Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19643, Jedidiah Williamson, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Williamson, Jedidiah W. 19643 Sophia
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Albany, N.Y. 8172.
Sophia Williamson widow of Jedediah Williamson who was a private in the N. York Line.
Husb. d died 9. Jan. 7. 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of May 1847. and sent to
Hon. S. B. Strong, Schenectady, N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2 Page 91.
Let to Mem. G. B. Th on June 30. '47.
2 beeps 1838?
Rep?

20.820 New York
Jedediah Williamson of Suffolk, Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Roe of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake in the New York line for 11 Months.
Deed 9 th January 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of $36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Dec. 1833 and due to Mr. Hartling Smithtown
Arrears to the 14th of Sep 25 $ 91.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th 24 18.33 $109.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4, Page 40
Order to pay 31 Oct 1837. Due to Hon. J. W. Lawrence July 1. 1840.
Col. J. B. Strong Aug 14th '46

21444
Jedediah Williamson Suffolk county New York
v.p.
Admitted Private 11 months
Joseph R. Dunning Clk Smith Town N.York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjained notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jedediah Williamson, Suffolk county, N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Drafted 1775 5 private Capt Roe Gen Scott Colonel Drake Long Island Huntington New York King's Bridge White Plains 75 Suffolk county N.Y. tradition   Enlisted 6 Capt. Roger witness prove his service as stated.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will fall under the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[n] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[o] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
J. G. Bradburn

Suffolk County State of New York. ss:
I, J. Wickham (see) Clerk of the County of Suffolk and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, which is a Court of Record of the State of New York do hereby certify that Elijah B. Strong whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the annexed depositions, was at the time of taking the same and is a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for said County residing in the said County. Commissioner and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths to the same — And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Supreme Court Commissioner and rightly believe that the signature to the said jurats respectively is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, the 28th day of April 1847.
J. Wickham (see), Clerk

Charity was born February 22 on Saturday 1794 Deborah was born on Friday y e 5 th of February 1796 Nancy was born on Monday y e 21 st of August 1797 William was born on Sunday 25 of May 1800 Mary Ann was born Tuesday February 7 th 1804
The above is the memorandum entered in the church records of the First Baptist Church March 18 th 1847
William Grand W. H. Strong Roger D. Cummings Jonas Smith
Charity Ruland John M. Williamson
1800 1797 0003

State of New York } ss: Suffolk County
On the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before me Robert B. Strong a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County of Suffolk personally appeared Charity Pueland (formerly Charity Williamson) wife of William Pueland of the Town of Brookhaven in the said County to me well known to be the person described in and who being by me duly sworn deposed and said that she is the eldest child of Sophia Williamson of the same place widow of Frederick Williamson deceased who was a prisoner of the United States for Revolutionary services. By her said husband the said Pueland she has always understood and believes that the said Frederick Williamson and Sophia Williamson were married to each other in about one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, although she has never seen any written record of their marriage nor does she know that any such record exists. That she has always understood from her said parents, and believes that the the said deposition was born on the twenty second day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, that she has uniformly dated her age from that day and that year. That the said Frederick Williamson kept a written memorandum of the dates of the births of his children by the said Sophia Williamson. That said memorandum was searched for at her request as she had often seen it in her father's life time and found in her possession in her dwelling house this day. That she had often seen him write and has no doubt that the aforesaid memorandum is in his hand writing and the same which she often saw in his possession in his life time. And that for the purpose of identifying the said writing she signs her name upon it in the presence of the said Commissioner.
Charity Pueland
Subscribed and sworn to
18 th day of March 1847 before me
Robert B. Strong
Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York Rutledge County
On the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before me Robert B. Strong a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County of Rutledge generally appeared John M. Williamson of the Town of Machen in the said County late one of the Judges of the County Court of the said County to me well known who being first duly sworn deposed and said that he is a son of Federal Williamson deceased who was a Revolutionary General of the United States, that he the said deponent was a son of the said General by his first wife, but was too young to recollect of his own knowledge with any precision the date of his marriage to his second wife Sophia Williamson who is now an orphan for a General, that he always understood however in his father's life time and it was so uniformly believed in the family that the said Federal Williamson and Sophia Williamson were married in March one thousand seven hundred and ninety three that this deponent has always understood too and has no doubt that their eldest child Mrs. Rachel was born in February one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, that this deponent was well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Federal Williamson having frequently seen his will and that the annual memorandum of the birth of his children by his said second wife to which this deponent has referred his name is in the proper handwriting of the said Federal Williamson deceased.
John M Williamson
Subscribed and sworn to
18 th day of March 1847 before me
R B Strong
Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York Suffolk County ss.
On the nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty seven before me Selah B. Strong a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the said County personally appeared Zadariah Greene to me known to be the person described by me to be the person who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he is senior pastor Master of the Presbyterian Church in Setauket. That his immediate predecessor was the Reverend Noah Wetmore who died on or about the 9 th of March 1796. That this deponent commenced his residence in Setauket as pastor of the said Church in the fall of 1797. That this deponent has never been able to find any record of the marriages solemnized by, or in the time of, the said Noah Wetmore, altho' inquiries have frequently been made of him, and he has also frequently made inquiries whether there was not such record, nor does this deponent know that such record exists as to any marriage performed by Mr. Wetmore. That when this deponent commenced his residence in the said parish in 1797 Jedediah Williamson a revolutionary pensioner, and his wife Sophia Williamson, who as this deponent has been informed, is now an applicant for a pension resided in Stony Brook which is a part of such parish, and there continued to reside there, the said Jedediah Williamson to the time of his death, and the said Sophia Williamson to the present time. That they were living together as man and wife and had children (the exact number of which this deponent does not recollect) in 1797. That this deponent has always understood and has no doubt that they were lawfully married by Mr. Wetmore, some years before this deponent settled in Setauket, but the precise time he does not know although from what he recollects of the situation of their family when he first knew them he should suppose that it was as early as in 1792.
Subscribed and sworn to the 19 th
day of March 1847 before me
S. B. Strong
Supreme Court Commissioner
Zadariah Greene -

