Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11841, Joseph Williams, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Williams, Joseph
S 11841
CONTENTS
carded
also in French & Indian War & probably in War 1812.

122 New York
Joseph Williams of Cazenovia in the State of New York who was a Lieut t in the Company commanded by Captain Harris of the Reg t commanded by Whitcomb in the Mass s State line for 1 year 1 mo: & 22 days and as Ensign in same Company Wigglesworth Reg t for 1 year.
St. Joseph Williams - R y Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 284 Dollars 20 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Oct 1832 and sent to J. G. Childs
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 426.30 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 mar 1833. 142.10 $568.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. W. Cump Clerk. Book D i Vol. 5 Page 155
Mass. & Continentals Records completed June 12/55.

Allent. Cook 18 July 1854.
R. W. Graine July 17. 1857

Joseph Williams Lieut. Died Col. Brewers Regt Mar 1775-1779 -
April 6 th 1818
Roll
The within Named Joseph Williams is a cripple and Needs the Assistance of his Family for support
William Whipple Judge
Madison Comptroller
Deputy Joseph Williams
Correct by Rev
Smith his Comptroller
as Lieutenant
Admitted

STATE OF NEW-YORK, MADISON COUNTY, ss.
On this 6th day of April — 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Madison aforesaid, personally appears Joseph Williams aged 74 years, resident in Cazenovia — in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" That he the said Joseph Williams enlisted in May 1775 — in the state of Massachusetts — in the company commanded by captain Moses Hovey — of the in colo  Jonathan Brown , First — Massachusetts Line — that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the U. States until the March 1779
28 Feb 1779 Providence — state of Rhode Island — when he was discharged from service in Burgoyne — , that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said services. Caught one commission and one discharge I left my suit against him
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
William Whipple Judge Madison com pleas Joseph Williams
I, William Whipple Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Williams did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Dated April — 6th — 1818
William Whipple
State of New York Clarks Office Madison County } I certify that William Whipple Esq was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison duly Commissioned & qualified on the 1st of April 1818 & also that the above signature is in his hand writing all of which appear from the Rolls and Records in this Office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto put my name & affixed the seal of said Court the 10th day of August 1818 — Wm Jarvis, Hoaght Dep, Clk

Joseph Williams Madison Co NY. 10223 4 May 1819
Not entitled
13 Nov 5 Jan 22 1 1/2 1 1/2
WOMEN'S
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
641,361

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
Court of Common Pleas, } ss. County of Madison, }
On this 20 day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county (created as such by the laws of the state of New-York) Joseph Williams aged 76 years, resident in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows:—In Colonel Whipple  Wigglesworth regiment, in captain Haynes company in the Massachusetts line, according to the original declaration of this declarant, bearing date the 6 th day of April 1819 and that he is now a pensioner and holds a pension certificate from the war department of the United States, numbered 10223 — and bearing date on the 4 day of May — 1819 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war,” passed on the 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 hereunto annexed and by me subscribed.”
S C H E D U L E.
  Twenty four acres of Land $1442,00  New York $6,00  $1447,00    one Cow $15 -  two pair Steers $2,00  net $37 Bushkeller $1.00 17.87    two Steers $37  foraging train $40  Cow of Traver $2,50 3.37 3.37    9 Small Cows $3,00  one Table $1,50  one Stove $1.50 5.00    One and Twenty $1,50  Blank $4.00  Plows & tools $1.25 6.75    Shoes $1.25  trunks & trunks $1.25  Chairs $1.37      Looking Glass $1.00 1.37      481.36  
My occupation is Farmer my ability to pursue it Not able by reason of broken arm — the number of my family residing with me 4 years their ages as follows, Wife aged 71  Daughter  15 years Adeline  12 years Grand Children  Henry  34 years Mary  32 years Grand Children
The capacity to contribute to their support support not very they
(Signed) Joseph Williams
Sworn to and declared on the 20 day of June 1820 before me
William Whipple Judge Madison Com Pleas
I Tabitha Nell Hurd Clerk of the county of Madison, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 651 dollars and 36 cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July — 1820
T. Nell Hurd Clerk of the court of the county of Madison

C. Fletcher Esq. Columbia
Joseph Williams
Pensioner, Declaration
The Pensioner Shows
1 st That he has received more money from the Government under the pension law than the value of his property which he now possesses - 2 nd That his income is wholly insufficient for his support & that he is actually living upon the charity of his friends 3 rd He cannot divest himself of his property & conscientiously make the declaration required by the Department 4 th The services which he has rendered his country are peculiar & present a strong case for relief
Copy

State of New York County of Madison ss.
On this Seventeenth day of June 1823 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Common Pleas for said county made by statute a Court of record for the County of Madison in the State of New York Joseph Williams resident in said county aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the first of May 1820 that he the said Joseph Williams enlisted for the term of one year on or about the first of May 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt. Moses Harvey in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Brewer in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment — that he continued to serve in said corps until the first day of January 1776 when he was commissioned as an Ensign by John Hancock then President of Congress — that he immediately entered upon his duty as an officer in the Company commanded by Capt. Aaron Haines in the Regiment commanded by Col. Asa Whitcomb in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment which corps was enlisted for one year — that he continued to serve in said corps as an Ensign until the first of January 1777 when he was commissioned as a Lieutenant to serve during the war — that he continued to serve as

Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Capt. Aaron Hains in the Regiment commanded by Col. Edward Wigglesworth in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental estab- -lishment until sometime in February in the year 1779 Feb 28 1779 when he was discharged from said service in Providence in the State of Rhode Island, never having been discharged before since his first enlistment in May 1775. That his name has been placed on the pension list & dropped therefrom on account of his property.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Con- -gress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th 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 herunto annexed by me subscribed viz

   Thirty four Acres of land valued at  $340.00    One Cow ————— "—————  12.00    Four Sheep ————— "—————  3.00    Household furniture ————— "—————  10.00   
My occupation is a farmer. I have served as a private in the French war in 1761-1762 + 1763 as a Private & Officer in the Revolutionary war and for a short Campaign of two months as a volunteer in the late war and my age & infirmities have now rendered me wholly incompetent to contribute in the least towards the support of myself & family having broken my right arm in the year 1815.
My family consists of myself & wife who is seventy four years of age and a cripple and has been unable to do housework for thirteen years past or any other labor towards our support.
At the time of my first application for a pension in 1818 I was much involved in debt & owed considerable money towards the land above mentioned & but for the relief which that pension afforded me must inevitably have lost all my property. I have received about Five Hundred Dollars pension money under the act of 18 March 1818 & applied a large proportion of it to pay off the encumbrances upon the above land which has enabled me to keep the same; although I am now indebted in the sum of One Hundred & fifty dollars at least.

All the income I have arises from the land above mentioned which for the  Eight years past I have let out upon shares being unable to work the same myself. Only about the  Fifteen acres of the above mentioned land is cleared the residue remaining wild — my share of the crops is not and has never been sufficient by one half to support myself & wife and except during the time that I received a pension from the government I have been & am now dependent upon my son for more than one half of the necessaries of life —
That since the exhibition of my first schedule no particular changes have been made in my property except some articles of furniture have become worn out — Thru Shop have been disposed of for family use — A clock was inventoried in my first schedule at $15 by mistake — It was not then nor is it now worth over four dollars It is included with household furniture in the above schedule —
Joseph Williams
Sworn to & declared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Madison in the State of New York on the Twentieth day of June 1823. — Robert Bicknell C.M.

I Bennet Bicknell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison & State of New York do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Joseph Williams did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment.
I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is three three hundred sixty five dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this Twentieth — day of June 1823 —
Bennet Bicknell
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Madison Co.

