Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6451, Judah West, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass.
West, Judah Mary
No 64 5/
CONTENTS

Connecticut Rolls.
1020
Judah West, Private.
Massachusetts line. 1781. 2 yrs. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of June 1818 , and sent to the Pensioner at Litchfield, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 29/30 $39.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Winchester, Litchfield Co.
Notification sent Oct. 6. 1820. to J. West. Litchfield Conn.

6409
Chic. Pittsburgh Agency
Agf. notified
Mary West
widow of Judah West
Mas
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 9 th April 1825
of Geauga Co. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Smith of the regt. commanded
by Col Jackson in the Mas.
line for 2 years
Enscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh
at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of October
1841 and sent to Alfred Phelps, Esq r Chardon, Ohio
Amounts to the 4th of March 1841 $400.—
Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book 1. Vol. 2
Page 216

Upon examination of the widow's claim, no discharge is found filed with the papers under date 18 March 1888
Mr. Boyd.

Judah West pr.
6 Apr. 1818
To the Pensioner Litchfield, Conn.
Correct

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss April the 6 day A D 1818 I Augustus Pettibone Esqr. Chief Judge of the County Court for said County of Litchfield do hereby certify the foregoing affidavit and that it appears to my satisfaction and that the said Judah West served in the revolutionary war as a private  soldier against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for more then nine months - That by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support — ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed this 6 th day of April Anno Domini 1818
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge Litchfield County Court

I Judah West of Winchester in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby Declare that in the month of August 1781 I enlisted as a Soldier in the Service of my country in the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy in the Company of a Capt. Smith in the Regiment of Col. Jackson in the Massachusetts line and joined the Army at West point I served about two years under Col. Jackson and the rest part of the time under Col. Sprout General Patterson commanded the Brigade I Belonged to I enlisted for three years and served faithfully until the Army was Disbanded and the war closed when I received my Discharge under the hand of General Hasson Dated the 23rd day of December 1783 which I send herewith enclosed - I further Depr. and Declare that I am poor and needy and Stand in need of the aid of my country for Support I am fifty two years old and have a family Judah West
State of Connecticut ss Litchfield County April 6 th day AD 1818 - Personally appeared Judah West Signer of the above Affidavit and made Salomon Oath to the truth of the same before me Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge Litchfield County Court
To Hon John C. Calhoun Secretary at War -

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 5 day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD for said county in said district, having the power to fine and imprison Judah West
aged 56 years resident in _____ 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 enlisted into the 8 th Regiment Massachusetts line commanded by Michael or Henry Jackson colonel, Capt. Smith's company, August 1781 and continued until the end of the War, and his discharge is to be found in the department of War, forwarded by him under his petition for a pension - that his original declaration was dated the 6 th of April 1818 and that he received a pension certificate No 1220.-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 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. viz
A life Estate in right of my wife of twenty acres of broken land lying in Winchester $53.00 with a cottage & barn standing thereon 2 boxes & ten sheep 42.00
Then over

  Brought over $ 95-00   1 Frog - 3-00   10 Cows 5 Hens   1 Dwright Chair one set 1 box 1-75   1 Saw 1 Hammer 1 Shaver 1-75   8 Chairs 1 Table & Stools 2-50   1 W andersons 2 old broken pots 2 kettles 2-25   Tea kettle Dish kettle 6 knives & forks 0-75   2 old tables - 2 chests 3-00   1 Looking glass small & old 1-25   1 wooden clock 2-00   And sundry other articles as jug, basins, plates & tea cups & saucers not distinctly enumerated, barely however sufficient for present necessity 1-00   112,25 
There is also a note in my name which is and always was the property of my son, being avails of his own industry, for 100 dollars & interest, dated 7 Sep r 1815. Indorsed 10 March 1817 Thirty eight Dollars, and 18 Nov r 1817 Twelve dollars & 47 cents.  Judah his X West mark
There are honest debts against me of the amount of one hundred & fifty dollars.
I am a man infirm having had 2 shocks of Palsy - but am able to do some labour. I am by occupation a labouring man. My family consists of my wife Mary West & two Daughters - my wife is 58 years of age is infirm & unable to labour much & one of my daughters is 17 years of age, the other fifteen & dependent on her for support.
Judah his X West mark

