Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16483, John Woodruff, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Woodruff, John Sarah
W. 16483
CONTENTS

See letter
76 Berksh
Payment rendered March 1834 - letters to H. L. L. L. agent Boston J. D. pensions New Marlborough Mass do. to W. H. Clarke Sept. 19. 1839
11. 337 Massachusetts
John Woodruff
of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a 2nd Ensign in the Company commanded by Captain Carty of the Regt. commanded by Col. Root — in the First Mass line for 1 Year State  Cl 1 " Ensign
Inscribed on the Roll of Mr. Stickney's at the rate of 160 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1833 and Nat 46 Yrs Bishop Tracy Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 320.00 Semis-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 80.00 $400.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Atkinson Clerk, Book 3 Vol. 10 Page 90

Albany 5825
Sarah Woodruff, dec. widow of John Woodruff
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832
and who died on the 16. Feb. 1834
of Columbia Co. Conn. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Porter of the Troops commanded by Gen. Wooster in the Conn. line for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. To end the 15. May 1839, the day of the death of said Sarah.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of Sept.
1840 and sent to Wheeler H. Clarke, Hudson, N. York.
Arrears to the 15 th May 1839 $ 202: 67 Payable to Anos, John L. Uriah, Jared, Semi-annual allowance ending
Thomas, Elisha and Anos Woodruff, children of said deceased.
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2.
Clerk, Page 110

State of Connecticut } ss Watertown Dec 1 st 1838 Litchfield County } I Samuel Woodruff of the town of Watertown in said county being sworn say that I am now Seventy Nine - years of age. That John Woodruff late of Watertown, now deceased was my brother and at the time of his death he was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services. That his widow Sarah Woodruff is now living & resides at Hudson in the County of Columbia and State of New York with her son Anor Woodruff, that she now remains the widow of my said Brother & has not intermarried since his death.
I was present at the time my said Brother John Woodruff was married to said Sarah his said widow, whose maiden name was Sarah Cole. The said marriage took place on the _____ day of May Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine - and was performed, the Rev Mr Trumbull officiating. I have subscribed this _____ day of Dec 1838
before me Samuel Woodruff Holbrook Justice of peace

State of Connecticut Litchfield County } ss
I am acquainted with Samuel Woodruff named in the foregoing Affidavit he is a man of good moral character and his Statement is entitled to entire credit. Watertown Dec r 1 st  1837 1838 Holbrook Curtis Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Holbrook Curtis, Esq 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 29 th day of May A. D. 1838 and will expire on
the 20th day of June, A. D. 1839 & that the several signatures to the annexed document purporting to be those of said Justice are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 1 st day of December A. D. 1838,
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

No 2394.
John Woodruff of New Marlborough etc
Ensign 12 Month
Plat 12. Pl
The Magistrates have not certified to the Credibil- ity of Samuel Woodruff & Hallingsworth Hine who have testified to the claimants service
Nov 7 1832
19 mo Private Ad. In Union T. N. Y. 1839
H. M. Bishop. Seneca Barnington Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  John Woodruff of the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts.  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 May — 7 — Private Gen. David Woster Capt. Phinehas Porter   1776 Mar. 15 — 2 15 do Capt. Jesse Curtis   1776 June or July — 3 — do Col. Baldwin & Capt. Richards   1777 Sept. — 2 — do Same Officers.   1778 Apr. 1 — — Ensign Col. Cook, Capt. J. Curtis.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waterbury Ct.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? depositions of living witnesses never had a written discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

John & Sarah Woodruff's Children Born to them  1 a son named John Lewis born December 1 st 1779  2 Garet a son. D. November 18 1782  3 Uriah a son. D. April 16 1788  4 Jared a son. D. August 17 1789  5 Thomas a son D. April 25 1792  6 Elisha a son. D. May 9 1794  7 Amos a son D. September 10 1795  8 Amos a son D. November 7 1801  9 Amos a son D. September 14 1803 
Amos son to John & Sarah Woodruff
 1 Departed this life Nov 13 1801.  2 Garet a son Departed this life February 15 1814 
Record marked  A S
1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814  Atk Woodruff Wm Lockwood La Pith The last was J. R. Cole

Amos Woodruff
38

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of congress of the 4 th July 1836.
State of New York Columbia County ss. On this thirteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Justices of the City of Hudson in said County of Columbia, the same being a court of record. Sarah Woodruff a resident of the said city of Hudson in the County & State above mentioned aged Eighty — 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 John Woodruff late of New Marlborough in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution & served as she verily believes as stated in his declaration & proofs now on file at the War Department made & procured by him to obtain a Pension under act of 7 th June 1832, which Pension he did obtain & received during his life time up to the time of his death, except a small arrearage which your

Declarant in deposed to obtained as his widow after the decease of her said husband, said John Woodruff. That she your declarant was married to the said John Woodruff in the month of May in the year One Thousand Seven hundred & Seventy nine by the Rev. Mr. Trumbull of Watbury Parish County of Litchfield in Connecticut. That she does not recollect the day in May in which she was married but is confident it was in May 1779. That Samuel Woodruff now residing in Connecticut, the brother of her said husband, was present at the marriage & saw them married. That she has no family Record of her marriage, That on or about the year 1802 she & her said husband & family moved from Connecticut to the Town of Rudmarborough in the State of Massa- chusetts, and the law in Massachusetts requiring a Registry of the Children, her said husband procured them Registry. That the annexed Record marked A is a true copy from said public Register & was made on or about the month of July 1817 Eighteen hundred & Seventeen & is correct. Her first child John Lewis Woodruff was born the 4 th Dec. 1779 as stated in said transcript marked A the December following May 1779 the year of my marriage with said John Woodruff. My maiden name was Sarah Cole the daughter of Thomas Cole deceased. That her husband

the said John Woodruff died on the sixteenth day of February Eighteen hundred and thirty four and that she has remained his widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof facts annexed.
That her said husband's last period of service in the war of the Revolution took place after her said marriage to him, to his statement & proof on file reference is made for evidence of the time & length of his service.
I was then & subscribed before us the 13 th day of November 1838. The following words interlined before signing, to wit.
The words - "Endeavoured to" - also the words - " but never obtained the same " -
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk
Sarah Woodruff

