Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11681, Jabez Wakeman, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Wakeman, Jabez
S. 11681
CONTENTS

14915 New York
Sabes Wakeman of Sullivan in the State of N.York
who was a Sergeant in the Coast command by Captain Hilt of the Reg t commanded by Col. Siame in the N.York
time for 18 mo Sept 3
6 - Priv: 3 rd Crim. Line.
May 6/05. Records corrected. K.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.York at the rate of 110 Dollars 50 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1833 and due the Hon. H. McKim Moodena
Arrears to the 1st of Nov 33 $220 Semi-ant. allowances ending 1st Sep 33 55 $275
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. C. C. Stiles Clerk
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 3, Page 38.

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J. C. Brudhead
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County of ...  BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Wakeman of Fallsburg  of William  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.      Enlisted In 1777 3 private Genl Jonathan Diamond Genl   Enlisted 1778 6 Sergeant Capt Ebenezer Hill   ditto 1779 1 ditto Col. Wells   Volunteered 1780 3 private Capt Elephalut Tharp   Col. Diamond   Capt E. Tharp   Capt Isaac Botsford  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fairfield, Ridgefield, Newburgh  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfield Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not properly attested 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilson Examining Clerk.  6 March 1833

In the matter of Sabre Woke man off of Thomas Banks

State of New York Sullivan County Clerks Office
For Asa W. Foster Clerk of Sullivan County Do certify that Archibald C Olived, Esquire before the annexed Affidavit was sworn was a the several dates mentioned in the said Affidavits and Certificate that annexed a Supreme Court Commission in and for the said County of Sullivan And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioners and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavits & Certificate is his & genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 7 th day of May A.D. 1833.
Asa W. Foster, Clerk

State of New York -
Sullivan County ss - Stephen Stratton of Thompson Village in said County being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Ebenezer Wakeman of said County and has been acquainted with him from a period, an- -terior to the year 1774 - That the deponent was a neighbor to said Wakeman and knew him well - That this deponent knows that said Wakeman was in the Army of the Revolution, and served therein during the year 1779 - That Jonathan Diamond commanded the Regiment in which said Wakeman served, and that Capt. Eliphalet Thorp was in command of the company. That this deponent has been informed and believes that said officers respectively, are deceased - That this de- -ponent believes, from his knowledge acquired at that time, that said Wakeman served about three years - Stephen Stratton
Subscribed & sworn } this 23 rd of February 1832 }
before me - The said Stratton is known to me as a man of veracity & a credible witness Date May 7. 1833.
C. C. (Wm)
A. C. (Wm)
Sup. Court Comt.
Sullivan County ss } Clerk's Office } Jesse M. Foster
Certify that Archibald C. Nixon, Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for the County aforesaid. And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe the signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his & genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 1 st day of October 1832. Jesse M. Foster

State of New York } Be it known that on the 30 th day Sullivan County } of November, 1830 personally appeared before me E. Starr one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Sullivan Personally appeared Thomas Banks a Revolutionary Pensioner who being of me duly sworn doth depose and say that he is knowing that Labez Wakeiman of the Town of Fallsburgh in said County was an Enlisted soldier in the Revolutionary Army for the Term of Twelve Months in Captain Eliphaleth Thorps Company of Artillery Stationed at Fort Blackrock in Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine and the said Thomas Banks doth depose and say that he was Sixty four years old last January and was well acquainted with the said Labez Wakeiman at that time and served with him in said Thorps Company in Colonel Jonathan Simonds Regiment
Subscribed and sworn before Me the day and year above Thomas Banks Written E. Starr Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Banks who signed the above Affidavit & that he is a credible witness — Elnathan S. Starr { J.P.
Sullivan County } Clerks Office } ss. I Jesse M. Foster clerk of the County of Sullivan & do certify that Elnathan S. Starr Esq. before whom the above Affidavit was sworn and also who subscribed his name to the preceding certificate was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Sul- -livan — And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and truly believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and the preceding Certificate is genuine and is his hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office the 17 th day of October 1832 — Jesse M. Foster

In the matter of Jabez Workman
Pension Paper - 14350.
Abner D 18 mo / 5 cts 6 mo / 3 cts 110 3/4

State of New York
Sullivan County } ss: On this Tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Sullivan now sitting Jabez Wakeman a resident of the town of Fallsburgh in the County of Sullivan and a State of New York aforesaid aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated.
That he was born in the town of Fairfield, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the Tenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty two as he believes and as it appears by his family bible now at his home. That when called into service he lived in said town of Fairfield and since the revolutionary war has resided in Redding in said County of Fairfield twelve or fourteen years and then moved to the town of Thompson, now the said town of Fallsburgh where he has lived ever since. That in the year 1777 he was drafted in the Militia and served three months in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company of which Lewis Goodrich was Lieutenant and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Simons and served out the said term on the lines. In 1778 enlisted with Captain Eliphalet Thompson, Samuel Taylor Lieutenant, belonging to Colonel Webb's Regiment of militia and served six months kept guard on Shipwarp's point and performed various other duties and served as sergeant in said Company for six months. In 1779 Enlisted for one year as a sergeant in an Artillery Company of militia commanded by Captain Eliphalet Thompson, Lieutenants Samuel Sturgis and Isaac Lewis in said Colonel Simons Regiment and served the whole time as sergeant at Black Rock fort. Was in the following different engagements Viz: When the British landed at

Fairfield - at Ridgefield when Danbury was burnt - at Cuntly-hill when Green's farms were burnt - Also when Norwalk was burnt and a number of skirmishes on the lines -
In the year 1780 served for three months under Captain Isaac Botsford and Lieutenant Perkins on the lines near Housatonic. Besides the above regular service, he frequently volunteered in Colonel Sheldon's Regiment and also on board of whaleboats commanded by Captain Brewster - was wounded in the wrist in the taking of Captain Hoyt a Tory who com- manded a British privateer and generally lay at or near Hambley - never received any written discharge and believing that none were given to the militia in that quarter.
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 Yates Perkins and year aforesaid
John M. Foster Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas
The a clergyman in said town of Fallsburgh and residing in said town of Fallsburgh hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Wakeman who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration - that he is a member of the church of which said is pastor - that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and be- lieved in the neighborhood where he lives, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

We David Hammons of the Town of Hampton adjoining the Town of Fallsburgh and Daniel Cranford of said Town of Fallsburgh do hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Iabez Wakeman who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
David Hammons Daniel Cranford
before me Clerk of Sullivan County Court
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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 certify that the said David Hammond who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the town of Thompson Adjoining the town of Fallsburgh which has lately been taken off of the town of Thompson in that part where the applicant resides, and that Daniel Cranford who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Fallsburgh, and that they are persons of much respectability, are credible persons, and their statements are entitled to credit.
W m Gillespie } Judges of the Thos. Brann } Com. Pleas of Samuel Smith
I, Jesse M. Foster, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abey Wakeman. For a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 18. th day of October 1832.
Jesse M. Foster

L. W. B. I. 11681.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
September 23rd, '97
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Jabez Wake- man, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on October 10, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Fallsburgh, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private and sergeant in the New York troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Hill and Col. Dimon. He enlisted at Fallsburgh, N. Y.
With reference to that part of your letter wherein it is proposed that the papers on file in the above claim be copied by some outside party you are advised that the proposition cannot be acceded to. The papers in these old claims are so fragile and in such bad condition that it is deemed necessary for their proper preservation that no one except those directly in charge be allowed to handle them; and for reasons which it is not necessary to explain here, the Commissioner has been compelled to forbid absolutely the copying of official docu- ments by clerks in the Bureau for pay from private individuals.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Emory M. Clintock, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
Acting Commissioner.

Rev 1883
11681. ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11681
Jabez Wakeman Bergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 394
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept. 23/97. Emory H. Clintock, N. Y. City.
Feb. 8 '08. Vist. to Thos. Wake man Lane.
1908 Mar. 6. Thos. Wake Lane wife no widow's claim and how to apply to And. for date of last payment of pension and date of death. Aw.

(3-223.)
H Rev
RECEIVED
No. 21.896
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
Jabez Wakeman of NY P. O. Bri. Capt Thos, Con Troops
Service :
Enlisted : _____ , 18
Discharged : _____ , 18