222 Anna Rue his to Joseph Williams Revolutionary Claim
Albert Root Atty Oran Onondaga Co New York

State of New York
County of Madison
On this 17 th day of June
A. D. 1854
personally appeared before the undersigned, a Judge of the Court Judge of the County Court within and for the county and state aforesaid, Adeline C Rice a resident of Coeymans in the county of Madison and state of New York who, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say
That she was acquainted with Joseph Williams of Madison County NY deceased that he was a Ponsomer of the United States and died in the County of Madison on the 11 th day of November 1837. That he left the following named Children him surviving that they are his only Children him surviving viz. . . . Anna Rice Joseph Williams Lucy Bartlett Sarah Smith and James Williams that James Williams has since died leaving three children viz. Weltha Roberts Chester Williams and Eliza Tucker which is the only children and grand children and the only heirs at Law in fact the said Joseph Williams deceased
Attest
J. M. Potter
Adeline C. Rice
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above written and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case when this is to be used and I am not concerned in its prosecution and that the said Adeline C Rice is a reputable witness
J. T. Holmes County Judge of Madison Co

State of New York } County of Madison }
On this 17 th day of June AD 1854 personally appeared before the Court of County Court in and for said county Anna Rice a resident of Cazenovia in the county of Madison who being sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration to wit, that she is the daughter and one of the heirs at law to Joseph Williams deceased late of the town of Cazenovia in the county of Madison in the State of New York that her said Father was an officer in the war of the Revolution and belonged to the Massachusetts line and was pensioned under the act of 18 th March 1818 as a Lieutenant at the rate of twenty dollars per month and that she was informed by her said father that he was promoted to, and received a Captain's commission she thinks in the 3 d Regiment of the Massachusetts line and that she has been informed and believes that he served to the end of the war of the Revolution and that he never received the commutation pay that her Father the said Joseph Williams died in Cazenovia in the State and county aforesaid on the 11 th day of November 1837 and that he left no widow but that he left the following named children him surviving Viz Anna Rice Joseph Williams Lucy Bartlett Sarah Smith James Williams
all of which will more fully appear by the annexed papers herewith presented by the rolls in the department to, and by the proof filed by the said Joseph Williams for the purpose of obtaining said pension, and said claimant is now 69 years old and it is understood and believed that there is now an annuity of

New York
Pension and other claims due from the United States for services rendered by the said Joseph Williams deceased in the war of the Revolution Now therefore the true intent of all this is to qualify and irrevocably appoint and empower Albert Look of Pompey in the county of Onondaga and State of New York the true and lawfull attorney for the heirs of the late the said Joseph Williams deceased with power of substitution to investigate substantiate demand and receive the avails of said claim or claims and to say and do all things relative thereto as amply as I might do hereby ratifying everything said or done by said attorney or his substitute in virtue hereof also revoking all powers of attorney or other authority here to fore given for any such purposes
Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written Anna Rice Attest S. M. Potter Albert Look
Subscribed sworn to and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written and I hereby certify that I have no interest in said claim or the prosecution for the same and I further certify that the said Anna Rice is a person of credibility and that I believe her to be of the age above stated
Sidney T. Holmes County Judge of Madison Co

State of New-York, } ss. Madison County Clerk's Office, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein.
Also that Sidney T. Holmes Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace  the County Judge in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this
17 th
day of June
A. D. 1854.
Lucius P. Clark CLERK.
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State of New York Madison County Surrogates office
I certify that satis
- factory evidence was agreed to me to prove that Anna Rue Joseph Williams Lucy Bartlett and Sarah Smith and grand children Whittier Roberts Christian Williams & Electa - are the children and only heirs at law in full to Joseph Williams deceased late of the town of Cazenovia in said county of Madison Given under my hand and seal of office this 17th day of June 1854
Sidney S. Holmes County Judge and Surrogate
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on S/ILL
June 18, 1930.
Mrs Lulu Ricketts Johnstown, New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11841, it appears that Joseph Williams enlisted May 1, 1775 and served as a private in Captain Moses Harvey's Company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment; January 1, 1776, he was appointed Ensign and served in Captain Aaron Haynes' Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Regiment; and January 1, 1777, he was appointed Lieutenant in same company in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment; he was at the capture of Burgoyne and was discharged February 28, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, while a resident of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, aged seventy-four years.
In 1829, soldier stated that he served as a private in the French War in 1761, 1762 and 1763; and two months as volunteer in the "late war".
Soldier's wife, (name not stated), was eighty years old in 1829; she died prior to soldier.
He died in Cazenovia, New York, November 11, 1837, leaving the following children- Anna Rice, who was sixty-nine years old in 1854, and living in Cazenovia; Lucy Bartlett; Sarah Smith; Joseph Williams; and James Williams, who was dead in 1854, and whose children were- Weltha Roberts, Electa Tucker and Chester Williams.
In 1820, the following grandchildren were also referred to- Maryan or Morgan Rice, aged fifteen years, and Adeline Rice, aged twelve years.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Copy of Joseph Williams Declaration of
for a Russian

State of New York County of Madison
On this fourth day of February in the year 1829 appeared in open court being a court of common Pleas for said county made by statute a court of Record for the county of Madison in the state of New York Joseph Williams Resident in the town of Canajoharie in said county of Madison aged eighty five years of age who being duly sworn according to law deposeth as his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the Pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 - That he the said Joseph Williams enlisted for the term of one year, or on about the first day of May 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt Moses Haney in the Regiment commanded by Col Jonathan Brewer in the line of the state of Massachusetts, that he continued, to serve in said Corps until the first day of January 1776 when he was commissioned as an Ensign by John Hancock then President of Congress, that he immediately entered upon his duty as an officer, in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Haines in the Regiment commanded by Col. Asa Whitcomb in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment - which corps were enlisted for one year, that he continued to serve in said Corps as an Ensign until the first of January 1777 when he was commissioned as a Lieutenant to serve during the war - That he continued

in said company to serve as Lieutenant in said company commanded by Captain Aaron Haines in Regiment commanded by Col. Edmund Wigglesworth in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment until some time in February in the year 1779, when he was discharged from said service in Providence in the state of Rhode Island, never having been discharged before since his first enlistment in May 1775
That his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom on account of his property, that his discharge from the service and his Ensigns commission was sent to Secretary of War with his original declaration and not returned to him - that his pension certificate bears date the 4 th day of May 1829 No. 10223 - that his Lieutenant's commission was lost
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war - passed on the 18 th 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 monies other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me submitted viz —
my occupation is a farmer - I have served as a private in French war in 1761 - 1762 & 1763 - as a private & officer in the Revolutionary war and for a short campaign as a volunteer in the late war - and age & infirmities have now rendered me wholly incompetent to contribute in the least towards my the support of myself & family - my family consists of myself & wife who is eighty years of age & has been unable to do house work for a great number of years past or any other labor towards our support
Since the exhibition of my first schedule under the act of 1818 and my declaration under the act of the 1st of May 1820 No far greater changes have been made in my property - Except some - articles of furniture have become worn out & the cow & sheep have been disposed of for my family's support
Joseph Williams
Sworn to & declared in open Court, before the board of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex on the fourth day of May 1829 -
John G. Curtis Atk

I John G. Curtis Clerk of the county of Madison court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Madison & State of New York do hereby certify - that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Joseph Williams, did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration
I also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are true & correct copied from the Records of the said Court
I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in aforesaid schedule is Three hundred & fifty dollars
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said court on this fourth day of February 1829
John G. Curtis Ck

Reuben
11841 INVALID.
File No. 11841
Joseph Williams Lieut: Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A Page 412
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feby 5, 1898 History to Dwight Williams for Forest Glen, Md.
Apr. 28, 1897 - History Mrs. A. G. Cot - 38 Roslyn Place Chicago Ills.
Sept 26 99 Miss Alagia W. Cox Chicago, Ill.
1907 Oct. 15 - Hist to Mary Headley V.L.M. Huntingdon Ind.
1923 - Aug. 20 - Hist to J. M. Doubleday.
1926 - May 14 - " " Charlotte N.C.
Porter avgs.
1930 - June 18 - Hist L. Mrs. Gulu Ricketts avgs.

Johnstown, N.Y. April 24, 1930.
Bureau of Pensions.
Commissioner of Pen.
Please send me a copy of Pensions of a Joseph Jr  William and Susannah May. born in Mass. died in New York. I think he lived one time in N.J. his Father name was Joseph Sr  William wife Martha Howell.
over.

Joseph Williams Jr born in Mass died Rarbury Mass. Mar in Rev Mar. with some they both had two wives. please send me what you have of family. 1744 Joseph Williams Jr second wife 1837.
Pinson Relag.
Please reply soon. Yours Very Truly.
Mrs Luke Ricketts. Johnston. new york.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Mar 19 1897
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
J. M. Murphy W. Lockhart
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Joseph Williams
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Thought to be Rhode Island
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Date of death (as near as possible): Not known
District of Saratoga - Albany Co. New York.
Christian name of widow:
Jane (Not certain)
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
No.
Remarks:
We wish information for personal use.
Your name and address:
Mrs. A. G. Cox.
38 Roslyn Place.
Chicago Ill.

11841 26936
PENSION U.S. OFFICE. APR 3 1897
OLD WAR & NAVY PENSION APR 7 1897 HILLSBORO

No Revenue stamps required. 3-076.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Washington, D. C.
Aug 2 1899
Madam:-
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
There is no record of a Nathan Spicer but there are several Joseph Williams.
Very respectfully,
Miss Angie W. Cox Chicago, Ills. 4629 Prairie Ave.
Commissioner.
Full name of soldier,
Joseph Williams,
Place of residence before service,
Not known
(Town, county, and State.)
Place of residence after service,
District of Saratoga Albany Co. between 1781-86.
(Town, county, and State.)
Approximate date of death,
Thought to be 1830 or 32, — Not known where
Given name of widow,
Thought to be Jane
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?
Not known.
Additional information,
Signature,
Mrs. Angie W. Cox,
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address,
including street and number, town, county, and State,
4629 Prairie Ave. Chicago Ill.

John M. Doubleday 209 N. St. Mary's St Caldwell, Kansas
July 11 th 1923
Comm. of Pensions Rev. War section Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir Joseph Williams a Rev- soldier (I think from Conn.) lived for many years at Manlius Onondaga Co. New York. and I presume was pensioned while a resident of that place.
Will you please examine the records and furnish me his military record and also any information the records may give of his parents and family
Thanking you in advance
Very truly
J.M. Doubleday

4429 Prairie Ave. Chicago Ill. July 22, 1899.
Mw. H. Clay Evans Comm. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:— Will you kindly give me such information as you are able regarding the Revolutionary record of the following men.
Joseph Williams  11144 private, probably from the district of Saratoga, N.Y. as he lived there in 1789.
Nathan Spicer Sr. & Jr. both of N.Y. no record J 27040 (12.2)
John King of N.Y. He lived

at Norwich N.Y. in 1840, I enclose postage, yours truly Angus W. Cox,

10, 223
New-York Rev
Joseph Williams
Cazenovia in the state of N. York who was a Lieut: in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts for the term of 4 years - June 1785. Mass. Continental Records completed.
scribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of May 1819 and sent to Wm Whipple, Esq. Cazenovia, N. York.
arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{25}{30} 219.39 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - - 120.00
239.39
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued under law 1 st May 1820 decision confirmed by Secy of War 19 th Febry 1821. Madison County.

Ap rs to be restored rejected. See letters to Rev. Williams June 28. 1823. and 1 April 1829 to Hon. J. G. Storer. do. to Hon. Th. Beekman Feb. 16. 1821
Committee on Ratification sent to Hon. Nicholas Eng. Cagney in New York 28 th July 1820

76 Byron Street, Huntington, Ind.
Pension Dept.:-
Will you kindly send me the military history of Lieut. Joseph Williams who served in the Revolution and who was on the pension roll of Madison County, N.Y. I think he served in Massachusetts. I shall also be grateful for any information as to family that you may be able to give. Yours very truly, Mary H. Hadley Sept. 23, 1907.

L. G. W.

Myes born June 13
To Lt. Joseph Williams N.Y. 1832
Cole Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Free
J.C.

D. D Addison Esq

Pages corner, Hudson Co NY. June 1. 87
Hon Geo L Whiting P. S.
Mrs Rice the only surviving child of Joseph Williams deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner desires me to address the Department Enquiring whether she is not entitled to an annuity of Pension
She claims that Joseph Williams who was on the Pension Roll under act of June 7 1832 should have drawn a larger sum per annum than allowed him by the Department.
He resided in the county of Madison NY. at the time of his discharge - rec d a Pension as a Lieutenant.
By giving this information You will oblige
Your O bt Serv t
P. W. Loomis.

Whereas, Robt Morain of Paps Corners
Attorney at Law for me and upon my retainer, is about instituting proceedings and prosecuting them in the Court of Claims or elsewhere, at his discretion, to recover or obtain for me arrears of Pension, to which I am entitled as the child of  St Joseph Williams under the Act of February 3d, 1853, the undersigned, of the Town of Coeymans
in the County of Albany and State of New York
has agreed and does hereby agree that said Robt Morain
shall institute, conduct and control all such proceedings, and I do hereby authorize and empower him , my true and lawful Attorney to act for me and in my behalf, confirming and ratifying all they may do in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof, witness my hand and seal this 9 day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven
Isaac Rice 
Executed in presence of

Joseph Williams
Nov 8 32
284. 160 128
Ex by S.S. Addison
Oct 4-1857

I hereby request D. L. Hildeson Esq. to make examination of the papers on file in this case & to do any other act in the premises that I might myself do if I was present
I know all men by these Presents That I Anna Rice daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Williams do hereby constitute and appoint Hon. H. H. Spitzer of Cortland Village Cortland County N.Y. my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute the claim of the children of the said Lieutenant Joseph Williams deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Increase of Pension that may be due, and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the Papers and docu- ments in relation to said claim on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere additional evidence or argument and to sign the certificate which may be issued for said claim to appoint one or more substitutes for the purposes herein expressed and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present hereby ratifying & confirming all that my said attorney & agent shall lawfully do in the premises
Witness my hand and Seal this 4th day of July August A.D. 1851
Signed & sealed in
Anna Rice
Presence of W. T. Clarke Madison County
On this 4th day of August 1851 Anna Rice to me known to be the person described in & who execu- ted the foregoing power of attorney acknow- ledged the execution thereof before me W. T. Clarke Justice Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Madison County Clerk's Office, }
I, LORENZO D. DANA, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that B. B. Clarke Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected or appointed, and qualified; and authorized by the laws of said State, to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, the 4 th day of August 185 1 . L. D. Dana Clerk.

State of New York Madison County } ss.
On this day of Feb 1851 Before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County afore said Personally appeared Deina Rice and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year afore said

State of New York County of Madison } ss.
Be it known that on this 4th day of August A.D. 1851 Before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Personally appeared Anna Rice a Resident of Coeymans in said County and made oath according to law that she is a daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Williams deceased Who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 at the Rate of $284.20 Per annum That she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased, that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional Evidence or arguments as my agent may use in Prosecuting said claim
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me W. T. Clarke Justice Peace
Anna Rice
I W. T. Clarke Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Anna Rice who executed the foregoing Papers is a Respectable resident of this County and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth
W. T. Clarke Justice Peace

For Pension Office
✓ Henry Seymour act 32 (cont. such to
Joseph Williams act 32 N.Y. adm?
✓ James Miller R.I. act 32 adm?
H.B. Addison

War
Sir,
I have received your communication of the 25 th ultimo. In reply to the enquiry respecting Colonel Stanton's regiment, I have to inform you that service under that officer will not entitle any one to a pension under the act of March 18. 1818, as the regiment was not on the continental establishment.
Joseph Williams's application to be restored to the pension roll has been examined. The property which he now has is estimated at $350, which is sufficient to disqualify him from receiving a pension. The regulations of the 26 th of December last, which allowed persons possessed of property worth $900 and upwards to be placed on the pensions list, have been suspended.
Jabez Colts' claim to be restored has also been rejected, as his property amounts to $450. The papers will remain on our files.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obet. Servt.
James S. Edwards
Hon. John G. Stowe, Hamilton, New York.

Charles Stebbins also Joseph Williams pension
Rev. Aaron Hachey D.D. of the House of Representatives Washington
concerning his pension

Casnovian 12 Jan
for
Hon. Aaron Hachly Jun. of the House of Representatives Washington

Cavendish Jan'y 10 th 1821
David Stackley Esq.
Sir,
I write you at the solicitation of Mr. Joseph Williams of this place who was an officer in the revolutionary army & placed on the pension list a year or two since, but was struck off on making the inventory agreeable to the late law.
At the time of his first application he owned real property worth about $600 (34 acres) but was considered in debt, the pension money received by him enabled him to pay his debts & clear his land which he did.
He is now over 77 years of age & has a wife over 71 who is quite helpless. He is a very upright and respectable citizen & has served the country in a military capacity in the French war - the Revolutionary war - & the late war.
Notwithstanding he still owns the above mentioned property, the old gentleman feels very much hurt that he should be struck from the pension list inasmuch as the property which he owns is very inadequate to his support - And I confess his claims in my opinion are more just than those of 99 out of 100 who are retained.
He received his pension from April 1818 to March 1820 which is about $460 - the property which he

inventory in June 1820 amounts to $651 consequently he is worth only $191 over & above the sum received from the Government — I have examined a copy of his inventory & find it does not mention that fact or bring into view the amount of pension received — but the records of the War Department will show it, and the case may then perhaps come within the rule established by the Secretary —
The inventory does not state as fully as I should think it ought the inability of the pensioner to obtain his support but it mentions him as having a broken arm & from that circumstance together with his advanced age I should think his inability to labor fairly deducible —
If any thing can be done for him by requesting the Secretary to review the papers & suggesting the above facts he will be very grateful for your attention to it, If not I hope you will have the goodness to write me whether a new inventory presented to the court stating those facts may particularly would be admissible & of any use — or what other course he can take — you will render a great favor to him & Your Obedient Servant
Chas. Stebbins

Washington Jan. 30. 1821.
I certify that I am well acquainted with Charles Stebbins, who has signed the foregoing letter; and that full confidence may be reposed in his veracity -
J. Hackley H.R.

In Sir in the case of Joseph Williams I Beg leave to state to your Honor that he was not worth any thing until he Recd his Pension which enabled him to pay for a small piece of land and a small House which makes him a comfortable home and could not now live should his Pension be stricken off with the assistance of His Children who are in poor circumstances I would further state that he has served his country as a Soldier in the year 1761 - 62 - 63 french war 1774 - 76 as Ensign 77 as lieutenant in the Revolutionary war and as a Soldier in the late war 1814 the above are facts which can not be denied
July 10 1820
I am with Respect Yours &c William Whipple
Hon. John C. Calhoun Sec

State of New York Madison County ss
Joseph Williams being duly sworn saith he served in the war of the Revolution from the month of May 1775 until the year 1779 in the Massachusetts line of regular troops, from the commencement of his service until the first of January 1776 as a private in an commissioned officer from that time until January 1777 as an Ensign in Capt Aaron Harris' Company Col Asa Whitcomb's Regiment & Genl Glines Brigade & from that time until his discharge as a Lieutenant in the same Company under Col Edward Wiggs- worth — that he now resides in the Town of Cazenovia County of Madison & State of New York — and resided there at the time of his application for a pension before that he was formerly placed on the Pension Roll of the United States as a Revolutionary Pensioner & subsequently struck off an account of property that his commission & discharge from the army were forwarded to the War Department with his application for a pension in the year 1818 —
Subscribed & sworn before me } Joseph Williams this 9 th day of July 1832 the deponent being to me well known }
Elisha Harkness Commissioner of Deeds & Justice of the Peace of the County of Madison

State of New York County of Madison
I Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said County do Certify that Elisha Warrham be- fore whom the within Affidavit was sworn to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County And that I am acquainted with his hand writing And verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of office this 11 th day of August 1832.
A. S. Sloan Clerk.

Lt Col Williams Discharge
S. File 11,841. Joseph Williams Mass.

Lieut. Jos. Williams, of Col d Wigglesworth's Regt. is discharged from the American
Army —
my order of J. M c N. Major Genl. Sullivan
Wm P — Tech d A Genl. S. M. Island
Providence
20 th Feb y 1862

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina, to Joseph Williams Esq.
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Captain Ensign of a Company Company in the Sixth Regiment of Foot Commanded by Colonel S r Whitcomb
in the army of the United Colonies, raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of Ensign
by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Attest Chathamson Secy
January the 11th 1776
By Order of the Congress.
John Hancock President

MISS CHARLOTTE M. PORTER WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
Civil Division, Genl Acct. Office, Washington, D.C.,
Please tell me record of pension of Joseph Williams, born at Middletown, Conn. 1744; died at Cozenovia, N. Y. 1837. In the D. A. R. Lineage Books, Vol. 29, p. 181 I find: "Joseph Williams (1744-1837) enlisted 1775, as a sergeant and served as Lieutenant in the Burgoyne Campaign. He was placed on the pension roll of Madison County, N. Y. 1818, for service of Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Middletown, Conn.; died in Cozenovia, N. Y."

The family records have some of this data but do not give name of his wife.
We need this information to establish proof, on application to D. A. R. Society.
I shall be very grateful for all possible facts concerning the service of Joseph Williams, name of his wife or family, dates of deaths &c.
Yours respectfully, Charlotte M. Porter

y no 722
Forest Glen, N.D.
Jan. 1, 1895.
The Com: of Pensions, My dear Sir: -
Will you kindly inform me if Lieut. Joseph Williams of Revolutionary Service - who enlisted from the town of Leavitt, Mass.
June 5, 1775. had from the Gov't. any land grants. If so where were the lands and how much?
Will you please give me his place of birth if given in your

records. Or any record of him which may be there will be interesting. He was in 2 campaigns in the old French War. Were there French & Indian soldiers pensioned? Mass. Sec. of State record name him Lieut. War Dept. in Wash. Captain and quartermaster 3 rd Mass. Brigade - And his name appears from the records of 2 nd Mass. Brigade - not as Capt. But as returns of same Brigade dated Aug. 30 - Sept 3. & 13, 1783, among the officers absent in the staff with the remark: "Brigade Major". After the Rev. War he lived and died in  Cazenovia, New-York State. Died Nov. 11, 1837.
I am looking up some family history and will be very grateful for any facts from the records in your office. I am,
Very Respectfully Yours,
Dwight Williams, Jr.
{ Do the Com. of Pensions. }

Apr 4-19

Rev. and 1812 Rev. & 1812 War Section Wars Secti AW
AW
May 14, 1926
Miss Charlotte M. Porter 433 Ridgeland Ave Waukegan, Ill
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 11841, it appears that Joseph Williams enlisted May 1, 1775 and served as private in Captain Moses Harvey's Company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment; January 1, 1776, he was appointed Ensign and served in Captain Aaron Haynes' Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Regiment; and January 1, 1777 he was appointed Lieutenant in same company, in Colonel Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment, he was at the capture of Burgoyne, and was discharged February 28, 1779.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, while a resident of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, aged seventy-four years.
In 1829, soldier stated that he served as private

in the French War in 1761, 1762 and 1763; and two months as volunteer in the "late war".
Soldier's wife (name not stated) was eighty years old in 1839, she died prior to soldier.
He died in Cazenovia, New York, November 11, 1837, leaving the following children- Anna Rice, who was sixty-nine years old in 1854, and living in said Cazenovia; Lucy Bartlett; Sarah Smith; Joseph Williams; and James Williams, who was dead in 1854, and whose children were- Weltha Roberts, Electa Tucker, and Chester Williams.
In 1830, the following grandchildren were also referred to- Maryan  Mary Ann or Morgan Rice, aged fifteen years; and Adeline Rice, aged twelve years.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

sion on f.
Bureau. Joseph Williams J.F. 11841
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 1775 Jan'y 1, 1776 Pvt. Moses Harvey Jonathan Brewer Mass.   Jan'y 1, 1776 Jan'y 1, 1777 Ensign Aaron Haines Asa Whitcomb   Jan'y 1, 1777 Feb'y 28, 1779 Lieut. " " Edward Magdorn   In 1829 Soldier states that he served as a Pvt. in the French war in 1761 - 1762. In 1763 and five months as a Volunteer in the "late war."  
Battles engaged in, with Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1818 Allowed
Residence at date of application, Coeymans Madison Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 74 yrs old. died Nov. 11, 1837 in Coeymans N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier's wife, as name stated, was 80 yrs old in 1829. She died prior to Soldier. Only surviving Children: Three Anna Rice who was a resident of Coeymans N.Y. and 69 yrs old; Joseph; Lucy Bartlett; Sarah Smith & James who was not living in 1854 and whose children were Martha Roberts, Liberator & Electa Tucker. Mary Ann Rice and Adeline Rice 12 yrs old in 1829 were also grand children of Soldier. or Morgan 15 yrs old Very respectfully,