Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18317, Thomas Weeks, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Weeks, Thomas Phebe
N 18317
CONTENTS

3762 New York Albany Dorcas Marks decd widow of Thomas
who served in the Revolutionary N.Y. Van Courtlandt war, as a Private
Acc'd from 43:33
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
July a Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Jany 1857 and sent to
L. G. Austin Present
Entry 27th May 1849
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 244, Vol. 4
244

See letter 16 Jan. 1838 to Hon. M. H. Silbey H.R. [03 Phebe Weeks, widow claim] Let to Hon. K. Rayna Jan 16. 1840.
218
New York. Thomas Weeks, private,
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of April 1818 and sent to Hon: H. R. Stone, Whitestough, Oneida Co. N. York.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818.  5 2 / 31 months $40.51 $40.51
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Van Cottlandt New York line - one year 1776
Whitestown, Oneida Continued
Whitestown sent Nov 30 th 1820 to the N. Yorker H. R. Stone

Extract from the Town record of Marriages in the Town of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut —
“ Samuel Lake and Abigail Roberts, were joined together in Marriage June ye 23 rd day 1755 Roggans son to the above named persons was born Decem r ye 5 th 1756 — Balle son to ye above named persons was born Septem r 23 rd — 1758 — Phoebe daughter to ye above named persons was born August 6 th 1760 — Abigail daughter to ye above named persons was born May ye 17 th 1762 — Roda daughter to the above named persons was born March 25 th 1764 — Lucy daughter to ye above named persons was born March ye 5 th 1766 — Content daughter to the above named persons was born June ye 17 th 1767 — Oliver daughter to the above named persons was born June ye 8 th 1769 — Milday daughter to ye above named persons was born August 18 th 1771 — ” —
I certify, That the above is a true copy of the record — Rufus Fuller Jr. Town Clerk of the “ ” Town of Kent
I Rufus Fuller Jr above named, (Depose and say) That I hold the Office of Town Clerks in the Town of Kent aforesaid, That I have the keeping of the Marriage and other records in said Town That I have examined the record of Marriages and other records as aforesaid, That the above is a true extract from and as found on said record of Marriages That the marriage of Thomas Wicks to Phoebe Lake does not appear on said records, and that I have not been able to find the name of Thomas Wicks on said records nor the name of Phoebe Lake, but as appears and in form and connection as above and as certified to by me, Kent December 10 th 1844
Rufus Fuller Jr Town Clerk of the Town of Kent Sworn before me Asa Platts Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Douglas Watson Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Asa Slade Esquire whose name is affixed to the within instrument is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 11 th day of June A. D. 18 44 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 45 - and I do further certify that the signature of the Justice whose name is affixed as aforesaid is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 18 th day of December A. D. 18 44
Douglas Watson Assistant Clerk

STATE OF NEW-YORK. Oneida Common Pleas, ss.
On this 8 th day of Sept. 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, being a Court of Record, Thomas Meeks aged 76 years, resident in Deerfield 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: He served in the Revolutionary War for three years and two months - in Col. McDougal's Regt. - the particulars of the service he cannot now state owing to a severe attack of the numb palsy .
That he has received a Pension, and the number of his pension certificate is 218. That he is by occupation a farmer , but has no farm and is besides in very infirm health owing to a paralytick stroke and other infirmities.
That the number and names of his family residing with him: their ages and capacity to contribute to their support is as follows, viz.
His Wife aged 60 in bad health.
Thos. Meeks
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the 8 th day of Sept. 1820.
Thomas Meeks his mark
Before N. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida

SCHEDULE , containing the whole estate and income of
Thomas Weeks
 3 2 Pigs worth three dollars  5 Household stuff 
Thomas his  X Weeks mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 8 th day of Sept r 1820, before
W. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
State of New-York. Oneida Common Pleas. } A Court of Record by Of the Term of Sept r 1820. } Statute.
The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court ; and in the opinion of this Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above Schedule is eight dollars and no more.
I, FRANCIS A. BLOODGOOD , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Oneida, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court : And I 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 eight ————— dollars and ————— cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of September, 1820.
Francis A. Bloodgood

12221. 6571
Sheila Weeks 7089 1234
Recd Sept. 2. 1845.
Mrs. of Murray
NY
18th July 1836
7 July 1838
m. before 94 d. 1826
1 Fms private
$43.33
Also 3 March 1843
2 17 June 1844
Peter Mitchell Esq Agent Manchester Ontario Co N.Y.

State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
William R. Pendill being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is a son of Elijah & Charlotte Pendill, and a grand son of Thomas & Phebe Nickes, that he was born in the town of Deafield in the county of Onida and is now in the thirtieth year of his age, as he has always understood from his said parents, and that from his earliest recollection he this deponent has known his said grand parents the said Thomas & Phebe Nickes, and lived with them several years previous to the decease of the said Thomas Nickes.
That the said Thomas Nickes grand father of this deponent died at the house of a man by the name of Foot who kept a tavern, and as deponent has always understood his death was caused by a fit
That after his decease his widow the said Phebe Nickes, & grand mother of this deponent, went to reside with her son-in-law Solomon Whistler, the husband of her daughter Abigail in the said town of Deafield, and soon after the said Solomon Whistler moved with his family & his mother-in-law the said Phebe Nickes, to the town of Farmington in the county of Ontario N. Y. a town adjoining the town of Manchester in said county
And this deponent further deposes & says that the said Phebe Nickes his said grand mother made it her home in the family of the said Whistler untill the decease of her daughter Abigail the wife of the said Solomon Whistler, in the year A.D. 1841, after which she the said Phebe Nickes has lived a part of the time with this deponent in the said town of Manchester, that she the said Phebe Nickes, the widow of the said Thomas Nickes, has never been married since the decease of her said husband

band, and now remains the widow of him the said Thomas Hicks, deceased. The Riley Pendar sworn & subscribed to before me this ninth day of July A.D. 1845.
Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York } ss. County of Ontario }
I do hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with William Riley Pendar who took & subscribed to the above affidavit before me, and that he sustains a good reputation for truth and probity.
Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York } ss. Ontario County Clerk's Office }
I Alexander H. Howell Clerk of the County of Ontario in said State do hereby certify that Peter Mitchell Esquire before whom the foregoing and within affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time the same purports to have been subscribed and sworn a Judge of Ontario County Courts duly appointed sworn and authorized to act as such Judge And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe that his signature subscribed to the first of said affidavit and to the foregoing certificate to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said County this tenth day of July eighteen hundred and forty five. Alex. H. Howell Clerk.

V3065
Widow Phoebe Weeks
of Farmington N.Y.
Declaration for a pension under act 21 st July 1836
with the Affidavit of Solomon Whiston, of Marriagove
Hon M c H Sibley W m H

Declaration in Order to Obtain the Benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836 —
State of New York } County of Ontario }
On this Eighteenth day of November 1836 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario. Phebe Weeks a resident of the town of Farmington in the County of Ontario and State of New York Aged Seventy six 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 4 th 1836 — That she is the Widow of Thomas Weeks who was a Soldier in the Army of the revolution — She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Weeks on the .... day of October Seventeen hundred & Seventy Six, that her Husband the aforesaid Thomas Weeks died on the 15 th day of April 1826, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that Period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herewith annexed. and further she declares that at the time of the death of her husband the said Thomas Weeks, he was a pensioner of the United States
Sworn to and Subscribed, on the day
and Year above written before
John L Dox clerk
of Ontario County
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
I hereby certify that the above named Phebe Weeks made here mark because she could not write
Phebe Weeks mark
John L Dox clerk of Ontario County

State of New York } Ontario County } ss On this 18 th day of November 1826. Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario Solomon Whiston, who first being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose and say that he well knew Thomas Weeks and Phebe his wife from August 1795 to the time of his death in April 1826, and that since that Period he has known the said Phebe Weeks and knows that she has remained a Widow since the death of her husband Thomas Weeks to the present time - and further states that he has known four of the Children of the said Thomas Weeks and Phebe his wife the Oldest if now living would be about Sixty years of age - and further he states that he first knew the said Thomas Weeks in the town of Deerfield in the County of Oneida and State of New York and that the said Thomas Weeks resided there at the time of his death - and that the said Thomas Weeks often declared to this deponent that he was married to Phebe Lane in the town of New Milford in the State of Connecticut by the Rev M c Clark a Presbyterian Clergyman while he was on a furlough from the Army
Sworn & Subscribed on the day & Year first above written - before Solomon Whiston me John Dose clerk of Ontario County & clerk of the court of common Pleas. I hereby certify that it was made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that the above named Solomon Whiston is a credible person John Dose clerk of Ontario County

Thomas Weeks
Taken for -
Punish under the act of March 10. 1810.
committed by Hon: Henry R. Stites of a yak.
(correct under the law) of 1810.
New York roll

To the Honorable John Cathoun  Cathoun , Secretary of the War Department of the United States:
The Subscriber Thomas Weeks of the Town of Whitesboro in the County of Oneida believing himself to be entitled to the Pension granted by the Act, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18. 1818 prays that his name may be placed on the Pension list, according to the provisions thereof dated April 3 d 1818
Thomas his Weeks mark
In presence of Fortune C. White
— mat he

State of New York
Oneida County ss:
Thomas Weeks of the town of Whitestown County & State aforesaid, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he resided in Whitestown aforesaid - that he served as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution, in the army of the Uni- :ted States, on the Continental Establishment during the period of one year, that he was enlisted as a private by Captain Cornelius Stienrod in the month of March 1776, at the place called Van Courtlandt's Manor on the North River in the State of New York - that he served in Capt. Stienrod's Company, in Col. M c Dougals Regiment of Infantry in the New York line , during the said term of one year - Col. M c Dougal was appointed a Brigadier General while this deponent remained in service after his appoint- :ment - Col Van Courtlandt commanded the said Regiment until this deponent was reg- :ularly discharged about the month of May in the year 1777 - that he was honorably & regularly discharged by reason of the term of his enlistment having expired - that he had a written discharge signed by Genl. M c Dougal but he has lost the same and cannot find the same - that he was discharged at Peking- :ville in the State of New York - This deponent fur- :ther saith that he has resided in the County of Oneida more than twelve years last past - that there is

No person in this part of the country to the knowl- -edge of this deponent who is personally knowing to the facts of this deponent's service in the Army as aforesaid — that he is now seventy three years of age totally destitute of any means of support. & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assist- -ance from his country for support.
On the 3 rd day of April 1818.
Personally appeared before me Joseph Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida Thomas Weeks & made oath that the Matters set forth in the foregoing Affidavit are true —
his Thomas & Weeks Mark
Joseph Jennings

State of New York Onondaga County ss:
William Weeks of White Stone in County & State aforesaid, being duly sworn & with, that Thomas Weeks in the foregoing affidavit named is the father of this deponent - that this deponent is of the age of thirty seven years - that this deponent was well acquainted with one John Holmes now deceased - that the said John Holmes was a man of fair & unblemished reputation - that this deponent has heard heard frequent conversations between the said John Holmes & his Father Thomas Weeks opened wide on the subject of his the said John Holmes & Thomas Weeks having been in the service together, in the Revolutionary War & of their having been well known to each other in the said service as regular enlisted soldiers - that from those conversations in which they related the transactions of the Army, this deponent believes they were both in the Army of the United States in the Continental establishment, & that his said Father must have been in service about the time he states in his affidavit hereto annexed.
And this deponent further saith that the matters set forth in his said Father's affidavit are the same facts & circumstances that he has heard  him frequently relate from the time of the earliest recollection of this deponent down to the present day - this deponent further saith

that from the conversations, as well as of the said John Holmes with the said  his  deponent  deponent  deponent at the time of  where he has had & speak of his said Father's having served in the Revolution, in the Conti- nental Establishment, as a fact well known among his said Father's acquaintances at that period of time - and from his said Father's uniform declarations, he this de- ponent does believe that the matters as set forth in his said Father's affidavit are true - and further this deponent saith that his said Father is totally des- titute of any means of subsistence, except by his labour - & does from his reduced circumstances in life stand in need of the the assistance of his country for support - Further saith not -
On the 3 rd day of April 1818. personally appeared before me Joseph Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Linn County William Weeks & made oath to the truth of the matters contained in the foregoing affidavit -
William Weeks
Joseph Jennings

I Thomas Meeks of the Town of Whitesboro in the County of Oneida State of New York do relinquish, release, & give up all claim to every pension allowed to me or to which I may be entitled from the United States by virtue of any law previous to the eighteenth day of March 1818
Dated April 3 d 1818
In presence of Thomas D. Weeks his Mark Fortune White

State of New York Oneida County ss:
Fortune C White of White-town County & State aforesaid being duly sworn faith - that besides me on the said Thomas Weeks & William Weeks in the foregoing affidavits mentioned & believes them men of truth & veracity & further that the Thomas Weeks is totally destitute of any means of subsistence & further faith not —
Fortune C White
On the 7 th day of April 1878. Personally appeared before me Joseph Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida Fortune C White well known to me and made oath that the matters set forth in the foregoing affidavit are true —
Joseph Jennings

State of New York Oneida County ss:
I Joseph Jennings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida aforesaid do certify, that it appears to me satisfactorily by the Affidavits herunto annexed - that Thomas Weeks named therein served as therein stated against the common enemy of the United States during the revolution- ary war for the period of one year on the Continental establishment & the papers annexed being the affidavits of the said Thomas Weeks & of William Weeks & Fortune & White
I hereby certify to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States According to the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged "in the land & naval service of the United "States in the Revolutionary War" approved March 18 th 1818.
Given under my hand & seal at Whites- town in the said County of Oneida the third day of April 1818 -
Joseph Jennings

I certify that Joseph Jennings is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onondaga in the State of New York, and that the said Court is a Court of Record - the said County of Onondaga forms the Congressional District which I represent in the House of Representatives of the United States.
Dated April 9. 1810
Henry R. Jones

The State of Ohio Guadalupe County } ss. Phoebe Dutton wife of Paul Dutton of Guadalupe County of Guadalupe and State of Ohio being duly sworn according to Law before James Hathaway a justice of the Peace of said County and State doth depose and say that she is the daughter of William Hicks of Guadalupe in said County of Guadalupe, and Grand daughter of Thomas & Phoebe Hicks.
That this deponent is aged thirty seven years on the fifteenth day of August A.D. 1844.
That about the year 1827 after the decease of the Grand Father of this deponent, her Grand Mother the said Phoebe Hicks gave to this deponent, an old Bible which contained the family Record of her said Grand Parents, and on which this deponent then & always understood was given to her said Grand Mother by her great Grand Parents the Sakers.
That this deponent kept the said Bible very carefully regarding it as more valuable on account of its age, and its being a present to her.
That afterwards this deponent married said Paul Dutton and removed to Marcellus Guadalupe County New York, and about the year 1840 she & her husband removed to Girard Erie County & State of Pennsylvania to the residence of her said Father William Hicks. That when she left for said journey she carefully packed said Bible with sundry articles of household stuffs; that they came to said Girard by public Conveyance, and on arriving there & unpacking their things the package containing said Bible was entirely gone, and has never been heard of since. This deponent distinctly recollects that in said Bible was recorded the marriage of her said Grand Parents & the Births of their Children, and that the same was always consulted by the family as to the ages of

The Father & Aunts of the deponent, but the deponent has not a recollection as to the dates when said Parent sufficiently distinct to enable her to state them.
Phoebe Dunton
State of Ohio Franklin County } p:-
I James Hathaway a justice of the Peace of the Township of Hebron in said County and State hereby certify that Phoebe Dunton above named subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and was by me duly sworn to the truth thereof. That I am acquainted with the said Phoebe Dunton, and that she sustains a good reputation for truth and probity. Seated April 28. 1845.
James Hathaway Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio Franklin County p: }
I Reuben St. John Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County and State do hereby certify that James Hathaway Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for said County & State duly commissioned & qualified and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. Also that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said justice and that the signature James Hathaway to the foregoing certificate is true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Chardon this 28th April A.D. 1845— Reuben St. John Clerk,

The State of Ohio, LAKE COUNTY, ss.
I, JOHN W. HOWDEN, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Lake, in the State of Ohio, do by these presents certify and make known, that Amos Wilmot Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Deposition of William Wike was taken, and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing, subscribed his name, was at the time of taking such Deposition and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, agreeably to the Laws of the State of Ohio, and to all whose official acts as such, full faith and credit is, and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Painesville, in said County, this 26 th day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five
John W. Howden Clerk.

State of Ohio
County of Lake p: 3 William Wicks of the Town of Chardon in the County of Geauga in the State of Ohio being duly sworn according to Law before me Amos Milner a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lake, doth depose and say that he is the son of Thomas and Phebe Wicks and was born as he always understood from his said Parents in the Town of Arlington in the County of Burlington and State of Vermont on the seventeenth day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty and is now in the sixty fifth year of his age.
That in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety eight his said Parents with their family which then con- sisted of deponent and his Sisters Pamel, Abigail and Charlotte moved from the Town of Danfield in the County of Onida in the State of New York where they then resided to the residence of deponents Grand Parents, Samuel & Abigail Lake in the Town of Kent in the State of Connecticut, where they continued to reside for about two years, when his said Parents returned back to said Town of Danfield.
That said deponent was married in said Town of Kent and also his Sister Pamel.
That from his earliest recollection deponent has always understood that the said Samuel & Abigail Lake were the Parents of his said Mother and that his said Father when living used often to state that he had been a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and has understood from both his said Parents that they were married when his said Father belonged to the Army and deponent has often heard his said Grand Father Lake state the same fact as to the marriage of deponents said Parents and that they were married by one Clark a Presbyterian Minister
And deponent further says that that in

the year 1801 he returned to said Town of Danfield and in the year 1809 or 1810 he rented a farm of the Hon. Fortune C. White of Whitesboro in said County of Oneida, and during a part of this time his said Parents resided with this deponent. That after the passage of the Pension Law, the said Fortune C. White assisted deponents Father in obtaining a Pension which he continued to receive until his decease which happened at the house of man by the name of Foots who kept a Tavern in said Town of Danfield according to the best of deponents recollection in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty six. That this deponent was sent for with the information that his said Father had been taken with a fit at said Foots and when deponent arrived at said Foots, his said Father was dead. That soon after the decease of his said Father his Mother the said Phebe Wicks went to reside with her Son in Law Solomon Whistler and in the year 1827 or 1828 the said Whistler and his said Mother the said Phebe moved to the Town of Farnimgham in the County of Ontario in said State of New York, where she has ever since continued to reside as deponent has been informed and believes excepting a few months in the Town of Manchester in said County of Ontario.
And the deponent further says, That his said Parents had a Bible in which was a Record of their family. Deponent well recollects that the time of deponents birth was put down in said Record.
That after the decease of his Father, his Mother the said Phebe gave the said Bible to deponents daughter Phebe who was afterwards married to Reuel Dunton.
That about the year 1840 the said Reuel Dunton and his wife removed from Marcellus Oneida County New York to Lehigh County State of Pennsylvania, at that time the residence of this deponent.

and the deponent aided his daughter the said Phoebe Denton in unpacking her things, and there understood from her that one package in which she had sent the said Bible and sundry articles of household stuff was entirely lost, with its contents. And deponent distinctly remembers that his said daughter made search for the said Bible and much lamented its loss. That said Denton his said wife moved to said Girard by public conveyance, remained there about one year, and then removed to Ohio and now resides in Hamilton County, Ohio -
That in 1841 the deponent also removed to the said State of Ohio and now resides in Chardon in said County of Geauga -
And the said deponent further says that his recollection as to the date of the marriage of his said Parents as entered in said Bible is not distinct & definite but from all the information and recollection deponent has derived from that source and from information from his said Parents his said Grand Parents, this deponent believes his said Parents were married from one year and a half to two years previous to the birth of this deponent -
William Wicks
State of Ohio County of Lake } sp: I Amos Wilcock a justice of the Peace of the town of Painesville in the said County of Lake do hereby certify that William Wicks subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence and was by me duly sworn to the truth thereof - That I am acquainted with the above named William Wicks, and that he possesses a good reputation for truth and probity - Dated Painesville April } 26 th A.D. 1845 - }
Amos Wilcock Justice of the Peace

Phoebe Weeks
widow of Thomas Weeks
Application of Phoebe Weeks for increase of Pension under Joint Resolution July 1 st 1848
From Presented Jan y 12/52 By Jas. G. Austin Washington City D.C.

State of New York County of Ontario ss. On this First day of November A D 1852. Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for said County. Personally appeared William R. Pendall a Resident of the town of Manchester in the County of Ontario State of New York aged thirty four years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath aforesaid Depose & say & Make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Joint Resolution of Congress Relative to Evidence in applications for pensions approved July 1 st 1848. He declares that he is one of the administrators of the estate of Phebe Weeks Late of the town of Manchester aforesaid deceased & who was in her life time a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 2 nd February 1848, at the Rate of Forty three Dollars & thirty three cents per annum as she thinks. He further declares that the said Phebe Weeks was the Widow of Thomas Weeks late of the Town of Deerfield in the County of Oneida State of New York, deceased & who in his life time was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, at the Rate of Ninety six Dollars per Annum — that he was well acquainted with the said Thomas Weeks Late Husband of the said Phebe Weeks aforesaid and was present at his Death. That he died in the aforesaid Town of Deerfield on the 13 th day of April 1826 (Eighteen Hundred and Twenty six) leaving the aforesaid Phebe Weeks his widow him surviving. And that he was also present at the Death of the aforesaid Phebe Weeks widow aforesaid & which took place at the town of

Manchester aforesaid on the 27 th day May in the Year 1849
He further declares that as the widow of the said Thomas Weeks, the said Phoebe Weeks who was pensioned under the acts of Congress passed July 7. 1838, 3 d of March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, at the Rate of Forty three Dollars & thirty three Cents per annum, and was at the time of her Death aforesaid a pensioner of the United States at the same Rate under the act of February 2 d , 1848.
He further declares that she had not intermarried since the death of her late husband the said Thomas Weeks, but that she remained his widow up to the time of her death aforesaid to wit on the 27 th day of May 1849 - and that By virtue of the above mentioned Joint Resolu- tion of Congress He as Administrator of the Estate of the said Phoebe Weeks widow aforesaid deceased, claims in behalf of the children therein of the said deceased a Pension (under the several acts above mentioned & Joint Resolution aforesaid,) at the Rate of Eight Dollars per Month per annum or Ninety six Dollars per annum, in lieu of the amount allowed her - He further says that in the said Phoebe's Certificate was surrendered & returned to the Pension office some time after her death on her application for the arrears due said Phoebe at her death, and hereby refers to the papers then returned, as well as the papers on file at the Pension

Office originally, for & in support of this his Claim for an increase of Pension for the Heirs of the said Phebe — Deponent further says that the annexed paper, is the Letters Testamentary granted him and Charlotte Pendill his Mother as administrators of the Estate of the said Phebe Weeks aforesaid deceased — And a further that he was well acquainted with the Children of the said Thomas Weeks and Phebe his wife, and that Charlotte Pendill his Co administrator in said Estate and whose Residence is in the town of Manchester aforesaid, but who is now absent in Deerfield Oneida Co N.Y. on a visit there since July last. And, William Weeks  Pendill a Resident of the town of Chardon, Chardon County State of Ohio are the only Children who survived the death of the said Phebe Weeks deceased — both of whom are above the age of twenty one years —
And I do hereby Request, and it is My Desire that any Certificate which May be granted on this My Application for an increase of Pension as aforesaid, shall be forwarded to the care of James G Austin Esq of Phelps Ontario Co N.Y.
Wm H Pendill
N.B. The word "Pendill" in the above was erased, and the word "Weeks" was interlined before Execution
D. Stillman Jr.

Affirmed & subscribed to this 1 st day of November 1850 before me D. Stahlmann Justice of the peace of said County.

To Charlotte Tindill and William X. Tindill of the town of Manchester in the County of Ontario
Whereas Phebe Weeks send greeting:
late of the town of Manchester in the County of Ontario, died intestate, on or about the 27 th — day of May — A. D. 1849, having at the time of her death, Goods, Chattels and Credits within this State, by means whereof the granting Administration thereon, doth appertain to us; and you having applied to the County Judge, of our said County of Ontario, for Letters of Administration upon the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, and having taken the oath, and executed the bond required by the Statute, which oath and bond are filed in the Surro- gate's Office, of our said County of Ontario:
NOW THEREFORE, we do by these Presents constitute and appoint you the said Charlotte Tindill and William X. Tindill Administrators
of and singular the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, hereby granting unto you full power, faithfully to administer and dispose of the same and to do all such other acts and things as may of right be done in faithfully discharging according to law the duties appertaining to the trust committed to you by these Letters of Administration.
In Testimony Whereof, we have caused the Seal of the said Office to be hereto affixed.
Witness Mark H. Sibley, Esquire, County Judge of Ontario County, performing the duties of the Office of Surrogate therein, at Canandaigua, in said County, this 4 th — day of
June A. D. 1849
Mark H. Sibley

Estate of Phoebe Weeks.
Letter of Administration June 4 th 1849
P

State of New York
County of Ontario ss. William B. Pondill a Resident of the town of Manchester in said County, aged thirty four years, being duly sworn say that he is one of the administrators of the estate of Phebe Weeks late of the town of Manchester aforesaid deceased - That he was well acquainted with the said Phebe Weeks, (She being Deponent's Grand Mother) that he was present at the death of the said Phebe Weeks, that she died at the town of Manchester aforesaid on the 27 th day of May 1849, that he saw her buried - that at the time of her death aforesaid, she was the Widow of Thomas Weeks Deponent's Grand father - that he was also well acquainted with his Grand father the said Thomas Weeks, late the Husband of the said Phebe, that he was present at the death of the said Thomas Weeks, that he died at the town of Deerfield County of Oneida State of New York on the 13 th day of April 1826 - leaving the aforesaid Phebe Weeks his widow & that she had not intermarried but continued the Widow of the said Thomas till the day of her death aforesaid - That the said Thomas Weeks at the time of his death aforesaid, was a pensioner of the United States at the Rate of Eight Dollars per Month under the act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, and further that his Widow the aforesaid Phebe Weeks deceased aforesaid, was at the time of her death a Pensioner of the United States under the act of February 2 nd 1848, at the Rate

of Forty Three Dollars & Thirty Three Cents per annum and that the said Phebe Weeks widow aforesaid left at her death aforesaid Two Children. (She & her said late Husband the said Thomas Weeks), only her & their surviving, and whose names and places of Residence are as follows. viz. Charlotte Pendarill a Resident of the town of Manchester aforesaid, and William Weeks a Resident of Chardon Chardon County State of Ohio — both of whom are above the age of twenty one Years —
W m R Pendarill
Affirmed & Subscribed to before me this 11 th day of November 1850 —
J. H. Stevenson Justice of the Peace of said County
State of New York County of Ontario
H. J. Reuben Murray Jr Clerk of said County. do hereby certify that Dolphus Stephenson Esq before whom the two several affidavits of William R Pendarill was taken, was at the time of Making the same — a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly. Elected & Sworn and Authorized to take the same — & further that I am well acquainted with the Hand writing of said Justice, and hereby believe his several signatures to the foregoing affidavits of said Pendarill are genuine —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 11 th day of November A. D. 1850 —
Reuben Murray Jr Clerk of Ontario County

State of New York
County of Ontario ss I Mark H Sibley Esquire
County Judge of the said County and acting Surrogate of the said County, do hereby certify that at a Surrogates Court held at the village of Canandaigua in the said County on the 11 th day of November A D 1850. It was proven to my satisfaction by the testimony of William R Pendill who is a creditable Witness & whose affidavit is hereto annexed that Phebe Weeks (widow of Thomas Weeks) Late of the town of Manchester in said County of Ontario, died at the said town of Manchester Ontario County on the 27 th day of May 1849. - & that the said Phebe Weeks was at the time of her death a pensioner of the United States under the act of February 2 nd 1848 at the Rate of Forty three Dollars & thirty three Cents per annum And that the said Thomas Weeks late Husband of the aforesaid Phebe Weeks died at the town of Deerfield County of Oneida State of New York on the 13 th day of April 1826. and was also a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 at at the Rate of Eight Dollars per Month -
And that Charlotte Pendill a Resident of the town of Manchester Ontario County State of New York. And William Weeks a Resident of the town of Chardon Chardon County in the State of Ohio - were the only children surviving the aforesaid Phebe Weeks and her said Husband the said Thomas Weeks

at their respective deaths hereafter, both of whom are now above the age of Twenty one Years -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed My Name and affixed My Official Seal at Canan daigua this 11 th day of November A. D. 1850.
And I do further certify that William R Pondice whose affidavit is hereto annexed, and Charlotte Pondice both of Manchester aforesaid, have been duly appointed Administrators of the Estate of the said Phoebe Weeks, both of whom have been duly sworn as such and are authorized to act as such administrators -
W. R. H. Wiley County Judge of the County of Ontario -

State of New York } County of Putnam } ss.
On this fourteenth — day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty four, personally appeared before the court of Oyer and terminer held at Carmel in and for said county, Phoebe Nichols, a resident of the town of Mahopac in the county of Putnam, and State of New York, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 and the act explanatory of said act passed March 3, 1837, That she was married to Thomas Nichols, who was then a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that at the time of the marriage she resided with her parents, Samuel & Abigail Lake in the town of Kent, in the county of Litchfield & state of Connecticut, and understood from him at the time of their marriage, that he belonged to the Revolutionary army, and was then acquainted with him between two and three years previous to their marriage, and soon after such acquaintance, he said Thomas and her brother William Lake joined the army together from the said town of Kent, as she numbers to have understood at the time, that about the first of November following after they were married her said husband returned to the army, and served until the next March in the year, 1780, when he returned home, and as she understood from him had received his discharge, that of the names of the officers he used to mention having served under, she cannot recollect of but one, Gen. Putnam and the place where he served she now recollects of his saying, that he was at Brinker Hill, Honey Point & White Plains, and that she has not now in her possession any documentary

widow in support of her claim.
That in the fall of the year, 1780, she and her husband the aforesaid Thomas Hicks, moved to the town of Arlington in the state of Vermont and during their residence there, he was called out and volunteered several times in cases of alarms, that two of their children William & James were born in Arlington, and two, Abigail and Charlotte, were born while they resided in Sand Gate, that they afterwards resided in Deerfield Oneida county, and from there they moved with their family to the said town of Kent, to the residence of her said father, according to the best of her recollections in the year, 1798, at which place three of their children William, James and Charlotte were married, that after residing a few years in said town of Kent, they moved back to the said town of Deerfield, and in the year, 1816, or about that time, she and her husband went to reside with their said son William on a farm he had rented of Fortune C. White Esq., in the town of Whitesboro, and while residing there, an act was passed allowing pensions for revolutionary services, and her said husband made an application for a pension on account of such services, and employed him the said Fortune C. White to assist him, and obtained a pension according to the best of her recollection and belief in the year, 1818, at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, and which he continued to receive until his decease, in the year, 1826, in the said town of Deerfield where they then resided, that in the month of April her said husband went to Mr. Tracy's in Whitesboro, who used to assist him in getting his pension money, for some money, and on his way home as she was informed, he called at a tavern kept by a man by the name of Foot, an acquaintance of her said hus-

band, and when about taking supper, was taken with a fit, which caused his death soon after.
That the application and papers upon which her said husband's pension was allowed, she believes are in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions, and are referred to.
She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Hicks on the fifteenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, that according to the best of her recollection, her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Hicks, died on the thirteenth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty six, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed in Open Court before me on the 14 th day of October A.D. 1844.
Phoebe her Hicks Mark
Amos Jones one of the judges of the Ontario County courts
State of New York Ontario Court of Oyers & Terminer
I Alexander H. Howell Clerk of the County of Ontario and Clerk of the Courts of Oyers & Terminer in & for said County the same being a Court of record do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition was duly taken in open Court in the aforesaid Court of Oyers & Terminer on the fourteenth day of October A.D. 1844 and that Amos Jones Esq. by whom the oath was administered was at the time a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County duly commissioned qualified and authorized to act as such and that his signature to the foregoing jurat is genuine.
Witness my hand and official seal this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1844 Alex. H. Howell Clerk of the Courts of Oyers & Terminer and of the County of Ontario

State of Vermont } County of Burlington } to
I do hereby certify that I am Town Clerk of the town of Sandgate County of Burlington in the State of Vermont and that on examining the records of Deeds in my office I find a Deed recorded the 18 th day of September 1783 from Reuben Hurd of the said town & County to Thomas Weeks of the same place conveying part of lot No 33 as in the said deed described and which said Deed bears date the 20 th day of June 1783 and was acknowledged July 9 th 1783 before Reuben Thomas a Justice of the Peace
And I do further certify that I find a deed recorded in my office from the said Thomas Weeks to Asahel Skinner of the said town of Sandgate County of Burlington in the State of Vermont conveying part of lot number 33 th being the same premises described in the aforesaid Deed from Reuben Hurd to the said Thomas Weeks and which said Deed from the said Thomas Weeks to the said Asahel Skinner bears date the 23 rd day of April 1784 and was acknowledged before Reuben Thomas a Justice of the Peace of the Town & County aforesaid the 1 st day of May 1784 and recorded May 20 th 1784.
Witness my hand at Sandgate this - fourteenth day of June A.D. 1845
Walter Randall Town Clerk

State of Vermont } County of Bennington } ss.
Matilda Hoyt being duly sworn says, that she knew Thomas Nicks & Phoebe Nicks when they resided in the town of Danne Gale, county of Ben- nington, in the State of Vermont, that her parents resided in the same neighborhood, that she well remembers that the said Phoebe Nicks, wife of the said Thomas Nicks had a child, and she would with her mo- ther to see the child, that her mother used to go to see Mrs. Nicks during her sickness, and she used to go with her  there & they then had other children
That deposition according to the best of her recollec- tion was then about six years of age, and is now in the fifty first year of her age, and that she has always resided in the said town of Danne Gale county aforesaid
Sworn & subscribed } to before me this } 14 th day of June 1845 }
Matilda Hoyt
Horace Dure Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I do hereby certify that I am Bennington County } acquainted with Matilda Hoyt who took & subscribed to the foregoing affidavit before me and have been for several years past and had she is intelligent and sustains a good character for truth & that the words (present) & with her) were intoned on before execution taken at Danne Gale June 14 th A.D. 1845. Horace Dure Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Burlington County ss
I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of Burlington County do hereby certify that Horace Hind whose name is subscribed to the within was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Burlington duly authorized to administer said oath & that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Horace Hind & verily believe his signature is genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 25 th day of July A.D. 1845 —
Sam l H. Blackmer Clerk
Fees 25 cents

State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
On this Second day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly authorized by law to ad- minister oaths Thelma Weeks a resident of the town of Manchester in the said county of Ontario aged Eighty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law acts as her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pen- sions to widows of persons who served during the Rev- olutionary war. That she is the widow of Thomas Weeks who was a Private in the Revolution and served under Gen. Putnam - that she received under the act of the seventeenth of June 1844 forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum commencing on the 4 th March 1843 & termina- ting on the 4 th March 1848.
She further declares that she is still a widow
Thelma Weeks her mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me Elyse Pierce a justice of the peace of the said county of Ontario
State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
I Elyse Pierce a justice of the Peace in and for the said county of Ontario do hereby certify that Thelma Weeks the declarant in the above declaration is personally known to me
Given under my hand this the Second day

of October - - A. D. 1848
Eyre Pierce a justice of the peace of the said County of -Ontario

State of New-York, } ss: ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Alexander H. Howell, Clerk of said County, Do hereby Certify, that Ezra Pierce Esquire, before whom the annexed instrument was subscribed and sworn, was at the time the same purports to have been so subscribed and sworn, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to act as such. And further, that I am well ac- quainted with the hand-writing of such Justice
and verily believe his signature subscrib- ed to the said affidavit, to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this sixteenth day of October 1848.
A. H. Howell CLERK.

