Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7021, Hezekiah Dibble, New York.

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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York

Dibble, Hezekiah
Betty
NUMBER
W. 7021
CONTENTS

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292
Michigan

Betty Dibble, widow of Hezekiah Dibble who was a Private in the New York Line for two years.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June, 1843 and sent to Samuel Seldon, Esquire
Jackson,  Michigan

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A / Volume A1 / Page 183
Reported June 13

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[left side]
Let to hon I M Howard Feby 1843
[on side]
Notification for this [mostly illegible]

[right side]
3694
New York Roll
Hezekiah Dibble, private.
New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of October 1818 , and sent to Charles Townsend Esqr
Buffalo New York.

Arrears to 4th of September 1818 = $31.52
Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 March,1819 = $48.00
[total]: $79.52
Arrears 3 months 25 /31
Van Schaick 14 / 30
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

from 1775 to end of War} 8 years
Continued
Buffalo, Niagara Co.

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State of New York
Niagara County ⎬
On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County personally came Hezekiah
Dibble aged Fifty eight years and upwards who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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 that the
said Hezekiah Dibble in the month of April
or May of the year 1775 enlisted as a private
in the Town of New Lebanon in the State of
New York in the company commanded by George White in the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Schaick of 2d Battallion of New York troops to serve nine months-- that at the expiration of that period, he reenlisted at Montreal in the Province of Canada in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Graham of the Massachusetts line of continental troops. That he continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States until the month of October 1777 when he joined the 5th New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Dubois  (in consequence of the derangement of the Regiment that had been commanded by Colonel Graham).  That he continued to serve in Colonel. Dubois and Colonel Morgan in the Regiment or in the service of the United States until the month of February subsequent to the expedition of General  Sullivan against the Indians

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[On left margin: Admitted]

when he was discharged at Morristown
in the state of new Jersey--
That in the year 1781 he again enlisted at New Lebanon in the State of New York into Capt Skinners Company belonging to a Regiment raised by the State of New York under the command of Col. Marinus Willet--that the said corps was (with the exception of a bounty in land) paid [struck out:  by] clothed, armed and subsisted, by the United States--That he continued to serve in said Corps untill the end of the Revolutionary War or untill the year 1783 when he was discharged at Albany, in the State of New York.

That he was at the Capture of St. Johns, Montreal, and of the british army commanded by Genl [General] Burgoyne--also in the battle at Johnston [Johnstown] in the State of New York and in several [enga? - crossed out] skirmishes with the indians while under the command of Gen Sullivan--That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no evidence now in his power of his said Services except the testimony of Zenas Barker who served in the same regiment with him during part of the time before mentioned--
Hezekiah Dibble

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Ch. [Charles] Townsend
Judge of Niagara Com [Common] pleas

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I Charles Townsend Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satysfaction [satisfaction] that the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the aforesaid declaration and now transmit the proceeding, and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress--  
Dated Buffalo October 1st 1818
Ch. Townsend

I Charles Townsend Judge &c of aforesaid do Certify that I am satisfied from the oath of the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble as well as from the oaths of Sherman Dayton one of his neighbors that the said Hezekiah Dibble is poor and in such reduced circumstances as to need the assistance of his Country for Support.
Dated Buffalo Oct 2 1818
Ch. Townsend

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State of New York
Niagara County
Clerks Office} Ss

I Frederick B. Merrill Clerk of said County do Certify that Charles Townsend before whom the preceeding [preceding] affidavit and Certificates were made, was at the time when taken and made one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas of said County acting under the authority of this state and that the within are his Signatures

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this 2nd day of October 1818
F. B. Merrill

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Hezekiah Dibble
3694

Con--
I. L. E.

[the above is written over a very faded, partially legible text:  "Affidavits of signature.....off County of....Frederick B. Mill.....It must be....application by the officer legally accredited to certify in such cases." ]

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State of New York
Niagara County } Ss

On this twenty second day of November 1820 personally appeared in open court to wit, in the court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for said County, being constituted a court of Record by the Laws & Constitution of said state Hezekiah Dibble aged Sixty one years resident in Eden in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows--That in the year 1775 and in the month of May in that year, he enlisted as a private in Capt Whites company in Col Van Schaicks Regiment of New York troops to serve one year, at the expiration of which term of service he enlisted in Capt Kings Company in Col Grahams Regiment of Massachusetts troops, and having served in said Regiment for the space of one year, he enlisted in the month of September or October of the year 1777 as a private in Capt J Hamtramacks company in Col Dubois Regiment of New York troops and continued to serve in last mentioned Regiment till the month of February 1780 when he was discharged at Morristown in the state of New Jersey--That in order to obtain a pension for his said services he did on the 7 day of May 1818 make oath to the facts and afterwards obtained a certificate of being placed on the Pension list, the number of which is 3,694

