Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42953, for Martin Mc Nary, Connecticut
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(8-1776) SERVICE Conn 
McNary, Martin or McNeary 
NUMBER   S.42953
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Not [unreadable] sent to NH Bulkley. Pougkeepsie, NY 20th July 1820 
No! see letter to Hon. Wm W. Van Wyck, 8 Feb: 1323 
No Schedule
He died Aug. 8 - 1825 
3,919 
New York Roll 
Martin McNeary 
Col. Durkee private Connecticut line - 1780  2 years 
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.  
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818  
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Oct. 1818 and forwarded to Daniel C. Verplanck Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York 
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818    38.40
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819   48.00
$86.48 
4 Mo 24/30 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} 
Discontinued 
Not proof Fishkill
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In the matter of Martin McNary a Pensioner of the United States. 
Fishkill 3919
3919 26 Oct 1978
Not entitled  
(New York)
Mar 1819
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the Village of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York on Monday the twenty sixth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty 
Present the Hon James Omott First Judge 
Daniel C Ver Planck 
Abraham D Von Wyck 
Thomas Sweet Esquires Judges 
Dutchess County ss Be it remembered that on the 26th day of June in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas in open court the said court being a court of Record for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York Martin McNary aged sixty three years resident in the town of Fishkill on the County of Dutchess and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declares that he served in the revolutionary war as follows- 
In the fall of the year 1776 he enlisted in a company commanded by Captain Stillwell in a Regiment of the Connecticut line command by Colonel Durkee in General Huntingtons  Brigade for three years, that he served in the same company the full term of his said enlistment and until he was discharged at West Point,  and that his original declaration is dated the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that his pension certificate is No 3919.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 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 hereby so do 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 day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that
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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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit 
Real estate, A farm of fifty five acres situate in the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, on the side of the mountain called the Highlands on which are a house thirty by sixteen feet, one story high and a barn twenty by thirty feet. This farm is incumbered by a mortgage to Richard Rassalje  for two hundred and seventy dollars.   
Personal estate, wearing apparel and bedding excepted as follows 
2 horses 12 years old
2 cows, 2 two year old, 3 one year old
1 Sow & 5 pigs, 3 shoats
One old wagon & harness
12 Sheep
9 Geese
1 Table
6 chairs
1 Pot
1 Kettle
1 Tea Kettle
Frying Pan
4 Tea Cups & saucers
6 Earthen plates
Milk cup
Sugar cup, Tea Pot
4 Knives & forks
4 Bowls
1 Platter
3 Table spoons
5 tea spoons
Ballance due on the note of Joseph C McNary $6.36 
I have one other note against Martin McNeary given ten years ago for $190 which I consider of no value as the said Martin has become insolvent and has absconded.   And the deponent saith that he is indebted to sundry persons in addition to the mortgage above mentioned in the sum of about seventy nine dollars.  
And the dependent further saith that his family consists of himself, his wife aged sixteen years, and one child four months old and the mother of the deponent aged ninety one years that the Deponent is a farmer by occupation, but having entirely lost the use of his right arm is unable to labour.
Martin  McNary his mark 
Sworn and subscribed this 26 day of June 1820 in open Court 
W Henry Bulkey Dept Clerk
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I John Johnston Clerk of the County of Dutchess and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule are truly copies from the Records of the said Court. and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule exclusive of the Lands is one hundred and twenty seven dollars and that the applicant owes seventy nine dollars and that the lands are encumbered to their full value - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty sixth day of June in the year 1820.

John Johnston, Clerk
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Not on the rolls
Gabriel Odell’s Case
Mistake – should not be McNeary
[unreadable] 
State of New York  
County of Dutchess} ss 
Martin McNeary of the town of Fishkill State and County aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth and saith  
That sometime in the year Seventeen hundred eighty he enlisted under Captain Wright to serve for three years in the Revolutionary Army,  that he served in Captain Stillwells Company in Col. Durges [Durkee]  Regt in the Connecticut line after the death of Col. Durges [Durkee] That he was commanded by Col. Grosvenor in the same line. That he was discharged after serving about two years and nine months by procuring a man to serve in his place. That he has lost the rest of his papers, that he has never received any pension from the government.   Also that from his reduced circumstances he is in need of assistance from his Country.