Watertown Ct Oct 17
1834
W. H. Clarke Esq. Rudron New York
H. Smith John W. Allen

H. H. Clarke Esq.
Dear Sir
No entry of the Marriage referred to appears on the Records of this Town, I understand the Records of the Rev. Mr. Fumbull are not to be found, in May 1780 this Town was incorporated having been previously a part of the Town of Catskill in Ulster County, I have understood from the Presbyterian Clergymen of this Parish that he had examined the Catskill Town Records, and that the Marriage of John Woodruff was not there to be found which is a fact probably true of more than 9/10 th of the Marriages which were celebrated at any period during or within ten years of the period of the Revolution war, and in many of the instances of applications here we are obliged to resort to other testimony, and suffer the attendant vexations, that in some very obvious cases would make it almost preferable for the Agent to pay the pension, than to be at the trouble of procuring it,  Respectfully &c of the Secy
Cooperstown, Town Clerk. Catskill Nov 15 th Oct 1838
State of New York Columbia County } ss. I Whulen H. Clarke of Hudson do swear that I directed to the Successor of the Rev. Mr. Fumbull a letter requesting him to examine the Records left by said Fumbull for the marriage of John Woodruff to Sarah Cole Not receiving any answer from him I then addressed a letter of inquiry upon the same subject directed to the Town Clerk of Watertown informing him of the letter I had sent to Mr. Fumbull's Successor & in my letter to said Town Clerk I requested him to find said Record if there was any. That in answer to my letter

to said town clerk I received the foregoing answer contained in foregoing letter which I verily believe true I from to subscribed - William H. Clarke before me this 13 th day of November 1838.
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk
State of New York } Columbia County } ss. I Amos Woodruff of Hudson in the County of Columbia & State of New York being sworn say the same the seventh son & child of John Woodruff and of Sarah his wife & was born the tenth day of September Seventeen hundred and ninety Eight. That my oldest Brother John Lewis was born December 4. 1779 as I find it stated on the Record hereunto annexed marked A. That said Record marked A hereunto annexed always since it was made & now is considered correct by myself & mother & our family. and I have myself a transcript from the Public Record of the town of Housatonic taken July 9. 1817 which coincides with the annexed Record marked A.
That my mother said declarant now resides with me in Hudson

aforesaid & still remains the widow of my father the late John Woodruff who at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 13 th day of November, 1838
Anne Woodruff
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk
I certify that the foregoing affidavits of Whalen H. Clarke & Anne Woodruff were taken in open court. They are persons of good moral character & their statements are entitled to credit.
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk

State of New York City of Hudson in the County of Columbia
At a court held this thirteenth day of November, Eighteen hundred and thirty eight before the justices Court of the City of Hudson on the same being a court of Record before which court Sarah Woodruff a resident of said City of Hudson

appeared in person in open court & subscribed & swore to the foregoing & annexed Declaration by her made to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 it was by said just- -ices holding said Court adjudged that upon the examination in open court of said Sarah Woodruff & the annexed Declaration, Record or Transcript marked A, & upon the annexed affidavits of Whulen, H'lelake & Mrs Woodruff That it was satisfactorily proven to said Court that the said Sarah Woodruff is the widow of said John Woodruff as by her stated in her said Declaration, that she resides in the City of Hudson and that she was married to said John Wood- -ruff in the month of May Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine as stated by her in her said Declaration.
P. Dean Carrigue, Clerk

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Com. of Massachusetts } County of Berkshire } J. S.
On the day of August personally appeared in open court before the Hon. William P. Walker Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills &c in and for the County of Berkshire for said now sitting John Woodruff a resident of Williamstown in the said County of Berkshire aged 74 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he was born in Old Milford Connecticut 29 Sept. 1757. & removed to Watertown Connecticut in the year 1772. & resided there during the revolution that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & services as herein stated -
In the fore part of May 1775. he enlisted as a soldier in the Company of Capt. Phinehas Porter of Watertown where he then resided in which Company Stephen Mathews & Isaac Bransan were Lieut. & David Smith of Plymouth was Ensign and which was under the command of General Daniel Wadsworth he went in the American Army to New York thence to the east end of Long Island & across to Governor's Island thence back to N. York thence to the northward to Fort George Triangular and to St. Johns and was there on the picket Guard at the taking of St. Johns that he served seven months this time the whole term for which he enlisted - was discharged at Triangular.
About the middle of March 1776. he enlisted again in the Militia Company commanded by Capt. Jesse Burtis of Watertown in which Stephen Mathews was Lieut. and went to Brookline Long Island to out posts there and continued in that service till the regular Troops arrived from Boston and was then discharged about the first of June served in this Service two and one half months.
In the last part of June or fore part of July 1776.

He was called out by order of the Gov. of Connecticut as a member of the militia company of Waterbury to go to N. York. He went in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Richards in which Samuel Strickland was Ensign and in the Regt. of Col. Baldwin to New York and remained there till the City was abandoned by the American army and taken possession of by the British about the middle of Sept. and after guarded a British man of war up the east river taken prisoner and discharged about the siege of Boston performed at this time about three months service.
In Sept. 1777. he went in the militia company of the Waterbury ordered out by the Gov. of Connecticut to Fishkill to turn up the Hudson River as a guard against the British fleet which was sailing up that river & attended the fleet up the river as far as Red Hook and back again to Fishkill where he was dismissed & returned home to Waterbury in this June he performed about two months service in Capt. Richards company in which S. Strickland was Ensign the company had no lieutenant at this time in the Regiment of Col. Baldwin and under the command of Genl. Israel Putnam.
In the fore part of April 1778. he enlisted at the Waterbury as a sergeant in Capt. Jesse Root's company of Waterbury Pymount for twelve months and marched to New Haven in Col. Cook's Regiment & served on the sea board between New Haven and New York and near New Haven most of the time. He served the whole twelve months the term for which he was enlisted & was discharged.
In September 1781. he was drafted from the militia company in Waterbury and went in the army to Milford Conn. in Capt. Joseph C. Gurney company & S. Strickland was Lieutenant and an Ensign of the Waterbury was Ensign and served in and near Milford in the Army three months & was then discharged he never had any written discharge and believes none was given to any member of the company at any of the times as far as he knows. He never had any written discharge

