Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22298, for Jehoshaphat Starr, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Comm.)
Starr, Jehoshaphat Mary
W. 22298
CONTENTS

Connecticut.
Mary Starr, Conn. widow of Jehoshaphat Starr, who was a Master's Mate in the Connecticut Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 389 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. Increased from $320.00 per ann. Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Aug 1844 and sent to
J. D. Addison Esq. Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 77

2 Arts. Inc d - 1838 5 rep. 1843 3 aug 15. 11/4.

Jehoshaphat Starr Jun r Family
   Names Births Marriages Deaths   Dates Where Dates With Whom Dates Places Where     Jehoshaphat Starr Jr. Jan y 31. 1759 Midd le 17 th May 1784 Mary Warne 17 th Sept r 1819 At Middletown   Mary Warne Dec r 5. 1763 New York 17 th May 1784 Jeh o Starr Jr.  
The following is the account of their Children
   William 4 th May 1785 New York 15 th Sept r 1805 Sarah Braddack 22 nd Oct r 1817 At Amelia Island   Robert 9 th May 1785 Ditto 6 th May 1819 Lydia H o Blackwell   James Seaman 8 th Feb y 1787 Ditto 10 th May 1805 P t P t Gaudaloup   Beverly 21 st Dec r 1788 Midd le 1806 Catharine Braddack 9 th Jan y 1832 New York   Caroline 4 th March 1791 Ditto 7 th October 1817 Middletown, Connecticut   Cecilia 19 th Oct r 1793 Ditto   Mary Almyra 2 nd March 1795 Ditto 26 th Nov r 1813 Henry M c Leott   Charles Frederick 22 nd Nov r 1799 Ditto 23 rd August 1827   Mary Ann 12 th Nov r 1802 Ditto 10 th Sept r 1822 C. S. Dyer 20 th August 1826 Middletown Connecticut  

Before CHRIST cir. 397.
16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Or, Special treasure.
17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
CHAP. IV.
1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming and office.
F OR, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Before CHRIST cir. 397.
a Luke 1. 78.
3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
b Exodus 20. 3.
5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
c Math. 11. 14. Mark 9. 11. Luke 1. 17.
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
The End of the OLD TESTAMENT.
Handwritten notes in the right margin, likely from a later edition or a different source, mentioning 'Elijah the prophet' and 'the great and dreadful day of the Lord'.

107 — an Mary Starr widow of Jehoshaphat
Con.
act of July 38
5 years
Married in 1784.
Roles - Webb.
2 nd Serf - 19 mar. 77. war -
2 nd Master 19 nov. 77 -
Ensign - 6 July 79 - resigned 29 mar. 80 -
advised
2 yrs. 2 nd Master Ensign
240 $
no deduction
Jonathan Barnes
Middletown Con

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex
ss. Middletown Probate District.
On this thirtieth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, personally appeared, before the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown in said State, the same being a Court of Record by the laws of said State, Mary Starr, a resident of Middletown in the County of Middlesex in said State, aged seventy four 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. 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows," that she is the widow of Joshashaphat Starr formerly Joshashaphat Starr Junr. late of said Middletown deceased, who was an Ensign in the Revolutionary war, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel — Webb of Wetherfield

in said State, but in what company of that Regiment, she is unable par= ticularly to state. She refers to the Records of the War Department for the services of her deceased husband. She has no documents in regard to the service to transmit; they hav= ing been many years ago destroyed as papers of no farther use; the only paper retained being a certificate of the membership of the said Jehoshaphat Starr in the Society of Cincinnati, which she delivered two or three years since to Capt. Thomas Holdup Stevens of the United States Navy with a view to make application for a pension; and as Captain Stevens is absent from Middletown she can not produce that certificate. She farther declares that she was married to the said Jehosha= phat Starr on the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord

2.
One thousand seven hundred and eighty four, and as evidence of her said marriage she produces and annexes hereto a record of the same made by the said Jehoshaphat Starr himself in his own proper hand-writing, and this day taken from his Bible, that her husband the aforesaid Jehoshaphat Starr died at said Middletown on the seventeenth day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fourteen; and that the entry of his decease was made at the time, on the leaf from the said Bible hereto annexed, by one of her sons; that she was not married to her said husband prior to her 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 has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband.
Mary Starr
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me,
Sam l Cooper Judge of Probate for the district of Middlesex County
I further certify that the said Mary Starr is a respectable and credible witness.
Sam l Cooper Judge H

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Richard Hubbard of Middletown aforesaid being duly sworn depose and say that I am forty six years of age, that I am the nephew of Jehoshaphat Starr late of said Middletown deceased and am well acquainted with Mary Starr his widow, who this day makes application for a pen- sion under the Act of Congress of July 7 th 1838. I know that the said Jehoshaphat Starr died at said Middletown in the fall of the year One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and that said Mary Starr has not inter- married since the decease of the said Jehoshaphat, but has ever since continued to be and now is his widow. I further

depose and say that the record of the marriage of the said Je- hoshaphat and Mary now shown to me by the said Mary on the leaf of a Bible annexed to her applica- tion for a pension, which I have examined, is in the proper hand-writing of the said Jeho- shaphat Starr, and from conver- sations which I have heard be- tween my father, Nehemiah Hub- bard now deceased, and the said Jehoshaphat Starr, and from general reputation, I have no doubt that the said Jehoshaphat Starr did serve in the or Lieutenant Revolu- tionary War as an Ensign, in the regiment commanded by Col. Webb, and farther I say not.
Richard Hubbard
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of July A. D. 1838, before me
Sam l Cooper Judge of Probate for the district of Middletown, Conn.

4.
I farther certify that the said Deponent Richard Hubbard is a respectable and credible witness.
Sam l Cooper Judge etc
The word Lieutenant was interlined before signing.
Sam l Cooper Judge etc
State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Martha Mortimer Starr of said Middletown being duly sworn depose and say that I am sixty — years of age; that I am a niece of Jehoshaphat Starr late of said Middletown de- ceased, and am well acquainted with Mary Starr his widow, whose application this day for a pension with an accompanying record from a family bible I have just seen; that said Jehoshaphat Starr died at

said Middletown some time in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and fourteen, and that said Mary Starr has ever since con- tinued to be and now is the widow of the said Jehoshaphat Starr, and has not intermarried since his decease, and from fam- ily conversations, which I have heard, and from general reputation I have no doubt that said Jehoshaphat Starr served in the Revolutionary war as an ensign in the Regiment of Col. Webb. I further depose and say that the record of the mar- riage of the said Jehoshaphat and Mary on the said leaf of a Bible, is in the proper hand writing of the said Jehoshaphat, and further I say not. Martha Morimee Starr.
Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of July A.D. 1838, before me Sam l Cooper Judge of Probate for the district of Middletown

5.
I further certify that the said Martha Mortimer Starr is a re= spectable and credible witness.
Sam l Cooper Judge etc.

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I Joshua Stow of said Middle- town being duly sworn depose and say that I am seventy six years of age, and was well acquainted with Jehoshaphat Starr late of said Middletown deceased, whose widow Mary Starr, as I am informed, is about making application for a pension, I knew the said Jehoshaphat intimately from boyhood, there being a relationship between our families, he and my father being first cousins. The said Jehoshaphat served in the Revolutionary War as an Ensign or Lieu- tenant, and I believe as a Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb. The time of his service I do not remember; but I well recollect seeing him at home, on furlough two or three times in his uniform during his service. I have examined the leaf from the Bible annexed to Mrs. Starr's application, and do not hesitate to say that the entry of the marriage of the said Mary and Jehoshaphat made thereon is in the proper hand writing

of the said Jehoshaphat, and farther I say not.
Stow.
Subscribed and sworn to this first day of August A. D. 1838 before me the un- dersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex, dwelling in said Middletown. I farther cer- tify that the said Joshua Stow, Esq. is a respectable and credible witness.
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown County of Middlesex } Probate District.
I Russell Hopkins Clerk pro tempore of the Court of Probate for the said District of Middletown do hereby certify that Samuel Cooper Esq. whose signatures are annexed to the preceding certificates is Judge of Probate for the said District of Middletown, and that the said signatures are genuine. I further certify that Jonathan Barney is a justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex and that his signature annexed to one of the preceding deposition is genuine. In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court by direction of the said Judge of Probate this first day of August A. D. 1838.
— Russell Hopkins Clerk Pro Tempore

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex Middletown
Sept. 26 th 1843
I Mary Starr, widow of Josephat Starr dece d , of the town of Middletown in the County and State aforesaid, Now a Revolutionary Pensioner, at the rate of 320 Dol. s per annum, do hereby constitute and appoint, D. D. Addison Esq r . of Washington City, in the District of Columbia, to act as my Attorney, to respectfully ask of J. L. Edwards Esq r . Comm ee of Pensions, to increase the pension allowed to me under the act of 1838 and 1843 for my said husband's service as a Quarter Master and Lieut. in the War of the Revolution —
Witnesses —
Cecilia Starr Benj m Colton
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the day and year first above mentioned in presence of the annexed witnesses
Mary Starr
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C

State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
On the twenty second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, personally appeared before me Jonathan Barnes a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Mrs. Mary Starr a resident of Middletown aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath state, that she is the widow of the late Jehoshaphat Starr, who was an Ensign and Quarter Master in the War of the Revolution, for whose services she received a pension under the Act of Congress 7 July 1838, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars, per annum, Connecticut Roll.
Now the object of this declaration being made is in order to obtain through my Agent Mr. Alexander Ray of Washington, an increase on my pension under said act of 1838 at the rate of an Artillery Captain's pay, and the payment of the arrears thereon from the 4 th of March 1836 to the 4 th of March 1841, when the act of 1838 expired.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Mary Starr
(Before me)
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.

State of Connecticut Middlesex County.
I John Trull Clerk of the County Court of the County of Middlesex do Certify. That Jonathan Barney Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Middlesex as per Commission on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate is his proper Hand Writing & signature In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22 d Day of Oct. A.D. 1842 W. Trull Clerk

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown
On this thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex, Mary Starr a resident of Middletown in the County of Middlesex aforesaid aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the Widow of Schochaphat Starr, who was an Ensign and Quarter Master in the said War, and that the annual amount of the pension she received under Act of July 7, 1838, was Three hundred and twenty dollars per annum. —
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me, Jonathan Barnes
Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the above named declarant Mary Starr is personally known to me, and that the words "personally appeared" were interlined above by me, Jonathan Barnes, Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut
Middlesex County. I John Park Clerk of the County Court of ss.
County of Middlesex do certify that Jonathan Barnes Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Middlesex as per Commission file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the preceding Certificate mark? A. B are his proper hand writing & signatures
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of March A.D. 1843.
W m Park Clerk

apc 4.163
137 ch
May 3 1843
Mary Stan
James L. Edwards Jr
Commission of Pensions
A. Ray prob

Washington
April 3 rd 1843
Sir
Enclosed you will receive an application from Mary Karr, for the benefit of the act 3 March 1843.
I am very respectfully
Your Br. Servt
Abel Ray
James L. Gordon Esq. Court of Pensions

Aug 13. 1844
add ptt Mary Starr for increase.
J. L. Cairns Emr of Tensian.
B. Adkins B. G. Clark