Martin McNeary
Sworn this 11th day of April 1818 before me 
Daniel C Verplanck 
I Jacob Van Ness Clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that Daniel C Ver Planck before whom the above affidavits have been taken is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County acting under the authority of this state and that the above is his signature.   In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 
Jacob Van Ness
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State of New York 
County of Putnam} ss Gabriel Odell of the Town of Phillips in said County being duly Sworn deposeth and saith that he knows the within named Martin McNeary and that he knows him to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army and further this deponent saith not 
Sworn before me this 9th day of April 1818  
Robert Holmes Justice of the Peace  
State of New York
Dutchess County SS. I Daniel Verplanck one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas do certify that from an examination of the affidavit of Martin McNeary made before on the Seventh day of April One thousand eight hundred and & eighteen & the affidavit of Gabriel Odell both which affidavit herewith transmitted that I am satisfied that the said McNeary served against the Common Enemy during to the revolutionary war in Captain Stilwells Company in Col Dirge [Durkee] regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army during the term of Nine months & more that he is in reduced circumstances & requires the assistance of his country for his support and that I now transmit the proceeding & testimony taken before me together with the certificate of Col Eben Huntington to the Secretary of the War Department in pursuance of the act to provide for certain persons in the Land & Naval Service of the United states during the revolutionary War. 
Daniel C. Verplanck 
One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess
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Adm’d [admitted]
Martin McNeary
Additional Testimony
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State of N York 
Dutchess County Ss. Gabriel Odell of the town of Philips in the County of Putnam aged Fifty four years being duly sworn deposes & says that he is well acquainted with Martin McNeary that he know that he in listed in the Continental army during the revolutionary war either for three years or during the Term of the War, that he has reason to believe that he served during the period of his inlistment that he did not see McNeary enlist but from general reports seeing him in uniform he has worn before me no doubt his serving in the Army of the United States.
Gabriel Odell
Sworn before me this ninth of October 1818 
Daniel C. Verplanck one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid  
State of N York 
Dutchess County Ss. William Butler of the town of Phillips in the County of Putnam aged seventy years being duly sworn deposes & says that he is well acquainted with Martin McNeary that he knew the said Martin as a soldier in the Continental Army during the revolutionary war that the said Martin was stationed at the Fort Westpoint that he understood that the said Martin was enlisted for the term of Three years or during the war that he has reason to believe that the said Martin served during the Term for which he was enlisted that he recollects the said Martin serving as a soldier at West Point for Nine months or more
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that he does not remember in what regiment the said Martin served but that he is certain it was in the Connecticut line. That the said William Butler further says that he the said William served under Col Govion of the Sappers & Miners & was stationed at West Point when McNeary was at that place.  
William Butler
Sworn before me this Ninth of October 1818 before me 
Daniel C Verplanck one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess
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State of N York
Dutchess County Richard Rapage of the town of Fishkill being of lawful age & being duly sworn deposes & says that he is acquainted with Gabriel Odell & William Butler the town of Philips & County of Putnam that he believes them to be persons of Truth & that Credit may be given to their Testimony 
Richard Rapage 
Sworn this 10th of October 1918 before me Daniel C. Verplanck of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid 
Dutchess County ss. I Daniel C Verplanck one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess that I am satisfied that full faith & Credit is due to the annexed affidavits of Gabriel Odell, William Butler & Richard Rapalje, that I am personally acquainted with Richard Rapalje that he is one of the most respectable citizens of the town of Fish Kill in the County of Dutchess Oct 16th 1818- 
Daniel C Verplanck 
I Jacob Van Ness Clerk of the County of Dutchess in the State of New York do hereby certify that Daniel C. Verplanck before whom the above and preceding affidavits have been made is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Dutchess in the State of New York aforesaid acting under the authority of this State and that the above and preceding are his signatures. In witness have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
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County of Dutchess this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Jacob Van Ness
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June 29, 1940 
BA-J/AWF 
Martin McNary 
S. 42953
Mrs. William H. Ganson 
65 Glenwood Boulevard 
Hudson, New York 
Dear Madam:  
The data which follow were obtained from claim for pension, S.42953, based upon service of Martin McNary in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of birth of Martin McNary, and names of his parents were not given. 
Martin McNary enlisted in Connecticut, in the spring of 1780, served as a private in Captain Stillwell's company, Colonels Durkee's and Grosvenor 's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged March 26, 1783. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, at which time he was living in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, aged about sixty-one years. 
Martin McNary referred in 1820, to his wife aged sixteen (?) years, to a child aged four months, and to his mother aged ninety-one years, but he gave no names. Reference was made to other children of the soldier, Martin McNary, only name definitely stated being, Martin McNary who in 1823 had moved away from the residence of his father. 
One Joseph C. McNary was referred to in 1823, no
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relationship to the family is shown.
The solider, Martin McNary, died August 8, 1825.
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1923 Sept 19 Hist. to Minnie Doty AWF
1927 June 17 Minnie Doty ref no place as sergeant AWF
1934 Apr 7 – hist to Miss Mary Francis AWF
1940 June 29 hist to Mrs. Wm. H. Ganson AWF
42953 
Revy INVALID. 
File No. 42.953 
Martin McNeary 
Pri Rev War   
Act: 18 March 18 
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 321 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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McNary, Martin
Conn  S. 42953
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West Point March 26” 1783 
This may Certify that Martin McNeary of the Connt Regt has provided an able bodied man (by name Daniel Snider) to rise till June 1784, and is in consequence thereof permitted to leave Camp till that time unless Daniel Snider should desert, the said McNeary to be held as an enlisted Soldier in as full a Manner as the this permission was not given  
[stamp] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNTIED STATES 
Eben Huntington Lt. Col
Comm 1st Conn Regt.  
Huntington’s Brigade } the above Named McNarey served in Col Darge’s till his death & then was commanded by Col Groveners in Stillwells Company
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Wm W. Van Wyck Esq
Fishkill
New York
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War Department 
Pension Office 
August 27, 1823 
Sir
I herewith return the documents transmitted by you in support of the claim of Martin McNeary to a restoration to the Pension List under the act of March 1823, and have to state, that before a decision can be had in his case; the Clerk must certify under his seal of office, as to the official character and signature of the late Sheriff.
I am, respectfully Your Obt. Servt. 
J.L. Edwards
Wm W. Van Wyck Esq Fishkill New York
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Rec’d 15 Sept 1823
Fishkill
Sept 10th
/3 / 40 – 243
free
James L. Edwards
Pension office
War Department
Washington
March 1823
NY
Martin McNeary
Rec’d 15 Sept 1823
Mar ‘19
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Fishkill Sept 8. 1823 
Sir
I again return you the papers of McNary certified by the Clerk as you directed. 
Respectfully your &c
Wm. W. Van Wyck
J. L. Edwards Esqr
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$75 applied to the pay Mother's board – 1 cow 1820 to satisfy an Execution of B. White – 1 Yearling to O. B. for $12 to pay a Debt due him - & hots & 2 Sheep used in family – 1 yearling sold to pay board for his child.  1 Yearling for $8 under Execution – 2 Yearlings to Doctr Ranson for medical attendance.  Some small articles of furniture sold for the supply of family.
Aged 66 yr a Farmer unable to labor by reason of a “Malficaton of his right arm” 
No family given.
Wm. W. Van Wyck Esq
Fishkill NY.
New York 
Martin McNeary, priv served 2 ye from 1780. 
1st Sched. June 1820. 