State of New York County of Suffolk 3 rd . On this 3 rd day of October 1846 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk in the state of New York being a Court of Record. Sophia Williamson a Resident of the town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York 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 provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed respecti- -vely July 7 th 1838, June 17 th 1844 and March 3 rd 1843: That she is the widow of Jeremiah Wil- -iamson who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and was a pensioner of the United States that as she has been informed and believes, he first enlisted as a volunteer in a Company of Militia Called Minute Men, Commanded by Capt Daniel Roe in the month of December 1775 and service therein for the period of about five months that he enlisted as a private for the term of six months about the first of June 1776 at Brook- -haven aforesaid in the Company of State Troops Commanded by Capt Joshua Rodgers in Col d Samuel Drake's Regiment, in Gen l Scott's Brigade - that he went from Brookhaven to Huntington from thence to New York, Crossed from there to Brooklyn and was present at the battle of Long Island, retreated to New York, went from thence to Kingsbridge, from thence to White

- plains, and was present at the battle at that place and went from thence to Peekskill, from thence across the North River at Kings' ferry into New Jersey where he remained and camped until about the 25 th of December 1776 when he was honorably discharged. That he entered said service as a volunteer at the town of Brookhaven where he resided at the time. That she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim. She further declares that she was married to the said Sedadick Williams on or the Twenty third day of March, in the year Seventeen hundred Ninety three, that she has not, nor does she know of any written record of her said marriage, that her husband, the aforesaid Sedadick Williamson died on the ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, of the stone and gravel and that she has remained a widow ever since that period. That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety seven, 1797, at the time above stated. She further declares that she is afflicted with the asthma and various other complaints which incapacitates her from leaving her place of residence and attending any Court of Record. Suborn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written. J. H. Huntington Judge of Suffolk County Courts Sophia Williamson

State of New York } Suffolk County } ss.
Seth Williamson of the town of Milford in the county of Pike in the state of Pennsylvania, being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was the son of the late Jedediah Williamson deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier, and a pensioner of the United States, by his first wife Charity. That this deponent was present at the marriage of the said Jedediah Williamson with his second wife Sophia Williamson who survived him and is still a widow, this deponent being then between ten and eleven years of age - that they were married at the house of Elnathan Satterly her father, in Setauket in the town of Brookhaven county of Suffolk and state of New York, by the Reverend Noah Wetmore a Presbyterian clergyman, on or about the twenty third day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, and this deponent is positive that it was in the spring of that year.
Sworn and subscribed } this 20 day of June 1846 } before me,
J. R. Huntington Judge of Suffolk County Court.
Seth Williamson

State of New York Suffolk County 3/1 Samuel Satterly of the town of Brookhaven in the County of Suffolk and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and says that he is Seventy one years of age, that he is the brother of Sophia Williamson who is the widow of Gedediah Williamson deceased who was a revolutionary soldier and a prisoner of the United States, that he was present at their marriage, that they were married at the home of the father of this deponent in Setauket in said town of Brookhaven by the Rev d Noah Wetmore a Presbyterian Clergyman non- dec d on or about the twenty third day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety three - that the said Gedediah Williamson died on the tenth day of January one thou- -sand eight hundred and thirty seven, leaving the said Sophia Williamson his widow who has not since married - And this deponent further saith that he is positive that the said Gedediah Williamson and Sophia Williamson were married in the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three - And this deponent further saith that the Rev d Noah Wetmore was a Clergyman living in the parish of this deponent and that he left no record of marriages to the knowledge of this deponent and this deponent has no knowledge of any record of the marriage

of the said Jedediah Williamson and Sophia Williamson - Samuel Satterby Sworn and subscribed 3 this 3 rd day of October 1846 3 before me J. A. Huntington Judge of Suffolk County Courts

State of New York Suffolk County 3 d William S Williamson of the town of Brookhaven County of Suffolk and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and says that he is the son of Pedeeiah and Sophia Wilia- -mson named in the annexed affidavits - that he is their fourth child and forty five years of age - that he always understood that said Pedeeiah Williamson was a soldier of the Revolution and was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States. That the said Pedeeiah Williamson died on the ninth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty seven and that the said Sophia Williamson has not since married
Sworn and subscribed Wm S Williamson before me this 3 d of Oct r
1846 - J. B. Huntington Judge of Suffolk County Court

State of New York Suffolk County-31, I Joseph R Hunting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk who administered the oaths to the annexed declaration and affidavits do hereby Certify that the deponents, Seth William- son Samuel Satterly, and William S Williamson are perfectly credible witnesses, that I am satisfied that the applicant Sophia Williamson cannot from bodily infirmity attend the said Court - and that I am also satisfied that the said Frederick Williamson was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States That they were married 23 d of March 1793 and that the said Frederick Williamson died on the 9 th of June 1837 and that the said Sophia Williamson has not since married - I further Certify that the words "and was a pensioner of the United States" in the said declaration was in testimony before it was sworn to dated this 3 d of October 1856 - J R Hunting Judge

I J. Wakham Care Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Suffolk do hereby certify that the said Court is a Court of record, that Joseph R. Hastings Esq before whom the annexed declaration of Sophia Williamson and the annexed affidavits of both Williamson, Samuel Sally and William S. Williamson were made is a Judge of the said Court, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the several signatures of his name to the said declaration and affidavits are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this
7th day of October 1846 -
William Sase. Clerk

13072 Pension papers of Sophia Williamson widow of Isaac Williamson - NY Act of July 1838 Married before 1794 husband died 1837
1775 - Mrs. Sarah Logan Col. Drake

Sebastian Williamson Cajun
21/4/44
Service p 1755 - An alibis

State of New York } County of Suffolk } ss-
On this second - day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, Jediaiah Williamson a resident of Brookhaven in said county and State, aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
That he entered as a volunteer in a company of militia called a "minute company" at Brookhaven aforesaid about the first of December 1775 - That the company was raised and called into service on the recommendation of the "Committee of Safety" as well for the defence and protection of that part of Long Island as to cooperate generally with companies of the same description in other parts of the Island for the common defence - That the company was commanded by Capt Daniel Roe and Lieutenants Hugh Smith and David Fanning
That he served in said company for five months and until he enlisted into another company as hereinafter stated -
That he enlisted as a private for the term of six months on or about the first day of June 1776 at Brookhaven aforesaid in the company of state troops commanded by Capt Joshua Rogers and Lieutenants William Clark and Ebenezer Phillips, which company was attached to the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake, in General Scotts Brigade, and that John Hulbert was the Lieut. Col. and
Hatfield the Major of said regiment - That soon after his enlistment he went from Brookhaven to Huntington by land, and from thence with the company by water to the city of New York, where he remained on duty until a few days previous to the battle on Long Island, when he was ordered over to that place to assist in preventing the landing of the British troops - That he was in the battle on Long Island, and retreated with the army under General Washington to the city of New York, and remained in New York until the British

