Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,369, for Seth R Kneeland, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Kneeland, Seth R Eunice
W. 20,369
Conn Agency and residence
CONTENTS
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458 New York City Eunice Kneeland widow of Seth R Kneeland
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Sergeant of Artillery Ince and Home $188 per an
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1851 and sent to
J W Taylor Brooklyn N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 111 Vol. 4

New York City 357.
Seth Kneeland deceased
of New York in the State of New York who was a officer officer in the company commanded by Captain Watson of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Connecticut line for 2 years
Increased from $18 per an.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1826 and ending 10 July 1828.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of September 1857 and sent to J H Taylor Brooklyn N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Pensional allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A Van Wyk 15 May 1828 Book A Vol. 1. Page Clerk,

4632
V
2749
Eunice Kneeland
act July 7. 1838
Married 13 Dec 1784
Herbana and 10 July 1828
Claimant's husband in sole act 1828-
Col Baldwin Capt. Patent
Admitted
Sergeant of Artillery Artificers
2 years
168
Jos. P. Pison Esq. New York

State of New York City and County of New York ss. On this twentyfourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York Eunice Wheeland a resident of the said City in the City County and State aforesaid aged Seventy three 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 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Seth R Wheeler who was a sergeant in the Company of Artillery Artificers, having faithfully served the United States six years, and being enlisted for the war only was honorably discharged from the American army.
That the said Seth R Wheeler was the same Seth Wheeler for whom the pension was received through the accompanying letters from the Treasury Department; and that she supposes through carelessness he omitted to insert the R in his name, at the time of his enlistment.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Seth R Wheeler on the thirteenth day of December 1789, that her husband the aforesaid Seth R Wheeland died on the tenth day of July 1828 in Greenwich State of Connecticut, that she was not married to him previous

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; and that she still remains the widow of the said Seth R Woodland.
Severn to & subscribed on the day and year above written Before
Edw. Woodland
E. W. Woodland Justice of the Peace Dist. of the City of New York.
I John Rurbeene Bishop of the Maine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that Ephraim Schuffelin is one of the Justices of the said Court and that the said Court is a court of Record and that the above signature is his genuine signature and that the said affidavit was sworn to in open Court.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court this seventeenth day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
John Rurbeene

TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Washington, August 19 th 1828.
SIR,
Enclosed you will find my draft No. 528 — on the Branch of the Bank of the United States, at Hartford for Dollars, 288 the amount of Warrant, No. 357 — issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, on receipt whereof be pleased to favor me with an early acknowledgment, specifying the sum received.
With due consideration, I am,
Sir, your obedient servant,
Treasurer of the United States.
S ir H. Kauland Esq.

Treasurer's Office Wm. Clark In U.S.
Colt. A. N. Land Esq. Greenwich Connecticut

TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES,
Washington, Dec r 13 th 1828.
SIR, Madam
Enclosed you will find my draft No. 9334. on the Branch of the Bank of the United States, at New York for Dollars, 51 = 20 ————— the amount of Warrant, No. 1505 ————— issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, on receipt whereof be pleased to favor me with an early acknowledgment, specifying the sum received.
With due consideration, I am, Madam
Yrs , your obedient servant,
WILLIAM CLARK,
Treasurer of the United States.
-- Mrs Eunice Kneeland

Inverness Office.
M rs Clark L. W. States,
M rs Eunice Kneeland care of R. R. Ward Esq. New York.

By His EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Sergeant Peter M'Neeland in the Company of Artillery Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States six years and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 9th June 1783
G. Washington
By His EXCELLENCY'S
Command,
Thomass M'Clure
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Company,
John M'Clure Adjutant
Adjutant.
THE above Sergeant Peter M'Neeland has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service. (Batten Card - Com'dt Artillery)

Discharge of Sergt Seth Kneeland Artillery Artificers dated 9th June 1783

I Joseph Porter of Herkinebunk in the County of York and State of Maine, Esquire, do on oath testify and declare, That previous to the year 1800, I lived in Berlin in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut. I was well acquainted previously with Eunice Bacon; and I further testify that I was present and witnessed the marriage of Seth R Kneeland with said Eunice Bacon, by Rev Mr. Gann. I was married in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six - and the mar- riage of said Kneeland and Eunice Bacon before mentioned took place in the fall one year and a half or half a year before I was married. I will remember all about it.
Joseph Porter
State of Maine Sept 8 th 1838 York County ss. Personally appeared Joseph Porter who is a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed Before me. Edward E. Bourne Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
York S.S.
I Hiram H. Hobbs Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of York, hereby certify that Edwards E. Burres is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of York, and that the signature to this paper affixed, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Official Seal, this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
H.H. Hobbs
Clerk of Jud. Courts York Co.
Document of

State of New York City and County of New York
ss. On this seventeenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Gad Taylor of the City of New York, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that he is well acquainted with Eunice Ruedland who is the widow of Seth R Ruedland deceased. And that he has been acquainted with the said Eunice Ruedland for several years past; and that she was the wife of the said Seth R Ruedland deceased, and still remains his widow having never intermarried since his decease, and that she is now an applicant for a pension as such widow.
Gad Taylor
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Gad Taylor, and know him to be a credible witness, and further, that the name of "Gad Taylor" in the above affidavit was first written on an erasure,
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

I Aaron Cotton of the town and county of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged Seventy nine years and upwards do testify depose and say that I was acquainted with Seth Bueland late of the city of New York and with his wife Eunice, and was acquainted with both of them previous to their marriage; his wife name previous to her marriage with the said Seth Bueland was Eunice Bacon and she resided in Hartford Conn. In the  the summer of 1784 I was at work in the city of New York and worked during that time in the shop with the said Seth Bueland. In the latter part of the year 1784 the said Seth Bueland left the city of New York for Hartford Conn. and went as he the said Seth Bueland said for the purpose of being married to the said Eunice Bacon. He was gone a number of weeks, and when he returned to the city of New York he informed that he had been married to the said Eunice, and that she was coming to the city of New York to reside with him in the following spring. In the spring of 1785 after the packets began to run between Hartford Conn. & New York city the said Eunice came to reside in the city of New York with the said Seth Bueland. They then commenced keeping house in the city of New York and I boarded in their family for some months after that time and further the deponent saith not
The word summer above the date line from the top was interlined before signing
Aaron Cotton

State of Connecticut } Newford County } p
Be it remembered that on this the Thirteenth day of September A D 1830 personally appeared the within named Aaron Colton who after being duly cautioned to speak the whole truth made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed before me.
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named Dependent and that he is a credible person & that full faith and credit may be given to his statements before me
Nathan Johnson Just. of Peace

Quincy June 7 18 The Honourable Richard Rush
Treasurer of the United  Washington States Revolutionary Claims City 
John Kneeland.

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "an act for the relief of indigent surviving Officers & Soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Seth Kneeland of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut do hereby Declare I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the War & continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Sergeant in Capt. Pat- tens Company of Artillery artificers belonging to Col. Lamb's Regt. of the New York line - And I also declare that I after- wards received certificates for the for the reward of eighty Dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. I also declare that in June 1783 I received a written discharge, which I forwarded to the Treas- ury Office in a letter dated the 18 th June 1828 - I further declare that I have never been on the Pension List of the United States Seth Kneeland
State of Connecticut } So Stamford July 3 rd 1828 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me J. H. Minor Justice of the Peace for said County, Seth Kneeland Signer of the foregoing Declaration & made solemn oath that the same is true J. H. Minor Jus. of Peace

State of Connecticut } To All whom these presents shall come Fairfield County } Greeting
Before me, Simon H. Minor Justice of the Peace for said County & State Personally appeared this day John Raymond of said Stamford & John J. Tracy Esq. of Greenwich in said County who did solemnly make oath that Seth Knutland by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in which - ver as therein stated
J. H. Minor Justice of Peace
I Thomas B. Osborn Clerk of the County Court for Fairfield County in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that J. H. Minor before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace & duly empowered to administer oaths - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court the 4 th day of July 1828
Thomas B. Osborn Clerk of County Court