55 acres of land & a House which there is a mortgage for $270 - which am in the opinion of the Court is the full value of it  - Personal Property $127, a note against Martin McNeary for $190 given 10 years ago & said McN. Insolvent & has absconded 
Indebted - $99
Sched 18 June 1823 
Exhibits $2.  
Accounts for the decrease by sale of Real Estate, and Execution "11 Nov 1820 for $570 as appears by authenticated certificate from the Sheriff – amt of Debts & Costs $326.00
Bal in claimant's hands 243.90 which has been expended paying his debts & supporting himself - 1 Waggon,  2 [unreadable], 1 cow, sold in 1820 to
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War Department
Pension Office
8th Oct 1823
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Martin McNary’s Papers
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Declaration 
In order to be restored to the pension List, under the act of the first of March 1823 – 
Dutchess County ss On this Eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty three Before me the Subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Dutchess being a Court of Record having common law Jurisdiction for the County of Dutchess Martin McNary resident in said County aged sixty six years Seven months who being first duly sworn, according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818, the 8th of May 1820 and the of March 1823 - That he the said Martin McNary enlisted for the time of three years --- The day or the month he does not recollect but it was in the spring of one thousand seven hundred Eighty in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Stillwell in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Durgee [Durkee] in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the Corp untill the spring of One thousand Seven hundred Eighty three when he was discharged from the said service in the State of New York at West Point that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property.  And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
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And that I have not since that time by gift or sale or in any manner dispose 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 day of March 1818.   And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or security contracts or debts are to me nor have I any income other than the Schedule hereunto what is contained in the Schedule herewith annexed & by me subscribed.  
An Inventory of My Real Property & Personal Property exhibited in my first schedule as follows 
A farm of fifty five Acres of land situate in the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess, the side of the Mountain called Highland on which are a house thirty by Sixteen feet one story high and a barn twenty by thirty feet,  the farm is incumbered by a Bond & Mortgage to Richard Repalje for $270
My Personal Estate (wearing apparel & Bedding excepted) as follows 
2 horses 12 years old
2 Cows
2 year old cattle
3 One year old cattle
1 Sow & Five Pigs
3 Shoats
1 old wagon
1 Set of harness
12 Sheep
9 Geese
1 Table
6 Chairs
1 Pot
1 Kettle
1 Tea Kettle
1 Frying pan
6 Tea Cups & saucers
6 Earthen plates
1 Milk cup
1 Tea Pot
5 Knives & forks
4 Bowls
1 Platter
3 Table Spoons
5 Tea Spoons
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Ballance an a Note of Joseph C McNary $6.36,  I have one other note against Martin McNary (my son) given ten years since for $190, which I consider of no value as the said Martin has become Insolvent has become and has absconded.  And this Deponent saith he is indebted to Sundry persons in addition to the bond & mortgate above mentioned in the Sum of $79.   That since the exhibition of my first Schedule the following 6 changes have been made in my real &  personal property as follows:
Names of Persons to whom sold  Time of Sale  Amount of Money or description of property received in return:
My Real estate Sold by Gilbert Nietsham Sheriff of Dutchess County to Richard Repalje, 11 Nov 1820, for $570 as will appear by the Sheriffs certificate.
2 Horses & harness sold to David Owens, in the Fall 1820, for $40 to pay my board and my Mothers
1 Cow sold to David Owens, In fall 1820, For $15 to pay my board and my mothers
1 Cow sold to Elihu Scofield to Constable on execution to Barton White,  22 Sept 1820, $12 to [unreadable] on execution in favor of Barton White.
1 two year old sold to Obediah Bowne, in Fall 1820, $12 to pay a debt due Obadiah Bowne
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And that I have not since that time by gift
1 two year old sold to Wm Ladum, in fall of 1820, For boarding my Child one year
1 Yearling sold to Barton White by execution by Scofield Constable, 22d Sept 1820, $8 to Satisfy an execution in favor of Barton White
2 yearlings Sold to Doctor Remson, in fall of 1820, $10 to pay Doctor Remson for attending an him as a Physician
1 shoat pig sold to Richard Repalje, in fall of 1820, $1.50 to pay a Judgement he Obtained against me.
