Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2739, Jonathan Whaley, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Whaley Jonathan Lord Mercy (Former widow)
NUMBER
W. 2739
B.L.M. 13744-160-55-
CONTENTS

Conn. cur 894 94 Mercy Sod form widow of Jonathan Whaley who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Ct Line
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 15 Dollars per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Jan'y 1852 and sent to
Deickem V Coombs Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act January 2, 1818, Page 62 Vol. A
July 29
Set to R Pension 21 Sep 52 " " " " " "
ms 77459

Declaration of Mrs. Mercy Lord
State of Connecticut } County of Windham } ss.
On this 12 th day of February 1840, Personally appeared before, Jos. Williams, Judge of Probate within and for the district of Pomfret, in the County and State aforesaid. Mrs. Mercy Lord, a resident of Pomfret in said County and State, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, according to her best knowledge and recollection, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 1838. That she was married to Jonathan Whaley of Hartford in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, who served in Revolutionary War , in the campaign of 1776 at New York, in the company of Captain Elijah King - hands, and the Regiment of Col. Dyer; that he was attached to the Army when it retreated from New York in that year, in the month of September; and that his term of service was six or eight months; in this tour of service, he was in company with Joshua Raymond and Nathaniel Raymond, the former of whom was a Lieutenant in the Army, and the widows of both of whom, receive pensions for their services. Also said Jonathan Whaley, served as a substitute, in the place of Stephen Allen Knapp, some three months, in the militia, in the company of Captain Jonathan Calkins, in the Regiment of Colonel Jonathan Latimer, in the expedition which resulted in the capture of General Burgoyne and his army, at Saratoga, in October 1777. Also said Whaley was drafted in 1778 for two months and ten days, and served in the company of Captain Samuel Thompson, and near that time,
Hon. Jos. Williams J.P.
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the precise time not recollected; he was enrolled as a minute man, and as such rendered short service repeatedly; and while rendering that service, at New London, on the 6th. day of September 1781, he received a wound, in consequence of which, Government allowed him a pension till he deceased in 1805, as will appear at the War Office, Washington. She further declares, that she was married to the said Jonathan Whaley on the 17 th day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid Jonathan Whaley died on the 1 st day of September A.D. 1805, that she was afterwards married to Elisha Lord on the first day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one, that her husband, the aforesaid Elisha Lord, died on the 12 th day of September 1826, and that she was a widow on the 7 th day of July 1838 and still remains a widow, as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed; and further she saith not.
Mercy Lord
Thereby certify that the above declaration of Mrs. Mercy Lord is entitled to full credit; & that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity, cannot attend the Court, therefore the foregoing declaration is made, sworn to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, at her residence in said Pomfret, before me. Attest Job Williams Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut
Windham County } I, Lorenzo Gilbert Clerk of the Court of Probate, within and for the district of Pomfret, in the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Job Williams, above named, is Judge of a Court of Probate, which is a court of record, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 12 th day of February in the year 1840 Lorenzo Gilbert Clerk of Probate

Elisha Lords died September twelfth eighteen hundreds and twenty six. I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record of a death in the town of Pomfret, County of Windham and State of Connecticut, with the exception of the date which is entered on the records in fair legible figures as follows. September 12 th 1826.
Attest - Job Williams Clerk of the town of Pomfret
Sworn before me this 13 th day of February A.D. 1840 Geo. B. Mathewson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Mrs. Mercy Lords whose signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration was a Widow on the 7 th day of July 1838 & still remains a Widow
Job Williams Sworn before me this 13 th day of February A.D. 1840 Geo. B. Mathewson Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut Windham County
I Lorenzo Gilbert Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Pomfret in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George B. Mathewson is a Justice of the Peace within the said County, duly qualified to administer Oaths, and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates, purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name this 13 th day of February A.D. 1840
Lorenzo Gilbert Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Pomfret

77.459 Apr 18/55 Oct 55
Mercy Lord for Miss Jonathan Whaling
Capt. J. Callender Gen. Taylor Lt. Gen. W. H. H. H. Rev. Benjamin
one warrant for 100 acres as the soldier was actually engaged in battle at New London, Ct. Sept 15
6/1781. B. B. B. B. Army: 38/56. 48-894
Boynlon
St. John's Trenton, N. J. Present Edward Salmon Maurice Ex.
Cir E. Palmer Nov 6/55 Set same Dec 21 "
Vol 101. page 142

Land Claim, Mary Lord
77459.
Happy
Presented by Edwin Palmer, Northport, Me.