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 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 18 day of March 1818, and that 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, and which are not worth more than the sums affixed to said Articles Respectively--
Viz
One Cow----------------------$12
One Yearling heifer------------  4
One Calf------------------------ 2
Two Sheep---------------------  2
5 Small swine------------------ 12.50
2 [?dish ?disk] kettles----------  2.00
4 Knives & forks---------------    .25
3 Old Chairs--------2/----------  .75
One Old bench or table--------  .25
4 plates-------------------------  .25
2 Bowls-------------------------  .16
                                                 ------
                                                 36.16

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                                             36.16
1 Frying Pan, Old----------      .25
1 Wooden Pail--------------     .31
                                             ----------
                                             36.72

Also a right of redemption to a certain contract for the purchase of 100 acres of land, being part of Lot No. 59 in 8 Township & 9th Range made between Jonathan Dibble and the Holland Land Company--

This sd. [said] contract is not in my opinion worth more than two hundred dollars, there being about 12 acres improved, and fifteen dollars paid thereon to sd Company--This said contract is assigned to Reuben B. Heacok & Co as security for the payment of two hundred & ninety dollars principal & int. [interest]--and I have his obligation to re-assign said contract, on payment of my debt.

                              Hezekiah Dibble

And the declarant further sayth [saith] that he is by occupation a farmer, but in consequence of Rheumatism and old age is unable to labor but a small part of the time--That his family consists of the following persons residing with him--Viz, Betsey his wife aged fifty nine years.  She is from sickness unable to support her self.    Arvilla his daughter aged fourteen years and is able to support herself.

Sworn to and declared this 22nd day of November 1820 before me
J.E. Marshall, clerk of Niagara Gen. [General] Sessions

I John E. Marshall clerk of the court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of Niagara, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty six dollars and seventy two cents

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this seventh day of December 1820.

J. E. Marshall, Clerk of the court for the county of Niagara---

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Paid    25

County Clerk of Jackson County
Jackson
Michigan


Single

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Declaration 

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows

State of Michigan
County of Jackson}Ss
On the 19th day of January 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in and for the said County & State Betty Dibble, a resident of said County & State aged eighty years, who being first 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 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Hezekiah Dibble who was a resident of Erie County & State of New York, a soldier in the war of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States, that he served in Capt George Whites Company of New Jersey Infantry and in Col Van Schicks regiment, as well as under other officers much of the time during the war of the revolution as this deponent has often heard him say & has the fullest reason, & does believe it to be true, but residing at the time as this deponent did in the State of Vermont, it cannot be expected that she can give a minute history of revolutionary services performed in the State of New Jersey.

I further say that the paper hereto attached was the Pension Certificate of my said Husband the said Hezekiah Dibble and that it has remained in my possession ever since his decease--

She further delcares that she was married to the said Hezekiah Dibble in Tinmoth [Tinmouth] in Rutland Co. and State of Vermont, by Rev Mr. Osburn November

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1783 Seventeen hundred & eight three, & that her said husband, the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble died in Erie County & State of New York on the 22nd day of March in the year 1836 eighteen hundred & thirty six.  That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated, and that she has not since married, but remains the widow of the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble--That the family record of this deponents family is lost and probably destroyed by fire when their house was burned in Erie County New York--

Subscribed & Sworn before me this 19th day of January 1843}
Betty Dibble
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County

I certify that the above named Betty Dibble is a respectable person, & that full faith & credit is due to the deposition subscribed by her & that I consider her of the age set forth by her & that from her great age & the infirmity of such great age, she ought not to be even asked to appear in open court & certainly ought not to be obliged do so.

Jackson January 19th 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County.

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State of Michigan
Jackson County Clerks Office } Ss

I Czar Jones Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Samuel Selden before whom the annexed depositions purports to have been taken and the annexed Certificates purport to have been dated was an associate Judge of our Circuit Court in and for said County and that in each of the places where he has subscribed his name to the said deposition and certificates the hand writing is is genuine and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Selden and verryly [verily] believe his signature thereunto true--

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sit [set] my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twentieth day of February A.D. 1843
  Czar Jones - Clerk
Jackson County
Michigan

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State of Michigan
County of Jackson} Ss

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court in & for said County Abraham Dibble & on being first duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith, that he is aged forty last year and was a son of Hezekiah Dibble, the late husband of widow Betty Dibble & that the widow Betty Dibble is his mother, that his father the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble Died in Erie County State of New York on the 22nd day of March 1836 eighteen hundred & thirty six, and that this deponent was present, & at the funeral, and that his mother, the aforesaid Betty Dibble, has not since married, but remains the widow of his deceased father the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble.

Abraham Dibble

Subscribed & sworn before me this 19th day of January 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County

I Certify that the above named Abraham Dibble is a respectable person, that full credit is due to his deposition above.
January 19th 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County
Ovid NY

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State of New York
County Erie}  Ss

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county Jonathan Dibble of said county & on being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that he is aged fifty nine years and is a son of Betty Dibble of Jackson County Michigan who is applying for a pension as the widow of Hezekiah Dibble, and that Hezekiah Dibble late of Evens [Eden] Erie County New York who died on the 22nd March 1836 was his father, and that the aforesaid Betty Dibble and the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble lived together as husband and wife from the earliest period of this deponents recollection to the day of the death of the said Hezekiah Dibble and that his father the said Hezekiah Dibble was a pensioner of the United States, and that the aforesaid Betty Dibble of Jackson County Michigan who is applying for a pension as his widow, is the identical widow of his said father the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble & that she has not since his death been married this deposition is true according to his best recollection knowledge and belief

Jonathan Dibble

Subscribe & sworn before me this 14th day of Feby [February] 1843
A. Salisbury one of the Judges of Erie County Courts

I certify that the above named Jonathan Dibble is a respectable person & entitled to belief in his deposition above
A Salisbury one of the Judges of Erie County Courts

State of New York,
Erie County Clerk's Office} Ss
I do hereby certify that Aaron Salisbury Esq. whose name is subscribed to the [struck out:  foregoing] certificates of the proof of the foregoing instruments was at the time of taking such proof a Judge of the County of Erie & duly authorized to be the same, And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal at the city of Buffalo in said County the 23rd day of February 1843
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the County

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State of New York
County of Erie}  Ss

Personally appeared before the subscriber a {struck out:  Justice of the peace] Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said county Lemuel Hutchinson of said county and on being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that he is aged Seventy one years, that he was acquainted with Hezekiah Dibble the late husband of Betty Dibble of Jackson County Michigan who is applying for a pension as such widow, that he was also acquainted with Betty Dibble aforesaid before her marriage, and that he well recollects when & where they were married, and that they were married in Tinmouth, Rutland Co. Vermont in November 1783 Seventeen hundred & eight three, by the Rev. Mr. Osburn at the house of Doct [Doctor} Marvin, that is, that the above named & aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble and Betty Dibble were married as above set forth, and that this deponent has well known the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble & Betty Dibble for more than Sixty years & that they lived together as husband & wife since Nov [November] 1783 till the death of the said Hezekiah Dibble March 1836 and that the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble was a pensioner of the United States and that Betty Dibble of Jackson Co. Michigan who is applying for a pension is the identical widow of the aforesaid Hezekiah Dibble--
The above deposition is according to the best of my knowledge and belief--
Lemuel Hutchinson

Subscribed & Sworn before me this 3rd day of Feb 1843
Aaron Salisbury a Judge of Erie County Courts.

I certify that the above named Lemuel Hutchinson is a respectable man & is to be believed in his deposition above mentioned
Aaron Salisbury
A Judge of Erie County Courts

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[in upper left corner:  One]

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of themilitary history of Hezekiah Dibble a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Nid. File 7021

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  May 1775
Length of Service:  1 year
Rank:  Pri. [Private}
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:  Captain Geo. White, Colonel Van Shaick
State:  N.Y.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  Expiration of above.
Length of Service:  1 year.
Rank:  ---
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:  Captain King, Colonel Graham.
State:  ---

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment:  Oct. 1777 to Feby [February] 80
Length of Service:---
Rank:  ---
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:  Captain J. Hamtranck, Colonel Dubois & Morgan
State:  ---

Dates of Enlistment of Appointment: x 1781 to end of War in 1783.
Length of Service:  ---
Rank:  ---
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:  Captain Skinner, Colonel Marinus Willett

Battles engaged in, Capt. [Capture] of St. Johns and Gen. Burgoyne, Bat [Battle] Johnstown, skirmishes with Ind. [Indians] in Gen. Sullivan's exped. [expedition].

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at New Lebanon NY

Date of application for pension, May, 1818

Residence at date of application, Niagara Co. NY, Eden same Co. 1820.