3 Pigs killed in the fall of 1820 for my family
2 shoats killed in the fall of 1820 for my family
1 shoat sold to Richard Repalje, in fall of 1820, $6 for Clothing
1 Waggon sold to David Owens, in fall of 1820, $20 to pay my board and my mothers
1 shoat killed in the family & 1 died the other 10 Sold to Richard Repalje, in fall of 1820, $12 in family 7 francs
9 [unreadable]
1 Table now in my possession
4 Chairs now in my possession
2 Chairs given to my Mother, in fall 1820, for moving my Mother
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1 Kettle sold to Mrs Owens, in fall 1820, $1.50 for making me some clothes
6 Earthen plates
6 Tea Cups & Saucers, Milk Cup, Sugar Dish, 1 [unreadable], 6 knives & forks, 4 bowls, 1 Platter, 3 Table spoons, & 5 Tea Spoons, all broke & lost
1 Pot now in my possession
1 tea kettle & frying pan I gave to my son, in fall 1820, for boarding my mother
All the Property I now have in my possession is the Note of Martin McNary for $190 & he is insolvent 7 absconded & the note given 10 years since, 1 Table, 4 Chairs & 1 Iron Pot.
And this deponent further saith that he has no family but himself & that he is a farmer by occupation & that he is unable to support him with on account of a Mortification on his right arm which took place about four years since which renders it less to him. And this Deponent further saith that the overplus money that his farm sold for after paying the amount of the execution & Shoaff’s fee was expired in paying his debts & supporting him & that for the last year he has been supported by his sons who are unable to support him any longer
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And this Deponent further saith that he is in such indigent circumstances unable to support himself without the assistance of his Country & this deponent further saith that since the 24th day of January 1823 he has been a pauper of the town of Fishkill in said County of Dutchess.  
And this deponent further saith that he is unable to attend in person in Court by reason of a mortification on his right arm which he has been afflicted with for four years past & other body infirmities.
Martin McNary his mark
Sworn to & declared on the his 18th day of June 1823 before me Daniel C Ver Planck one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas for the County of Dutchess 
I Daniel C Ver Planck Judge of the Court of Common Pleas holden in the County of Dutchess where the declarant resides, I hereby certify that the above named Martin McNary is from a Mortification on his right arm which I am credibly informed & believe he has been afflicted for the part of four years & other bodily infirmities unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge and I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the Court above named at its next Session.  I have therefore in pursuance of the Act of
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Congress of the first of March 1823 attended at his place of abode and administered the foregoing oath Daniel C Verplanck Judge &c 
State of New York
Dutchess County SS. James W. Oppee of the town of Fishkill known by the Court here to be entitled to full credit as a witness who being duly sworn do depose & say that he is well acquainted with Martin McNary above named and have known him for many years and that he is acquainted with his property & believes that the representation of the said Martin and the schedule of his property and the value thereof and the amount of his debts in all respects true that he believes the said Martin to be an honest man and entitled to credit.  And know that from his situation age & property his unable to maintain himself without assistance, and further saith not.  
James W. Oppie  
Sworn the 2d  day of July 1823 in open Court 
Maturin Livingston 
I Jacob Van Ness Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that Daniel C Verplanck before whom the above affidavit of Martin McNary who is now sick and confined to his house, was made, is Judge as aforesaid that the said Schedule & oaths have been admitted to the record of said Court & that the same are truly copied therefrom And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule & now in the said Martins possession is two dollars.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty fifth day of July 1823 
Jacob Van Ness
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Dutchess County [unreadable]
Richard Repalje 
Vs
Martin McNary}
Dutchess County,  I do hereby certify that I did on the thirty first day of August 1820 Recieve an execution in the above suit for $280 [unreadable] & did sell the Real Estate of the above defendant on the Eleventh day of November 1820 for $570 to the above Plaintiff that the debtors Interest & Sheriffs fees amounted to $32.03 Cents leaving a ballance in the hands of the Plaintiff of $243.933 cents of the act & further saith not.  Dated this 27th day of July 1823 
Gilbert Ketcham 
Late Sheriff 
Dutchess County 
Clerks Office ss} I Jacob Van Ness, Clerk of the County of Dutchess and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that Gilbert Ketcham Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was on the twenty Eighth day of February one thousand Eight hundred & twenty and continued to be until and after the Eleventh day of November one thousand Eight hundred & twenty Sheriff of said County of Dutchess,  duly commissioned and sworn; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Gilbert Ketcham, and the signature “Gilbert Ketcham" subscribed to the above certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Gilbert Ketcham.   In testimony I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of as of said County this Second day of September one thousand and twenty three. 
