Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17101, for Joseph Martin, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Martin, Joseph Anna
No. 1710
CONTENTS

24.212 New = York Joseph Martin of St Lawrence in the State of New York who was a private Inf'ty Reg't. in the Comp. commande by Captain Hurmde of the Reg't. commande by Col. — " — in the New York time for 13 months and 10 days 10 " " 20 " days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 88 Dollars 44 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Nov: 1833 and sent to S. L. Russell Canton
Arrears to the 4th of Ap. '83 $21 10 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st M. '84 44 22 $65 32
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 106.

New York. N o : 4328,
Anna Martin, widow of Joseph Martin,
who died on the 13th: October, 1844, of Jefferson (in the State of N. Yk) who was a priv. Inf & C in the company: commanded by Captain Simmons of the Regt: commanded by Col: A. G. in the N. York line for 13 mos: 10 days priv: Inf: line for 10 " — 20 — " — " D.H: —
Rept 26,
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, at the rate of 88 — Dollars 11 1/4 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844 13th: October, 1844 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of February 1846 and sent to Hon. C. Hungerford, A. R. —
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1846 $122.84 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept: 44.22
$167.06
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by Wm Stewart Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 1 — Page 122

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. State of New York
County of St Lawrence; On this 25 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County of St Lawrence, now sitting Joseph Martin, a resident of the Town of Gouverneur in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York aged seventy seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Con- gress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the ser- vice of the United States under the following na- med officers, and served as herein stated. He was 1 st born on 3 rd day of September 1755 at the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut. He has a record of his age in his family bible. In the month of May 1775 at Woodbury aforesaid he enlisted as a private for six months to serve in the Connecticut Troops raised to reinforce the Northern Continental Army march to the North. He mustered with his Company at Woodbury in May 1775 under Col. David Hinman - Lieut Benjamin Hovey assistant under Ensign Hurd. His company was attached to Col. Hovey's Colonel Benjamin Hinman - Major Bull. They marched through Albany up the Hudson River to Lake George, from which place they went down Lake George to Ticonderoga. There he served under General Schuyler and Gen. Montgomery until the expiration of his six months furlough in the last of November 1775, when he was discharged with his regiment, without any further discharge. About the close of this service a number of Regiments crossed from the East side of the Green Mountains came to Ticon- deroga to take the place of his regiment, and afterwards marched to Quebec. 2 In the month of May 1776 at Woodbury afore

said he again enlisted in the Connecticut Troops raising to reinforce the Continental Troops at New York, for six months in a com- pany under Captain Nathan Hurd. Lieut Strong does not remember the Ensign's name, but knew him well. His company joined the Regiment under Colonel Gould S. Silliman, at Norwalk. His Major was one he does not remember, Lieut Col. Chandler (who was afterwards a Colonel in the Continental line belonged to the same Regiment) From Norwalk his regiment sailed to New York in Sloops and were there stationed under Gen. Parsons until the time of the battle at Flatbush when his regiment was detached to Fort Putnam; in a few days afterwards his regiment marched to Flat- bush, and being there relieved from their guard by Lord Stirling forces marched back to Fort Putnam and had not been there four hours when the Enemy attacked Lord Stirling and Gen. Sullivan. The same evening his regiment retreated from Fort Putnam and crossed over to New York. His regiment retrea- ed with the main Army from New York shortly after towards and lay about half a mile from the battle ground at the time of the battle at Harlem Heights. His regiment afterwards retreated over Kingsbridge - So far as I know, and from then to White Plains, where he was discharged in November 1776 with all his regiment, having served his term of six months he received no written discharge.
3 d When at home the applicant belonged to an inde- pendent company of militia Cavalry. At Wood- bury aforesaid in the last of May 1777 on the first of June 1777 - he was drafted from his company of Cav. along to serve three months to join the Troops at Housatonic, at which place he served in the Cavalry three months, under Capt. Hall of Wallingford and Lieut. James Hudson. The whole force was commanded by Gen. John Moad. Col. Sheldon Regiment of Horse was at Housatonic several