Continued Copy 10/20
Continued Copy 10/20
Subm West. 10/20
Sworn to and declared on the 5 th day of July A. D. 1820 before said Court
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk -
I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is One hundred twelve dollars and twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 17 th day of July 1820
Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk -

Wardour St Oct 1
free
Oct 8
Ship add fifth Mary W
Hon J S Edwards Com- of Pensions Washington City

The State of Ohio Franklin County p I Hiram Westcott aged forty two years being duly sworn depose & say that I married Flora L. West, the youngest daughter of Judah West and Mary West his wife; that the paper hereto annexed, purporting to be a record of the births of the chil- dren of said Judah & Mary West, is in my hand writing, that it has been in my presence cut from a family bible which belonged to said Judah in his life time, and that about twenty years ago & near the time of my marriage with said Flora L., at the request of Mrs Mary West, I copied the same into a new Bible, being the same from which the above paper is cut, from a leaf which I supposed to have been in the old bible - that the original record which I copied as aforesaid I then understood to be in the hand writing of Judah West, & I still believe the same to have been in his hand writing - I further state that I compared said copy with said original & believe it to have been a true copy; that I believe said original has been destroyed - I further state that I then, & have ever since, understood that Christopher Bapet, whose birth is first en- tered on said record was an illegitimate son of said Mary born several years before the marriage of said Judah & Mary -
Hiram Westcott
Sworn & subscribed this 29 th day of September A.D. 1841 -
Before me
Alfred Sheeps Notary Public

I Edgar West being duly sworn depose & say that I am the son of Judah & Mary West; that the foregoing paper annexed hereto, has been taken from the family Bible of my said late father; that it was there entered on a leaf of said Bible in the hand writing of my brother in law Hiram Wescott, and, as I have understood & believe, copied from an old record in an old Bible now destroyed, in the hand writing of my said father, about twenty years ago, which said original record I have seen. I further state that I have always understood that Christopher Basset whose birth is first entered on said record is not the son of my said father but an illegitimate son of my said mother born several years before the marriage of my said father & mother. Sworn & subscribed this 29 th day of September 1841 — Edgar West Before me Alfred Phelps Notary Public
The State of Ohio } I Alfred Phelps a Notary Public in & Geauga County } for said County do hereby certify that the said Hiram Wescott & the said Edgar West severally subscribed the foregoing affidavits & severally made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavits by them respectively subscribed before me the day & year above stated. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & Notarial seal at Chardon in said County the twenty ninth day of September A.D. 1841 Alfred Phelps Notary Public

Chardon Geauga County O. Sept. 29th 1841-
Hon J. S. Edwards Com. of Pensions Sir,
I transmit the record the births of the children of Judah & Mary West, with affidavits to prove it, and explanatory of the first entry, which will be found prior to the time of marriage proved. This I trust will be deemed sufficient. Please direct returns to me at this place
Alfred Helps

THE NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESUS CHRIST,
TRANSLATED
OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND
WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED.
~~~~~ STEREOTYPED BY B. & J. COLLINS, NEW-YORK. ~~~~~
LUNENBURG, (MASS.)
PRINTED AND SOLD BY W. GREENOUGH.
..... 1820.

Christopher Bapat. Born September 6 th 1752 Polly West. Born September the 26 th 1787 David West. Born February the 21 st 1790 Alpha West. Born September the 4 th 1791 Nancy West. Born September the 6 th 1793 David West. Born June the 13 th 1794 Hannah West. Born July the 20 th 1796 Edgar West. Born January the 8 th 1798 Welthy West. Born May the 18 th 1801 Flora L. West. Born December the 1 st 1804 The Record of Judah West Family,

State of Ohio Greauga County ss.
On this Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred forty one, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Greauga in said State of Ohio, Mary West, a resident of Chardon in said County of Greauga, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Judah West who was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in the Continental line or regular Army of the United States, and served therein, as such private, in the Revolutionary War, for the period of Three years there , as she is informed, and verily believes; that among other service by him performed, that he enlisted into said Army at Chatham, State of Connecticut, some time as she believes in the year 1778, though of the time she is not certain, for the period of Three years; that she is informed & believes he served the whole of said Three years for which he enlisted, and for a part of the time served at West Point; That she is unable to state the Officers under whom he enlisted & served, or other particulars of his service; but she states that some time , in the year 1818 or 1819, the said Judah West, made application for a pension under the Act of 1818, & procured from the War Department a certificate of his being placed on the pension rolls of Revolutionary pensioners, which said certificate of pension when the arrear of his pension was drawn was forwarded to the War Office; that she holds a letter from the pension Office dated Oct. 6 th 1820 to her said husband signed "J. S. Edwards" notifying him that his name would be continued on the pension roll, which said Letter is hereto annexed, Number 1020-; and she refers to the records & files of the war office, & the proof transmitted with his application for said pension as evidence of his said service. - She

further declares that she was married to the said Judah West in the at  Winstead  parish town of Colbrook County of Litchfield State of Connecticut, on the fifteenth day of December (1786) Seventeen hundred and eighty six; that no record of a public kind of said marriage, as she is informed & believes, was made and she has, & knows of, no private record of the same; that she has procured two affidavits to prove her said marriage which are hereto annexed; that the said Judah West, her said husband, died at the parish of Winsted town of Winchester County of Litchfield State of Connecticut, on the Ninth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty five; that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, the words "at Winsted parish" being first erased, in open court. Mary West
Before me
D. Aiken Clerk
I Lena Wilson aged 71 years - being duly sworn, make oath, that I have been well acquainted personally with Judah West, who was a Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner, and with Mary West his wife, who has in my presence subscribed the above declaration, for forty years; that said Judah died at Winchester Connecticut in the year 1825; and that before that time they lived together & were reputed husband & wife, at said Winchester, & in that character I was well acquainted with them, and lived for many years a near neighbour to them; that since the decease of said Judah, and about five years ago said Mary came to Chardon Geauga County Ohio, where she has since resided, & I have since seen her, & know her to be the same person who was the wife and is now the widow of said Judah. Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Lena Wilson in open Court. Before me
D. Aiken Clerk

Mary West s Pension Declaration
No 7832

The State of Ohio } Guad County } 2
J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Mary West for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 18th day of May A.D. 1841.
J. D. Aiken, Clerk

August 23, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS Judah West, W. 6451
Mrs. William J. Kuehn 1730 N. Noble Road Cleveland, Ohio
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 6451, based upon the military service of Judah West.
He enlisted at Chatham, Connecticut, in August, 1781, served as private in Captain Smith's Company in Colonels Michael Jackson's and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiments and was discharged December 23, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was living in Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and stated that he was fifty-two years of age. The date and place of his birth are not given.
He died in the Parish of Winstead, Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, April 9, 1825.
This soldier married December 15, 1786, in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Mary Todd.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 27, 1841, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and a resident of Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio.
Judah and Mary West had the following children:
Polly born September 26, 1787. David " February 20, 1790. Alpha " September 4, 1791. Nancy " September 6, 1793. David " June 13, 1794. Hannah " July 20, 1796. Edgar " January 8, 1798. Welthy " May 18, 1801. Flora L. " December 1, 1804, married Hiram Wescott who was forty-two years of age in 1841.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Judah West.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Left in last call for pound eight thirty
By the Honourable Major-General R. H. ... Commanding the ... Forces on ... Given in the State of New-York
West, Judah Mass. W6451

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
These Present Certify that Private  Private  West  West  Soldier  Soldier in the Third  Massachusetts  Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the Twenty third Day of
December 1783,
By the General's Command,
William M c Lean
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John B. Stafford

1832 Mary West of Judah Ohio.
Admitted
Pr: 2 yrs $80. — Bap. Smith Col. Jackson Co.
died 9 th April 1825
Act 7 July 1838,
Alfred Phelps Chardon, Ohio.

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comr. of Prisons Washington

Chardon August 16 th 1841 - Geauga County Ohio -
To Hon J. S. Edwards Comr. of Pensions
Sir,
Enclosed I send the certificate of the Town Clerk of Colbrook, in relation to the marriage of Judah & Mary West, on her application for a pension agreeably to the direction of your letter to me dated May 29 th 1841 - I hope it will be satisfactory -
Very Respectfully
Your Ob st Serv t
Alfred Phelps

25
Alfred Phelps Esq. Chardon Georgia Co. Ohio

Town Clerks Office Colebrook July 6. 1841
Application having been made to me for the Record of the Marriage of Mary & Judah West, said to have taken place in this Town about fifty four or five years since, I have carefully examined the Records of Marriages in my Office, and am unable to find any such Marriage Recorded. The Records of Marriages in this Town were formerly very imperfectly kept. Previous to the year 1820 I find but four Marriages on record, the several dates of which are as follows 1775—1780—1791 & 1812
Arthur Howell Town Clerk
Stitchfield Co. p. Colebrook July 20 th A.D. 1841
Personally appeared Arthur Howell Town Clerk for the Town of Colebrook, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed, before me
Luman Wakefield Justice of the Peace

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern.
That Suman Wahyfuld Esqr is
and for more than six months past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses, and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Wahyfuld
in Court and Country.
In Testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 13 th day of July — in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one
And I certify that the signature of said Wahyfuld hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State.

Winsted July 19 th 1841
A. Phelps Esq.
De Sir,
Yours of the 7 th June last was duly Rec d & is now before me. I gave immediate attention to its requisitions but have been unable to forward you the required affidavit until this time, in consequence of the absence of Mr. Havel (the Town Clerk), who has been journeying to improve impaired health. I hope it may prove satisfactory. I have paid for West's benefit on this business - at this time as follows viz
  Letter Postage to Mr. Havel 18 3/4   Trees 50   Trees to Secretary State 1   To Mr. Skinner for doing the errand 25   3 journeys to the Town Clerks Office 2   $3.94 
I believe I sent Mr. West a bill of the expenses on the former affidavit - They are not now before me & I do not recollect precisely what they were -
Very Respectfully Yours &c
L. Wakefield

1929 Apr. 19, hist to Jennie M. Cochrane NCS
1935 Aug. 22, hist to Mrs. Wm. J. Cline NCS
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6451
Mary West Wid.
Judah West Prvt Conn. line
Act: July 7 th 38
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 319
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug. 13, 1935
Pension Bureau Washing D. C.
Dear Sir:
In trying to prove the Revolutionary Service of two of my ancestors for the D.A.R. am taking the liberty of writing you for assistance.
These men were:
(1) Judah West , (son of David West Jr.) of Chatham, now East Hampton Conn. - later moved to Winchester Conn. He married Mary Todd, and his children were Mary, David, Alpha Nancy, my grandfather  Edgar , Flora - He died in 1825. He had a brother named Amos.
(2) Philip Huntson (son of Samuel)

of Wendell, now Swapske New Hampshire, I believe he fought only a short while and then had rank of Lieutenant. His wife's name was Esther Harvey. After living in Wendell, he later moved to Manchester. The children's names were Samuel, John Harvey (my g. grandfather) and several not known to me. Date of Death not known.
Can you tell me therefore, whether the above two soldiers received a pension from our government? Also can you verify the families?
In case there is a charge for this service, kindly advise me. Thanking you, in advance
Mrs W m J. Ruehr, 1730 N. Noble Rd., Cleveland. O.

Rev 2 1812

HENRY E. DUNNACK STATE LIBRARIAN
THERESA C. STUART ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN
MAINE STATE LIBRARY AUGUSTA
April 11, 1929.
United States Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.,
Dear Sirs:-
Will you have the kindness to tell me what information you have about Judah West , a Revolutionary War pensioner, who died April 9, 1825? I wish particularly to have the date of birth, place of birth, and place of death, and name of his wife (or widow), if obtainable.
Yours very truly,
Jennie M. Cochrane, Cataloguer.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS/eel
April 19, 1929
Jennie M. Cochrane Maine State Library Augusta, Maine
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.6451, it appears that Judah West enlisted at Chatham Conn in August, 1781, served as a private in Captain Smith's Company in Colonels Michael Jackson's and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiments and was discharged, December 23, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was living in Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and stated that he was fifty-two years of age. The date and place of his birth are is not given.
He died in the Parish of Winstead, Winchester, Litchfield County, Connecticut, April 9, 1825.
The soldier married, December 15, 1786, in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Mary Todd.
She was allowed pension on her application executed

April 27, 1841, at which time she was seventy-eight years of age and a resident of Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio.
Judah and Mary West had the following children:
Polly born September 26, 1787. David " February 20, 1790. Alpha " September 4, 1791. Nancy " September 6, 1793. David " June 13, 1794. Hannah " July 20, 1796. Edgar " January 8, 1798. Welthy " May 18, 1801. Flora L. " December 1, 1804, married Hiram Wescott.
Respectfully,
aged 42 in 1841
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

August 22, 1935.
BA-J/ILL
Mrs. William J. Ruehn 1730 North Noble Road Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Judah West who married Mary Todd, and Philip Huntoon who married Esther Harvey.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Philip Huntoon, under any spelling of that surname.
The record of Judah West is furnished herewith from pension claim, W. 6451.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

We Lelina Smith & Marthe Smith Wife of said Lelina, both of Winchester in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut the one eighty years of age & the other eighty two years - Depose & say that we have lived in said Winchester about fifty six years near the north line of said town, adjoining the town of Colebrook - & that Elijah Rockwell Esq. of Colebrook near residence & has resided for more than fifty six years past, near the south line of the town of Colebrook adjoining the town of Winchester, a distance of about one mile from our residence. That said Rockwell was a justice of the Peace when we first became acquainted with him fifty six years since, & remained as justice of the Peace until he arrived to the age of seventy years - said Rockwell is now living, & is about ninety six years old, & by reason of the infirmities of age has so far lost his hearing and memory together with his other faculties that he is disqualified from doing any kind of business whatever. We the deponents further say that we were acquainted with Judah West & with his Wife Mary West (who was many years when a girl) That they were respected & by common report said to be married by Elijah Rockwell Esq. at some period between 1785 & 1787 & that we verily believe they were married within that period. We further say that Judah West & his wife Mary lived together as husband and Wife from about 1786 or 87 up to the time of Judah West's death, but we neither of us saw the marriage ceremony performed. And further the deponents say that
Lelina Smith
State of Connecticut Litchfield County } Winchester Jan'y 28 th - 1811
her
Martha X Smith mark
Personally appeared Lelina Smith and Martha Smith before me the subscribing authority, & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed on the day & year above written.
Suman Wakefield Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Lelina Smith & Martha Smith are persons of high respectability & strict integrity & though aged, are both sound in mind and memory.
Suman Wakefield Justice of the Peace

I, Elijah Rockwell Junr. of Colebrook in Litchfield County and State of Connecticut of lawful age. Depose & say that I am the eldest son of Elijah Rockwell Esq. of sd Colebrook & that I am sixty three years old. That I was well acquainted with Judah West & his Wife Mary West from my early childhood up to the time of said Judah West's death. That my Father Elijah Rockwell was a Justice of the Peace from my earliest recollection until he arrived to the age of seventy, which was about twenty six years since, he now being Ninety six years old -
I, the deponent further say that I have a distinct recollection that my Father, Elijah Rockwell, married Judah West & his wife, Mary West at said Rockwells house, something more than fifty years since, but am unable to state or tell the year. I would further say that my Father Elijah Rockwell still lives but by reason of age is unable wholly to do any business. That when I was young, he used to do considerable at marrying & kept a record of the same & that the records cannot be found & probably are lost. I can further say that Judah West & his Wife Mary West lived together as husband & wife from the time they were married at my Father's house, until said Judah West died during which time I was well acquainted with sd West & his wife. I further the deponent says that
Elijah Rockwell Jr.
State of Connecticut Litchfield County
ss Colebrook Jan 7 30th AD 1844
Personally Appearred
Elijah Rockwell Jr and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed the day & year above written
Before me Suman Wakefield Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that Elijah Rockwell Jr is a man of high moral worth & sustains a character for truth & veracity unimpeachable Suman Wakefield Justice of the Peace

_____ War Department,
N o 1,020
PENSION OFFICE,
6 th Oct r 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. G. Edwards
To Mr.
Isaiah West, care of F. Wolcott, Esq. Litchfield, Conn.
J

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Lumum Wakefield Esq is
and for more than six months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Wakefield
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and af- fixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the first day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty one
And I certify that the signature of said Wakefield hereunto annexed is genuine.
Royal R. Hinman Secretary.

Mary West of Indpls Ohio
Suspended
See let: 29 May '41 to A. Phelps let: to do. 1 st Sept: 1841
Act 7 July 1838

Hon. J. L. Edwards Com t of Pensions Washington City -

Chardon O. May 18. 1841
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
Sir, Herewith I transmit the application of Mrs Mary West, widow of Judeah West, for a pension - Please direct re- turns to the subscriber, at Chardon, Geauga County Ohio.
With Respect Yours &c Alfred Phelps