Jacob Van Ness 
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
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Barton White
Vs
Martin McNary} Dutchess County ss I do hereby Certify that I did on the twenty second day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty sell at Public Vendue all the Personal property of the above named Defendant to satisfy an execution in my hands in favour of the above named Plaintiff of twenty one dollars & Seventy five Cents that the above Plaintiff became the purchase dated this 28th day of July 1823 
Elihu Scofield Constable
of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
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Free
Hon’ble J. C. Calhoun
War Department
Washington
Admitted
[stamp] VOUGHE V V OCT 16
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Poughkeepsie October 16th 1818 
J. C. Calhoun Esqr
Sir 
I enclose to your Department additional testimony in the case of Martin McNeary from the indorsement on the papers returned to me I have reason to believe that the name of Odell a Witness in favour of McNeary was sought for. Certificate in favour of Bailey Van Tyne, Cunningham & Tucker more this morning received by me. I remain Sir 
respectfully 
Daniel C. Verplanck
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[stamp] RECEIVED MAY 20 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER #7
MRS. WILLIAM H. GANSON
65 [UNREADABLE] BOULEVARD HUDSON, NEW YORK
May 15 1940
U.S. Pen office 
Washington, D.C. 
Sir: Will you kindly give we record of Pension of Martin McNary or McNarey supposed to be found Drapers Index Conn. Rev. Pensioners (S. 42953) and oblige. 
Very truly yours 
[unreadable] 
Mrs Gus  H. Ganson 
Also send information covering Joseph Carey who served in the Continental Army under Capt. Sam Fairfield Co. dated Feb. 10
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1778. Joined Lees reg. with record of pay from Sept 1- 1777 to Dec. 31- 1779
D.W.G.
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Revolutionary war Dept
Beaureau of Pensions
Dear Sir
Will you inform me when Martin McNary's Pension S.42953 was stopped. He got this pension when living at Fishkill New York and died there. What I want to find out is the year he died. He was in Rev. war 1780 to 1783 in Captains Stillwell's Company Colonels Durkee and Grosvenor's regment, Conn Troops. Respct
over
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Mrs Minnie McNary Doty
Roswell New Mexico
413 N. Pennsyvaina Ave.
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U.S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Would you send me a copy of the application for pension in the Revolutionary war of Martin McNary of Connecicut he was a sargeant in that war also his son Martin McNary a Connecicut pensioners but was residing in N.Y at time of receiving pension he was a private in Revolution on Gen Stillwell
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Mrs Minnie Doty
413 Pennsylvania Ave
Roswell New Mexico

Pension Office
Aug 4 1923
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               PENSION
                      R
                   NOV
            U.      20      S.
                    1926
                 OFFICE


Rev
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Sectery of Interior
Dear Sir
I am writing for this information from the War Records. My gr. gr. grand father Martin McNary was in the Revolutionary War also four of the early Indian Wars. Our famaly history says that he was discharged as Seargeant on his discharge papers but name is spell (Kenary) although his decendents spell it McNary
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his son name was Martin and he was a private in the same Revolutionary War. both were named Martin he was on the list of Connecticut Line of the Army returned for year 1781 to Jan 1782. this last part is from Conn. Library. I want to have it verified that he was discharged as Seargeant. I will greatly appreciate an answere 
Mrs Minnie McNary Doty
413 N. Pennsylvaina ave
Roswell New Mexico
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Revolution war Section
Pension Department of the Interior
Hav you the names of officers of the Rev. My great great grandfarther was Sergeant. on his [illegible} paper is Kanary but all the decendts spell it McNary. His first name was Martin he was from Haddam Conn. In Hartford Conn state Library I got this.
