Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,324, Gibbens Wentworth, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wentworth, Gibbons
R. 11.324.
CONTENTS

1 Brief N o 10,795
Gibbens Wentworth "
Adm Sept 15 1832 admitted per Smith
2. 3. 4. 11. 17.
Suspended
9 Feb 32 6 Dec
Coomes Rushville N.Y. 1834.

C.V. 10,795
BRIEF in the case of  Gibbens Wentworth of Middlesex in the County of Yates  in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  yes  3. How old is he?  77 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 Summer 1777 Spring — 7 — As a private Genl. John Watson — Col. Boyle or Burke — Genl. Montgomery — Genl. Schuyler — Genl. Gates —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  at the Battle of Stillwater  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  at Canaan — Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By traditionary evidence — (Oliver Leaman does not sign)  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ard  Examining Clerk.

Gibben Wentworth Declaration
10,795
C. Louis Agent Rushville N.Y.
2nd copy 1902
acknowledged from Estate
Gibben Wentworth

State of New York } Ontario County } }
Henry Wentworth of the town of Middlesex in the county of Yates - ^ being duly sworn doth depose and say that his father Gibbens Wentworth who made the annexed declaration, was at the time of making the said declaration in feeble health, and in very destitute circumstances as to property, that he resided at the time with his son Joseph Wentworth in the said town of Middlesex - That the said Gibbens Wentworth died on or about the middle of the month of August last. The said deponent further saith that according to the best of his knowledge and belief no Judge of the County Courts of the said County Yates resided nearer than fifteen miles to the residence of the said Gibbens Wentworth but that the distance from his said residence to the residence of Chester Soomys One of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid before whom the said declaration was made was three and a half miles, and that the above facts afford the reason why the said declaration was not made in the county in which the said declarant resided. - The said deponent further saith that he is confident, that the said Gibbens Wentworth was not acquainted with any clergyman in either of the said Counties of Ontario and Yates, - And further the said deponent saith not.
Henry Wentworth
Sworn and subscribed to this 22 Day of January in the year 1833 - before me
Chester Soomys
Judge of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid

I Chester Loomis one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ontario in the State of New York hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Wentworth who has subscribed and sworn to the within affidavit, and that he is of good character for truth and veracity - and that he is a credible person whose statement is in my judgment entitled to belief - January 22, 1833.
Chester Loomis
State of New-York
Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county,
do hereby certify, that Chester Loomis, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates of the affidavit and Character of Henry Wentworth was, at the dates thereof, a Judge of the Courts in and for said County; and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his hand the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-third day of January 1833.
Charles Crane

State of New York Ontario County ss
On this sixth day of August in the year 1832 personally appeared before me Chester Loomis a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid - Glibben Wentworth a resident of the town of Middlesex, in the County of Yates in the said State aged seventy seven 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 under the following named Officers and served as herein stated In the summer of 1775, but in what month he cannot recollect he then residing at Canaan in the State of Connecticut - enlisted for the term of seven months in a Company of State Troops or Militia as he believes of the State of Connecticut, under the Command of Capt. John Watson - and Lieut Titus Watson and forthwith marched to Ticonderoga from whence he was marched as he thinks in a regiment commanded by Col. Boyle - or Burle - to Montreal and Quebec with the Troops under the Command of Gen. Montgomery. At St. Johns the Company in which he enlisted was engaged in a Skirmish with the enemy in which Capt. John Watson who commanded it was severely wounded being shot through the body - The Command of the said Company then devolved on Lieut. Titus Watson The said Wentworth further saith that he continued in the said Company to do duty as a soldier on the said expedition to Quebec - and that he suffered extreme hardships and danger in the same until the period of his said enlistment expired -
In the spring of 1777 he again enlisted under Capt. Titus Watson and marched to Ticonderoga in the State of New York. The term for which he then enlisted was twelve months - but whether in the State Troops of the State of Connecticut or the Continental Troops he cannot

now determine - He continued to do duty as a soldier in the Army - first under the command of General Schuyler during the retreat from Fort Edward to Saratoga - and afterwards by Gen. Gates - till the expiration of his term of enlistment He was engaged in the Battle at Stillwater about the middle of Sept. - according to his recollection in which battle three of his brothers viz. John Wentworth, Sion Wentworth and Wm William Wentworth were also engaged Two of his brothers viz. Shubael Wentworth and William Wentworth were killed in the conflict with
The enemy which preceded -
He has no documentary evidence whatever - nor does he know any person now living who has personal knowledge of his said services He further saith -
1 st That he was born in the town of Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the year 1755 in the month of March 2 nd That he has no record of his age - but that he has ever understood and verily believes it to be as above stated 3 rd That when he enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States as aforesaid he resided at Canaan in the State of Connecticut - That since the revolutionary war he has resided at Pinesburgh and Conesville and Middlesex in the State of New York at which latter place he now resides 4 th That he voluntarily enlisted as a soldier as aforesaid on his own account in the service of his country 5 Some of the regular officers who were with the troops where he served were - Gen. Montgomery and Gen. Arnold - Gen. Schuyler and Gen. Gates 6 He does not remember having received any written discharge - 7 th That Mr Oliver Seaman - Stephen Aldrich and Warham Williams are acquainted with him in the neighborhood where he now resides, and who can testify as he believes to his character for veracity and their belief of his

services as a soldier of the revolution
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 any agency of any state
Gibbens his W. Wentworth mark
Signed and executed in the presence of
Joseph Wentworth } The said Gibbens Wentworth being entirely unable from ill health and bodily infirmity to attend the County Court the above
Declaration was sworn and subscribed to by the said Gibbens Wentworth on the day and year aforesaid
Before me Chester Loomis, One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid
State of New York Ontario County ss
We Stephen Aldrich, Oliver Seaman and Warham Williams residing in the town of Middlesex aforesaid, and in the same neighborhood with Gibbens Wentworth, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Gibbens Wentworth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy-seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
W. N. M'Ginnis
Sworn and subscribed the 6 day of August 1832
Stephen Aldrich
Before me Chester Loomis, One of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County
I Chester Loomis One of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid, do hereby declare my 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. I further certify that I am personally

personally acquainted with Warham Williams, and Stephen Aldrich who have signed the preceding certificates, and who reside in the same neighborhood with the above named applicant, and that I know them to be respectable citizens, and of good character for truth and veracity, and that their statement in my opinion is entitled to credit.
Chester Loomis
Judge of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid
State of New-York, } ss: County of Ontario. }
I, CHARLES CRANE, Clerk of the county of Ontario, do hereby certify, that Chester Loomis -- whose name is subscribed to the Certificates of Affidavit -- to which this certificate is annexed was at the date of said Affidavit and at the time the said
Judge of the Court
purports to have been sworn -- a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said and verily
believe his signature as aforesaid, to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, at Canandaigua, this first -- day of September in the year of our Lord 1832.
Charles Crane Clerk.

New York - Revo:
Gibbens Wentworth
Suspended: letter C. Loomis, Rushville, 6. June 1833.
11324
act 7 June 32

Acts of July 1, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11824
P. O. Gibbens Wentworth
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____ , 18 .
Discharged: _____ , 18 .
Application filed: _____ , 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____ , 18 .