Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,259, Jonathan Ward, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Ward, Jonathan Rachel
H/18,259
CONTENTS

Reported Feb 7/49
3736
New York Albany. Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Feb 7/1849, and sent to
A. A. Eldder Schenectady N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 241 Vol. 11

20.787
New-York Jonathan Ward
of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Lyon of the Regt. commanded by Col. Van Cott in the Piquet line for 6 Mos, M.J.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1831 and due the 1st day of Dec. 1831 at Watertown
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 31  $ 50    Semi-annual allowance ending 1st/2 31  10     $60  
Revolutionary Claim, Ex No June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. O. (Miles) Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1, Page 10

MS
21822
Jonathan Ward Saratoga co N.Y.
Phy. 13. 16
P 308 Adm. trial Pm. at 6 months
22 Mar 33
John B. McEea, Ballston Spa N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Ward of Saratoga Co 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? 74  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.     Volunteered In 1775 1 Private Gen. Capt Wheeler,   Enlisted 1776 5 do Capt Lyon, Col. Van Courtland  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Long Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Essex co N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not connected as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Bradford Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Schenectada ss.
Richard Freeman of the City of Schenectada in said County, being further duly sworn, saieth that after taxing his recollection he is unable to specify the date of the marriage of Rachel Ward & Jonathan Ward, the said Rachel being an applicant for a pension - He will recollects that at the time said marriage took place he must have been not less than six years of age, and as he is now seventy years old, he is assured & believes that the said marriage took place in 1779. At the time referred to, the Reverend Mr Chapman called at his father's house (that is the house of this deponent's father ) in the evening, he this deponent having retired for the night. He is assured that it was a winter's night, but he cannot possibly specify the month of the year. On the following morning he saw a strange gentleman at the breakfast table, who was introduced to him as his sister's husband, by name Jonathan Ward, and he was told at the time by his father's family that they the said Rachel & Jonathan had been married the evening previous. That he can call to mind no circumstance to enable him to fix the precise day of the marriage, but knows it was in the midst of the revolutionary war, & that said war was not closed until several years after the marriage. And this deponent further saith that the Bible of his father's family containing an entry of the marriage of said Rachel & Jonathan, was burnt in and with the house of his sister Betsy in the town of Galway, in the County of Saratoga in said State about thirty four years ago. That said Bible containing said entry this deponent saw after, and he often

read over the entry containing, or giving an account of said marriage, but he cannot remember the date of said marriage, as therein set down - And this Deponent further saith, that all the persons living in the neighborhood of his father's residence, and all the members of their families have departed this life - viz - Amos Freeman, Nathaniel Taylor, Henry Squire, Moses Osborn, & Joseph Brown
Subscribed & Sworn
This 6 day of September 1843, before me; and I certify that the Deponent Richard Freeman is one of the most respected citizens of this County, and that his character for truth & veracity is unimpeached.
Roswell Ferrys J.P.
Richard Freeman
Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward. Aff t of Rich d Freeman
State of New York Schenectady County Clerk's Office } ss:
I Archibald Campbell Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Roswell Ferrys Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed & sworn was at the time of taking such Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, commissioned & sworn & duly authorized to take the same And further that his signature above written is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 9 th day of September A.D. 1843.
Arch d Campbell Clk

5139 Rachel Ward
widow of Jonathan Ward - application for a pension under act of 7-July 1835
Married 12 Jan 1779 Husband died 30 Jan 1834
Agent
Giles T. Yates
Schenectady N.Y.

