Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,885, John Worden, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Worden, John
S 11,885
Carded.
CONTENTS

2866 New York
John Worden
of Ontario in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Holman of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dootittle in the N. H. Capt. line for 10 Months —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Decr. 1832 — and due to 6 Sons Peshkill
Arrears to 14th of Sept. 1832 $50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Apr '33 16.66 $ 66.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 205.

1 st Brief N o 10786.
John Worden.
admitted
337
10
7 3338 1666

No 20786.
BRIEF in the case of John Worden, of Bristol, County of Ontario — 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?  78. 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. 8. As a Volunteer Gen. Sullivan   April 1777. " Capt. Holman Col. E. Root   July " 2. Substitute Capt. M c Henry   Capt. P. Woodhull Col. J. Cushing  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  ~~~~~  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Sturbridge County of Worcester, Mass s  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By documentary proof, & traditional evidence.  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 Orde
Examining Clerk.

John Worden Declaration.
10,786.
Colonel's Agent Rushville NY?
Admitted
10 mo.
$33.33

State of New York Ontario County ss.
On this fifteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before me, Chester Loomis, one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid, John Worden, a resident of the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario, and State of New York aforesaid, aged seventy-eight years on the 12 th day of September last past, 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. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
On the first receipt of intelligence, of the Battle of Lexington, at Petersham in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, where the said John Worden then resided, he volunteered as a soldier, to serve against the forces of Great Britain and immediately marched to Watertown near Boston in the State of Massachusetts aforesaid, and in company of several others from the same town, reached that place either on the twenty first or twenty second day of April in the year 1775. After remaining a few days at Watertown aforesaid, he marched to Cambridge a few miles distant, where he immediately

Enlisted to serve as a soldier for the term of eight months in a company under Captain Holman. 1 st Lieut. John Bowker and 2 nd Lieut. — Poor, in which Company he continued to serve, Stationed at Cambridge and at Winter Hill till the 12 th day of December following when he was dismissed, and returned home.
The said Company of Militia under Capt. Holman was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Ephraim Doolittle Lieut. Col. Holden, and the said Regiment belonged to Gen. J. Sullivan's Brigade.
In the month of April of the year 1777 the said deponent saith that he joined a Company of Militia of the said State, at Rutland in the County of Worcester aforesaid, under Capt. William Henry 1 st Lieut. David McLelland and 2 nd Lieut. — Smith, and immediately marched to Providence in Rhode Island where he was stationed, and on a neck of land opposite to, and west of, Newport Island two months — at the expiration of which term he was discharged — and again returned home.
In the month of July of the same year according to the said deponent's recollection, he again joined a Company of Militia in actual service, and marched to Bennington in the State of Vermont under the command of Capt. Peter Woodbury. 1 st Lieut. Ephraim Stearns, and 2 nd Lieut. John Rodger, in Col. J. Cushing's Regiment. The said deponent with the

said Company and Regiment, after remaining a few weeks, marched to Half Moon Point in the State of New York from which place, they soon after returned to Bennington aforesaid at which place on the expiration of two months from the time of his so joining the said Company, he was dismissed and returned. The term for which he engaged therein having expired.
The said deponent further saith
1 st That he was born at Peterham in the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts on the 12 th day of September 1753. 2 nd That there is a record of his age in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Peterham aforesaid. 3 rd That he lived at Peterham aforesaid when first called into service as herein stated. That subsequent to the war he removed to Colerain in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts aforesaid from whence he removed, about sixteen years since to the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario and State of New York where he has since resided and now resides. 4 th That he enlisted as a volunteer in the militia Companies in which he served the two first terms above stated, and for the last two months he went and served as a substitute for Joseph Vagus. 5 th That there was no regular, or Continental Officers with the troops where he served. Except that at

Cambridge and Winter Hill she recollects to have seen General Washington, General Putnam & Gen. Sullivan.
6 th That she never received any written discharge except one from her first term of service, which was signed by Gen. M c Sullivan and which is herewith annexed.
7 th That Deacon James Parmelee and Alpheus Gary are as she believes persons who are acquainted with him, in his present neighborhood, and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
The said deponent further saith that she knows of no person now living who has personal knowledge of her said services as a soldier except her brother Thomas Worden who if living resides as she believes in the town of Halifax in the State of Vermont - and that she has no further documentary evidence - except a list or roll of the names of the Officers and Soldiers composing the Company of Militia in which she last served as above stated and which is herewith annexed.
She further saith that she is unable from bodily infirmity and ill health to attend the sitting of the County Court at the ensuing term. She 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 the agency of any state -
John Warden
Subscribed and sworn to - this 15 th day of August 1832
Before me Chester Loomis
Judge of the County Court of Ontario County aforesaid.
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State of New York Ontario County ss
James Parmelee and Alpheus Gary residing in the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario aforesaid do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Worden who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution; that we fully concur in that opinion, and that since our acquaintance with him being more than fifteen years last past he has sustained a good character for truth and veracity and as a good citizen. James Parmelee Subscribed and sworn to The 15 th day of August 1832 Before me Chester Loomis
Alpheus Gary
Judge of the County Courts Of Ontario County aforesaid
And I the said Chester Loomis a Judge 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. And I further certify that James Parmelee and Alpheus Gary who have signed the preceding Certificate, are residents of the town of Bristol in the County of Ontario aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. I further certify that the said John Worden who has A Judge of subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration, is unable by reason of bodily infirmity to attend the County Court of the County in which he resides as aforesaid
Chester Doolittle
Judge of the County Court of Ontario Co - aforesaid
State of New-York, } ss: County of Ontario. }
I, CHARLES CRANE, Clerk of the county of Ontario, do hereby certify, that Chester Doolittle is - whose name is subscribed to the Certificates of Affidavit, - to which this certificate is annexed was at the date of said Certificates and at the time the said Affidavits - 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 Chester - - 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.

Rev. War
11.885
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File No. 11.885
John Worden Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 415
[Arrangement of 1870.]
July 15-97 Hisely to @ S t Knight Worcester Third Hon G ty Hoar see p 32959 after 30/04 call to War dept. memo. within c.

18. To Mr. 12.12 Apr 20. 1904
A roll entitled "A List of Capt. Peter Woodbury's Company." It appears from statements of the applicant for pension that he joined Capt. Peter Woodbury's company of militia in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in July, 1777, and marched to Bennington, Vermont, where the company was dismissed after two months service.
Taken from the claim of John Worden, No. 11,885.

Wenden, John p 11885

Genl Sullivan & John Warden of Capt Holmans Company in my Regt is not likely to do any more Service this Campaign I am thoughtfull he had best be Discharged your H Servt th Epk n Doolittle Winter hill Dec r 12 1775