State of New York County of Steubenville ss.
Thomas Hurd of the town of Orange in the county of Steubenville being duly sworn before Ira Nash Esq. a Justice of the Peace of the said county of Steubenville doth depose and say that he now resides in the town of Orange in the county and State aforesaid that he formerly resided in the town of Sandgate in the county of Bennington & State of Vermont and was a resident of the said town of Sandgate previous to and during the War of the Revolution and for several years afterwards
That deponent well remembers Thomas Weeks & his wife and of their residing on land which his brother Reuben Hurd sold to the said Thomas Weeks and which was afterwards sold by the said Thomas Weeks to Archibald Skinner with whom deponent was well acquainted
That the said Thomas Weeks with his wife and family continued to reside in the said town of Sandgate for several years after said sale that deponent was well acquainted with them and used to go to their house and they used to be frequently at the house of the parents of this deponent and the said Thomas Weeks used to work for his deponent's father
That they the said Thomas Weeks and wife had two or three children among the name of one a girl deponent recollects was Charlotte
And deponent further deposes & says that he first became acquainted with the said Thomas Weeks and his wife when they resided in the said town of Sandgate on the premises sold as aforesaid to Archibald Skinner and which was according to the recollection of deponent soon after the war of the Revolution and that he this deponent is now seventy seven years of age
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 23 rd day of July A.D. 1845
Thomas Hurd
Ira Nash Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Steuben } ss.
I the subscriber a justice of the Peace of the town of Orange in the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Burt, who subscribed & made oath to the within affidavit before me, and that his reputation for truth and veracity is good.
Dated this 23 rd day of July A. D. 1845
Ira Nash Justice of the Peace
State of New York } County of Steuben } ss.
I Paul C. Cook, Clerk of the said County do certify that Ira Nash Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports 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 handwriting 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 15 th day of August 1845.
P. C. Cook Clerk

State of Vermont } County of Bennington } ss.
Abram Hurd being duly sworn says that he resided in the town of Sandgate & had resided in the said town since February seventeen hundred and seventy five at which time his parents moved into the said town with deponent & the rest of the family and on the twenty third day of March following he was four years old as he has always since reckoned the time of his own age That afterwards Thomas Nicks moved into the said town with his family and purchased a farm of his brother Reuben Hurd and on which he resided two or three years that in the said Thomas Nicks sold the farm to Archibald Skinner and moved his family to another part of the town near the residence of deponent's father where he resided for several years with his family
That deponent attended a Ball at the house of the said Thomas Nicks and was one of the managers of the ball and according to the best of his recollection was then eighteen or nineteen years of age, and was not over twenty years old, that the said Thomas Nicks and wife were present, that they had several children one of them was a boy and which according to the best of his recollection was their oldest child, and that the given name of Mrs. Nicks the wife of the said Thomas Nicks and the names of their children he does not now recollect
That according to deponent's recollection when the said Thomas Nicks came with his family to reside in the said town of Sandgate he came from the adjoining town of Hartington, and when he moved from the said town of Sandgate he went to White Creek in the State of New York that he was well acquainted with the said Thomas Nicks and his wife for several years during their residence in the said town of Sandgate Sandgate, that both of them used to come to the house of his deponent's father where he then resided and

that the said Thomas Hicks used to work work for his father
That deponent has always considered that the said Thomas Hicks and his wife were during their residence in the said town of Lamoille living together as husband and wife and that their children were always considered to be their lawful issue as much as the children of any of their neighbors were reputed to be the children of their respective parents.
Abraham Hurd
And deponent never heard it doubted or questioned that the said Thomas Hicks & wife were living together lawfully as husband & wife.
Abraham Hurd
Sworn & subscribed } to before me this 14 th } day of June A.D. 1845 }
State of Vermont } I do hereby certify that I am acquainted Burlington County } with Abraham Hurd who took an oath before me to the foregoing affidavit before me and has been for more than twenty years last past and that he sustains a good character as to truth and veracity. And I further certify that the words both interlined and in the borders of the foregoing were read before execution. Given at Lamoille June 14 th A.D. 1845. Abraham Hurd Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } I Samuel H. Blackmer Clerk of Burlington Burlington County } County do hereby certify that Horace Hurd whose name is subscribed to the above was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Burlington duly authorized to administer said oath & that I am acquainted with the handwriting of said Horace Hurd & verily believe his signature is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of said County this 25 th day of July A.D. 1845. Sam l H. Blackmer Clerk
July 25 th .

State of New York County of Onondaga } ss.
Stephen Northrop being du- ly sworn says that he resides in the town of Naney formerly part of the town of Deerfield in the county of Onondaga & State of New York that he well knows Thomas Micks and Phoebe Micks his wife that the said Thomas Micks drew a pension for rev- olutionary services as a veteran always understood & believes that he first became acquainted with the said Thomas & Phoebe Micks over forty years ago in the said town of Deerfield that according to the best of his recollection the said Thomas Micks died in the said town of Deerfield in the year A. D. 1826 at the house of Eli Fort where he was taken with a fit.
That the said Phoebe Micks lived with him as his wife from the time of his first acquaintance with them up to the period of his death & they so lived together as husband & wife & were always so reported to be in the neighborhood & respondent never heard it doubted or questioned that the said Phoebe Micks was the lawfull wedded wife of the said Thomas Micks
That they the said Thomas & Phoebe Micks had chil- dren & who were always considered & reported & re- ceived as their lawfull issue as much as the chil- dren of any of their neighbors were reported to be the children of their respective parents
That he was well acquainted with William Micks a son of the said Thomas & Phoebe Micks for sev- eral years when he resided in said town of Deer- field & in Whitesboro and worked a farm of Fortune 6. While, that the said Thomas & Phoebe Micks had one daughter by the name of Charlotte who mar-

ried a man by the name of Purdell and one of their daughters by the name of Abigail married a man by the name of Solomon Whistler.
That deponent is now in the sixty fourth year of his age and he well recollects that the said William Hicks was about his deponents age that he used often to see him & be in company with him.
That after the decease of the said Thomas Hicks his widow the said Phoebe Hicks moved to the west near Palmyra and returned about two years ago on a visit and was at the house of deponent
That deponent is a member of the Baptist Church of Dewitt where the said Phoebe Hicks was a member until her said removal with for several years while she belonged to the said church depon- ent was also a member -
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 20 th day of June A.D. 1845
Stephen Southrup
Amasa Rowe justice
State of New York
County of Onondaga I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Stephen Southrup who took and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit before me and that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity. Dated June 20 th 1845
Amasa Rowe Justice

State of New York } County of Oneida } ss.
Whereas I have been duly sworn says that he resides in the city of Utica in the county of Oneida in the State of New York that he formerly re- sided in the town of Deerfield in the said county & well knew Thomas Nickes previous to his deponents marriage & which was thirty three years ago, in the said Thomas Nickes then resided in the said town of Deerfield with his family that he also well knew Phoebe Nickes his wife who lives with him as his wife that from the time of his first acquaintance with them up to the period of the decease of the said Thomas Nickes they so lived to- gether as husband & wife and were always so reputed to be in the neighborhood & deponent never heard it doubted or questioned that the said Phoebe Nickes was the lawfull wedded wife of the said Thomas Nickes
That they the said Thomas & Phoebe Nickes had children & who were always considered & received as their lawfull issue as much as the children of any of their neighbors were reputed to be the children of their respective parents
That he was well acquainted with William Nickes one of the children of the said Thomas & Phoebe Nickes as long ago as he knew his said parents, and that he continued his acquaintance with him until his removal from the said town of Deerfield with his family, that he always considered the said William Nickes a few years older than himself & that he deponent is now in the sixty first year of his age —
Sworn & subscribed } to before me this 20 th day } of June A.D. 1845 — }
1 Richard Warren
Simon P. Boudé Justice

State of New York } County of Oneida } To her by certify that I am well acquainted with Woodward Morris who took and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit before me and that he sustains a good reputation for truth and veracity. Dated June 20 th 1845 Amasa Rowe Justice
State of New York Clerks Office } Oneida County } I DeLo Dewolf Clerk of the said County certify that Amasa Rowe Esq., was on the 20 th day of June A D 1845 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified to act as such and that the signatures above written purporting to be those of the said Justice are genuine.
In witness whereof I have here- unto affixed my Official Seal & subscribed my name this 20 th day of June A D 1845
DeLo Dewolf Clerk for James Edgar Dep. Clk

State of New York } County of Washington } ss.
I Lucy M c Millan of the town of Salem, county of Washington in the State of New York, being duly sworn says, that she knew, and now well recollects a man by the name of Hicks, his christian name she does not now remember, and his wife Phoebe Hicks, and their children, William Charlotte & Abigail, that at the time she remembers to have known them, they resided near the house of her father, and she used to go to the house of the said Hicks to see their said children, and they used to be at the house of her father frequently, that the said Phoebe Hicks was a cousin of her father James Lake, that deponent knew the said Hicks and his wife, the said Phoebe Hicks, and their children aforesaid previous to the birth of her brother James, and which was in the year, seven hundred and ninety three, and according to the record of the family of her said father, and which she has now referred to, the birth of her said brother was on the fourth day of August, in the year aforesaid.
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 16 th day of June A.D. 1845
Lucy M c Millan
A.B. Law Justice Peace
State of New York } Washington County } ss.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with acquainted the above named Lucy M c Millan who took & subscribed to the above affidavit before me and that her reputation for truth and veracity is good.
A.B. Law Justice Peace

State of New York, I Henry Shiphead Clerk of said Wash County p p 3 County do hereby certify that at the date of the within Indent and certificate Alexander B Sano Esq r was a Justice of the Peace for and for said County duly elected and qualified, and that his name naturally subscribed, to said Indent and certificate appears to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscri- -bed my name and affixed my official seal this 16 th day of June A.D. 1845 H Shiphead clk