Age at date of application, 58

Remarks:  Sol. [soldier] mar. [married] Tinmouth, Rutland Co. Vt. Nov.--1783  Betty---;
he died Mch [March] 22, 1836 in Erie Co., N.Y.  Widow was alld [allowed] pens. [pension] on  appln [application] executed Jany [January] 19, 1843 while 80 years of age and a res. [resident] of Jackson Co., Mich. [Michigan].  Dau. [daughter] Arvilla was 14 years of age in 1820.  Sons Abraham [superscript 2] age 46 years, Jonathan [superscript 1] age 59 in 1843.

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Nov. 18, 1913

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
       Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Hezekiah Dibble, Revolutionary soldier, New York Line, place of death as definite as possible?  Also can you inform me

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whether there is any record of service in the War of 1812 of Col. Orange H. Dibble?
 
This information will greatly oblige.

Yours respectfully, 
Clara J. Case
Granddaughter of O.H. Dibble

Miss Clara J. Case
298 Lexington Ave.
Buffalo, N.Y.

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[Ink stamp]

U.S. Pension Office
A
Jun 1 1909

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Buffalo May 30, 1909

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please send the record of Hezekiah Dibble of Erie Co.  Pension list 1818

Mrs. Henry Bagg
20 St. John's Place
Buffalo
New York

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[left side]
1909 June 9.  Hist [history] to Mrs. Henry Bagg c/
1913 Nov. 24  "                    "  Miss Cara J. Case c/

[right side]

Revy [Revolutionary] Widow, &c.
File No.  7021
Betty Dibble
Widow
Hezekiah Dibble
Pvt. N.Y. line

Act:  Mch [March] 3d/43
Index:  Vol. A, Page 183 

[Arrangement of 1870]

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[left side]

Michigan-- 7118

Betty Dibble
Widow of Hezekiah Dibble
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar [March] '18 and who died on the 22nd March 1836 of Jackson Co. in the State of Michigan who was a private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col. Van Schaick in the New York line for 2 years--

Inscribed on the Roll of Michigan at the rate of 80 ----Dollars-----Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of March 1843 and sent to Arad Joy Ovid, Seneca Co. N. Yk. [New York]

Arrears to the 4th of -----
Semiannual allowance ending -----
                                             $400.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by  Wm Stewart--Clerk,
Book  A-- Vol. 2--  Page 227

[right side]
Repd  Mar 30--43

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Betty Dibble
Michigan
Act 7 July 38
M. 83d. 36

Admd [Admitted]
2 yrs pri [private]
-----------
$80

Arad Joy Esq.
Ovid
Seneca Co. 
N.Y.

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Washington Feb. 7 1843

Sir:
I enclose you a letter from Mr. Samuel Selden, of Jackson Co. Mich, [Michigan] relative to a claim for pension by Mrs. Betsey Dibble widow of H. Dibble, deceased.

Permit me to call your attention to this matter and to ask what further may be necessary on her part to entitle her to a pension.

I have the honor to be &c.

Wm. [William] Howard

 Hon. Jas [James] L. Edwards,
Commr [Commissioner] Pensions

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free

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
District of Columbia

1139
May 16 1843
Betty Dibble

[stamp]  JACKSON  May 10 

[struck out:  NY]
Michigan,
May 3, 1843

$80 per an [annum]
Send certificate to
Samuel Selden,
Jackson,
Michigan

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Jackson Michigan  May 9th 1843

Sir,
At the request of Arad Joy of Ovid in the State of New York I enclose you the papers herein.  All communications on the subject are to be addressed to him.

Yours Respectfully

Samuel Selden

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P.M. Five month
To
Mrs. Dibble
 Feb 15 '43

Hon. Wm [WIlliam] Vaughan P.M.
Tinmouth Vt. [Vermont]  Lot 8

Arad Joy Esqr
Ovid Seneca Co.
State N. York

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Tinmouth Feb  7  1843

Dear Sir
in answer to the inquiry of yours of Dec 19 & Also to Yours of Jan 25 all I can say on the Subject is I called on Mr. Gordon Clarke & found by the Records that their [there] was no marriages aulder [older] than about 34 years.  I then inquired of all the auld [old] people of Tinmouth to find out if any one knew of the Marriage I found one who is the Widow Ambler informed me that Mr. Dibble worked for hir [her] Father at the time of his marriage--but she did not go to the wedding hir brother was first but he is ded [dead]  Mr. Osborn is ded & his family has moved out to Elery [Ellery] State York  I think if you wright [right] to Phillip Edgerton who married one of Osborns Daughters & I presume you will find Osborn Record he I find kept record of All his [marriages?]  I cannot say no more at present  Mr. Edgerton went with the Family to Elery State York  N.York

Sir I am respectfully yours
Wm. [William] Vaughan

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[ink stamp]
Buffalo NY  July 27

Free

Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of war
City of Washington

646
N.Yk
Rec'd 6 Augt [August] 1821
Hezekiah Dibble

[struck out:  Get right papers]
7  Con J.L. C.

May the within original assignment be returned?

Mr. Edwards

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Buffalo N.Y. July 25

Sir
Inclosed [Enclosed] are the papers relative to Hesekiah [Hezekiah] Dibbles claim for a pension--Instead of sending a copy of Jonathan Dibbles assignment, he has requested me to forward you the original contract, which Instrument he requests you to have the goodness to return after examination

I have the honor to be 
Sir
Yr. obed [obedient] Sert [Servant]

Charles Townsend

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[ink stamp] FREE

[ink stamp]  Ovid NY Feb 26

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commr [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Depositions for Mrs. Dibble

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State of Michigan
Jackson County}

Personally appeared before me the undersined [undersigned] an associate Judge for the County of Jackson State of Michigan Jehiel Bartholomew aged sixty three years and James H. Curtis aged forty four years and being first duly sworn say that they have ben acquainted with [struck out:  the widow] Betty Dibble the widow of the late Hezekiah Dibble for 25 years last past and during more than half of that period have lived within two or three miles of her and that during the period of our acquaintance with her she has sustained a fair character in all respects and that her reputation for truth and veracity and was never to our knowledge doubted

Jehial Bartholomew
James H. Curtis

Sworn to & Subscribed before me this 19th day of January AD 1845
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Bartholomew and by reputation with the above named Curtis and that they are persons of Respectability and that full credit is due is due to their above deposition.
January 19th--1843  Samuel Selden
Associate Judge of Jackson County

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State of Michigan
Jackson County} Ss

Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Associate Judge of the County of Jackson State of Michigan Horace Wheelock aged forty years and Cyrus Hodgkins aged forty eight years and having been first sworn say that they have been acquainted with Betty Dibble the widow of Hezekiah Dibble deceased, for six years last past and during that period have lived within one mile of her and that the said Betty Dibble has during our acquaintance with her retained a fair reputation in every respect and that her credit for truth and veracity is good.
Horace Wheelock
Cyrus Hodgkins

Sworn and Subscribed before me the 19th day of January 1843
Samuel Selden 
Associate Judge of Jackson County

I certify that the above named Horace Wheelock and Cyrus Hodgkins are respectable persons and that full credit is due to their deposition above.
Samuel Selden 
Associate Judge of Jackson County

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Ovid  Feb 23rd 1843

Hon J.L. Edwards

Dear Sir

The papers inclosed [enclosed] were forwarded to me in the inclosed envelope, including this Sheet; Mrs. Dibble I suppose considered the [obscured] to paper, as the original certificate of pension granted to her late husband--You will if you have not soon review Betty Dibbles application for a pension, as a resident of Jackson Co. Michigan  you [struck out:  will] will also receive proof of her marriage &c from Buffalo--If the papers all come to hand I think the case will be made out--

I inclose a letter from the Post Master Tinmouth Vermont, the place where Mrs. Dibble was married, no records of the marriage appear there--

Very Respectfully Your Obd [obedient] Servt [Servant]
Arad Joy

When you receive the clerks certificate accompanying the application, you will easily see the hand writing of the Judge to be the same, as to the affidavits upon this sheet, but I do not send this bundle as of it self, establishing much, but it may help the proof already forwarded

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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Coms [Commissioner] of Pensions
Washington D.C

Mar 7 43
NY
Betty Dibble

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Ovid Seneca Co. N.Y.
March 1, 1843

Hon J.L. Edwards

Dr [Dear] Sir

May I be allowed to ask if you recd [received] the application (mailed at Jackson Michigan) of Widow Betty Dibble, widow of Hezekiah Dibble late a pensioner; also have you recd the proof of the marriage &c. mailed at Buffalo--

I beg I may be excused for asking these questions, as the papers were all made out, this former executed at Jackson, but returned here without the Clerks seal &c.--I returned it to Jackson to get the Seal & certificate, with directions for it to be mailed there, & am anxious to her [hear] of its reception at your office, it was to have been mailed direct to you from Jackson Michigan--

Respectfully Your Obd [Obedient] Servt [Servant}
Arad Joy

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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838

State of Michigan
County of Jackson} Ss

On this ninth day of May personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court of Said County Betty Dibble a resident of Jackson in Said county of Jackson aged eighty years & upwards, who having first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Hezekiah Dibble who was a resident of Erie County New York, a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, that he served in Capt George Whites Company of New Jersey Infantry and Col. Van Schaicks Regiment as well as under other officers much of the time during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of the said Hezekiah Dibble & is the identical person to whom was granted a five years pension at the rate of 80 dollars per Annum, dated at Washington 29th day of March 1843 under the act of July 7, 1838.  She further declares that she is still a widow.

Betty Dibble X her mark

Subscribed & sworn before me this 9th day of May 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County
James H. Curtis

I certify that the above named Betty Dibble is a respectable person and is entitled to full credit in her deposition above; I further certify that she is the identical person who made application for [text covered by Clerk's statement]

State of Michigan
Jackson County Clerk's Office} Ss,
I, [struck out:  William R. Deland] Czar Jones, Clerk of said County, Do Hereby Certify, that Salmuel [Samuel] Selden Esq. before whom the annexed certificate of acknowledgement purports to have been taken, was at the time said certificate bears date, an associate Judge of said County duly qualified and sworn and authorized to take such acknowledgement; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Samuel Selden and verily believe his signature thereto to be genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, this ninth day of May A.D. 1843
Czar Jones Clerk

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In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838

State of Michigan
County of Jackson} Ss

On this ninth day of May personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the court of Said County Betty Dibble a resident of Jackson in Said county of Jackson aged eighty years & upwards, who having first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Hezekiah Dibble who was a resident of Erie County New York, a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, that he served in Capt George Whites Company of New Jersey Infantry and Col. Van Schaicks Regiment as well as under other officers much of the time during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of the said Hezekiah Dibble & is the identical person to whom was granted a five years pension at the rate of 80 dollars per Annum, dated at Washington 29th day of March 1843 under the act of July 7, 1838. She further declares that she is still a widow.

Betty Dibble X her mark

Subscribed & sworn before me this 9th day of May 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County
James H. Curtis

I certify that the above named Betty Dibble is a respectable person and is entitled to full credit in her deposition above; I further certify that she is the identical person who made application for a pension as the widow of Hezekiah Dibble, & that she is the identical person to whom a five years pension certificate under the Act of July 7, 1838 was granted, at the rate of eighty dollars per Annum under date of 29th March 1843

Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County
[obscured] be returned from Washington to Arad Joy Ovid, N.Y.

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State of Michigan
County of Jackson} Ss

Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the court in & for said county Abraham Dibble, aged 40 years, & on being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that he is a son of Hezekiah Dibble & Betty Dibble and that his said father was a pensioner of the United States, & that his mother who is hereby making application for a one years pension, is the identical person to whom was granted a five years pension under the act of July 7, 1838 as the widow of his said father Hezekiah Dibble, that the pension so granted to her was eighty dollars per annum & Dates March 29, 1843

Abraham Dibble

Subscribed & Sworn before me this 9th day of may 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge Jackson County
James H Curtis

I certify that the above named Abraham Dibble is a respectable person & is entitled to full credit in his deposition above
Samuel Selden 
Associate Jackson County

State of Michigan
County of Jackson} 

Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the court of said county James H. Curtis of said County who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that the within named Betty Dibble who is making application for a one years pension, as the widow of Hezekiah Dibble, is the identical widow of the said Hezekiah Dibble who was a pensioner of the United States, & that she is the identical person to whom was granted a five years pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 at the rate of eighty dollars per Annum, which certificate bears date March 29th 1843, and that the aforesaid Betty Dibble is still a widow, & that she is the identical person who made application for a pension as the widow of Hezekiah Dibble--

James H. Curtis

Subscribed & sworn before me this 9th day of May 1843
Samuel Selden Associate Judge of Jackson County
James H. Curtis

I certify that the above named is a respectable person & fully entitled to all credit in the above deposition of his--
Samuel Selden
Associate Judge Jackson County

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Old Pension Paper

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State of New-York, Erie County, ss.

Be it Known, That before me, Charles Townsend, a Judge of the County Courts in and
for the county aforesaid, personally appeared Hezekiah Dibble and made oath in due form of law, that he is the identical Hezekiah Dibble
named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:--

"WAR DEPARTMENT.

Revolutionary Claim

I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 18th day of March,
1818, Hezekiah Dibble Late a private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the pension list, roll of the New York agency, at the rate of Eight dollars [struck out:  cents] per month, to commence on the seventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
{L.S.}
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War."