United States of America,
State of Connecticut Windham County ss. 3
On this 7 th day of April A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mercy Sora aged ninety years, a resident of the town of Pomfret in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jonathan Whaley deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Calkins in the Regiment of Infantry commanded by Col. Tyler, and was in the Battle at White Plains, in the Revolutionary War. That he was in several tours of service in said war, that he was in Fort Trumbull at New London some three months or thereabouts, under the command of Captain Thompson, that he was in the Battle at New London at the burning thereof and was wounded in said Battle for which he was Pensioned, That she the said Mercy Sora was afterward allowed a small Pension under act of 1848- and now holding a certificate under said act, and for a more particular description of her said husband's services she refers to proofs on file in the Pension Office at Washington accompanying his, Jonathan Whaley's Declaration for a Pension, and also to her application for a pension.
She further states that she was married to the said Jonathan Whaley of Montville in the County of New London and State of Connecticut on or about the 17 th day of October 1784 by one Mr. Cook a clergyman of Montville at that time and that her name before her said Marriage, was Mercy Chester. That her said husband died at Montville in said New London County on or about the 1 st day of September A.D. 1805, and that subsequently she again was married on or about the first day of April A.D. 1821, to one Elisha Sora of said Pomfret in said Windham County and State of Connecticut, that her said husband died at Pomfret aforesaid on or about the 12 th day of September A.D. 1826. and that she is now a widow, and for proof of her said Marriages & her said husband's deaths she refers to her Declaration and accompanying documents for a Pension now on

file in the Pension Office at Washington
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1885.
In presence of Elisha Lord
Willard Gould & Mary her Lord marks
(We) Elisha Lord and Willard Gould residents of Pomfret in the County of Hampshire and State of Connecticut upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Lord in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Elisha Lord Willard Gould
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John E. Holbrook Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Windham ss.
I Thomas Gray Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, hereby certify that John K. Holbrook Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavits were made & who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace for said Windham County duly appointed & qualified, & the signature is his genuine handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court this 10 th day of April A.D. 1855.
Thomas Gray Clerk

6652.
Mercy Lord formerly widow of Jonathan Whaley born
ad 7. July 38

Mr Henry Lord deputation =
J. S. M. ... way

Marrried by Hazel Cook Pastor of the Church in Montville October Seventeenth, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Four Jonathan ay Whaley to Mercy Chester.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Church record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "October 17 th 1784"
I, Spencer F. Beard above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor in the Church in Montville in New- London County, Connecticut, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the excep- tion above named, as certified by me.
Spencer F. Beard
Pastor of the Church
in Montville.
Montville New London County Connecticut October 9 th 1858.
Personally appeared
Spencer F. Beard and made oath to the above before me,
Nathaniel Root Pastor of the Church

United in marriage by Abisha Alden Pastor of the Church in Meritville Capt. Lord of Danfret and Mrs Mary Whaley. April First Eighteen Hundred and Twenty One.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Church record with the excep- tion of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "April 1 st 1821"
I, Spencer F. Beard above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor in the Church in Meritville in New- London County, Connecticut and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church with the excep- tion above named as certified by me. Spencer F. Beard
Pastor of the Church in Meritville.
Meritville New London County Connecticut October 9 th 1858.
Personally appeared Spencer F. Beard and made oath to the above before me Nathaniel Parish Judge of the Peace

State of Connecticut } New London County } for I John D e Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New Lon- don County do hereby certify that Nathaniel Parrish Esq y before whom the annexed deposi- tions of Rev d Spencer F t Beard was taken was at the dates thereof and still is a Justice of the peace for said New London County and that full faith and credit are to be given to his public acts as such, and that his sig- natures thereto affixed are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 9 th day of October A D 1838
John D e Witt Clerk