State of New York } County of Washington } ss.
James Archer being duly sworn says that he was raised in the town of Pulaski in the county and State aforesaid, and has always resided in the said town, and county that he is now sixty years of age, that a man by the name of Nicks and his family used to reside in the same neighborhood of his father, and which was then called White Cr- eek, and which was adjoining Sand Gate in Ver- mont, that he was then a small boy, and used to go to school, that the said Nicks had children the name of one was William, and he attended the same school with defendant, he used to be called Bill, that when it was stormy he used to stay all night at Nicks, and sleep with William and was frequently at the house, that the christian name of the said Nicks he does not now remember, his father at that time kept a tavern, and the said Nicks used to be at the tavern frequently, and drank con- siderable, and was often cross & troublesome about the tavern, that the said Nicks' wife used to be called Phebe by him, and he was well acquainted with her, that they lived in a house which belonged to an Un- cle of defendant.
That the said Nicks & his wife, and their children lived together as other families, and their children bore their names, and defendant remembers that their said son William Nicks was older than himself.
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 16 th day of June A. D. 1845.
James Archer
A. V. Saw Luther Peace
State of New York } Washington County }
I do hereby certify that I well acquainted with the above named James Archer who took & subscribed to the above affi- -davit before me and that his reputation for truth

and veracity is good. And that the words "and county" and "and slept with William" were interlined before execution
A. B. Saw Justice Peace
State of New York } I Henry Shipherd clerk of said Washington county } county do hereby certify that at the date of the within Inquest Certificate Alexander B. Saw Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in & for said county duly elected & qualified and that his signature within at the subscribed appears to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed my official seal this 16 th day of June A.D. 1845 H. Shipherd clerk

State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
Arnold Power being duly affirmed according to law says, that he resides in the town of Farmington in the county of Ontario and State of New York, and has resided in the said town more than thirty years past, that he well knows the widow Phoebe Wicks, and has for more than fifteen years past, during which time she has frequently been at the house of defendant, and has lived with him for several weeks at a time, that for several years she the said Phoebe Wicks made it her home with her son-in-law Solomon Whistler until the death of her daughter Abigail Whistler, the wife of the said Solomon Whistler, that the said Solomon Whistler was a near neighbor of defendant.
Affirmed and subscribed to before me this 24 th day of June A. D. 1845.
Arnold Power
Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York } County of Ontario } ss.
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Arnold Power who took & subscribed to the above affidavit before me & that he sustains a good reputation for truth and probity. The name "Whistler" written on an erasure before execution.
Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts

State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office I hereby certify that Peter Mitchell before whom the within Instrument was subscribed and sworn to at the time the same purports to have been so subscribed and sworn a Judge of Ontario County Courts in and for said County duly Commissioned sworn and authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe his signatures subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and certificate are genuine,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24th day of June A.D. 1845. H. W. H. Howell Clerk of Pulaski County

State of New York County of Oneida
Amasa Pove being duly sworn- says that he resides in the town of Deerfield in the county of Oneida & State of New York, and that he has re- sided there since the year eighteen hundred & five that he well knew Thomas Nicks who does a per- sons for revolutionary services as deponent always understood. He knows, and who was living in the same town of Deerfield when deponent first came to reside therein, that according to the best of his recollections the said Thomas Nicks died in the year A. D. 1826, or about that time, that he died at the house of Eli Foot and as deponent has always understood, he died in a fit, that he also well knew Phoebe Nicks who lived with the said Thomas Nicks as his wife that from the time of his first acquaintance with them & which was soon after the year 1805 up to the period of his death they so lived together as husband & wife & were always so reputed to be in the neighborhood & deponent never heard it doubted or questioned that the said Phoebe Nicks was the lawfull wed- ded wife of the said Thomas Nicks.
That they the said Thomas Nicks & Phoebe Nicks have children & who were always considered & received as their lawfull used as much as the children of any of their neighbors were reputed to be the children of their respective parents.
That William Nicks one of the children of the said Thomas & Phoebe Nicks used to work for de- ponent and have a family of several children that he resides in the same town of Deerfield for several years after he first became acquainted with him this said parents and was a resident.

of the said town of Benfield at the time of the decease of his father the said Thomas Mikes & he resided in Whiteboro for several years on a farm belonging to Fortune B. White
That deponent is now in the sixty third year of his age and that he always understood & considered from conversation with the said William Mikes that he was about two years older than deponent and that the said Thomas Mikes & his son William Mikes used to be frequently at the store of deponent when they resided in the said town of Benfield, and the said Thomas Mikes was also frequently at the house of deponent
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 20 th day of June A.D. 1845
Joseph Rowe
William H Pratt Justice of the peace
State of New York, County of Onondaga S.P.
I do hereby Certify that I am a resident of the Town of Ceresco in the said County that I am well acquainted with Amasa Rowe Esq. who took & subscribed to the above affidavit before me & that he sustains a good reputation for truth & probity and I further Certify that the said Amasa Rowe has been a Justice of the peace of the said Town of Ceresco since my earliest remembrance and that I am now Twenty Nine years of age. Voted June 20 th 1845
William H Pratt Justice of the peace

State of New York.
Clerks Office Onondaga County
§ I, D. D. D. Devolf, Clerk of the said County, certify that William H. Pratt Esq. was on the 20 th day of June A D 1845 a Justice of the peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified to act as such and that the signatures above written purporting to be those of the said Justice are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my Official Seal and subscribed my name this 20 th day of June A D 1845
D. D. D. Devolf Clerk for James Edgar D. Devolf

Petition H.R. 740 of Thebe Weeks of Ontario Co. N.Y. for a pension
April 9 1838 Ref d to the Committee on Rev d  Pensions
M. Sibley
M.C.
April 13. 1838. Bill No. 740.
January 4. 1840
Ref d  under rule to Com ee on Rev. Pensions
Com ee on Rev. Pen.
54
Rev. pen

Petition
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States
Your Petitioner Phebe Weeks of the town of Farmington in the County of Ontario and State of New York. Respectfully shews that she was married to Thomas Weeks in October in the Year of our Lord 1775 in the town of New Milford in the state of Connecticut by the Reverend Mr. Clark that there were present at her Marriage John Parish and Eunice Thompson that the said Thomas Weeks was at the time a Soldier in the Army of the United States and that he served some time after their Marriage in the Army that they after his discharge from the Army removed to Vermont and that he was frequently out with the troops to defend that frontier and your Petitioner further states that her husband Thomas Weeks in consequence of his services in the Army of the revolution drew a Pension as she believes under the Act of Congress of 1818 and continued to draw his pension until the time of his Death which took place in the town of Derfield in the County of Oneida in April 1825 And your Petitioner further states that in endeavouring to comply with the Laws and Regulations of the War Department in order to obtain the Benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of 4 th July 1836 concerning the Widows of Deceased Officers and Soldiers of the revolutionary Army that she is unable to obtain proof of her Marriage with the said Thomas Weeks that she used all means in her power to find the persons who were present at her Marriage and that upon the strictest enquiry she has been able to make Verily believes they are all dead or removed to parts unknown to your Petitioner Your Petitioner therefore humbly requests that Congress will pass an Act whereby she may be placed upon the Pension list notwithstanding her inability to prove her Marriage - And as in duty bound will ever pray
Phebe Weeks mark
State of New York } Ontario County } ss on this eight day of March 1838 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Judge of Ontario county courts Phebe Weeks and signed the foregoing Petition by making her mark and being duly sworn according to Law does upon her oath say that the petition is substantially correct according to her best remembrance and belief
Peter Mitchell

(10103.)
New York -
Phoebe Weeks,
Widow of Thomas Weeks who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 13 th April 1826 of Ontario in the State of New York who was a priv t in the company commanded by Captain Galusha of the Reg't commanded by Genl. Putnam in the Revolution for 13 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Octo. 1846 and sent to Peter Mitchell, Manchester, N.Y.
Total amount, $ 216.65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. H. Wood, Clerk, Book (W), Vol. 1. Page 5-33.

New York. 79 92.
Phoebe Weeks - widow of Thomas Weeks who was a Private - in the Revolution -
Husband died April 13. '36
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 4 3 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Octo. 1846, and sent to
Veter. Mitchell, Manchester, No. Y.
[Actsof March 3, 1843.]
and June 17. '44
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2, Page 91.
D. H. Wood, Clk.
2 Coifs.
Act's 1838, } 1843 } 1844 }
Rep?

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 18317 Phebe Weeks Widow of Thomas Weeks Orleans New York
Act: July 29 th 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported Feb 28/49
3762 New York Albany Phebe Weeks! widow of Thomas
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 .
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Peter Mitchell Manchester N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 241 Vol. 4

Hon. James L. Edwards, Sir,
I send enclosed the declaration of Mrs. Weeks for a pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838. From the effects of a recent sickness & the infirmities of old age, she was unable to attend Court, a distance of ten miles, to make her declaration.
I am truly and Very Respectfully Yours Peter Mitchell
Manchester Ontario Co. N. Y. September 19 th 1846.