Washington August 13 th 1844
Sir
Enclosed is a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut. Shewing the services and pay of Johasephat Starr, whose widow, Mary Starr was a pensioner under the acts of 1838 & 1843. and whose claim to an increase of pension was filed in the Pension Office last October.
From this certificate it appears that he was paid as Dr. Master from Nov r 18 th 1777 to June 1 st 1778 @ $26 2 / 3 pr. month, and for the balance of the service as Ensign & Dr. Master 11 months & 28 days @ $33 1 / 3 pr. month, agreeably to the resolution of Congress of the 27 th of May 1778.
From the above you will perceive that Mrs. Starr is entitled to $389.45 pr. an. instead of $320, at which rate she was pensioned. I have therefore most respectfully to request that you will cause a certificate to be issued without any further delay as the claim has now been 10 months before the Office.
I am very respectfully Yr. mo. O bt .
E. C. Addison
J. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions

Middletown Conn, Aug 1. 1838.
Sir, I inclose the application of Mrs. Mary Starr for a pension under the late act of Congress. If a certificate is granted, she desires that it may be trans- mitted to me. —
Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt.
Jon a Barnes.
James L Edwards, Esq.

Mary Starr.
Con:
acts 7. July 38 & 3 March 43.
Increase -
21:28 d. Ensign & Dr.
Maste - 375.00
2.2 d. 2 nd M. 275.00
E. of 2 nd M th 361.90 424.00
2 nd M th 27.54 424.00
389.44 deduct
what was paid under each Act
D.D. Addison Esq Present

Comptroller Office
Hartford Conn.
August 3 rd 1844
I certify that the following proof, of the Service of Jehoshaphat Starr appears on a Book in this Office entitled Connecticut line Page 113
"Settlement with the 9 th Connecticut Regt. Samuel B Webb Esq r Col n before January 1780"
Jehoshaphat Starr D.M. commenced Service March 25 th 1777 time of Settlement Nov r 18 th 1777 amt. of Service 7 Months & 23 days amount of Wages £20.19.4 Jehoshaphat Starr D.M. commenced Service Nov r 18 th 1777 time of Settlement June 1 st 1778 amt. of Service 6 Months & 13 days amt. of Wages £53.1.6 Jehoshaphat Starr Ensign D.M. commenced Service June 1 st 1778 time of Settlement June 1 st 1780 amount of Service One Year and Seven Months amount of Wages £188.2.0
Page 251 Col n Samuel B. Webb Regt. Continued Jehoshaphat Starr Ensign commenced Service June 1 st 1780 time of Settlement March 29 th 1780 amount of Service 2 Months & 28 days
Jehoshaphat Starr D.M. commenced Service June 1 st 1780 time of Settlement March 29 th 1780 amount of Wages Service 2 Months & 28 days. The amt. of Wages for both of the last period of Service is carried out in gross for both settlements £29.0.11

Harrington Comptroller

Mary Starr
Con.
act 7 July 38
Issue new Certificate for 2 yrs Ensign & 2 nd Master -
320 $
See pay in Compts certificate
A. Kay Enr Present

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn. 21 Oct: 1842
On application, I have examined the record of settlement, made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, for evidence of the revolutionary service of Ichersaphal Starr, and under head of
"Settlement made with the 9 th Conn t Reg t : Samuel B Webb, Esquire Colonel, before January 1780," find this entry:—
   "Names" "Rank" "Commenc t of service" "Time of this settle t :" "Term" "Am t wages"   Y s mo. da.     Ichersaphal Starr D.M.S. Mar. 25: '77 Nov. 13: '77 0 7 23 £20.19.4   ditto . . . . . D.M. Nov. 13: '77 June 1: '78 0 6 13 53. 1. 6   ditto . . . . . Ens d D.M. June 1: '78 Janu ry 1: '80 1 7 0 188. 2. 0 a  
And also under the same head, for service in the year 1780, this entry:—
   Ichersaphal Starr Ensign Jan y 1: '80 Mar. 29: '81 0 2 28 } 79. 0. 11 a   ditto . . . . . D.M. d o . . . . . d o . . . . . 0 2 28  
Abiah Wells Compt ly

