Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16641, for Abner Mack, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mack, Abner Anne or Anna
No. 16641.
CONTENTS

Married to J. R. Austin 13 March 1839. died to Pen Age 25 April 1839. From Connecticut, from to Albany New York from 4 th September 1838 Notification to J. R. Austin, Otsego Otsego, County New York
NEW YORK Albany 2269
Anna Mack widow of Abner Mack dec. who died on the 2 nd January 1800 at Holland in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the  Regt commanded by Col. Clarke in the Regt . line for 5 months, Sgt. 4 " Capt. Conn.
Incribed on the Roll of St. at the rate of 114 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Aug. 1838 and sent to Abner  Abner Gilbert T. Wilson St. 
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $802.62 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 57.33 859.95
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act July 4, 1836, { Section the 5 th }
Recorded by M. A. Jones Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 72 

State of Connecticut } ss Hebron Probate District County of Tolland }
On this 23 rd day of July 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District Anna Mack of Otsego in the County of Otsego and State of New York, now resident of Hebron in said County of Tolland in Connecticut aged 76 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 4 th 1836 That she is the widow of Abner Mack who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution - That the said Mack on the first of January 1777 enlisted as a Corporal in Colonel Samuel Wyllys Regiment of the Connecticut line, and served in that capacity in said Regiment till Jan y 1 st 1780 a term of three years, it being the full term for which he first enlisted. And he then engaged & enlisted in the same Regiment for one year, and served as a Corporal in 3 d Regiment four months, from said 1 st of Jan y 1780 and was then appointed a Sergeant and served in that capacity in said Regiment Eight months (viz) till Jan y 1 st 1781 and from that time he served as a Sergeant in Col. c John Durkee's Regiment till the 31 st of Decem r 1781 being one year - All in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army, and was honorably discharged, but his Sergeants Warrant & his Discharge, both which she declares she often saw, are lost and gone and can not now be found. She verily believes that Capt. Thomas Seymour of Hartford in Connecticut commanded the Company in which her said husband served first as a Corporal & afterwards as a Sergeant in the said Col. c Wyllys Regiment, but does not recollect the name of the Capt. in Col. c Durkee's Regiment - The said Abner Mack was in the battle of Stony Point as he informed the declarant.
She further declares that she was married to the said Mack in said Hebron on the 10 th day of April 1780 to which Town they both belonged though he was then & previously enlisted in the Revolutionary Army as above stated - That her said husband the said Abner died at New Lisbon in

Otsego County & State of New York on the 20 th day of Jany 1800 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period That the said Mark at the time he engaged & entered into the war of the revolution belonged to and resided in said Hebron and after the close of said war , removed into the State of New York where he died as aforesaid. The Declarant has no documentary evidence except the Certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Con- necticut, and what appears in the War Office in Washington where the officers in said Regiments, & the name and office in which her said husband served appears. as also by the proofs hereto annexed
Anne Mark
State of Connecticut } Hebron Probate District } ss.
Personally appeared before said Court Anna Mark and made oath that all the facts stated in the declaration by her subscribed were true and this Court further certifies that the said Anna Mark is a person of truth and her state- ment entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 23 rd day of July A D 1838.
Lucius S. Homan Asst. Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } Hebron Probate District
On the 23 rd day of July 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within & for said District, Sylvester Gilbert Esq r of Hebron in said District aged 82 years and being first duly sworn according to law testifies and says that he is perfectly acquainted with Anna Mack the aforesaid Declarant & who this day signed the preceding Declaration, and that he knows her to be the identical person who married the said Abner Mack deceased as set forth in her said Declaration. Sylvester Gilbert
Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written
Before me Honor Horace Judson

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut December 6th 1837
I certify that Abner Mack is credited on the books of the Connecticut Line, for service as a corporal in Col. Samuel Wyllylyp Regt from January 1st 1777 to January 1st 1780. a period of three years.
He is also credited for service as a corporal in the same Regt. from Jan'y 1st 1780 to May 1st 1780 a period of four months, and he is also credited for service as a Sergeant in the same Regt from May 1st 1780 to Jan'y 1st 1781 a period of eight months.
He is also further credited for service as a sergeant in Col. John Durkee Regt from Jan'y 1st 1781 to December 31st 1781. a period of one year.
Wm Field Comptroller

Hartford Dec 6th 1833
Dear Sir
Annexed is a certificate of five years service of Abner Mack as a Corp- l Sergeant in the war of the Revolution. His services were not rendered in the Regts as stated, but in the same line of the Army. My fee will be two dollars.
I Am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant H. W. Field
Hon Sylvester Gilbert Hebron cc

I Lucy Ford wife of Luther Ford of Hebron in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged 70 years last October, do testify and say that Anna Mack widow of Abner Mack deceased is my Sister, and that in the year 1700 we lived together in our Fathers family in sd Hebron - His name was Ebenezer Gilbert. In April 1700 Revd Benjamin Pomeroy on a Sabbath day, he then being our minister, read a publishment of intention of marriage before the congregation between Abner Mack then of said Hebron and my said Sister Anna, and on the evening next following, in the house where Mrs Mary Phelps now lives joined them in marriage - I was present & heard the publishment read, and was also present at said marriage and saw and heard the ceremony performed by sd Revd B. Pomeroy, who has been dead many years. The said Abner belonged to the revolutionary Army at the time of his said marriage, and was then at home, as I understood on furlough. They had one child while they lived in Hebron & were often together at my Fathers house - Hebron was the place of their residence till the war was over, when they removed out of this State & he died as I have been informed in Otsego County in the State of New York June 9th 1838
Lucy Ford  State of Connecticut } Tolland County } ss
Personally appeared before me Abner Hunt - due a Notary Public for the State aforesaid Lucy Ford a person well known to me (and oath) that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed was true & I certify that the deposition

is a person of truth & her statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Ninth day of June in the year of our Lord 1838—
Abner Hovey Notary Public

State of Connecticut } ss Hebron Probate District County of Tolland }
On this 30 th day of May 1838 personally appeared before me Cyrus Mann Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said District Mary Phelps of Hebron & resident in said District aged 66 years, and being duly sworn according to law doth testify and say, that from her infancy, she was well acquainted with Anna Mack late wife, now Widow of Abner Mack, that said Anna was and is first Cousin to her, and that they were both born and brought up in the same neighborhood in said Hebron — Also that said Abner was a native of said Hebron and lived with his Parents in the same Parish to which we belonged, and I perfectly remember him, and that he was a Sergeant in the revolutionary Army as I understood & was informed, and in the year 1700 according to my best recollection, some time in the spring of the year, he was at home and I saw him and they were married as I was then informed by the then minister of the Parish, in the same house in which I now reside, which is but a short distance from where the said minister then lived & near to the late dwelling house where I then lived with my Parents who are deceased, I was not present at their marriage, but perfectly remember hearing my parents tell of their marriage when & where, and that her parents were displeased my Uncle & Aunt, were displeased with her marrying him, as he was a Soldier & had little or no property. They had Children born in Hebron, and I knew them till they removed out of Connecticut, & I saw her last autumn in Hebron & conversed with her at my house. I have no more doubt of her said marriage, & his death, than I should have if I had seen both — Sworn and subscribed the day and date above writing
Mary Phelps
Cyrus Mann Judge Prob t

State of Connecticut } Tolland County } vs. Hebron Probate Court —
Personally appeared before said Court Mary Phelps (signer of the within affidavit) and made Oath in due form of law, that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth, and this Court further certifies that the said Mary Phelps is a person of truth and her statement entitled to credit
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of May A.D. 1838 —
Simon House Clerk
Ms. Mary Phelps Affidavit for Widow A. Merrill

I, George Gillet, of Hebron in Tolland County, aged 67 years, do testify and say, that from my early youth, I well knew Abner Mack and Anna Gilbert, both natives of said Hebron, and in or about the year 1700, according to my best recollection, being at meeting, on the sabbath, in the first society in said Hebron, to which I and the said Abner and Anna then belonged, I heard the Rev d Benjamin Pomeroy the the then settled Minister in said Society read the publication of the intention of marriage between said Abner and said Anna, and I understood that they were afterwards married, but I was not present at their marriage. The said Abner then or about that time belonged to the revolutionary army. I know that they were reputed to be husband and wife, and I have no doubt but they were in fact and in law husband and wife. I knew them till till they removed into the State of New York, where I have understood that he died. Last autumn the said Anna, widow of said Abner, was at my house in said Hebron, and I knew her to be the same person above described. The above named Rev. B. Pomeroy has been def d many years, and all his Sons and Daughters have since died.
Hebron June 6 th , 1830
George Gillet
State of Connecticut } Tolland County }
Personally appeared George Gillett Esq r before me Abner Hovey a Notary Public for the State aforesaid & made oaths that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth & I certify that the deponent is well known to me, is a person of truth & statement his is entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this seventh day of June 1830 (word "testament" inserted before signing) Abner Hovey Notary Public

State of New York } Otsego County } ss On this 18th day of April A.D. 1838 personally appeared James C. Walworth Esquire one of the judges of the County Courts of Otsego County John Harrington a resident of said County aged fifty three years was acquainted with Abner Mack in his life time and that the said Abner Mack resided in the town of Hare Lishorn in Otsego County and died there in the month of January in the year 1800 and that this deponent helped make his coffin and that he left a widow Anna Mack and that she is still living and now resides in the town of Otsego in said County In witness whereof this 18th day of April A.D. 1838 James C. Walworth Esquire of Otsego County Courts
I certify that I am an unintroduced with the said John Harrington and that he is a credible person J. C. Walworth Esquire State of New York } Otsego County } ss
On this 18th day of April A.D. 1838 personally appeared before James C. Walworth Esquire one of the judges of Otsego County Courts Aaron Johnson of the town of Hare Lishorn in said County and that this deponent was well acquainted with Abner Mack in his life time and that the said Abner Mack died on the 20th day of January in the year 1800 and this deponent attended with him the night before he was buried. and that he left a widow Anna Mack and that she is still alive and resides in the town of Otsego in said County and that this deponent is 64 years of age, and that the said Abner Mack was reported to have been a drummer in the revolutionary Army

and the said Sarah used to dress some- times at Company Trainings in the town of New Lisbon and the said Widow Anna which was our sister married again to this deponent's knowledge Given this 18th day of April AD o 1838 1838 before me James J. C. Walworth the Judge of Ottego County Courts
I certify that I am acquainted with John Harring- ton and Aaron Johnson that have subscribed and sworn to the above deposition and that they are credible persons. And the word vice was erased and the words during and has substituted in the last deposition
J. C. Walworth Judge of Ottego County
State of New York Ottego County ss I, Jesse Rose clerk at said County do hereby certify that James C. Walworth Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of John Harrington and Aaron Johnson purports to have been sworn to on the day of the date of the same a Judge in & for Ottego County duly commissioned sworn and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the above affidavit is his genuine handwriting & signature Witness my hand & seal of Office this fourteenth day of May AD 1838
Jesse Rose clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abner Mack , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1777 3 yrs. Capt. Thos. Seymour Sam. Wyllys Conn.   " 1780 1 " { Capt. / Sgt. } " " " " "   " 1781 1 " Sgt. not stated John L. Lusk "  
Battles engaged in, Stoney Point. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron. Conn. Date of application for pension, by wid. July 23, 1838 Residence at date of application, of wid. Hebron Tolland Co. Conn. Age at date of application, of wid. 76 yrs.
Remarks: Soldier married Anna Gilbert Apr. 18, 1780. & died Jan. 20, 1800. in Allego Otsago Co., N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Lynn J. Arnold, Esq.  Cooperstown,  N.Y.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16641
Dinner March
Widow of
Abner Mock
Coefl. Nov. 1881
Act July 4 th 86
Index: Vol. M , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug. 2/44 Mr. Weiss, 6 Lynn J. Arnold. Copastain. NY.
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Hebron Conn. July 23 d 1838
Sir,
M rs Anna Mack whose papers accompany this for a pension belongs to Otsego County State of New York, but at present resides in Hebron Conn. t her native place, and will continue here for some time, and wishes you to direct her Certificate when made to me or my care or any other communications you may have occasion to make relating to her Declaration for a Pension; and also that she may receive her Pension in Hartford Conn. I have your letter to M r Holt member of Congress, informing that Mack's name is on the Roll of Col Wyllys Regem t . & I presume it will be found also on the Roll of Col d Durkee's Reg t . Permit me to ask your early attention to the case presented; & to say, that the member of Congress from the District where Depositions were taken in the State of New York, is perfectly acquainted with the certifying Officers; to whom I would refer you, if any thing further should be required; but trust there will be no necessity for this trouble or delay. I have the honor to be most respectfully
Your humble Serv t
Sylvester Gilbert

3681 Anna Mack wid of Abner dec d Married 1780 deed 1800
Allac. 20 mo. Sept $1000 4. capt. 14.66 per ann. $114.66 no deduction — Our Com line Col. Duke

Chicago Ill April 7 Abel Norway
Free
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington

Stuy. College Co. N. Y. Apr. 16, 1839
Hon J. L. Edwards D r Sir
I herewith enclose the Application of Mr. Agner Mack to be Enrolled at the N. Y. Agency
Very Respectfully W. L. Godd. J. R. Austin

Theo. for
J. L. Edwards
Committee of Pensions
Washington
July
Small W. H.
W. Evans
Octo 14 July 1

Owego Oweyo Co. N.Y. Jan'y 31 1839 Hon J. L. Edwards, Comm'r of Pensions,
Dear Sir:
Under date 12 th Oct. 1838 I forwarded to the office, the application of Mrs. Cota Perkins, for a pension, — Mrs. Perkins is in distressed circumstances, and very indigent, she is very desirous of knowing, if her papers comply the requirements of the Law, or if any thing more is wanting —
Under same date, a request was made to change the place of payment of Mrs. Anna Mack, from the Connecticut agency to that of New York at Albany —
You will particularly oblige, by answering the above inquiries — I am Sir
J. R. Austin
Oct 1838
2608 —

May 2 o Norway
J. S. Edward, Esq. Commissioner of Revenue, Washington

Pension Agency Hartford April 29. 1839
Sir
In answer to Your enquiry as to what time Anna Mack a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the act of 24 July 1836 at $114 66 / 100 dollars per annum was last paid. I have to inform you that she has been paid to the 24 th day of September 1838.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob td Serv t P. L. Atkin. Agent.
J. J. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions Washington

Orego N.Y. March 5
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Mr. Lutz
Am: J. L. Edwards Commis n of Pensions Washington

Keese, Otsego Co. N.Y. March 4 th 1839 J. L. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir:
I beg leave to refer you to my letter, under date 12 th Oct. 1838 in relation to Mrs. Anna Mack, a pensioner of the U.S. who is now living in this town, having changed her residence from Connecticut. When she was recorded to draw her money - she requested that her place of payment might be changed to the N.Y. agency payable at Albany. Since which time I am informed whilst her place of payment has been changed or not. - Will you be so obliging to give me the information, or whether it is necessary for her to make a formal petition for that purpose.
I am Sir very respectfully John O'Brien J. R. Austin

Cooperstown, N.Y. July 10. 1894
Abner Mack P. Capt Warner's Co. Col Mugg Reg. Revol. War.
Lynn J. Arnold. asks for the battles this man served in, and any other in- formation in that line. Purpos. To join the Sons of American Revolution.
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, July 12, 189 4
Respectfully returned to
Mr. Lynn J. Arnold, Cooperstown, N. Y.,
with the information that the records of the Revolutionary War are filed in the Pension Office and in the Department of State.
Applications of this nature should, therefore, be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions and to the Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
J. H. Cummins Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
(300a) Per
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LYNN J. ARNOLD. Counsellor-at-Law. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
July 10th, 1894.
2 stamps attached
Rev 2
The Officer in charge of the Record and Pension Division, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir :-
I am in search of the record of my great-great grandfather, Abner Mack , who served in the Revolutionary war , Connecticut line , for the purpose of furnishing references to the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which I wish to become a member.
I have his pension papers, which were recorded in the Pension Office in Book A, Volume II, page 72. From a letter written to my great-great grandmother from the War Department in 188 3 3, it appears that Abner Mack was a private in Warner's Company, Col. Meig's regiment ; that he enlisted December 4th, 1776, for the war. Can you tell from your records there, in what battles he was engaged etc. or give any other information in that line ? If not, can you refer me to the proper party ?
Very truly yours,
Lynn J. Arnold

PIERCE & ARNOLD, COUNSELLORS AT LAW, COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK.
CARLTON B. PIERCE. LYNN J. ARNOLD.
July 14 th 1894
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington - D.C.
Dear Sir: Can you give me the information asked for in enclosed papers.
Very Truly,
Lynn J. Arnold
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State of New York,
Otsego County } ss On the twenty seventh day of March 1839. Before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace for the said county of Otsego personally appeared Anna Mack, widow of the late Abner Mack deceased who on her oath, declares, that she is the widow of the late Abner Mack deceased, who was a Sergeant and Corporal in the War of the Revolution, and that her name was placed on the Pension list-roll of the State of Connecticut, at Hartford, the 15 th day of August 1838. (As appears by the Original Certificate in her possession), from whence she has lately removed that she now resides, in the State of New York, in the town of Otsego, and County of Otsego, where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be there payable in future, the following are her reasons for removing from the State of Connecticut, to the State of New York. That the greatest portion of her children reside in the State of New York. That being poor and not enabled to purchase her a small home at the east, she removed to the State of New York, where she could purchase a small piece of land, and situate herself more comfortable — "
Sworn & Subscribed to      Anna Mack before me the day & Year aforesaid — Harry Hunt Justice
1839

State of New York } Otsego County. } ss.
On this twenty fourth day of March 1839 before me the subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Otsego, personally appeared Daniel Miller Esq. and, on his oath, declares that he is well acquainted with Anna Mack of Otsego, Otsego County, and knows her to be the identical person who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Affidavit for a transfer of her pension from and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid } Daniel Miller Harry Mount Austin
State of New York } Otsego County. } ss.
I certify that the above named Daniel Miller Esq. who subscribed to the above Affidavit is to me known, and that he is a person of truth and veracity. dated Otsego March 27. — 1839 Harry Mount Austin
Otsego County } ss. I, Jesse Rose clerk of said County do certify that Harry Mount Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were sworn was on the date of the same a Justice of the peace for said County duly elected & qualified and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and believe his name subscribed to the annexed affidavits to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand & seal of office this 6 th day of June A.D. 1839. Jesse Rose CLERK