Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6581, Arnold Worden, R.I.

SERVICE
R.S.
NUMBER
N 6581
Worden Arnold Mary
CONTENTS

New York 24.6.61
Arnold Abordew
of Pensa in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hovey of the Regt commanded by Col. Soper in the R. Island time for Troops for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Jan'y 1834 and sent A. G. Hammond Berlin N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $200.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/ Mar 34 40.00 $240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B. Whiting Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 128

2,614 New York H.
Mary Worden — widow of Arnold Worden R. 9 who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of October 1853 and sent to
Arch d Bull New York N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 88, Vol. A
(32)

In the Matter of { Amanda Morden }
Application for a Pension
14540
✓
on Rolls. Harris. 5 mo. 9 ds '80
9 mo 77 } witness 9 mo 78 }
Admitted Private 2 years
REDACTED
Filed May.

Declaration, in order to obtain
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
On this Ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the  College of the Court of  Troy Mayors Court now sitting, Arnold Werdum a resident of Petersburgh 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 year 1777 he resided in the Town of Harington in the State of Connecticut. That on or about the 15 th of June in that year at the Town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island he entered the service and enlisted in the Rhode Island State troops under Captain Pels Hovey. his Lieutenant was William Dyer & his Ensign — Welch, that he immediately marched to Liviston and joined the Regiment then stationed there. he does not recollect who commanded the regiment at that time. That he continued at said Town of Liviston during the whole of his enlistment which was nine Months excepting that during the time he was engaged in General Spencer's expedition against Rhode Island and at the end of his nine Months which he faithfully served he was discharged on the 15 th of March 1778. That he again enlisted at the said Town of Hopkinton for nine Months in the Rhode Island State troops in the month of June 1778 under a recruiting sergeant by the name of Phinehas Moxon in Captain Joshua Babcock's company. This was in the fifteen Months service six months of which had then expired. That he again immediately on his

Rhode Island State troops in the month of June 1777 enlisting sergeant by the name of Phinehas Mason in Captain Joshua Peabody's company - this was in the fifteen months service six months of which had then expired - That he again immediately on his said last enlistment marched to the said Town of Liviston and joined the Company then in Colonel Sprague's Regiment in General Cornwallis Brigade - That he was stationed at said Livis- ton during this enlistment except that he was engaged in in General Sullivan's expedition in Rhode Island and faith- fully served out his said term of nine months and was again discharged on the 15 th day of March 1779 - That in the spring of 1780 at Stonington aforesaid he again enlisted into the Connecticut State troops for six months and marched into the state of New York to the highlands on the Hudson River opposite West point un- der a recruiting officer whose name he cannot recollect and joined the American troops then stationed there under the command of General Washington - That they were stationed there Tappan bay and West point during this enlistment and that during this time Major Andrew was taken & confined at a meeting house at Tappan bay aforesaid and was hanged while this deponent was engaged in this enlistment - That he served the full term of this last enlistment and was discharged at West point in the fall or winter, the time he does not recollect but he arrived home at Stonington aforesaid just before Christmas 1780 - That in the year 1781 in the spring at Stonington aforesaid he again enlisted for six months and performed the same

Tower of Duty in the State of New York in General Washington's Army That during this last enlistment he was stationed a part of the time at a place then called Totowa in the State of New Jersey when he should think they staid there four months or as long as they could remain in tents when they came to West Point for winter quarters when he was discharged having served out his said six months but the time he was discharged he does not recollect - That in General Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island and he was engaged in the battle on Quaker Hill when he was wounded in his leg by a buck shot which is still remaining in his leg - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his services except what is herein contained
To the foregoing interrogatories put by the Court he answers
 1. He was born in the Town of Sturgesons aforesaid in the Year 1764 -  2. He knows of no record of his age -  3. He resided when he entered the service in Sturgesons aforesaid and remained there till about 1786 when he removed to where he now lives in the Town of Petersburgh County of Rensselaer and State of New York  4. He entered the service by voluntary enlistment and served as above stated -  5. To this interrogatory he refers to the above statement  6. He never received a written discharge -  7. He is known in his present neighbourhood to Gen. Aaron Worthington Esq. & Isaac Saunders Esq. who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - 
Arnold Worthington Isaac Saunders
State of New York Rensselaer County ss. Daniel Saunders of the County last aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he was acquainted with the above named Arnold Worthington during the Revolutionary war that he knows he was in the service in the Years 1777 and 1778 as he has above stated stating at Firstown aforesaid and that he has no reason to doubt any of his said statement above given - and further saith he not - Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid -
Daniel Saunders
Archibald Bull Clerk

He was in the service in the years 1777 and 1778 as he has above stated sta- tioned at Newtown aforesaid and that he has no reason to doubt any of his said statement above given - and further saith the Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid - }
Daniel Sanders
Archibald Bull Clerk
In answer to the six th Interrogatory returned, answered in the negative the applicant makes the following affidavit
Penfield County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Penfield aforesaid Arnold Worden the above applicant who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by na- ture of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot recollect the names of his officers under whom he served further than he has in his above declaration stated except that he recollects that in his first Connecticut service he was in Colonel Starrs Regiment & he thinks he was in the same regiment his last tour of service but of this he is not positive - but he does recollect & knows certain that he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grade - For Two Years & Six Months I served as a private - and for such service I claim a pension Sworn & subscribed before me This 25. day of May 1833.
Arnold Worden mark
Joseph Brandal Justice of the Peace
State of New York Penfield County ss. I hereby certify that Joseph Brandal Esq. be- fore whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that I am well acquain- ted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature above subscribed to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 24. day of May 1833. Henry R. Bristol Atty. for the Plaintiff
And in the said Arnold Worden
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he de- clares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Arnold Worden mark
Archibald Bull Clerk
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the town of Berlin and Silas Hewitt residing in Grafton hereby certify that we are acquainted with Arnold Worden who has subscribed and sworn to the above de- claration; 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.
Wm. Satterlee Silas Hewitt
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Archibald Bull Clerk
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 Revolution- ary Soldier , and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Berlin and that Silas Hewitt & Daniel Sanders who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Grafton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Froy Mayors Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arnold Worden for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1832.
Archibald Bull Clerk

Mary Worden application for pension, under act 3 rd February 1853
Wichita Falls Went New York

"Rensselaer County.
"October 5 th 1800.
"This may certify that Arnold Worden & Mary Shepherd were joined in the bonds of Matrimony & Marriage."
State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss: Gideon Reynolds of the Town of Schenectady in the County State aforesaid being duly sworn, says, that he is in possession of the Particular docket of William M. Reynolds, late of the Town of Peters- burgh in said County, and that he finds recorded therein, in the hand- writing of the said William M. Reynolds, the marriage of Arnold Worden and Mary Shepherd, of which record the above is a true exact transcript, & of the whole of the same.
Sworn to this 12 day of August 1853. before me Henry B. Clark Justin Pease
Gideon Reynolds
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, HENRY A. CLUM, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Henry B. Clark 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 Twenty Fifth, — day of August — A. D. 1853.
Henry A. Clum Clerk

State of New York,
Rensselaer County } ss.
On this 26 th day of August 1853 personally appeared before the Justices of the Justices of the City of Troy, being a Court of Record Mary Worden as resident of the Town of Schoharie in the County of Rensselaer aged eighty eight years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed February 2 nd 1853. That she is the widow of Arnold Worden who was a United States Pensioner, for services rendered by him in the Continental Army in the State of Rhode Island, and was placed on the Pension Roll of the Northern District, of the State of New York, on the Thirtieth day of January 1834, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum - which he drew during his life.
She further, declares, that previous to her marriage, her name was Mary Shepherd; that she was married to the said Arnold Worden in the Town of Petersburgh in the said County of Rensselaer, on the fifth day of October 1806, by William M. Reynolds, then a Justice of the Peace of the said Town of Petersburgh in said County: That her husband the aforesaid Arnold Worden, died on the 17 th day of July 1840. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears, that she was a widow, at the passage of the act, is still a widow, & that she has never before made application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn in open Court
the day & year above written,
Geo. R. Davis Jr. Justice
Mary Worden
Rensselaer County } ss.
Troy Justices court ss. I Francis Jones clerk of the Justices court of the City of Troy (the same being a court of record having a clerk and seal) Do hereby certify that George R Davis Jr before whom the foregoing declaration of Mary Worden was made and sworn was at the time of her making such declaration one of the Justices of the said Court duly sworn and an acting Justice at the

time of her making such declaration and that the signature of said George N Davis Jr is his proper and genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have this 26 th day of August 1833 subscribed my name as Clerk of said court and affixed the seal thereof
H. Jones Clerk

Aug. 30, 1853.
Appl. of Mary
Warden,
Midw. of
Arnold,
Rensselaer Co.
N.Y.
24651
Aug 3 rd Feb. '53.
f 80. Per An—
Com Feb. 3 rd 1853.
An.
Arch d Bull,
Troy,
N.Y.
Dempster Office, Official Business

No. 3075 Mary Vonden, Wid. of Edward
Set to A. Bull, 12 th Oct. /53
Oct 3 rd Feb. 1853

Perz  WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
6581
Mary Worden
Widow
Arnold Worden
Rev. Rev. Wal
Act: _____
Feb. 3/958
Index:—Vol. _____
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Page _____
353
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Mary Worden, widow of Arnold Rensselaer County and State of N.Y. act 3 d Feb y 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June. 1832.
Record Evidence of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Arch d Bull. Esq r , Tracy N.Y. 18 Name and residence of Agent
H. B. Stanton, Examining Clerk.

Pension Office. 20 th Oct. 1853.
Sir. Please Certify the time to which the within name and pension was paid on the date of his death. Very Respectfully.
J. S. Cole For Commissioner.
Arnold Worden, Act 1832, $80.00. p. an. - Died 13 th July 1840, Paid to his death.
J. Bush Auditor.
Francis Root Esq r , His Auditor's Resign d .

Mary Worden
additional proof of widowhood & identity, on application for pension, under act of February 1853.
Archibald Bull, Agent, Nov. N.Y.

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. On the fourteenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifty three, before me the undersigned, a Commissioner of Deeds in & for the City of Troy in the County & State aforesaid, appeared Benjamin B. Randall & William Wells both of said County of Rensselaer, who being lawfully sworn, according to Law, each for himself, doth testify & say, that he was well acquainted, with Arnold Worden, late of the Town of Petersburg in the County & State aforesaid deceased, who was in his life time, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and he was then well acquainted, with Mary Worden late the wife of, & now the widow of, Arnold Worden aforesaid deceased, and who has made application, to the Commissioner of Pensions, for a pension, under the act of February 3 rd 1853. and that she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Arnold Worden, who was such pensioner, and is the widow of the said Arnold Worden, deceased - and was such widow at the time of passing said act, and is still his widow -
Benjamin B Randall Wm Wells
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year first above written, before me; And I certify that the said Benjamin B. Randall & William Wells, - are credible Witnesses. John Fitch
STATE OF NEW-YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, HENRY A. CLUM, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that John Fitch aforesaid before whom the annexed affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was, at the day of the date thereof, a Commissioner of Deeds 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 fourteenth day of October , A. D. 1853.
Henry A Clum Clerk.
of Deeds Troy

State of New York
Rensselaer County } ss. On the fourteenth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred & fifty three, before me the undersigned, a Commissioner of Deeds, in & for the City of Troy, in the County & State aforesaid, appeared Benjamin B. Randall & William Wells both of said County of Rensselaer, who being by me duly sworn, according to Law, each for himself, doth testify & say, that he was well acquainted, with Arnold Worden, late of the Town of Petersburg in the County & State aforesaid deceased, who was in his life time, a Revolutionary pensioner, and he was in well acquainted, with Mary Worden late the wife of & now the widow of Arnold Worden aforesaid deceased, and who has made application to the Commissioner of Pensions, for a pension, under the act of February 3 rd 1853. and that she is the identical person, who was the wife of the said Arnold Worden, who was such pensioner, and is the widow of the said Arnold Worden, deceased - and was such widow at the time of passing said act, and is still, his widow
Benjamin B Randall W m Wells
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year first above written before me; and I certify that the said Benjamin B. Randall & William Wells, - are credible Witnesses.
John Fitch Commissioner of Deeds Troy N.Y.

Recd. 14 July 1875 Benton

Rhode Island District
Clerks office of the District Court of the United States In the City of Providence December 18 th 1833
I certify that it appears from the Roll of a Regiment now in this office, raised by the State of Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War and first commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the year 1777, and subsequently in 1778 & 1779 by Col. John Topham that the name of "Arnold Warden" is borne on said Roll as a private. But it does not appear how long he served. It appears said Roll was made up in 1785 to ascertain the amount of depreciation of wages due to each one who served in said Regiment.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Eighteenth day December 1833
Benjamin Carroll Clerk of said Court

✓ Arnold Wordon
6-15.
a. G. Hammond Berlin

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

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

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.