Whaley, Jonathan
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 145.
Rank: Private
Regt: 3 d Connecticut Militia
Disability: Wounded by a musket-ball shot through his thigh.
When and where disabled: Sept. 6, 1781, New London.
Residence: Montville
To what pension entitled: One-fourth
Remarks: Militia.
Evidence incomplete, viz: 1 st , the report of the examining physicians does not appear to be upon oath; 2 nd , no evidence when or how he left the service.
Allowed. See 1835 list.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
mmh
April 18, 1924
Mrs. John P. Sabin 253 School St., Putnam, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 2739 it appears that Jonathan Whaley of Montville, New London County, Connecticut enlisted in 1776 and served six or eight months as a private in Captain Elijah Brigham's Company, Colonel Tyler's Connecticut Regiment; was in an engagement at Turtle Bay and in the battle of White Plains.
He enlisted in 1777 and served three months as a private in Captain Jonathan Calkins' Company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's Connecticut Regiment and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
He enlisted in 1778 and served two months and ten days as a private in Captain Samuel Thompson's Connecticut Company. While a minute man he was wounded Sep-

tember 6, 1781 at the battle of New London, by a musket ball through his thigh.
He was pensioned from March 4, 1793 on account of disability resulting from said wound. He died September 1, 1805 in Montville, Connecticut. His age is not stated.
Soldier married October 17, 1784 in Montville, Connecticut, Mercy Chester, who on April 1, 1821 married Captain Elisha Lord of Pomfret, Connecticut. He died September 12, 1826 and she was allowed pension on account of the services of Jonathan Whaley, on her application executed February 12, 1840 while a resident of Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut aged seventy-five years.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Exam. by J. S. Corral Nov. 22/50 + ret
Admitted under Act 29 th July 1848
X 6652 bon
Rejected
See let. to Hon. J. B. Brock- way, Feb. 21, 1840
to Hon. J. Carr Jan. 27 1841
J. Gray June 4/51
Act 7. July 38 See other side

Nov. 29 th July 48. C. H.
[Handwritten signature]

5 13.744.
5
Has Amos

Brief in the case of Mary Lord County and State of Connecticut act 29 July 12/15
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was out Brattle Pine river at $15 per acre - for cultivation - Marriage is proved by doc- umentary evidence -
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Dickins & Coomb Pruitt
Triflett
Examining Clerk.

Preston July 12 th 1852.
Dear Sir. I am informed that a pension certificate for the sum of fifteen dollars per annum from 4 th March 1848, issued on or before the 4 th of March last past, to Mrs. Mary Sora of Pownal in the County of Mendham Ct. and that the same was committed to the case of Messrs Perkins & Coombs of Washington D.C. as agents, to prosecute said claim, and that the said pension certificate is not yet received by the said Mary Sora.
I am also informed that the said Perkins & Coombs detain said Certificate, claiming as a compensation for their services a sum much larger than that for which they contracted.
I would respectfully say, that by an agreement between myself and the said Perkins & Coombs, they were to prosecute all claim against the General Government for Revolutionary services by me forwarded to them, at the rate of ten percent of the amount received. That the case of Nancy Pendleton, widow of Capt o Joshua Pendleton deceased, the fee of said Perkins & Coombs, amounted to 372 50 / 100 Dollars, which I cheerfully paid them at an early day. That in this case the said Perkins & Coombs demand the sum of fifteen dollars, one forth the amount of said pension Certificate.
If you do not think it improper, I presume a word from you to them would set the thing right. Any advise from you in the premises will be duly appreciated. I am ready at any time to perform all that I have agreed on the receipt of the pension Certificate. For the correctness of the above statements reference may be had to Mr Rufus Prentice in the Post Office Department Washington City - I am sorry to trouble you with

This matter. I should be sorry to be compelled to take a legal course to obtain the certificate. If you deem it advisable to take the course the law points out, I would respectfully ask if the Official Acts may not with propriety be performed by a Notary Public. The Old Lady is poor & needy.
J. E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Very respectfully your obedt Servt Cameron Palmer

Washington D.C. Oct 28. 1853
Sir.
I enclose a Power of Attorney of Mrs. Mercy Lord formerly widow of Jonah Whaley from the State of Connecticut for a Pension under the act of 1838, and request a report upon the claim and much oblige
Yours
Very Respectfully
Wm F. Stokes
Comm te Pensions Resent }

