Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15842, for Elnathan Mason, Connecticut

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Mason, Elnathan Mary
W 15842
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let. to Hon. A.P. Grant 10 Apr. 38 do — do — 12 June/38
Albany 1345 Mary Mason widow of Elnathan Mason who died on the 12. Sep. 1811 of Oswego in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Latham of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sedgwick in the Conn. line for 1 year & 8 days Conn.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars 88 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. th day of Aug. 1837 and sent to Mrs. Hubbell , Esq. Richland, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 245.28 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sep. " 20.44
$ 260.00 265.72
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2. Page 115

Declaration
State of New York } ss. County of Oswego }
On this twenty fourth say of February eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Oswego Mary Mason, a resident of Richland in said County aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1836: That she is the Widow of Elnathan Mason, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, that he resided at Stonington Connecticut at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and that he went as a soldier with the Connecticut troops to Ticonderoga and served one campaign - Also served as a private in the same Army at Roxbury, Massachusetts - Also in the spring of 1781, believes it was about the middle of April, the said Elnathan Mason, then being the husband of this Declarant, enlisted in Groton in the state of Connecticut, in Captain Lathams Company in Col. Ledgard's Regt., for one year and continued to serve as a private soldier in said company at Fort Griswold until the memorable 6 th of Sept. 1781, at which time he was taken prisoner and carried to New York and there detained until he was exchanged, when he was brought to his home near Groton sick with the yellow fever, with which he remained confined and under the Physicians care for several weeks.
She further declares that she was married to the said Elnathan Mason on the 31 st day of October (1779) in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Elnathan Mason, died on the twelfth day of September eighteen hundred & eleven, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me M. W. Matthews Clerk
Mary Mason

Clerks Office Oswego County 3 p
I Marinus W Mathews Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Mary Mason the within named declarant this day per- =sonally appeared in Open Court as within stated and subscribed and made oath to the within declara- =tion. The word "fourth" in the first line being written on an erasure, and "A resident" inter- =lined in the 4 th line, and "Aged seventy eight years" being written after the fourth line and before the word "who" All before being so subscribed and sworn to also "for one year" in last line & private written on erasure all before signing & swearing Witness My hand And the Seal of said Court hereto Affixed this 24 th day of February 1837. M.W. Mathews Clerk

Enathan Mason and Mary Griffin Married October 31 st 1779 Polly Mason born September the 1 st 1780 Samuel Mason born July the 13 th 1785 Samuel Mason died October the 17 th 1786 Thomas J Mason born December 14 th 1787 Enathan Mason 2 nd born August the 12 th 1791 Samuel Mason 2 nd born February the 20 th 1794 Samuel Mason died January the 20 th 1799 Dudley D Mason born December the 8 th 1798 Sarah Mason born July the 12 th 1801
Certified by me this 4 th day of March 1837 Enathan Mason

State of New York } Onondago County, ss. }
Elnathan Mason of Richland in said County, being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Mary Mason the Declarant named in the preceeding declaration and has been so acquainted with her since the year seventeen hundred ninety eight, and was also at that time acquainted with Elnathan Mason, the husband of said Mary, and that the said Elnathan died in September eighteen hundred & eleven as he at the time was informed and verily believes, and that the said Mary has never since been married but still lives a Widow. That he frequently heard the said Elnathan while living speak of his serving as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army at Roxbury & also many particulars of his service at Tienderoga, and of his service at Groton Fort in the summer of 1781, and of his capture and subsequent imprisonment at New York - And further that he is the son of the said Mary and Elnathan and was born in the year seventeen hundred ninety one and that the annexed paper (signed by this deponent) is an original record of the family of the said Mary & Elnathan, and is in every particular true according to the best of his knowledge & belief, and that he saw his father, the said Elnathan, write the last line thereof, to wit: "Yarnsha Mason born July last the 12 th 1801", and that the whole of said Record is in the hand writing of said Elnathan And further that the said record was truly copied into the family Bible of said Mary Mason more than twenty years ago, and now remains in her possession; and further that the said Mary is in the full possession of her memory, and natural abilities and he verily believes has in her said declaration testified to the truth according to the best of her knowledge and belief
Elnathan Mason
Subscribed & sworn this 4 th day of March 1837, before me - And I also certify that the said Elnathan Mason is an acting Justice of the Peace in this County, distinguished for his honesty & integrity of character.
Hiram Hubbell, Judge

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Mary Mason
State of New York Onondaga County, Clerks Office 3 d :
I, Marinus W. Mathews, Clerk of the said County do hereby Certify that Hiram Hultbell, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the said 10 th day of March inst. a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the within certificate is the proper hand writing and signature of the said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 13 th day of March 1837.
M. W. Mathews Clerk

State of New York } Madison County }
Thomas Griffin of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York being duly sworn says that he is a citizen of the United States aged twenty one years that he is brother to Mary Mason widow of Elmer Mason late of the County of Broome deceased who now resides in Richland in the County of Onondaga & State of New York that said Elmer Mason enlisted into the Army of the United States in April 1781 and this deponent enlisted in April May 1781 each for one year under Capt William Sothern and served at Fort Greene under Col Sedgwick and continued at said fort until it was taken by the British that the said Mason and this deponent were taken prisoners on the 6th of September 1781 and carried to New York and soon after exchanged and returned to Connecticut that immediately on his return from imprisonment he was taken sick and for some time his recovery was doubtful that he was informed and believes that the Government paid his expenses in his sickness that on his recovery he returned into the Army and continued there to the end of his term which was one year that this deponent attended upon the said Mason in his sickness and that he is further that said Mason served the full time of one year
Thomas Griffin
sworn and subscribed before me The 13th day of February 1838
Joseph Clarke & Judge of Madison County Court

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office ss. I, Hyman A. Donaldson Jr. Clerk of said County and Clerk of the County Court in and for said County. do hereby certify that Joseph Clark Esquire the person before whom the foregoing affidavit pur- ports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of said affidavit (13th Feby 1838) a Judge of the County Court in and for said County duly appointed and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Joseph Clark and hereby believe the Signature to the Journal of said affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 12th day of March 1838.
H. Donaldson Jr. Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15842
Mary Mease Wid of Elmahan Mease Prio Rev War
Act July 4 th '36
Index: Vol. M , Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 24 N.Y.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
$40:88 in amt -

Richland New York Aug. 18, 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
Yours of the 3 d inst. came to hand by due course of Mail. I have delayed replying to it till this day for the purpose of seeing Mrs. Mary Mason, the applicant for a pension, to whom your letter referred. You state that five months is the most that can be allowed for the tour in Capt Lathams Company commencing in April 1781 - The old lady supposed that the Affidavit of Thos. Griffin, himself a pensioner, and who served with her husband in 1781, was sufficient proof of that service up to the time of their being taken prisoners. And as to her husband, Elathan Mason, being exchanged, when a prisoner at New York and being with difficulty carried home on account of his sickness and remaining sick during the winter and unable to perform service in Camp until the expiration of the year for which he enlisted - these are facts which circumstanced as she then was, being his wife, she could not fail to recollect as distinctly as any events of her life.
I believe that in her declaration she stated these facts and that their residence at the time of his enlistment and during the winter after his return was but about two miles from Groton, where his term of service would have been completed had his health permitted. This being the case and he remaining

with his family by permission, provided for and taken care of at their expense, it is respectfully submitted whether he ought not to be considered the same as though he had been in active service.
As the widow is not able to furnish any proof of the other tours of service, I suppose you will not consider them - although from the frequent mention, and the particulars related by Elmer Mason during his life-time, of his campaign at Siconderoga, those who heard him, have no doubt but that he served five or six months in the town to be at that place.
-- As the applicant is dependant upon her friends for a subsistence, she requests that if she cannot be allowed but for the 12 or 13 months service mentioned by you, that you will send her a Certificate for that, and by so doing as you will much oblige both her and your Obedt. Servt.
Hiram Hubbell

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connecticut July 12 th 1837
I certify that the name of Elnathan Mason appears on a pay roll in this office headed as follows, to wit, "A Pay Roll of the 10 th Company in the 6 th Regiment raised by order General Assembly Colony Connecticut May 1 st 1775," and he is credited for service from May 9 th to Dec 17 th a period of 7 Months and 8 days, it appears by said roll, that Capt Abel Spicer commanded said Company, and that Isaac Gallop & Samuel Williams were Lieutenants.
Wm Field Comptroller

State of New York Madison County
Thomas Griffin of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York being duly sworn says that he is seventy years of age and a Revolutionary General of the United States that he enlisted in the Army of the United States in April 1781 and served one year under Captain William Latham in a Regiment commanded by Col William Sedgwick at Glaston in the State of Connecticut and was taken prisoner by the British under the command that El Nathan Mason enlisted in the same company a few days previous to this deponent's enlistment that the said El Nathan Mason enlisted for one year and served the full length of one year and that he died according to his last recollection more than twenty years past that said El Nathan Mason married Molly on Stone Griffin sister of this deponent in Stonington State of Connecticut more than one year previous to his enlistment that the said Molly Mason widow of said El Nathan Mason now resides in Richland Oswego County and State of New York and that she has never been married since the decease of her said husband but remains a widow of the said El Nathan Mason deceased
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of February 1892
Thomas Griffin
Joseph Clark & Judge of Madison County Courts
I do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Thomas Griffin the above deponent for more than thirty years and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity -
Joseph Clark Judge of Madison County Courts

