Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 3979, for Benjamin B Stockton, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N. J.)
Stockton, Benjamin B.
83979.
CONTENTS

13694 New York 1.
Benjamin B Stockton of Caledonia in the state of New York who was a Surgeon in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hosford of the Light Artillery line, for the term of 2 years. Centl 12th Line Records corrected Inscribed on the Roll of New York Mar. 22 19 at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of June 1819 and sent to Samuel Lake Esq. Agent Batavia New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $184.51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 120. 9 3/4 304.51
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Payment sent (in money) to Samuel Lake Esq. 30 June 1819 Caledonia New York

Ben m B Stockton Surgeon Hosp t Dept t
1776 to 1778
It remains for the applicant to prove his service on continental establishment by the deposition of 2 credible witnesses or the certificate of some officer of the Revolution
Ben m B Stockton Surgeon Hosp t Dept t 1776 to 1778
Mr. Stockton

State of New York Genesee County
On this 29 th Day of May in the year 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County personally appears Benjamin D. Stockton aged 69 years President in the Town of Caledonia in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress intitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," that he the said Benjamin D. Stockton in December 1776 entered the Hospital Department and in June 1777 received an appointment by the Director General William Shippen of Philadelphia and acted as Junior Surgeon in that Department and continued in that employment till February or March 1778 when he received a certificate of Service from Benjamin Rush Physician General which he has lost, that in the beginning of June 1778 he entered as Surgeon in a Regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Seely of Morris County in New Jersey and served in that Regi- ment one year, that he acted as Surgeon in the Battle of Monmouth and rendered some other occasional Services which he does not now bear to

peculiarly a member, that he is in reduced circum- stances and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support, that he has now no other evidence of his said Services, and that he never received any pension from the United States.
Sworn & declared this 29 th day of May 1818
before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
Willard H. Smith being, by me, sworn deposed & saith that he is well acquainted with Benjamin B. Stockton, whose name is subscribed to the preceding declaration, that he lives in a small tenement belonging to Mr. Patten his son in law, and has no property except some little household furniture that in consequence of his aged infirmity he has been unable for some years past to attend to the practice of his former profession as Physician & Surgeon, and that he is and has been for some time past dependent upon his children for support.
Sworn & subscribed
June 11. 1818 before me
James W. Stevens
Judge as aforesaid
Willard H. Smith

Genesee County State of New York
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Benjamin D. Stockton did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and also that he is in absolute need of assistance of this country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary of the War Department pursuant to the direc- tions of the act of Congress before mentioned
James W. Stevens
State of New York Genesee County ss.
Judge as aforesaid
I Simon Cummings Clerk of the County of Genesee do hereby certify that James W. Stevens before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Genesee acting under the authority of this State and that the foregoing are his signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and County Seal at Batavia the 16 th day of June A.D. 1818
J. Cummings By Sam. Lake Dep.

Benjamin B. Stockton
1842
Dec 13, 1844.
1842 June 1847.
(1847 July)

A T a court of Common Pleas held at the Court-House in the village of Batavia, in and for the county of Genesee, in the State of New-York; on the 15 th day of June 1826, being a Court of Record, in pursuance of the 41st article of the Constitution of the state of New-York, which has unlimited jurisdiction, keeps records of its proceedings, and has immemorially exercised the power of fine and imprisonment.
Present, the Hon. John M. Lewis, Isaac Wilson, Richard Smith, Moses H. Taylor - Judges.
GENESEE COUNTY, ss. — On this eleventh day of June 1826, personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Record,) Benjamin B. Stockton aged sixty five years, resident of the town of Calacoonia — in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:—
As a Surgeon about two Years in the Hospital Department in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that his original Declaration was dated the 29 th of May 1818 and his Certificate is numbered 13.694
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed."
Inventory or Schedule Real Estate I have none — Personal property —
3 Old Tables
12 Chairs Old
2 Candle Stands
1 pair Brass candlesticks, 1 p. Snuffers
1 Cow
1 Silver watch of little value to any other person, which I have owned many years
2 Looking Glasses
1 Large Iron pot
1 3 Gallon Iron Kettle
1 Spider 1 Tea Kettle
1 8 Gallon Brass Kettle old & poor
1 3 Gallon do do do
1 Grid Iron & 1 Griddle
8 Old small Table & 7 Tea Spoons
1 Small milk Cup & Sugar Tongs — Silver
Common Knives & Forks, Tea Cups & Saucers, Earthen Plates and dishes, sufficient to set a Table for six persons
1 Meat Barrel, 3 or 4 Casks for Flour
1 Wooden pail & 1 Tin Pail —
6 Milk Pans
Cash on hand twenty five Dollars, being a balance of my pension Received last March $ 25.00

And the Deponent further says that his necessary wearing apparel and bedding for himself and family, do not exceed the sum of one hundred Dollars in value. That he is a Physician by profession, but has become so infirm he is not able to practice, or to endure much fatigue. That he has a Wife named Sarah H. aged sixty one years, and one Daughter named Sarah B. aged 17 years, which compose his Family.
Benj. R. Stockton
Sworn and subscribed, the 15 day of June 1820 Before me, in Court
Sam l Lake Commr in open Court

Simon Greenleaf I  Simon Greenleaf for the county of Genesee, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the 8 64.63
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and schedule thereto annexed, are truely copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the o- pinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty four dollars and sixty three cents.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this seventeenth day of June A.D. 182 2
S. Greenleaf Clerk of the Court for the county of Genesee.

Rev. Shaw
INVALID.
File No. 3979
Benj. B. Stockton Chas. H. H. Dept.
Act: March 1858/18
Index:—Vol. A , Page 356
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Cont'd x Prof. Line. Records corrected Mar. 22 '01

Services Provided

City of New Brunswick State of New Jersey
On the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, before me William S. Deane Notary Public duly commissioned and qualified in the City and State of said name Moses Scott of the said city, Physician to me well known, who being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith,
That he the said Moses Scott was a Sur. Physician and Surgeon in the Military Hospital in the Army of the Revolution - That he was well acquainted with Doct. Benjamin B. Stockton now residing as he is informed in the County of Genesee and State of New York - That the said Benjamin B. Stockton did act as a Second Surgeon in the Military Hospital at some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and that he continued to act in such capacity for one year or more according to the best of his deponent's memory and belief.
Moses Scott
In testimony of all which the said Moses Scott hath above subscribed his name, and I the said Notary have hereunto set my Notarial Seal and seal at New Brunswick the day & year above written.
Wm S. Deane
Not. Pub: