Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,972, Isaac Amsden, Mass.

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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass.  Amsden, Isaac S.11.972

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New York
Isaac Amsden
of Ontario Co in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Oliver of the regt [illegible] commanded
by Doolittle in the Mass.ma [illegible] 
cone [illegible] for 16 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apl
1833 and sent to Geneva
R. M. Bayly 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 26.66
$133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book C Vol. 4 Page 14

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20869
In the matter of
Isaac Amsden
Application for a 
pension
New York
180
Rejected. See letter 9 March 1829
to R.M.Bayly
March [unreadable]
RM Bayly
Geneva N.Yk

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District of New York}
Ontario County        } ps
On this seventeenth day of February 1829 personally appeared in
open Court being a court of record for the said County Isaac Amsden
aged Seventy four years and residing in the Town of Seneca and County
of Ontario who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and 1st of May
1820, that he the said Isaac Amsden enlisted for the term of nine
months in the month of April 1775 at Convey in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Oliver in Col
Doolittles regiment in the Massachusetts line
the continental ┃
establishment. that he continued to serve in said corps until
January 1776 when he was discharged at Boston in said State of
Massachusetts that during said enlistment he was in the Battle of
Bunker Hill. That he afterwards served several shorter enlistments
during which he was engaged in the capture of Burgoyne and
that he has no other evidence now in his power, of his said service
except the affidavit of Ebenezer Crittenden and Selah Beldin
And in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemny
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 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 securites contracts or debts due to 
me, nor have I any income other that what is contained in the
Schedule hereto annexed, and[by me - inserted] subscribed as follows - towit.
Schedule of property owned by Isaac Amsden
40 acres of Land 30 improved, worth about $800.00
1 Horse worth say $50.00

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3 Cows North say                    30.00
20 Sheep "     "                         10.00
6 pigs and Ghoats                      9.00
1 Small Waggon and Old Harness  20.00
1 pair Oxen------------             35.00
1 Old plough drag Teeth, Hoes Rakes &c 
                                                       10.00
1 Span Bed and Beding              15. 00
Chairs, tables, Crockery, Kitchen Utensils &c
                                                       25.00
                                                       ------
                                                      1010.00
I am indebted to R. M. Bayley   $20.00
Abraham A. Post                         140.00
Doctor Hurbbart                            26.50.
Thomas G. Amsden                       34. 00
Widow Eleanor Amsden                 14. 00
Ralph Gregory                                  11. 25
Moses Hall 2. T. Densmore 6.50       8.50.
James Bogert                                     8. 00
Doctor Woodworth                             2.50
William Berrey & W. Griffin F            10. 00
Blacksmith and Shoemaker              15.00
Whitney Hutchinson and Pat             8.00
Thos Tallman 6.00. Thos Dinsmore 6.50    12.50
Waggon Maker 9.50. W. Furo 1.12     10.62
                                                             _______  
                                                  Debt   $380.87
                                                  due by I.A.

I am Seventy four years old a farmer by occupation unable to labour
but very little have a wife named Diadema aged 52 years have three
children residing with me & dependant for their support viz
Clarisa aged 14 years, William 12 years and Jane 10 years there ┃
has been no change in my property since March 1818
Isaac Amsden ┃
Sworn in open court this 17th day of February 1829
Samuel Rawson  A judge of the Ontario County Court
testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said court on this twenty first day
of February 1829

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Ralph Lester Clerk of the County of Ontario do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are
truly copied from the records of said court 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 is ten
hundred and ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court on this twenty first day of February 1839
Ralph Lester Clerk of
Ontario Com Pleas

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(2 months ago)
1865
on the Matter of
Isaac Amsden
for a Pension
Militia
R M Bayly
Geneva
N.Y
$53.33 per an
[scratched out, illegible]

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State of New York
Ontario County
On this twenty-eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in Open Court, before the [Judge] of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Isaac Amsden a resident of the town of Seneca, County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years, who being 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as hereto stated: Viz that in the month of April 1775 at Conway in Massachusetts, where he then resided, he volunteered in Captain Robert Olivers Company in Colonel Doolittles Regiment in General Sullivans Brigade, Massachusetts militia for nine months and served out said term of nine months, at Cambridge, Winter hill and in the neighbourood of Boston, that he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill and was dismissed at Winter hill in January 1776. That in July 1776 at said Town of Conway he volunteered in Captain Jonathan Childs Company in Col Woodbridge's Regiment in General Pricketts Brigade of militia & served five months, at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, Skeenesboro and that neighborhood and was dismissed at Ticonderoga in December following. That in the month of August 1777 at said town of Conway he was ordered out and served in Capt. Phillips Company in Colonel Wells Regiment, for

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one month, during which time he was on duty between
Half Moon and Fort Edward; that in the month following, he again turned out, in Captain Frenchs Company
in Colonel Wells Regiment in General Fellows Brigade and
was in the service one month in the latter part of September and begining of October, that he was engaged
at the capture of Burgoine and was dismissed at Fort Edward, & that he has no documentary evidence of his
services-
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.
Isaac Amsden
Sworn and subscribed, the
day and year aforesaid
in open Court⎬

We, Benjamin Tuttle
residing in the Town ofSeneca
and Jonathan Melvin residing in Manchester in Ontario County
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Amsden, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration;
that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
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Sworn and Subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
in open Court}
Benjamin Tuttle
Jonathan Melvin

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


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The above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states,
And the Court further
certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Tuttle
who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a resident in the town of Seneca- and that Jonathan Melvin
who has signed the same is a resident in the
town of Manchester and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit.
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I, Charles Crane --
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforsaid
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of
the application of Isaac Amsden for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office, this
twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1832
Charles Crane


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State of New York
Ontario County JSo
Selah Belding of the Town of Seneca in the said County,
being duly sworn according to Law,
doth on his oath depose and say, that he resided in
Conway in Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War,
that Isaac Amsden was a resident of said Town, that
in April 1775, Just after the Battle of Lexington, said
Amsden and deponent, joined or enlisted in Captain Robert Olivers Company in Colonel Doolittles Regiment
for the term of nine months, that they joined the Regiment
at Cambridge, and continued in service at same Cambridge,
Winter Hill and the neighbourhood of Boston
until the expiration of the nine months when they were both dismissed at Winter Hill. that during said term said Amsden was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill-
That in the year of 1776 said
Amsden was again in the service of the United States,
in Captain Childs
Company, in Colonel Woodbridges
Regiment. said him in said service every
few days at Ticonderoga, during the summer and fall, untill deponent, who was then in Col. Reeds Regiment, was ordered to the South, when he left said Amsden in said service - That in 1777 said
Amsden was again out in the service with the militia, up the North River, at Burgoine's surrender
&c. &c. but does not know for how long a time
{Sworn and subscribed this
30th day of July 1832
before me
R.M.Bayly
Notary Public}
Selah Belding

I certify that I am well acquainted with Selah Bedding and that he is a person of credibility.
R M Bayly
N.P.
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State of New York
Ontario County SS I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County
do hereby certify that Erotas Hastings whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of the affidavit of
Isaac Amsden, was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace
in and for said County; and that Richard M. Bayly whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of the of
affidavit of Selah Belding was at the date thereof a Notary
Public in and for said County; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and Notary, and verily believe the said signatures to
be the proper act and deeds of the said officers respectively
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of office, this first day of
April A.D. 1833
Charles Crane

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State of New York
Ontario County} p.

Isaac Amsden of the Town of
Seneca County and State aforesaid, the within note declarant,
being duly sworn according to law, do
on his oath declare that he was born on the 10th of January 1775 of which he has frequently seen the
record in the Family Bible of his parents, that
at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he resided at Conway in the State of Massachusetts
and continued to reside there until 1795 when
he removed to Seneca in the County of Ontario
where he now resides and has resided ever
since; that he served under the following
named officers, but cannot recollect the names of all of them.
in 1775 he served under
Genl Sullivan          Oren Smith Orderly S
Col. Doolittle          Janz Davis    Serg.
Leuit. Col. Holden
Major Moore
Captain Oliver
Leuit Thos Grover
Ensign Pannele
knew Genl Putnam, Genl Warren, Captain Miller
Major Moore was killed at Bunker Hill
in 1776 he served under
Genl Brickett
Col. Woodbridge       Serg. Hayden
Captain Childs
Leuit Camp
Ensign Israel Gates
in 1777 under
Genl Fellows
Col. Wells
Captain Phillips
Captain French
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that he served
Eleven months as a private and five
months as a Sergeant and for such service
he now claims a pension

{Ontario Co. Gs.
Sworn and subscribed this         Isaac Amsden
8th day of March 1833 
before the subscriber a Justice
the peace for County aforesaid} 

Eurotas Hastings  jp

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October 2, 1924

Kate T. S. Johnson
82 South Gratiot
Mount Clemens, Mich.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim S. 11972 it appears
that Isaac Amsden was born January 10, 1755.

While a resident of Conway, Massachusetts he enlisted in April 1775, served as a private in Captain
Robert Oliver's Company, Colonel Doolittle's Massachusetts
Regiment, was at the battle of Bunker Hill and
was discharged in January 1776.

He enlisted in July 1776 and served five months as a
Sergeant in Captain Jonathan Childs' Company, Colonel Woodbridge's Massachusetts Regiment.

He enlisted in August 1777, served as a private in
Captain Phillips' Company, Colonel Wells' Massachusetts Regiment for one month, and in the following September he enlisted again and served one month as a private in

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Captain French's Company, in said Colonel Wells'Regiment and was at the capture of Burgoyne.

In 1795 he moved for said Conway to Seneca
Ontario County, New York where he was allowed pension
on his application executed August 28, 1832.

In 1829 he referred to his wife Diadema aged
fifty-two years, and to his children Clarisa aged fourteen years, William aged twelve years and Jane aged ten years.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Date of death
not oer ap (illegible)

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Oct. 1/97  A. Woodward, Jr.
Kenton, Ohio,
Jany [Jan]16 - 1900
Mil Histy [History] to Mrs
Harriet Amsden Gast
Fremont Ohio
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May 18 - 1901
Chas. G. Wilson-Toledo, Ohio
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Dec. 26-1902
J.E. Amsden
Guthrie Ok. Ter
1906 May 8 History to
Mrs. Harriet A. Gast:  JSG
_______________________________
RevWar            1972
                        INVALID.
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File No. 11.9 72
Isaac Amsden ┃
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 8

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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18 {illegible}
Acts of July 14,1832 and March 3, 1870 {illegible}
REJECTED
Isaac Amsden
┃ O.
Service:
Enlisted:                   ,18__
Discharged:              ,18__
Application filed:       ,18__
leges:
Re-enlisted:

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In the Matter of
Isaac Amsden

[illegible]
Notary Public

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State of New York
County of Ontario

Be it known that before me Richard M. Bayly a Public notary in the County aforesaid personally appeared Selah Belden and Ebenezer Crittenden who being duly sworn depose and say that they are well acquainted with Isaac Amsden of the Town of Seneca, County and State aforesaid, and that said Amsden enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Olliver, in Col. Doolittles Regiment in the Mapachusetts [?] in the year 1775 at the town of Conway for the term on nine months and served to the end of that time and that he was in the Battle of of Bunkers Hill that these deponents were both in said Company and served with said Isaac Amsden.
Selah Belding
Ebenezer Crittenden

Sworn and Subscribed this 18th day of October 1828 before me.
R.M. Bayly
Notary Public

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I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Selah Belding and Ebenezer Crittenden the subscribing(?) to the forgoing affidavit and that are entitled to full credit. 

R.M. Bayly
Notary Public

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Fremont Ohio
May 2-1906
115 Clover St.
Department of Interior
I would like a
Copy of Isaac Amsden's
pension record. This is what I know-
"Census
of Pensions for
Revolutional or Military
Service:  An Act for
taking sixth Census"
Page 91 - Isaac Amsden
Seneca Co. New York
1875
I wish to 
join the D.A.R. and
it is necessary to get
his correct pension
papers he filed.
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Please
reply - Address
Harriet Amsden Gast
Fremont Ohio

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82 So. Gratiot,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
September 10, 1924.

Pension Department,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
In order to complete some application
papers for admittance to the Daughters of
American Revolution, it is necessary that
I have a copy of your pension records of
the following revolutionary soldiers:
Isaac Amsden of Deerfield, Massachusetts
only 2 list for[illegible] etc.
(Isaac Amsden of Conway, Massachusetts S. 111972 )
Thomas Gates of Conway or Deerfield, "
(Michael Chapman of Stratford, Connecticut S. 42647)
Nathaniel Chapman [Stratford, Connecticut]
Dr. Joseph Hawley [Stratford, Connecticut]

I would appreciate this information at
your earliest convenience and if there are
any charges of any kind, kindly notify me and
I will remit the same.
Very truly yours,
Kate T.S. Johnson
Seal: Pension 
            U.  Sep 12 1924  S.
          Office

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OWN Revolutionary
TRUSTEES.
JAS. W. WILSON, Pres't.
WM. E.HAYNES, Vice Pres't.
W. W. Ross.
R. P. HAYES.
H. S. DORR, Treas.
CHAS. THOMPSON, Sec'y.
H. S. BUCKLAND.
M. STAMM.
A. H. JACKSON.

Birchard Library.
Harriet A Gast, Librarian
Fremont, Ohio, Oct 27" 1899,
Pension Office
Some time ago I
wrote to ascertain the
Statement given by Isaac Amsden
a pensioner in the Revolutionary War.
The record or Military
history is what I want.
Please look in Census of Pensioners
for Revolutionary or Military Services
an act for taking
the Sixth Census.
I found his name under
Seneca Co. N. York-
I am anxious to hear
to Join the D. A. Rev-

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Please send it on to
Harriet Amsden Gast
Fremont, Ohio

O.W.N. Division
Nov 1 1899
Received

Pension
U.   Oct 30 1899  S.
Office

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C.N.
Aster House
E. G. Mullikan, Prop.

Guthrie, Okla., 12-9  1902
H. Eugene Ware
Com. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir,
Will you kindly send me the
pension records regarding Isaac
Amsden, private soldier, in the
Revolutionary War. He belonged to
the Massachusetts Continentals
serving most of his time in Capt
Olin's Company, Col Doolittles'
Reg. (24th Mass.)
also records of Michael Chapman private
soldier, in the Connecticut
troops, serving under Capt Smith,
Col. Bradley's Reg. Wadsworth's [illegible]
Brigade. (Revolutionary War)
Very Truly
I.E. Amsden

Pension
  D
U.  Dec 13 1902  S
Office

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ALL AGREEMENTS CONTINGENT UPON STRIKES, ACCIDENTS
AND OTHER CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL.

THE CHAMPION IRON COMPANY
G. J. CARTER,
Pres't & Treas.
W. H. YOUNG,
Vice Pres't.
F.S. BARTLETT,
Secretary
[illegible] Company
INCORPORATED 1878
PAID UP CAPITAL $ 150, 000
Kenton, O.  Sept.20, 1897.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly give me a certified copy of the pension records of Michael Chapman who served in the Revolutionary war, enlisted
in the Connecticut Continentals and received his pension at Huron, Ohio,
transferred from New York; also of Isaac Amsden, a Revolutionary soldier
of the Massachusetts Continentals, who received his pension at Ontario
County, New York, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
A Woodward Jr

OLD WAR & NAVY
SEP 24 1897
FILES,

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O. W. and N. Division  3---525.
[SSC]
Serv. file 11972
Rev. Mar-
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington D.C., May 8. 1906

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Isaac Amsden, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
__Conway Mass enlisted April 1775 for 9 months rank of Pvt under Robt. Oliver and Colonel Doolittle State of Mass. 
__July 1776 served 5 months rank of Sgt. under Captain Jonathan Childs and Colonel Woodbridge
__August 1777 served 1 month as Pvt. under Captain Phillips and Colonel Wells
__Sept 1777 served 1 month as Pvt. under Captain French and  Colonel Wells
Battles engaged in Bunker Hill, surrender of Genl.  Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Conway, Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832, claim allowed-
Residence at date of application, Seneca, Ontario Co., NY
b. [January] 10, 1765
Remarks: No further data
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.