Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18477, for James Mallory, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Mallory, James Nancy
W. 18477
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1838 to 4 th March 1839 age notified 3 March 1840
New York 28.640
James Mallory of Cattaraugus in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Goodhue of the Regt. commander by Col. Mays in the 6 th Militia line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate issued issued the 3 rd day of May 1834 and sent to A. L. Chaffee West Lodi
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1834 $ 90.00 Semi-ant. Allowance ending Sept 4 th 34 15.00 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sam l H. Vage Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 118

287.
New York, Albany Nancy Mallory. widow of James Mallory, born, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of June 1848 and sent to James G. Austin Phelps Ontario Co. N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 126 Vol. 4

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 20 33 Jany 6 th 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Maltbie
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1781. 6 Pen Col Mairs Col Warren 70 Mass Connecticut   3 " " Good year  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
* The applicant may obtain evidence of his service by offering the Eliz. H. Phelps of Connecticut to whom he is

State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss. Manson P. Mallory a resident of Perryborough in said County aged forty three years. who being first duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with James Mallory who was a peninsular of the United States, and resided in said town at his death said James Mallory was a father to the deponent and resided with him at his death. Deponent says that his father the said James Mallory died at the house of deponent in Perryborough aforesaid on the 14 th day of March 1841. Deponent was present at his death - deponent further says that his father the said James Mallory left a widow him surviving, and whose name is Nancy & who now resides with her daughter Mrs Harr in the town of Seneca Ontario County N.Y. The deponent further says that the peninsular Certificate her- unto annexed is the peninsular Certificate of his said father the said James Mallory deceased , that his Mother the said Nancy Mallory is now a widow and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said James Mallory. Deponent further says that his said father & Mother formerly kept a family Record, but the said Record is now lost or destroyed & there is no Record of their Marriage either Public Private or Documentary as deponent possibly believes -
Subscribed and sworn this 24 th day of July 1846 before me.
Wolcott Kidney
Manson P. Mallory Justice of the peace in & for said County.

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. I Wolcott Skidmore Justice of the Peace in & for said County do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Munson Pillsbury , who took the oaths his name to the foregoing affidavit - that he is a man of good moral character & his statements are entitled to credit -
Dated July 24 th 1846
Wolcott Skidmore J. P.
State of New York Cattaraugus County ss. I Francis E. Baillet Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Wolcott Skidmore Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly Elected & sworn and authorized to act as such - And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and truly believe his signatures to said affidavit and Oaths to be genuine -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County, this seventh day of Aug t . A. D. 1846.
F. E. Baillet Clerk

State of New York Ontario County ss: Betsey Burr a Resident of the town of Phelps in said County, being duly sworn depose and says, that she is fifty five years old, that she is the second Child, and a Daughter of James Mallory deceased, late husband of Nancy Mallory who is now applying for a Pension on account of the services of her late husband the said James Mallory in the Revolution, that her father's Pension Certificate is hereunto annexed, as also is annexed hereto the declaration of her Mother the said Nancy, for a pension, that she has lived for many years past in the town of Seneca in said County, and has recently moved with her husband to the town of Phelps aforesaid, that her said father the said James Mallory died on the 14 th day of March 1841 & was a pensioner at his death, that her said Mother the said Nancy survived him as his widow, that she is now a widow, and has remained a widow ever since the death of her late husband aforesaid. She further says that her said father & Mother formerly kept a family Record in which was recorded documents birth as well as other Children her Mother's & Sisters, that she remembers having seen it a great many times when, in the early part of her life frequently had reference to the said Record for her own age & others of the

family. She further says that a good many years past, & for several years prior to the death of her said father, her said father & mother resided with their children some- times with one, & sometimes with another, that the said old family record is now lost or destroyed, that it has not been seen for several years, that she is confident that there is now no record of the marriage of her said father & mother in existence either public, private or documentary, that considerable pains has been taken to find such record, if any was in existence, but without success.
Subscribed and sworn to this Betsey Guss 9th day of October A.D.
1846 before me
Henry C. Swift Justice of the peace in & for said County
State of New York
Ontario County ss: I Henry C. Swift a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, do hereby Certify that I am acquainted with Betsey Guss who took & subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit, that she is a woman of good moral character, and her statements therein contained are entitled to credit
Dated Phelps October 9th 1846
Henry C. Swift J.P.

Nancy Mallory widow of
James Mallory
Declaration for a
Pension March 3 rd 1843
+ June 17. 1844

State of New York
Ontario County ss. On this 8 th day of October A.D. 1846 before me E. Fitch Smith First Judge of the County Courts in & for said County. Said Courts being a Court of Record in said County. Personally appeared Nancy Mallory a Resident of the town of Seneca in said County aged seventy seven 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 Provisions Made by the acts of Congress passed March 3 rd 1843 and 17 th of June 1844. That she is the widow of James Mallory, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who was at the time of his death a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of thirty Dollars per Annum & that her said Husbands Pension Certificate is herunto annexed. — She further declares that her said late husband the said James Mallory died at the town of Pempburgh in the County of Cattaraugus State of New York on the 14 th day of March A.D. 1844. — She further declares that she was married to her said late husband the said James Mallory on the 16 th day of June in the year 1788 — by the Rev. Mr. Stillbard a Congregational Minister residing at Poultney in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont. That said Minister has been dead a great many years. That her Maiden name was Nancy Buckland. She further declares that she and her late husband formerly kept a family record of the births and deaths of their several children — but that the same has been lost or destroyed & that there is now no record of their Marriages in existence either Public, Private or documentary, unless it exists in the records of the

Church at Poulton aforesaid - That since the death of her said Husband aforesaid, she has lived in the family of her Daughter Mrs Parr in the town of Seneca in said County of Ontario - That she has not intermarried but continues the Widow of the said James Mallory her late Husband - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service - But that the Marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1784 viz at the time above stated
Sworn and subscribed this 8 th day of October A D 1846 before me
Nancy Mallory
E. Fitch Smith Judge of Ontario County
State of New York
Ontario County ss. I, Fitch Smith First Judge of Ontario County Courts, do hereby certify that Nancy Mallory who subscribed her name to the foregoing affidavit, is a woman of good Moral Character and her statements therein contained are entitled to credit and I do further certify that she is not able, from old age and bodily infirmity, to attend Courts - Dated Ontario County this 8 th day of October 1846
E. Fitch Smith Judge of Ontario County Courts
State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office ss I hereby certify that E Fitch Smith Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit of Nancy Mallory was subscribed and sworn was at the time the same purports to have been
Subscribed and sworn First Judge of Ontario County Courts duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believe his signatures to both the above certificates are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said County this Twelfth day of October 1846
M c W. H. H. Morris Clerk of Ontario County

James Mallory 28 214 Declaration Sept 15/35
Service set forth in supplemental, & not embraced in original declaration disall d
Adm d
 9 mo. pri
30¢

We Elisha W. Henry and Samuel Minerva founding in the town of Poughkeepsie hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Minerva who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputable and well known in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed this day before me written before me
Samuel Minerva Elisha W. Henry
Dan Allen a Judge of aforesaid
and I Dan Allen a Judge of the court of common pleas for Dutchess County do hereby declare my opinion after the invocation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and lived as he states and I the said Dan Allen Judge aforesaid further certify that I approve Elisha W. Henry and Samuel Minerva who signed the foregoing certificate and are residents of the town of Poughkeepsie and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that I fully concur in their opinion and I further certify that the above named applicant in view of his great age and being infirm is not able in my opinion to attend the court of our said county at being from his place of residence a distance of 30 miles and that no other person lives in the vicinity of him to attend the said applicant
State of New York Dutchess County
Dan Allen
I John W. Staunton clerk of the said county do certify that Dan Allen Esq. before whom the foregoing Declaration and affidavits were sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing declaration affidavits &c. to be his proper hand writing and signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 18th day of July A.D. 1833. John W. Staunton. clerk

This company and Regiment was Stationed at New Haven and served as a guard to the as a private soldier harbor in this town for some time, until some time in September the when the news came of peace nothing of note took place while on this tour. That he was discharged at New Haven and unhappily never had a written discharge. Returned to Hardin which he lived 3 years removed to Rutland County town of Rutland State of Vermont lived about 9 years from there to the town of New Haven Addison County Vermont lived about five years from there to Johnson Essex County State of New York where he lived 9 years from there to the town of Jay County & State last mentioned where he lived about twenty one years from there to Perysburgh Cattaraugus County & State of New York where he now lives and has for the last three years. That he has no record of his age. That he knows of no documentary evidence or witness at his service and that he knows of no person who can testify to his services. That there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of his neighborhood. That he is acquainted with a Mr. Elisha W. Hargrave the General Minister here who lives in to the best of his knowledge in his neighborhood who can testify as to their belief of the above declaration and the general belief of the neighborhood respecting his being a soldier of the Revolution and of his age and character for truth and veracity. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. Subscribed & sworn before me James Walling
Dear Allan,
James Walling
and in addition to the above statement the said James Mallory further declares that in the year 1822 there appeared to be a great scarcity of pounds that the value of some  some  some or some some common some  some a man by the name of George some  some of some  some  some  some appeared to raise any number of men that he thought some  some  some  some manufacture some  some that in the some  some Mallory did enlist under the said some  some and worked some  some full and suffered some  some it being some  some kind of some  some it some  some him and some  some and for the some  some if some  some some under the some  some hension but not other some  some  some  some  some  some Don Allen some  some or some  some James Mallory
James Mallory

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss
Be it Remembered that on the eighteenth day of July 1833 personally came before me Dan Allen one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cattaraugus in the state aforesaid James Mallory a resident of the town of Perryborough in said County aged seventy years who being 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 March 3 d 1832. That he was born in the Town of New Haven, July the 24 th 1763 that he resided in New Haven from his birth until about ten years of age at which time he removed to the town of Hamden distance from New Haven eight miles where he lived until June 1781 at which time he entered the service of the United States as a private soldier and was substituted for David Beach who was drafted for the month. That he rendezvoused at the city of New Haven under Captain Byzel Johnson Lieut Dwight Ensigns none forgotten that said company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Miley's Brigade about six weeks in New Haven the regiment was then divided into three companies as they were called to guard different places. That he went to East Haven with Capt Johnson and company to guard the harbor at that place. That he staid 3 months from there went to New Haven where he was discharged. In the course of the war he was captured in this campaign he was sent and served six months and discharged finally and returned to Hamden where he lived until some time in June 1783 at which time he was drafted and again entered the service at New Haven under Captain Luke Goodyear for three months. When there Lieut (and the same day that was taken prisoner carried to England together with him the now applicant's brother Luther Mallory) the ensigns none he has forgotten. Capt Goodyear's company was attached to a regiment commanded by Colonel Cullen will not be positive as to the colonel's name as he did not see him often and it being so long ago

James Mallory N.Y. act 7 June 1832 ff 30 00 per To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Novm 6 th 1846
G. B. A. Paid to the 4 th March 1841. P. B.

Repr.
New York. 8007. Nancy Mallory, widow of James Mallory who was a Private in the Conn. Militia Husb d died March 14. 1841.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Ninth day of Nov r 1846, and sent to
E. H. Brown, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.] and 1 st June 1841/2.
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 80.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 28 th 1840.
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," James Mallory, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty 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. 1838, to the 4 th March, 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. G. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
United States Agency and Notarial Office,  EDMUND F. BROWN,  ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS,  Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c.,  Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially  CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, Post Office and other Contracts, &c.,  7 th  I STREET, NEAR THE STREET P.O. WASHINGTON CITY.  E. F. BROWN'S Established in 1843.  Seventeen floors east of the Treasury Department.
UNITED STATES AGENCY AND NOTARIAL OFFICE,
WASHINGTON CITY,
27. Oct r . — 1846.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.
Sir:
I herewith return the Declaration of Sally Stephenson, Approved by Court, in accordance with the requisitions of your letter of 24 th August last.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t S r .
Edm. F. Brown
#

Letters addressed to this Office must be post-paid.
United States Agency and Notarial Office, EDMUND F. BROWN, ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS, Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c., Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, Post Office and other Contracts, &c., 7 th STREET, NEAR 11 th STREET, P.O. WASHINGTON CITY. E. F. BROWN'S Established in 1842. Seventeen doors east of the Treasury Department.
UNITED STATES AGENCY AND NOTARIAL OFFICE, WASHINGTON CITY,
27. Oct r — 1846.
J. L. Edwards, Esq. Comm r . of Pensions.
Sir:
Enclosed I hand you the papers of Nancy Mallory of N. Y. Widow of James, who claims a Pension under Acts of 1843 & 1844, and trust they will be found Satisfactory.
Very Respectfully, Yr. Ob t S er . Edm. F. Brown #

1783 - 3 1786 - 9 1796 - 5 1801 - 9 1810 - 21 1830 - 4
Amasa L. Chaffee Esq. West Lodi Cattaraugus Co. New York.