and was Commanded by Gen. John Moad. Col Sheldon Regiment of Horse was at Horse neck several
times during this three months service. His principal duty during this service, was to watch the Cow boys and Tories, and prevent their plundering the country. At the expiration of his three months he was discharged at Horse neck, he thinks the last of August or first of September. He did not receive a written discharge.
4 th He had been at home at Woodbury but five or six days when the whole company of Cavalry was called out on an alarm, on account of Burgoyne's coming down to Hudson River, and all turned out immediately, under Capt. Gideon Martin. Lieut James Hudson - Cor: Tytus Hurd. and marched to Pukekill, where and in the neighborhood he served, in this company of Cavalry two months and was discharged the first part of November 1777. His duty on this service was to reconnoitre the movements of the enemy and carry express. Major Strong's Regiment of Infantry was stationed near us. His company was on the East side of the River all this two months service.
5 th In the first part of June 1778 at Woodbury aforesaid his company of Cavalry was again called for on particular time, to march to Horse neck again and marched immediately there under the same officers last named and served on the same duty a few days after two months, at Horse neck; Stamford and Saw pits, and was discharged at Stamford about the middle of August. A Part of Col Sheldon's horse were with us some time during this service.
6 th In the year the Stores at Danbury were destroyed by Gov. Tryon, at the time of that event he cannot remember the year, his company of Cavalry at Woodbury aforesaid was again called out on the alarm on that occasion, and he marched with his company under the same officers, first to Danbury, from there to Ridgefield, where he was engaged with the enemy where he received two wounds one in the leg with a ball - and the other in the arm from a Bayonet. Gen. Wooster Commanded all our forces, (as he thinks

was his name) and was killed in the first part of the action, and was succeeded by Col. Silliman who took the command. There was a great number of Militia engaged at this time. Major Bull commanded the Cavalry. There was another company of Cavalry besides his, from another part of the state. He was confined by his wounds at Norwalk about six weeks, when he again joined his company at Stamford and was there dis- time charged in about two weeks after he recovered from his wounds - but he cannot remember the precise time he was in the service at this time two months at least.
7 th At the time of the Morning of March he cannot remember the precise time nor the year - he was drafted from his company of Cavalry, at Woodbury to serve two months. He immediately joined the other drafts at Stratford, and there formed a company under Capt. Nichols, from Wallingford; Lieut. Thoms, from Parnellee; John Goshen; and Col. Hall from Cheshire. He served as Quarter Master of this Company at Stratford two months, when he was discharged with the company he thinks in the fall of the year. Their duty for that term was to guard the coast. There were no other troops with us except a part of Col. Hooker's Regiment of Pennsylvania. He thinks he did not have a Quarter Master warrant - but if he had he has lost it long ago.
8 th In June (the first days) 1781 (he knows the time by the age of his oldest daughter) his father in Law Joel Clements, of Goshen was drafted from the Militia to serve two months, at Stratford. He went and performed this service as a substitute for his father in Law who was an old man, and served in a Company of Infantry under Capt. Stone from Goshen; Lieut. Gibbs from Goshen also; and Ensign Gibbs from Litchfield. He was discharged the first part of August following having served his two months as such substitute at Stratford aforesaid. There were no other troops with us at this time.

In the matter of Joseph Martin
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
11841
1 yr Inf 56 days
14 Mo —
10 " 20 days Car
Can of S. L. Ruple Canton N. Linn. Co. N.Y.

The applicant says that his memory is not so good as it has formerly been, and he may have been mistaken in some of the particulars, as to time of entering upon said services, but he will recollect the different country his service and the length of the different services, in the whole services he was actually engaged as aforesaid two years and six months as follows 6 months at Newburgh - 6 months at New York - 11 months in Cavalry service - and 2 months as a substitute for his father in Law. He never received a written discharge at the expiration of any of his said services, he has no documentary evidence whatever. There is no living witness to his knowledge by whom he can prove any of his services all his neighbours have ever believed that he was a soldier in the revolution, and will any of them testify to the same and to his good character. He knows Richard C. Hand his clergyman in Gouverneur, and is a member of his church, also Jesse Cole of Martin of the same place; also William James Cole of the town of Fowler near the applicant, has known the last named person more than thirty years. He is so far from Court that he cannot prove that he has attended any of the two first - but they have made the annexed certificate under oath before Edwin Dodge Esquire a justice of the Peace of the said Town of Gouverneur.
For six years after the close of the Revolutionary war he resided in Woodbury aforesaid, when he resided three years in Guilford in Vermont, - he then removed to Cheshire in Massachusetts where he resided twelve years, since which time he has resided in the State of New York, in the towns of Trenton; Champion; and Gouverneur, in the two last places he has resided for the last thirty five years and now resides in the latter place.
He 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.
Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Lawrence County N.Y.
W. Richard C. Hand, a Clergyman

pension or annuity that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any state. Given to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Joseph Martin
St Lawrence County P.C. We, Richard C. Hand, a Clergy- man, residing in the town of Gansevoort and County aforesaid, and Joseph Martin, residing in the town of Rospie in said County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Martin, the of Gansevoort aforesaid, who is about to apply for a pension under the act of Congress entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution", that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed this } Richard C. Hand 22 nd day of September 1832 } Joseph Martin before me
Edwin Dodge Justing of the Peace
On this twenty fifth day of September 1832 person- ally appeared James Cole a resident of the Town of Foster in the aforesaid County of St Lawrence before me, and being first duly sworn before the Judge of the said Court now sitting, in open Court deposes and says that he is acquainted with the said Joseph Martin who has sub- scribed to the above declaration; that I have known him well for thirty years, and that always during that time he has been reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and I fully believe his statement. He has always sustained a good character for honesty and veracity. James Cole
is ... ..

reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and I fully believe his statement. He has always sustained a good character for honesty and veracity. James Cole
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after put- ting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Depart- ment, that the above named applicant was a sol- dier of the revolution and served as he states, and the Court further certify that it appears to them that the aforesaid certificate sworn to and subscribed by Richard C. Hand and Jesse Martin, is duly sworn to and subscribed before the said Edwin Dodge, a justice of the peace of the said County of Lawrence duly qualified and sworn, and that the said Richard C. Hand is a cler- gyman residing in the said Town of Lawrence, and that the said Jesse Martin is also a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit, also that the said James Cole who has in open court subscribed to and sworn to the fore- going statement is a resident of the Town of Fowler in the aforesaid County of Lawrence and that he is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit and also that it is inconvenient for the said appli- cant to procure the personal attendance of the

before named Richard C. Ward and Jesse Martin.
I Alvin D. Dyer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Spencered County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of — Joseph Martin for a Partition
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of Office this Twenty Sixth day of September Anthon = 1848 Eight hundred and thirty two A Dyer Clerk

State of New York St Lawrence County,
L.S.
I Alvin Osborn Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County of St Lawrence do hereby Certify that the annexed and foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Common Pleas as the same were before the said Court on the 25 th day of September 1832 and that the annexed sealed Certificate was made by me off the same fact on the day it purports to have been given and I further certify that Edwin Dodge Esq before whom the within Certificate of Richard C. Hand and Jesse Martin purports to have been Subscribed & sworn to was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the said County duly qualified elected and sworn and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and believe the within to be his genuine signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 26 th day of September 1833 A Osborn clk

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Anna Martin
RD Feb. 6, 1896, NY.
Oct. 21 July '36
adm ft 13 Mo. 100s/pri 10. 20. Dragoon
88.44 p.m 13 Oct 44, the day of her husband's death
See her husband's Declaration for proof of her marriage
Hon O. Hungerford H.R.