Greenwich July 4 th 1824
Honored Sir
I received your kind favour of the 22 d of June and Return you thanks for the Regulations and forms you sent me respecting the Revolutionary Pension Claims under the late Act of Long- =roff. I immediately took them to Lawyer Minor at Stamford to have them properly made out which he says he thinks he has done & I now enclose them to you hoping they are correct. For the post office nearest to my present place of residence is in the town of Greenwich Fairfield County & State of Connecticut. I am Sir Your much obliged & very humble Servt
Seth Kneeland

State of New York City and County of New York ss. On this 29 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Marine Court of the City of New York Eunice Kneeland of said City, who is now an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed Feb. 7 th 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in addition to her former declaration in this case in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the said Act. That the name of this deponent before her marriage to the said Seth R Kneeland was Eunice Bacon, and that the paper herunto annexed entitled "Family Record" containing four pages numbered 677. 678. 679. 680 is the genuine Family Record kept by this deponent and her said late husband; and that the same was torn out of the family Bible which was kept by the said Seth R Kneeland in his life time and this deponent, and that the same has never been out of this deponent's possession - and that the same was so torn out of the said family Bible agreeably to the requisitions of the War Department for the purpose of transmitting with these papers. And this deponent further saith, that she was married to the said Seth R Kneeland on the

Seventeenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, by the Reverend Thomas Miner at Westfield, in the State of Connecticut aforesaid.
She further declares, as she has done in her former declaration that her husband the aforesaid Seth H. Kneeland, died on the tenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, that she was not married to him 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.
Eunice Kneeland
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court in the City of New York
New York ss. Daniel Austin Taylor of Brooklyn it present in the City of New York being only known to me that he is well acquainted with Eunice Kneeland above named and that she is a creditable person and her deposition entitled to full confidence
Sworn and subscribed before me the 29 th May 1839
Daniel Austin Taylor
Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court
New York ss. The within written deposition is a satisfactory evidence to me of the truth of the facts therein stated.
Judah Hammond Justice of the Marine Court
New York May 29. 1839

I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the city of New York do hereby certify that Judah Hammond is one of the Justices of the said Court, and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the signature to the Certificate annexed is his genuine signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court the twenty ninth day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
John Barberie

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Seth Whnukand was Married to Eunice Bacon Decr 18 th 1784. 
Our Daughter Susan- Dodge was Married To Gad Saylor Nov r 7 th 1808 
Our Mary Ann was Married To from Joe Furman May 20 1816 — 
Our Son Laurence was Married To — Martha Chivers — Sept r 10 1816 — 

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Seth R h ineeland was born the 30 th of Ap l 1757.
Our Daughter Ann was born Aug t 5 th 1809
Eunice Bacon was born Feb y 7 th 1765
Our Daughter Susan Dodge was born March 25 th 1786
Our Daughter Effie was born July 12 th 1788
Our Son Ebenezer Henry was born Aug t 2 nd 1790
Our Son Laurence was born Dec r 7 th 1792
Our Second Daughter Effie was born May 15 th 1795
Our Daughter Mary Ann was born January 28 th 1798
Our Daugh r Eliza Ann was born Oct r 11 th 1802

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Our Daughter Effie Departed this Life the 11 th of June 1798 Aged 4 years 11 months -
Our Second Daughter Effie Died March 16 1799 Aged 3 years 9 months 21 days
Our Daughter Ann Eliza Died Feb y 5 1808 Aged 5 years 3 months & 25 days -
Our Son Ebenezer Henry Departed this Life at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Jan y 14 1816 Aged 25 years 5 months & 12 days
Our Son Laurence Kneeland died August 8 th 1824 Aged 31 years 8 months & 1 day
Seth R. Kneeland departed this life at Greenwich in Connecticut on the 10 th day of July A 1828 Aged 71 years Three months and ten days

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.

