Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,435, Jonathan Torrey, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Torrey, Jonathan or Torry,
No. 22,435
Abigail
CONTENTS

New York 3738
Abigail Torrey widow of Jonathan Torrey who was a Private in the Massachusetts line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Fifty — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twelfth day of December 1843 and sent to R. Judson Sherburne Chenango Co New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 139
1889 Oct 12 D. Torrey - history Prot
Dead at Etaholm Mar 23. 1844
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6 th April 1838 from 4 th March to 14 th June 1837. Age Notified 9 th Dec 1844

4,426
Outlay, 11. 1/2
New York
Jonathan Forney Pirate Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Nov r 1818 and sent Hon ble T. C. Hubbard House of Representatives
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 3 mo \frac{26}{31} \times \frac{4}{30} = 31.17 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 = 48
$ 79.17
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
1 Year
continued
Hamilton Madison Co
Notes in left margin: Note in bank Nov 15 th 1820 to H. Hubbard Hamilton N.Y.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I John Nash Town Clerk of the Town of Abington in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certify that by the Records of said Town now in my possession and care it appears that "Jonathan Torrey was married to Abigail Mowel both of Abington" January the sixteenth one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz "Jan'y of 16 1779" — Abington September 11 th 1838
John Nash Town Clerk
I John Nash above named, depose and say: That I hold the office of Clerk in the County, Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me
John Nash Clerk of the Town of Abington
Plymouth ss Sept r 11 th 1838
Sworn before me
Daniel Thaxter Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth, I, Nathl Morris Clerk of the Superior Court for said County of Plymouth hereby certify that Michael Theater's Deposition before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is a true copy of the original for the said County of Plymouth duly sworn and qualified and that the signature & the jurat of said deposition purporting to be his is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty eight
Nathl Morris

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Wait Bement is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Greenfield in said county this twelfth day of September A.D. 1838
E. Alvord Clerk
Plainfield Sept 12 th 1838
Mr Munger Sir
We have obtained what you requested of us, in the best manner that we could. The affidavit is not so precise as we would have glad to had it the witness could not recollect the in which year the marriage ceremony was performed. We therefore found the number of years as near as we could that had elapsed since her marriage but could not precisely find out but You will be so good as to inform our friend, in Hamilton that we are all well.
Yours &c
Jeremiah Stockwell

State of Massachusetts County of Franklin Co. - I, Sarah Gurney of Ashfield in said County being duly sworn, says that she is aged seventy seventy six years that she was well acquainted with Jonathan Dor- sey who was a soldier of the Revolution, and has for a number of years drawn a pension from the United States in consequence of services there performed in said war - that Deponent also was well acquainted with Abigail Dorsey, the wife of said Jonathan - that Deponent was acquainted with them both until they removed into the state of New York, and she has seen them a number of times since - that she was present at the marriage of the said Jonathan and the said Abigail (whose name before marriage was Stowell in the town of Abington, in the county of Plymouth, in said State - Deponent says furthermore that she has been  was married to her present husband Joseph Gurney fifty four years on the  since to the twenty first day of June last, and that the said Jonathan Dorsey and Abigail Stowell  Dorsey were married some time previous to her marriage  to her marriage that the mar- riage ceremony was performed either by the Rev. Mr. Viles, or David Jones, Esq. - she does not distinct- ly recollect which, as they both resided in the town of Abington at that time - that she well recol- lects the fact of that marriage - as she was on terms of intimate acquaintance with the said Jonathan and his wife the said Abigail both before and for many years after said marriage that the said Jonathan and his wife, the said Abi- gail and the Deponent resided for many years in said Abington, and that was their home during the said war -
Sarah Gurney
1838 Sept 17
Yes Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Franklin Co. Ashfield September 8, 1838 - Personally appeared the above named Sarah Gurney and made solemn oath, that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, is true - Before me, Nathl Bemont, Justice of the Peace for said County -

Plainfield Mo Sept 15
1876
Mr Hanson Munger Esq
Hamilton
Madison County New Yorke

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows"
State of New York } County of Madison }
ss; On this ninth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of the County Court of the County of Madison aforesaid, Abigail Torrey a resident of the town of Hamilton in the County of Madison aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn says 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 & pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Jonathan Torrey who was a private in the army of the Revolution, that the said Jonathan Torrey was for some years previous to his death a pensioner of the United States & was inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency. that his Pension Certificate, signed by J C Calhoun Secretary of War, was given at the War Office of the United States the seventeenth day of November one thousand eight hundred & eighteen. as appears by said Certificate hereto attached to which this applicant & deponent refers & also to the application & proofs upon which said certificate was issued now supposed to be on file in the War Department at the City of Washington
She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Torrey on the sixteenth day of January in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine - that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Torrey died on the fourteenth day of

June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz; at the time above stated
Sworn to & subscribed on Abigail & Fanny the day & year above written before me
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts I further certify that the above named Abigail Toong from bodily infirmity cannot attend Court and for the time being cannot write her name and that she sustains a good character for truth and veracity
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts
State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office I, Alexander Donaldson Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Joseph Clark whose name is subscribed to the above certificate and before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made was on the day of the date of the said declaration a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County duly elected & qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Clark and firmly believe that his signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County the 13th day of October 1838. Alexander Donaldson for Clerk

State of New York
Madison County ss; Elias Torrey of Hamilton in said county being duly sworn says he was fifty six years of age last February; that he is the son of Jonathan & Abigail Torrey mentioned in the annexed papers; that the said Jonathan Torrey died at said Hamilton on the fourteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty seven; that the said Abigail Torrey the wife & widow of the said Jonathan is still a widow & has never been married since the death of her said husband the said Jonathan that the said Abigail is aged eighty three years according to the general reputation that always prevailed in the family of said Abigail and according to a family record preserved for many years in a family Bible kept by said Jonathan & Abigail which said record this deponent distinctly recollects from his early childhood. Which said record has however been lost or destroyed something more than ten years that the said Jonathan was a pensioner of the United States for a number of years previous & up to the time of his death & received his pension regularly under the Pension certificate hereto attached
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th day of October 1858 before me and Thereby certify that I am personally acquainted with above named Elias Torrey and that he is a person of good character & credit in this county
Elias Torrey
James B Eldredge Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Madison County ss; Elijah Nash being duly sworn says that he resides in Hamilton in said county, that he is sixty nine years of age. That he has lived in said town nearly thirty years that he has been acquainted with Jonathan Torrey & Abigail his wife who are mentioned in the

papers hereto attached for more than fifty years that during all that time (up to the time of the death of said Jonathan in June 1837) the said Jonathan & Abigail lived together as man & wife. That the said Abigail has lived unmarried ever since the death of the said Jonathan & further that the said Jonathan was for some years previous to his death a Pensioner of the United States & drew a pension for Revolutionary services up to the time of his death
Subscribed & sworn this 12 th day of October 1838 before me Elijah Nash
and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Elijah Nash and that he is a good person of good character for veracity James B Eldredge Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office
I, Alexander D. Doolittle Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James B. Eldredge the person before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was on the day of the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said James B. Eldredge and verily believe that his signatures above written are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 13 th day of October 1838
Alexander Doolittle Clerk
2629
Thomas H. Chapman Esq. Hamilton Madison Co N.Y.
James B. Eldredge
Jonathan
Abigail Doolittle widow of Jonathan Doolittle all July 7. 1838
2622

Sir, On the 12 th day of December 1843 a pension certificate was made of that date to Abigail Torry (widow of Jonathan Torry, who died on the 14 th day of June 1837) for forty dollars per annum from 4 th March '43 to 4 th March '44. She died 14 th September 1843. or about that day. At her death she left children, to wit, Hannah Thayer, the wife of Hosea Thayer, who had the care of her, and with whom she lived some time before her death, & Elias Torry, and Lydia Stockwell wife of Jeremiah Stockwell. She also left two grand children, whose parent, who descended from said Abigail is dead. The certificate of this pension has been put into my hands, to obtain the small amount in arrear when she died. For this purpose I wish some information and propose the following.
Before her death, the said Abigail, I am informed, in the presence of three witnesses gave the amount of the arrears of this pension to her daughter Hannah, probably to compensate her for her care &c. and wished her to draw it. If the said Hannah and her husband Hosea Thayer should go into the Surrogates court of this County and make such proof of the fact as would enable the said surrogate to certify that satisfactory evidence was made before him of the said gift and request that said Hannah should draw what might be had upon said pension, would that certificate and a power of attorney from said Hannah & Hosea Thayer her husband enable them to obtain this money? Are these grand children, suppose the said gift should not be satisfactorily proved, entitled to any share? Suppose all entitled to any portion of this pension should make a power of attorney to Hannah Thayer & Hosea Thayer to draw to draw the arrears, with a power of substituting an agent or agents to draw the amount. Could the said Hannah & Hosea substitute one agent to receive it whose power of attorney or receipt would be accepted. or must there be one power of attorney signed and proved by every one interested?
It is alleged that when the said Jonathan Torry died there was the sum of about $26. due him on his pension certificate, & that when the application for a certificate was made in behalf of the said Abigail Torry, his pension certificate was sent with her papers to the Pension Office. Is the certificate of the said Jonathan remaining in the Pension Office? And is it now too late late for his heirs to apply to obtain what remained of his pension at his death unpaid? If in time to make application, what proofs without said certificate then can be made which will be satisfactory?
Yours &c.
March 11. 1844
E. Holmes

A line in reply addressing to E. Holmes, Honei ville Madison County N York will be need, if convenient to send one.

Jonathan Torrey app. as an Indigent bro. Lolin
Admitted
Founded by J. H. Hubbard of Hamilton Madison County New York If person claimed the Certificate to be not to him

State of New York
Maclean County ss.
On this sixth day of May 1818 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Maclean personally appears Jonathan Torrey aged fifty nine years resident of the Town of Hamilton in the said County of Maclean, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, - order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons en= gaged in the land and naval service of the United States - the Revolutionary war, That he the said Jonathan Torrey entitled at Roxbury in the State of Massa= chusetts on the first day of January 1778 - the Company commenced by Captain William Reed of the Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Bailey, that he con= tinued to serve - the said Company, until the first day of January 1779 when he was discharged from service in the town of Catskill in the State of New York, that he was in the battle of White Plains, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support of that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
I was to once dictated before me the day & year aforesaid Samuel Payne
Jonathan Torrey

I Samuel Payne one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas of the County of Madison as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said I enclen Tony did serve in the revolu- tionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for nine months on the continental estab- lishment and I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war pursuant to the directions of the afore- mentioned act of Congress. Samuel Payne Said Hamilton May 6. 1818
State of New York ss I certify that Samuel Payne was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison on the 6th day of May 1818 also that the signature to the above appear to be in his proper hand writing In Testimony whereof I have hereunto put my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 15th day of May 1818 W. J. Haugh D. P. Clerk

Rev. Porfirio Jonathan Torrey 4426 Main St J. H. Hubbard

State of New York Madison County ss
Schedule
On this third day of October one thousand eight hundred & twenty personally appeared in the court of common pleas of the said county of Madison in open court the said court being a court of record established as such by the laws of the state of New York, for the county of Madison Jonathan Torrey aged sixty two years resident in Hamilton in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows to wit: That in the month of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy six at Abingdon in the state of Massachusetts he enlisted in the company of Captain William Rice in the regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Bailey to serve for the space of one year and that he did serve in the said company & regiment until some time in the month of January one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven when he was discharged at Peekskill in the state of New York that his original declaration bears date May sixth one thousand eight hundred eighteen & that his pension certificate now in his possession is numbered four thousand four hundred & twenty six and bears date November seventeenth one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 to diminish it as to being myself within the

provisions of an act of congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule here to annexed and by me subscribed to with Twelve acres of land situate in Hamilton in the county of Madison worth $120.00 which land was purchased with money furnished the said Jonathan Torrey by Abner Torrey hereafter mentioned the father of the said Jonathan upon condition that in the said Jonathan should support the said Abner during his life for the support of which said Abner the said Jonathan is bound by bail -
  Land - $120.00   Elijah Nash is indebted to me for lent money - 2.25   1 our one cow - worth - 10.00   1 horn $20 - 1 hog $3. 1 hoe 25 cents - 23.25   1 scythe 25 two rakes 25 1 pitchfork 25 - 75   1 drawing knife 37. 1 plane 25 1 hand saw 50 - 1.13   one 1 1/2 inch auger 37 one hammer 13 - 50   1 loom $3. one spinning wheel 25 one old table 50 - 3.75   4 kitchen chairs (old ones) - 75   1 pail 13 one dying tub 37 two low chests (old) 50 - 1.00   1 tea kettle 50 one small iron kettle 50 - 1.00   1 old lake kettle without a cover - 50   5 knives & forks (old) 25 two milk pans 25 - 50   4 cups & saucers - 13 - 3 spoons 19 - 31   3 earthen plates 37 - one dipper 4. one skimmer 4 - 45   1 tunnel 13 one glass bottle 9 - 22   1 pt. spoon and iron - 1.00   1 fire shovel 25 one lantern 25 - 50   2 wooden bowls 25 three earthen do 19 - 44   1 pint beason 13 one churn 50 one wooden clock 2.50 - 3.13 

  1 pewter platter 50 one pair of small steel yards  25 —  .75    12 bushels of rye — — — — —   4.50    12 bushels of corn — — — — —   4.50      181.18  
That he is indebted to Jonathan Torrey Junior the sum of thirty dollars for clearing land said Jonathan Torrey Junior resides in Ham- $30.00 ilton aforesaid
  To Howland Daves of Cummington in the state of Massachusetts for Physicians bill —  36.00    Hosea Thayer of Hamilton aforesaid for a horse  16.00    Ford carts of Hamilton aforesaid for black- smith work — — — — —  16.30    Henry Waters of Sheburne Chautauqua Co. N. Y. } for articles of merchandise — — — — —  5.50    Josiah Moulton of Binghampton Broome Co. } N. Y. for a cow — — — — —  10.19    Allen Wood Lebanon Mad Co. N. Y. use of a horse  3.00  
That he is by occupation a maker of wooden ware such as half bushels & peck measures but that owing to a defect in his eye right his ability to pursue it is less than the one third part that of an able bodied man