Took possession of that city which was about the 14 th or 15 th of September. That after leaving the city of New York he was marched to Kingsbridge where he was encamped in temporary barracks for some time, how long he cannot tell - from thence he was ordered to White Plains and remained there until after the battle. That he was, then ordered to Peekskill where he was encamped for some time, and from thence he was sent across the North River into New Jersey, where he remained until some time in December (he thinks about Christmas) when he was discharged from further service and returned home to Long Island. That he never received a written discharge, nor has he in his possession any documentary evidence relating to his claim. That he knew Generals Washington, Putnam, Lee, and Sullivan - Colonel Malcolm, Major Fish, Captain Dean, Parsons and Drake. That he was born in the town of Southold in said county on the 27 th day of March 1757 where he resided until the year 1771 when he removed to Brookhaven and there continued until his enlistment as before mentioned. That after his discharge from the service of the United States he lived one year in the then town of Southold, now Riverhead, when he removed to the town of Islip in said county. That in the year 1787 he removed from Islip to Brookhaven where he has ever since resided. That the record of his age is in the hands of his brother's family at Southold. That the Reverend Zechariah Greene and John R Satterty both residing in his neighborhood can testify to his character for veracity and their belief that he was a soldier in the revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph A Huntington Clk
Isidiah Williamson
We Zechariah Greene a clergyman residing in the town of Brookhaven aforesaid and John R Satterty residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted

with Jedidiah Williamson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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 -
Sworn and subscribed to the 20 th day of Sept 1832 - before me,
Zachariah Greene
John R Satterby
John W. Jones, a Judge of Suffolk Co. Mass
And the said court after the investigation of the matter, the hearing and examination of the annexed affidavit of Daniel Smith, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Zachariah Greene who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said town of Brookhaven, and that John R Satterby who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Joseph R Hunting clerk of the said court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Jedidiah Williamson for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Second day of October 1832 -
Joseph R Hunting Clerk

State of New York } Suffolk County }
I John Mount one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county of Suffolk, and before whom the annexed affidavit of Daniel Smith a witness in the matter of the application of Jedidiah Williamson for a pension was taken and subscribed on the 27 th day of Sept 1832. Do hereby certify that ever since my first recollection I have been acquainted with the said Daniel Smith, that I know him to be a credible person and that his statements in the said affidavit are entitled to full credit —
Witness my hand this 26 th day of June 1833 —
John W. Mount a Judge of Suffolk County com Pleas
Suffolk County } Clerks office }
I Joseph R Hunting Clerk of the said county of Suffolk Do hereby certify that John W Mount Esquire who has signed the above certificate was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and believe the signature to be his proper hand writing — In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of June 1833 —
Joseph R Hunting

Suffolk County ss—
Daniel Smith of Brookhaven in said county and state being duly sworn deposes and says that he has been acquainted with Jeremiah Williamson the above named applicant ever since the year 1771 — That he the deponent was one of a "Minute Company" spoken of by the applicant in his declaration and knows that said applicant was also one of the company and did duty therein for five months — That he was knowing to the enlistment of said applicant into the company of state troops commanded by Capt Joshua Rogers, that the deponent enlisted into the said company about the same time — That the applicant did faithfully serve as a private in said company as long as deponent continued therein That deponent was taken sick the first part of the sixth month and returned home and saw nothing more of the applicant until after the expiration of the period of his enlistment, and has every reason to believe that he faithfully served his time out —
Sworn and subscribed to this 27 th day of Sept 1832 —
John M c Carthy a Judge of Suffolk County Com Pleas
Daniel Smith his mark

Suffolk County } Clerk's office } 3 I Joseph A Hunting Clerk of the County of Suffolk Do hereby Certify that John S Mount Esquire before whom the within Deposition was taken is a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County and that I am well acqu- ainted with his hand writing and believe the Signature to be his proper hand writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this 2 d day of October 1832
Joseph A Hunting Clk.
Edward Williamson Esq.
21/4/44
Service of notice acknowledged

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF:MLB
July 8, 1930
Mrs. J. I. Sieber
Crosbyton, Texas
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19643, it appears that Jedidiah Williamson was born March 27, 1757, at Southold, Suffolk County, New York.
While residing at Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, he enlisted and served as a private with the New York troops, as follows:
From December 1, 1775, five months, in Captain Daniel Roe's Company; from June 1, 1776, six months, in Captain Joshua Rogers' Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's Regiment and was in the battle of Long Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, at which time he was living in Brookhaven, New York.
He died January 9, 1837.
The soldier married Charity. Her maiden name is not stated, nor is the date of their marriage or the date of her death given.
He married March 23, 1793, at Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, Sophia, the daughter of Elnathan Satterly.
She was allowed pension on her application executed October 3, 1846, at which time she was living in Brookhaven, New York and was aged eighty years.
She died April 9, 1847.
The children by his first wife were:- Seth, who in 1846 was a resident of Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania, and stated that he was ten or eleven years of age when his father married the second time, and John M. who in 1847 was living in Brookhaven, New York.

Children by the second wife:
Charity born February 22, 1794; married Wickham Ruland; Deborah " February 5, 1796; Nancy " August 21, 1797; William S. " May 25, 1800; Mary Ann " February 7, 1804.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

9281 No 13072 1431
Sophia Williamson widow of Jeremiah NY d. 9 Jan y . 1832 act 7 Mch 1838
Adm d . 6 mo p er m $20 00 p er annum from 9 Jan y 1837 to 4 March 1841
Adm d , acts 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $20 00 p er annum
Hon S. B. Strong Setauket NY

House of Rep. 19 th June 1846
Sir
The accompanying communication addressed to you, by the Hon. Silas B. Strong, has been forwarded to me: by enclosing your reply to me, you will oblige
Yours ob. Servt Jno. M. Lawrence
Hon. Jas. H. Edwards Com. of Pensions Washington

Setauket - April 30 th - 1847
Sir
I have the honor to enclose the deposition taken before me in the case of Mrs. Sophia Williamson, with the other articles of my official character -
Yours very respectfully
J. H. Strong
Hon. James L. Brainerd
Commissioner of Pensions -

Setauket 19 th March 1847
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
I send with this several additional papers to establish the claim of Sophia Williamson widow of Jedediah Williamson deceased to a pension. When I first forwarded her papers I thought, and with much deference still think, that they ought to be satisfactory - It appeared that record proof of the marriage could not be obtained, and sufficient reasons were given for the non production of such evidence - Two highly respectable witnesses, one of whom had always resided in the same village with me and was known to me to be a perfectly conscientious man, swore positively that they were present at the marriage and that it took place in March 1793. There was nothing to oppose to this except that it was so near to the 1 st of January 1794 as to lead to distrust! To many it would have occurred that if the applicant and her witnesses had intended to falsify they would have given to the marriage an earlier date, for that very reason . Still I am aware from the cases which came before me while in Congress that great caution is necessary to guard against frauds. Whether in this instance that caution may not have been carried too far may well be doubted. However I have endeavoured to avoid the objection, and trust that the accompanying papers will effect that object - In them there is parol and documentary proof that the eldest child of the deceased pensioner and his widow (Mrs. Ruland) was born on the 20 th of February 1794. one of the witnesses Judge Williamson has been three times a member of the assembly of this state. He is an acquaintance of Governor Marcy, as the Governor assured me when

we once called together at the Judges house. The main fact established by these papers proves that the applicant must have been married previous to the 1 st of January 1794 unless you should choose to refer that her eldest child was born within one month and 22 days after her marriage - as these papers are merely confirmatory I have not deemed it necessary to procure the clerks certificate of my official character more especially as it is within my personal knowledge that such papers have been received before without the certificate -
I trust that this lady will now receive her small pension without being put to any further trouble and expense -
Yours very respectfully
H B Strong

Setacutet Octob 9 th 1845
Sir
I have the honor to forward with this the paper of Mrs. Sophia Williamson, widow of Frederick Williamson a revolutionary pensioner, who asks for a widow's pension under the acts of July 7 th 1835 Jan. 17 th 1844 and March 3 rd 1843. If you should come to the conclusion that she is not entitled to a pension for her husband's services for 5 months as a mountain man, there can be no doubt as to her claim for the term he was in the regular service from Jan. 1 st 1775 to the 25 th day of December in the same year.
It is the goodness to give to this application your earliest attention and communicate the result to me.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
your most obed. servt.
J. S. Bridgman
Hon: James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

W. Marshall W. P. Paris 3
12 Aug
Aug 12 '46
26
Hon. Francis L. P. P.
Williams
Rec of Diploma of M.A. of Oxford
paid -
Deputy of P.

