Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19859, for Joseph Manchester, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R. S.
Manchester, Joseph Hannah
NUMBER
N 19859
B.L.Wt. 27582-160-55
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1374. New York Albany Hannah Manchester widow of Joseph Manchester R.S. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23. day of August 1848. and sent to
Stephen Root Hannibal Madison Co N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 21

Civ to Claimant Sept 14/55-
48696 } Act March 3/55 Affair 7/55
Hannah Manchester in g. Joseph Manchester Jr
82 p. 19
Revolutionary War
Husband & wife both pensioned
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At 160 West Street 17/56 30th St
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Vol M. 1. page 19.
Claimant Hamilton N.Y.

1089 New York
Joseph Manchester of Madison in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Salott — of the Reg't commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Rhode Island line for Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 80 Dollars — Cents per to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oc- ber 1832 and sent to J. B. Eldridge
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $120 00 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar. 33 40 00 $160. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Miles Clerk. Book D Vol. 5 Page 115
See list to Sherrill March 13 Feb. 1834

Town Clerk's Office, Little Compton April 16th, A.D. 1843
"It hereby certify that Joseph Manchester, of Westport, son of Thomas, Manchester, and Hannah Saber, of Little Compton daughter of Gideon Saber, deceased, were lawfully joined together in Marriage, on the first day of November, A.D. 1787, seventeen hundred, eighty seven
"by me, Thomas, Palmer Justice of the Peace."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, in fair legible Letters, and figures, - excep- ting the words, "seventeen hundred, eighty seven" - as appears of Record, in this Office, Otis Wilbor, Town Clerk,
State of Rhode Island County of Newport ss.
I Otis Wilbor, above-named, depose, and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk, of the Town of Little Compton, in the County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Office, with the exception above-named as certified by me, Otis Wilbor, Town Clerk, sworn before me,
George W. Bailey Justice of the Peace Com. Plus

State of Rhode Island se { Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas County of Newport Dec. 20 th 1843.
I Daniel C. Benham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the County aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify That George C. Bailey was on the fifteenth day of April last a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Newport and was duly commissioned by the Governor and fully authorized to act in his said Capacity. And That his signature before written is Genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Newport on the day and year above written Daniel C. Benham Clerk
Recs 25 No 14 by W. H. C. Esq

Declaration Joseph Manchester
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832
State of New York, On this 28th day of July 1832 personally appeared Marshall County ss Before James B. Reddy first judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county at Madison in said County, Joseph Manchester a resident of the Town of Madison upon said who being first sworn in due form of Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th 1832, aged seventy two years.
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain David D. Dyer Salubrious served in a regiment command- ed by Colonel Green D. Moyer Hagg of the United States line and served as here in stated.
That he enlisted in the State of Rhode Island at Little Compton in the spring of the year that the company appears other than the captain he cannot recall. That he enlisted for three years. That he was first Mustered, and served at Country in Rhode Island that immediately after being Mustered he was embarked with the small force and remained at Country at Hospital until he recovered his health. He then was put under the command of Captain Dyer in a company of invalids, and Marched to Mount Holly in the State of New Jersey where he joined the company he first enlisted into which this Department thinks must have been in the fall 1777
That the next season after he enlisted (as this Department thinks) he was under the command of General Green at a place called Red Bank in Pennsylvania where they had an engagement with the British that General Green announced in person and that the Americans retreated the particulars of the engagement he cannot recall. That this Department was at Mon- mouth when the battle was fought at that place and was in the battalion, that Lieutenant Colonel Olney commanded their Regiment that day, that their Major, They are that day was not with the Regiment being detached from the same Regiment Colonel Angel was not then with the Regiment at that time. That after the Battle the Rhode Island Troop returned to Rhode Island and were stationed at Worms through the Winter, that after their Regiment returned from the South the same summer they went on

to the Island of Rhode Island and were under General Sullivan at the time of his Battle that their Regiment was not in the General engagement. That after the Battle they retreated off the Island and in the fall went to Warren for winter quarters as before mentioned. In the Spring they moved to Narragansett, soon after they got to Narragansett this Regiment was detached from the Company and went to service as Quarters for Colonel Ephraim Bowen, who acted as Deputy Quarter Master General and whose quarters was at Providence in Rhode Island. That he remained as quarters to Colonel Bowen ten Months which was some time longer than  after the term for which he enlisted.
That when he left Colonel Bowen he gave this Regiment a discharge which was the only discharge this Regiment ever received. That this Regiment served at this time three Years and about two Months though he enlisted for but three Years.
That he hereby relinquishes ever claiming what ever to any pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of any Army of any State.
Subscribed and sworn to
Joseph Manchester
before Mr James B. Eldredge first Judge
of Washington County, July 28 th 1832.
And the said Joseph Manchester did then upon his oath make the following answers to the several interrogatories put to him by the said Judge.
1 st That he was born in the year 1760 in the Town of Dartmouth in the State of Massachusetts.
2 nd He has a record of his age which is in the bible now presented.
3 rd When called into service he was living at Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island. That he declared that since the revolution he lived in the Massachusetts State of Rhode Island until 1796 when he moved to Warren where he now resides.

 4th That when he entered the service he enlisted,  5th That he cannot state the name of any man of his officers even his own any man particular than he has set forth in his declaration,  6th That he never received but an discharge and that was given by General DeKalb Pennycuick as set forth in his declaration. That he lost his discharge soon after he left the Army and has now no written evidence of his services  8th That Benjamin Simmons and Sylvester Woodman were in the service with him and knew of his services 
I James B. Walbridge the judge of the probate of the above affidavit do hereby certify that the said Joseph Manchester under oath did make the answers as above set forth to the several interrogatories by me put to him, and I further certify that the said Manchester from bodily infirmities is entirely unable to appear in court knowing him affidavit with the party so far that it has rendered him capable and otherwise much superior his family's. That after investigating the matters of his application and putting the foregoing interrogatories prescribed by the War Department I do hereby declare my opinion that the above named Joseph Manchester was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with Sylvester Woodman and Benjamin Simmons who have subscribed and sworn to the following affidavits now on file, and that they are men of unimpeachable character for truth and virtue and every way respectable. Given under my hand and seal at Haverhill in the County of Middlesex and State of New York. This 28th of July 1832.
James B. Walbridge first Judge of Middlesex Co., N.Y.

State of New York & Sylvester Woodman being sworn in due form Wadsworth County ss of Law doth depose and say that he is twenty two years of age that in the time of the Revolution - he lived in Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island that in the year 1777 the 15th day of May at Little Compton upon said this Deponent and Joseph Memher who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration enlisted into a company that was afterwards commanded by Captain Galtart of the Continental line that they enlisted for three years. That the first season they went into New Jersey, and were quartered the first winter at Valley - Forge. the second summer they were at Monmouth when the battle was after the Battle they returned to Rhode Island, and went on to the Island under General Sullivan, that after the Battle fought by General Sullivan they retreated off the Island and were quartered at Warren through the winter, in the spring they moved to Narragansett. That after they got to Narragansett the said Memher left the company and went to New Bedford for Colonel Borden and did not join the Regiment again. That the Regiment was first commanded by Colonel Gurn afterwarrel by Colonel Ingle and Lieutenant Colonel Olney, and further this deponent sayeth not
Sylvester Woodman
Sworn & subscribed before
Me this 28th day of July 1832
James H. Dredge Notary Public Wadsworth County,

State of New York } On the 25 th day of July 1832 personally appeared Madison County ss } before James B Eldredge Pres Judge of the court at Canajoharie place, Benjamin Simmon a resident of the Town of Herkleson in said County who being sworn in due form of Law doth depose and say, that he is now about four years of age that at the commencement of the Revolution he lived in Pranceboro Rhode Island That in the year 1777 he enlisted into the Continental Line under Captain Myles Thayer of Colonel Israel Angel Regiment that he enlisted for during the war, That previous to his enlistment he was acquainted with Joseph Manchester who has since deceased and sworn to the affixed declaration, that the said Manchester was then a soldier in Colonel Angels Regiment some part of the time, that the said Manchester was first in Colonel Grays Regiment as this deponent thinks, that he believes that said Manchester was in the service in 1777 and continued in service more than two years this deponent thinks three years as that was the term he then understood he enlisted for, That the said Manchester did not belong to the same company that this deponent any part of the time nor to the same Regiment but part of the time from which circumstances this deponent cant speak so particularly as the services of the said Manchester
Sworn & subscribed before Me July  July 25 th 1832
Benjamin Simmon
James B Eldredge Pres Judge Madison Co.