That he is entitled to a pension of Eight
dollars per month, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary war; that he served in Captain George White's
Company  & in Col. Van Schaick's Regiment; that he now resides in Evans and has resided there for the space of about twenty years
past; and that previous thereto he resided in Saratoga

Hezekiah Dibble

Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of March 1831 before me,
 Chs.[Charles] Townsend
Judge &c

Know all men by these Presents, That I, Hezekiah Dibble of [struck out: the] Evans, Erie County N.Y., a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, do Constitute and appoint Seth Grosvenor my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, to receive from the Agent of the United States for paying Pensions in the City of New York  State of New York my Pension from the fourth day of September 1830 to the fourth day of March 1831.  Witness my hand and seal,
this fourth day of March 1831

Hezekiah Dibble

Sealed and delivered in presence of
Ch. Townsend
S. G. Heacock

State of New-York, Erie County, ss
BE IT KNOWN, that on the fourth day of March 1831, before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Hezekiah Dibble above named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, the day and year last above mentioned.
Ch. Townsend [struck out:  Justice of the Peace]
a Judge of Erie County Courts

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This Article of agreement is to be assigned to H. Dibble by his paying me the note I have against him--

R. B. Heacock

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Agreement
Wilhem Willink
with
Jonathan Dibble

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267

Provided always, that if default shall be made in the performance of the covenant next herein after mentioned, on the part of the said party of the second part, for the punctual payment of the said instalments, and annual payments of interests in manner herein after mentioned, then the said covenant next herein before contained on the part to the said parties of the first part shall become void and of ne effect....and the said party of the second part, for himself, his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, doth covenant promise and agree, to and with the said parties of the first part, their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, that he will well and truly pay to the said parties of the first part, their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns the said remaining sum of two hundred & eighty five Dollars in six yearly instalments, together with lawful interest to grow due thereon from the date hereof, yearly and every year, in manner herein before mentioned, the first of the said Instalments, and annual payments of interest, to commence on the 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do hereby further declare and agree, that if the said party of the second part shall on or before the 28th day of April next, erect, or cause to be erected, on the tract of Land and premises herein before described, or some part thereof, a Messuage fit for the habitation of man, not less than eighteen feet square, and shall live and reside, or cause a family to live and reside therein, during the term of three years from thence next ensuing, and shall, on or before the said 28th day of April next, clear and fence, or cause to be cleared and fenced not less than five Acres of the said tract of Land, to the satisfaction of the said parties of the first part, that then and in such case they the said parties of the
first part shall and will relinquish and release to the said party of the second part all the interest which shall have accrued upon such principal sums of money for the period of two years.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the parties to these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals the day and year first above written.  

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
IN THE PRESENCE OF}
Ebenezer Mix
Wilhem Willink
Hendrick Vallenhaven
Rutger Jan Schimmelfenninck
Wilhem Willinks the Yoounger
Jan Willinks the younger son of Jan
Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst
Cornelis Vallenhaven
Hendriks Seye
By their Attorney Joseph Ellicott

Jonathan Dibble

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Whereas Hezekiah Dibble has this day delivered to me a Horse valued at Seventy Dollars and his Notes payable as follows viz one note for a yoke of oxen to be worth Ninety Dollars delivered on the first day of June Eighteen Hundred & Nineteen  One Note for One Hundred & Thirty dollars payable on the first day of October One thousand Eight Hundred & nineteen  One Note of one Hundred & Thirty dollars payable on the first day of October One thousand Eight hundred & twenty  One Note of One hundred & Thirty Dollars payable on the first day of October One thousand Eight Hundred & Twenty One all on Interest from date. I promise and agree that if the said Dibble shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid the notes aforementioned at the times they respectively fall due with the Interest on the same I will assign to the said Dibble all my right title and interest whatsoever to a certain article of agreement made between Joseph Ellicott & Jonathan Dibble for one Hundred acres of Land lying in Township number Eight in the ninth range of Townships being a part of Lot No. fifty nine in said Township 
[signed] R B Heacock
Buffalo Jany 15. 1819 
(A true Copy)

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I the within mentioned Reuben B Heacock being duly [sworn] according to Law depose & say that the within is a true & correct copy of a certain Instrument of writing executed by me Jany 15, 1819 to assign a certain contract for the purchase of a tract of Land to Hezekiah Dibble that the balance due me from said Dibble is at this time including interest Three Hundred & twenty Dollars that the said Land has depreciated since that time so much as not to be worth more than three hundred dollars and that I do not consider the right of redemption of said Land to the said Dibble to be worth one cent 
[signed] R. B. Heacock
Sworn this 11th day of June 1821 before me
[signed] Philander Bennett Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Erie County Clerk's office Ss } I James S Barton Clerk of the County of Erie do hereby certify that Philander Bennet before whom the within deposition was taken was on the day of the date of the said Oath a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly commissioned and sworn And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice and verily believe that the signature of "Philander Bennett” subscribed to the same is the proper hand writing of the said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County and subscribed my name this Eleventh day of June AD 1821
[signed] James S Barton Clerk 
By Jacob A Barker