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office } ss: I, Andrew S. Sloan, Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Clark, before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and also whose name appears to the within Certificate, was at the date of the same, a Judge of the County Courts in & for the said County, duly Commissioned and qualified. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit and Certificate, to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 4 th day of March 1837. A. Sloan Clk

July 26 Mary Mason addr pff.
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FREE
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Richland N.Y. July 20, 1857
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
Agreeable to your request, in the case of Mary Mason, widow of Elnathan Mason, an applicant for a pension, I have sent to the Comptrollers Office, Conn. and the enclosed certificate is all I have received.
It is not singular that Mrs Mason should have forgotten the particulars of the service of Elnathan Mason in 1775, several years before her marriage, and of which she, probably, knew nothing, at the time. Of the enlistment and service at Groton she was personally knowing, and I have no doubt she has stated honestly respecting it according to the best of her recollection. Are there no other records of the services at that place except at the Comp. s Office of Connecticut?
Resp. ly Your Obd. t Servt. Hiram H. H. H.

Ho. of Reps June 4 th 1838
Genl L. Edwards Esq. Sir.
Allow me to send you the enclosed Papers. To ask an examina- tion of their Contents and a report thereon at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully Yours Colt Genl A. P. Grant

State of New York § Madison County } Be it known that on the 21 st day of May 1838 before me come Thomas Griffin who being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a revolutionary pensioner of the United States aged seventy one years; that in May 1781 he enlisted into the service of the United States at Gnaton in the State of Connecticut for one year and served the full term of his enlistment including the time he was a prisoner; that Elkanah Mason was his brother- in-law and enlisted into the same service two or three weeks before him and continued in the service to the end of his term including the time of his imprisonment That they served under Col. Sedgwick and Capt. William Sathan Colonel Perkins and Colonel Stanton Regiments after their return from captivity General Washington served as one of the Regiments their service was rendered in garrison at and near Fort Griswold in the State of Connecticut
Sworn and subscribed before me Thomas Griffin This 21 st day of May 1838
Joseph Clark Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the above deponent for more than thirty years that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and retains his mental faculties remarkably well for one of his age -
Joseph Clark Justice of the Peace
Washington City D.C. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Clark before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken; that he is one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Madison in the State of New York which I have the honor in part to represent; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature to the Deed attached to said Affidavit is as much as the foregoing Certificate is the proper hand writing of said Joseph Clark who was an acting Justice of the Peace of said County at the date of said Deed.
Remond Butwell

Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. te of Pensions

Richland N.Y. March 13, 1857
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir, Accompanying this I forward the declaration of Mary Mason, who I suppose is entitled to the benefit of the Act of the 4 th of July last, provided she can make the required proof of her husband's service in the Rev. y war. You will also notice the accompanying affidavits. It is hoped that you will find some record of the service of Ethan Mason - if not, and further proof is required please inform me.
In the latter part of January or early in Feb. I forwarded to you a copy of the record of the Marriage of Deliverance Warren, since which I have heard nothing in relation to her application. If the communication from me was not rec. d by you, please inform me and much oblige
Your Obdt. Servt,
Hiram Hubbell

War Department, Pension Office,
August 3 d , 1837.
Sir,
The certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, in relation to the revolutionary services of Nathaniel Mason, late the husband of Mary Mason, has been examined. This document seems to show that the husband served 7 months and 8 days at Roxbury in 1775. It is alleged that he also served one year in Capt. Latham's company, Col. Ledyard's regiment that he was taken as a prisoner on the 6 th Sept. 1781, and carried to New York. The date of the enlistment of the claimant's husband is not mentioned, and admitting the fact that he was a private in Capt. Latham's company as alleged, there is no means of ascertaining from the evidence produced when the tour commenced, or terminated.

2 The prisoners taken on that occasion were, it is understood, not long after exchanged. The most that can be allowed for that term is five months.
I am, respectfully, Your obed. Servt. J L Edwards
Hiram Hubbell Esq. Richland New York.

No. of Reps Ap. 5. 38
Genl L Edwards Esqr
Sir -
Will you please examine the encl'd Papers and advise me of the result of such examination.
Mr. Heriam Shubbell, the writer of the encl'd Letter, is one of the Judges of Osceola Co. New York & is in every respect a worthy & highly respectable Citizen, on whose statement implicit reliance may be placed.
I am Sir
Respectfully Yours
Col. Lev
A. P. Grant