✓
No 6571.
Phebe Meeks
NY
Sl to Peter Mitchell Sept 30: '45 to same Sept 2: '46
act 4 July 1836

Thomas Weeks N. Y. Roll Act 18 March 1818. $96. In what time paid? A. B. M. Pension office 19 Oct 1846. Paid to 4 th March 1826 W. Tyson

Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

Hon. James S. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Phoebe Hicks the Widow of Thomas Hicks a Revolutionary Pensioner, has employed me to assist her in her ap- plication for a pension, and I send you enclosed the papers in her case
I advised it proper to state, that several years ago, Mr. E. G. Kingsley undertook the business for her and when I engaged to assist her, I called on him to ascertain what had been done, and he in- formed me that the papers in her case, he had had a former Member of Congress take in charge, and whether they were left in the Pension Office or with a Committee of Congress, he could not tell I thought it proper therefore, as our former declara- tion might not be in your office, to have her make a new one.
Mrs. Hicks informed me that she was married by a Minister by the name of Clark, who lived at the time in New Milford, a town adjoining Hart where she resided, and that her father Samuel Lake, gave her a Bible, and in which was kept a family record, the marriage, and the births of their children, and which being of small print and considerably obliterated by use, she had given soon after the death of her hus- band, to her grand daughter Phoebe Hicks, a daugh- ter of her son William Hicks, and who she was afterwards informed married a man by the name of Dunton, and got herself a new one of larger print
I wrote to the Town Clerk of Hart, and rece- ived his certificate, that the marriage did not appear on record
I then sent to the Church in New Milford and was informed by the Clerk, that a Min

ites by the name of Black resided there in 1774, and afterwards took the records & library of the church and went to New-Scotland, no church records of the marriage could therefore be found.
I then sent to Mrs. Phoebe Pennington in Ohio for the Bible, but which as will appear by her affidavit was lost, and I afterwards sent and obtained her affidavit and that of her father William Hicks in hopes they would be able to recollect some of the dates in the record, and particularly the date of the marriage, but neither could recollect distinctly.
I thought proper therefore, in addition to these affidavits, to obtain others from some of the old neighbors, and former acquaintances of herself & husband, who had known them & their children, and of their having lived together as husband and wife, and went to Arlington and Sandgate in Vermont where they resided some after their marriage, and to other places, and obtained affidavits which accompany her declaration.
The persons in Arlington to whom Mrs. Hicks refers me, were either dead, or had gone to parts unknown.
The Howells had known Mrs. Hicks & her husband Thomas Hicks, as long ago as 1783, being the time as will appear by the town Clerk's certificate where the premises were conveyed by their brother Ruben, to Mrs. Hicks, and afterwards by him to Skinner, which is mentioned in their affidavits.
Mr. Abram Howd & Mrs. Hoyt showed me the place where the house stood in which Mrs. Hicks resided with his family in Sandgate, and which is now a part of the premises of Mrs. Hoyt.
The persons from whom I obtained affidavits

were intelligent, and appeared to be well informed Ezzy Rowe, Mr. Northrop, and Mr. Woodward were associates of William Hicks, a son of the same Thomas & Phoebe Hicks. Ezzy Rowe has been a justice of the Peace in Benfille for thirty years, and an old Merchant of that town - Butts also. Northrop and Woodward are members of the Church to which Mrs. Hicks belonged for about 27 years previous to her removal from the town.
Mr. Northrop's wife informed me that she took Mrs. Hicks to Whitinsville to get the balance of her husband's pension, after his decease.
The balance was allowed by her as the Widow of Thomas Hicks , a Revolutionary Pensioner, deceased.
I went to Whitinsville to get an affidavit of the Hon. F. C. White, late First Judge of Onondaga Co. & who assisted Mrs. Hicks in getting a Pension, & whose son William Hicks rented a farm of his, as I was informed by him by letter but did not see him as he had moved a short time previous to Rochester Co.
Mr. S. Whitins, whose name is mentioned, went about a year ago to live with his son about 100 miles distant & I have not had an opportunity of obtaining his affidavit. I was well acquainted with him when Mrs. Hicks re- sided in his family.
I wrote to Mr. Garrison the Comptroller of Ct. for a record of the services of Mr. Hicks, and not knowing the officers na- mes, he informed me you "would furnish a statement of their names from his declarations." If the proof in your office does not amount to two years, & you should consider under the latter  the entitled to a pension, please send me a state- ment of the names of the officers under whom Mr. Hicks served.
I probably may have been mistaken as to the extent or kind of proof required, I believe she was lawfully married to Thomas Hicks, at the time she stated, her case is her- ewith submitted for your consideration, in full con- fidence that it will receive due attention, and a just decision will be made.
St. Catharine Ontario Co. N.Y. Aug. 29. 1845.
I am Respectfully Yours Peter Mitchell

Phebe Weeks Thomas da Con VV Church
3065 Ebenezer C. Kingsley Manchester Dec 8. 1837
1837
Enclosing Declaration of Mrs Phebe Weeks for pension under law of 4 July 1836.
Washington City Member of Congress
Hon. Mark H. Sibley
(ans)
See Mr Edwards
enter.
Hon M c H. Sibley H 2

Manchester (Dec 8 th 1837).
Hon. M c A Sibley Sir
Herewith is the declaration & proof of Phebe Weeks a Widow residing in Farmington in order to Obtain the benefit of the 3 d Section of the Act of Congress of 1 st July 1836. the reason of my troubling you with it is there is no proof of her Marriage accompanying it, and if I send it to the Commissioner of Pensions he will put it on file in his Office and request proof of Marriage & I wish on her behalf you would see what can be done from Information derived from her of the persons present at her Marriage I have written to Several persons in Connecticut. who return for answer some of the persons are dead and Others removed to places unknown and the presumption is they are all dead, that was at her Wedding, the Minister who Married them has been long since dead and his papers cannot be found. all she can Offer to corroborate her Statement is Respectable Certificates of her irreproachable Character for the last fifty years. she has been for the last forty Six Years a Communicant of the Baptist Church and can Obtain Certificates of her good standing in said Church during that period. the regulations of the department appear to require proof of Marriage as Indispensible. Something ought to be done for this lone Woman who at her great age, to my knowledge has to depend entirely on her labor for Support. Please see what can be done in her case and you will have the prayers of the Widow for your reward
Respectfully Your Obedient Servant E. B. Kingsley

State of New York 2. Ontario County
Solomon Wharton of the town of Farmington in the County Ontario being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith that he was personally acquainted with Thomas Weeks and Phebe his wife from the year 1798 to the time of the death of the said Thomas Weeks which Event took place in the town of Deerfield in the County of Oneida in the year 1825 that they the said Thomas & Phebe lived together as Man and Wife during that Period. and that he has known the said Phebe ever since the death of her husband and knows that she has not been Married but remains the Widow of the said Thomas Weeks and further this deponent saith that he knows the Children of the said Thomas & Phebe Viz William Weeks, Charlotte Abigail & James - the said William being now in the fifty ninth year of his age and this deponent further saith that he believes the said Phebe Weeks is entitled to full faith and Credit in her Statements and Petition which has been read to me and that the Material Facts set forth therein in Relation to their Marriage & Services in the Army having been many times related to me by the said Thomas Weeks before his death - Solomon Wharton
Sworn & subscribed to before me this eight day of March 1838 Peter Mitchell a Judge of Ontario County Courts
I Certify that I have been personally acquainted with Solomon Wharton several years who signed the above Affidavit and believe him to be a Man of truth & veracity
Manchester 8 th March 1838.
I know that Peter Mitchell who signed the above Jurat was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario Co NY and that his name is signed in his proper hand writing.
Peter Mitchell
M c H. Sibley M.C.

Manchester N.Y. Oct 9
Free
Hon. Mark H Sibley Member of Congress Washington City

In the case of Phebe Weeks
Letter of Joel R. Southrop of New Milford Nov 4. 1836.
Showing that he could not find any evidence of the marriage of Phebe Weeks &c

New Milford Nov 4 th 1836
E. C. Kingsley Esq.
Sir your letter was mistaid so had forgot the direction which has occasioned so much delay in my answering it - I have diligently searched the Town Records but do not find any records of the marriage of Mr Weeks. The Rev. Mr Clark removed from this place to Nova Scotia & carried all his records with him I am told by our present Clergyman - I have also inquired of some old people but can learn nothing regarding the marriage - as I have not succeeded I charge nothing -
Yours Respectfull Joel W. Northrop
E. C. Kingsley Esq.
J. Athrop Esq is the Town Clerk of New Milford

Manchester March 9 th 1838
Hon: M c H Tibley Sir
herewith I forward the Petition of Phebe Weeks, together with the Certificate of Amasa Rowe Esq r & others of Deerfield Oneida County also the Affidavit of S. Whiston of Farmington in Ontario County, respecting her case. I have taken much pains to procure such testimony in her case as would answer the purpose and these papers contain all that I have been able to obtain that I think useful. I hope they are such as will as will obtain the favorable consideration of Congress — you will observe that she states in her petition that she was married in October 1775. — in her declaration before the Com m pleas of Ontario (now in your possession she states it to have taken place in October 1776 — this was a mistake of Judge Whiting; when he asked her whether she was married before the declaration of Independence; she answered — Yes — the Judge says he had the year in his mind and added the 6. this however can be rectified if that paper should be wanted — I have rec d . the Valuable Documents (Pewee and other papers for which ever my hearty thanks Resp t yours G. B. Kingsley

State of New York
Deerfield Oneida County ss — I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Thomas Weeks and Phoebe Weeks his wife for about thirty years they lived in the town of Deerfield until the death of the said Thomas Weeks which I think took place about twelve years since and they were reputed to be husband and wife which I sincerely believe to be true they were honest and industrious people. Deerfield February 17th 1834
I am sure Power Justice of the Peace No the undersigned believes the above statement to be true in all respects
Jonathan Pratt
Rachel Pratt
Oded Eddy
Lucy Eddy
Clarence Crossman
Nathaniel Crossman
Mary Crossman
Gardner Westcott
Hannah Westcott
Janill Bixler
Thomas Spencer
Catharine Spencer
Scott M. Willmarth
Mary Willmarth
Rhoda Randle

War Department Pension Office,
January 16. 1840.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 15 th inst. I have the honor to inform you that Thomas Weeks, of Whitesboro, Oneida County, New-York, presented a claim in the year 1818, under the act of March 18. 1818, which was admitted. In his declaration he alleged to have enlisted in the month of March 1776, in Capt. Cornelius Steinrod's company, Col. McDougal's regiment, and to have afterwards Col. Van Cortlandt's regiment, and to have been discharged about the month of May 1777. This is the only term of service alleged by him to have been performed.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Ob d . Serv t . J. L. Cawant
Hon. A. Rayner, House of Representatives.