Starr
Nov 1. Com. Dr C.
James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Washington Nov. 1. 1822
Sir,
I enclose an application, in the form of a declaration made by Mrs. Mary Starr of Connecticut. formerly a pensioned under act 1638. at $240 per annum. as widow of the late Schohaphat Starr. Who served in the war of the revolution as Quarters Master in 1777-78. and in the years 1778-79-80. in the capacity of Quartermaster and Quarters Master . and for his services in these grades. an increase of her late pension is asked. a certificate of the services performed in Col. Webb regiment is likewise enclosed,
I am with respect Govr. Dr. Ser. Alex. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions

14 Nov. 1842
FREE
James L. Edwards, Esq. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Answered Nov 14, 1842

Middletown Conn. Nov. 11. 1842. James L. Edwards, Esq. Comm r . of Pensions,
Sir,
As agent of Mrs. Mary Starr, I have presented her certificate lately issued for increase of pension with her oath of identity &c. at the pension-office in Hartford for payment. The Pension-Agent declined to make payment because he has received no order to that effect. Allow me to request that the necessary order may be given. —
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Jonathan Barnes

A.
Oct 2. 1843
Caro Mary Starr For increase Bono.
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. on of Pensions Washington

Washington Sept. 31 st 1843
Sir
I enclose the Power of Attorney of Mrs Mary Starr of Middletown, Middlesex Co. Cont. widow of Johoseph Starr, who was a Quarter Master and Lieutenant, in the War of the Revolution.
She desires to be placed on the same footing with the widows of other Quarter masters, to wit: an increase from $320 to $480 per annum. Mr Starr served upwards of three years as Quarter Master
I have the honor to be Very Resp y .
Yr. ob t . Serv t .
R. R. Addison
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com r of Pensions Washington D. C.

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Connecticut.
Mary Starr widow of Josiah Starr, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17 th Sep r 1814 of Middlesex in the State of Mass s who was a D t M t En d in the Co y commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Conn t line for 21 Mo. 28 d s 24 h s . 2 mo. 2 days 2 m
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn t at the rate of 389 Dollars 11 3/4 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Increased firm $320.00
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Aug y 1844 and sent to D. D. Adviser. Present
Total amount, $ _____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. B. Swann Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 1 Page 95.

Connecticut - 49.
Mary Starr.
widow of Joshua Starr, dec d .
who died on the 17 th of September 1814, of Middlesex Co. in the State of Connecticut, who was a P.M. Ensign in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Connecticut. time for 7 years, V. Master & Ensign.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 240 Dollars - - - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of August 1838 and sent to Jonathan Barnes, Middletown, Conn.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1838 $ 480. Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept r . " . . . 120.
$ 600.
5 years pension. { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7 th 1838, Section the 1 st }
Recorded by G. S. Rhodes Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 208.
Notes at the bottom of the page.

Letter to Agent Nov 3, 1842 Returned misdirected and same enclosed directed to Hartford CP instead of NYork. See letter to Jonathan Burns Nov. 14. 42
Connecticut No 49 Mary Starr
widow of
Joshaphat Starr dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 17 th Sep r . 1814 of Middlesex in the State of Conn d who was Com d P t Master in the commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col l Webb in the Conn d . line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 320 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836. Increased from $240
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Nov r 42 and sent to A. Ray Esq r Present
Arrears to the 14 th of March 1841
Semi-annual allowance ending former pay s to be deducted $ 1600.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo S. Woody Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 209.

Let. to D. D. Addison Esq. March 30 th 1844. Rep
Connecticut
Mary Starr
widow of Jehoshaphat Starr who was an Ensign & Quarter Master in the Connecticut line for 2. years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 320. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of June 1843. and sent to
A. Ray Esq. Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 1. Page 76.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
22298
Mary Starr
widow of
Jebochaphat Starr
21 years Rev was
Act:
March 31 48
Index:—Vol.
16
Page
248
[Arrangement of 1870.]