Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2682, David Davenport, Conn.

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Service Conn .  Davenport, David Number R. 2682 Patience

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by acts of Congress of 9th July 1838,
State of New York,
County of Wayne }ss On this 2nd day of August 1869 - in (illegible) personally appeared in open court, at a surrogates court, held at Newark in the county state state aforesaid Lymon accountant of Lyons, in said county, aged forty seven years, and, afterwards (illegible) Agency first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath makes the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the act - or being named.
That he is a child of the late widow Patience Davenport, who was the widow of David Davenport, dependent's father, and when, as dependent, has always understood and fully believed from his earliest recollections was a native of New Milford Connecticut and (illegible) enlisted in the service of the United States and (illegible) received at the expiration of his service an honorable discharge, and who was widowed a Patience, mother, in Connecticut, about the year 1783 or 1784, the exact date not known but well knows it was near the date abovementioned by the eldest of dependents brothers and disteres, is a living dependent of sixty years of age, that this dependent is as above stated reputed as of forty seven years of age; and that his said father and mother above named had five children older than this dependent, all own children of said David and Patience Davenport, and all own brothers and sisters to this dependent, that his said father died about the year 1810 and left said Patience Davenport, his widow, who remained his widow until her death which was the fifteenth day of September 1839, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, at her death she left the following named children her surviving, which are her (illegible) children. His surviving Nez, other Auseu, David, John and Lymon Davenport, Roxanne Peterson, Clarisa Baldwin, and Mariah Blakesley, and that each one of the age of twenty one years and upwards.
That this declaration is made for and in behalf of each and all of the surviving children of said widow Patience, Mott,
Sworn and subscribed before the Court in above court the day and year above written by said Lymon H. Middleton County, (illegible) of Waynn County, performing the duties of hearing at 
Signed Dymond x (his marks) Davenport

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State of New York
County of Wayne

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Samuel Davenport Esquire of the town of Wolcott in the aforesaid county, aged seventy eight years the 7th day of Aug 1867, when being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he was a native of New Milford Connecticut, where he resided with his parents untill between twenty five and thirty years of age, that he is a brother of David Davenport, and was a resident if the said town and family, who entered the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, from said town of New Milford and done service for about three years in such war, and who was married to Patience Mott, he believes they were married in the town of Stanton Ct. about the year 1783 or 1784, as deponent knows he was about fifteen years of age, and distinctly recollects of the event, of [unk] their leaving home for the purpose of being married, [unk] the circumstances that his said brother David Davenport took with him at the time he went to be married, a young horse belonging to this deponent which he very much injured by hard driving which deponent distinctly recollects, and he also is positive as to the date having never the time above stated from the fact that this deponent was himself married in the year (1794) seventeen hundred and ninety four on the 20th day of June, and he well knows that his brother David, above named, had been married to said Patience Mott about ten years and they had children, the eldest of which was some seven or eight years of age, if not older, that his brother above named, died about the year 1810 and left said Patience Davenport his widow, when died on or about the 15th day of September 1839, said David Davenport married as above stated, about the year 1783 or 1784, and where left at her decease the following named children her surviving which are her only children that survived, Viz, Asher, Suson, John, David, and Lymon Davenport, Merick Blakely, Clarissa Badlwin, and Roxann Peterson, when on the age of twenty one years and upwards.

Samuel Davenport

Sworn and subscribed before me this 24th day of July 1847 by Samuel Davenport Esq who I certify to be a credible person.

George E Dill Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne

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State of New York
Wayne County

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, John Davenport of Butter in said county, aged fifty eight years, the 31st day of January 1847, who hereby first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that he is a child of Patience Davenport late the widow of David Davenport who was deponent's father, and who was a resident of the town of New Milford Connecticut, and further, as deponent has always understood from his earliest recollections, entered the service of the United States in the Army of the Revolution from the town aforesaid, and done service for three years, or thereabouts, at the expiration of which serves he rec'd an honorable discharge, that [unk] of at the close of the Revolutionary War, about the year 1783 or 1784, he was married to Patience Motte, and was deponent's mother as aforesaid that his said father David Davenport died about the year 1810, and left deponent's mother the above named Patience Davenport his widow who did not [unk] moment after his death, but remained his widow untill her death which took place on the fifteenth day of September (1839) one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, that at her death she left the following [unk[ children her [unk] Vez, Asher, Auson, John, David and Lymon Davenport, Mariah Blakesley, Clarisa Baldwin, and Roxana Peterson who are her only children and who are of the age of twenty one years of age and upwards, that he has had access to a record of his age from his childhood.

john Davenport

Sworn and subscribed before me this 22nd day of July 1849 by John Davenport Esq and I certify to be a credible person.

