Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,533, James Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Warren, James Sarah
NUMBER _____
W. 22.533,
CONTENTS

Albany 5507
Sarah Warren
widow of James Warren
Mass
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the — September 1807
of Madison Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Drummer in the company commanded
by Captain Stibbins of the reg't commanded
by ————— in the Mass.
line for 9 months & 20 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 35 Dollars 14 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12, day of June
1840 and sent to Duane Brown
Chittenango, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1840
141.76
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep.
17.72
$159.48
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2.
Clerk, Page 110

6830
Miss Sarah Warren Widow of James Warren deceased
Application for pension
D Brown atty Chittenango Mad Co
Act. July 7. 1838 N.Y.
James Warren D. Brown
Married 16. Oct. 1782 Husb died Feb. 1807
Massachusetts Militia Capt. Robbins & Mrs. Drummer in 1775 Vol 16. p 26 Same 1 " 20 " — " 177 " 23 —
9. 20
Admitted Drummer 9 & 20 days
D. Brown Esq., Chittenango N.Y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss.
Town of Canoeary ss. Daniel Newhall of the Town of Canoeary in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn doth depose and say - I the said Daniel Newhall aged Twenty Nine years on the fifth day of July last past - I was well acquainted with James Warren for many years before and with Sarah Wait Eight years before their reputed Marriage and with both for many years after and that I lived a near neighbor to them, both before and after their reputed Mar- riage that I was knowing of their living together as husband and wife and that I was also knowing to their raising a family of children and that they always had the reputation of being Married
Daniel Newhall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss. On this 31 st day of Decem- ber 1839 personally appeared Daniel Newhall above named and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - Before me Phineas Bartlett Justice of The Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss. - I Phineas Bartlett the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I am acquainted with said Daniel Newhall and have been for twenty five years and more and that he is a man of veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit
Phineas Bartlett Justice of Canoeary Dec 31. 1839 The Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Phineas Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court This second day of January A.D. 1840. E. Alvord Clerk

Declaration of Sarah Warren
To.
Obtain a pension
Ms. A. 9. 2. 27 p. 10

State of New York } Madison County }
On this 21 st day of January 1840 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in & for the County of Madison aforesaid Sarah Warren a resident of the town of Sullivan in said County aged seventy five 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 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Warren who was a musician (drummer) in the militia of the State of Massachusetts engaged in the war of the Revolution but under what particular officers he served she cannot distinctly recollect as she did not become acquainted with him until he had done serving in the Army, she recollects frequently hearing him relate during his lifetime the particulars of his services in the said war of the Revolution & the names of the officers under whom he served some of the particulars she can recollect but the officers names she has forgotten it being more than thirty years since his decease but she recollects of frequently hearing him state that he was in the American service as a drummer during the greater part of the Revolutionary war she recollects well of his stating that he was in the battle at Bunker Hill, also at Saratoga at the taking of Burgoyne, she recollects hearing him say that he was in the service at Crownpoint & several other places which she cannot now distinctly recollect her memory having become considerably impaired by age and infirmity. That at the time of her said husband's decease he resided in the town of Deerfield in the State of Massachusetts.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Warren on the sixteenth day of October seventeen hundred and eighty two; That her husband the aforesaid James Warren died in the month of September in the year 1807. The particular day of the month she cannot distinctly affirm but thinks it was on the eleventh. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four; viz: at the time above stated.
She further states that she with her husband

and family removed from the the town of Conway in the State of Massachusetts to the town of Sullivan in the county of Madison aforesaid in the year 1805 where her said Husband died & when she has resided ever since
Sworn & Subscribed before (B) A. B. Warren
on this 21 st day of January 1840
& I also further certify the said deponent (or applicant) cannot attend court by reason of bodily infirmity
Barak Beckwith a Judge of Madison County Courts
State of New York } Madison County } ss. On this 21 st day of January 1840, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the County courts in & for the county aforesaid. Abraham Lee a resident of the town of Sullivan in the county of Madison aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he was well acquainted with James Warren the husband of Sarah Warren whose names are mentioned in the above declaration of Sarah Warren in order to obtain a pension, that this deponent first became acquainted with the aforesaid James & Sarah Warren in the town of Conway in the county of Franklin & State of Massachusetts; that the said James Warren with his family removed to the town of Sullivan aforesaid about the year 1805 that the following year this deponent removed into the same town & has lived ever since a near neighbor to said family, that during the lifetime of the said James Warren, this deponent has frequently heard him relate his services in the Revolutionary war and has no doubt that he served as a drummer as much as three years in said war. And this deponent further says that the said James Warren died in the year 1807. & that the above applicant Sarah Warren is the widow of the aforesaid James Warren, & has not intermarried since the death of her husband the said James Warren but still remains his widow & further saith not
Abraham Lee
Sworn and subscribed before me this 21 st day
of January 1840 & I also further certify that the said deponent Abraham Lee is a credible person whose testimony is entitled to credit
Barak Beckwith a Judge of Madison County Courts