DEPOSITION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, ss:
On this ninth — day of October 1838, personally appeared before the Judges — of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Schenectada, in said State, Rachel Ward, (whose maiden name was "Freeman") a resident of the City of Schenectada in the county of Schenectada aforesaid, aged seventy-eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Jonathan Ward — who was a private soldier in the New York Continental service in the army of the Revolution, and served as set forth in the papers now on file in the War Department in the matter of the application of said Jonathan Ward for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, and received during his lifetime a pension of Twenty Dollars per annum — That she was married to Jonathan Ward in the town of Orange in the State of New Jersey by the Rev. C. M c Chapman but can find no record of her marriage
She further declares, that she was married to the said Jonathan Ward on the twelfth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Ward died on the thirteenth day of June 1834; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated. — hu
Rachel D Ward mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before the Judges aforesaid in open Court, and that she cannot write her name owing to defective eyesight —
W. W. Dredway Dip. Atty R

I certify the foregoing to be the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Rachel Ward for a pension. Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court, this 9 th day of October 1838
M c H. Drummond Dep. Clerk
Rachel Ward

State of New-York ~ } ss. County of                    }
The Deposition of Richard Freeman of the City of Schenectada in the County of Schenectada in said State aged sixty five years being duly sworn deposes and saith that he became acquainted with Rachel Ward the widow of Jonathan Ward (who is now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. previous to the year 1779 when she still bore her maiden name "Freeman" — That he was not present at the performance of the marriage ceremony between said Rachel — and Jonathan Ward her late husband. Yet he well remembers hearing thereof at the time when the same took place; and that they the said Jonathan — and Rachel — were thereafter until the day of the death of the said Jonathan Ward which took place about four years ago. reputed and esteemed to be & recognised as husband and wife. And that after the decease of said Jonathan Ward — the said Rachel has remained single & unmarried and is still unmarried. And this Deponent further saith, that he is the brother of said Rachel, and that said marriage took place at the dwelling house of the father of this Deponent. but in consequence of his youth he cannot recollect any particulars. Richard Freeman
On this ninth — day of October 1858. personally appeared before me the undersigned Richard Freeman above named; to me well known who made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition by him signed are true; and I certify that said Richard Freeman is a credible witness.
Conradus S. Conde { one of the Judges of The County of Schenectada

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, } fs. CLERIKS OFFICE.
I,
Archibald Campbell
Clerk of said County,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Cornelius S. Conde
before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Corn- elius S. Conde and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, this 5 day of April — 18 39 .
Arch d . Campbell Clerk.
Rachel Ward

Jonathan Ward 15 Pension Papers - under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832

The Declaration of Jonathan Ward in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of New York
County of Saratoga ss: On the twenty sixth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the said court of Common Pleas of the said County of Saratoga now sitting Jonathan Ward a resident of the Town of Galway in the County of Saratoga aforesaid, aged seventy four years on the fourteenth day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. The said applicant saith that he was born in the town of Newark in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey on the fourteenth day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight. That he resided with his father in the said town of Newark until the year 1774 or 1775 - thinks in 1775 when he volunteered and joined a company of volunteers under the command of Capt. James Wheeler, - and served in Capt Wheeler's company as a volunteer one month. - He was aged at that time of time of joining Capt Wheeler's company about seventeen years. The Com- pany mustered in Newark aforesaid, and marched from thence through Bergen, to Powle's hook (now called Jersey city) and crossed over from thence to New- York. From thence they crossed over the East River

to Brooklin and marched from thence to Flatbush where he remained until the expiration of the one month's service. The company's duty consisted at this place in keeping guard - He was dismissed by Capt. Wheeler when he returned back to Newark - He does not recollect the names of any other of his officers - Amos Gyrrl and Joseph Pierson are the names of some of his messmates - He does not know that any of the officers or soldiers of this company are now living. He left Flatbush In the year 1776 he enlisted in the company of Capt. Abraham Lyon for five months at Newark aforesaid - Thomas Pierson was first lieutenant and David Little second lieutenant - Remington Perrell ensign - Asahel Heman orderly ser- geant - Nathaniel Crane and Ebenezer Baldwin besides many others were privates and my messmates - The company was under the command of Colonel Van Cortland who commanded the regiment to which it was attached - Genl. Cortland commanded the brigade to which the regiment was attached - He marched from Newark with the company through Bergen to Paulus hook & crossed from thence to New- York - From New York crossed over the East river to Brooklin and remained there a few days and then returned to New York with the rest of the American Army under the command of Genl. Washington - He remained there with the American Army under the command of Genl. Washington until the British arrived at New York under the command of Lord Howe, when he crossed over with the rest

of the army to Long Island. His company quartered at Brooklin. A few days after this a battle took place between the American army and the British - in which he was engaged - and lasted about two hours, when the Americans retreated within their lines. The British had nearly surrounded the Americans when they commenced firing. The Americans remained within their lines as he thinks about two days - when about ten o'clock at night order were received to march to the ferry at Brooklin, when he marched to the ferry and crossed over with the army to New York. The greatest caution and silence was preserved in crossing the the East River when retreating to New York. He thinks the oars were muffled. He remained there he thinks but a few hours, when the rest of the American army marched to Fort Washington twelve miles up the North River. He remained there with the American Army engaged in garrison duty two or three weeks when the army marched from thence to White Plains. A Garrison was left at the fort. While there a scouting party of the American Army took thirty six refused prisoners. He formed one of the guard that took these prisoners up to Peekskill and delivered them up to another guard at that place. When he returned, the American Army had removed from White Plains to a place called Phillip's Manor, at which place he joined it, where it remained a few days, when it marched up to Peekskill, where it crossed over the river and marched to New Windsor. From thence marched to a place called Slaughter Landing where we remained a few days, from thence we marched to Aquacrasa.

remained there a few days, and then marched to Brunswick in New Jersey where he remained until his time expired. He was discharged from the service of the Continental army and returned home - He received no written discharge - He recollects Genl. Putnam, Genl. Greene - He has no records of his age except from his  recollections He has resided since he was discharged in Newark aforesaid and removed from thence to Galway aforesaid where he now resides - I refer to the Rev. Adams W. Platt of James Ford of Broad Albin of Montgomery Co. and Deas Otis William Paul, Carl Stinton of Galway aforesaid, as persons having the competent information to attest to my credibility and character for truth & veracity - and my having the general reputation in the neighborhood of having served as a Revolutionary Soldier. I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll at the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed the day of year aforesaid In open Court Thomas Miller Clerk
James M. Ward

1 We Adams W. Platts - a Clergyman residing in the town of Broadalbin - in the County of Montgomery - and State of New York and James Fords - residing in the Town of Broadalbin in County of Montgomery hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Ward who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Adams W. Platts James Ford
Thomas Palmer Clerk
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Adams W. Platts is a Clergyman resident in the town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery State of New York and that James Fords who has signed the same is a resident of the Town of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery and is a credible witness and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Thomas Palmer Clerk

of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga, now sitting; Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Ward for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Thomas Palmer Clerk
Pension Papers of Jonathan Ward Under act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
21822

State of New Jersey
Essex County, ss.
Before me, Stephen Dore one of the Justices of the Peace of the said County personally appeared Caleb Tichenor, who being by me duly sworn according to law, deponeth and saith, that he now resides in the Township of Livingston in the County aforesaid where he has resided for twenty years; that he formerly lived in Newark in the said County; this deponent further saith that he was acquainted with Jonathan Ward who formerly resided in Newark, and who he is informed now lives in Galway in the State of New York; that in the year 1776 the said Jonathan Ward and this deponent enlisted under Captain Abraham Lyon in the five months service; that they marched under the said Capt. Lyon to New York and from there to Long Island; that after the battle of Long Island they marched to Fort Washington, and from thence to the White Plains; they then crossed the North River at King's Ferry with Genl. Washington's Army and marched down through Newark, and went below New Brunswick, where they were discharged, the time for which they were enlisted having expired. The aforesaid Company commanded by Capt. Lyon was attached to Col. Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment.
Caleb Tichenor
Subscribed this day of December 1832 before me
Stephen Dore
Newark State of New Jersey. June 3 d 1833. At the request of Jonathan Ward, I hereby certify that I have known Caleb Tichenor the above deponent for the last forty years, during all which time he has sustained the character of a man of unimpeachable veracity & integrity. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & year above written.
Oliver Wendell

State of New Jersey County of Essex
3 rd I Eliza Van Arsdale Junior Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Essex Do hereby certify That Stephen Dods Esquire before whom the annexed Affidavit of Caleb Tichenor was made & taken, was at the time when the same was made & taken and still is one of the Justices of the peace for said County residing therein duly commissioned and sworn That the signature "Stephen Dods" affixed to the said affidavit is the proper hand writing of said Justice, and that full faith may be given to his official acts —
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Newark the Third day of June A D Eighteen hundred and thirty three — (1833)
Eliza Van Arsdale

State of New York Saratoga County } ss.
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, Jonathan Ward a resident of the town of Galway in the County aforesaid, aged seventy four years on the fourteenth day of July last, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has no documentary Evidence of his service as a volunteer in a company of volunteers under the Command of Capt. James Wheeler, for one month during the war of the Revolution in the year 1774 or 1775. That he knows of no person now living, by whom he can prove his service for one month in said Company, and further the deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed May 18 th - 1833 before me
Jonathan Ward
Forz Estis Justice of the Peace
I here by Certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Jonathan Ward for more than thirty years last past and that he is a man of good Moral Character
Forz Estis Justice

State of New York } ss: I, Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of Saratoga County - } the County of Saratoga, Do Certify that Perez Otis , before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in & for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of Office the twelfth day of June 1833.
A Goodrich Clerk

O.W.& N.
ISC
July 13, 1905.
Wid.18259, Jonathan Ward, Rev.War.
Madam:
In reply to your communication dated June 20, and received June 22, 1905, you are advised that the Revolutionary records of this Bureau fail to show any claim filed for a Jonathan Ward, of Saratoga Co., N. Y., other than the one above cited, in which it appears that he was born July 14, 1758, at Newark, N. J., where he resided at enlistment , married January 12, 1779, Rachel Freeman, and died June 30, 1834 .
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Martha A. Marshall, Iowa City, Iowa.
Box 154.

V 8164.
New York Alb'y
Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 30 th June 1834 of Saratoga in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Lyons of the Reg t commanded by Col t  Vancortland in the N.Y. line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the seventh day of March 1844 and sent to G. H. Yates Esq d Schenectady N.Y.
Total Amount, $100.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. H. David Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 1 Page 187

Albany. 5230 New York
Rachel Ward, widow of Jonathan Ward who was a Private in the N. Y. Line.
6 mrs
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of April 1844 and sent to
Hon. C. Ellis H. Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book C Vol. 1 Page 258.
rep. 3 d April 1844.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
July 13, 1905 History to Mrs - Martha A. Marshall, Iowa City, Ia.
File No. 18259
Rachel Ward
Widow of
Jonathan Ward
His Rev War
Act: Feb 29 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 3111
[Arrangement of 1870.]

O. M. v. H.
Iowa City, Iowa June 27 th 1905 -
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions U. S. Pension Office Dear Sir,
After my letter of last week had been mailed I noticed that the Postage Stamps for reply had not been enclosed, so please find them in this.
I received a letter from Mr Jonathan P. Dolliver Historian General of the N. S. D. A. R., requesting me to write to the U. S. Pension Office for the pension record

of my grandfather Jonathan Ward who was pensioner of the American Revolution — living in Saratoga Co. N.Y. in the year 1832 and for many years before that date. He entered the service at ————— Gimsbury Conn. and died at my father's house in the year 1838, in Michigan.
Please send the record of this Jonathan Ward to Mrs Martha A. Marshall Iowa City Iowa.
P. O. Box 154 - and oblige Yours Truly
Martha A. Marshall

Neither than yr. 18259
68402

Iowa City, Iowa,
June 20 th 1905 -
20787
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions U. S. Pension Office Washington D. C. Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the record of the Jonathan Ward who was a pensioner in Saratoga Co. N. Y. in 1832, having served in the Revolutionary War. He entered the service at Simsbury Conn.
My grandfather Jonathan Ward died at my father's house in Lenawee Co. Michigan on Sept. 15 th 1838.
over

Please send to Mrs Martha A. Marshall Iowa City Iowa, P. O. Box 154 Very Respectfully Martha A. Marshall

Rachel Ward
70
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions -

Schenectada April 8 th 1839
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
It seems that Jonathan Ward, in behalf of whose widow Rachel Ward , I forward the enclosed papers under the act of 7 th July 1838, that said Jonathan Ward served on the continental establishment. Inasmuch as at the time that his pension claim was allowed in 1833, a comparatively small number of rolls were deposited in your office, I respectfully solicit a review of his papers under the impression that since his claim was originally allowed, new documentary evidence relative to his services may now be found, and with a view to obtain if she be entitled to it, a larger stipend than $20 for the widow.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servt Giles H. Hooker

W. A. S. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions.
Schenectada Sep r 7 th 1843.
Sir.
I have shamefully neglected to attend to the claim of Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan  Ward late a pensioner at the rate of $20 pr an. The widow is still living, but poor & ill. In looking over the papers in her case, I found the inclosed affidavit of the present clergyman of the church, the pastor of which married the parties, showing that no records were kept by the pastor last referred to the Rev d Mr Chapman.
Mr Freeman in his affidavit enclosed, comes as near to the date of the marriage as it is possible.
If Mr Ward served after the date of the marriage 12 th January 1779, there can, I presume, be no objection to allow a pension under the act of 4 th July 1836; if otherwise, you have abundant evidence to show that the marriage took place long before 1 st January 1794.
I am very respectfully
Your ob st Servt
G. H. Yale.

Feb 1838
V. York 5139 Pinehurst Lt. Col. J. H. 24. July 1839 " Hon. A. H. 24. June 1839

5739
Rachel Ward New York Oct 7 th July 38
Admitted
6 mo
Priv
$20 per annum
G. F. Yates Schenectady N York

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

July 31. 1841
Miss
J. L. Edwards Comy Pensions Washington City
Michael L. Linn N.Y.
July 4 1842
See Original Munroe

House of Representatives July 30. 1841
J. L. Edwards. Esq
Sir
Suffer me to call your attention to the applica- =tion for a Pension, in behalf of Rachel Freeman the Widow of Jonathan Ward . The papers belonging to which are in your Office. It appeared to me upon an examination of the papers that this Pension ought to be granted. and I sincerely hope you will come to the same conclusion
I am Sir. Very Resp
A. L. Simms

3417 Mar 28 '44
Nov 30 1843
Richard Howard
L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
C. Ellis Hon. C. Ellis M.P.

Ms. B. 28 March.
Sir, I ask your attention to the enclosed letters

Jonathan Ward

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jonathan Ward of Saratoga co, New York , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Cole
RW
5238
Col. J. L. Edwards Commissary of Pensions Washington D.C.
ms

Schenectada 20 th October 1840
Dear Sir
Enclosed you have the Application of Rachel Ward for a pension under the Act of July 1840 - The Certificates of Mary Lighthouse & Annah Brant have been duly received
The Application of Maria Cost for a pension after the death of Wm Cost her Husband I have not heard from
Respectfully Yours
A. A. Vanden
Col. L. Edwards Commission of pensions

State of Ohio County of Ross ss
Esther Johnson of the City of Chillicothe in said County a g. d. rightly sworn, deposes being duly sworn deposes and saith, that dur- ing the war of the revolution she resided in the town of Orange in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey. — That on or about the first of January 1779, this Deponent was present at the marriage of Jonathan Ward & Rachel Freeman, which took place at the house of the father of said Rachel, in the town of Orange, County of Essex & State of New Jersey, and that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, then Clergyman of the place, and this Deponent further saith that said Jonathan Ward was reported to have been a soldier of the revolution until his death which occurred several years since, & that his widow Rachel is the same

person who is now an applicant for a pension and is residing in the City of Schenectady State of New York.
Esther her X Johnson mark
Attest - Sarah Stephens.
On this 19 th day of October 1843, personally appeared before me the undersigned Deputy Esther Johnson above named & made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition are true and correct. And I certify that said Esther Johnson is a credible witness.
Peter Patterson Justice Peace
Rachel Ward wid: of Jon: Ward act 3 rd Mar 1843
The State of Ohio,
Ross County ss 3 I Humphrey Fullerton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Peter Patterson Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly qualified and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 6 th day of March A D 1844 Humphrey Fullerton Clerk

Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward
Affidavit of Asa Hilyer de Record of Marriage
for. Ward

This May certify all whom it may concern that I was installed Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church in Orange, New Jersey, in Dec r 1804 & have ever since resided in the same place. & am now seventy six years of age. My predecessor was the Rev d J. Chapman who was the Pastor of this Church about thirty years. His pastoral relation to this Church was dissolved in Oct r 1800, & no record of Marriages, in this congregation, during Mr. Chapman's pastoral relation to this Church can be found. I have reason to believe that no such record was kept in this Ch h until I became its Pastor.
Asa Hillyer
Sworn and subscribed
Before me this Twenty fifth Day October A D 1839
Stephen D. Day Justice of the peace
State of New Jersey } County of Essex } ss.
I, John P. Jackson Clerk of the County of Essex do hereby certify That Stephen D. Day before whom the above affidavit of Asa Hillyer was made & taken, at the time of taking the same was & still is one of the Justices of the peace for said County, residing therein, duly commissioned & sworn; that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and know that the signature "Stephen D. Day" affixed to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine & that full faith is due to his official acts.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Newark in said County the sixteenth day of November A D . 1839 -
J. P. Jackson Ctho
fees paid 50/100

5617
5117 Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward - Act of 3 rd Mar '43
$20.
G. H. Lewis agent Schenectady
Hon. C. Ellis H.R.

State of New York County of Schenectady } ss.
On this 19 th day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & forty three, before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for said County, personally appeared Rachel Ward, a resident of the City of Schenectady in said County, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Jonathan Ward, who was a private in the War of the Revolution, & served in manner & for the terms & under the officers particularly described & set forth in the application of this Declarant under the act of 7 th July 1838, & in the matter of his application under the act of 7 th June 1832.
She further declares that she was a pensioner under the act of 7 th July 1838 aforesaid, & that the annual amount of the stipend which she received, was Twenty Dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Subscribed & sworn, the day & year first aforesaid, before me P. P. VORST J.P.
Rachel X Ward mark Witness A. K. Yates
I certify that the above Declarant is personally known to me P. P. VORST J.P.

J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Sir
I send an- -nexed the declaration of Rachel Ward widow of Jonathan Ward under the act of 3 rd March 1843.
I send enclosed an affidavit relative to the widow's marriage, which I do not send for the purpose of inducing a new decision under the act of 7 th July 1838, but for the purpose of being filed with the other papers under that act, as it will doubtless form not an unimportant link in the chain of testimony on the subject of the marriage. I did not receive it until to day, or I would have sent it before.
I am with great respect
Your Ob d Servt
G. F. Hark
Schenectada, March 20 th 1844.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, County of Schenectady, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, SILAS H. MARSH , Clerk of the County of Schenectady, Do hereby Certify, That David P. Hovey Esq. before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as such; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to said Affidavit and Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this 20 th day of March 1844.
S. H. Marsh
Clerk.

State of New-York, } ss. County of Schenectady }
On this twentieth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Schenectady in the state of New York, Rachel Ward a resident of the town of Schenectady in the said county of Schenectady aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War:
That she is the widow of Jonathan Ward who was active in the war of the Revolution and was at the time of his death a pensioner of the United States under the act of June the 7 th 1832 as a reward of whose services such private she was pensioned under the acts of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 - 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844 and the annual amount of pension she received under the act of 17 th June 1844 was twenty dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow and that by reason of blindness she is unable to write her name
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 20 th day of October 1848 - Chas. S. Vadder Justice of the Peace
Rachel Ward mark
I certify that the above Declaration is genuinely known to me Chas. S. Vadder Justice of the Peace
State of New-York, } ss. County of Schenectady }
I, Silas H. Marsh Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Benjamin L. Vadder was on the day of the date of the above Declaration and Certificate, a justice of the Peace in and for the said county, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of the above Declaration and to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said county, this twentieth day of October 1848.
S. H. Marsh Clerk