H. Salsbury Justice of the Peace

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Acts of July 14, 1862 and March 3, 1873.
R6828
P.O. Patience Davenport

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Official 
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office -
Washington D.C.

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V ch 13423

Patience Davenport ai

New York

Ltr. to W.G. Wade
August 28th, 1847

John Davenport 16th Oct. 1849
Wm Clark Feby 18, 1856
S.H. Clark Feby 9, 1857
Same July 7, 1858
Same July 26, 1858
Same Aug 22, 1861
Gift July 1838

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Clyde Wayne County New York
January 15th 1857

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

About six years ago Syman Davenport and Maria  Black___ of Albany, NY now of Clyde, NY, made application through Mr. Wade of Rose, NY for a pension in consideration of their father's services in the Revolutionary War. The papers containing the application, evidence were sent to your office by Mr. Wade who died shortly after doing this and are now on file.  The father of the applicants for the pension and who served in the Revolutionary War was David Davenport and the names of his children were Asher, Austin, Peter, David and Syman Davenport - also two daughters Clarissa and Maria.  Will you file please info us as to the result of that application as nothing has been heard from your office since the forwarding of said

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Yours Truly,

S.H. Clarke

2682

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Clyde Wayne County NY
May 25th 1858

Dear Sir

Mr. Wade of Rose, NY before his death made an application for a pension for the survivors of David Davenport who enlisted in Hartford County Connecticut - the application was made for the heirs of said pensioner who resided in this place.

Will you please inform me per return mail whether said pensions was allowed and if not what they lacked to for one in order to secure it.

Yours Truly,

S.H. Clarke

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Patience Davenport
NY Suspenser

1838

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Stillwater, Dec 2nd 1856

Know all men by there presents, that I, Anson Davenport, do hereby appoint & Constitute F. E. Heassler of Washington City D.C. my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute and Demand from the United States Government all sums, or sums of Money that may be due me as heir to my Mother Patience Davenport, the Widow of David Davenport Revolutionary Soldier.
(signed) Anson Davenport

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Clyde Wayne Co N.Y.
August 17th 1861

Hon Joseph H Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,

Some years ago John & Lymon Davenport made an application (through me made) for a pension for the services of their father David Davenport who was service during the Revolutionary War, we made said & for want of time proof I am told that the application was not granted. Having obtained the evidence we then failed to procure, we wish to make a new application. In order to do this we would like the original application now on file in your office if I enclose you therefore an order for it from Mr. Lymon Davenport, one of the applicants.

Please reply to the above at your earliest [unk]

Very truly yours

S. H. Clarke

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Clyde Wayne County New York
July 19th 1858

Hon. Jno. C. Whiting

Dear Sir,

Your letter dated July 7, 1858 has been rec'd stating "that by a recent decision of the Department the children and widows of Revolutionary Soldiers cannot establish their claims".

Some time ago Mr. Wade of [unk] Valley N.Y.-applied to your office for a pension for the heirs of David and Patience Davenport. He (Mr. Wade) died before the decision was made in relation to it. After his death I wrote to the Department to know about it, and received a reply to the effect that it was not granted on account of the heirs having failed to prove the marriage of David Davenport to Patience Mott.

The application was made a long time before the decision you refer to in your late communication.

We are more prepared to prove the marriage referred to, and we wish to know whether the evidence will be allowed, & if satisfactory to the Department whether the claim will be thereby establish.

Please inform me soon-
Very Truly
S. H. Clarke

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Rose New Buck
9th August 1847
Sirs
Herewith I enclose the application of the children of Patricia Davenport claiming a pension for the services of David Davenport -  wherein is expected enlisted in the Connecticut line for about three years. -- it is supposed that you have the records in your Office of the Connecticut  line, which shall show whether such service was performed or not.

I am respectfully, 
{...]
W. G. Wade

J.L. Edwards by
[...] Pensions
{...}

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J. L. Edwards Esq
[Unintelligible] copies of Revolutionary 
(?)tions
Washington, D.C.
N. York
Sorith Butler July 16

(Margin)
Seen 9 o'clock hrs July 23/49
David Davenport

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To the Commissioner of Pensions for Revolutionary Soldiers & their widows

I wish to ascertain wether  a pension has been granted to the heirs of the widow of David Davenport a Revolutionary Soldier as a petition was sent from said heirs about two years ago by Willis Wade of the town of Rose as agent for said heirs to obtain a pension  the heirs of said widow want to know from you if you will have the goodness to inform them concerning the pension if it has not been granted please state to us why and if any pension has been granted state how much has been granted as we cannot get any direct answer from Mr Wade concerning this matter when we inquire of him.