State of New York Madison County ss. I Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk Clerks Office of the said County do hereby certify
that Barab Beckwith above named the person before whom the foregoing declaration affidavit purports to have been made & sworn was on the day of the date of the said declaration & affidavit a Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Madison aforesaid duly appointed sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Barab Beckwith & firmly believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 23 rd day of January 1840. word & affidavit intitled
Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk

State of New York Orleans County
ss I, Abiel Harding of the town of Bane in the County of Orleans and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say. I the said Abiel Harding aged Seventy nine years on the first day of August next during the revolutionary war resided in the town of Deerfield (then) County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts. I was well acquainted with James Warren who resided in the town of Deerfield. I was a private in the Company of Captain Cephas Sheldon of the town of Shelburne in said County of Hampshire and said James Warren was a drummer in the same Company, about the first of July 1777 there was an alarm occasioned by the evacuation of Fort Ticonderoga, and Captain Sheldon's Company was called out & were out about a week when they were discharged I and the said James Warren were out with the Company at that time. When the Company was discharged, the said Warren & more of the Company went home, I stopped at Bennington & joined Capt. Brown's Company of said County. I was in the battle of Bennington. After the battle of Bennington we moved on to Fort Schuyler, when we arrived about the first of August 1777. On my arrival at Fort Schuyler I found then Captain Sheldon's Company and I immediately joined that Company the said James Warren was with the Company acting as drummer. and I and the said Warren remained with Captain Sheldon's Company until after the surrender of the British Army under General Burgoyne & until after the Militia of the American Army were discharged. We were discharged the twenty- eighth or twenty first day of October 1777. as near as I can recollect
Subscribed & sworn to 14 th day of May 1839
Abiel Harding
Before me A. H. Russell Justice of the peace of Bane Orleans Co NY

State of New York Orleans County to town of Albion G. I. Hyde Esq. a justice of the peace of the town of said county aforesaid do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Abner Harding of said town who made the preceding affidavit for fifteen years last past, and that he is a gentleman of high and unexceptionable character and that his testimony is entitled to be received with full credence Given under my hand this 14 th day 1839 A. Hyde Esq. Franklin Fenton
State of New York Orleans County clerk's Office I certify that A. Hyde Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and legally author- ized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and firmly believe that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed the Seal of said county at Albion this 14 th day of May A.D. 1839 J. C. Strong clerk of Or.Co.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss
Town of Canaan ss — Reuben Childs of the Town of Canaan in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts being duly sworn doth depose and say — I the said Reuben Childs aged eighty four years on the fourteenth day of February last past — during the Revolutionary War resided in Deerfield (then) in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts — I was well acquainted with James Warren who resided in the town of Deerfield I was a private in the company of Capt Joseph Hibbins of the town of Deerfield in said county of Hampshire and in the regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Brewer of Waltham in said State said James Warren was a drummer in the same company — About the twenty second of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I went in company with the said James Warren as volunteers to Cambridge near Boston and that I and the said James Warren enlisted at said Cambridge for the term of eight months and were together at the battle of Bunker Hill and that said James Warren acted during that time as drummer in the same company and at the expiration of said term we were both discharged and went home together
Reuben Childs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss. ss. This thirty first day of Decr 1839 personally appeared the above named Reuben Childs & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me — Phineas Batten Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss. I Phineas Bartlett the juror before whom the within affidavit of Reuben Childs was made - do certify that I am acquainted with said Reuben Childs and have been for more than twenty five years - and that he is a man of veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit Phineas Bartlett Justice of the Peace Cambridge Dec. 31 st 1839
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Phineas Bartlett is a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commis- sioned and qualified, and that the above & within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this second day of January A.D. 1840 E. Alvord Clerk