Washington, Sept. 27 th 1881.
Sir:
Enclosed you will please find the declaration of Mercy Lord, formerly widow of Jonathan Whaley, claiming a Revolutionary Pension.
We hope that an examination of the rolls in your office will prove service enough to entitle her to a pension under the act of 1838. If, however, no evidence of service can be found then we ask that she be allowed under the act of Feb 7, 1848, the small pension her husband rec d in his lifetime.
Very Resp y &c Dickins & Coombs
J. E. Heath Esq Comm r of Pensions

To the Commissioner of Pensions I forward these papers to you that you may act upon the case and forward to me as soon as the matter can be arranged as the old lady is much in want of her pension
Yours truly
P. Prentice
Washington D.C.
P. Office Department

Herby Laura Lora, for nearly nine years Whaley 6t.
See 29 July 1845-
ad- Her husband
$18 per ann-
Her husband was an Mwalid pensioner at the same rate-
Can write to Dickens & Coombs Present-

Pros Affair July 24. 1881.
Sir:
I have the honor to report to you the condition of the cases to which the Hon. D. Wallace calls your attention in this letter, herewith returned to you. I find that the case of Francis Clinton was received in February, 1857, and has not yet been upended on, though this will be done immediately. It was referred to Col. Stiles, an examining Clerk, and by some mishance was by him mislaid and has only recently been recovered.
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77458 Amos Grant 3 and Nov 12/55 1812 Examiner
77459 Mercy Lord wid Jona Whaley July 118-894
77460 Cyrus Palmer 3 and Nov 12/55 J. A. Shnell 1812 Examiner
Sims
Stearns
Respectfully referred to Chief Clerk in reference to Revolutionary

Respectfully referred to Chief Clerk in reference to Revolutionary claims.
Boston
1812. Examiner J. A. Shindell 3 and Nov 12/55 77460 Sylvester Palmer
77459 James Whaley Aug 118 - 894
77458. James Grant 3 and Nov 12/55 1812. Examiner

Norwich Ct. December 14 th 1853 Hon. J. Meigs, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir, I have for some time past been expecting to receive the land warrants of Amos Grant 2 d and Cyrus Palmer their claims having been forward in the same package with that of Sally Dift, and were numbered 77.458 and 77.457. - hers was numbered 77.460. and her warrant was received about ten days since - please inform me whether those claims are allowed and if so, whether the warrants have been forwarded. or whether there is any obstacle in the way of their being allowed.
In the case of Mercy Lord No 77.459. claiming land for the Revolutionary services of Jonathan Whaley the husband of the Applicant, which has been examined and suspended by reason of record evidence of his services not having been found in your Office. I would say, that the Applicant Mercy Lord is now the recipient of a small pension allowed her under the act of 1848. for wounds received in Battle at the burning of New London, in the State of Connecticut in the revolutionary war said Whaley was wounded by a Musket ball in the thigh. and evidence of that fact was found among the Congressional records, while prosecuting her claim for a Pension. I think by an examination of that application of hers, and the papers connected with the granting of that Pension the evidence above referred may be found.
I suppose the fact of his having been engaged in battle & being wounded is sufficient to establish her claim if

no other evidence of service is found, I trust that further examination of his case may be had.
Yours with high regard Edwin Palmer

1924 - Sept. 18. Hts. to Mr. John C. Babineau
Reborn
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2739
Mary Lord Widow
Jonathan Whaley Pr. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. 2 Page 440
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JOHN P. SABIN GENERAL CONTRACTING 253 SCHOOL STREET PUTNAM, CONN.
March 18, 1924.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War Service of Johnathan Whaley? His residence was Montville, Conn. His wife's name was Mercy Chester.
Very sincerely yours,
Mrs. John P. Sabin

Abington Conn. Nov. 6th. 1850.
To Rufus Prentice Esq. Washington City. Sir,
A few years since I made application for a pension. My papers in proof of the validity of my claim are on file in the pension Office. I wish you to examine them and ascertain why the pension has not been granted.
Yours respectfully. Mercy X Lord her mark.
Witness, Nancy Goodell
She claims for the services of her first husband, Jonathan Whaley. Do not know whether under act of 1836 or 1838. (Connecticut.)
J. S. Coombs

Mary Lord widow of Matthew Whaley act 1838 State Com.
9 Mrs. Kelly
1838

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Mary Lord of the County of Windham , and State of Connecticut , do hereby constitute and appoint Mr. John T. Heely  Mr. John T. Heely , of Washington, D. C., my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim to a pension on account of services rendered by my first husband Jonathan Whaley, in the war of the revolution and to receive such certificate or pension as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my attorney, the said John T. Heely may lawfully do in the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12 th day of May , A. D. 1853.
Witnesses { Elisha Lord Arthusa D. Lord
Mary Lord
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
John L. Walbrook J. P.
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. I, David Fuller , clerk of the county COUNTY OF Windham } court of Windham County , within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that John L. Walbrook Esq. , before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this Twentieth day of May , A. D. 1853.
David Fuller , Clerk.

I William Raymond of Montville New London County & State of Connecticut aged Sixty one Years being duly sworn depose and say that I was well acquainted with Jonathan Whaley of the aforesaid Town County and State, having resided a near Neighbor to the said Whaley from which I was twenty six Years of age. That having frequently heard said Whaley speaking of the events of the Revolutionary War, say & others that was in the same Company with him, that he served in the Campaign of 1776. at New York, in the Company of Capt. Elijah Bingham of the Regiment of Col. Tyler. That he was in the Action of Turtle Bay, 13 th Sept. 1776, when the Americans retreated from New York, the time of his service in the Year of 1776, according to my recollection he stated was from Six to Eight Months I have forgot- ten which. I have also heard him and others say that he served as a Substitute in the place of Stephen Allen Jr. for about two Months or a little more in the Militia in the Company of Capt. Jonathan Canfield in the Regt commanded by Col. Jonathan Latimer in the Expedition which resulted in the capture of General Burgoyne and his Army at Saratoga in Oct 1777 - Also that said Whaley & others say, that he served in the Militia in several tours at New London, that said Whaley was wounded at New London on the 11 th Sept. 1781, when said Town was burnt by the British under Benedict Arnold. That said Whaley was married to Mary Chester in 1784. That he died about the first of September 1805. - and further the deponent saith Not -
William Raymond

New London County ss Montville Nov. 19 th 1839.
Personally appeared William Raymond and made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed Before me. Mulford C. Raymond Justice of the peace
State of Connecticut New London County } I John D e Witt clerk of the County Court within and for said New London County do hereby certify that Mulford C. Raymond Esq r before whom the within deposition by William Raymond was taken, was on the 19 th day of November 1839 and still is a Justice of the peace for said New London and that his signature above written I believe to be genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 8 th day of Jan y A D 1840 John D e Witt Clerk

Newick Ct. December 27 th 1855
Professor Prentice Esq r .
Sir, I presume you recollect well the Application of Mary Lord for a Pension for services of Jonathan Whaley in the Revolutionary war. It is the case, in which Dickens & Coombs acted as Agents - and retained her certificate for a Pension.
She has made Application for Bounty land, and the department claim that no record evidence of his service (Jonathan Whaley) is to be found in their Office.
You will recollect that the pension allowed her was predicated upon evidence found among the Congressional records showing that Jonathan Whaley was wounded by a Musket Ball in the thigh at the burning of New London in the Revolutionary war.
If you can tell where that document is to be found, I think her claim can be established. If you will attend to that in person I will pay you a fair compensation for establishing it. If the record of his wounds can be produced I know of no way in which they can help allowing her claim. Under that section of the act granting land to those actually engaged in battle.
If you will attend to this matter for me I wish you would attend to it soon, as the old Lady is very old & life uncertain.
Remember me to all your family and say to Mrs Prentice that Mrs Palmer has been adding to her family a little daughter, please write at your earliest convenience.
Edwin Palmer.