Setauket August 8 th 1846
Sir
I have had the honor to receive your Communication relative to the claim of Sophia Williamson under of Jeremiah Williamson deceased dated on the 1 st of July last and addressed to the Hon: John W. Lawrence of the House of Representatives. In that Communication it is stated that Mrs Williamson can probably obtain a pension at the rate of 20 dollars per annum on passing her marriage previous to the 1 st of January 1794. That she can do by persons who were present at her marriage. Her husband died I think in 1837. She wishes to know from what date she can obtain her pension, and also whether she will be required to state all the particulars specified in section 1 of the regulations adopted on the 17 th July 1838. (Pension Office Report pages 153-5) or merely to prove her identity, her marriage to the pensioner, and the time of his death. I am under an impression that an act of Congress of the present session dispenses with some of the proof required by the regulations of the 17 th of July 1838 and that is the reason why I trouble you with the letter enjoining.
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
your obed t servant
William Lloyd
Hon: James L. Edmand -

872.43 June 24/1877 Resp y Cl er of Sophia Williamson dec d .
Rev. S. P. Edward
Commissioner of Revenue
Washington City
District of Columbia

Solomon June 21 st 1847
Sir -
I have had the honor to receive from your office two pension certificates in favor of Sophia William now widow of Frederick Williamson deceased both dated on the 20 th of May last, one granting to her a pension of twenty dollars per annum from the 9 th of January 1837 to the 4 th of March 1841. and the other granting her a similar pension commencing on the 4 th of March 1843 and to terminate on the 4 th of March 1848.
Mrs Williamson the pensioner died on the 9 th of April last. She left 4 children, all of them by Frederick Williamson the pensioner, who was her first and only husband. Mr Williamson had two other children by a former wife. The question which I am desired to submit to you is who of these 6 children are entitled to the amount of the first certificate, and to so much as is due on the second certificate up to the time of Mrs Williamson's death.
The required proof has been produced in the Common Pleas of Suffolk County of the time of Mrs Williamson's death, and of the names of her children and also of Mr Williamson's children by his first wife. They all reside in this vicinity, and are of full age. My opinion is that Mrs Williamson's children by the military hold an share entitled to the money, and that they can claim it, by sending to the Pension Agent the certificate of the Clerk of the Common Pleas stating that Mrs Williamson died on the 9 th of April last, and left 4 children together with their affidavits and

power of attorney, duly acknowledged, to receive the money.
It are the good will to communicate to me as early as may be practicable your opinion on these matters, and to give such instructions as you may deem necessary -
Yours respectfully
J. H. Strong
Hon: James L. Edwards

Petersburg June 16 th 1846
Wm. James L. Edwards
Commission of pension
Sir -
I am requested to write to you in behalf of Mrs. Sophia Williamson of this place, the widow of the late Jeremiah Williamson, who drew a pension as a revolutionary soldier of 36 dollars 66 cents under the act of Jan 7 th 1832. Mr. Williamson died on the 9 th of January 1837. They were married on the 23 rd of March 1793. Mrs. Williamson is still a widow, never having married since her late husband's decease. She wishes to know to what pension she will be entitled if she establishes their facts and for how long a period back - and she also wishes to ascertain what pay will now be allowed? I am under an impression that the act for the payment of pensions discontinued will resume part of the pay formerly allowed against - Will you do Mrs. Williamson the favor to furnish her with the required information through our Representative, Mr. John W. Lawrence?
I have the honor to be
very respectfully
your most obed. servt
W. B. Strong

V 13072 Sophia Williamson
NY Litho to S. B. Strong 27 Oct 1846 sam April 23 / 47,
act 7 July 1838.

Jedediah Williamson N.Y. act 7 June 1832 #36 1/4 June
To what time was he last paid G. C. A.
Pension Office May 15 1847
Died 9 th Jan. 1837. Pension to his death.
AB

O. W. & N. DA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Jedediah Williamson
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Islip L. Island.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Islip Suffolk Co. L.I.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Jan 9th 1834.
Christian name of widow:
Sophia Satterly -
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Am told he did -
Remarks:
He married to Stony Brook L.I. in 1784.
Your name and address:
H. F. Anderson Hough Bridge New York.
6-870
N.Y.

Pen File # 19643.
at 708 20 W 7072. Sophia
61 SOUTH CLINTON STREET
Boughkeepsie N. Y. Nov. 18 th 1908 Pension Department - Washington D.C.
Please send Revolutionary Pension record of
Jedediah Williamson of Suffolk Co. Long Island.
Please send also a list of children as given in application of Jedediah Williamson.
Information desired for entrance to Historic Society.
Respectfully
Mrs Sanford D. Stockton Boughkeepsie N. Y.

