Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,972, Aaron Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wright Aaron Mary
N 15,972
CONTENTS

3397.
4
New York Roll.
Aaron Wright
Private Massachusetts line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of October 1818 - and sent to Sam d H. Wicker, Ticonderoga N. York -
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 \frac{30}{31} \frac{4}{30} - 32;84
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
$ 80:84
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ 2 Leav 1778
Continued Ticonderoga. Essex Co
Notification sent the 1 st Feb y 1821, to Hon. E. G.
Graves, B. Dept. M. A.

11. 654 Albany New York City Mary Wright, decd widow of Aaron who died on the of _____ in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution for two years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. & Eudg _____ July 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of April 1834 and sent to P. H. Balomin
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Present
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by _____ Clerk Book _____ Vol. 1. Page 539
Telegraphed "To Gray" 8 July 1854, also sent a new notification Lett P. H. York, July 11, 1854

Sarah Wright
Correct
** refers to the Clerks Certificate
for Samuel
A. Wicker
Found in Small Room
Ticonderoga
1862 Company, Inc. N.Y.
neither date of his
residence but suppose
the declaration came
and upon the final
death of his wife. None
of the York lines, this
may be the same as
the other
correct

State of New York
Essex County ss
On this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex personally appears Aaron Wright aged fifty five years, resident in the town of Ticonderoga in the County of Essex & State of New York 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 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," That he the said Aaron Wright enlisted in the United States service on the continental establishment at Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts in the month of November seventeen hundred & sixty-eight for the term of two years in the Company commanded by Captain Abraham Williams in the Second Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Droot - that he continued to serve in said Camp or in the service of the United States until the month of November in the year 1780 (making in the whole time of his service two years as thereabouts) when he was discharged from service in Fish Kill on the Hudson River in the State of New York, that he was in the battle on Stoney Point opposite to King's Ferry on the Hudson River where the Americans took five hundred prisoners from the British and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, & that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services and that he hereby renounces his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States & hereby requests the Secretary for the Department of War to cause his name to be placed on the pension list of the United States
I swear to & declare before me Aaron Wright the day & year aforesaid Ebenezer Doolittle one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex as aforesaid

State of New York
Essex County ss. I the said Ebenezer Douglass one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Aaron Wright did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the prece- ding declaration against the common enemy; And I now trans- -mit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the di- rections of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand & the Seal of the Court this second day of May 1818
Ebenezer Douglass one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex as aforesaid.

Aaron Wright
3397
March 1819.
Con.

January Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the of the County of Essex being a Court of Record of said County State of New York
Essex County ss. I Aaron Wright 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 dis- posed of my property or any part thereof worth in- tens 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 herunto annexed and by me subscribed and that the following Schedule of my property is just and true in all respects that I have a wife, and one child under lawful age, to support that my health is now so bad and has been such for more than a year past as to prevent my labouring at all together.
A schedule of the property of Aaron Wright real and personal in law or equity in possession reversion or remainder
Real Estate I have none

Personal Property
One Cow - one iron Pot & one dish kettle
1/2 doz knives & forks 1/2 doz earthen plates
And I the said Aaron Wright do further say that I am a pensioner under the act of Congress of the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And that the number of my certificate is three thousand three hundred and ninety seven. And I the said Aaron do further swear that my age is fifty eight years and that I served on the Continental establishment in the revolutionary war in the years 1778 & 1779 for two years and was honorably discharged and that the date of my original application is May 2 nd 1818. and that I served in the company of Capt. Abraham Williams & Regiment of Col. Shurt in the Massachusetts line
And I the said Aaron Wright do further swear that I am now a resident of the town of Scituate in the County of Essex in the State of New York aforesaid
Sworn & declared in open court this 9 th day of January 1821. before Thos Stower clerk
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I

do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty Dollars And I do also further certify that the aforesaid Court is a court of record having the power of fine and im- prisonment & keeping a record of its proceedings
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 15 th day of January 1821 at Elizabethton in the absence of Thomas Stowe Clerk
Ashley Pond Dep. Clerk

MARRIAGES.
Ⓟ Aaron and Mary Wright Married 3 rd Nov r , 1783
Lewis and Aseneath Bennett Married Jan 17, 1822
MARRIAGES.

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Aaron Wright Born 3 rd November 1762
Mary Wright Born 22 nd November 1762
Lewis S. Bennett Born 12 th January 1800
Asencalk Bennett Born 11 th August 1808
Amanda B. Bennett Born 28 th February 1824
Mary S. Bennett Bann Born 24 November 1826
Lydia Ann Bennett Born 24 June 1829
BIRTHS.

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
Mary Wright died July 20, 1838
DEATHS.
Aaron Wright died June 14 th 1829

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "1850" or "1851"]
[Faint handwritten text, possibly "1850" or "1851"]

Mary Wright widow of Aaron Wright
Bryst Baldwin Hly Present

Lewis I. Bennett
State of New York Suffolk County S. S. On this 1 st day of February 1854 A.D. Before the subscribers a justice of the Peace in and for said county personally appeared Lewis I. Bennett who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is fifty three years of age, and a resident of said county and state, that he was well acquainted with Aaron Wright a Revolutionary Pensioner and with Mary his wife, that he first knew the said Aaron & Mary in the year 1820 at Fiendenga Epes Co NY where they then resided, and to which place he thinks they moved a short time before from Williams- town Mass. - That he married a daughter of the said Aaron & Mary who is now Aseneth Bennett his wife. That the said Aaron moved to the town of Greenpoint NY the next town adjoining Fiendenga, and died there as he believes in the year 1829 That about the year 1833. Mary Wright his widow came from Greenpoint to live with him on Long Island, and continued to live in his family until the day of her death which was on the 20 th day of July 1838. That she died leaving the following children now living only to wit - Aseneth Bennett Betsy Patches and Aaron Wright. He further says that the Marriage Record herunto attached is cut out of an old Bible which his wife's father bought and presented to his wife Mary, as a New Years gift in the year 1824 and that he deponent was present on the occasion, and one John Moore a resident of Fiendenga where the said Wright then lived and a neighbor, was called upon to transcribe from the

old family bible of the Said Wright the record the Marriage of the Said Aaron & Mary, which I have always understood to have been on the 3 rd of November 1833. I further say that the Said Bible has been in my family since the Said Mary came to live with me. That within one or two days after the death and funeral of Mrs Mary Wright my wife's mother, I made a memorandum with a pencil on the said leaf herunto attached, and which was, that the Said Mary died on the 24 th day of July 1838, and which memorandum now appears on the said paper. and I will maintain this to have been the day of her death independently of such memorandum. He further says that he resided in Said Suffolk County at the time of the Said Mary's death, in the town of East Hampton, and that the Rev J. A. Cope then of Said town preached the funeral sermon, at his house where the Said Mary died. and he further says that he knows that the Said Mary Wright did not marry after the death of her husband the Said Aaron but contin- ued his widow until her death.
Lewis L. Bennett
Sworn and subscribed before me the day & year first above written and I certify that I am well acquainted with the Said Lewis L. Bennett and that he is a respectable citizen and entitled to full faith and credit for truth and veracity J. R. Cummings
Justice Peace

Frederick King
State of New. York )
Suffolk County } ss. On the 25 th day of February -
A D 1854 Upon the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared, Frederick King aged Sixty two years a resident of said county and State who being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he is Half Brother to Lewis S Bennett who subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit. That he first knew Anna Wright and his family (as spoken of in the foregoing afft which I have heard read) in the year 1818 at the Town of Fiendunga Essex Co NY. and has been well acquainted with Mary Wright widow of said Anna up to the period of her death which was on the 2 nd day of July 1838 at the house of the said Lewis Bennett in the town of East Hampton and State aforesaid. And he further saith that he and one Luther Sherman set up with the corpse of the said Mary Wright and deponent & Sherman attended her funeral, that deponent and the said Sherman lived each about a half mile from the house of said Bennett when Mrs Wright died and their families being all related they all visited together &c.
This deponent says he has no written Memorandum in his possession showing the time of the death of said Mary, but that the event and the exact time is fresh in his recollection, and one circumstance in particular fixs his mind upon the time mentioned, to wit. that on the January following he left his residence near said Bennett and moved to Cedar Island in said

County to keep the light house. He furthermore Says he has known the Bible from which the leaf hereto attached was taken, and understood it to have been given to Mrs Mary Wright by her husband in the year 1824. that he was always intimate with the family until Mr Wright died which he believes to have been in the year 1829. and has been intimate with Mr Bennet family aforesaid since he moved to Long Island about twenty years ago, and also has often seen the said Bible at the house of said Bennet and knows it to be the same one which Mrs Wright had given her by her husband aforesaid. He further says that he well knew John Moore of Fienderoga and always understood from the Statements of the family that he said Moore made the entry of the Marriage of the said Aaron & Mary Hannah at the time the Bible was presented in 1824. He further says he is well acquainted with the children which the said Mary Wright left at her death and which are now living, and that they are Areneth Bennet, Betsey Patchin, and Aaron Wright and none others. and further that he knows that the said Mary Wright did not marry after the death of her husband the said Aaron but remained his widow to the day of her death. Sworn & Subscribed before me the day Frederick King and year first above written. & I certify the said King to be a credible person & entitled to full faith & credit for truth & veracity.
P. R. Jennings Justice Peace.

Luther Sherman
State of New York } Suffolk County }
On this 16 th day of February A.D. 1854 before the Subscribed a justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Luther Sherman aged thirty six years a resident of said County who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he has known Mrs Mary Wright dead and widow of Aaron Wright and mother to Mrs Sarah Bennett for about eighteen years - That he is well acquainted with Frederick King and Lewis Bennett subscribers to the foregoing affidavits. That deponent married a niece of the said Bennett and at the time of Mrs Wrights death lived about a half mile from the said Bennett house where she died. That deponent knows that the said Mary Wright died on the 20 th day of July 1838 at the house of said Bennett. That deponent watched with the corpse of the said Mary and visited the family during her sickness and the event is fresh in his memory. And he further says he has seen the list in the family of the said Bennett from which the day of her death and time and always understood it to be the Wrights Birth. Luther I Sherman
Sworn & Subscribed before me this day & year first above written and I certify that the said Luther Sherman is a Man entitled to full Credit for truth & veracity.
P. R. Jennings Justice Peace

State of New York } Suffolk County } p Surrogate's Court }
It is hereby certified that Satisfactory evidence has been presented to said court by the affidavits of Lewis L Bennett, Frederick King & Luther Sherman citizens of said county and persons entitled to full credit, that Mary Wright deceased widow of Aaron Wright deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner died on the 20 th day of July A.D. 1838, leaving the following named children only. Aseneth Bennett Betsie Patchin & Aaron Wright. Witness my hand & seal of
office this 12 th day of April 1854
Dr. P. Buffett Surrogate of Suffolk County. N. Y. —

State of New York } }
County of Essex } ss. On this 15 day of February A.D. 1884 before the Surrogate Court of the County of Essex Aaron Wright a resident of the town of Ticonderoga in said County, aged forty seven years who being first sworn according to law doth on his Oath Make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits 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 he is a Son of Mary Wright deceased who was the widow of Aaron Wright deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818, and for the particular respecting the rank and service of his father the said Aaron Wright he begs leave to refer to the papers on file in the Pension Office.
He further declares that Mary Wright his Mother was married to Aaron Wright on the 3 rd day of November A.D. 1783. That the said Aaron Wright his father died on the 14 th day of Jan'y 1829, and that the said Mary Wright his Mother died on the 26 th day of July 1838.
That his said Mother Mary Wright was not married to the said Aaron Wright 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. He further Depones that his Mother the Said Mary Wright was not Married again after the death of the Said Aaron Wright but continued His widow until her death. and that the Said Mary no any of her Children ever applied for a Pension as this deponent believes. and he further says that the only Children of the Said Mary Wright now living are Asenath Baint Betsy Pateham and this deponent.
And this deponent further saith that he has made every effort to obtain Evidence from the Town Clerk of Williamstown Mass whether there was or was not any record on the town Books of Said town of the Marriage of the Said Mary & Aaron Wright, and failed to discover Aaron Wright
Sworn and Subscribed before the undersigned Judge of the County Court and Surrogate Court the day and year first above written, and I certify that I am acquainted with the Said Aaron Wright and know him to be a Credible Person, and I believe the fore- going Statement sworn to by him to be true.
John E. McVine Esq. Co. Judge & Surrogate

STATE OF NEW YORK, ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that _____ J. E. McIntire Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed _____ was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said _____ and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
E. A. Adams Clerk.

State of New York
County of Essex } On this 8 th day of February A.D. 1854 Upon the Subscribed a justice of the Peace personally appeared John Allen aged Seventy Eight years, a resident of Tiendauga in said County who being duly sworn deponeth & saith that he was well acquainted with Aaron Wright and Mary his wife both deceased. That he first knew them in the year 1789 in Williamstown Mass that deponent at that time lived on the farm adjoining the said Aaron. Mary, and at that time the said Aaron & Mary lived together as man and wife and had several small children. That in the year 1793 this deponent moved from Williamstown to the Tiendauga in the aforesaid County where he has ever since resided. That a few years after, the said Aaron & Mary moved to said town of Tiendauga and lived neighbor to deponent until about the year 1824 when the said Wright moved to the town of Crownpoint adjoining said town of Tiendauga and died in about two or three years thereafter. That not long after the death of the said Wright, he under- stood his widow went to Long Island to live with her daughter Aseneth Bennett and where he has always understood she remained until she died. He further says he is well acquainted with Aaron Wright the son

of Said Aaron Wright deceased and who has lived in Said town since his father first came to said town of Scituate. He says also that he was well acquainted with two daughters of Said Aaron, to wit Betsy and Asenath and that he believes these two daughters, and the Said Aaron are the only children of the Said Mary Wright now living. That from his recollection he should think the Said Betsy to be now sixty years, and the Said Asenath over the age of fifty years, and the Said Aaron between forty & fifty - He further says that the Said Aaron Wright deceased was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818 as he always under- stood, and deponent further says he is seventy eight years of age
Joel Allen
Sworn and Subscribed before
In the day and year first above written and I Certify that the Said Joel Allen is a person entitled to full faith and credit as a person of truth and veracity
Lyman S. Allen
Justice Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Lyman S Allen Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed affidavits was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Allen and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
E A Adams Clerk.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Aaron Wright a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and  (his)  widow's application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. N. F. 15,972.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1778 to Nov. 1780 Pri. Abraham Williams Sprout Mass.          
Battles engaged in, Stony Point
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Sheffield, Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 2, 1818. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Ticonderoga, Essex Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 13 Nov. 3, 1762.
Remarks: He mar. Nov. 3, 1783, who was born Nov. 22, 1762. Mary he died Jass. 14, 1829, at Crownpoint, N.Y., and she died July 20, 1838 at {residence of dau. Arsenath, East Hampton Suffolk Co., N.Y., and her pension was allowed for the benefit, of her only surviving child in 1854, Arsenath, wife of Lewis L. Barnett, Betsey Patchin, and Aaron who was 47 yrs. old
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Family data
Aaron Wright b. Nov. 3, 1762 d. Jany. 14, 1829 married Nov. 3, 1783
Mary ————— b. Nov. 22, 1762 d. July 20, 1838.
Asenath b. Aug. 11, 1800 mar. Jany. 17, 1822
Lewis L. Bennett b. Jany 12, 1800.
Amanda A. Bennett b. Jany 25, 1824.
Mary S. " " Nov. 24, 1826.
Lydia Ann " " June 24, 1829.

Rev. War Section.
January 24, 1919.
Mr. James M. Wright, Room 635, 149 Broadway, New York City, New York.
Sir:
In addition to the military history of Aaron Wright, W. File 15,973 Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers on file.
Family Data.
Aaron Wright { born November 3, 1762. { died January 14, 1829.
married November 3, 1783,
Mary ----- { born November 22, 1762. Mary ----- { died July 20, 1838.
Asenath Wright born August 11, 1800, married January 17, 1822,
Lewis L. Bennett born January 12, 1800.
Amanda A. Bennett " January 25, 1824.
Mary S. Bennett " November 24, 1826.
Lydia Ann Bennett " June 24, 1829.
Very respectfully,
J. M. [unclear] Commissioner.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15972
Mary Wright Widow of Aaron Wright Orleans Parish
Act July 1 st 88
Index: Vol. _____, Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914, July 31. History to James M. Wright. Br.
1915 Feb. 11. To above- birthplace & names of parents not stated. F.M.
1917, Apr. 6. James M. Wright again advised that place of birth & names of parents not stated.
1919 Jan. 24. Hist. to James M. Wright c.

F. W.
N. F. 15,972
Rev. War
Hartland, Vt.,
Feb. 5, 1915.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Can you - give me the birth place of Aaron Wright who enlisted at Sheffield, Mass. Nov. 1778 for service in the Revolutionary War. I have all other information with that exception, - and I assume that his place of birth, and parents' names - are stated in the enlistment papers or application for a

pension.
That information you can give will be ap- preciated.
Very truly yours,
James M. Wright.

JM Rev. War Section.
February 11, 1915.
Mr. James M. Wright, Hartland, Vt.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the fifth instant, you are advised that in the claim of Aaron Wright, W. File No. 15,972, Rev. War, a history of which was furnished you on July 31, 1914, the place of his birth and the names of his parents are not stated.
Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber Commissioner.

April 6, 1917
James M. Wright, Atty at Law, 149 Broadway, New York City, N. Y.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the thirtieth ultimo, you are again advised that in the claim of Aaron Wright, W. File No. 15,973, Rev. War, the place of soldier's birth, and the names of his parents are not stated.
From the data given, no War of 1812 pension claim has been identified for Benjamin Wright, the subject of your inquiry. If you will state his places of residence at enlistment and after service, the approximate dates of his birth and death, and the given name of his widow, if he left one, a further search of the records will be made in your behalf.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Hartland, Vermont.
July 22, 1914
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you send me the record of Aaron Bright who drew a pension for service in the war of the Revolution, and until 1812 resided at Williams- town, Mass., after which date he resided at New- deroga, New York until his death which occurred in 1828 or 1829? I want more particularly and state to learn from what town he enlisted

Thanking you for the information & remains,
Very truly Yours,
James M. Wright

Rev. Sec m
Room 635 149 Broadway New York City.
Jan 20, 1919.
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, Revolutionary War Records Section, Washington, D. C.
Will you please send me a certified copy of the record of Aaron Knight, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, as contained in his and his heirs applications for pension on file in that bureau - the file is marked, I think, No. F. 15972 Rev. War.
Very truly Yours,
James M. Knight,

Rev 1 6/15/16.
JAMES M. WRIGHT ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW SINGER BUILDING 149 BROADWAY, NEW YORK TELEPHONE 971 CORTLANDT
March 30, 1917
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions, War of 1812 Records Section,
Will you please give me the military history of Benjamin Wright who drew a pension for service at Plattsburg, N. Y. in 1814?
Will you also look at the Revolutionary record of Aaron Wright W. F. N. 972 Rev. War. - and see if his parents names are given and the place of his birth?
Very truly yours,
James M. Wright.

Telegram 1854
Aaron Wright
W. 15972 Mass-

✓ No. 15. 15 th April Mary Wright Dec. widow of Aaron NY
July 7 1838

Mary Wright dec d , Widow of Aaron NY adm d , July 7 1838 2 yrs pri $80 per annum from 4 March 1836 to 20 July 1838, when she Dies , Pay to Aaron Wright 1 adm d , for himself and Asenath Bennett 2 & Betsy Patchin 3 only children,
Cert to B. H. Baldwin Present

Pension Agency, New York July 13 th /84
Sir, In compliance with your request of 12 th inst: I here - with return to you the notification in the case of Mary Wright deceased, now dropped from the roll of this Agency.
I am Very respectfully Your obed t Servant.
Vanbrugh Livingston.
L. P. Waldo Esq: Commissioner of Pensions.

Noted at April 28 th - 54 name of Mary Wright deceased to be inscribed
Enter.

Pension Office April 28 th 1834
Sir,
You will please inscribe on your roll act 7 th July 1838, the name of Mary Wright, decd, widow of Aaron Wright who was a private in the Revolution, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, Commencing 4 th March 1836, and terminating 20 th July 1838, when she died, payable to Aaron Wright, Administrator, for the benefit of himself, Asenath Bennett and Betsey Paton only surviving Children.
Respectfully Your obedt servt J. M c Alister Commission
Van R. Livingston Esq Pension Agent New York City
.. 2 years } $ 160.00 .... 4 months 16 days

Pension Office April 26 1857
Sir
Aaron Wright, NY Roll, Ad, 18891820, $96, per annum, Please state to what time paid,
Very Respectfully L. D. Wallis Jury of Pensions
H Burleigh Third Auditor
Riplett

Aaron Wright, Act 1818, $8 per month. Died 11 th Jany 1829 paid.
J. Burt Anson

Brief in the case of Mary Wright-dead widow of Aaron Suffolk County and State of New York act July 7 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioned under the Acts of 1818 & 1829 (see his papers)
Family Record for marriage Fred k King, Lewis Bennett & Luther Sherman in 1818 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent B. H. Baldwin Esq Present
Thornton L. Platt Examining Clerk.

State of New York, In Surrogate's Court February County of Essex } 15. 1854 Pres't J. E. McKim Surrogate
I, John E. McKim County Judge of the County of Essex and ex officio Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that in pursuance of the Statutes of the State of New York Aaron Wright appeared in open Court and filed his Petition & a Bond with two sufficient sureties in the Penalty of Four Hundred Dollars, and that thereupon such proceedings were had in this Court that Letters of Administration were duly issued to Aaron Wright of Piccadilly Essex County, on this Fifteenth day of February A.D. 1854 on the estate of Mary Wright, late of the County of Suffolk in the State of New York deceased intestate.
And I further certify that the said Letters of Adminis ministration were on the same day Recorded in the office of the Surrogate of said County on Book B. of Letters kept by me for Recording letters testamentary and of administration on p 262 and that said Letters are now in full force in no way cancelled or set aside.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Surrogate's Seal of said County of Essex this 15 th day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Four.
John E. McKim County Judge Surrogate of Essex County.

Washington April 24. 1884
Hon S. P. Hildreth Com d of Pensions Sir
I enclose herewith the application of the Heirs of Mary Wright dec d late widow of Aaron Wright who served two years in Col Sprouts regiment in the Massachusetts Continental line, and who was pensioned under the act of March 18. 1818 and inscribed upon the New York Roll. An ineffectual attempt has been made to get a certificate from the town Clerk of Williamstown Mass touching the marriage of Aaron & Mary as will appear in the declaration herewith. But I hope with the little leaf, and the affidavit of Fort Allen who knew the Parties in 1789 that this objection may be waived. I would observe also that Claimants have omitted to show that the original Title is destroyed. But such is the fact as I understand from the family, and that it has never come into their possession. It would seem that the records being made thirty

years ago, that it is sufficiently ancient to give it weight and character -
It appears also that Mr. Lewis L Bennett who made the memorandum of the death of Mary Wright in pencil marks, afterwards traced it with ink, for the better preservation of the Record. - I beg leave to state also that the justice P H Jennings on whom the afft of Bennett - King, & Sherman are taken is not certified to by the County Clerk - but the certificate of the Surrogate of Suffolk County, upon the same paper I think amends the defect. and I therefore think it unnecessary to send the papers back to the parties for correction
Yours my Dr 2 - 14 July 1829
I am very Respectfully
Your Old Servt
Mary Wright D r . 20 July '38
Bryst Baldwin
asenath Bennett, Betsy Patchin & Mary Wright
Fred k King, Lewis L Bennett, Luther P Sherman Mary Wright Adm rs

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 21, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the children of Aaron Wright, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and Cents per Month, under the law of the 18 th March 1818 have been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1828 to the 1 st of Jan'y 1829.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Broadhead Comptroller.
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To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.