John Woodruff Application for pension New Marlborough Vt Augt 15 1832
2394

In proof of said terms of Service he humbly transmits the deposition of Samuel Woodruff Heallingsworth  John & Jared  Torrill  — I and  per  John Woodruff — That he has resided in P. N. Womansborough 30 years the names  Sylvester Burt a Clergyman & Benjamin Sheldon whom he knows & who to his character for truth & veracity — to wit  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate John Woodruff
We Sylvester Burt — a Clergyman, residing in the Great Barington in said County and Benjamin Sheldon residing in said Womansborough & hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Woodruff — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 — years of age; that he is repu- ted and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. and they further certify that the said John Woodruff is a man of truth & veracity —  Sylvester Burt
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate Benj. Sheldon
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Sylvester Burt who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, res- ident in the town of Great Barington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts — and that Benjamin Sheldon — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Marlborough in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the Coun- ty of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the ap- - tion of John Woodruff — for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifteenth day of August the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

Samuel Woodruff of Watertown in Litchfield County, Conn., being duly sworn do depose & say that I am Brother to John Woodruff of New Marlborough, Berkshire County Mass; that in during the Revolutionary war we both resided in said Watertown, that in the first part of May 1775 he enlisted as a soldier into Capt Phineas Porter Company of Waterbury, in which Stephen Matthews & Isaac Bronson were Lieutenants. & Daniel Smith of Papsaretta was Ensign. He went in the American army to New York City & thence to the east end of Long Island to Gardiner's Island then to New York & from New York to the Northward, Lake George. I understand he is this I know from Letters received from him at that time & other information at the same time, He was about seven months, he having enlisted for seven months, I have heard him state the next year that this seven months service was performed under Gen. David Wooster. I remember that several persons from Watertown went to New York in the spring of 1776 as soldiers to guard the City until the regular troops from Boston could arrive & I think my Brother John went with them but the partic- ulars I cannot recollect.
In the last of June 1776 He was called out by order of the Gov r of Conn t as a member of the Militia Company in Watertown to go to New York, He went in Capt Benj m Richards Company of which Samuel Strickland was Ensign. He started for New York the last of June but the precise day I do not recollect. He reached New York & remained there till the City was aban- doned by the American Army & taken possession of by the British. He then was with our army near New York till the last of Sept or the first of Oct, in all about three months, I was with him the whole time, in the same Company, He went home to Watertown & I remained with the army.
In Sept I think, 1777 He went in the militia to Fishkill & from there up the Hudson River as a guard against the British fleet which was sailing up that River, he attended the fleet up the river as far as Red Hook & back again to Fishkill where I left him & he I understood soon after was dismissed & returned to Watertown, He served at this time about two months, I was with him at at this time till I left him in Fishkill, in Capt Richards

Company, in which S d Strickland was Ensign, we had no Lieu- tenant in our Company at this time, We were in Col. Bald- win's Regiment & under the Command of Gen. Israel Putnam. In the forpart of April 1778 My Brother John enlisted as a ser- jeant in Capt Josse Curtis's Company of Plymouth, for twelve months & marched to New Haven where he was put into Capt. Wil- iam Parker Company at Derby, in which Samuel Hale was Lieu- tenant. He was in Col Cook's Regiment, & served on the seaboard, in Conn. & lay at or near New Haven through the year, He served the whole year, I enlisted when he did, for the same time & in the same Company
In Sept 1781 said John Woodruff was drafted with me out of the Militia Company in Watertown & we both went as soldiers of the army to Milford Conn. We were both in Capt Joseph Garnsey's Company, & S d Strickland was Lieutenant & one Slaughter of Waterbury was Ensign My Brother John served in & near Milford in the army about three months & he then was dismissed & went home Further the deponent saith not
Dated at Litchfield Litchfield County, Conn. July 12 th 1832
Samuel Woodruff
Litchfield County (Conn) ss Litchfield July 12 th 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Woodruff who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same, having personally known to me to be a credible witness before me
Geo. C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
Conn, Litchfield County ss Litchfield Nov 22 nd 1832
I certify that for I am personally acquainted with Samuel Woodruff who signed the above deposition in my presence, & made oath to the truth of the same, & know that he is a man of good character for truth & a credible witness
Geo. C. Woodruff Justice of the Peace

I Hollingsworth Kim of Woodbury in Litchfield County Connecticut do depose and say that in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six I was out in the Revolutionary Service, in Capt. Phinehas Rootes Company of Infantry who was of Watertown and that Mr. John Wooduff then of Watertown Litchfield County Connecticut but now of New Marlborough in Berkshire County Massachusetts was a Private in s d Company and that he served with me in s d Company in active service Seven Months the greater part of which time was spent at New York and Long Island, that it was an enlisted company to which we belonged and that Stephen Matthews was 1 st Lieut. and Isaac Bronson 2 d Lieut. of the same and David Smith was Ensign, and that s d Company belonged to Col. Davel's Regiment and the were under the command of Genl. David Wooster, the latter part of s d time of duty s d Company was ordered to and went to the Northward to Newburgh & G, and further more the Deponent saith Not Litchfield County ss Watertown July 13 th 1832
Hollingsworth Kim
Litchfield County ss Watertown July 13 th 1832
Personally appear Hollingsworth Kim the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit and being duly sworn made oath that the facts stated therein are according to his best knowledge and belief correct & true so far as he knows before me
Hotbrook Custis Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Watertown November 29 th 1832 I am personally acquainted with Hollingsworth Kim the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit and know him to be a person of fair character for truth & veracity as well as in all other respects Hotbrook Custis Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that George C. Woodruff Esq. and Hobbrook Curtis Esq. are Justices of the Peace within & for said County, & that the signatures to the preceding certificates which purport to be theirs respectively are as I verily believe genuine & their respective hand writing.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 27 th day of July A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.
I the said Frederick Wolcott Clerk as aforesaid, further certify that the said Hobbrook Curtis & George C. Woodruff Esquires now are & for more than one year last past have been Justices of the Peace for said County of Litchfield & that the signatures to the preceding certificates which purport to be theirs respectively are their genuine signatures.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 22 nd day of November A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

Culpper Hoadley of Watbury in New- Haven County Connecticut deposes and says. That In the fore part of April 1778 he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Jesse Cartiss then of Plymouth a part of the State Troops in the Rev- olutionary War which company was enlisted for one year, and in the course of the month were called out and stationed on the coast between New Haven and New York where said Company served out the full term of one year. That John Woodruff of New Marlborough County of Berk Shir. State of Massachusetts was also enlisted in said company and served in the same as a Sargeant during said Term of one year.
That at the end of the said year the company was paraded and discharged by the Captain - they having served the full term of their enlistment. and no written discharge was given as deponent believing to any member of the company.
That said John Woodruff then lived within the limits of the same town with myself and after the war he lived in the town set off from said town of Watbury which is now called Watertown. from which town he removed to said New Marlborough as further deponent saith not-
Culpper Hoadley

State of Connecticut } ss. Watbury. July. New Haven County - } 14. 1832
Personally appeared before me a Justice of Peace within & for said County Calpepper Hoadley to me well known as a respectable citizen of said Watbury and signed the foregoing deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
R. H. Newman Justice of Peace

I Gassa Terrell of Waterbury in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut of lawful age and being duly cautioned & sworn depose & say, that I was a soldier in the army of the Revolution in the year 1778 and that I then was and now am acquainted with John Woodruff, then of the town of Watertown, Stitchfield county Ct. and now residing in the town of New Marlborough Berkshire County - Massachusetts
That the said Woodruff was in the year aforesaid, a sergeant in Capt Jesse Curtis company in Colonel Cook's Regt, belonging to the Army of the Revolution to which said company and regt I then belonged and that the said John Woodruff served as sergeant in the company aforesaid one year, the said term of one year including a part of the years 1778 and 1779. That this Deponent believes that the said term commenced in March 1778
And this Deponent further says that he and the said John Woodruff entered the army in said company in the latter part of March or the first of April 1778 that said company belonged to the state Troops and that about the time last aforesaid this Deponent together with the said Woodruff, & the rest of the members of said company marched to West Haven - Ct. & remained at that place & in the vicinity and on the coast between them and New York during the said term of one year at the expiration of which the said company was dismissed but no written discharges were given to any member of the said company Found Samuel

State of Connecticut } Waterbury New Haven County } July 14 th 1832 Personally appear Isaac Servill of said Waterbury, the within named Deponent, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above Deposition before me and signed the same in my presence, he being to me personally known as a respectable citizen of the town of Waterbury.
R. D. Wiman Justice of Peace for New Haven County Ct.
State of Conn. County of New Haven July 15 1832
I Just Deacon Clarke of the County Court in the New Haven County, Keeper of the records there of the Commission of Justice of the Peace in the 1 st County do hereby certify that R. D. Wiman Esq. whose name is above written subscribed is sworn in the 14 th Inst. a Justice of Peace in the said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer Oaths In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this day & date above written
Attest Just Deacon Clarke

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows"
State of New York Columbia County } ss. On this 11th day of February 1840 personally appeared before the justice of the City of Hudson in said County the same being a court of Record Amos Woodruff a resident of Hudson aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for himself his brother John L, Wm, Jared, Thomas, Elisha, and Amos Woodruff the only children and heirs of John & Sarah Woodruff deceased the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows"
That said John Woodruff his father late of New Marlboro, Massachusetts at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States under an act of 7th June 1832 for his services in the war of the Revolution.
That said John Woodruff died leaving said Sarah his wife him surviving.
That said Sarah as the widow of said John under act of 7th July 1836 made application for a pension for said John's said Revolutionary services, & then was residing in Hudson aforesaid with this declarant. That said Sarah died the 15th day of May 1839. That this declarant has been informed thereby that there is not sufficient evidence that said John Woodruff performed any of his said Revolutionary services after his marriage with

sarah his late widow - Declarant further says that he has made enquiries at Watertown Connecticut for the Record of Marriages of the Rev. Mr. Trumbull and could not find any & was informed that the records if any were at New Hartford Connecticut.
Declarant further says he is authorized by his said brother to apply for the pension which by the act aforesaid, his said brother would if living & was when living entitled to. Declarant hereby refers to his said application for the evidence of the death of said John Woodruff and his marriage with said Sarah and evidence of the services of said John Woodruff the husband of said Sarah Woodruff reference is made to his State Pension file in the Department of War. Anor Woodruff

State of New York Columbia County } ss. Wheeler H. Clarke of Hudson in said County being sworn says that he went to West Hartford in Connecticut in the month of September last past to find the Record of Marriage of the Rev. Mr. Gumball mentioned in the annexed declaration of Anor Woodruff That he called upon the family of Dr. Perkins at West Hartford enquired for said Dr. Gumball Marriage Records & was informed that there was no such Marriage Record then nor did they know of any such Record. Sworn to & Subscribed Wheeler H. Clarke before me this 11th day of February 1840
P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk of Justice Court.
Thereby certify that the above named Wheeler H. Clarke is entitled to the fullest credit. P. Dean Corrigan, Clerk
State of New York Columbia County } ss. Be it known that on this 11th day of February 1840 before the Justice Court of the City of Hudson aforesaid the same being a court of Record personally appeared Anor Woodruff named in the annexed declaration and made the same declaration before us for the purposes therein set forth. That said Anor Woodruff is the son of Sarah Woodruff who lately in our Court made the declaration mentioned by said Anor in his said foregoing declaration. The above is by said Court ordered to be attested

by the said Clerk thereof & the seal of said Court to be affixed,
In testimony whereof I said Clerk in obedience to said Order do hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court, This 11th day of February 1848.
P. Dean Carrighe. Clerk.

I Philo B Hurd of Watertown in Litchfield county Connecticut do hereby say that I am the Pastor Minister or Clergymen of the Congregational Church & Society in S d Watertown over which the Rev John Turnbull was formerly the ordained Minister to Whom I am a veritable Successor, the Rev Messrs David Lee Hooker & Guiswold being intermediate Preaching Pastors, that I have seen no Records on which the Marriage of John Woodruff & Sarah Woodruff ap- pears belonging to the S d Society or to the Minister thereof, and have reason to think that none such can be found, as I have been told & readily believe that the Records kept by the Rev Mr Turnbull have been lost & cannot now be found Watertown Sept r 1 st 1840 Philo B Hurd
State of Connecticut Litchfield County S d Watertown September 1 st 1840, Personally appeared before me, Philo B Hurd known to me to be the ordained Min- ister of the Congregational Church & Society in S d Wat- ertown & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed,
Halbrook Curtis Justice of Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S Seymour
Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Halbrook Curtis Esq 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 3 rd day of June A. D. 1840 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1848. And that the foregoing
is his genuine signature
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
2 nd day of Sept r A. D. 1840

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY, }
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Halbrook Curtis Esq 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 3 d day of June A. D. 18 40 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 48 . And that the foregoing
is his genuine signature
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
5 th day of Sept r A. D. 18 40
Origen S. Seymour Clerk
6831

State of New York County of Columbia City of Hudson
Be it known that on this 14 th day of September 1840 Anor Woodruff the declarant named in the annexed declaration residing in the City of Hudson appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Hudson the same being a court of Record and advanced satisfactory evidence to said Court in open court, of the matters & things set forth in said dictation and that he was duly authorized to make the application for said pension as stated in said declaration, And the said Court directed me their clerk to state the facts thus proven before them,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 14 th day of September One thousand Eight hundred & forty,
Y. Van Rensselaer Clerk

August 14, 1934
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John Woodruff-W.16483
John Woodruff-S.15721
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Mrs. R. E. Warden Bliss Street, Southmont Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 16483, based upon the military service of John Woodruff during the War of the Revolution.
He was born September 29, 1757 in Old Milford, Connecticut, names of his parents not given. He moved to Waterbury, Connecticut in 1772.
While residing in said Waterbury, John Woodruff enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows-
From May, 1775, seven months as private in Captain Phineas Porter's company, Colonel Ward's regiment, and was at the taking of St. Johns; from March, 1776, two and one half months in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company; from June or July, 1776, three months in Captain Benjamin Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; from September, 1777, two months in Captain Benjamin Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; from March or April, 1778, one year as sergeant in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company, Colonel Cook's regiment; from September, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was a resident of New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, having moved there in 1802.
He died February 16, 1834 in New Marlboro, Massachusetts.
This soldier, John Woodruff, married in May, 1779,

Sarah Cole, the daughter of Thomas Cole, the name of her mother is not shown. They were married by the Reverend Trumbull of Waterbury Parish, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
The widow, Sarah Woodruff, was allowed pension on her application executed, November 13, 1838, then aged eighty years and living in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, with her son, Anor Woodruff. She died May 15, 1839.
The following is a list  names of the children of John Woodruff and his wife, Sarah, are shown;
   John Lewis  born  December  4,  1779     Garret  "  November  18,  1782,  died February 15, 1814    Uriel  "  April  16,  1785     Jared  "  August  14,  1789     Thomas  "  April  28,  1792     Elisha  "  May  9,  1795     Anor  "  September  10,  1798     Amos  "  November  7,  1801,  died November 13, 1801    Amos  "  September  14,  1803    
Samuel Woodruff, brother of this soldier, John Woodruff, was in 1838 seventy-nine years of age and living in Waterbury, Connecticut; he served with his brother, several tours in the Revolution.
George C. Woodruff was in 1832 Justice of the Peace in Litchfield County, Connecticut; his relationship to the family not stated.
John Woodruff-S.15721
The record of John Woodruff, which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15721, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
He was born October 6, 1760 in Oxford, New Haven

County, Connecticut, names of his parents not given; when about twelve years of age, he moved to Litchfield, Connecticut.
While residing in said Litchfield, John Woodruff enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows--
From October, 1773, five and one half months in Captain Shubael Griswold's company, Colonel Whiting's regiment, was in engagements at Delancy's Mills and Valentine's Hill; soon after, three months in Captain Amos Barns' company; in the summer of 1777, two months in Captain Archibald Buel's company, Colonel Hooker's regiment; again in 1777, three months in Captain Alexander Waugh's company, Colonel Cook's regiment; from January, 1778, five and one half months in Captain Alexander Waugh's company, under Colonels Mead and Adams; from July, 1779, one month in Captain Bryant Stoddard's company; in the summer of 1780, three months in Captain Bradley's company, Colonel Bebee's regiment; in the winter of 1780 and 1781, six weeks as teamster under Captain Barns; summer of 1781, two months in Captain Gillest's company, under Major Strong; from September, 1781, six weeks under Lieutenants Sharp and Short, guarding the coast at New London. He went, November 1, 1781 on board the brig "Jay" commanded by Captain Havens, captured a schooner loaded with provisions, bound from Nova Scotia to New York; this schooner was recaptured by the British and he was taken prisoner and held six weeks at Barren Island, Long Island.
This soldier, John Woodruff, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 17, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he had lived about thirteen years. He died September 4, 1835.
There are no data in this claim relative to the family of John Woodruff.
Very truly yours
A. D. HIBLER Assistant to Administrator

8 Bliss St., Southmont, Johnstown, Penna.
August 2 - 1934.
Mr. A. H. Miller, Asst. to Administrator Veterans Bureau Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
From Connecticut State Library I have the following report on three Revolutionary soldiers by name of John Woodruff : 1. Private, Litchfield Co., pension 1833 -- W. S. pensions, 114. 2. Soldier (wid. Sarah), pension (No. W. 16483 on file in Pension Office, Washington, D. C. -- Berkshire Co., Mass. in 1832; died in 1834; wid. in Columbia Co., N.Y. in 1836) 3. Soldier (Conn. & Private; Torrington, Conn. in 1832 Pension No. S 15721-
Kindly give me any details you may have on these three men - family names etc.
Also, please let me know if you have a John Houston or Honston (wife Sarah Wilson), Bucks Co., Pa. or a Thugh  Houston of Bucks Co., on your records -
Thanking you for answer to my query, am Sincerely yours.
Elsie Ellwood Warden (Mrs. R. E. Warden)

124 Gladstone Road - Lansdowne, Penna.
November 7 th — 1933.
Pension Bureau (Revolutionary War Dept.) Washington, D.C.
The following are from records found in Connecticut State Library at Hartford — Will you kindly give me all available information possible?
✓ John Woodruff — Watertown, Extracts, 3 priv. Litchfield Co. pension, 1833 — U. S. pensions, 114
✓ " " — Soldier (wid. Sarah), pension (No. W 16483 on file in Pension Dept., Washington, D.C. — Berkshire Co., Mass. in 1832 — died in 1834; wid. in Columbia Co., N.Y. in 1836)
✓ " " — -- Mgraper's Index, 614 soldier (Conn. & Privateer; Torrington, Conn. in 1832), pension (No. S 15721) --
Mgraper's Index 614
Will you also let me know if you have a Revolutionary pensioner by name of Jonah Woodruff from Conn. and if you have, please let have all information concerning?
Thanking you for reply, am Very truly yours,
Charles E. Ellwood

Towanda Pa Aug. 10 - 1/30
Pension Office
Will you please give me proof of John Woodruff's pension - also the service which he rendered
Respy yours
Harriet L. Woodruff as per enclosed data

10"
Pension Office - Washington D.C. John Woodruff was pensioned and at his death his widow was granted a pension - widow certificate # 16483 - Rev. War.

A
Savanna, Ills.
Oct. 14, 1906.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Sir. -
Could you tell me if there is more than one John Woodruff on record as having received a pension for services rendered during the Revolutionary War, and if so will you please send me the record of such services?
I am in possession of the mil- itary history, from the Bureau of Pensions,

of one John Woodruff, Revolutionary Soldier, who applied for a pension Sept. 17, 1832, for services with the Conn. Troops. His claim being allowed, which I need not trouble you to duplicate.
Awaiting your response,
Yours very truly,
Marie S. Dupuis.
Fall slate neck to Miss E. C. Woodruff Rockford Ills
1108 N Main St -

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16483
Sarah Woodruff Wid of John Woodruff Priv Rev War
arden Act: July 7th '38
Index:—Vol. M , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Craig 12-1903 Miss Helen A. Mason Iowanda Pa
1906 Oct. 25 History to Mrs. W. M. Welch, letter in W. File 22,204 asa Sheldon.
1906 Oct. 25 History to Mrs. Marie S. Dupuis
1907 Apr. 23. History to Miss E. C. Woodruff. letter in W. File 208/15- f.
1930 - Sept. 10 - Hist. to Har J. Woodruff - C. J.
1933 Dec. 26 - Hist. to Clara E. Ellwood - C. J.
1934 - Aug. 19 - Hist. to Mrs. B.

V N. York
Sarah Woodruff Woodruff
let to W. H. Clarke 23 May 1839 do. to same 19 Sept. 1839 to same 11 Nov. 1839 to same 27 Dec. 1839 to same 6 June 1840
Act July 1836

Payment to be made at Albany, by J. W. Olcott, Esq. Pension Agent
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 110 by D. Brown, Clerk

War Department Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7. 1838, Sarah Woodruff of the State of New York  deceased , widow of John Woodruff, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, was entitled to receive Sixty three dollars and thirty three per annum; and that having died on the fifteenth of May eighteen hundred and thirty nine, the amount due is payable to Anos, John L. Uriel, Jared, Thomas, Elisha, and Anos Woodruff, children of said deceased, from the fourth of March eighteen hundred and thirty six to the day of the death of said Sarah Woodruff. Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty third day of September eighteen hundred and forty.
Secretary of War
Examined and countersigned }
Commissioner of Pensions

6831
Children of Sarah Wood wife - Act July 7. 1838
Husband died 16 Feb. 1834
Widow married May 1779 died 15 May 1839 -
Capt Portw, Genl Woolh court - Admiral
Pirate 19 months $63.33
Prison to to  from  to  to 4 March 1836. to 15 May 1839
Whelen H. Clark Esq Hudson N.Y.

Hudson Sept 14, 1840.
Sir
Enclosed are the Papers in the case of Mrs Woodruff through her son Aaron Wood- ruff with the additions & amendments required -
Please attend to these minutely And make return,
The case only required Some negative evidence which is sup- plied by the Certificate of the Rev Mr. Hurd.
Res d yours
Abner H. Clarke,
Hon
J. Edwards, Com re

Sir
Enclosed is the application of the heirs of John Woodruff and Sarah Woodruff by their son Amor Woodruff
The claim has been examined in your office & 19 months service was found as appears by your letter and allowed.
If the application is made rightly then I presume you will send the certificate without any delay, it will take us some time to get the power of attorney from the heirs.
Can't you send the certificate in such form that Amor can get it without any Authority from his brothers, I merely suggest this, of course you will put it in such form as you think proper & will be sure to those interested their share of the money.
Respectfully Yours
J. M. Crump Esq. (Whaler, H. Clarke Acting Com'te)
Hudson Feby. 11 th 1840.

Hudson New York Dec. 11. 1838.
Sir.
Enclosed I send you some additional evidence in the case of Mrs. Sarah Woodruff widow of John Woodruff deceased.
The papers of Mr. Woodruff were recently transmitted to your department & I presume have not yet been acted upon. I wish the enclosures to be attached to the other papers & examined with them. When I sent them I thought that Saml. Woodruff lived so far off that I could dispense with his afft. but having an opportunity to send a man directly to him, I procured the enclosed.
Respectfully yours -
J. L. Edwards Esq
William H. Clarke
P.S. In a letter recently sent you containing Enquiry respecting the services of Matthew Butts, I have not recd. any answer.