That his family consists of his father Abner Torrey aged eighty three years for whose maintenance the said Jonathan is legally holden by bond and whose feeble state of health & great age render him unable to contribute anything to his own support his wife Abigail Torrey aged sixty five years whose health is bad and she unable to contribute but little to her own support or that of her family a grand daughter of the said declarant named Eleanor Torrey aged eleven years of the usual health & ability of a child of that age to labor
Jonathan Torrey
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 3 rd day of October 1820
J. N. H. Hunsdicker
I Isaiah N. H. Hunsdicker Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing Jonathan Torrey and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred and Eighty one Dollars & Eighteen Cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this fourth day of October 1820
J. N. H. Hunsdicker Clerk of the court for the county of Madison

That his family consists of his father Abner Torrey aged eighty three years for whose maintenance the said Jonathan is legally holden by bond and whose feeble state of health & great age render him unable to contribute anything to his own support his wife Abigail Torrey aged sixty five years whose health is bad and she unable to contribute but little to her own support or that of her family a grand daughter of the said Jonathan named Eleanor Torrey aged eleven years of the usual health & ability of a child of that age to labor
Jonathan Torrey
Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 3 rd day of October 1820
J. N. H. Hunsdill
I Tobias N. H. Hunsdill Clerk of the County of Madison do hereby certify that the foregoing Jonathan Torrey and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is One hundred and eighty one Dollars & Eighteen Cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this fourth day of October 1820.
J. N. H. Hunsdill Clerk of the court for the county of Madison

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22485
Abigail Forrey Widow of Jonathan Forrey Pris New War
Act March 3d 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16 Sep 1843 1339
C. Abigail Torrey N.Y.
Simon D. Parker

Sheburne, Chenango Co., New York Sept 9. 1843
Friend
Will you please forward the certificate to me and oblige Your ob st Serv t
Hon. J. L. Edwards Washington
Rowell Judson

Hamilton Madison County New York
J L Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir Sir
I enclose to the Pension office 1 a certificate of Pension of Jonathan Torrey a revolutionary soldier deceased 2 o certificate of the Marriage of said Torrey to his wife Abigail 3 o affidavit of such Marriage by a person present 4 th declaration made by said widow 5 th affidavit of her present continued widowhood & identity
I refer to the papers on file in my office for proof of service &c
I can make no more direct reference to said papers on file than the Pension certificate attached & enclosed
If any thing further on our part is wanted to procure a pension for the applicant Abigail Torrey as the widow of Jonathan Torrey deceased who was a revolutionary Pensioner of the U. S. I should be very much obliged to the department for directions — any communication to me would be thankfully received
Yours Respectfully
Hanson Munger

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838, from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 th March 1840. Agt notified 11. Decr 1840
Albany 2629
Abigail Torrey widow of Jonathan Torrey
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 14. June 1837 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Re. of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass. line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 14. June 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1839, and sent to Mason Munger Hamilton, Madison Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '39 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep...
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 — Page 106

Albany. N.Y.
Jonathan Forney on roll act 1818 to what time paid?
John Hany Esq
PL
p t . 4 March 1837
JH

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 10 th 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Abigail Torrey , — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Parry Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 17 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The heirs of Jonathan Torrey, did a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y., Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per annum  month , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March — to the 14 th June 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Declaration
In order to obtain the Benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838—
State of New York } County of Madison ss: }
On this 7 th day of September 1843 personally appeared before me Jeremiah Woodard one of the justices of the peace of the town of Hamilton in and for the County of Madison aforesaid, Abigail Forry a resident to the town of Hamilton in said County of Madison and State of New York aged ninety years who being 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 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Jonathan Forry late of Hamilton aforesaid deceased, who was a private in the Army in which he served in the war of the Revolution, that he served in the Militia; That the annual amount of the pension which she the said Abigail Forry received under the act of July 7. 1838 was forty dollars; She further declares that she is still a widow—
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
her Abigail + Forry mark
Jeremiah Woodard witness justice of the peace
State of New York } Madison County ss: }
I Jeremiah Woodard the justice of the peace before whom the above declaration was subscribed and sworn to hereby certify that the said Abigail Forry personally appeared

before me at the time above mentioned and made solemn oaths to the above declaration by her subscribed, and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Abigail Torry and live neighbor to her, that she the said Abigail Torry is personally known to me and is a respectable aged lady, and her statement is entitled to full credit Dated September 7 th 1843 - Frederick Woodward justice of the peace
State of New York County of Madison ss. I, Oliveron Fairchild Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Frederick Woodward in before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and qualified, also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said justice and justly believe his name subscribed to the said affi- davit to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and official seal this 8 th day of September 1843. Oliveron Fairchild Clerk