Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5607, David Alden, Mass.

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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Alden, David
Susannah

NUMBER
W. 5607

Susannah


CONTENTS

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13416
Ohio  Pittsburgh
David Alden
of Geauga in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Ellis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wells in the Massachusetts line for 7 months & 5 days.
23.89/100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 23 Dollars 89 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July 1837 and sent to E. F. Phelps  Chardon GC Ohio
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.  47.78
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  11.94
$59.72
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R Palmer  Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 8   Page 105

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David Alden's
Pension Declaration
1829
This may certify

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The State of Ohio
Geauga County }
On this Eleventh day of September
A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court
before the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County and
State aforesaid, and seventy four years David Alden, a
resident in Batavia in said County who being duly
sworn according to law doth on his said oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the
following named officers & served as herein stated to wit. He entered the service as a volunteer in the [illegable] past
of August 1777 at Ashfield in the State of Massachuset
the in Captain John Ellis Company in Colonel Wells
Regiment of Massachusetts Militia. General Fellows
commanded the Brigade-- Lieutenant Jennings belong
to Captain Ellis Company at the same time - Marched
to Bennington and arrived on the 18th of August 1777
two days after the battle - Marched to Bulls Mills the
was quartered about one week, moved from thence to
Tiff Mills halted a short time at that place and pro
ceded down to Saratoga. Was quartered at Saratoga
Barracks during the Battle at Still Water. Soon after
ordered up to Fort Edward remained their about a
week. Moved down and was stationed on the East
side of the River at the time General Burgoyne S
rdered. The company was dismissed next day by Col
Wells after five weeks serviced - During these evolutions
he twice forded the Hudson River.
In June 1780 he was drafted for the time of six month
to fill up the vacancies in the Company of Continental
troops enlisted for the time of five years, and entered
the service at West Point in a company commanded

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by Lieutenant Kittle in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Jackson of Boston, General Stack Com
manded the Brigade Col Angel of Rhode Island
and Col Webb of Massachusetts were at West Point when
he arrived. While then he saw a captain of Artillery
being for spiking some Cannon - From West Point
he marched with the mand Army into the State of
New Jersey was at Hackensack Rangeton 11 10
Saw May Andre Executed at Orangetown. General
For died while the army was in that State. Afterwa
as crossed with the main Army to the White Plains and
march from thence to West Point and was stationed
there until discharged by Col Jackson in Decr 1780
That he has no documentary evidence and that he
knows of no prison whose testimony he can procure
to prove his service. That he resided at Ashfield
in the State of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War
That he afterwards removed to Williamstown in ┃
Massachusetts and resided then a considerable length
of time in June 1832 he removed to Batavia when
he now resides. He hereby relinquishes every claim who
ever to a pension or annuity except the present and
declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of
any agency in any State Secord
Sworn to and subscribed
Alder
the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court
D. Aiken Clerk
We William B Grey and Calvin Gray of Batavia
in Geauga County hereby certify that we are well acq
waited with David Alden who has subscribed and
Sworn to the above declaration that we belive him
to be seventy four years of age; and that he is reputed

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and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
in a Soldier of the Revolution and that
concur in that Opinion
Sworn and Subscribed in
William B Gray
Calvinus V. Gray
Open Court the day & year aforesaid ⎬
J. D. Aiken 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 sword as he states. And the Court further certifies
, that it appears to them that William B. Gray and Calvinus V. Gray, who have signed the preceding certificate, resident
in the township of Batavia in said County, are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit.
The State of Ohio ⎬
Geauga County ss
J. D. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, in and for said County, do
hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said court,
in the matter of the application of
David Alden for a pension
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and
affix my seal of Office, this fourteenth day of September
A.D. 1832
D. Aiken Clerk

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The State of Ohio
Geauga County Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, David Alden who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and the said David Alden being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he hath a perfect and distinct recollection of the time he served in the war
of the Revolution, That it was as he has stated in his said declaration not less than five weeks or thirty five days as a private in the year 1777 and not less than six months as a private in the year 1780— and for such service he claims a pension—Sworn & subscribed this 8th day David Alden
of June 1833 before me
Austin Canfield Justice of the peace
The State of Ohio

Geauga County [illegible] Algernon S. Jones a Clergyman residing in
Mesopotamia in Trumbull County in the State
of Ohio, it being the adjoining town to [illegible] where David Alden resides though in another County, and no Clergyman residing nearer— hereby certify that David Alden who has subscribed and sworn to the the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be seventy
four years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed this 8th 
day of June A.D. 1833 Algernon S. Jones
before me
Austin Canfield Justice of the peace