Open at page 274
Emilia Kneeland
Act July 7. 1838
Married Husband died
Emilia Kneeland The [illegible] [illegible]

State of New York City and County of New York } ss. On the 27 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Sylvester Spencer a Notary Public in and for the State of New York residing in the City of New York Gad Taylor of the said City, who being by me duly sworn deposeth and saith in addition to his former affidavit made on the seventeenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight in relation to Eunice Kneeland the widow of Seth R Kneeland deceased - That he this Deponent knows the fact to be so, that the said Seth R Kneeland who is described as Seth Kneeland in the discharge granted to him by General Washington was one and the same person, and that the said Eunice Kneeland is the widow of the said Seth R Kneeland the sayant described in the said discharge as Seth Kneeland. And this Deponent further saith that the paper hereto annexed consisting of four pages and numbered 677. 678. 679. 680, and headed on each page "Family Record," is the genuine Family Record of the said Seth R Kneeland, and that the same was taken out of the Family Bible of the said Seth R and Eunice Kneeland in the presence of this Deponent for the purpose of being filed with these papers at the War Department.
Gad Taylor
Sworn to and Subscribed his 27 th day of May 1839
for me Sylvester Spencer Notary Public
I certify that the above named Gad Taylor is a
over

Credible Witness, being one of the most respectable merchants of this city, of the House of Russell, Mattison & Taylor, Importers, No 23 Cedar Street.
Sylvester Spencer Notary Public

This certifies that Rev. Thomas Miner was settled in the work of the Gospel Ministry over the Church and Society, in Westfield parish of Middletown county of Hartford State of Conn. on the 29 th of December 1770 and continued minister of said Chh and Society till about the year 1818 but he kept no Records of Marriages performed by him that have been discovered and the Church Records kept by him contain no such record. Certified by } Dated at Westfield this               Horace Binks Wilcox } Church Clerk 17 th day of May 1839.
This certifies that I am well acquainted with Horace Binks Wilcox signed of the above certificate, and that he is Clerk of the Congregational Church in Westfield. The said Church has at present no settled pastor, the Rev. Stephen Topleff having been dismissed on the 25 th day of Sept. 1838. Mr Wilcox was appointed clerk pro tem on the 1 st of March 1838 as will appear by the following vote of said Church -
"The Church of the 4 th Congregational Society Middletown (Westfield Soc) appointed Horace Binks Wilcox their Clerk March 1 st 1838." — Certified by Samuel Galyon } Deacon of said Church. —

I Selah Savage of Berlin County of Hartford and State of Connecticut (now in my 81 st year) do depose and say that from her infancy I have known and been well acquainted with Eunice Kneeland - that she was born in this town, at that time belonging to and a part of Middletown - her name before her marriage was Eunice Bacon a daughter of Zacharias Bacon with whom I was well acquainted - and I further depose and say that I was well acquainted with Seth R. Kneeland and was present at the marriage of said Seth R. Kneeland and Eunice Bacon, and that the Rev. Thomas Miner of Middletown parish of Westfield performed the marriage service. And I further depose & say that I never knew of but one person by the name of Seth or Seth R. Kneeland - that he resided in New York at the time of his marriage and came from thence and was married to the said Eunice Bacon or aforesaid, and returned immediately after to New York. And the deponent further says that according to his best recollection the marriage of the above Seth R. Kneeland & Eunice Bacon took place soon after the Peace, or about the year AD 1784. -
Hartford County ss Berlin May 17 th 1839 Personally appeared Selah Savage, and made solemn oath that the above is a true statement of facts before me Benjamin Wilcox Justice of the Peace
Registers Office Berlin May 17 th 1839 } This certifies that Benjamin Wilcox the person before whom the above acknowledgement was taken is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Berlin, as appears by a certificate from the Secy. of State in this office, and is at present officiating in that capacity. Certified by Charles A Goodrich Town Clerk

Making Department. R. R. Vh.
FREE
To Mr. Seth Kneeland. near Greenwich, Fairfield Co. Conn.

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 June 1828
SIR :
Your letter of the 10 instant has been received ; and I now enclose a copy of the regulations and forms, according to which claims under the abovementioned act are to be made.
I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
Richard Rush

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.R.C.
Washington, D. C.,
March 20, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Seth R. Kneeland ---  N-20369 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will 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. He stated that he was in the Revolutionary army during the entire war, and that he was first in the nine months service at Roxbury, then in the six months service at New York, and then enlisted for "during the war" and served as a Sergeant in Capt. Patton's company of Col. Lamb's regiment of Artillery Artificers until June 9, 1783, when he was honorably discharged at West Point and received a Padge of Merit for six years faithful service.
Battles engaged in,
Not stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Probably, Hartford, Conn.
Date of application for pension,
June 10, 1828.
Residence at date of application,
Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application,
Not given.
Remarks:
He married Eunice Bacon December 13, 1784, and died July 10, 1828.
Very respectfully,
Gen. C. H. Alden,
Commissioner.
100461m Surgeon General's Office,
War Department.

95. Gen. C. H. Alden his Office War. Dept.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
Mar. 20/88 Mil. His. to Surg. Gen.
File No. 20369 Eunice B. ... Wid of Seth B. ... Surg Rev War
Act: Feb 29 1/48
Index: Vol. 04 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4632
New York city
Eunice Kneland
Widow of Seth Kneland who was a pensioner under the Act of 15 May 182 and who died on the 10 July 1828 of New York in the State of New York who was a off Artificer in the company commanded by Captain Patten of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Connecticut line for 2 Years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 240 Dollars 00 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. and ending 4 Mar 1841
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sep 1857 and sent to J N Taylor Brooklyn N.Y.
Total amount,
$
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A Van Wyck Clerk, Book D 1 Vol. 1 Page 65

496. July 3/45 Application of Cornel Mc- land for a pension under Act 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June, 1844. Sec 43-9333
admo acts 3 rd March 1843 and 17 th June 1844 $188 00 per annum from 4 March 1843
Pierce M. Irving No 32 Wall Street N.Y.

Declaration Under Acts 3 rd March, 1843 & 17 th June, 1844
State of New York City & County of New York } p: On this first day of July A D 1847, before me, James P. Howard, a Commissioner of Seaside duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Eunice Kneeland, a resident of the city of New York, aged Eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, with me her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Acts of Congress, passed 3 rd March 1843 & 17 th June 1844, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Seth R. Kneeland, who was a Sergeant of Artificers in the war of the revolution, and that she received a pension under the act of July 7 th , 1838 of the annual amount of 188 dollars.
She further declares that she is still a widow sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me Eunice Kneeland
James P. Howard
Comm r of Seaside
I further certify that the identity of the above named Eunice Kneeland was satisfactorily proved to me
James P. Howard Comm r of Seaside

STATE OF NEW-YORK CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY,
That Jas. P. Leonarde before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Seas in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner of Seas thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the 19 th day of July 1847
James Conner Clerk.

act 7 July 1835, Mr. Turner of  the  City City of N. York, for increase of Pension as Artillery artificer
Mr Cole
10 May 1837.

State of New York, Kings County Ss.
Susan T Taylor of the City of Brooklyn in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that she is the daughter of Mrs Eunice Kuerland a pensioner of the United States who now resides with defendant in said City. That Mrs Kuerland has another daughter Mrs Ann E Mitchell who with this deponent are the only children of Mrs Kuerland now living & interested in a claim now made by her for an increase of said pension. That her mother Mrs. Kuerland is now 87 years of age, is nearly blind, & very infirm, so much so, as to be entirely unable to write her name or attend personally to her affairs, but that it is her desire & the wish of this deponent & her sister that John N Taylor Esq: of Brooklyn aforesaid should act as the agent of her said pension claim, & that he or any other person he may employ to assist him, should have authority to present said claim before the United States authorities, receive a new certificate for an increased pension, or do any other act that may be necessary in relation to the pension.
Sworn to before me tenth day of 1881
Susan T Taylor
R.P. P. Miller Commissioner of Pleadings
STA
IN T

STATE OF NEW-YORK, )
COUNTY OF KINGS, } ss.
I, FRANCIS R. STRYKER, Clerk of the County of Kings, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that R P Stryker whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof, or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and therein written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS, in and for the City of Brooklyn, in said county, dwelling in said city, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said COMMISSIONER, and justly believe the Signature to the said Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 9 th day of
May 1858
Francis R. Stryker
Clerk.

Admitted
Pierre M. Leving New York 32 Wall St

City and County of New York ss: On this fifth day of May, A D 1848 before me, George Ireland Jr a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said city and county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Eunice Wheeland a resident of the city of New York, aged Eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law with me her oath made the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February, A D 1842, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Seth R. Wheeland, who was a Sergeant of Artificers in the War of the Revolution, and that she received a pension at the New York City, agency of one hundred and eighty eight dollars per annum under Act 17 June 1842.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed this 5 th May A D 1848 before me
Eunice Wheeland Geo. Ireland Jr Comm r of Deeds Witness Diana M. King
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Geo. Ireland Jr Comm r of Deeds

STATE OF NEW YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That George Ireland before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Counsellor at Law in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the Signature of said Counsellor thereunto subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 5 day of May 184 7
James Conner Clerk.

Brief in the case of Eunice Kneeland, widow of Seth Kneeland, Kings County and State of New York, act 28 - 7 July 1838 & subsequent acts.
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
July 4632 43.244 8237 22048 458
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed as an artillery artificer at $240 per annum, deducting former pay at $188 per annum.
Name and residence of Agent.
J. N. Taylor, Brooklyn, N.Y.
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

Perchik Irving

Pension Office June 13. 1848
Sir,
The application of Eunice Kneeland for renewal of pension, presented by you, is not made according to law; having been attested before a Commissioner of Deeds who is not authorized under the Revised Statutes of New York to administer an oath for general purposes.
The papers of Mrs. Kneeland are returned herewith for correction.
I am Sir
Your obed't servant H. S. Evans
for Comt. of Pensions.
Pierre M. Irving Esq re 32. Wall Street New York

New York May 5. 1848
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs Eunice Welland for a continuance of her pension under act 2 a Feby 1848.
Very respectfully
Your Obedient Servant Dime M. King (32 Wall Street)
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissary of Pensions Washington. D.C.

New York July 15. 1847
Sir
Your letter of July 12 th in the case of Emancipator Wneeland is received, & in reply I herewith enclose proof of her identity.
Very respectfully
Your obedient Servant Helen M. King 32 Wall St
J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Patents Washington D.C.

City & County of New York ss: Daniel Austin Taylor, a resident of the city of New York, aged 29 years, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is the grand-son of Eunice Wheeland, now applying for a pension under the Act of 3 d March 1843 & 17 June 1844; & that the said Eunice Wheeland is the identical Eunice Wheeland, who formerly drew a pension under the Act of 7 th July, 1838: that she is the widow of Seth R. Wheeland, who served in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant of Artillery - deponent further saith that it was by inquiry made by him at the pension office some three or four weeks ago that his said grand-mother ascertained for the first time that her pension had been renewed, & that his father immediately wrote to her to that effect - she being at the time temporarily residing at New Rochelle, Westchester County - Sworn to & subscribed before me this 15 th day of July, A D 1847. Daniel Austin Taylor Geo P Howard Comm of Sued
I certify that Daniel Austin Taylor, the foregoing deponent, is a respectable merchant in the city of New York.
Geo P Howard Comm of Sued
I, Rene M. Loring - Notary Public - hereby certify that I compared the signature of Eunice Wheeland, as sub- scribed to her declaration transmitted by me, with her signature in the books of the pension office: and found the correspondence between them so exact as to leave no question of the identity of the two signatures - I further certify that she was identified in my presence at the

time she swore to her declaration by the affidavit of Mr. Jas. L. Taylor, a merchant in the city of New York doing business at No. 45 Cedar Street - but now absent from the city -
Plene M. Loring Notary Public
P.S. The official character & signature of Jas. L. Howard, the Borrower of Secus, was authenticated in the first place - the declaration being sworn to before him -
J. M. L.

Emice Wheeland John D. Dey's wife
I John Rankine Clerk of the Warm Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John D. Dey is one of the Justices of the said Court and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the above signature are his genuine signatures done in open Court
Witnesseth whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
John Rankine

State of New York City and County of New York ss. p. On this 23 rd day of September, One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, Personally appeared before me Am B Scott one of the Justices of the Marine Court of the City of New York John J Tracey of the said City, who being by me duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Eunice Hueeland who is now an applicant for a pension from Government as the widow of Seth H Hueeland deceased; and also that he this Deponent was well acquainted with the said Seth H Hueeland in his lifetime. That the said Seth H Hueeland died at the house of this Deponents father in the State of Connecticut in the town of Greenwich. That the said Seth H Hueeland was himself in the receipt of a pension from Government, and that this Deponent assisted in making out the necessary papers upon his application to obtain such pension, he this Deponent being then a Justice of the Peace for said State of Connecticut. And this Deponent also saith, that he believes the fact to be so, that the said Seth Hueeland mentioned in the discharge of General Washington the Commander in Chief, is the same identical person as the said Seth H Hueeland herein described, and this Deponent recollects that the omission of the H in the name of the said Seth H Hueeland's discharge from the Commander in Chief was mentioned at the time the said Hueeland's papers were made out for the

purpose of procuring his said petition.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first within written, before me
John Jay Tracy
J. M. B. Scott of the Marine Court of the City of New York
City and County of New York ss. I do hereby certify that the said deponent John Jay Tracy is entitled to full credit & belief
3 rd October 1839
J. M. B. Scott Justice of the Court
Emmie MacLaren John Jay Tracy
I John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B. Scott is one of the Justices of the said Court and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the above signatures are his genuine signatures done in open court
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court this twenty fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
John Barberie

New York June 7 th 1839. N o 9 Cobham St.
Sir,
I enclose the supplemental papers in the case of Mr. Eunice Kneeland, which I trust will be found to embrace all the requisitions of your letter of the 10 th of May last.
I am very Resp y
Sir Your Mr. obed t Serv t
R. P. Tappan
P.S. Please observe that my name is not Pearson but Tappan , as they sometimes go into the wrong box at the Post office.
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

New York Oct 24 th 1839. N o 89 Nassau St.
Sir,
Yours of the 31 st Aug t last, returning the affidavit of John Jay Tracy for the purpose of being sworn before a Judge or Justice of the Peace, for due authentication, is herewith returned, sworn to & authenticated.
I am very resp y
Sir
Your mo: obed t Serv t
J. S. P. Morgan
James S. Edwards Esq. Account of Pensions Washington.

State of New York City and County of New York ss. On this fifth day of June of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Personally appeared before me Sylvester Spencer a Notary Public in and for the State of New York residing in the City of New York John S Tracy of said City who being by me duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Eunice Wheeland who is now an applicant for a pension from government as the widow of Seth R Wheeland deceased; and also that he this Deponent was well acquainted with the said Seth R Wheeland in his lifetime. That the said Seth R Wheeland died at the house of this Deponents father in the State of Connecticut in the town of Greenwich. That the said Seth R Wheeland was himself in the receipt of a pension from Government, and that this Deponent assisted in making out the necessary papers upon his application to obtain such pension, he this Deponent being then a Justice of the Peace for said State of Connecticut. And this Deponent also saith, that he believes  knows the fact to be so that the said Seth Wheeland mentioned in the discharge of General Washington the Commander in Chief is the same identical person as the said Seth R Wheeland herein described, and this deponent recollects that the omission of the R. in the name of the said Seth R Wheelands dis- charge from the Commander in Chief was mentioned at the time the said Wheelands papers were made out for the purpose

of procuring his said petition.
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year first within written
before me, the words "of May" "knows" being first obliterated, and the word "believes" inserted in the within affidavit, all before execution.
John Jay Tracy
Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public
I certify that the above named John J. Tracy is one of the officers of the Customs in this city, and is a credible witness.
Sylvester Spencer
Notary Public

New York Oct 22 nd 1838, W. G. Schuchard
Sir
Enclosed the papers of Mr. Francis Bloodland in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838.
Dear Sir
Very truly Your obedt Servt
W. G. Schuchard
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Discharge from Washington to Seth Kneeland as Sergeant of Artillery Artificers. 9 June 1783.
Discharge returned 11 Dec 1828.

4-31 Seth Moreland Recd 16, Paid 24.
203 1/2 New York

Fairfield County of Greenwich June 10 th 1828
We the undersigned do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Seth Kneeland a number of years, and have always considered him to be a man of strict veracity, a good citizen & a true friend to his country and that he served in the Revolutionary Army as a sergeant to the close of the war
John Jay Gray
William Husted

Fairfield County ss Greenwich June 10 th 1828 personally appeared before me Seth Kneeland of Greenwich Fairfield County and State of Connecticut who made solemn oath to the following viz
I. Seth Kneeland was in the Revolutionary army of the United States of America all the war first in the 9 months service at Roxbury Then in the six months service at New York Then enlisted during the war and served until I received the enclosed discharge at West Point for my own services as a Sergeant And I do further declare that afterwards  I have received of the United States certificates (commonly called commutation notes) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay
John Jay Tracy
Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County
I Thomas B. Bleeborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield do hereby certify that John Jay Tracy whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the date of his said Certificate a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Fairfield duly commissioned & empowered to administer oaths; and that full faith & credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 12 th day of June A.D. 1828
Thomas B. Bleeborne Clerk of said County Court

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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 28. 1828.
Seth Kneeland, of Greenwich, -- in the County of Fairfield, -- in the State of Connecticut -- has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Patton's company, of Artillery artificers in the Regiment of the Col. Lamb's Reg't line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
In order to the Secretary, A. Dikins.
# 20369 11/28
OK The record of
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
July 30 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Seth Kneeland -- in the Corps of Artificers
It further appears that Seth Kneeland is now on the pension list of the Army -- agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month
Peter Hagner A.M.

New York July 1. 1897
Sir
I herewith transmit application of Mrs. Emma Wneeland for a pension under act 3 rd March 1893 & 17 th June 1894. Mrs. Wneeland was a pensioner under act 7 th July, 1888. I had not until very recently been informed of the passage of the acts raising her pension.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient Servant
Pierre M. Irving 32 Wall Street
H. C. Adams Esq Commissaire of Pensions Washington, D. C.

Seth Kneeland, decd
Act 15 May 1828,
Set of 2 yrs Writ of Attachment
due to p 240 per annum
due by p 144 per annum
commg 4 March 1826
due by 10 July 1828 payable
to his widow
Eunice Kneeland
also credits
38
43444
48, at p 240
due by p 144 per annum
My City,
J. N. Taylor.
Brooklyn,
New York

New York 4632
Eunice Kneeland
widow of Seth R. Kneeland
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1828 and who died on the 10 th July 1828 of N. York Co. in the State of N. York who was a Sergt. Artillery in the company commanded by Captain Patten of the regt. commanded by Col. Baldwin in the line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 188 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Nov. 1839 and sent to Jos. P. Pierson New York
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '39 658.00
Pemi-annual allowance ending 4 Nov. '40 94.00
$ 752.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2, Page 86
Lett to Mr. Brown July 12. '47

8237 New York City
Eunice Kneeland widow of Seth R Kneeland who was a Sergeant of Artificers in the Revolution
Increased June 188 per an
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 1/2 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. and ending 4th Mar 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept 1851 and sent to
J Taylor Brooklyn N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 78 By A Van Wyk clerk

458.
Reported
New York City Emmice Hueland widow of Seth R. Hueland Conn. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Serjt of Artificers
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 188 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1848 and sent to
Pierce M. Irving No 32 Wall St New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 111 Vol. 4

New York  8237 City.
Emmie Kneeland widow of Col. R. Kneeland who was a Sgt of Artillery in the Revolution
Herbland c. 10th July 1838
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 188 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of August, 1847 and sent to P. M. Irving Esq. No. 32 Wall Street New York
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book W 48. Vol. 2. Page
Report
letter to Pierre M. Irving June 13. 1848

Payment to be made at New York City
by
Benj s S. Heartly
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 111 Vol. 4
Geo. M. [unintelligible] Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Emmice Sneland.
widow of Seth. R. Sneland, who was a Sergt. of Artificers in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of One Hundred Eighty eight dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty fourth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty eight
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Carrado Commissioner of Pensions. By H. S. Evans

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