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office
ps: I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do certify that James B. Eldredge before whom the two preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the preceding Certificate, was, at the dates of the same, the first Judge of the County Courts in and for the said county - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 30 th day of July 1832 - A. S. Sloan Clk.
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Joseph Mansfield

Declaration in order to obtain the benifits of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of New York
Madison County p: On the Twenty Eighth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me William H. Green, one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Madison aforesaid, being a court of record, Hannah Manchester, a resident of the town of Hamilton in the county aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benifits 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 Joseph Manchester, late of the town of Madison in the county aforesaid, deceased, who was a soldier of the army of the Rev- olution and a pensioner under the act of June 1832, and whose rank and services in the army of the revolution are in proof and which proofs are on file in the proper office at Washington as it is supposed, and among which proofs were the affidavits of Sylvester Woodruff and Benjamin Simmons

both of the towns of Madison aforesaid according to the best recollection of the declarant - that the said Woodman and Simmons are both deceased and that they were the only persons to the knowledge or information of declarant who could testify to the services of her said husband as aforesaid, to which papers on file as well as to the records of the departments at Washington she refers -
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Manchester on the first day of November in the year eighteen hundred and eighty seven at Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island and that she is the identical Hannah Tabor and that her said husband was the identical Joseph Manchester, mentioned in the copy of record from the town clerk's office at Little Compton herunto attached -
That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Manchester died on the seventh day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty one at Madison aforesaid -
That she was not married to him the said Joseph Manchester prior to his leaving the service

but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated - That she was never married to any other person and that she is now the widow of the said Joseph Manchester
Hoannah Manchester
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, at the residence of the said Hoannah Manchester, who, I hereby certify, cannot from bodily infirmary, attend Court
Hiram H. Green Judge of Madison County Court State of New York
Clerks Office Madison County ss. I, Carson Fairchild Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Hiram H. Green say before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Judge of the county courts of the said county, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed above to be his own proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and official seal the 28 th day of November 1843. Carson Fairchild Clerk

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A. Lawrence Foster Morrisville N.Y.
N.Y. July 7 1838
Hannah Manchester. $80 per an
Hon. A. L. Foster Present

State of New York ) County of Madison ) On the fourth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Manchester aged eighty two years a resident of Hamilton in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that She is the widow of Joseph Manchester deceased who was a revolutionary soldier and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death under the act of Congress of A.D. 1832 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Manchester in Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island by one Thomas Palmer a Justice of the Peace about the time of the close of the Revolutionary war but the exact date of her marriage she does not now recollect and refers to the testimony now on file in the pension office and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Tabor and that her said husband died at Madison in the State of New York on the seventh day of January A.D. 1841 and that she is now a widow. That she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed on the second day of February A.D. 1848 at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. That her pension certificate was issued on the twenty third day of August A.D. 1848. For proof of her marriage and the death of her husband she refers to the testimony now on file in the pension office on which her pension was granted. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of Congress approved March 3 d 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land warrant.
Hannah Manchester

We Daniel P. Hill and Volker H. Van Kleck residents of Hamilton in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Manchester in our presence and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that she is a Revolutionary pensioner and is now a widow
Daniel P. Hill Volker H. Van Kleck
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim
William F. Bonny Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Madison State of New York
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Clerk's Office, Madison County, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William F. Bonny whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State. that I have no interest in the within claim
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 5 th day of April 185 5
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
Hannah Manchester
No 48696

✓ 27582
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Neo Aug

New York
Certificate sent to A. S. Foster, Mansville, Madison Co. N.Y. March 14, 1844.
Hannah Manchester widow of Joseph Manchester who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 7 th January 1841 of Madison in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain. Salbott of the Regiment commanded by Col. Brewster in the Rhode Island line for 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of Eighty Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the Nineth day of January 1844 and sent to Hon. A. S. Foster. Present.
Total amount, $400.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk. Book D. Vol. 1. Page 169.

rep. Apr 24. 1844
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of April 1838 from 4 Sep 1840 to 7 th Jan y 1841 Agt Notified 28 Jan y 1845
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Albany New York
Hannah Manchester widow of Joseph Manchester who was a private in the R. I. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Apr. 1844 and sent to
Hon. A. Foster Morrisville New York Box 2 Days
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 258,

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WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 19859 Hannah Manchester Widow of Joseph Manchester Pri Rev his
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index:—Vol. 16 Page 10
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Dec r 4 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Joseph Manchester, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 7 th Jany 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
William L. G. [Signature]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Feb 20 1844
Col Niles
for
Hon. L. L. Edwards Pension Office Washington D.C.

Morrisville Madison Co. N.Y. February 14 th 1844
S. L. Edwards,
Sir,
I have been expecting daily to receive the Pension certificate of the Widow Hannah Manchester - what is the matter? - I understood you, when I left Washington, that her case had passed your Office and that the certificate would be sent to me, without delay - it may have miscarried - please inform me as soon as you can how the matter is.
Yours Respectfully
A. Lawrence Foster
8002 MS 14

Manassas Madison County, N York Sept 20th 1834
Sir
Yours of 8 th Sept. has been rec d and contents noted. I am sorry to learn that the evidence of Mr. & Mrs. Dugan in support of Abner Richmond's claim for a Pension is unsatisfactory. If their testimony is to be disregarded because one is brother in law and the other a Sister, yet there is another accompanying affidavit which states that Abner was absent the summer of 1777 and that he remembers to have heard it talked of in the neighborhood at the time, that his Father had made him enlist in the army which from what I have learned I believe to be the fact, that he was too young to endure the fatigues of the camp and the service, is evident from the fact that he sickened under it, and was permitted by Genl. Gates to return home with his Father, and remain until called for and was not afterwards called on to join the Army. One thing I will relate as I was informed by Mr. Richmond, when he first called on me to prepare his declaration for him, and handed me the memorandum of all the services alleged to have been performed by him as set forth in his last declaration, & as before stated by me, if not in his first full declaration, the omission was mine and not observed by him when rec d by him. When I observed to him that he had entered the service nearly a year younger than anyone that I had known, and that I should have supposed him unable to endure the fatigues of service, he admitted that he failed under the service and sickness, and his officers sent for his Father to come, and the matter was laid before General Gates, and he sent for his Father to appear before him, which he did, and asked his Father if Mr. Abner Richmond was his Son, to which he answered that he was

and then Gen Gills reprimanded his father severely and roughly for suffering a child of his age to enlist, and told him he ought to be whipped for so doing to take him home, and keep him until called for. I do not calculate that you will receive this as evidence. I only state it as some explanation, of circumstances, to which I would cheerfully make oath, if of any avail, and there are many others who have had the same relation from him. When no pension was contemplated, But as the affidavits of Mr & Mrs Ingalls disregarded on account of relationship, altho certified to be credible persons, by the Justice according to rules of the department, and no muster rolls or any evidence, of troops having ever been raised by the government of Vermont, to be found in the department of State for that State. Mr Richm. end dispairs of making any further proof in support of his claim and has relinquished, seeking for any other further evidence, and asks for the issuing of a certificate for him for the services to which you have decided him entitled to. Nehemiah Richardson again imports me to mention his claim, and asks for a disbursement. it has been in the Pension Office a year. in June last. Enclosed is the application of Joseph Manchester for a new Certificate, his former one being lost. No new certificate has been recd. for James Colister in place of his which was lost. If any defect exists in his application, please to send it back as he feels much anxiety on the subject.
I am Sir Respectfully Yours Benedict D. Soot.
Thomas C. Mellen Jr.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

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Apr 20 1844
NY. Mar 3 1843 Hon. Manchester
$80 per an
Hon. A. L. Foster Morrisville N. York
free
L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Morrisville Madison County- New York. April 13, 1844
J. L. Brown Esq.
Sir,
Enclosed is the Declaration of Hannah Manchester for another year, pursuant under the act of 8 th March 1843-
Please acknowledge receipt of same, and if all is right forward certificate to me, Yours Respectfully
A. Laurence Post

Dr
Hampton Madison County Ky July 17 1845
I forwarded the afft. power of atty of Hannah Manchester & original Certificate of Joseph Manchester to the pension office in Albany to obtain a balance of said pension due the pensioner at his death) & I recd for answer that the agent at Albany had sent the papers to the War Department (in Oct last) for the purpose of obtaining the necessary orders for paying said balance & have not heard from them. Since Will you inform me whether said order has been forwarded to the agent at Albany & if not have the papers been recd at the War Department? Also please inform me whether the heirs of Widow entitled to a continuation of a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 can obtain the same annual pay when the widow died on the 4 th of Sept 1844 and if so is the same or similar course to be pursued in order to obtain as in other cases when the pensioner died before obtaining the money would be obtained by him or her had he or she lived until a payment fell due. Your answer to these inquiries will confer a favor on your Obedt Servt John G. Foster
Hon J L Edwards Esq

Hon. Mansfield Colby Hill
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Honble J. L. Edwards Esq. War Department or Pension Office Washington 6 P.M. D. L. C.
Canceled

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J. Edward Ely Genl. of pension War Department Washington City — D.C. —
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Hannell Med. emb only at, y Aug 8 th 1848
Dyer
England is the declaration of widow Manchester which I think you will find in the form provided — I presume that widows can in no case state the Agreement or Cash in which their husband died or the rank he held unless from hearsay — which is not as satisfactory as the documents on file in the War Department — please send her Certificate to me & oblige you N. D. Lord John Lord

State of New York
Madison County ss. On this thirtyfirst day of July 1848 personally appeared before me Thomas H Greenly a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Madison, Hannah Manchester a Resident of Hamilton in said County aged Seventy six years, who being first 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 on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Joseph Mayhew who served in the army of the Revolution (and at the time of his death Resided in Madison & County of Madison aforesaid (and formerly Resided in Rhode Island) But what Rank he held, or what Regiment or Corps he served in, She (this declarant) is unable to state, as she cannot read & has no vouchers in her possession from which she can ascertain & refers to the papers in file at the war department for information in this respect. She (this declarant) further states that she is the identical individual who drew a pension of Eighty dollars per annum under the act of 17 th June 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband the said Joseph Manchester decd. and that she is still a widow
Sworn & submitted to the day & year first above written Hannah Manchester
Before me, (the word "Manchester" & "has" first intitled) Thos H Greenly Justice
I certify that the above declarant Hannah Manchester is personally known to me & that she is the identical person who drew a pension as by her above states.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Clerk's Office, Madison County, }
Thos H Greenly Justice
I, A. SCOTT SLOAN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Thos H Greenly Justice  Declaration on oath whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment  declaration on oath of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment  declaration on oath , a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate  declaration is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the
Seventh day of August
1848 A Scott Sloan Clerk. pr M c Holmes S ch lk (clk abn t )

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York Madison County ss. On this 9 th day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and forty four personally appeared before me John Hoots a Justice of the peace of the County of Madison aforesaid Hannah Manchester, a resident of Hamilton in the County aforesaid aged seventy two 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 rd of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Manchester, who was a private soldier in the army and a pensioner under the act of June 1832 and whose rank and services in the army of the Revolution are in proof on file in the proper department at Washington, to which she refers. That she has received a certificate for a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum for five years under the act of July 7. 1838. and she further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to & subscribed on { Hannah Manchester the day and year above written } mark. Before me, and I certify that the declarant is well known to me and is entitled to credit, and still remains a widow. John Hoots Justice of the peace April 9 th 1844

State of New York. Madison County, Clerk's Office
W. Harris C. Miner, Dep. Clerk of said County do hereby certify, that John Foote Esq. whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the foregoing instrument and thereon written, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected or appointed, qualified, and also that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal The 13 th day of April 1844
W. C. Miner, Dep. Clerk. " " "
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