Capt. A. Harding
Disposition

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I, Abijah Harding, of Durfield in the county of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a Soldier of the Revolutionary war, being in the eightieth year of my age, testify and say, that I resided in said Durfield during said war, except when in the Army, and that I was well acquainted with James Warren. He resided in Durfield or Conway, both being then in the county of Hampshire, in said Commonwealth.
In the fore part of June A.D. 1777, the said Warren and myself joined said Army, at the same time and place. We belonged to the company of Capt. Sheldon, (I do not recollect his Christian name) of Shelburne, in said county, in the Regiment of Col. Murray. We marched together from said Durfield to Moos' Creek, so called, about seven miles North of Fort Miller, on the Hudson River. After remaining there a few days, as the enemy advanced, we retreated to Saratoga, where

we made a stand. At that place, I was discharged from the army - it being six weeks from the time we marched from Dorfield. The said Warren was in the company during the time specified, and I left him in He was a drummer in said company. Abijah Harding
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin Co. January 1st 1840. - Then Abijah Harding, above named, a man of unquestionable character as to truth and veracity, personally appeared and made oath the above instrument by him subscribed, is true - before me - Aaron Armstrong - Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Aaron Arms is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court This second day of January A. D. 1840 E. Alvord Clerk
copy of this certificate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss — I Otis Childs of the town of Conway in said County aged forty-nine years the fourth day of April last past being duly sworn deposes & says that he is Clerk of the town of Conway in the county & State aforesaid and that he has examined the records of said town which came to possession of deponent by virtue of his office, and which to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief are the records kept by the predecessors of deponent in said office That among such records deponent found a record of persons published to be married in the year 1782 and that upon such record deponent found the name of Sarah Wait as published to be married to James Warren.
And that the following is a copy of such record —
The tenth of August one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two the intention of marriage between James Warren & Sarah Wait both of Conway hath been interw with me fourteen days & yet they have been published as the Law Direct
De Oliver Wetmore Town Clerk
Deponent further says that he has searched for the record of the marriage of said Sarah Wait to said James Warren and is unable to find any record of said marriage —
Deponent further says that the records of said town of Conway extend back to the year 1769 and that the earliest entry of a marriage on such record is dated June 2 d 1784
Deponent further says that that the mode of publication of said Sarah Wait to said James Warren as appears from said record was the usual course of publishing persons intending to be married at the time said record purports to have been made — Deponent further says that he has also examined the church records in said town of Conway which purport to have been kept from

The year 1768 to the year 1821 inclusive and that upon the first page of said book of records there is under the head of "Contents" reference to marriages page 59 - And that on examination it appears that two leaves viz: from page 58 to page 63 have been extracted from said book of records - when, or by whom or for what reason is unknown to deponent - Deponent further says that he finds on the records of said town of Conway the following viz:
The children of Sarah Warren wife of James Warren are as follows viz:
Martha a Daughter Born July 14 th 1783 Daniel a Son Born June 11 th 1785 Chester a Son Born September 26 th 1787 Horace a Son Born July 8 th 1790
And further Deponent says not
Wm Otis Childs Town Clerk of Conway Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss: On this 31 st day of December 1839 personally appeared Otis Childs above named and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me - Phineas Bartlett Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss - I Phineas Bartlett the Justice before whom the foregoing affidavit was made do certify that I am acquainted with the above named Otis Childs and have been for thirty years, and that he is a man of veracity and his statement is entitled to full credit. Conway Dec. 31. 1839 Phineas Bartlett Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Franklin, do hereby certify that Phineas Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned and qualified; and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this second day of January A.D. 1840 E. Alvord Clerk
Atty. Schiller Officer

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22388
Sarah Warren Widow of James Warren Drummer New Mar.
Act July 7 th 38
Index: Vol. 4 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 28. 1840 6830
NY
See
7 July 1838
Sarah Warner
and children
Hon. J. L. Calhoun
Commission of Pensions Pension Office Washington

Chittenden Co. Feb 21 st 1840
Dr Sir
I enclose declaration & affidavits of Miss Sarah Warren Nelson of James Warren and in her behalf ask for a pension to be bestowed upon her. She is infirm and very poor dependant on her children for support who are also poor. Her friends have been a considerable trouble to procure the enclosed affidavits, and are unable to procure positive proof of her marriage for the reasons mentioned in her declaration, and in the affidavit of Miss Childs . I have looked into the affidavits and think they present a chain of facts amounting to positive proof of marriage, and is all the proof the nature of the case seems to admit of unless you furnish supplemental affidavits to prove the same facts. To facilitate the examination I marked in pencil upon the margin of each affidavit the length of service proved, and year &c. And also the substance of the other affidavits.
I desire you should as soon as practicable examine the papers and write me the result and should the papers want additions or correction, please forward them to me and I will see that it be done if practicable.
Direct to the Subscriber at "Chittenden Co. Madison County N.Y." and oblige Your obedient Servant (Dwaine Brown)
To J. L. Ednards Esq. Comm. of Pensions
Should a reference be desire I would refer you to Hon Ednard Rogers Esq. Me