State of Connecticut County of Windham } ss.
Be it known, That before me, Edwin Palmer a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid, personally appeared Mercy Sorda of the town of Pomfret in the County and State aforesaid, and made oath, in due form of law, that she is the identical person named in an original pension certificate, now illegally withheld by Francis A. Picking and S. Coombs, late partners in busi- ness in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, having been associated together in the name of Picki- ns & Coombs, for the purpose of prosecuting claims against the Government of the United States, or any for- eign Government,
That they the said Picking and Coombs acting as attorneys for her the said Mercy Sorda in obtaining said pension certificate for a stipulated sum
Viz. ten percent of the amount of the pension certifi- cate, which said sum she has always been ready since the issuing of said certificate, to pay to them the said Picking & Coombs, and is now ready to pay to them the full amount aforesaid, on the receipt of said certificate
That notwithstanding their said agree- ment to prosecute her said claim for the amount aforesaid, they the said Picking & Coombs, have dema- nded a much larger sum, viz. twenty five per cent of the amount of said pension certificate and in consequ- ence of the non payment of the last aforementioned sum the said certificate is by them withheld.
That she is entitled to a pension of fifteen dollars per annum from the 24 th March 1848 the fourth of Ma- rch one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight,

on account of wounds and disabilities received by her late husband. Jonathan Whaley during the Revolutionary War; that he served in Captain Company of in the regiment; that she now resides in Abington Society in the town of Pomfret in the County & State aforesaid and has resided there for the space of thirty one years past; and that, previous thereto she resided in Montville in New London County & State aforesaid.
Mercy Lord
Sworn to and subscribed this 3 rd day of September, 1852 before me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed my Official Seal
Calvin Palmer Notary Public
State of Connecticut
County of Windham } ss. Pomfret Sept r 3 rd 1852
Conformable to the Regulations of the War Department, of the 27 th of October, 1832, I Calvin Palmer a Notary Public in the State above named do hereby certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz, from my personal knowledge that Mercy Lord who this day appeared before me to take the oath of Identity, is the identical Pensioner she declares herself to be in the annexed affidavit, and I am also satisfied that the statement made by her in relation to the pension certificate is true.
Given under my hands, at Pomfret the day and year above written.
Calvin Palmer Notary Public.

State of Connecticut, } Windham County, p. }
On this 18 th day of September 1851, before me, a Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Pomfret personally appeared Mercy Lord, of said County, who being duly sworn according to law, makes, on oath, the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the several acts of Congress, passed 7 th of July 1838, 3 rd March 1843, 17 th June 1844, and 29 th of July 1848; and of the joint resolutions passed by Congress on the 16 th August 1843, and 10 th of July 1848; that she was formerly the widow of Jonathan Whaley, of the State of Connecticut, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who, in his life-time received a pension for wound received in said war.
She further states, that she was married to the said Jonathan Whaley, in October 1784; that the said Jonathan Whaley died on the 1 st of September 1805; that she afterwards married Elisha Lord, on the 9 th of April 1821, who also died on the 14 th of September 1826, and that she has ever since remained, and still remains a widow, never having again married since the death of said Elisha Lord. She further states,

that she believes her first husband, the said Jonathan Whaley, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that he served in the Campaign of 1776, at New York, in the Company of Capt. Elijah Kingham, and in the Regiment of Col. Dyer, six or eight months; that he also a town in the militia of Connecticut in 1777, was a substitute for one Stephen Allen, and several other towns in the militia, until the month of September 1781, when he was wounded in the service, on account of which wound he received a pension as aforesaid.
She further states that many years ago she made a declaration claiming the benefit of the act of 7 th July 1838, in which she more particularly set forth the services of her said husband and to which she now refers. She also refers to the papers accompanying her said former declaration for evidence of her marriage with said Jonathan Whaley, of his death, of her subsequent marriage with said Elisha Lord, and of his death.
She further states, that she is advised, that if the evidence on file is not sufficient to entitle her to a pension under prior acts of Congress,

She is at all events entitled to a pension under said Act of 29 th July 1848, equal in amount to the invalid pension her said husband Jonathan Whaley would be entitled to if still living - which pension she hereby claims, not waiving, however any rights under former acts of Congress.
Sworn to and subscribed
And she hereby constitutes and appoints Messrs. Decker & Coombs her Attorneys, to prosecute her said claim
Mary Lord
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day and year first above written. And I do hereby certify, that the said Mary Lord has not intermarried since the death of the said Elisha Lord, but still remains his widow.
Given under my hand & the seal of Said Court
Job Williams Judge

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Whaley, John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12664 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 8, 1794 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.