Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17124, for Alexander Mc Arthur, New York

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New York.
Mc Arthur, Alexander Margaret
N. 17124
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New York 3448
Margaret M c Arthur widow of Alexander M c Arthur
who died on the 9. Oct. 1882 of N. York Co. in the State of N. York who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain M c Arthur of the regt. commanded by Col. Dubois in the N.Y. Levis batt for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 320 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3. day of October 1840 and sent to A. B. Amerman New York
Arrears to the 4th of March '41. $ 3200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep r , 160.00 $ 3360.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act July 4, 1836 Section the 3 —
Recorded by D. Brown Book C. Vol. 1

New York July 27 1703
Thomas Amerman & Margaret Arthur where joined in holy bands of matrimony by the Rev. Jacob Schoonhoven
New York April 20 1710 Joseph B. Amerman son to Thomas and Margaret Amerman was born
Thomas Amerman's Daughter to Thomas and Margaret Amerman was born the 15 Decemr. 1712 in the year of our Lord 1712
Cornelia B. Amerman Daughter to Thomas & Margaret Amerman Was born 27 Feby 1714
1792 before the 29 was born our son Peter He died June 1830 & was buried in the old Dutch Church Yard 1 July 1830

Alex r M c Arthur and Margaret Cuten Bogart was joined in the holy bonds of Matrimony June 1 in the year of our Lord 1778.
John M c Arthur son to Alexander and Margaret M c Arthur was born Feb y 9 in the year of our Lord 1781 and departed this life March 14 aged nine weeks and one day.

M d 1 June 1778
Hartford and 10 Oct. 178
Col. Dabois - 5 N. York
Ref. - Card 26 Nov 1778
Lieut. - Prisoner 6 Oct
1777 - September May
1779 /

State of New York 3 City and County of New York 3/3
On this thirty first day of August in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and forty, personally appeared before the Honorable Samuel R. Wells, an Associate Judge of the City and County District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York the City and County of New York in the State of New York (the same being a Court of Record) Margaret M c Arthur a resident of the City and County and State of New York aforesaid, aged eighty years, or thereabouts, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her Oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836: That she is the widow of Alexander M c Arthur, who was a Lieu- tenant in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis D. Dyer, in the Army of the Revolution, that her said husband entered the American Army, as this deponent well believes, as a Lieutenant some time in the Month of November 1776, and was a prisoner in the Autumn of 1777, that he was wounded in the engagement at Fort Montgomery, when he was taken prisoner, as this deponent has been informed by her said husband, the said Lieutenant Alexander M c Arthur. This deponent further declares, that

She was married to the said Alexander McArthur on the first day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, who was at that time a Lieutenant in the American Army; that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander McArthur, died on the tenth day of October in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty two; And that she is the widow of the said Lieuten- ant, Alexander McArthur, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Margaret McArthur
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written before me. The said deponent being pled to me entitled to every consideration as a person of irreconcilable to being unable from extreme old age, and bodily infirmities to attend in Open Court.
Sam R. Betts U. S. Judge

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Southern District of New York, ss. }
I Francis J. Betts Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, do hereby certify that Samuel R Bell, whose name, in his own proper hand writing is subscribed to the annexed certificate of acknowledgment was at the time of signing the same a Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said District Court this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 50 and of the Independence of the United States the 74th
Francis J. Betts Clerk

She was married to the said Alexander McArthur on the first day of June in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, who was at that time a Lieutenant in the American Army; that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander McArthur, died on the tenth day of October in the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty two; And that she is the widow of the said Lieuten- ant, Alexander McArthur, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Margaret McArthur
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written before me. The said deponent being sworn to and entitled to every consideration as a person of irreconcilable to being unable from extreme old age, and bodily infirmities to attend in open court.
Sam R. Betts U. S. Judge

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17124
Margaret McArthur Widow of Alexander McArthur Lieut. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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To H.B. Ammerman July 29 '40 " do " 5 Sept. '40

New York September 1, 1840
Yrs
I beg leave to inclose to you the Affidavit of Margaret McArthur, required by your favor of 8 th Ult o before a Judge of a Court of Records. — In consequence of the summer vacation of our Courts — the absence of the Judges from the City and the indisposition of Mrs McArthur, I have been unable to effect this object until yesterday, when I succeeded in an interview with Judge Betts of the United States District Court, before whom the Affidavit was made — I now hasten to inclose it to you and hope that it will have been received in time for the necessary order for payment to be made in the early part of this month — you have the other papers in your Office, & therefore think it only necessary to inclose this Affidavit on this occasion. — The Old Lady is in very great need of speedy help, and possibly may not live till another six months shall have expired. — Will you have

the goodness to give this case your early attention and confer a favor on
Sir Yours Respectfully A. L. D. Smerman
R. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

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Margaret McArthur
Act. July 4. 1836
Marr'd 1 June 1778 Husband died 9 Oct. 1782
Col Dubois New York Line Lieut. act 26 Nov 1776 Prisoner 6 Oct. 1777- John Murray May 1779
Admitted Lieut. 2 years $320-
A. B. Amerman Esq. New York

New York September 30. 1820
Sir I beg leave to enclose to you the Affidavits of John Whitehands taken before Judge Betts of the United States District Court and that of Abraham B. Martine taken before the Honble Michael Ulshoffer, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York — I perceive by your favor of 5 th instant, that you wished the Affidavits of these Gentlemen to be taken before Judge Betts, I have endeavored to comply therewith to the utmost of my power, but the great difficulty of the Judge leaving the Court to attend on an invalid at a time when he could best see, has induced me to have the Affidavit of Mr Martine taken before the Presiding Judge of our Common Pleas, it being a Court of Records, which appears by the Regulations to be all that is absolutely necessary. —
With regard to the Certificate of Marriage from the Church Records, I can only remark, that I have before remarked to you, that in consequence

of the situation of the country at the time of the Marriage, the Church Records do not show the fact, the deficiency is however supplied by the testimony of Mr. Whitehead who was at the time an apprentice in Mrs. McArthur's father's house, and who was present at the time of the wedding, and who fully identifies Mrs. McArthur as the same person; and also by Mr. Martin who, although not present himself, knew the fact, being himself married to a relative, and knew that she was his wife by common reputation, and who was the very individual who went for Mrs. McArthur at the time her husband was dying, all of which is set forth in his Affidavit.
I am of opinion that the testimony is just and ample in all the material particulars; and much more so than any transcription from Church or any other Records can be, as they must necessarily be transcripts certified by persons having no knowledge of the premises, further than as the Records may exhibit. — I have myself since the receipt of yours of the 5 th instant taken great pains to examine the Records and find that during that year, a blank space is left

therein to fill up from loose Memoranda of the Officiating Clergyman, which has never been attended to — I consider however that the facts are fully proven by the testimony herein inclosed — Will you have the goodness to examine this Case And let me hear from you on the subject as early as possible —
Very Respectfully Sir Your Obedient Servt A. H. Duer
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension, City of Washington

New York July 7. 1840 J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington
Sir By your communication of the 10th inst. to the Honorable Secretary of War, forwarded to me by the Honble. J. P. Kirtland of the United States, Senate, I find that the papers of Mrs. Margaret McArthur, the widow of Lieutenant Alexander McArthur of the Revolutionary Army, applying for a pension under the act of July 4th 1836 are defective - I beg leave to supply the defect by further testimony, and in order to you the papers returned in your note of 10th inst. by which the marriage is fully proven by those who are well acquainted with the fact, although from the lapse of years their memory is defective as regards the exact date - this deficiency you will perceive is supplied by the family records herein inclosed, by which you will perceive that the marriage was celebrated in 1778 instead of 1779 - this may at first view appear to you strange; but when you take into consideration the fact that both the Old Lady and her witnesses are now from 80 to 85 years of age, it will readily occur to you that memory has become in a great measure defective; I will therefore state for your information, that at the time of preparing the papers in the early part of May last, Mrs. McArthur's friends used every endeavor to obtain a certified copy of her marriage from the church

Records she alleging that it was on the first day of June 1778, but as I suppose from the situation of the Country during our Revolutionary struggle, the Church Records do not shew the fact, and those who can testify as to the Actual Marriage, being of course living witnesses at an advanced age, were of impression, that it was in 1779, to which they were willing to testify, but were unwilling to go back as far as 1778, a strong proof of their conscientious testimony; And as regards the issue, considering it a matter of so very special importance whether it was in 1778 or 1779, And her friends supposing from the best information they could obtain on the subject, that Lieutenant McArthur was actually in the service until his death, they advised the Old Lady to have the date of the Marriage put down as 1779 in order to satisfy the consciences of two very aged Citizens, And by her consent it was so stated in her Affidavit sent forwarded to Washington City - fortunately however that subsequently to the papers having been forwarded to Mr Senator Fallada, on overhauling a package of old Books and papers, which had not been opened for many years, An Old Hymn Book was found (Bibles being at that day so difficult to be obtained that they were not found in possession of families generally as at the present time) In the cover of which, to the great joy of the Old Lady and her friends, was found the family records showing the Marriage of Mr & Mrs McArthur to have been celebrated on the first of June 1778. And the Birth and death of their only Child, at subsequent periods. I have cut the cover from the Book, to which I have attached the Old Lady's Affidavit of its genuineness, and beg leave to enclose

it herein, with the papers returned in your note of 10 th June last - You will perceive that the Book has been much worm eaten, but the record is perfect, legible. - I think this will bring Mrs. McArthur's case under the Act of July 4. 1836, especially as Lieutenant M c Arthur, her late husband, was a wounded prisoner of War, having had his lower jaw shot away in the engagement at Fort Montgomery, had just recovered from his wound at the time of his marriage, was a prisoner on parole at that time, and must consequently have been considered in the service, until his exchange or release in May 1779, when he became a Supernumerary, as appears by the Rolls of Colonel Dubois' Regiment.
Will you have the goodness to reinvestigate her case, write me the result at your earliest possible convenience, and confer an obligation upon
Yours Very Respectfully A. B. Alneman

July 27. 1876
Enclosed
Mail
Mrs. McArthur July 27. 1876
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

New York July 25. 1840 J. P. Edwards Esq z Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington Sir
On the 7 th instant I had the pleasure to enclose to you the papers of Mrs. Maryann McArthur, an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836, as the widow of a Revolutionary Officer, and at same time solicited of you some information as to the probable result since which time I am without advice on the subject - As the old Lady and her friends have consigned this business to my immediate care, they are daily applying to me for news from Washington which by the way I am unable to give them and as I have received no tidings of the papers since I placed them in the Post Office in this City, I know not whether they have reached you, in consequence I now state that I enclosed them, with a letter addressed to you as Commissioner of Pensions, in an envelope, directed to the

“War Department — Pension Office — City of Washington” — I presume they have been received, and as I am daily applied to I am anxious to give the party interested all the “news from Washington” in my power, and am therefore induced again to address you on the subject that I may know what answer to give in the premises — will you favor me with a reply on the subject &
Oblige yours Very Respectfully A. B. Alvernia B

STATE OF NEW YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Abraham B. Sherman before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner thereto subscribed, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 6 day of July 18 46 . Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

State of New York City and County of New York ss.
On the third day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty - Margaret M c Arthur being duly sworn, doth depose and say that the family Records hereto annexed is a true records of her Marriage to Alexander M c Arthur, at that time a Lieutenant in the American Army of the Revolutionary War, and the Birth, and Death, of the only child of the said Lieutenant Alexander M c Arthur and Margaret M c Arthur (this deponent) his wife: And this deponent further says that the several items of the said records were made at the several times that said events occurred, or as soon thereafter as the circumstances of the events would permit; And that the subjoined records is the only true Records known to this deponent to exist.
Sworn to before me this 3 rd day of July A.D. 1840
Margaret M c Arthur
J. W. Amerman
Commissioner of Deeds

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STATE OF NEW YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Horner, Clerk of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That A. B. Alneman Esq before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Courts in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Commissioner thereto subscribed, are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said City and County, the 15 th day of May 18 40
Joseph Horner
Clerk.
Senate and

To the Honorable The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled
The Petition of Margaret McArthur of the City, and County and State of New York,
Respectfully Sheweth
That your Petitioner was in the City of New York during the former part of the Revolutionary War, a young woman grown, residing in the immediate vicinity of the Old Quaker Meeting house, in what was at that time called Queen, now Pearl street, in the said City, that the Meeting house was at that time in the possession of the British Army and occupied by them as a Prison for prisoners of war, that your petitioner having obtained information of the distress of the Loyal Dependents of our Country, therein confined, was in the habit of going daily with an old and faithful domestic of the family of which your petitioner was a member, for the purpose of conveying food and other necessary nourishment to the prisoners confined there - That your petitioner was afterwards, to wit, on the first day of June A D 1779, married to Alexander McArthur

at that time a Lieutenant, in the American Army of the Revolution and attached to the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois, and stationed at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York; That the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur, continued in the Army until his Death which occurred on the 9 th day of October A.D. 1782; That your petitioner has never realized anything from the Estate of her said Husband; That your petitioner has suffered many and great privations, and is now Eighty years of Age or thereabouts, and is in very limited and needy circumstances in her infirm Old Age, being now a Cripple and almost helpless
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays your Honorable Body that in consideration of the facts in the premises herein set forth, that such allowance or pension may be granted to your petitioner, as is allowed to Widows of Officers of the Revolutionary Army, under the Act of Congress, passed on the 4 th day of July A.D. 1836, and that she may be allowed the same amount of Back pay, as she would have been entitled to have received

at that time a Lieutenant, in the American Army of the Revolution and attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois, and stationed at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York; That the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur continued in the Army until his Death which occurred on the 9 th day of October A D 1782; That your petitioner has never realized anything from the Estate of her said Husband; That your petitioner has suffered many and great privations, and is now Eighty years of Age or thereabouts, and is in very limited and needy circumstances in her infirm old age, being now a Cripple and almost helpless
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays Your Honorable Body that in consideration of the facts in the premises herein set forth, that such allowance or pension may be granted to your petitioner, as is allowed to Widows of Officers of the Revolutionary Army, under the Act of Congress, passed on the 4 th day of July A D 1836, and that she may be allowed the same amount of Back pay, as she would have been entitled to have received

if this petition had been made to your Honorable Bodies, immedi- ately upon that Act going into effect. —
And your petitioner will ever pray &c. &c.
Margaret McArthur
State of New York } City and County of New York } ss
On the Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty, Before me, came Margaret McArthur the petitioner above named, who being duly sworn, doth depose and say that the facts in the foregoing petition contained are true. —
J. B. Murray
Commissioner of Dreds &c

State of New York City and County of New York } S.S.
On the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, I John Whitlands being duly sworn do depose and say that Deponent is now eighty years of age or thereabouts, that Deponent has lived in the city of New York since childhood, that Deponent is well acquainted with Margaret McArthur your petitioner, that this Deponent was an Apprentice in the house of your petitioner's father during the Revolutionary war, and knows the fact, that your petitioner when a young woman went daily into the Old Quaker Meeting house, at that time occupied by the British Army as a prison (in which they confined their prisoners of war) to carry food for the use of the said prisoners, to nourish them in their distress, that your petitioner was afterwards married to Alexander McArthur on the first day of June 1779 that said Alexander McArthur was a Lieutenant in the American Army of the Revolutionary War and that the said Lieutenant McArthur remained in the Army, attached to Colonel Lewis Dubois' Regiment, and stationed at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess and State of New York until his death, which occurred in the fall of the

year 1782, that at the time that your petitioner was married, this Deponent was an Apprentice to your petitioner's father, and was present at the wedding; And this Deponent only believes the petitioner is in circumstances warranting her in asking pecuniary aid from the Government of the United States
John Whitehand
Subscribed and sworn this thirteenth day of May A.D. 1840, before me, The said John Whitehand being a reputable witness and well known in this community as a man of unimpeached integrity.
A. H. Mermar Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York } City and County of New York } ss
On the Eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, I, Abraham B. Martling, being duly sworn do depose and say, that Deponent is now of the age of eighty years, or thereabouts, that Deponent has lived in the City of New York for the term of fifty seven years last past, that Deponent was the Occupant of the Public House commonly known as "Hancey Hall" from its first establishment in the City of New York until the Spring of the year 1818 and have since that period been Keeper of the "City Hall" in the said City of New York until the summer of the year 1838 and that Deponent is well acquainted with the within named petitioner, that she was married in the summer of 1779 to Alexander McArthur at that time a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army Attached as Deponent verily believes to Colonel Lewis Dubois' Regiment and stationed at Fishkill, in the County of Dutchess and State of New York; and this Deponent further says that the said Alexander McArthur continued in the Army, until his death which occurred, while in active service in consequence of his Horse stumbling and falling upon him, and striking his head upon a stone some time in the fall of the year 1782 that this Deponent went for your petitioner to Haverstraw (where she was at that time staying) a distance of twenty miles from Fishkill, immediately after

hearing of the Accident for your petitioner to see her dying husband, that from the great difficulty at that time to procure any other means of conveyance, your petitioner rode on the back of the same horse with and sitting behind this Deponent, the whole distance of twenty miles, making no delay on the road, and on arriving at the Quarters of the said Lieutenant McArthur, your petitioner was taken by this deponent to see her sick husband, and found him dead on their arrival, and this Deponent further says that your petitioner is the widow of the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur, that she is now very aged and infirm, and in circumstances warranting her in asking pecuniary relief of the Government of the United States.
Abraham B. Marling
Subscribed and Sworn before me the 11th day of May A.D. 1840 The said Abraham B Marling being a proper witness and credibly known for his probity of character and correctness of deportment.
J. H. Murman Commissioner of Pensions

State of New York City and County of New York 3 p.
Eighteenth
On the seventeenth  Eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty John Whitehand being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is now eighty years of age or thereabouts, that he has lived in the City of New York since childhood, that he is well acquainted with Margaret McArthur, that he deponent was an apprentice in the house of her father during the Revolutionary War, and knows the fact, that when a young woman she went daily into the old Quaker Meeting House, in what was at that time called Queen Street, now Pearl Street in the City of New York, which was at that time occupied by the British Army as a Prison, in which they confined their prisoners of War to carry food and other nourishment for the prisoners who were confined there; and this deponent further says that she was afterwards, to wit, on the first day of June in the year nineteen hundred and seventy eight married to Lieutenant Alexander McArthur who was attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois, and as deponent truly

believes the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur remained in the Army as a Lieutenant until his death which occurred some time in the Autumn of the year Seventeen hundred and eighty two at Fishkills in the County of Dutchess And State of New York, and this Deponent further says that he well recollects the fact of her being Married to the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur, and that he was present at the wedding, and that he this Deponent was an apprentice to Mrs Mc Arthur's father during the whole of the Revolutionary war and was living with him at the time of his death which occurred on the 10 th day of January Seventeen hun- dred and eighty three. And this Deponent further says that the said Margaret McArthur is the same person who was Married to the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur in presence of this Deponent John Whitehand
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, the said John Whitehand being proven to me to be a reputable Witness, and a man of correct principles and of unimpeachable integrity.
Saml R. Wells U. S. Judge - Southern District of New York

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Southern District of New York, ss. }
I Fred. J. Betts , Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, do hereby certify that Hon. Samuel B. Betts whose name, in his own proper hand writing is subscribed to the jurata to the annexed affidavit — was at the time of signing the same Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said District Court this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty and of the Independence of the United States the sixtyfourth .
Fred. J. Betts Clerk

State of New York } City and County of New York } ss. On the twenty eighth day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty Abraham D. Martin being duly sworn, do hereby depose and say that deponent is now eighty years of age or thereabouts, that deponent has lived in the City of New York for the term of fifty seven years last past, that deponent was the occupant of the Public House commonly known as Tomany's from its first establishment in the City of New York until the Spring of the year One thousand eight hundred and eighteen. And since that period deponent has been keeper of the City Hall in the said City of New York until the summer of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. And that deponent is well acquainted with Margaret McArthur that she was married in the summer of the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy eight to a certain Alexander McArthur who was at that time a Lieutenant in the American Army of the Revolution, and attached as deponent verily believes to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Lewis Dubois and stationed at Red Bank in the County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey And this deponent further says that to the best of this deponent's recollection the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur continued

in the Army until his death which claim as Deponent only believes while in Active Service in consequence of his horse stumbling and falling by which circumstance the said Lieutenant McArthur struck his head against a large stone or rock some time in the Autumn of the year One thousand seven hundred and eighty two that Deponent at the time of the accident started for the said Margaret McArthur who was at that time at Haverstraw a distance of twenty miles from Fish- kill in the State of New York aforesaid that she the said Margaret McArthur knighted her dying husband, And Deponent further says that from the great difficulty at that time to procure any other mode of conveyance, the said Margaret McArthur rode on the back of the same horse with one sitting behind this Deponent the whole distance of twenty miles, making no delay on the road And on arriving at the Quarters of the said Lieutenant McArthur the said Margaret McArthur was taken by this Deponent to see her husband the said Alexander McArthur and found him dead And this Deponent further says that the said Margaret McArthur is the widow of the said Lieutenant Alexander

McArthur, that deponent was not present in person at the time the wedding was celebrated between the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur and the said Margaret McArthur but knows from the facts that this deponent was married to a distant relative of said Margaret McArthur that she was the wife of the said Lieutenant Alexander McArthur and that she is now the widow of the said Alexander McArthur that she is very aged and infirm and in much want in her old age of pecuniary relief
Abraham B. Martling
State of New York } City and County of New York } ss Abraham B. Martling of the City of New York being duly sworn did depose and say that he knew the contents of the affidavit by him subscribed and that the same were true. And I do further say that the said Abraham B. Martling is well known to me to be entitled to every consideration of credit as a person of known respectability and credit, and full faith may be given to his affidavit. — Dated New York 28th September 1840
M c Whorter Jurat Judge etc

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. City and County of New-York, }
I, JOSEPH HOXIE, 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
M. Ulshoeffer whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, Aner Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County
dwelling in said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgement is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 28 day of Sept 1840.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.