10, 1925
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CLARENCE CANNON 9TH DISTRICT MISSOURI Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.  April 9, 1925.
Honorable Wilder S. Metcalf, 
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
 My dear Mr. Commissioner: I shall much appreciate it if you can forward to me any data relative to the military record or to the family history of one Henry Bennett, a pensioner, who was living in Allegheny County, New York, in 1840, and Abraham Haptonstall or Hamptonstall, a pensioner, who was living that year in Harrisburg, Gallia County, Ohio. With kindest regards and best wishes, Your friend, Clarence Cannon

CC-GFC
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Battle Creek Iowa
February 20 1925
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington D.C.
My dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish me with
the record of service in the Revolutionary
of my ancestor Henry Bennett
who was born 1762 and was pensioned in Allegheny County
New York
Give me any family data you May have on file
and oblige.
Very truly yours
Mrs Hattie Campbell
Box 501
Battle Creek
Iowa
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MCA
Revolution and 1812 Wars Section
April 10, 1925
Honorable Clarence Cannon
house of Representatives
Dear Mr. Cannon:
I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1858, it appears that Henry 
Bennet was born in August, 1782, place not stated.
He enlisted in April, 1779, and served until the close of
the Revolution in 1783 as a private in Captain Cornelius Jansen's
Company, Colonels Peter Gansevort’s and Goose Van Schaick's New York Regiments.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818 while a resident of Steuben County, New York. He died January 8, 1841 at Pike, Allegany (later Wyoming County) New
York.
He married December 19, 1788, at Easton, Washington County,
New York, Harriet Clute who was born September 24, 1771. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 16, 1843, while a resident of Pike, New York.
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Children of Henry and Harriet Bennett
Nicholas born June 4, 1793,
Elizabeth born April 19, 1796,
Rachel born June 1, 1799,
Belinda Haret born September 16, 1802,
Francis born May 15, 1805,
Mariah born August 25, 1807,
Ann born May 25, 1810,
Angeline born May 21, 1815
In 1820 Nicholas, Elizabeth, and Rachel, were married and
Elizabeth had two children and Rachel had one child, their names
not stated.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner