Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1630, for Amasa Martin, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Conn. New York
Martin, Amasa Sarah
No. 1630 B.L.Wt. 14964-160-55
CONTENTS

2109 New York
Amasa Martin
of Newpels - in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt. commanded by Col Wells in the Connecticut line for 8 Months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Novem- ber 1832 and sent to J Bull
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $39.99 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 13.33 $ 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 115
Let. to Hon. J. L. H. - Jerland Apr 11-49

Reputed
W. S. A.
b2i  A New York.
Sarah Martin widow of Amasa Martin
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private C t Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 52 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848 18 th Feby
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July 1850 and sent to
Hon. H. White Henry of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 79 Vol. 1
July B. A.

122,057. Mar. 3, 1833.
May 26
Sarah Martin's Widow Amasa Martin, Pin.
Private Jan
Miller
N. 84 Troops
H. 9. Revolutionary War Prisoners.
N.Y. July 48-625
Ad. 16 Oct ferry 25/56
Adm
Dodge
Lemuel Jenkins. Albany.
Vol M1, page 10

State of New York Rensselaer County ss: Peterborough Budol. Stewart, of the Town of Grafton in the County of Rensselaer, and State of New York being duly sworn. - Says, that he is well acquainted with Amasa Martin named in the above description of Grafton. - That he first became acquainted with him in the year 1782 in the City of Albany, and then as a soldier, in the Company of Capt Marshall, Lieut James - Cannon & Ensign Peter Loop, & Col Albert Willett. That he served with Amasa Martin, and that he was his messmate for nine months in Capt. Marshall's Company, and was discharged with him at Fort Hunter, on the Mohawk River. And further this deponent says that he knows, and that he was present with Amasa Martin, in the battle of Ticonderoga between Fort Plain, on the Mohawk River & Cherry Valley
Sworn before me the 3 9 th day of August 1832 in open Court. Archibald Bull Clerk
his Budol. x Stewart mark

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7, 1832.
Form for State Troops, &c.
Printed & Sold by Kemble & Hooper, 8 State-st. Troy, N.Y.
State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer } ss. City of Troy
On this 9 th day of August personally appeared in open Court, before the Mayors Court of the City of Troy — now sitting, Amasa Martin a resident of Grafton county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of April 1780 he volunteered as a Soldier in the State Troops of Connecticut in the City of New London, under the following officers viz: Col Levi Wells, Capt Daniel Allen, Lieut. Daniel Knowlton, Ensign M c Tobez. And that he remained at New London eight months, under the command of the above officers, and was then marched to New Haven, in the State of Connecticut where he served one month, under the same officers, one month, when he was discharged. — That in 1782, in the month of April he enlisted and served as a Soldier in the State Troops of the State of New York in Spencerville Town in the County of Columbia, in the State of

9 p New York, under the following officers. Col. Albert Wil Capt. Marshall. Lieut. James Cannon. Ensign. Peter Coop That he marched from Spencer Town to Hunsderkoov in the County of Columbia and from thence to the City of Albany, and from Albany to the City of Schen- -ectady, and from thence to Johnstown, and from thence to Canajoharie, and from thence to Fort Plain on the Mohawk River, where he remained one month and from thence to Fort Herkimer on the Mohawk River, and from thence to Balt. Spring in the St. of N.Y. and from thence to Fort Hunter on the Mohawk River, where he was dis- -charged on the first day of January 1783 making 9. months and that he was in the battle of Ticonderoga, about 20 miles from Fort Plain, between that Fort, and Cham- Valley. And that during his last nine months service he volunteered to go upon a scouting party of which there was 50. in number, all of whom were cut off except 15. near West Canada Creek. - did not receive a written discharge at either time. - That he was born in the Town of Becket in the County of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts. - That he had a record of his age - which was burnt in his

Amasa Martin
Declaration
admitted 15 Nov 1832
No 1749.

father's house, in the year 1781. - That he has resided in the State of New York, continually since the Revolutionary war, in the Towns of Pittstown & Grafton in the County of Rensselaer - That George R. Davis, David Gleason, George Tiltits of Troy and Liba Hewitt, Alpheus Dumbarton, Wm Flyelorn, Philip Nathan Lewis Bonesteel of Grafton & Henry Warner, Derry Warren, Stephen Slasson, Joseph Wells - worth of Pittstown are acquainted with him That he has no written evidences of his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
Amasa Martin
We, Zebulon Lewis a Clergyman, residing in the town of Petersburg and Ziba Hewitt residing in Grafton hereby certify that we are acquainted with Amasa Martin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
Z. Lewis Ziba Hewitt
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Zebulon Lewis who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Petersburg and that Ziba Hewitt Amasa Martin Donald Stewart who has also signed the same, is a  affidavit are residents in the towns of Petersburg & Grafton and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Troy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Amasa Martin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1837.
Archibald Bull Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th, 1838, and the acts Supplementary thereto, and also for the benefits of the provisions made by the joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1st 1848, and for the benefits of the act of June 7th, 1832.
State of New York
Rensselaer County
On this thirtieth day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally appeared in open Court before the County Court of the said County of Rensselaer now sitting and in session, at the City of Troy in said County, Sarah Martin , a resident of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Eighty years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed on the 7th day of July, 1838, the act of March 3, 1843, act of June 17th, 1844, and the act of February 2d, 1848, and also for the benefits of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved July 1st 1848, and for the benefits of the act of June 7th, 1832. That she this Declarant is now the widow of Amasa Martin who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in the aforesaid town of Grafton County of Rensselaer and State of New York, on the Eighteenth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and forty Nine.

That as Declarant was always informed by her said husband and others, her husband the said Amasa Martin lived during the forpart of the said War of the Revolution in the Town of Ashford in the State of Connecticut from whence he entered the service of the United States and served for a period of Nine months in or about the year 1780, in the Company of Captain Allen and in the Regiment of Colonel Wells, at New London and vicinity in the State of Connecticut. That while living in said Ashford her husband the said Amasa Martin lived with his Uncle then living in said Ashford. That the father of her said husband whose name was Ebenezzer Martin then lived at Green River Hollow in the County of Columbia and State of New York, and that soon after her said husband said Amasa Martin was discharged from the said nine months service under said Captain Allen and Colonel Wells in said State of Connecticut he went home to his said father Ebenezzer Martin who was a Presbyterian Clergyman and then lived at Green River Hollow in the County of Columbia and State of New York as aforesaid. That soon after her husband the said Amasa Martin came home to his father in said Green River Hollow, he enlisted into the Company of Captain Marshall and in the Regiment of Colonel Willet for nine months, and served the said nine months out under the said Captain Marshall up along the Mohawk River against the Indians and Tories in said State of New York, That this latter nine months service was rendered

as aforesaid by the said Amasa Martin in the same year that Cornwallis was taken which as Declarant believes was in 1781, That one of the Officers of said Colonel Willets Regiment was named Mc Kinster and an other one was named Throop. That Deborah Ferguson was a fellow soldier in said Company of Captain Marshall with her said husband and while they were out in said service the said Fergu- -son stole a pair of Indian Moccasins from her husband the said Amasa Martin. That Ben- -jamin Babcock, Jesse Hakes, Robert Stewart, and Amos Kinne, were Messmates and fellow soldiers with him in said Company of Captain Marshall. That Peter Loop and Jacob Esseltyn were Of- -ficers in said Captain Marshall's Company. That her husband the said Amasa Martin drew a Pension of $26 66 / 100 for the said Nine months Service That he rendered in the State of Connecticut under the said Captain Allen and Colonel Wells. That some time previous to his death her said husband applied for an increase to his said pension, and for the amount and sum due to him for the Nine months Service which he had rendered in the Company of the said Captain Marshall and Regiment of Colonel Willet in the State of New York as aforesaid, but that he died as aforesaid before the increase was allowed to him and did not therefore receive the same. That he only drew the said sum of $26 66 / 100 which was allowed him for the service he had rendered in the State of Connecticut as aforesaid.
And Declarant further saith that she was duly mar- -ried to her husband the aforesaid Amasa Martin on the twenty fifth day of March in the year Seven- -teen hundred and Eighty Seven at the residence of her father Nathaniel Winham in Pittstown in

in said County of Rensselaer and State of New York, by the Rev d Mr. Sheels a Baptist Clergyman who then lived and preached at the Baptist Church in said Pittstown. That the following named persons were present at her said marriage, to wit, Charles, David & Wilson Dunham, Martin Martin, Ashley Clark, and Sarah Smith. Huldah Reynolds & Lucy Hewitt.
That previous to her said marriage Declarant resided with her said father in said Pittstown and bore the maiden name of Sarah Dunham.
That Declarants family Record is lost and destroyed and that Declarant has no record of her said marriage and knows of no such record that can now be obtained as evidence of her said marriage.
Subscribed and sworn to before me } Sarah Martin in open Court being the County Court } of the County of Rensselaer }
M c . G. Parmach Rensselaer County Judge
A Clerk of the said County Court of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the said Sarah Martin for pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this thirteenth day of January - A.D. 1850.
A. H. Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer Co.

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss.
Solomon W. Thompson
a resident of the Town of Pittstown in said County of Rensselaer being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is of lawful age, and that he is now and long has been the Clerk of the Baptist Church of said Pittstown and has the charge and custody of the Records of the said Church. That Deponent has diligently examined the Records of the said Church in order to find evidence of the marriage of Anna Maria to Sarah Cushman, which marriage is reported to have occurred in the month of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty Seven, and the marriage ceremony to have been performed by the Rev. Mr. Skeels then Minister of the said Church. That no entry of the said marriage appears upon any of the Records of the said Church, and there is no marriage Register to the knowledge of this Deponent left by the said Rev. Mr. Skeels, or belonging to the said Church. That there appears to have been no marriages recorded upon any of the Records of the said Church at the time the said marriage appears to have taken place and for many years thereafter, and Deponent verily believes that no Record of the said marriage can now be obtained.
Solomon W. Thompson
Subscribed and sworn to before me
This 17th day of January A.D. 1850
And I certify that the said Solomon W. Thompson is the Clerk of the Baptist Church of Pittstown as aforesaid.
James H. Halstead Justice Peace

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss
Huldah Reynolds a resident of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer aged 80 years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she lived at the close of the War of the Revolution in the adjoining town of Pittstown in said County of Rensselaer and was there and there well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Dunham who then lived with her father Nathaniel Dun- ham in less than half a mile of the residence of Deponent in said Pittstown. That Deponent was also well and intimately acquainted with Amasa Martin who came from Green River Hollow in the County of Columbia, some two or three years after the close of the said War, to live in said Pittstown. That the said Amasa Martin soon after became acquainted with the said Sarah Dunham and after courting her in the usual way for some time married her. The said Amasa Martin and the said Sarah Dunham were duly mar- ried to each other in the month of March in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven at the said Nathaniel Dunhams in said Pittstown by the Rev. Mr. Skeels then Minister of the Baptist Church in said Pittstown, that Deponent was present and saw the said Amasa Martin and Sarah Dunham lawfully married to each other by the said Rev. Mr. Skeels at the time and place aforesaid and Deponent witnessed said marriage. That the following is a true copy and extract from Deponents family Record, to wit, "Foster Reyn- olds was married to Huldah Brandall May 25 th 1794." That the said Amasa and the said Sarah Dunham were married to

each other as aforesaid at least seven years before Deponent was married and Deponent was married as appears from her said family Record on the twenty fifth day of May in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety four. At the time I was married as aforesaid in 1794. The said Amasa and Sarah Martin had two Children named Elisabeth and Lucy then about five and three years of age respectively. That the said Amasa and Sarah Martin contin- ued to live together as husband and wife until the said Amasa died and the said Amasa died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in said Grafton on the 18th day of February 1849, and left the said Sarah a widow who now still lives a neighbor to Deponent in said Grafton. Subscribed and sworn to before me This sixteenth day of January } Huldah her Reynolds A.D. 1850. } mark Eliphalet Steward Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above Deponent Hul- dah Reynolds is personally known to me. That she is a person of good standing, of strict integ- rity truth and veracity and a credible wit- ness, and that the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit were by her communicated to me before the drawing up and execution of the said af- fidavit. She is now unable to write her own name owing to the infirmities of age and want of proper sight. Dated at Grafton N.Y. Jan y 16. 1850. Eliphalet Steward Justice Peace

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss
I Lacy Hewit, a resident of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer aged 74 years being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Martin who is now the widow of Amasa Martin who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in said town of Grafton on or about the 18 th day of February 1849. That I became acquainted with the said Sarah when we were both girls and before either of us were married, we were young girls together and lived in less than one mile of each other in Pittstown in said County of Rensselaer. The said Sarah then bore the maiden name of Sarah Durham and was the daughter of Nathaniel Durham of said Pittstown. That I was present and saw the said Amasa Martin and the said Sarah Durham lawfully married to each other, in the month of March in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty Seven at said Nathaniel Durham's in said Pittstown.
That the following is a true copy and extract from my family Record to wit, "Liba Hewit and Lacy Brandall was Married August 8 th 1793." That the said Amasa Martin and the said Sarah Durham were duly married to each other six years before I was married and I was married as aforesaid in said Pittstown on the eighth day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Three. That the said Amasa Martin and the said Sarah continued to live together as husband and wife and sustained all the relationship of such husband and wife until the said Amasa died as aforesaid in 1849. The said Sarah is now the widow of the identical Amasa Martin who drew a Pension from the United

States and who died in Grafton as aforesaid; That the said Amasa and Sarah raised a fam- ily of children the oldest of which is Elizabeth and is now at least sixty years of age. That their second child was Lucy and is now at least fifty eight years of age. That the said Amasa Martin and the said Sarah Dymham were married as aforesaid by the Rev. Mr. Skeels a Baptist clergy- man who then preached at the Baptist Church of Pittstown. Subscribed and sworn to by Mary Hewitt before me this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1850.
Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above affidavit is per- =sonally known to me; she is a highly credible person of good standing, of strict integrity, truth, and veracity, and is possessed of a sound mind and good memory, and that full confidence can and ought to be placed in the foregoing affidavit. Given under my hand at Grafton Rensselaer County, N.Y. this 15 th day of January 1850.
Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace

State of New York 3 Rensselaer County 3/4
I Liba Hewit, a resident of the Town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer, aged 77 years being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Martin who is now the widow of Amasa Martin who died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in said Town of Grafton on or about the 18 th day of February, 1849. That in the year 1790 I moved into the town of Pittstown in said County of Rensselaer and then and there became acquainted with the said Amasa and Sarah Martin then living in said Pittstown, they were then and there living together as husband and wife and had a family of children. That the following is a true copy from my family Register to wit: "Liba Hewit and Lacy Brandall was married August 8 th 1793." The said Amasa and Sarah Martin had lived together as husband and wife several years before I was married, and I was married as set forth in my said family record on the eighth day of August in the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety three in the aforesaid town of Pittstown and the said Amasa and Sarah Martin then were living together as husband and wife near me in said Pittstown and had a family of children. They were reputed to have been married to each other in said Pittstown about six years before I was married as aforesaid and they then had two children one named Elisabeth then about four years of age. They moved from said Pittstown into said Town of Grafton where the said Amasa and Sarah lived until the said Amasa died as aforesaid and left the said Sarah his wife a widow now still living in said Grafton. I well know the said

Amasa Martin and the said Sarah to have lived together as husband & wife and to have sustained all the relationship of such husband and wife from the time I became acquainted with them in 1790, as aforesaid until the said Amasa died as aforesaid in 1849, and raised a family of children the oldest of which is Elisabeth and is now about sixty years of age. Their second child was Lucy and is now about fifty eight years of age. That the said Amasa Martin was always reputed to have served nine months under Captain Allen in the state of Connecticut and nine months under Captain Marshall in the state of New York. Subscribed and sworn to } Liba Hewitt before me this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1850. }
Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace.
I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit said Liba Hewitt is personally known to me. He is a man of strict integrity truth and veracity, and is possessed of a good memory and a sound mind and that the foregoing affidavit is entitled to full faith and credit, and that full confidence can be placed in the statements of the said Liba Hewitt. Given under my hand at Grafton in the County of Rensselaer in said state of New York this 15 th day of January A.D. 1850.
Eliphalet Stewart Justice Peace

State of New York
Rensselaer County
I, Orea Partridge a resident of the town of Grafton in said County of Rensselaer aged years being duly sworn according to law do depose and say that I am well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Martin of said Town of Grafton who is now the widow of Amasa Martin. That her husband the said Amasa Martin died a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States in said Town of Grafton on or about the 18th of February 1849. That in the year 1788, I moved into said Town of Grafton and immediately thereafter became acquainted with the said Amasa and Sarah Martin then living near me but in the edge of the town of Pittstown adjoining the present town of Grafton in said County. That it was then and there currently reported in the neighborhood were the said Amasa and Sarah Martin then resided in said Pittstown and in said year of 1788, that the said Amasa and the said Sarah had been duly married to each other at said Sarah's father's Nathaniel Dunham's in said Pittstown in the spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven and about one year before I came to live in said town of Grafton in 1788, as aforesaid. That I continued to be acquainted with the said Amasa and Sarah Martin from 1788 as aforesaid until the said Amasa died in 1849, as aforesaid during all of which time they continued to live together as husband and wife and sustained all the relationship of such husband and wife and raised a family of children the oldest of which is Elizabeth and is now at least sixty years of age.

That the said Sarah is now the widow of the identical Amasa Martin who drew a Pension from the United States and died in February of 1849 in said Grafton as aforesaid. I have been acquainted with the said Amasa and Sarah Martin for sixty two years and during all that time they lived together as husband and wife and were always universally believed to be such husband & wife. That the said Amasa Martin was always reputed and believed to have served nine months under a Captain Allen in the State of Connecticut and nine months under a Captain Marshall in the State of New York. Subscribed and sworn to } before me this 16th day of } Asa Partridge January A.D. 1850. } Eliphaleth Stewart Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent Asa Partridge is personally known to me. He is a man of strict integrity, truth, and veracity, is possessed of a sound mind and good memory and is a credible witness and that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is entitled to full faith and credit. Given under my hand at Grafton in the County of Rensselaer & State of New York this 16th day of January A.D. 1850. Eliphaleth Stewart Justice of Peace

State of New York Rensselaer County Clerk's Office
Ambrose H. Sheldon
Clerk of the aforesaid County of Rensselaer and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that James N. Halsted Esq. of Pittstown, before whom the annexed affidavit of Solomon W. Thompson purports to have been sworn and executed, and also that Eliphalet Steward Esq. of Grafton, before whom the annexed affidavits of Huldah Reynolds, Lacy Hewitt, Liba Hewitt, and Asa Padridge, purport to have been sworn and executed, were each and both of them at the respective dates of the said affidavits acting Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Rensselaer, duly elected and qualified and duly authorised by law to administer oaths and to take the same; and that their respective signatures to the jurats and certificates of the said affidavits are genuine and each respectively in the proper hand writing of the said James N. Halsted and Eliphalet Steward as such Justices.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County at the City of Troy in said County on this 19 th Day of January A.D. 1850.
A. H. Sheldon Clerk of Rensselaer County

No 648. Sarah Martin mo of Amasa NY act 29 May 1848 Married before 1840 Inst. and 18 July 49 Admrs 52 32 p m Mar 18 July 1849
Hon H. White House of Reps

(Persons making application at the Comptroller's or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
  1781. Nov th 30 Amasa Martin. private No. of Cert'e issued, 4336 £ 17 17 04   " Dec d 31 Amasa Martin. private do do do 1483 2 13 04   do do do £ 20 10 08   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   do do do   7 mo 21 days
State of New-York,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, March 27 th 1850
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Books No. 1 now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
  1st under Capt. Ebenezer Marshall in Col. Marinus Willett, Regiment.   2d " " Do Do " " Do Do "   3d " " _____ " " _____ "   4th " " _____ " " _____ "   5th " " _____ " " _____ "   6th " " _____ " " _____ "   7th " " _____ " " _____ "   8th " " _____ " " _____ "   9th " " _____ " " _____ "   10th " " _____ " " _____ "   11th " " _____ " " _____ "   12th " " _____ " " _____ "   13th " " _____ " " _____ "   14th " " _____ " " _____ "   15th " " _____ " " _____ "   16th " " _____ " " _____ " 
I have examined the above and find Amasa Martin two entries, as above, amount- ing to £20. 10. 08
John Hancock Examining Clerk.
Philip Schuyler Comptroller.

DECLARATION
Of a REVOLUTIONARY Widow who claims a Land Warrant under Act of March 3, 1855.
State of New York, } County of Rensselaer ss. } On this thirtieth 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, Sarah Martin aged eighty four years, a resident of Grafton in said County in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Amasa Martin deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and was a Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 - at $52.32 per annum and that she is now a Pensioner under the act of 29th July 1848 - at the same rate - that her pension Certificate bears date the 31st day of July 1850, and is numbered 625 - And the proof of her marriage and other facts upon which her said pension was granted, is now on file in the Pension Office at Washington
She further states that she was married to the said Amasa Martin in Pittstown on the in the month day of March A. D. 1891 by Rev. David Skeels a Baptist minister and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Durham that her said husband died at Grafton aforesaid on the Eighteenth day of February A. D. 1848 , and that she is now a widow.
Handwritten wavy lines and flourishes.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855, and she hereby requests the Commissioner of Pensions to forward her warrant to General Jenkins Albany NY and appoint him my attorney to receive the same for me. "Per annum" intended
We, Hiram B. Littlefield and Alpheus H. Lord residents of Grafton in the state of New York upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Martin in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. And we further declare that the said Sarah Martin is now a Widow, and has so continued to be ever since the death of her said Husband Hiram B. Littlefield Alpheus H. Lord
The foregoing declaration and affidavit 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 repre- sents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Eliphalet Steward Justice Peace

State of New York, } County of Rensselaer } 1, Ambrose H. Sheldon Clerk of the said county, do hereby certify that Elephafer Steward was, on the day of the date of the within certificate, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 28 day of May . A. D. 1855.
A. H. Sheldon Clerk of Renss.
122,057.
Application of Sarah Martin (Revolutionary) FOR BOUNTY LAND,
Under act March 3, 1855, Sec. 8.
Claim 160 acres
PRESENTED BY Samuel Jenkins Albany, N.Y.

X Amasa Martin, Rensselaer Co, Albany Agency, NY act 7 June 1832. ff 26 116/100
To what time was he last paid?
Gl A
Pension Office April 13. 1850
Ans. March 4, 1848.

This Claim has been admitted under the act of 29 July 1848. Warrant requiring Mrs Martin to make a new declaration under that act
She has no claim under the act of 7 July 1838 or the several acts supplemental thereto as she was not a widow at the date of the pas- sing of that act. And as the act of 29 July 1848 would give the same amount that she could have been allowed under any other law the Commission directs that she be placed upon the roll of pension that act

Rehray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 630
Sarah Martin,
Widow.
Anasa Martin,
Prn. Rev. War.
Act: July 29. 1848.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 1
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Amasa Martin - Long Renallic Private Allen - Wells - Cont. 8 months — $73.00

East Cobleskill Schoharie County N.Y. Feb. 27/49
Dear Sir Yours came to hand I was happy to receive it - I have been on a Western Journey since I wrote to you and found your note at my arrival home and also a Supplemental Declaration from the Old Lady & Mr Bennett a Deposition of Hon. S. East Esq. Congressman known at the Department and his hand writing of Cause will be known there - which is high testimony & proof of the Credibility of the witnesses especially the Deposition of Mr Rowell Battine one of the principle witnesses who has testified fully in his former affidavit that he himself was married in the year 1793 and that Elijah Bennett & Rebecca Baker was married the year before he was & kept house together when he was married and in his Second Deposition sends his Family Records bearing the date of his marriage so that he cannot mistake in the year - if Mr Gibbs her ignorant Agent made the blunder to state she was married in 1793 - she still is entitled to the same privilege and pension under the same Act so that there can be no reason to deny the Claim nor can I see the least shade of doubt - no where if they give Credit to the Testimony of Hon. S. East they must the same to the Credibility of the witnesses he names in his Deposition - use every effort you can and probably when you call up the Case best hand in those papers those lost - you must manage the best you can & get them to let before you leave and send the Certificate to me as soon as convenient if you obtain a Certificate in this Case you are to have $25 - if not no pay - such arrangements I have made with the Old Lady - I will see to this & pay you - I can see no obstacle in the way nor obstacle in no shape in this Case -
In the Case of Widow Esther Wedham She is entitled to back pay due her husband when he died her Bounty Lands and her Pension - her Declaration embraces the whole please to see to every part of it -

She has eight Children Young & Small the greater part of them — I am destitute of the list I do not know what the Law requires — Have to make out the papers for the Children — Can it be done before a Justice of the peace — or must it be proven before a Surrogate Court — There of Course must be proof Definitly before a Court of the Ages of the Children &c and a Certificate from such Court — as I should naturally infer for such Cases to protect Dowers &c — Please to send me the list and particularly in such Cases as will include Widows Children under such Claims as Widow Needham her husband died in the Hospital in Mexico after the Battle &c I hope you may yourself in health and in all the Comforts of life in my home — I am truly Yours &c Yours Jacob Slingerland J. S. Slingerland private letter
N.B, in the Case of Widow Bennett two Credable and Her Pension Mr East and Mrs Peet were present & saw the marriage and do testify to stated facts as in the former copy I sent you

Increase Amasa Martin a N.Y. act 7 June 1832
Adm d .
8 mo Col Mills. 21.66
7 " 21 Col Mills 25.66
$52.32
From 4 March 1831 to 18 th July 1849 the day of his death Payable to his widow Sarah Martin, deducting what has been paid at the rate of 21 2/3 p an for the same time
Hon W. White Dum d of N.Y.

Pension Office April 1850
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 9 th inst requesting to be informed

Bounty Land Claim.
122 057.
L. P. Waldo Esq. Comt. of Pension Washington D.C.

122,057.

Albany May 5. 1855.
L. P. Waldo Esquire, Comt. of Pensions, Sir,
I enclose the declaration of Sarah Martin Widow of Amasa (Revolutionary) who claims 160 acres of Bounty Land, under Act 3 d March 1855, and am Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Samuel Jenkins
Agent for Claimant

5 14.964
5 5 Nov 1944

2109.
Increase. etc.
New York.
Reported
Amasa Martin died of Rensselaer co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg't commanded by Col. Wells in the Connecticut line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 52 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831, and 18 February 1849, when he died Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 1850 Hon N. White, and sent H.R. Increased from $26:66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Payable to his widow Sarah Martin
{ Revolutionary Claim, No 7, 832. }
Recorded by J. Chase Clerk, Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 47

State of New York } Rensselaer County } ss.
I Amasa Martin, a resident of the Town of Grafton in the aforesaid County of Rensselaer, aged 87 years and upwards being duly sworn according to law , do depose and say that I am now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7th, 1833, at the rate of Twenty six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, but as I served for a period of Nine months (as I now calculate) in the year 1779, or 1780 at New London and West Haver, under Captain Allen and Colonel Wells in the Troops of the State of Connecticut, and for a like period of Nine Months in the Company of Captain Marshall in Colonel Willets Regiment as I now calculate in the year 1781, at the different Posts along the Mohawk River in the State of New York, I think myself entitled to more pension and I now therefore make this application for Increase of Pension. In the early part of the War of the Revolution I lived near the Town of Ashford in the State of Connecticut from whence I Enlisted for nine months (as near as I can now recollect) in the Month of April in the year 1779, or 1780 under Lieutenant Knowlton and joined the Company commanded by said Captain Allen and the Regiment commanded by the said Colonel Wells and served the nine months as aforesaid at New London, and West Haver. In the latter part of the said War I moved to Green River in the County of Columbia in the State of New York and from thence I entered the Company of Nine months men in the year 1781, commanded by Captain Marshall, which Company belonged to the

Regiment of Colonel Willett and were called the New York State Series. This latter Nine Months service I rendered as aforesaid along the Mohawk River and at the different Posts along said River in said State of New York. I served at the two different times as aforesaid of Nine Months each making in the aggregate Eighteen months service for my Country in the said War of the Revolution and I now only receive $26 66 / 100 , as aforesaid pension, and being now aged and infirm and unable longer to obtain a livelihood by manual labor, I would respectfully ask and pray that the full sum of pension to which I am entitled on account of said services be speedily allowed me, and that my stipend be increased to that sum to which I am justly entitled for the services done my said Country in said War.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29 th day of November, A.D. 1848, and I certify that the said Amasa Martin is a man of good standing, and of truth and veracity, and that he is now unable to write his name in consequence of the Palsy.
Potter Mason Justice Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Potter Mason before whom the annexed Affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this 30 th day of November 1848
A. H. Sheldon Clerk