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State of New York 
County of Erie } ss  Hezekiah Dibble being duly sworn deposeth and sayth [sayeth] that the foregoing is a true copy according to the best of his recollection and belief of a certain obligation executed by Reuben B. Heacock to reassign a certain contract to me –
That the original of said agreement together with the principal part of my effects was destroyed in the dwelling house occupied by me in this month of April last 
[signed] Hezekiah Dibble
Sworn to this 19th day of July 1821 before me 
[signed] Philander Bennett  Justice of the Peace

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[this part appears to be part of a different page]
Deo Feby 22 1817 
Jo. Griffin Jr

[main document]
State of New York 
County of Erie  Joseph Griffin Jr of the town of Buffalo and County of Erie State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he witnessed the above assignment of the within Agreement and that it was executed at the date there mentioned for a valuable consideration received from the said Heacock by the said Dibble 
[signed] Joseph Griffin Jr
Buffalo July 18. 1821 
Sworn before me 
[signed] Philander Bennett 
Justice of the Peace

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For a good and valuable consideration I Hereby assign over to Reuben B. Heacock all my Right & Title and interest to the Within Article & with all the Improvements and appurtenances thereunto Belonging 
[signed] Jonathon Dibble

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Received April 28th 1814. of Jonathan Dibble fifteen Dollars being the first payment within mentioned 
for Joseph Ellicott 
[signed] David Goodwin

$15.

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ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, INDENTED, MADE, CONCLUDED, AND FULLY AGREED UPON this 28th Day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen Between Wilhem Willink, Hendrik Vollenhoven, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Wilhem Willink the Younger Son of Jan, Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Cornelis Vollenhoven and Hendrik Seye, all of the City of Amsterdam in the republic of Batavia, by Joseph Ellicott, their Attorney of the FIRST PART, and Jonathan Dibble of the County of Niagara and State of New York of the SECOND PART
WHEREAS the said party of the second part is justly indebted to the said parties of the first part, in the sum of three hundred Dollars New York Currency to be paid to the said parties of the first part, their Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, in manner following, that is to say the sum of fifteen Dollars immediately upon the executing of the Presents, and the remaining sum of two hundred and eighty five Dollars in six equal yearly Installments with the interest from the date hereof, to be paid yearly and every year, (together with the said instalments) upon such part of the said last mentioned sum as shall, at the time of such respective payments be unpaid: -- The first of the said instalments and annual payments of interest to commence on the 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen NOW THEREFORE, in consideration thereof, the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, do by these presents, covenant, promise and agree, to and with the said party of the second part, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, and every of them, that if the said party of the second part, his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, or any of them, shall and do, well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said parties of the first part, their Executors , Administrators, or Assigns the aforesaid several sums of money, at the times herein before mentioned for payment thereof, according to the tenor and effect of the covenant and Agreement herein after contained, on the part of the said party of the second part, that then and in such case, the said parties of the first part their Heirs and Assigns, shall and will well and sufficiently grant, bargain, sell, release, convey, confirm and assure to the said party of the second part, and  to his Heirs and Assigns forever on to whom he or they shall appoint or direct, ALL that certain Tract of Land, situate, lying and being in the County of Niagara in the State of New York, being part or parcel of a certain Township, which on a Map or Survey of divers Tracts or Townships of Land of the said parties of the first part, made for the proprietors by JOSEPH ELLICOTT, Surveyor, is distinguished by Township No. 8 in the 9th Range of said Townships – And which said Tract of Land, on a certain other Map of Survey of said Township into Lots, made for the proprietors, by the said JOSEPH ELLICOTT, is distinguished by front of Lot No. 59 according to the following plan, containing One hundred Acres, be the same more or less.

[a small diagram follows]
L. 69  L 50
L68  
[and various numbers]
Erie Road

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In the case of Hezekiah Dibble.
This document came enclosed under cover of letter from Chas. Townsend dated 19 May 1821 - with the original papers of John Evers [or Ewers] & John Bottles
this schedule in the case of Dibble was returned for correction on the 21st May 1821

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State of New York 
County of Erie }
Hezekiah Dibble of Evans late the town of Eden being sworn sayth that on the 26th day of April last the dwelling house occupied by himself & family accidentally took fire as he supposes and was with most of its contents totally distroyed - That himself and family were alarmed by the fire about midnight and had barely time to save their lives [illegible] escape with only the clothing which they slept in - That in consequence of this misfortune this deponent has lost the principal part of the property mentioned in the Schedule forwarded to the Honorable the Secretary of war in November last and is now dependant on the Charity of his neighbors & friends for the means of subsistence 
[signed] Hezekiah Dibble 
Sworn and subscribed this 19 day of May 1821 before me
[signed] Jos W Moulton  Conv &c