John Davenport


South Butter July 14th 1849
Wayne Co N.Y.

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I, Doherty Clerk of the County Court, in and for the county and state above mentioned, Do hereby certify, that John J. Dickson, whose genuine signature appears to the annexed jurat, -------- was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County Court is a court of Record, having general Jurisdiction, a Clerk and Seal.
 As Tesitimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County,) at Lyons, this 28th day of May A.D. 1851.

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State of New York
County of Wayne

Lymon Davenport of said County of the age of fifty one years and upwards, being duly sworn according to law saith that he is a son of the late widow Patience Davenport and her late husband David Davenport, the deponent has heard his said father speak of his revolutionary services, and of the hardships endured by him during his services in such war, that he always desired to have been engaged in the Army, in the Connecticut Line for about three years, that deponent having been the youngest of several children of said David & Patience Davenport, and having resided with his said parents for several years after the older children left home, he saw his father more frequently and conversed with him more than either of his older brothers, during the last few years of his life, and that from his father's own statements and from what deponent has understood and fully believed his said father David Davenport, done about three years service in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution in the Cont Line, as a  Surpen and Meiner and that the papers signed by deponent's mother Patience Davenport, just before her death, which was sworn to have been so executed by John Blakesley and Maria Blakesley, deponent has understand and fully believes was truly signed by her as stated, that the disposition of her property was according to her request, as stated in such papers.

Lymon Davenport His mark X


Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of May 1837'John J Dickson Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named Lymon Davenport is a credible witness and for [unk] of presence is unable to write.

John J Dickson Justice of the Peace

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Patience Davenport as widow of David
N.Y.
Act 7 Mar 1838

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[...]
Wayne County Clerks Office [...] and [...] Salisbury Esquire whose names are subscribed to the several affidavits and before whom the [...] name respectively to which their names are subscribed [...] to have been taken [...] each by the laws of [...] name. An [...] with the hand [...] 

Alex B. Williams
Clerk of Wayne Co

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State of New York
Sarragota Office
Wayne County
I George Middleton County Judge of said county performing the duties of this office of _____ Sarragota hereby certify that a Sarragota court [...] at Newark ______ in Arcadia in said county, satisfactory evidence was adduced before me in said court to show that David Davenport [...] of New Milford Connecticut who was a soldier of the [...] who married Patience Mall in Connecticut about the open of 1783 or seventeen hundred and eighty four.  That said David Davenport died about the year 1810 and left said Patience Davenport, his widow, who did not intermarry after his death but remained his widow until her death which took place on the fifteenth day of September (1839) eighteen hundred and thirty nine. That at her death she left the following round children her surviving when [...] children her [...] John -- David -, and Lymon Davenport, Mariah Blakesley, Clarissa Baldwin, Roxann Peterson, and that each are of the age of twenty one years and upwards.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto [...] my hand and [...] this seal of said court this 2nd day of August 1847.  
Geo H Middleton County Judge performing the duties of the Office of Sarragota in the aforesaid County of Wayne

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Patience Davenport
Act 7th July 1838

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State of New York
Wayne County}ss.
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Mariah Blakely, of Rose in said county, aged forty two years, the fifth day of April 1817, after being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that she is a child of the late Patience Davenport who was the widow of David Davenport who was deponents father and who was a native of New Milford Connecticut, and who as deponent has always understood

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(illegible) New York?
Career? of Mayor?

I further certify that I have examined the will above referred to find the same to be dated the fifteenth day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty nine, and I further certify that the above & the annexed affidavits executed before one were written in the presence of the persons by whom they name [illegible] and the statements written down as made by them at the time they were executed. H. Salsbury, Justice of the Peace

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Hon Joseph H Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir

Will you please  to deliver to S. H. Clarke (my agt) the original application of John & Lymon Davenport for pension money one for the services of David Davenport during the Revolutionary war, now on file in your office.
Clyde Wayne County New York
August 15, 1861

Lymon Davenport

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Feb 2 1856 

Dear Sir, 

[illegible] of Galen Wasae Co, NY in [illegible] me that he & his wife Maria Blakely have made 


Patience Davenport

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the delay has accrued. It is [illegible] than a year since Wade died. Wade died at Rose [illegible] Co., N.Y. Please give me the information desired and direct letter to me at [illegible] N.Y. Yours, Wm Clark

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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card
Name: Davenport, David; Grade: Private; Line: Sappere & Miners
Warrant Number: 12977; Acerage: 100; Issued: April 21, 1791