Comptrollers Office
February 20 th 1831
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts do certify that of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that the pay rolls of Capt. Jesse Goodyear companies are charged to the United States, upon the books of the Pay Table, under the following dates viz June 1 st 1779 - October 26 th 1779 & May 19 th 1783. No rolls of these companies have been found, or evidence showing how long they served, or in what regiment.
That the pay rolls of Capt. Basil Manson's companies are charged also to the United States under the following dates viz, January 17 th 1782 - May 23 rd 1782 at New Haven & May 12 th 1783. But no rolls of these companies have been found, or proof how long they served.
No rolls of St. John's companies have been found. If they were detached, the pay roll may have been charged in the Captain's name, or the aggregate expense of the corps.
E. Phelps

Sir I cannot send any direct proof of the revolutionary services of Mr. Mallory; but have embodied what secondary evidence I can find upon the books. This I believe will be sufficient for her purpose.
I am very respectfully
See #2-
Yr. Servt E. Mallett

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18477
Nancy Mallory Widow of James Mallory Prin New Was
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss
Be it Remembered that on the twelfth day of December 1833 personally appeared before me Sam Allen a Judge of Cattaraugus County Common Pleas James Mallory a resident of the town of Perryshburgh in said county State of New York aged Twenty 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 th 1832 That he was born in the Town of New Haven State of Connecticut July 28 th 1763 That he resided in said town from his birth until he was about ten years of age at which time his father moved to the Town of Hamden distance about 8 miles where he lived until about 3 years after the revolutionary war had ceased That he was called out on an alarm at New Haven under the Command of Allen Ives then Lieutenant to repel some cow boys as they were the called who came with a company of 5 boats from Long Island to plunder cattle sheep & hogs from the inhabitants That on their appearance the cow boys fled without any engagement New Haven distant from his place of Residence in Hamden about ten miles in this town he was out 6 days or more this was in September 1778 That in July the 8 th day 1779 he turned out on alarm with the whole company under Captain Sipe good year to go to New Haven that he was then at work harvesting rye about five miles from New Haven that the British landed at West Haven under the Command as was said of General Tryon or Governor Tryon about four thousand as was said in number They landed about 8 hours before he got at New Haven There was 2 pieces of cannon manned with fourteen men to guard the place These fourteen men had caused the bridge over the west river to be taken up so that the British had to go round about 3 miles before they could get in to the City but previous to this the Americans had fired upon them and before they got round they had killed 300 as was said That during the time they were going round the Americans he should say about 2000 fought them from behind houses &c to the best advantage they could as they was not yet organized they were in squads of from 10. to 50 and some under no officers that after Sundown and after the British had got in to the city they organized in companies under the Command of Colonel R or Broady of Shishin a Militia

Colonel and by the next morning the Americans had assembled to the number of nearly 10 thousand as was estimated and they being the number of Americans so large they remained went ahead of their shipping at long wharf and during their embarkation they fired several buildings but the Americans were so close upon them they had not time to do much damage so that they saved all but five buildings, after the British retreated he stayed a few days and found they were not coming back he was dismissed and went home, in this tour he was out -8 eight days or more, after being home a few days an alarm came that the same corps of British was landed at Fairfield, distant from his residence about 30 miles, that the whole company was called out under Capt Goodwin to go to Fairfield, but before they had got there the British had burned Fairfield and left the place, at this time he was -12 out 12 or fifteen days was dismissed and sent home, but as soon as he got home news came that the British had landed at Norwalk, distance west of Fairfield about 10 miles that he turned about under the command of Allen Ives Lieut with the whole company that had returned, went to Norwalk distance about 40 miles and before they reached the place the village of Norwalk was in ashes, they stayed a few days and returned home, I should say in this tour he was -15 engaged at least 15 days and during these services above he served in the Militia as a private soldier called out by necessity and by his officers to protect his country. That in June 1781 he entered the service as substitute for David Beach who was drafted for six months in the Militia that he rendezvoused in the City of New Haven under Captain Bazel Munson a Militia Capt Lieut Dwight that the Ensigns name he has forgotten that his company was attached to a Regiment commanded by a Col Miigs as he thinks his name was as to Colonel's name may be mistake their duty was to guard the different harbors they stayed at New Haven about six weeks, went from there to East Haven with Capt Munson and company stayed about 8 months, distance from New Haven about 8 miles from East Haven they went to West Haven about five miles from New Haven where they stayed about one month as a guard to that place there were in this company 76 - officers & privates the Regiment was divided into squads or companies to guard different places, so that he

had not much chance to get acquainted with the principal officers, from West Haven the different company was called in to New Haven where they stayed a few days and were discharged by the Captain in this tour he served six months had no engagements or skirmishing had once an alarm that the British were coming but it proved to be false, in this tour he served as a private soldier in the Militia and as a Substitute as aforesaid the call for men was by Governor Trumbull or by the Governor of the State of Connecticut that he returned home to Hamden and stayed until some time in June 1783 at which time he was drafted in the Militia and again entered the service under Captain Goodyear for three months Allen Ives was Lieut & Hezekiah Dickerson Ensign Rendezvoused at New Haven the company was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col Butts as he believes is not positive as to the Col's name this Regiment was stationed at New Haven as a guard to that place that Capt Goodyear company made their quarters at Benedict Arnold's House (who had before that joined the British) that during their stay at that place nothing happened as he recollects that he stayed in this town as a private soldier 3 months and news of peace came and they were discharged and naturally this was in September that he never received a written discharge that he has no documentary evidence of his services that he knows of no living witnesses who can testify to his services and that he has no record of his age that he is acquainted with Messrs Elisha W. Henry & George V. Starr who both live in his neighborhood who can certify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution that there is no clergyman residing in his neigh- borhood with & that from bodily infirmity and consequent old age he is not able to attend the court of his said county. That in addition to the above declaration as to services he has served at other periods of the war other than stated at a few days at a time he cannot recollect the officers served under nor can he be positive as to the Colonels (Messrs & Butts) before stated that it is possible he has placed them to the town different from what they served (That he served under them he is very sure as to the year will not be positive that after the war he returned to Hamden where he lived 3 years

moved from there to Vt. Rutland County town of Poultney lived about 9 years from there to Town of New Haven Addison County Vermont lived about 5 years from there to Schoon Essex County N.Y. lived about 9 years from there to the town of Jay County & State last mentioned lived about 21 years from there to Perryburgh County of Cattaraugus State of N.Y. where he now lives and has for a most four years He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his income is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State and he further states in addition to the above that he was not engaged in any civil pursuit while performing or while in the Service as before mentioned Sworn and Subscribed the day and year above written before me Dan Allen } Judge of Cattaraugus } The words "the damage, fees, } County Common pleas } James Mallory is to Col. income consequent old age & am. in tubina before signing }
We Elisha W. Henry Residing in the town of Perryburgh and George N. Starr Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Mallory who has subscri- bed & sworn to the foregoing that we believe him to be seventy years of age That he is respected 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 before me } a Judge of Cattaraugus } George N. Starr. Dan Allen } County Common pleas } E. W. Henry
I Dan Allen a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Cattaraugus & State aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and I the said Dan Allen Judge as aforesaid further certify that I am well acqu- ainted with Elisha W. Henry & George N. Starr who signed the preceding certificate that they are residents of the town of Perryburgh that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit and that I fully concur in their opinion and I further certify that the above named applicant from his great age and bodily infirmities is not able to attend the court of our said county and that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of the said applicant Dan Allen

3 Cattaraugus County Town of Perryborough ss 3 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the Town of Perryborough in said County aforesaid James Mallory who being duly sworn according to Law 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 Services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades to Wit for twenty one days I served under Lieut Allen Innes for Six months I served under Captain Bazel Munson for three months and twenty days I served under Captain Sipe Goodyear and in all the above as a private Soldier in the Militia & in the Service of the United States during the revolutionary War and for such Service I claim a pension Subscribed & sworn before me this 14 day of 3 December 1838 James Mallory Amasa L Chaplin Justice of the Peace

State of New York Cattaraugus County ss.
I, John W. Stanton, clerk of the said Court, do certify that Dan Allen esq. before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cattaraugus. And also that Amasa L. Chaffe esq. before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Dan Allen and Amasa L. Chaffe and verily believe their names subscribed to the said Declaration, Affidavits &c. to be their proper hand writing and signatures.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 12th day of December A.D. 1833.
John W. Stanton, clerk
Amos Wadsworth

Nancy Mallory widow of James Mallory
Declaration under the act of 2 nd of Febry 1848
Drew a Pension under the act of 17 th June 1844 — of $30 — per Annum
Admitted
James G. Austin Phelps N.Y.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Ontario County, ss :
On this 23 d day of May A. D. 1848, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Nancy Mallory a resident of the town of Phelps in the county of Ontario State of New-York, 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 the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to the Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War :---That she is the Widow of James Mallory who was a Private in the Conn. Hg. & Served — in the War of the Revolution, & That for the particular Service Rendend by her said Husband in the Revolution — She respectfully refers to the Proofs on file at the War Office — upon which her former Pension was granted —
and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum under the Act of 17th June, 1844 : she further declares that she is still a Widow.
IN PRESENCE OF James G. Austin Betsey Ferris
Nancy Mallory
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me.
James G. Austin
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
I CERTIFY that the above Declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
James G. Austin
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
State of New York
Ontario County Clerk's Office } S I Alexander H. Howell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James G. Austin Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was at the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verify believe his signatures to the above certificates are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 24th day of May A.D. 1848.
Alex. H. Howell
Clerk of Ontario County.

Payments to be made at New York by President's Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 108 by Sam H. Page Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Mallory of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary War — Thirty — dollars and — cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 3 rd day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
Seaborn Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
11142 38 3 7 15 705

State of Vermont Rutland County ss
I Wm P Moyes a resident of the Town of Poultney in said county being duly sworn depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the church over which the Rev Nathaniel Hibbard formally presided in said Town in or about the year 1788, that I have the custody of the Records of said church, that upon a careful examination of the Records of said church in relation to Marriages I am not able to find recorded the Marriage of James Mallory and Nancy Buckland, And further deponent says that I cannot find any record that the Rev Nathaniel Hibbard left of such Marriage either in said church over which he presided or with any person in said Town
Wm P. Moyes. Church Clerk State of Vermont & Poultney August 11. 1846. Rutland County ss Then personally appeared William P. Moyes above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is agreeable to the truth Before me James Harris Justice of the Peace
STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland, do certify that James S. Harris Esquire was, at the date of the Certificate to which this is attached, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that I verify
believe his signature to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of court, at Rutland in said County, this twelfth day of August Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty sixth
F. W. Hopkins

9105. 1269. Mary Galt Hughes widow of James Mallory
Declaration for a Pension
Acts of 1843 & 1844.
Marrried 6/88
Husb. died 1841 14 th March
Alma
9 mo / m
$30.00
pm 4 March 1843
E. F. Brown
Agent.
Wash n D.C. {
27. Oct. 46. }

husband of the said Nancy. at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States & that his Pension Certificate is herunto annexed — Dependent further says that the said James Mallory & the said Nancy was Married by the Rev Mr. Hibbard a Clergyman Residing at Pultney Vermont aforesaid deponent was well acquainted with him — that said Clergyman has been dead a great many Years — That the said Nancy is now a widow and has Remained a Widow ever since the death of her late Husband the said James Mallory — Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21th day of October 1846 before me Robert W. Stoddard a Justice of the peace of the County of aforesaid & Shady Salmon D. Lorr
State of New York Ontario County ss: I Robert W. Stoddard a Justice of the peace of the town of Seneca in said County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Salmon Dorr who took and subscribed his name to the foregoing Affidavit: That he is a man of good moral character and that his statements therein contained are entitled to credit.
Dated at Seneca October 21 st 1846.
Robert W. Stoddard J.P.
State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office ss: I hereby certify that Henry C. Swift Esquire before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn to at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his
signatures to both the within Certificates are genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said County this 22 nd day of Oct 1846 W. H. V. V. V. Clerk of Ontario County.

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office ¶ I hereby certify that Robert W Stoddard Esquire before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time the same purports to have been subscribed and sworn a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures to both the within Certificates are genuine In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said County this 12th day of Oct 1846 H. H. N. H. N. H. Clerks Ontario County.

9105. 1269. Mary G. Mallory widow of James Mallory Declaration for a Pension
Acts of 1843 & 1844.
Marrried 6/88 husb. and died 1841 14 th March
Adm'd
9 mo / mo $30.00
pm 4 March 1843
E. F. Brown
Wash n D.C. } Agent. 27. Oct. 46. }

State of New York Ontario County ss. I Alexander H. Norcross Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the County Courts held in & for said County. do hereby certify that at a Circuit Court & Court of Oyer and terminer held in & for said County at the Court House on this 12 th day of October A D 1846. The foregoing declaration of Nancy Mallory widow of James Mallory deceased. And the foregoing papers accompanying said declaration for a Pension was read in open Court. and approved by the Judges thereof — & I do further certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced in Court to prove that James Mallory late a Soldier of the United States died on the 14 th day of March 1841. in the County of Cattaraugus State of New York. And that the claim- ant Nancy Mallory Remains his widow. and the Court is satisfied that she is unable to attend in open Court —
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand Affixed My seal of Office at Canandaigua in said County this 12 th day of October 1846 A H. N. NORCROSS CLERK.