Connecticut Archives, Revolutionary war Volume. XXX. Document 7p. The name of Martin McNary, 1st regt, appears on list of the Connecticut line of the Army returned for the year 1781 from Jan 1781 to Jan 1782.
Now I would like to know when he first inlisted and proof that he was sargeant under who he served, was any medals given for bravery. 
Respect
Mrs Minnie McNary Doty
413 N. Pennsyvaina ave
Roswell New Mexico
Ms. Sept. 19-1923
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Miss Mary Francis
Registrar Ruth Wyllys Chapter
101 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut
March 21, 1934

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me a copy of the Rev. War pension record of the following soldier,-
McNary, or McNeary, Martin . . . S 42953
I would like to have his service record and any details about his family that are available.
Thanking you in advance,
Sincerely yours,
Mary Francis
Registrar Ruth Wyllys Chapter
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June 28, 1940
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. William H. Sanson
85 Glenwood Boulevard
Hudson, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Martin McNary or McNarey (S. 42953), and of Joseph Carey who served in Captain Sam Fairfield's company, dated February 10, 1778, and joined Lee's Regiment.
You are furnished, herewith, the record of Martin McNary, S 42953, as requested.
In order to identify the record of the particular Joseph Carey or Cary in whom you are interested, should it be on file, please furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him, when another search of the records will be made and a report furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of wife or widow.
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April 7, 1934
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Martin McNary - S. 42953
BA-J/AWF

Miss Mary Francis
101 Elm Street
Hartford Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Martin McNary, as found in pension claim, S.42953.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the above noted pension claim, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Martin McNary.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given in the claim, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Martin McNary enlisted in the state of Connecticut, in the spring of 1780, served as a private in Captain Stillwell's company, Colonels Durkee's and Grosvenor's Connecticut regiment, until March 28, 1783. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 11, 1818, then aged sixty-one years and residing in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York.
In 1820 the soldier, Martin McNary, referred to his wife as aged sixteen (?) years, to one child aged four months, and to his mother aged ninety-one years, but he gave no names. There were other children, the only name definitely stated being, Martin McNary, who in 1823 had moved away from the residence of his father.
One Joseph C. McNary was referred to in 1823, his
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relationship to the family not stated.
The soldier, Martin McNary, died August 8, 1825.
There are no further data in this claim relative to the family of Martin McNary.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.
January 17, 1927
Mrs. Minnie Doty
413 N. Pennsylvania Ave
Roswell, New Mex.
Madam:
I have to advise you that in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Martin McNary or McNeary, S.42953, no where does it appear that he served as sergeant or that he was discharged as sergeant.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MMHF
February 13, 1924
Mrs. Minnie McN.  Doty
413 North Pennsylvania Ave.,
Roswell, New Mex.

Madam:
I have to advise you relative to the Revolutionary War soldier Martin McNary, S. 42953, Connecticut troops, that from the records of this Bureau it appears that he died August 8, 1825.
Respectfully,
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Rev. War Section.
September 19, 1923.
Minnie Doty,
413 N. Pennsylvania Ave.,
Roswell, New Mex.

Madam;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 42953, it appears that Martin McNary or McNeary enlisted in the spring of 1780 and served as a private until March 26, 1783 in Captain Stillwell's company, Colonels Durkee and Grosvenor's regiment, Connecticut troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while a resident of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, aged 81 years.
In 1820, soldier referred to his wife, aged 16 years and one child, four months old, no names stated. There were other children, only  name mentioned, Martin.
Respectfully,