This date used

Lowry Va. April 28 th 1911 Revolutionary Pension Office. Washington D.C.
Please give Rev. Pension record of Jedediah Williamson of Long Island , together with all names mentioned in said record.
Also please give Rev. Pension record of John Mowbray of Long Island .
JSC

wish this information for embrace to Patriotic
Society.
Respectfully
Mrs D. G. Sherman

Croslyton, Tex, 5/9/30.
Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir!
Will you kindly give me some information about a Jedediah Williamson who served in Col. Smith's Regiment also Col. Drake's Provisional during the Revolutionary War.
He died in 1833, and some say 1837 . Please give me his place of residence at that time also the names of his children if you have them. He married Charity Mabray Feb. 28, 1881.
Thanking you in advance for this information,
Respectfully,
Mrs. J. J. Sieber Croslyton, Texas.

10.273.
New York.
Rep.
Sophia Williamson Widow of Jedediah Williamson who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9 Jan y . 1837 of Suffolk Co. in the State of New York who was a Pri. in the Company commanded by Captain Roe — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Drake in the N.Y. line for 6 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 9 Jan y . 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of May 1847 and sent to Hon. S. B. Strong, Schenectady, N.Y.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 533.

June 1864 Mil. Dist. to Miss. V. B. Anderson, High Bridge. N. Y. 1908 Nov. 27. Hist. to Mrs. Sanford D. Stockton. Mrs. S. G. Sherman. P. 1911 May 3. Hist. to Mrs. J. J. Sieber. Aug.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
19643
Sophia Williamson Widow of Jedediah Williamson Rev. Rev. War.
Act: _____
Mar. 3 rd 1823
Index:—Vol. _____
iii
Page _____
244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jedediah Williamson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. File 19643
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1. 75 5 mos. Pri. Daniel Roe ✓ N.Y.   ✓ June 1. 76 6 " " Joshua Rogers Samuel Drake            
Battles engaged in, Long Is. ✓ & others Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., N.Y. Date of application for pension, Oct. 2, 1832. Allowed. Residence at date of application, Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., N.Y. Age at date of application, Mch. 27, 1757 at Southold, Suffolk Co., N.Y.
Remarks: He mar. 1 st Charity — & had ch. Seth & John M. (alive in 1846) mar. 2 nd Setucket, Suffolk Co., N.Y. Mch. 23, 1793 Sophia dau. Ethan Satterly sol. died Jan. 9, 1837 she died Feb. 9, 1847 at 80 yrs. 2nd appt. Oct. 3, 1846 as 80 yrs. Brookhaven N.Y. she died Feb. 9, 1847 Charity b. Feb. 22, 1794 m. William Satterly — Deborah b. Feb. 5, 1796. Nancy b. Aug. 21 1797. William b. May 25, 1800 — Mary Ann b. Feb. 7, 1804.
Very respectfully

Seth bet 10 & 11 yrs. in 1793.
John M. 1847
1847 Charity wf. Wickham Ruland
Deborah III by 5, 1796 no Nancy Aug. 21, 1797 William May 25, 1800 Mary Ann July 7, 1805

Mrs. S. C. Sherman,
Luray, Va.
Madam:
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT
REGIMENT UNDER WHICH SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
STATE
In reply to your letter dated the 28" and received the 29" ultimo, you are herewith furnished the history of Jedediah Williamson, Wid. File No. 19,643, and are advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to John Mowbray described by you.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Battles engaged in
Long Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Brook Haven NY
Date of application for pension,
Oct 2 1832
Residence at date of application,
Brook Haven NY
Brook Haven NY
23, 1793
He had two marriages the first wife being Charity
Miss K.B. Anderson High Bridge New York NY
Commissioner.

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Francis Williamson , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1775 3 yrs Pri Daniel Roe Not stated N.Y.   June 1776 6 mos " Joshua Rogers Samuel Drake "                              
Battles engaged in
Long Island
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Brook Haven N.Y.
Date of application for pension,
Oct 2 1832
Residence at date of application,
Brook Haven N.Y.
Age at date of application,
Mr. Southwell N.Y. Mar 27 1757
Mar.
Remarks:
Married Sophia Satterly
23, 1793 and died January 9, 1837.
He had been married twice the chasm very respectfully, his first wife being Charity.
Miss K.B. Anderson High Bridge New York N.Y.
13603 b-3 m
Commissioner.