Hon A. K. Stewart Yohepa  to  the  Divine
W. Boyd Esq. Pension Office
War Department

Onida Whitcomb (N.Y.) April 9. 1860
To Boyd Esq. Sir
I enclose herein the papers of Thomas Weeks for a Pension under the Act of March 10 th 1850. Please inform me if the papers are correct and inform me of the Result
I am Sir Respectfully
Yours & Servt
Murphy Stone
A. B. The seal of the bounty omitting the judicial character of Joseph Jennings I have supplied by my certificate to that fact. The bounty Clerk who has the custody of the seal resides in another town & I presume that my certificate will answer.

Manchester Ontario Co. N. Y. October 30 th 1848.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
I enclose you endorsed the declaration of Mrs. Phoebe Weeks, the widow of Thomas Weeks, deceased, made in pursuance of the act of Feb. 2. 1848, to obtain the benefit of the pro- visions of the said act.
Very Respectfully Yours, Peter Mitchell

Hon. James L. Edwards, Com. of Pensions.
Dear Sir,
Yours of the 30 th of Sep- tember last, in the case of the application of the Widow Phoebe Weeks for a pension, was duly re- ceived.
I wrote to the Comptroller at Albany for a search for the services of her husband, and he informed me that none appeared on the books & files in his office.
I was informed that Mr. S. F. Bates of Al- bany had a number of Revolutionary Rolls, & applied to him. He has written to me several at times, that he thought he could find evi- dence of the service, & I have delayed the bu- siness expecting he might succeed, but as yet he has not.
In May last, Mrs. Weeks called on me about her claim, & informed me she had recollected of an officer by the name of Elijah Galusha, a Captain, who resided in Arlington in the county of Bennington Vermont & with whom she was acquainted when she & her husband resided in that town, & had been at his house, and she thought it probable that her husband residing in the same town in the time of the war, had some under him.

I wrote to Mr. Shapley the Secretary of State of Ver- mont, and he sent me a certificate of the sur- vive, which I send enclosed.
Before sending to you again, I should have had her make a declaration under the Act as you mentioned, but as the divorce of her husband lately obtained from the King of Ver- mont, being in 1781, after the marriage, I con- clude it will bring her case under the Act under which she applied.
The proof of service now on file in your office & that which is contained in the enclosed certificate I think is all which will be obtained in the case.
I am truly
& Respectfully Yours Peter Mitchell
Manchester Ontario Co. New York, July 18 th 1846

State of Vermont
Secretary of State Office Burlington June 3-1846
I D. M. M c Shafer Secretary of State of Vermont hereby certify that upon an orig- inal Pay- Roll of revolutionary service of Capt. Elijah Galloway Company of Militia as read in this office, appears the name of Thomas Weeks with an allowance to him for three days service in December 1781.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of this office June 3-1846.
D. M. M c Shafer
See #2,

Washington City Dec 23, 1850
Sir
10 certificates
I herewith return the Pension certificates in the cases of Rachel Capen , Desira Brown , Sarah Goodrich , Elizabeth Smith , Mary Sherwood , Ellen Delaney , Sabra Hough , Meribah Chandler , Barbara Costleman , and Mercy Arnold for the purpose of obtaining new ones at the increased rate under the Joint Resolution of Congress of July 1 st 1848, these several Declarations having been recently filed, with a letter from me, in each case. The Declarations with a letter from me in each case were filed in the cases of Maria Bouché , Phoebe Weeks and Sarah H. Jeffry Duennd , under the aforesaid Resolution, to which I also solicit your attention.
I am Yours very respectfully, M c Intire of Albany N.Y.
J. E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
2904 3762

Brief in the case of Phoebe Weeks, dec d , widow of Thos Weeks, late of Catania County and State of New York act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ( “original” or “for increase.”)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Increased under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848
Name and residence of Agent
J. G. Austin Present
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

Sheba Weeks, dec d In 26 p ch , Dec 9 p 43 :33 Com g 1 July 1848 & end g 27 May 1849, pay able to W m R. Pendell, ad r for Charlotte Pendell ad r for the benefit of W m Weeks & Charlotte Pendell, only sur v g children
Albany
J. G. Austin Present
Letter

Albany N.Y. Nov 15 th 1850
Sir
Enclosed is the paper in the application of Phebe Weeks, dwr. for the increase of pension which was due her by virtue of the Joint Resolution of Congress of July 1 st 1848 —
I am Yours very respectfully M rs Valentine
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington

State of New York } County of Putnam } ss.
On this tenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty six, personally appeared before Peter Mentzelhoff a judge of Putnam County Court Phoebe Weeks, a resident of the town of Haverstraw in the county of Putnam, aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oaths, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows", and the acts in addition & amending the same. That she was married to Thomas Wick Weeks, who was then a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that at the time of the marriage she resided with her parents Samuel & Abigail Lake in the town of Kent, in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, and understood from him at the time of the marriage, that he belonged to the Revolutionary army, and was then on furlough that she had become acquainted with him between two & three years previous to their marriage, & soon after such acquaintance, he the said Thomas & his brother William Lake joined the army together from the said town of Kent as she remembers to have understood at the time. That about the first of November following after they

were married, her said husband returned to the army and served until the next March Month in the year 1780, when he returned home and as she understood from him had received his discharge, that of the names of the officers he used to mention having served under, she now recollects those of Gen. Putnam & Capt. Elijah Galesha, and the places where he served she now recollects of his saying, that he was at Bunker Hill, Stony Point & White Plains
That in the fall of the year 1780, she & her said husband moved to the town of Arlington in the State of Vermont, and during their residence there he was called out & volunteered several times in cases of alarm, that two of their children, William and James, were born in Arlington, & two, Abigail & Charlotte were born while they resided in same State, that they afterwards resided in Deerfield Oneida county, and from there they moved with their family to the said town of Heath , to the residence of her said father, according to the best of her recollection in the year 1798, at which place three of their children William, James, & Charlotte were married, that after residing a few years in said town of Heath , they moved back to the said town of Deerfield, and in the year 1816, or about that time she and her said

husband went to reside with their said son William, on a farm he had rent of Fortune C. Wits in the town of Whitesboro, and while residing there, an act was passed allowing pensions for revolutionary services, and her said husband made an application for a pension on account of such services, and employed him the said Fortune C. Wits to assist him, and obtained a pension according to the best of her recollections & belief in the year 1818, of ninety six dollars per annum, and which he continued to receive until his decease, in the year 1826, in the said town of Deerpark, where they then resided, that in the month of April, her said husband went to Mr. Tracy's in Whitesboro who used to assist him in getting his pension money, for some money, and on his way home as she was informed, he called at a tavern kept by a man by the name of Foot, an acquaintance of her said husband, and when about taking supper was taken with a fit, which caused his death soon after
That the application and papers upon which her said husband's pension was allowed, she believes are in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, and which together with the papers

on file in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions in her case, are referred to, as proof of the marriage and services of her said husband
She further declares, that she was married to the said Thomas Beck, on the fifteen th day of October in the year nineteen hundred and twenty nine that according to the best of her recollections, her husband, the aforesaid Thomas Beck, died on the thirteen th day of April, in the year, eighteen hundred and twenty six, and that this marriage took place previous to the first of January, nineteen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
She hereby relinquishes her claim to a pension under the Act of 4 th July, 1836. Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Phoebe Beck mark
Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts
Ontario County St.
I do hereby certify that the words "personally appeared before Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts" interlined, was done before execution
September 10 th 1846.
Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County Courts

State of New York } Ontario County } ss.
I do hereby certify that the above named Peter Wickes is unable from bodily infirmity to attend court to make his declaration. Dated September 16 th 1846.
Peter Mitchell a judge of Ontario County courts
State of New York } Ontario County } ss.
I Alexander H. Hoovell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Peter Mitchell Esq before whom the foregoing and hereto attached affidavit of Peter Wickes was taken and by whom the foregoing certifi- cates were made was at the time of taking such affidavit and of making such certificates a Justice of the Peace Judge of Ontario County Courts duly appointed and qualified to act as such Judge And further that I am well acquaint- ed with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe the signature subscribed to the jurat of said affidavit and to said certificates to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and hereunto impressed the seal of the said County this twentieth day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty six.
Alex. H. Hoovell Clerk.