2844 Pension office
X. Edwards Esq. Comr. of Pensions, Washington,

Sir,
Your letter of 23 d May last relating to the application of Mrs Sarah Woodruff among other things states -
That "on reviewing, in 1834 the evidence upon which the claimant's pension was allowed, his claim appeared to have been admitted upon insufficient proof - Notice to that effect was given to the decedent and the payment of his pension suspended - The widow & her sons say that Mr. Woodruff applied to your Department for a pension as a private & was greatly surprised to receive upon such application an Ensigns Pension viz $240 per annum which he continued to enjoy for some time and when it was suspended they say, it was because he received too much and not because he was not entitled to a pension -
They further say that they have no recollection that Mr. Woodruff's received Pension was suspended because he had not served as he stated - They say that you made the mistake in sending him an Ensigns Pension instead of a private's & that so far as regards Mr. Woodruff's acts in procuring it he could not be accused of any improper conduct,
Will you again look over the letter written by you relating to the John Woodruff who obtained the Ensigns Pension & see if your letter of the 23 d of May last to me, has reference to the John Woodruff who by mistake obtained Ensigns pay -

W. Anor Woodruff with whom his father at the time resided states that he never heard that his father's (said John Woodruff's) pension was suspended because the proofs were insufficient, but because he received $240 instead of $80 & that they supposed if Mr Woodruff had lived a sufficient time a Pension of $80 per annum would have been paid him.
If however you are correct in your letter of the 23 rd May last is written from correct & not mistaken premises, then please let me know Mr Woodruff's allegations of services -
Respectfully Yours
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Wheler H. Clarke.

Sir,
Enclosed I send you the papers of M rs Sarah Woodruff of Hudson in an act of H ts July 1836 — Please attend to it as soon as convenient &c,
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Yours &c W. H. Clarke
Hudson New York Nov 13. 1858.

Pension Office
G. W. Crump Esq Acting Com r of Pensions Washington

Sir
In the case of Mrs Sarah Woodruff widow of John Woodruff to which your letter of the 11 th Nov relates, the children of said John & his widow wish to know how they should proceed to make a new application under the act of 7 th July 1838.
Is a new application necessary. Cannot you issue a certificate under act of 7 th July 1838 although the application was under Act of 4 th July 1836.
If that cannot be done should the children apply in their own names or should letters of administration be taken out.
If the children can apply it will save them Expense.
Respectfully yours
Whitcomb H. Clarke
Geo M c Leump Esq.
Hudson N York Dec 19/39

In the Matter of Sarah Woodruff in an act of 4 th July 1836.
Sir,
The widow of John Woodruff is dead. Her children appear to be confident that their mother stated according to facts of her case, viz, that her husband was in service after she married him, still if the records show differently, they must submit to it, your letter of 19 th Sept last relates to this. I wish however to be informed particularly whether said John Woodruff did not state services after May 1779 the time of her marriage to said John Woodruff & if he did what is the evidence of it. If there is no evidence of it will you inform me what said John Woodruff said of it himself, who were his officers &c. &c. If s d John Woodruff did not state any services after May 1779, how shall Mrs Woodruff's children prove it?
Respectfully,
Wheler, A. Clarke
J. L. Edwards Esq
Hudson N. York, Nov 4 th 1839,

John Woodruff of Mass Returns his Certificate of Pension May 19 1834
Instrument with date 1834
Free
Edwards - Eugene Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C. Columbia

New Marlboro' May 12. 1834.
Sir
Enclosed is the pension certificate of John Woodruff late of Newmarlborough now dis. d - He died Febry. 16. 1834. His son and Administrator Elias Woodruff. A few days since handed me your line dated March 1. 1834. Stating that an error had occurred in the computation of the pension - and requesting it to be returned for correction. After correction you will please to forward it again to me. I am respectfully yours Obedient Serv t
Benjamin Sheldon
Mr. Woodruff on receiving his pension certificate observed that he never had an Ensigns Commission but enlisted and served one year as sergeant. And part of the year he did the duty of Ensign the Ensign of his company being absent. And it must be his name was returned upon the rolls as Ensign. For part of the year
B. Sheldon

Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres of H. B. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol 2 Page 90 by L. L. Watson Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Woodruff of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private and Ensign in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive One hundred & Sixty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

December 26, 1933
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Mr. Charles E. Ellwood 124 Gladstone Road Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of November 7, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of two soldiers, with name John Woodruff of Connecticut, under files W. 16483 and S. 15721, also record of Jonah Woodruff.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file, based upon service in the War of the Revolution, of a Jonah Woodruff. The records of the other two soldiers, are given herein as found in the claims for pensions, based upon their service in that war.
John Woodruff-W. 16483
John Woodruff was born September 29, 1757 at Old Milford, Connecticut, names of his parents not given. He moved to Waterbury, Connecticut in 1772.
While residing in said Waterbury, John Woodruff enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows-
From May, 1775, seven months as private in Captain Phineas Porter's company, Colonel Ward's regiment, and was at the taking of Fort Johns; from March, 1776, two and one half months in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company; from June or July, 1776, three months in Captain Benjamin Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; from September, 1777, two months in Captain Benjamin Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; from

March or April, 1778, one year as sergeant in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company, Colonel Cook's regiment; from September, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company.
John Woodruff was allowed pension on his application executed, August 15, 1832, then a resident of New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, having moved there in 1802. He died February 16, 1834 at said New Marlboro.
This soldier, John Woodruff, married in May, 1779, Sarah Cole, the daughter of Thomas Cole, the name of her mother is not shown. They were married by the Reverend Trumbull of Waterbury Parish, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
The widow, Sarah Woodruff, was allowed pension on her application executed, November 13, 1838, then aged eighty years and living in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, with her son, Anor Woodruff. She died May 15, 1839.
The following is a list of the children of John Woodruff and his wife, Sarah-
   John Lewis  born  December  4,  1779     Garret  "  November  18,  1782,  died February 15, 1814    Uriel  "  April  16,  1785     Jared  "  August  14,  1789     Thomas  "  April  28,  1792     Elisha  "  May  9,  1795     Anor  "  September  10,  1798     Amos  "  November  7,  1801,  died November 13, 1801    Amos  "  September  14,  1803.    
Samuel Woodruff, brother of this soldier, John Woodruff, was in 1838, seventy-nine years of age and living in Waterbury, Connecticut; he served, with his brother, several tours in the Revolution.
George C. Woodruff was in 1832 Justice of the Peace in Litchfield County, Connecticut; no relationship to the family stated. 