State of New York } Jefferson County ss }
On this 27 day of January 1846 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of Jefferson County Court Anna Martin a resident of the town of Champlain in the County of Jefferson in the State of New York aged Eighty six years the 17th November last 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. 1836. That she is the widow of Joseph Martin who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States. She further declares that her name before marriage was Anna Clemens and that she was married to the said Joseph Martin in the town of Easton Woodbury in the State of Connecticut her then place of residence on the sixteenth day of March Seventeen hundred and seventy eight (March 16th 1778) by a Justice of the peace by the name of Gideon Martin that she has procured an examination to be had of the Town Clerks Office of the said town of Easton Woodbury for the record of her marriage and has been informed that it is not on record, that her eldest child was born March 16th 1780, her second child April 28th 1782 her third child November 17th 1783 and her fourth child February 16th 1786. She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Martin died on the 13th day of October 1844 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed.
Anna Martin mark
Sworn and subscribed on the
day and year first above written before me I also certify that from the effects of age and debility Anna Martin above named cannot attend the court to make the declaration
The word "Woodbury" interlined on the seventh line of the word "Easton" where it occurs before signing. J. C. Sherman Judge etc.
J. C. Sherman Judge of the Court

State of New York } Jefferson County } ss
Moses Miller of the town of Champion in the county aforesaid being duly sworn, deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Joseph Martin and that the said Joseph Martin died on the thirteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and forty-four (Oct 13th 1844) and that he left a widow whose name is Anna Martin with whom he has also been a long time acquainted who resides in Champion and has this day made the foregoing declaration and that she has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Joseph Martin.
Moses Miller
Sworn and subscribed this 27 th day of January - 1846 before me
and I also certify that I am acquainted with Moses Miller and that he is a man of respectability and truth.
J. C. Harmon Judge of the Court Counsellor at
I certify that George C. Sherman whose name appears in the foregoing was on the 27 th Jan'y 1846 one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for the county of Jefferson, New York, and that the foregoing signatures are genuine.
O. Hungerford M.L.

I Sally Miller of Champion in the county of Jefferson and state of New York, being duly sworn doth upon and say that she is the daughter of the late Joseph Martin and Anna his wife that she was fifty nine years old in March last past that the said Joseph Martin and Anna Martin have always lived together as husband and wife since her remembrance until the death of her father - Sally Miller Subscribed and sworn this 13 th day of December 1845 before me Eli West Justice of the Peace
State of New York, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office. }
I, Charles B. Noard, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that
Eli West Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand-writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand, and seal of said County, this 16 day of Dec. in the year 1845
C. B. Noard Clerk. By M c N. Sigourney, D. L.

I Bethiah Judson of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn upon a say that I am seventy four years of age. That in the year 1778 I was well acquainted with Joseph Martin and Anna Clemens then of said Woodbury lately of Chatham New York. That the said Martin previous to his marriage with the said Anna resided with my father. That during his residence there it was currently reported, and the deponent verily believes they were married. The time of the marriage the deponent does recollect precisely, but believes it was when she was seven or eight years of age. That soon after their marriage they commenced house-keeping not exceeding seventy rods from the residence of the deponent which was then with her father. That the deponent was frequently at the house of the said Martin and well recollects that Mr Martin had a child while they resided there. —
Bethiah Judson
Litchfield County ss. Bethlehem Nov. 12 th 1845. Personally appeared Bethiah Judson (to me personally well known) and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above & foregoing deposition as her subscribed & before me. Joseph H. McHenry Justice of Peace —

I Schenck's Indron of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being duly sworn state upon a say, that I am eighty seven years of age That I was well acquainted with Joseph Martin formerly of said Woodbury & lately of Chatham in the state of New York That I well recollect that the said Martin & his wife during a portion of the time when they resided in said Woodbury occupied a Dwelling house situated about two miles from my late father's residence with whom I then lived. The precise time they lived there I do not recollect, it was when I was young man & not far from twenty years of age - and further say not.
Schenck Judson
Litchfield County ss. Feb. 12 th 1845. Personally appeared Schenck's Indron to me personally well known, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me -
Joseph W. Kellogg, Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with both Schenck's Indron & Schenck's Indron. the Deponent in the foregoing depositions and that the truth of them are evidently true - Feb. 12 th 1845.
Joseph W. Kellogg, Justice of Peace.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Gileon H. Hollister Clerk
of the COUNTY COURT of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph H. Bellamy Esq. of said County is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer OATHS and to take the acknowledgment of DEED. And that his commission was dated on the 11th day of June A. D. 18 45 , and will expire on the 20th day of June, A. D. 18 46 & that this signature to the accompanying instrument is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 13th day of November A. D. 18 45 -
Gileon H. Hollister Clerk

In the matter of the application of Joseph Martin for a pension.
Testimony of Mrs. Sabra Smith

I Sabra Smith of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut twenty five years of age depose and say that I am now and was well acquainted with Mr Joseph Martin now residing in Goshen in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York that on or about the first of May in the year nineteen hundred and seventy five the said Martin who then lived in Woodbury in said Litchfield County enlisted in the army for six months to go to the Northward and that the troops on their way pitched their tents near my Father's House in Goshen in D r Litchfield County and that the D r Martin with two Officers stayed at my Father's over night where I then lived and in the Morning I saw him the D r Martin March by my Father's House with the rest of the Troops to the North and in the fall of nineteen hundred and seventy five I moved from the D r Town of Goshen to the said Town of Woodbury near the place of abode of the said Martin and in the spring of nineteen hundred and seventy six I was knowing to him the said Martin's enlisting in the Army to go to New York the length of time I do not remember and I resided in D r Woodbury during the War and was knowing to the D r Martins being drafted in the Cavalry two or three times during the War and further the Deponent saith not Cornwall Sept. 10 th 1833
Sabra Smith
State of Connecticut } Litchfield County } p Cornwall
On this 10 th day of September 1833 Personally appeared Sabra Smith signer of the foregoing deposition and made Oath to the truth of the same before me
Samuel Hopkins Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Sabra Smith and believe her to be a person of Truth & Veracity Cornwall Sep t 12 th 1833
Samuel Hopkins Justice of the Peace
I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Samuel Hopkins Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County, legally commissioned and qualified, that the two preceding signatures on this paper which purport to be his are genuine & in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in
said County the day above written, viz: September 10 th 1833.
Frederick Wolcott Clerk.

Joseph Martin N.Y.
Adm 1. year 8 1/2 Months 20 Days Infantry 10. Months 20 Days Cavalry
  4  333  3      11  8        21  4  4  3     11  10       4  6      10  6         11  60      2  40         44  00  
S. L. Russell Watson Lawrence Co N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Clatten which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy Such an amount of service should place some proof within the power of the applicant & the regulations require the best evidence he can produce VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? _____ XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? _____ Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? _____ XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? _____ XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? assumed
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17101
Anna Martin Widow of Joseph Martin Pr. Rev War.
Act: July 4 th 36
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]

For Hon. J. L. Edwards

Canton Ste. Lawrence County N.Y.
Sep. 26 th 1833.
Hon. Lewis J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir I herewith enclose to you, the original application of Joseph Martine for a pension with your brief of objections thereto. The applicant searched long in vain to procure testimony required, occasioned by the death & removal out of the country of his revolutionary war companions. He has been to Connecticut expressly for the purpose & has found one surviving witness, who testifies to a large part of his services.
In his amended declaration he has been enabled to fix with greater certainty the periods of his service - which are as follows
 6 mos Service in Infantry by enlistment at Picoenderga 1775  6 " " " " New York - 1776 -  8 weeks Service as volunteer in Cavalry in April May & June 1777 -  3 mos. Service by Draft in Summer & September 1777 - Cavalry  2 " " " Draft in Oct & November " "  2 " " " Cavalry militia in June July & August 1778  2 " " " Cavalry in 1779 -  2 " " as substitute for Jod Clements in Infantry in 1781 -  24 mos. 3 weeks
The declaration & proceedings, are properly authenticated by a new certificate of the Clerk - Certifying also to the qualification & signature of the magistrate.
Yours Respectfully Moses Russell

House of Reps Feb'y 5 1846
for I enclose the application of Anna Martin for a Pension. I assisted her husband for many years before his death in drawing his pension, and know that the widow has been at great trouble and expense in endeavouring to procure positive proof of marriage but without success. She has such as would be satisfactory in a court of justice, and I hope may be so to you, as it will save the trouble of an application to Congress.
Very respectfully yours O Hungerford
Howe J L Edwards

In the matter of the Application of Joseph Martin for Pension Amendment of Declaration
Carey J. L. Russell Canton N. H. N.Y.

State of New York County of St Lawrence p: On this 24 th day of September 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace Joseph Martin of Gouverneur in the county aforesaid, who being duly sworn de- poses and says, in addition to and in accordance with his declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, made before the Court of Common Pleas of the aforesaid County on the 25 th September 1832, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory the deponent cannot fix with certainty the precise time and length of his services but from the best of his recollection he served in Col. Hinman's Regiment from 1 st of May to 1 st November 1775. six months by enlistment. That his next service was six months by enlistment with the continental troops at New York in Col. Silliman's regiment, which was raised in Connecticut to reinforce the Army at New York from May until November 1776. making one year's infantry service.
His next service according to the best of his mem- ory and recollection was in April May & the first part of June 1777. at the time he has stated in his declaration as the time the stores at Danbury were destroyed. Shortly before that event when the enemy's vessels reached the coast near Woodbury, the whole company of cavalry to which the applicant belonged was called out in alarm he thinks some time in April 1777, at which event the deponent was engaged in the action at Ridgefield and was wounded as stated, he served at this time at least eight weeks - & went home some time in June 1777.
He thinks that the first time he was drafted to serve in the cavalry, in 1777. was last of June or first of July 1777 and not first of June as he has stated in his de- claration, at which time he served as such draft three

months, as stated in his declaration.
He also thinks that the other service on North River with the Cavalry was later in the year 1777 than he has stated. That his company was called out in the fore part of September October 1777 instead of September as he has stated in his declaration - for he recollects that it was at the time the British burned Kings- ton and sailed up the Hudson to meet Gen. Bur- goyne.
The deponent states that he served in the said company of Cavalry at the time Norwalk was burned two months as stated in his declaration and he thinks the time and period of their service was in the summer of 1779 but he cannot state the precise time it commenced or expired. According to the best of his recollection he served in the Cavalry service in the Connecticut militia during the revolutionary war as private at least ten months and twenty days - and that he afterwards in the summer of 1781 and in the Connecticut militia two months as a substitute for his father-in-law Joel Clements as stated in his declaration. Making in the whole fourteen months service as private in infantry - and ten months and twenty days cavalry service.
The deponent further says that after his declaration was returned to him from the Department he wrote to Little Martin a cousin of his, whom he supposed to be living in Woodbury Connecticut to procure if possible testimony for this deponent to prove some of his services stated in his declaration but after waiting until the last days of August last and receiving no answer from the said Martin the deponent went personally to Connecticut for the purpose of procuring all the testimony he could there find, and on arriving there he found that his cousin had died more than a

the deponent, went personally to Connecticut for the purpose of procuring all the testimony he could there find, and on arriving there he found that his cousin had died more than a
year previous. The deponent at Woodbury in Connecticut ascertained that one Bethel Smith an old man aged eighty one years, who was a neighbor of the deponent in the Revolutionary war was living. He went immediately to see the said Smith, but found him so low in health and so much debilitated by old age, that he had lost all his mind and recollection, and could not recognize even his nearest neighbors. After diligent inquiry the deponent could find no person in Woodbury or the vicinity with whom he was acquainted in the time of the Revolution, any one excepting a Mrs. Sabra Smith, who now resides in Cornwall, in Connecticut, and who was a neighbor of the deponent a great part of the time during the Revolutionary war, whose testimony he has procured and now forwards the same to the Department. All the other acquaintances, of the deponent whom he knew during the Revolutionary war, are either dead or had removed to places unknown to the deponent.
Joseph Martin
Sworn before me this 24 th day of September 1833 Isaac D. Dead Justice of the Peace
State of New York Sherriff's County. Be it Remembered that on this 24 th day of September 1833 the above named Joseph Martin personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace and subscribed and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition. Isaac D. Dead Justice of the Peace

State of New York St. Lawrence County, ss
I Alvin O. Saw, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Isaac Read before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected & sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24th day of September 1833
A O Saw clk
In the matter of the Application of Joseph Martin for Pension Amendment of Declaration
Care of J. L. Russell Canton N. H. and N.Y.