Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,625, Arnold Clarke, R.I.

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Service: R.I.
Clarke, Arnold
or Clark
Number W. 17.625
Fillee

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1
Connecticut - 3330
[small checkmark] Fillee Clark
widow of Arnold Clark, dec.
who died on the 14th: of December 1839,
of Windham Co in the State of Connt -
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain L. Clarke of the Regt - commanded
by Major Potter in the militia
line for 2 years private.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum
to commence on the 15 day of Dec. , 1839

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of May, 
1840 and sent to William
Dyer, Esq. Central village, Connt.

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840= $17.77
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 left 1840 40.00
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$57.77
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{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the   }

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 70.

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Connecticut 17450.
Arnold Clarke
of Sterling in the State of Connt. 
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain S. Clarke of the Regt. commanded
by Major Potter in the R. I. Militia
line for
2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt.
at the rate of 8 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Augt.
1833 and del
L. Davis of Thompson Ct Present

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833=   160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 11 = 40.00
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$200.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by F. F. Francion Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 3d  Page 9.

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Arnold Clarke
26174

aomd
24 mo pre
80$

3 Return to be made to William Dyer Esq Plainfield

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Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
State of Connecticut,
County of Windham, 
SS. Plainfield August 1st 1833
On this 1st day of August A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court of the County of Windham aforesaid, now sitting, Arnold Clarke, a resident of the town of Sterling in the County of Windham, and State of Connecticut, aged 85 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1843. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: That in the month of December, 1776 he resided in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island, and belonged to a Company of Militia under the command of Captain Simeon Clarke of said Richmond who was appointed Captain in May 1776 and that on the 15th day of December 1776 he, with said Company was drafted and entered the service of the United States as a private in said Company and marched to Boston Neck in South Kingston in Rhode Island to guard the shores of the Narragansett Bay from the incursions of the enemy who then had possession of the Bay and was stationed at George Browns house on said Boston Neck and that said Company was with other Companies of the Second Regiment under the command of Major Thomas Potter, and that he served in said company as aforesaid till the 3rd day of April 1777 making a period of three and one half months as a private. 
That in the month of April 1777 he with said Company were drafted to serve alternately for fifteen, twenty, and thirty days, and it was understood that the one half were to serve for fifteen, twenty or thirty days and then the other half were to serve in their turn so long as it should be necessary to guard the shores of the Bay from the incursions of the enemy and that between the first day of April 1777 and the first of May 1777 he served at said Boston Neck a period of fifteen days in said Company under the above named officers making four months from the 15th of December 1776. 
That on the first Wednesday of May 1777 Captain Richard Baily was elected Captain of the said first Company of Richmond Militia and continued Captain and had the command of said Company till June 1780 and that between the month of April 1777 and the month of June 1780 he served in said Company a period of not less than seventeen months in a Regiment in which Charles Dyer was Colonel and during the former part of the last mentioned time that he was under the command of Major Thomas Potter and Major Ray Saunds who having the command while Colonel Dyer was absent and on duty at other places, were sometimes called Colonel but were not till Thomas Potter was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Regiment, the 2nd being divided, in May 1779 and he knows not that Ray Saunds was even appointed Colonel. That the above named seventeen months under Captain Baily were served, at Ripells Mill, three and one half months - at Tiveton, two months - at Boston Neck three and one half months - at Bristol, two months - at Wickford two months - at Point Judith one and one half months  - South Kingston half a month at Newport during Sullivans Expedition and before two months, as a private in said Company making a period of seventeen monthly and although he cannot remember the exact times and days that he entered each term of service yet he well remembers it was for half of the time. 
That in the month of June 1780 Joshua Webb was appointed Captain of said Company and that between the month of June 1780 and September 1781 he served in said Company the full term of five months which he served out under Captain Joshua Webb in the 2nd Regiment of Militia under the command of Colonel Charles Dyer at the following places, at Ripels Mills one month at Bristol & Tiverton  two months 
(black smudges, might have been crossed out) Rhode Island one month (end of black smudges) 
at Louth Ferry in South Kingston one

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month and was finally dismissed at Brintons Neck near Newport after having served one month on Rhode Island the last of August or first of September 1781 having served at least two years and two months. 
And he further declares and says that he faithfully served his bounty in the War of the Revolution not less than four months between the 15th day of December 1776 and the first of May 1777 under Captain Simeon Potter. 
And seventeen months between the 1st Wednesday of May 1777 and the month of June 1780 under Captain Richard Baily. And five months between the month of June 1780 and the month of September 1781 - making in all not less than two years and two months in a Regimented commanded by Colonel Charles Dyer and in his absence Major Thomas Potter and Major Ray Saunds who were sometimes called Colonels from their frequently having the command of the troops where they were stationed. 
That he further states that he has no documentary evidence and that the proof accompany in this declaration is the best in his power to produce. He further states that there is a mistake in two definitions accompanying Capt. Joshus Webbs Declaration as to the several Colonels, probably occasioned by Major Potter's having had the command of the troops stationed at Boston Neck and Major Saunds afterward having the command. The facts being that Major Potter 1st had the command then Major Saunds afterwards Colonel Dyer was present and took the command of the Regiment he having been absent at other places. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 

The following interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant, viz: -
1. Where and in what year were you born? 
I was born in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island in the year 1748.
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? 
I have no record of my a, there was one in my fathers family Bible. 
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 
I lived in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island when called into service where I lived some years after the war I have lived in Voluntown & Sterling where I now live since the war. 
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
I was drafted. 
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. General Spencer, General Sullivan & Colonel Green. 
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
I never received a written discharge from service. 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to you character for veracity, and their belief in your services as a soldier of the revolution. Reverend Peleg Peckham and Joshua Webb. 
Arnold Clarke

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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut
Allen Armin Rolles Clerk

We, Peleg Peckham a clergyman, residing in the town of Plainfield in said Windham County, and Joshua Webb residing in (the same,) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Arnold Clarke who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be 85 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Peleg Peckham
Joshua Webb

Sworn, and subscribed, on the day and year aforesaid, before the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut.
Allen Armin Rolles Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Peleg Packham who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Plainfield and that Joshua Webb who signed the same is a resident in the said town of Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

Allen Armin Rolles Clerk

I Allen Rolles Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arnold Clarke for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Counrt this 1st day of August 1833
Armin Rolles Clerk

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Apl. 17, 1840  5023
det. 
4 July 1836
Fillee Clark
Con:
Act 4 July 36
17 July 38 [illegible] resolve.
Died 14 Dec. '39 - 
pew: Com: 15 Dec '39

aomd
Iyn pri
80
Wm Dyer esq
Central Village
Con:

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3rd Section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1836, or the benefit of the act applicable to the base. State of Connecticut, Windham County. 

On this 18th day of March 1840 personally appeared before the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield written and for the County of Windham and State of Connecticut Fillee Clarke aged 91 years a resident of Sterling in said County of Windham 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 4th 1836 or the act applicable to the facts in her case. 

That she is the widow of Arnold Clarke late of Sterling aforesaid who was a private in the army of the Revolution and who was a Pensione during his natural life and had a Certificate which she has sent with her application for the ballance of the pension due at her said husbands death. The Certificate of her said husband is dated the 22nd day of August 1833 and recorded in the Pension Office Book E Vol 3d Page 9 by Francis F. Franciore Clerk.
She further declares that she was married to the said Arnold Clark on or about the 19th day of September

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[text is from a small sheet of paper overlaid on a full page transcribed on the next image]

[illegible] Clark his first born & mores

Henery Clark was born April the 5 day it being first day of the week 
AD 1772

Daniel Clarke was born June the 14th day & Tuseday [Tuesday] 1774

Rebeckah Clarke was born October the 11th day seventh day of the week - 1777

Arnold Clarke was born January the 22 day seventh day of the week 1780

Lowes Clark was born July 29 1782 on monday

Brigit Clark was born Septemb the 25th the seventh day of the week in the year A1784

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Seventeen hundred and Seventy one by George Webb Esq in Richmond in the State of Rhode Island
[illegible and crossed out] that her husband the aforesaid Arnold Clarke died on the 14th day of December 1839 and that she had remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by refference to the proof hereto annexed. 
She further declares that she knows of no person living who was present at her marriage nor does she no of any other record that will prove her marriage except a record in a Bible in her possessio nand more in Court in which are the following words 
"Arnold Clark his first born sonan & felee Clark wife"
"to Arnold Clark" after which follows the record of her children, while she lived with, and was the wife of ARnold Clark. That all the services of the said Arnold Clark were performed in the Revolutionary War after she was married to her said husband. That her first child was named Henry who was born April 5th 1772 and is now dead  
[Filree Clark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Probate Court for the district of Plainfield in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut and this Court do find that the said Fillee Clarke is the widow of Arnold Clarke from evidence introduced before this Court in order to obtain the

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Filee Clark wife to Arnd Clark
ballance of the Pension due at the death of Arnold Clarke
In testimony whereof & have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said bont this 18th day of March 1840
Joseph Caton Judge of Probate for the District of Plainfield

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Rev Widow, &c,

File No. 17625
Fillee Clark
Widow of Arnold Clark
Priv Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol. A, Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870]

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Arnold Clark Con: 80$. ach 7 June 32. last po? 
GME
16 May 40-
p2 to 4 Sep 1839
JH

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[written sideways on left margin] Apl, 17, 1840

Central Village C 
April 11 Faee
9 L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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J. L Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Fille Clark widow of Arnold Clarke for a Pension. 
Return to be made to me at Central Village
Windham County Connecticut
Yours respectfully
William Dyer

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I Wate Waterman of Sterling in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged seventy three years do certify and say that more than twelve years since I saw the entry in the family bible of Arnold Clark and Fillee Clark his wife as they are now exhibited before the Court and that they were at that time as they now appear and that I have been acquainted with the said Arnold Clark and Filee Clark for many years and have always known them as husband and wife, and have never heard a word to the contrary. That I have known several of her children viz Arnold. Lois and Bridget and that she is now the widow of the said Arnold Clark and that he died on the 14th day of December 1839
Wate Waterman
State of Connecticut
Windham County J. Plainfield March 18th 1840. Then personally appeard Wate Waterman above named and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition and I certify that she is a credible witness. 
Before me
William Dyer Justice of the Peace

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State of Connecticut
Windham County Js District of Plainfield
I John F. Gordon Clerk of the Probate Court within and for the District of Plainfield in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that William Dyer Esq is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the written and foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto fixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 25th day of March 1840.
Attrs John F. Gordon Clerk of Probate for the District of Plainfield

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Arnold Clark

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I Joshua Webb of Plainfield in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut aged seventy-eight years do certify and say that I am well acquainted with Arnold Clarke of Sterling in said County, and have been from childhood and that during the Revolutionary War he was a private soldier with me in the first Company of Richmond Militia in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Dyer as stated in his declaration made before the County Court for the County of Windham hold at Plainfield on the 1st day of August 1833. I further say that said Clarke was in the service of the United States in said Company at the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island and that during the war the said Company was in the service for more than two years and I have no recollection of said Clarks absence from his duty but well recollect that he was in service at the various places stated in his declaration, and believe the same to be true.
Joshua Webb

State of Connecticut
Windham County JS S Plainfield August 2 Then personally appeared Joshua Webb, the above named deponent, and subscribed the above deposition in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, and I certify that he is a credible witness and that his statment is entitled to full belief. 
Allen Harris Justice of the Peace

I Armin Rolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Allen Harris Esq before when the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of thePeace, in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his handwriting, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his act as such. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 3 day of August AD 1833

Armin Rolles Clark

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Arnold Clark

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I Thomas Lilibridge of Tolland in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut aged 71 years do testify and say that I have from childhood been acquainted with Arnold Clark of Sterling and that in the years 1777-78-79 & 80 he served in the militia in the State of Rhode Island in the same companies with me and that during said terms of years said Clark as a soldier served in my opinion for more than two years - and further the depirent saith not.
Thomas Lillibridge

State of Connecticut
County of Windham
JS Brooklyn January 39th 1833

Then Thomas Lillibridge signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is a credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. 
Before me
Armin Rolles Justice of the Peach

I Armin Rolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Armin Rolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, and that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing in due form. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 30 day of January AD 1835.
Armin Rolles Clerk