John Woodruff-S.15721
John Woodruff was born October 6, 1760 in Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, names of his parents not given; when about twelve years of age, he moved to Litchfield, Connecticut.
While residing in said Litchfield, John Woodruff enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows-
From October, 1776, five and one half months in Captain Shubael Griswold's company, Colonel Whiting's regiment, was in engagements at Delancey's Mills and Valentine's Hill; soon after, three months in Captain Amos Barns' company; in the summer of 1777, two months in Captain Archibald Buel's company, Colonel Hooker's regiment; again in 1777, three months in Captain Alexander Waugh's company, Colonel Cooke's regiment; from January, 1778, five and one half months in Captain Alexander Waugh's company, under Colonels Mead and Adams; from July, 1779, one month in Captain Bryant Stoddard's company; in the summer of 1780, three months in Captain Bradley's company, Colonel Beebe's regiment; winter of 1780 and 1781, six weeks as teamster under Captain Barns; summer of 1781, two months in Captain Gillet's company under Major Strong; from September, 1781, six weeks under Lieutenants Sharp and Short guarding the coast at New London. On November 1, 1781, he went on board the brig "Jay" commanded by Captain Havens, captured a schooner laden with provisions, bound from Nova Scotia to New York; this schooner was recaptured by the British, and he was held a prisoner for six weeks at Barren Island, Long Island.
This soldier, John Woodruff, was allowed pension on his application executed, September 17, 1832, then a resident of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he had lived about thirteen years. He died September 4, 1835.
There are no data in this claim concerning the family of John Woodruff.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

September 10, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Harriet L. Woodruff Towanda, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 16483, that John Woodruff was born September 29, 1757, at Old Milford, Connecticut. In 1772, he moved to Waterbury, Connecticut.
While residing in said Waterbury, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From in May, 1775, seven months as a private in Captain Phineas Porter's company, Colonel Ward's regiment, and was in the battle of St. Johns; very short time in March, 1776, two and one-half months in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company; from June or July, 1776, three months in Captain Benjamin Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; something in September, 1777, two months in Captain Richards' company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment; from March, 1778, one year as sergeant in Captain Jesse Curtiss' company, Colonel Cook's regiment; something in September, 1781, three months in Captain Joseph Guernsey's company.
His brother, Samuel, served with him in three months' tour in 1776, and the in a two months' tour in 1777, and a year's tour from April, 1778, and the in a three months' tour in 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, at which time he was living in New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, having moved there in 1802.
He died February 16, 1834.

The soldier married in May, 1779, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Cole.
Pension was allowed on her application executed November 13, 1838, at which time she was living in Hudson, Columbia County, New York, and was aged eighty years. She was at this time living with her son, Anor.
She died May 15, 1839.
The following children survived her:
John Lewis who was born December 4, 1779 Anor " " " September 10, 1798 Uriel Jared Thomas Elisha Amos
The following children were also referred to:
Garret, who died February 15, 1814 Amos, who died November 13, 1801
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Woodruff , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid. File 16,483
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ May 1775 7 mos. Pvt. Phineas Porter Ward David Wooster Conn.   Mch. 76 2 1/2 " Jesse Curtiss "   June or July 76 3 mos. Benj. Richards (Bro Scam) Baldwin "   Sept. 77 2 " Richards (apart) Baldwin "   ✓ Mch. Aple. 78 1 yr. Sergt. Jesse Curtiss Cook Conn.   Sept. 81 3 mos. Joseph Burney Newbury Bro Scam Bro Scam in same Co  
Bro. Samuel testified to services.
Battles engaged in, H. Johns ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waterbury, Conn. - in 72
Date of application for pension, Aug 15 1832 - allowed - must 1802
Residence at date of application, Now Marlborough, Berkshire Co., Mass
Age at date of application, Born Sept. 29, 1757, at Old Milford, Conn -
Remarks: Sol. mar - May 1779 Sarah dau. of Thomas Cole -
He died - Feby. 16, 1834
Widow applied Nov. 13, 1838 - at 80 - res. Hudson, Columbia Co., N.Y. but died
May 15, 1839 + pen. pd. to ch. Ance. John L., Uriel, Jared, Thomas, Elisha + Amos.
Very respectfully
Ms. A. 9 am ill

chil- John Lewis b. Dec. 4-1779  Samuel d. Nov. 18-1782 Sarah d. Feb. 15-1814 Wmial " " Apr. 16-1785 
Jared " D. Thomas " Elisha
Anos- b Sept- 10 - 1798
Anos d. Nov 13-1801 Anos-

August 14, 1934
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BA-J/AWT
Mrs. R. E. Warden Bliss Street, Southmont Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Hugh and John Houston (Huston), both of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the Revolutionary War records of three soldiers by name of John Woodruff, cited as follows-
1st- private, Litchfield County, Connecticut, pension 1833 2nd- widow, Sarah, pension number, W. 16483 3rd- pension number, S. 15721, Torrington, Connecticut.
The Revolutionary War records of this office fail to show claims for pension on file on account of the Revolutionary War services of either, Hugh or John Houston (Huston), as described by you.
Only two soldier of Connecticut by name of John Woodruff, have been found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The one of Litchfield County is identical with the one of Torrington.
The records of John Woodruff, W. 16483 and of John Woodruff, S. 15721 , are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator