Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,144, for Augustus Saunders, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Saunders, Augustus Sanders,
N. 22,144
Elizabeth
CONTENTS

9421. New York City Elizabeth Sanders, dec d widow of Augustus, who was a private in the Revolution
Hon S. Babcock Oct 1. 1853
Same " 29 "
Joseph Clark 1 st Nov r 1853.
Hon. H. Bennett 13 Ap l 1854.
Same May 20 1854
Jos Clark Jun 16/54
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 27 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Ending 7 th July 1845. Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Sep r 53 and sent to
Hon Leander Babcock Oswego N.Y.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 263

State of New York
Madison county Court at the November term 1850 It was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Augustus Saunders late of the town of Brookfield in said county died in Brookfield aforesaid on or about the twentieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirteen leaving a widow his relict by the name of Elizabeth Saunders That the said Elizabeth survived the widow of said Augustus Saunders during her life time That the said Elizabeth Saunders died on the seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving the following named children her surviving viz. Elizabeth Saunders Augustus Saunders & Lydia Saunders who are all the children of the said Augustus & Elizabeth Saunders now living and each of them are over twenty one years of age
Given under my hand & Seal of the Court this 12 th day of November 1850
James W. Ayl Judge of Mad Co
State of New York
Madison County Clerk's Office ss: I Lorenzo D. Dana Clerk of said County of Madison & of the County Supreme Courts therein hereby certify that James W. Ayl Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate of Proof & also to the jurat of the annexed affidavit was at the time the same bear date County Judge in & for said County duly elected & qualified & authorized to administer oaths to affidavits & also in open Court & that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & verify believe the signatures to such jurat & certificate are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Courts & County this 15 th day of November A.D. 1850
L. D. Dana Clerk.

State of New York Madison County
On this twelfth day of November one Thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before the County Court it being a Court of Record of said County of Madison Augustus Saunders a resident of Brookfield in the County of Madison and State of New York aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law saith on his oath that the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July seventh 1838. The third of March 1843. and seventeenth of June 1844 That he is the son of Augustus and Elizabeth Saunders That he was born in Westerly County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and resided there until the year one Thousand eight hundred he then moved with his father into the town of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where he has resided ever since That during his life time he has resided in the house with his father and mother until they died and was present when his father and mother both died and was at their funeral, That his father died in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York on or about the twentieth day of September one Thousand eight hundred and thirty That his mother remained a widow during her life and that she died on the seventh day of July one Thousand eight hundred and forty five at Brookfield aforesaid leaving the following named children, viz, Elizabeth Saunders Augustus Saunders and Lydia Saunders who are all the children her surviving; That he has always understood from his father and others that his father was born in Westerly State of Rhode Island and always resided there until the year 1800 when he moved to Brookfield as aforesaid and was the son of Stephen Saunders, who also resided in Westerly aforesaid
in Rhode Island in the year 1775 - This declaration

That he has always understood from his father and others That his father the above named Theophilus Goodwin was a soldier of the Revolution as a drafted Militia man at various times and likewise that he enlisted for the term of nine months or more in the Regular Service and served the full term of his enlistment has often heard his father speak of an officer by the name of Stanton also he was condemned for whom he took great dislike and has also heard his father tell of his acts while a drafted soldier but cannot recollect the names of his officers except Stanton as aforementioned. That he has no records of his father's marriage, That he had two sisters older than himself. That the oldest child died while young. That Jefferson was born on the twentieth day of July 1784 soon to and rebaptized on the day and year above written in age last before strayed  to  his  father's me
James W. Kyle Judge of Mad Co

I hereby certify that Augustus Saunders, son of Stephen Saunders, of Westerly, Esq., deceased, and Elizabeth Vars, daughter of Mr. Isaac Vars of said Westerly were lawfully joined together in Marriage on the 31 st day of December A.D. 1778 - By me the subscribed Joseph Crandall, Justice Peace Entered January 4 th 1779
From Clerk's Office Westerly, R.I. February 25 th A.D. 1831 I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Record in this Office Witness: J. Hobart Cross, Town Clerk
...years past leaving his widow her surviving who remained a widow during her life and died five or six years past leaving three children her surviving viz Elizabeth Mayhew and Lydia Saunders. That at her earliest recollection she has heard her father say that he was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the regular army for one year or more with Augusta Saunders under an enlistment for one year or more commencing in 1776 and was in the service when defunct was born to that in the winter following they were stationed near the Highlands in the State of New York & her after found her father Joseph Longworth, Augustus Saunders & Nathan Clark who was then Sumner George Potter Braddock Peckham and others who were in the service together with some of the events while together in New York and in Rhode Island in the year 1776 - This particular

State of New York Madison County
Linna Songworthy being duly sworn says she is seventy seven years of age and has resided in Mansfield County of Madison and State of New York and in the immediate neighborhood where she now resides fifty years past part. That she was born in Hopkinton County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and resided there until she was twenty five years of age and until she moved with her father into the neighborhood where she now resides. That Augustus Saunders was a near neighbor to her father during the time he lived in Rhode Island. The said Saunders resided in Westerly & her father in Hopkinton where form was bounded by the town line of Thur- berston. That the said Saunders moved into the town of Brookfield a neighbor to her father about the same time and remained there during his life and died more than thirty years past leaving his widow him surviving who remained a widow during her life and died five or six years past leaving three children her surviving viz Elizabeth, Augustus and Lydia Saunders. That at her earliest recollection she has heard her father say that he was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the regular army for one year or more with Augustus Saunders under an enlistment for one year or more commencing in 1876 and near in the service when discharge was given to that in the events following they were stationed near the highlands in the State of New York & her after learned her father Joseph Songworthy, Augustus Saunders & Nathan Clark who was there also, George Potter, Braddock Peckham and others who were in the service together with some of the events while together in New York and in Rhode Island in the year 1876 - This particular

Senia is strongly impressed on her mind from the fact that her father was in the Army when she was born and after she was born moved into New York. She has always understood from her father and others of her neighbors that said Stephen's residence was in the Army a long time after. The above named Senia but the particular she cannot say recollect except in the above named time while with her father.
George Langworthy
Seen and acknowledged this 27th day of January 1851
Before me Wait Clarke justice of the Peace. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Senia Langworthy who renders a good character for truth, veracity and respectability and a person of excellent intellectual faculties.
Wait Clarke justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County
Peleg Songworthy being duly sworn says he is seventy five years of age a resident of Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where he has resided for fifty years last past That he was born in Naskinton County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and resided there until he was twenty five years of age That he was well acquainted with Augustus Saunders of Westerly the adjoining Town of Naskinton who resided in the immediate neighborhood and who was a near relation of Respondents mother That he has often heard at his earliest recollection from said Augustus Saunders that he was an enlisted soldier early in the Revolution for a long time and was with the Army near the mouth of the river in the State of New York he has likewise heard his Uncle Joseph Songworthy who was in the Army with said Saunders tell of the events of the war while in the State of New York and in Rhode Island and is sure from information attained from both and others that were with them that he was in the Army for at least one year early in the Revolution and that said Saunders afterwards enlisted again and went into the service but how long he served could not tell but believes some years. That he has understood from them that Nathan Clough who was likewise a near neighbor was a drummer of his company in the first campaign and that Thomas Days was a commissary officer in the same company who he was likewise well acquainted with. That said Augustus Saunders moved into the town of Brookfield about the same time with Respondent and was his neighbor during his life & that he died
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Service is strongly impressed on her mind by the
more than thirty years past leaving a widow by the name of Elizabeth Saunders who remained his widow during her life and died in Brookfield five or six years past leaving three children her surviving who are all her children now living viz, Elizabeth Saunders Augustus Saunders and Lydia Saunders room and subscribed this Peleg Langworthy 27th day of February 1851 before me Wait Clarke Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the above named Peleg Langworthy sustains a good character for truth and veracity
Wait Clarke
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Madison County, Clerk's Office I, Lorenzo D. Dana, Clerk of said County of Madison hereby certify that Wait Clarke Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurats of the foregoing affidavits & also the foregoing certificates was at the time the same bear date a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & authorized to administer oaths to ad- ministrator affidavits; that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & verily believe the signa- tures to such jurats & certificates are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 28th day of January 1851
Lucius R. Clark Dept. Clerk Clerk absent

State of New York Madison County
Augustus Saunders being duly sworn Deposeth and Says That he is seventy years of age and has resided in Broomefield County of Madison and State of New York for fifty four years last past That he is the son of Augustus and Elizabeth Saunders late of Broomefield, deceased That a Pension Certificate was issued to the children of Elizabeth Saunders on the 17th day of June 1859 for $73.33 cents per annum from the 4th of March 1836 to 4th of March 1841 and from the 4th of March 1842 to the 7th of July 1845 the day of the death of said Elizabeth Saunders which pension he feels confident should have been granted from the 4th of March 1831 to the 7th of July 1845 under the act of 1836. That he has lived in the house with his father and mother from infancy until their death died That he always understood from his father and mother that his father was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and after they were married and were keepers, That after the death of his father his mother in recounting the hardships of the Revolution would relate one fact That while she was a house keeper her husband was in the army as a soldier and one night she heard some one at her door and it being about the time she expected her husband's return from the Army she got up & opened the door but that it was General Scott on an alarm her disappointment was so great that it was often referred to during her life as long as she retained her intellectual faculties nearly to the close of her life. He makes this additional declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act of 1836 being positive in his mind that

That his mother was entitled under that act of 1838 That he has no doubt his father was in the service as a drafted soldier to near the close of the Revolution but is unable to prove the particular times on his affairs yet for his service even for one day after his marriage his widow is entitled under the act of 1838 if no time is allowed except in Spotts and Stephens regiments in the continental line
Augustus Saunders
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th 24th day of December 1884 I further certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Augustus Saunders who is a credible witness & a man of great character & full credit should be given to his testimony and that I have no interest in the above application John J. G. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County
Augustus L Saunders being duly sworn says he is forty years of age was born in Brookfield county of Madison and state of New York where he still resides That he is the son of Augustus Saunders and the grand son of Augustus & Elizabeth Saunders late of Brookfield deceased That his grand mother, Elizabeth Saunders lived and died in his father's house in Brookfield That during her life time she would tell of the events of the war and would invariably relate one case of her disappointment after she was married and hoping that her husband was in the service as a soldier and about the time she expected him to return she heard some one at her door in the night - she got up and opened the door with a mere expectation of meeting her husband but it was Jemson, giving an alarm This case of her disappointment she often relates from her entire recollection of which fact he has not a particle of doubt
A. L. Saunders
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 21 st day of December 1854 I further certify I am well acquainted with the above named Augustus L Saunders who is a man of high standing for respectability and intelligence and that I have no interest in the above named application John T. G. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of New-York, } ss. Madison County Clerk's Office, }
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts of Record thereof, do hereby certify, That the annexed Instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the laws of the State of New-York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that John D. Bailey Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized to take the same. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement are genuine. I that I have no interest in the within claim.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 26 th day of December A. D. 1854
Lucius P. Clark CLERK.

State of New York
Oneida County
Hezekiah Saccenden being duly sworn. Says he is eighty six years of age. That during the Revolution war he resided in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and resided there until he was twenty six years of age and for the last fifty seven years he has resided in Bridgewater County of Oneida and State of New York. That he was well acquainted with Augustus Saccenden who was his cousin and lived near by him in Rhode Island until some years after the close of the Revolution when the both lived near together during the life time of said Augustus who settled in Brookfield the adjoining town to Bridgewater and both were members of the same Society of Baptists in Rhode Island and of the same Society in this State during the life time of said Augustus Saccenden. That said Augustus Saccenden died in Brookfield more than thirty years past leaving a widow by the name of Elizabeth Saccenden who died in Brookfield as near as he can recollect eight or nine years past leaving three children her surviving namely Augustus Saccenden Lydia & Elizabeth who he believes are still living. That he knows said Augustus Saccenden was a soldier of the Revolution in the Continental Army and that after his service in Colonel Joseph Hovey's Regiment he was in the service as a Station man and often the year 1780 until near the close of the war. That he was married before the close of his service here. Further that he was keeping house at his father's and that he often visited the house and his wife while he was in the army. That he was his neighbor a while and he often conversed with his wife when he was in the army he cannot tell the particular times he was in the service but knows he was in after 1780.

State of New-York.
and after he was married and a house bought at different times and later than 1780
Hezekiah Sarendon
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of December 1854 I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hezekiah Sarendon who is a credible witness and a man of good intellectual faculties and that I have no interest whatever in the above
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Ozra Brown Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed jurat and thereon written, was, on the 14 th day of Dec 1854 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily be- lieve that the signature to the said jurat is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 29 th day of Dec 1854
R. Hulbert CLERK.
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]
Hezekiah Sarendon

and after he was married and a Negro woman at different times and later than 1780
Hezekiah Sarendon
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14 th day of December 1854 I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hezekiah Sarendon who is a credible witness and a man of good intellectual faculties and that I have no interest whatever in the above matter
Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace
7 Second...

State of New York ( ) Oneida County
Herbick Sacendons being duly sworn says he is in his eighty fourth year of age that he was born in Westerly County of Washington and state of Rhode Island and resided there until he was twenty six years of age and for the last forty five years he has resided in Brodhead County of Oneida and state of New York, That he was well acquainted with Augustus Sacendons who was Richard's cousin to him and lived about one mile from him in Westerly aforesaid and remained there until about forty five years last past he then moved into Brookfield the adjoining town to depont where he remained during his life that he died in Brookfield about thirty years past leaving a widow by the name of Elizabeth  Sacendons who remained his widow during her life and died in Brookfield six or seven years past leaving a number of children her surviving  the oldest child still resides in Brookfield That he well recollects that said Augustus Sacendons went into the service of the United States as a soldier early in the Revolution and was gone a long time one particular circumstance after he returned he distinctly recollects after his long service in the Army his father employed him to make cart wheels a trade he worked at he has no distinct recollection of the affairs he served under but from his own recollections & what he has always understood he served in Sipe's Regiment and Tappan's regiments and feels confident he served a long time some years that he was well acquainted with the Sacendons in Washington County who settle in Westerly & Hopkinton and is confident there was no other Augustus Sacendons in

Washington County except the one above stated and his son Christopher who now resides in Brookfield aforesaid.
Hezekiah Sanders
Sworn and subscribed this 24 th day of June 1852 and I further certify that the above named Hezekiah Sanders exhibits a good character for truth and veracity and integrity before me Joshua B. Randall Justice of the Peace
State of New York, CLERK'S OFFICE, ONEIDA COUNTY, } ss.
I, RICHARD HULBERT, Clerk of the said County, Do CERTIFY, That Joshua B. Randall Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace for said County, dwelling in said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the Certificate of said proof or acknowledgment, is genuine. And further, that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, this 24 th day of January 1853
Richard Hulbert Clerk.

Pen
Elizabeth Sanders
Additional Prof
H. W. Smith

Copies
Pomadour Nov 19th 1852
Dear Sir
In reply to yours of the 12th inst. I have to say that the commission of pension is entirely mistaken as to the chronicle of Col. Sifrett's Regiment it was not a Regiment of Militia but of State Troops it was raised for one year and was in service that time (to wit) from January 16th 1776 to 16th Jan 1777 and was made a Continental Regiment in May 1776 and marched to New York in August was in the battle of White Plains and afterwards in the battle of Princeton and Trenton in New Jersey at the close of the year. I have an original Roll of the Regiment obtained from the family of Col. Sifrett - There is no roll in the archives of this State & this roll has always in every instance been considered as sufficient evidence of service not only for September 1776 but for the whole year. It was partly concluded that if a soldier's name was found on the roll which was a pay abstract in September that he had served from the beginning to the end of the calendar of the year for the reason that all those who had belonged to it and had deserted were marked as deserters and because this was the first pay abstract after the troops had left the state and marched to the west - The commission of Pensions ought to have known that the Militia was never marched out of this state during the whole war. I have the orderly book of the Regiment in my hands and can show from that the chronicle of this Regiment. The archives of the state will also show it - There can be no doubt but Joseph Songdonkey served from the beginning of his enlistment Jan 16th to December at least of that year.
Yours Respectfully Benjamin Lowell
Joseph Clarke Esq
I send this copy as being exactly like the one in previous case which I have not before me. They both entitled together as served alike & both entitled alike & and on the 13th day of June last a certificate for $40 per annum was issued for the children of Songdonkey when they claimed for no other service as of 1836 -

(State of New York) Madison County ss. Augustus L. Saunders being duly affirmed deposits that he is thirty three years of age that he resides in in Brookfield Livingston Co. N.Y. aforesaid where he was born That he is the son of Augustus Saunders and Grand Son of Augustus and Elizabeth Saunders of Brookfield deceased, That his Grand mother lived with deponents mother during her life and often told him of her troubles during the Revolutionary War and often told of her disappointment after she was married and keeping house at one time when her husband was in the Army and about the time she expected him home she heard persons about her house in the night and supposing that her husband had come she got up and opened the door and found that it was men and trying to raise for a alarm that the British were off the coast and were expected to land. That he has often heard her tell that her husband was drafted into the Militia service after his service in the Continental line in Safford's & Stephens Regiment at two or three different times but could not say whether it was under a draft or his service in the Continental line that she was disappointed in his return as aforesaid Augustus L. Saunders.
sworn to before me this 23 rd day of November 1853 And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Augustus L. Saunders and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity and that I have no interest or agency in the above named application Reuben Palmer Justice of the peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Clerk's Office, Madison County, }
I, LEVIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Reuben Palmer whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State. that I have no
interest in the within claim. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 26 th day of November 1853.
Levius P. Clark, Clerk.

State of New York Onondaga County ss
Hezekiah Saunders being duly sworn says he is eighty five years of age. resides in Bridgeville County of Onondaga and State of New York; That he was born in Westerly, County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and resided there until he was twenty six years of age; That Augustus Saunders then of Westerly but who died more than thirty years past in Brookfield State of New York. The adjoining Town to Bridgeville; - That said Augustus Saunders aforesaid lived within one mile of him in Westerly aforesaid and until he moved into Brookfield aforesaid. - That said Saunders was his second cousin and married Elizabeth Dorr during the Revolutionary war. - That he cannot state the particular time that said Augustus Saunders was in the drafted Militia after the close of his service in Colonel Dopham's Regiment in the regular army as afore- said - Said Saunders was in the service as a Militia man or a enlisted soldier near the close of the Revolution. He declares emphatically that he was a married man and kept his house open to his return from service when he made a set of cart wheels for his father referred to in his former affidavit which was near the close of the Revolution. That he cannot recollect distinctly how many times he was drafted after his service in the regular army, but knows he served after his marriage and firmly believes he was drafted and called into the service up to near the close of the Revolution. Hezekiah Saunders

Sworn to and subscribed Before Me this 22 nd day of November 1853
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hezekiah Saunders who is a respectable witness and who retains his mental and intellectual faculties to a remarkable degree - and that I have no interest or concern in the foregoing application
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE,
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Ezra Brown Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed certificate & jurat and thereon written, was, on the Twenty Second day of November 1853 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat & certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this Twenty fifth day of November 1853 J. O. Hulbert CLERK.

Sworn to and subscribed Before Me this 22 nd day of November 1853
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hezekiah Saunders who is a reputable witness and who retains his mental and intellectual faculties to a remarkable degree - and that I have no interest or concern in the foregoing application
Ezra Brown Justice of The Peace

Hon. H. C. Goodwin Jny 20 1855 Hon. H. Bennett 22 d Feb. 1855.
94-21 New York Albany.
Elizabeth Sanders dec d .
widow of Augustus Sanders who was a private in the Revolution
Increased from $26.27.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 d Dollars 33 c Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
End July 7 th 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June, 1854 and sent to
Joseph Clark. Brookfield Madison Co y New York.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a Vol. 2. Page 263.

New York Albany Elizabeth Sanders, dec. widow of Augustus. who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 52 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 73. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Increased from $26.37.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of June, 1854, and sent to
Joseph Clark Acrears to the 4th of Brookfield Semi-annual allowances ending Madison Co N. York
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by G. J. Kelly Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 547

11.543
New York a Elizabeth Sanders dec d widow of Angustus who died on the _____ of _____ in the State of N.Y. , who was a priv in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Rev. W. time for 7 Mo 22 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 27 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept 1853 and sent to M c Lean Babcock
Arrears to the 4th of Osprey Semi-annual allowance ending N.Y.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by W.E. Robinson Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 7 Page 545

Brookfield March 4 th 1851
Hon James P Heath Sir
I inclose the application of the children of Margaret Sunday for a Revolutionary Pension suppose to be due there mother at the time of her death. It appears from information from one of the grand children that after the passage of the Act of 1836 that something was said about applying for a pension & on enquiry it was refused there was no record to show that he was married before his pension claimed & that they did not know that there had been any law to give a pension where the service was rendered previous to marriage during her life time. But lately they have been informed of the existing pension acts & that there was record evidence in Rhode Island of their father's service & have applied to me to arrest them I made out the papers & enclosed proof some time ago & sent to R Island for evidence of Marriage and I have however written twice to the Secretary of R Island for proof of service in my last letter several months past I inclosed one Dollar & stated if that was not his fee I would forward the amount as soon as I knew it I waited a long time & heard nothing from it & wrote again more than six weeks past & have heard nothing from it yet & having now a certificate of Marriage & believing there is record of service in the St or Department I thought it my duty to forward the papers as they are & hope they will be satisfactory & if his service was rendered

After morrow that they will be allowed under the act of 1836 although they apply under the act of 1888. I have no doubt he was in the service as an enlisted soldier two or three years but the records must gone as there cannot be other positive evidence, well you please have the goodness to examine this case & if satisfactory send me a certified.
Sent Joseph Clarke Brookfield Madison County New York Very Respectfully your Obedt Servt
Joseph Clarke
Elizabeth Saunders, ad
NY
Feb 7 Aug 1888-

Payment to be made at Albany by Thos. W. O'Leary Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Albany
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book D Vol- ume 1 Page 545, by N. E. Robinson Clerk. 11

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, Elizabeth Sanders, deceased, widow of Angusus Sanders, who was a private in the Revolution, was entitled to receive at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and twenty seven cents per annum, from 4 th March 1836, to 4 th March 1841, and also to the same amount per annum, under Act, 3 rd March 1843, or 7 th June 1844, from 4 th March 1843, to 7 th July 1845, when she died, and that the amount is now due, and payable to Elizabeth Sanders, Angusus Sanders, and Lydia Sanders (or Saunders) only, surviving children of the said Elizabeth Sanders deceased, —
Given at the Department of the Interior, this twelfth day of September one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three,
Robert L. Ward
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. S
S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Claim for Military Service
{ 11,543 } { 9,421 }
Secretary of the Interior
Respectfully and obediently
Commissioner of Pensions

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22144
Elizabeth Sanders wid of Augustus Sanders Br R Co war
Act March 3 rd 1843 June 17 th 1844
Index: Vol. 46 , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in case Eliz th Saunders etc.
Augustus Saunders. (12 th Nov r 1850. Open Court) declares his father died on or about 20 th Sep 1813 . Eliz th his widow died 7 th July 1845 - leaving 3 children - father was soldier of Revolution - enlisted in regular Service for 9 mos. or more & served - think he served under Stanton as his Officer - does not remember other officers. - had 2 Sisters older than himself - bpt. born 4 th July 1784 Certificates of Marriage of Augustus, & Eliz th 31 st Dec r 1778.
Unice Longworthy. says she heard Augustus was in revolutionary war. for 1 yr or more. commencing 1776. - all hearsay.
Peter Longworthy. says as above Augustus Saunders. 1851 says as in 1850. -
Ethan Clarke. says. (cross d evidence), he heard his brother say (who was a Drummer in Lippitts Regt) all hearsay.
Hezekiah Saunders. says he well knid Augustus went into Service of U.S. & was there a long time

R.I. Rolls in this office show the name of Augustus Sanders on Roll of Capt Arnold in Col Sippett's Regt for Sept 1776 - pay £2.
Rolls sworn to by Benj Powell, and certified by Secy of State of R. I. show the same
Also - the name of Augustus Sanders - in Col Topham's Regt - pay £ £13. 9. 4 -
1 mo + 6 mo 22 das = 7. 22 - Pension $26.27
Augustus S. Sanders - Grandson of Augustus - Has made himself well acquainted with the genealogy of the Sanders' of R. I. and never could hear of but 2 of the same name (i.e.) Augustus, - his father & grandfather.
Hezekiah Sanders - swears to the same -
Death of widow (July 7. 1845 - Identity - and number of names of only surviving children proved by parol and certified
Date & fact of marriage by parol - and by Town Record - (not attested under seal)
See

Elizabeth Sanderson
August 1843
Co. N.Y. - Oct 1843
Co. N.Y.
for J. Bennett 1843
Am S.P. Waldo Com. of Pres.
Washington

Barnesfield Sept 24th 1843
Dear Sir
I return to you the pension Certificate issued to the Children of the late James Saccenden for his Revolutionary Service. It is evident a mistake was inadvertently made by the Clerk who wrote it. It was a tenure intended for seventy six dollars, and twenty seven cents, which was the lowest note it could be. The certificate of Judge Lowell who has the records shows conclusively that Saccenden enlisted in Jan 1776 for one year in light Artillery Company in Col Sipter's Regiment & served one year that he afterwards enlisted in Colonel Sipter's Regiment for another year & in a letter which is now in the Department he states that he served one full year in Sipter's Regiment & served not less than 10 1/2 months, which in full pay takes the shortest possible time it would amount to $26.27 cents, you will see by the filling of the Certificate. Seventy was intended. The Capital S is a beautiful one but the following remark is another one further along so much that there is a mark on the top of the S which leaves it in doubt what was intended I was so doubtful as to call it that I have written to Mr Jenkins the Agent in Albany & have just received his letter stating that it is retained $26.27. I therefore hope you will have the goodness to return it to the Department that they will make it Seventy. I know the mistake is made it was undoubtedly done inadvertently in the press of business in that office. There was no service that would amount to that sum in either year

Joseph Songwonty children was allowed to take $40 per annum who served with Sacandus in Sifets Regiment which was the only service claimed with equally as strong proof in Sacandus case I am likewise disappointed in there not being allowed under the act of 1836. It was pretty strongly proved that he was in the service after he was maimed but it might hardly have been on a draft of which nothing could be proved. I shall therefore be satisfied with the above connection make what they call twenty paid as it should and was undoubtedly intended & I have done with it but cannot allow it for twenty five. I believe this is the only case in which there ever has been a mistake in filling out although some years past Judge Eldredge informs me he made a certificate for a widow of about $700 each pay and afterwards they sent him another or the same amount. Such mistakes as this is not strange. The letter following the B is so near a copy that it was so called inadvertently with out doubt
Respectfully yours
For Lord Brubaker Brewer N.Y.
Joseph Clark

Brookfield Nov: 6 th 1858
Dear Sir
I have just received your letter to Hon. S. B. Choate of Orange relating to the claim of the children of Stephen Suckers for Revolutionary Service dated Oct. 29 th 1843; and regret to learn that you have not viewed that case in the light I have, when I received the Pension Certificate which is now in your office for $26.27 per annum I had not a doubt there was a mistake in filling it up that the amount intended was $76. in fact some that I showed it to, so read it! I was unable to make any time that would allow that sum but your note in reply to Mr. Choate shows the allowance of one month in Sifters Regiment & six months or day in Sifters. You will see by Mr. Coombs Certificate and letter that that Regiment was raised in January 1776 for one year; that in May following Congress adopted them in the Continental line & that all who were not mustered as deserters were entitled & allowed the full term of one year & there was no month of retention to Suckers. That there was no payrolls for that Regiment except for September & as Suckers was paid the full pay for a private, he must have served to the end of September consequently he must have served from Jan 1776 to the end of September almost 9 months & from all the facts I had no doubt he served the full term of one year they went from New Port R. Island in Sept & was in the battle of White Plains afterwards into New Jersey it appears from your letter that there was a list of names of those that volunteered to enlist into Sifters & Suckers name was not there then

may be satisfactory evidence that he did not serve after the Troops crossed the Hudson River This was late in the fall probably into Nov. making 10 months in that service The next service claimed was in Saphorne, Regiment for one year There appears to be no pay rolls of that Regiment but the expenditure on the continental money showed that the pay to Saccandus in that service was £13. 9. 4. in your estimate you allow the depreciation to pay 6 months & 22 days That is not the pay but barely the pay & I find that those privates who served the full term of one year were only allowed about $15 my father was one Samuel Clark was allowed $15 and drew a pension for that service under the act of 1818 which required a service of not less than 9 months at one time in the continental line; he claimed for no other service -from the fact of its being less than £15 Mr Lowell certified that Saccandus could not have served less than 10½ months making as these troops have always been allowed one year 10½ months but it cannot under any circumstances from any facts be less than 9 or 10 months in Sippew Regiment and 10½ months in Saphorne, - If that amount is allowed I presume it would be the end of this application There seems to be doubt whether this case comes under the act of 1836 or 38 which is very material I have not a particle of doubt they are entitled under the act of 1836 you have the morning. Second & con. satisfy yourself whether that service in Saphorne, Regiment claimed before the marriage but the last testified to by A. Saccandus the son & A. S. Saccandus the grand son. That the old lady during her life watch till her troubles in the Revolution and her disappointment

one night after she was married & keeping house she heard some one at her door & as it was about the time she expected her husband home, from the army she got up & opened the door & found her nursing son, or an alarm. This might have been Milton Searle he was then in but if credit is given to that it makes no difference one day's service after the marriage would bring her under the act of 1836. If you knew the witness you would not doubt a moment but, I know you won't judge from objections & one reason The necessity of judging in those times with a suspicious impression. - There is persons engaged in pension business that are every deception & even resort to forgery to carry their points which makes it difficult at all times for honest applicants to receive their just dues. I have never received a pension case & never undertook one unless I was satisfied of the justice of the claim: being a judge of the locality current after the passage of the act of 1832 was brought into the business by a number of the old Revolutionary Widows with whom I was acquainted and out of sympathy I presented more than 40 cases & obtained all but one save my fees including all charges amounting to from 5 to 10 dollars each in the widows cases, I have obtained some fees for nothing except the expense & never made any thing out of it: but have lost & have no desire to present a new case but I feel anxious in this case that something like justice should be done & have not a doubt if you knew the applicants as well as I do you would find it easy to allow the full term claimed & under the act of 1836: But it is in your hands & I have no doubts

you will do what you think right. Please direct Joseph Clontz Donahuefield Madison Co KY Very Respectfully your Cousin Joseph Clontz
Hon. S. P. Hildreth
P.S. Joseph Longworth entered in Sippett's Regiment together for one year in Jan 1776 with Augustus Suckendeus There is about the same proof in both cases at first it was concluded he served one month afterwards 4 1/2 months but finally the Department became satisfied he served twelve months & about two months, just a certificate of Pension was sent his children for $40 per annum under the act of 1836. When they claimed nothing except in Sippett's Regiment for one year both entered together & the records were the same as far as I have been able to learn. There was no pay roll for either except for Sept. 1836 I refer to this case as they are identical J. C.

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Elizabeth Sanders, wd wid of Augustus Madison — County and State of New York
act July 7, 1838, March 3 1843, June 17/44.
CLAIM, ("original," or "for increase.")
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Recd and paid proof of one year service in Lippitt's Regiment and of ten months in Folsom's Regiment & Island troops. Recd evidence of marriage Dec 31, 1778. Consulted the Commissioners
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Joseph Clark, Brookfield New York
Examining Clerk.
Asahel Phelps

State of New York Oneida County } ss
Messrs. Saunders being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is eighty five years of age is a resident of Bridgewater County of Oneida and State of New York That he was born in Boston in the State of Rhode Island and lived there until he was twenty five years of age, That Asaphus Saunders then of Boston but afterwards a resident of Brookfield was his cousin and resided while living in Boston within one mile of him That he was often at his house & intimately acquainted with him and his wife in Rhode Island and in Brookfield State of New York The adjoining town to Brookfield where the said Asaphus Saunders died more than thirty years past That said Asaphus Saunders married Elizabeth Boon during the Revolutionary War and lived with her and was a housekeeper within one mile of him that he was often at the house of said Asaphus Saunders while he was in the Army saw and conversed with his wife often in his absence in the Army, That on his return from one of the campaigns in the service of the United States as a soldier he made a set of oral wishes of which he referred in a former affidavit That he was a married man and a housekeeper before he went into the Army at the time referred to above, That he is positive that he was a soldier near the close of the Revolution and after the year 1780 and at different times after his service in Colonel Goshorn's Regiment and later than the year 1780 That he is unable to state the particular periods of his service but knows he was in the Army at different times after his marriage and up to near the close of the Revolution That he is strongly impressed with the opinion from circumstances that he was married before the close of his service in Goshorn's Regiment, That his widow survived him and died in Brookfield leaving three children her surviving as stated in his former affidavit That he has lately

knows The said Elias Saunders was in the service of the United States some years after his marriage and while he was a poor man Hezekiah Saunders
sworn to and subscribed before me this 30 th day of May 1854 1854 I further certify That I have been well acquainted with the above named Hezekiah Saunders for many years who is my near neighbor and is a man of good character and full credit should be given to his testimony and a man of good intellectual and mental faculties remarkable for a person of his age, and that he has no interest at all ever in the above claim
Ezra Brown Justice of the peace
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed Jurat & Certificate and thereon written, was, on the 30 th day of May 1854 a Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Jurat &c is genuine.
I have no interest in this claim IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 2 nd day of June 1854
Ezra Brown
R. Hulbert
CLERK.

deducting from payments at $26.07 if any have been made
Albany (new york) Agency
Elizabeth Sanders, decd who was the widow of Augustus, who was a private in Lippitt's of Topham's Regiment R.I.
1837
See Acts July 7, 1838, March 3 rd 1843 & June 17.
1844
22 months private $73.33 per Annu
to March 4. 1836,
And July 7. 1845, when she died payable to Elizabeth Sanders, Augustus Sanders, & Lydia Sanders, as surviving children. etc
Joseph Clark, Brookfield, Medina Co New York.

Brookfield June 6th 1843
Dear Sir
I have taken the liberty to inclose to you a letter containing the facts in a pension claim which has been refused upon at the department with a wrong impression & believing it has been done by the clerks without the knowledge of Mr. Waldo I send it with a request that you would send it on now to him in person I do not wish you to interfere in my behalf but merely to have Mr. Waldo examine it himself for I am sure he will never come to so unreasonable conclusion
Tomorrow is our election & this day is a busy one here The Butlers are doing what they can & one plain conveyance to acknowledge their only hope is to defeat the democratic party. I have thought they would not get a vote in this town but I now think probable they will get one in this election district we have four in town I found in one district there is about half a dozen that say they will not vote with John Van Buren that is the substance of their arguments I have just had a pretty warm discussion with two of them & I hope it will have some effect all in this county support our State & county ticket which & I feel pretty sure we shall succeed every time somewhat here approval of the removal of Judge Brown or least the whigs sympathy with him remarkably - I thank you for the document & letter In haste
Sincerely yours with respect
Garrison Morris

No 14.343
Eliz th Saunders dec d widow of Augustus
N. Y.
Act of 7 th July 1838.
Letter to Joseph Clark June 5 th 1857. Same 10 June 1857.
Hon Alexander Babcock 1 st June 185

Oswego Sept 27. 1853
Dear Sir
Return the Certificate issued to the heirs of Elizabeth Sanders deceased on 12 th inst with a letter from Hon Joseph Clark agent for the applicants urging the correction of what he calls an error in the Cert. in putting twenty in the place of Seventy as he insists it should be I refer you to Judge Clarks letter, merely adding that he is one of our most respectable reliable men
I am with Great Respect & Alexander Babcock
Hon L. P. Waldo -

Oswego June 25. 1853
Dear Sir
I send you additional proofs furnished by my honour old friend Hon Joseph Clark of Brookfield N.Y. in the case of the Writ of Elizabeth Saunders dec d for a pension for Revolutionary Services of Augustus Saunders dec d . I can only certify that J Clark is utterly incapable of concocting or even thinking of any thing in the way of a fraud upon the Government.
I hope he will succeed in this Case
Yours truly Leander Babcock
J Core Esq

Pension Office June 10, 1852
Sir
The amended declaration of Augustus Saunders, in the case of Elizabeth Saunders decd, is but a repetition of the original one, and does not remove the objection to the admission of the claim. The requirements in my letter of the 6. June 1851, have not been complied with.
I am very Resp y .
Yours &c.
F F C Tipton for Comm r of Pensions
Joseph Clark Esq. Brookfield Mr.

Washington June 7 1884
Hon. Mr. Wheeler,
Camp of Storage,
Sir,
I enclose and you papers which I have recd. this morning from Judge Joseph Clark. Will promptly copy them and return information you shall afford to me -
Very respectfully
yours
David L. Smith
14. 12.

Brookfield Oct 17th 1855
Dear Sir
Mr Suckens has been here since I received your letter including the one from Mr Waldo of the 1st instant to you he seemed to be astonished at the conclusion as well as myself. But after the re-examination of papers to my view that case himself. no man can come to a conclusion on examining all the facts for a less term of service than one year and ten and a half months. The testimony establishes one year from Jan 1776 to 1777 in Siftons Regiment of Connecticut Suckens the same as Joseph Longworth who enlisted with S & S where children have just been allowed for one year by Mr Waldo. That you was all that the King claimed's need $40 per annum in the conclusion of one month service by the pay rolls is astonishing to me & the Clerk must have been locked the facts in this were that Regiment was enlisted for one year in Jan 1776 & in May following Congress made that Regiment continental & there is no pay roll to be found for any one of the Regiment except for replacement during the year when at the same time they were Monmouth out of Rhode Island & there is no record to be found

of Regimental orders to cross the ferry or there way to White Plains in the battle at that place & that they went to Snentoo, & was in the battle there & continued to the end of the year & the soldiers who were with Longworth's new regiments under the act of 1818 which required 9 months service in the continental line. Still there is no pay roll for any except for registration for the then that Judge Powell was certified who has the original records that it has always been allowed that every one not mustered as a desert was allowed the 12 months, & that Suckers was not marked as a deserter - with other conclusive proof that he did serve out his year - The next service in the continental line was in Col. Gipharn's Regiment for one year. There is no pay rolls of this Regiment, but there was a settlement made by commissioners appointed by the Legislature in 1789 to allow the soldiers the loss they sustained by being paid in continental money, & there was a loss or depreciation in Suckers pay to the sum of 13 £ some shillings & pence nearly forty pounds. two £ 8 9 currency which was five dollars and two thirds was the monthly pay of a private. This thirteen pounds was not the pay that Suckers received but barely the interest on the whole amount probably the year's pay which

over 24 I now gree well see that Mr Gould computed the time by the time lost on the account only when in fact there privates belonging to the same Regiment who served the full year was allowed the highest about fifteen L my father was a private in the same Regiment & served the full year & he was allowed about fifteen L depreciation for this service he received a pension of $5 per month under the act of 1818 which act to entitle a man to a pension he must serve in one term in the continental line not less than one year: My Judge Lowell certified that Sanders served not less than ten months & a half in Faxon's Regiment and one year in Litchfield's. This he of course calculated from the amount of the depreciation as the 15 pounds embraced the full year. Therefore he must have served one year and ten months and a half in these two Regiments. But there is another fact in this claim that should bring it under the act of 1818. The testimony of the son Asaphus Sanders & the Grand son A L Sanders that the widow after marriage like told of an arrangement after she was married and before her husband was in the Army & it was about the time she expected him to return she found some one at her door & got up & opened the door and found a person giving alarm as a British ship was on the coast This might be Military service by draft

of which no proof can be made at this time but it shows service & the law is that all widows who were married before their husbands service closed was entitled under that act; Mr. Galde will disprove of that point as he thinks is right but nothing can raise a doubt in my mind that she is entitled under that law which would give them nearly twice the amount as under the other - & I hope he will be satisfied that she was entitled under the act of 1836 if he knew the witnesses as well as I have on me he would not raise a doubt. - I therefore leave the case as it is & if they must submit to come under the act it must be so. but the one year & ten and a half months on a new will be allowed every way
Very Respectfully Yours &c.
Joseph Clonk
Hon. Leonard Babcock

Brookfield NY Sept 4th 1851
Hon James E Heath
Sir Sir
I inclose the additional evidence in the application of the children of Elizabeth Saunders who was the widow of Lieutenant Saunders as near as possible as required in your letter of the 6th of June last if the records exist. The declaration of which I have the strongest assurance all must be correct as you will see by the paper said or file in your office you will please forward to me a certificate for the children agreeable to the enclosed power of attorney
Please direct Joseph Clark Brookfield NY Very respectfully Yours &c. Joseph Clark

Brookfield June 5th 1854 Honorable Gerrit Smith
Dear Sir
I inclose the additional evidence in the pension application of the children of Augustus Saunders the father of Dr A L Saunders of this place is the oldest son with whom I believe you are one personally acquainted & have a correspondence The application has been treated the most unmercifully I can know a case, Mr Lowell of Providence who has the original records has certified under oath that from the records it appears Augustus Saunders enlisted in January 1776 in Sibley's Regiment for one year & served the full term as appears by the records & history of that corps he then enlisted for another year in Sphynx Regiment There is no pay rolls of either Regiment except one month in Sibley's Regiment for Sept 1776 yet the history shows they served the full year & suffered much & have always been allowed the full year, in Sphynx Regiment there is no pay rolls but from a settlement with that Regiment in 1784 for the depreciation of the continental money Saunders was $18.9.4. & 2 New England money paid one month since of a private last full a pension certificate was sent the children for $26.27 per annum under the act of 1838 which in fact they were entitled to a pension as the certificate of Lowell showed for one year in Sphynx Sibley's Regiment and not less than ten and a half months in Sphynx Regiment

I returned the certificate and at first had no doubt ever from the writing that it was originally intended to be 1876 27 in lieu of 26, 27 but was informed they allowed but one month in Siflett's Regiment & 6 months 22 days in Saphorne's regiment simply what time the last of the continental money would pay not the amount of days but simply his last on the pay & one month bonus in Siflett's Regiment after there was no pay rolls for any of that Regiment except Siflett but they have always been allowed the full year unless they were mounted or dismounted & Saunders was not as Lowell cont'd he further declared he must have served one year in Siflett's Siflett's Regiment and not less than 10 1/2 months in Saphorne's. I have had much trouble in this case & being positive that Mr Gould never examined this case I sent a history of the case to Genl Murray to deliver in person to Mr Gould & have him examine it himself & allow it under the act of 1836 I received a letter from him acknowledging the receipt of my letter by Genl Murray & agreeing to allow it under the act of 1836 if it could be shown that he served after he was mustered the enclosed proof is positive on that subject I sent the proof to Mr Bennett in see last which was her mother I have now sent it & hope you will have the goodness if possible to hand it to Mr Gould in person & request him to examine the case & if he will do it I am sure he will positively allow not less than one year 10 1/2 months under the act of 1836 which it must be I regret the necessity of troubling

you with this but from a knowledge of the facts and the persons interested I am unwilling to spare any reasonable exertions to have something like justice done in fact in June last Mr Golds gave a certificate of Pension for $40 per annum to the children of Joseph Longworth, after the most rigid examination with the same Joseph both having entered & served together as one neighbor in B S in this town when all his service claimed was one year in Lippett's regiment in 1776 I returned the certificate in December next to the Pension office to be corrected & hope you will have it corrected & send to me as soon as convenient I thank you for public services Respectfully yours Joseph Colburn

The witnesses testify to names of cols and to one captain and one other officer - in all which they are sustained by the rolls - and their testimony as to names is from information given them by persons whom they name and who were understood to have served with Sanders.
Hezekiah Sanders - 84 yrs old - testifies from his own personal knowledge that Augustus went away into service and was away a long time. The history of the service given by the witnesses, altho from hearsay, is in accordance with the history of the service of this Brigade as shown by the rolls.

Wash. Nov 9 th 53.
To the Com. of Pension,
The enclosed were sent to me by a very worthy gentleman, Mr. Black formerly a scrivener in N.Y. He omitted to sign his letter to me. I could not refuse to comply with the request of an old friend - tho I do not deem it to be a very reasonable one,
Yours truly W. L. Marcy.

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
I Benjamin Cowell of the City and County of Providence do certify & say, that I have in my possession an original Roll of Col Christopher Lippitts Regiment of Rhode Island Troops in the war of the Revolution which was raised to serve one year from January 16, AD 1776, which Roll I obtained from the family of said Lippitt soon after the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 was passed granting pensions to those officers & soldiers who had done service in said war, and I further certify that on the Roll or Pay Abstract of said Regiment for the month of September AD 1776 in Capt Thomas Arnolds Company is borne the name of Augustus Sanders as a private And I further certify that I have a Roll or List of all those officers & soldiers belonging to a Rhode Island Brigade of State Troops who were entitled to depreciation of pay pursuant to the Report of a Committee of the Legislature of said State made in October 1785, said Brigade was first raised to serve fifteen months from December AD 1776 ending March 1778

and then raised a second time for Twelve Months, ending March 16 1779 & again for a third time for Twelve Months ending March 16 1780 It consisted of three Regiments and on the Roll of Col. John Tephans Regiment in said Brigade is borne the name of "Augustus Saunders" as a private and the sum of £13.9.4 all owed him for dispartion of pay It does not appear under which enlistment the said Saunders served but judging from the amount of dispartion it is my opinion it was for about ten months under the first enlistment commencing in May 1777 to March 1778 for thirteen months — when said Regiment was ordered to be filled up —
Attest.
Thomas C Greene
Bruce Lowell
State of Rhode Island Providence Sc
I have my doubts 2 May 1780.
In the city of Providence this Seventh day of January A.D. 1853. Personally appeared Benjamin Cline and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed I also certify that the statements of the said Cline are entitled to full credence
Before me
Thomas C. Greene Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island &c. Secretary's Office - Providence January 7 th A.D. 1853 -
I certify that there are no Rolls of the Regiments of Colonel Christopher Lippitt or Col. Topham on file in this Office, but Benjamin Lowell of this City has exhibited to me this day an original Roll of Col. Lippitt's Regiment bearing date Sept. 1776 on which is borne the name of Augustus Sanders in Capt. Thomas Arnold's Company as a private.
He has also exhibited to me a List of those Officers and Soldiers belonging to said Topham's Regiment to whom depreciation of pay had been awarded, and in said Roll is borne the name of Augustus Sanders as a private, and the sum of £13 9s. 4d. allowed him. I also certify that the times of raising said Regiments are correctly stated in said Lowell's affidavit hereto annexed. I also certify that Thomas C. Greene, before whom said affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace duly elected, commissioned & sworn, & authorized to take depositions &c. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said State, the day and year abovenwritten.
H. Potter Secy. of State

State of New York Madison County
Then Clarke being duly sworn says he is in his 84 th year of his age was born in Westerly County of Washington and State of Rhode Island and lived there until he was nineteen years of age he then moved to Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where he still resides That he well recollects his brother Nathan Clarke went into the service of the United States as a Freeman early in the Revolution and was gone a long time and on his return has often recd him tell of the hardships and sufferings while in the State of New York and New Jersey That he has always understood by him and his other associates that he served in Lippitt's Regiment and in Topham's Regiment That after his first service he was in the service of the United States with two of his other brothers in Topham's Regiment viz: Samuel Clarke and Simon Clarke with others of his neighbors with whom he was acquainted That he has always understood by his brothers & others that Stephen Saunders was in the service with his brother Nathan and his other brothers That said Stephen Saunders resided in Westerly during the Revolution and many years after and was a member of the same religious Society with him That said Stephen Saunders moved from Rhode Island into Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York more than forty years past and during his life was a member of the same religious Society with him in Brookfield during his life time That said Saunders died more than twenty years past leaving a widow by the name of Elizabeth who died several years past leaving one son and two daughters her surviving son still resides in Brookfield upon which that he was well acquainted in Westerly and with Stephen

Sucendens spouse named but never knew on behalf of any other Steyerthal. Sucendens except him & his son Steyerthal who still resides in Brookfield upon said Ethan Clarke
Sworn and subscribed before me this 14 th day of January 1853. and I further certify that the above named Ethan Clarke sustains a good character for truth veracity and respectability.
Deitham S. Brown Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County,
ss.
I, LUCIUS D. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Mathew S. Brown whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquaint- ed with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and ac- knowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 17 th day of January 185 3 . Lucius D. Clark Clerk.
1 yr a month diff 10 mo mo Sept 10 6 all over 16 17 18
1 yr a month diff

House of Reps. Jany 31 1853.
Sir
I enclose herewith the application of Augustus Saunders others  the heirs of Augustus Saunders deceased and of Elizabeth widow of said Augustus deceased for the pension that would be due to said widow if living & also enclose a letter from your office & also the letter to me from Hon Joseph Clark of Brookfield Madison Co N.Y. the agent.
I am Reply Your Ob t Servant Francis Babcock
Hon J E Crafts Court of Pensions

Records show due to Regt late under Col Jno Folsom for depreciation of wages £ 22.802.19.5
R I - vol 2 - Sippett's Regt Sept 1776 - Arnold's co
Augustus Sanders £ 2 - not in Arnold's co in Decr 1776
before R I Legislature May 1776. Chris s Sippett app d Col 2 d Regt in the Col y Brigade, Vice H y Babcock removed on acct of insanity Adam Gurnstock St d Chris s King Major.
Col Sippett certifies in 1825 that his regt went to Harlem Heights & thro' N of Pa was at battle of Princeton, Trenton & White Plains - Dismissed by him later part of Jany 1777.

Elizabeth Sanders, deceased widow of Augustus New York
Act July 7. 1838
Admitted, Private 7 mos 22 das. Col Topham's Regt R. Art. at $26.27 per annum from Mar 4. 1836- 37 (excepting 2 years) to July 7. 1845. (date of widow's death).
Certif Payable to Elizabeth Sanders Augustus Sanders & Sydia Sanders (or Saunders)
only surviving children
Address certificate to Hon Leander Babcock Oswego N. Y.

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Sanders, deceased, widow of Augustus Madison County and State of New York act July 7. 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service-Documentary-confirmed by parole Marriage-Record and Parole Identity-Parole supported by parole Widowhood-Parole
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Joseph Clark Brookfield N.Y.
S. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

Mr. Cole
Argument Rev pen
C. 2/11/53
Mr. L. Bates FREE L. P. Waldo Minist. of Prisons Washington
Oct. 26, 1853. M rs S. Sumner

Oswego Oct 22. 1853
Dear Sir,
I send you an argument made by Judge Clark in the case of the heirs of Saunders who thinks some important considerations have been overlooked.
He desires you to examine the case. It seems to me that a longer service may be fairly inferred from the facts.
I dislike to trouble you further, with the case but from my friends Judge Clark's confidence in his views and friendship for him I have promised to send his letter which I enclose.
I am with respect
Yours Oct 22 Leander Babcock
Hon L P Waldo

Pension Office Nov. 16 th 1833,
Sir,
Yours of 6 th Nov. 1833, through the hands of Hon. W. L. Marcy, has been received, The claim of Elizabeth Sanders, dec d , widow of Augustus, of New York, has been again examined, but without any reason being discovered for admitting it for a sum larger than that already allowed, Should it be hereafter proved that Sanders was in actual service for a longer period than seven months and twenty two days, an increase will be granted, and if for a later period than the date of the marriage, it will be granted under Act 4 th July, 1836,
Very Respectfully L. P. Waldo Commissioner
Joseph Clark, Esq. Brookfield N. Y.

The records & letters of Mr Lowell of Providence on file in this case shows conclusively that Saunders served one year in Lippett's Regiment in 1776 and not less than 10½ months in Goff's Maine Regiment The testimony of Hoseaiah Saunders a very worthy & intelligent old man shows positively that he served after he was married and keeping house & was in the militia several times I trust sufficient to make it clear for two years at least Dr Augustus L Saunders one of the most noted and respectable Physicians & surgeons in this county testifies to enough to satisfy any man with whom he is acquainted from declarations of his grandmother to give months time but 1 year & 10½ months is conclusively established by the records.
Job Clark

Sir, Elizabeth Sanders Widow of Augustus Sanders  of (N.Y.) for an Invalid pension, - Mr Clark of New York. writes me the question was whether 1 year & 10 1/2 months or 2 years since new found - asks to have this can decided. Hon H Bennett

Bristolfield June 5th 1854
For L D Waldo Dear Sir.
I inclose the affidavit of Elizabeth Saunders which establishes the fact that Augustus Saunders served in the Army after his marriage in the Revolutionary War which will entitle the children of his widow Elizabeth Saunders to a pension under the act of 1836. I sent his affidavit in due time to Hon Henry Benning which appears we are lost on my return. You sent a certificate of pension last fall to Hon. Scanda Babcock for $26.27 cents under the act of 1836 which I returned to the Department for correction, I had no doubt it was intended to be $76.27 & it was so considered by most that saw it but from the oversight of the letter. I had my doubts & wrote to the pension agent at Albany who informed me it was returned $26.27. I could not possibly conceive how it could be made up then $76 for you had a certificate and letter from Mr Caneel showing conclusively that Saunders entered and served one year in Lippets Regiment from Jan 1776 to Jan 1777 and that he could not have served less than ten & a half months in Giffords Regiment from the same period as in Saunders case one year had always been allowed in Lippets Regiment. There were pay rolls for Sept 1776 which were the only pay rolls to be found for any of that Regiment yet it was justly allowed to all for the year unless they were marked as deserters. He said Caneel and that Saunders was not marked even year allowed a pension after a most rigorous investigation.

To the children of Joseph Songworthy for $40 per annum which was their only claim with the same records evidence as in this case Joseph Songworthy and his wife, Saunders were together enlisted together & served a like with the same proof in Sopham's Regiment you gave the pension for $40 per annum under the act of 1836 to the children of said Songworthy which pension certificate was issued on the 13th day of June last. In Sopham's Regiment there was no pay rolls kept in 1784 the Legislature or general Assembly of R.I. appointed a court to settle with the troops in Sopham's Regiment for the appreciation of the pay they received continental money and it appeared the appreciation in Saunders case was $13 9-4 This adds barely the appreciation not the amount of his wages $2 had been paid one month sooner Therefore it must have been more than 50 per cent discount which must have been in 1778 I believe the full amount of appreciation of the pay of a private was only $15 my father was in the full year with Saunders my father Samuel Clark Simson Clark's mother Clark's mother was in the same service The full year my father drew a full pension during his life under the act of 1818 which required not less than 9 months in the continental line. Saunders being $1 10.8 less than pensioners known to have served the full year Saunders would not have served less than 10 1/2 months in Sopham's Regiment He therefore would not have served less than one year ten and a half months in the continental line. You will readily see by an examination of this case that by all means and circumstances with the simple facts in the case he must

have served at least one year ten and a half months and there can be no construction to satisfy those acquainted with the reasons for which interest this pensioner is asked that he did not receive more than one month & a half in the Militia to give him two years service. In a communication from the Department of Oct 29th 1853 to Hon. Simon Bolivar It appears that one month was allowed for Sept 1856 in Sipetts Regiment 6 months and twenty two days in Sep. home, Regiment just what the loss to him was in receiving continental money not what he was paid but what the discount was on that money with the remark that this service was of longer duration is not improbable but you had no data by which to fix any thing beyond what the pay determined I suppose it would be very easy to fix a time even by the Records if $15 paid or was the loss of a full year it would be easy to say what $1.10.8 would be loss. Now the year as to the time in Sipetts Regiment. where there is no pay rolls except for Sept. It would not possibly be continued a life time from Jan to the end of September if you believed he left the service at the end of September last there is nothing in the records to show & the letter of Counsel Shaver conclusively that he served one year in that Regiment & all have been so allowed with the same Records. You mention further that you had been personally consulted in this case & then ratified your that the amount of service admitted was all that was established by the evidence in the case. You do not say who personally consulted you - I know I never

employed any man except Mr. Belue & the applicants alone they never employed any except myself & if any other person has committed the Department & advised like that decision he was poorly employed & had a personal design & I would think you to let me know who the person is certainly Mr. Lowells certificate & letter confounds such conclusions. In regard to your writing that letter a son of Mr. Saunders a Physician & Scientist of note had returned from R. I. where he had been several years he informed me there was a man in Rhode Island who had tried to get this case & knew they were entitled to a full pension he offered to get it for one half that he had actually called on some of the committee in R. I. & cautioned me to look out for him for he had obtained a pension there for a former widow got $80 & kept every cent of it I could not account for it until I received your letter of the 29th of Oct last when I with the applicants became fully satisfied that he was the man who had personally committed the Department to have the claim allowed as above & then he would apply & obtain the whole amount & keep the one half. I wrote to Mr. Bennett and asked him to find out the man I knew it is absolutely necessary for the Department to be careful for there is undoubtedly fraud attempted on the Department but I doubt if I should not inquire a just & honest claim & to disallow now with the same proof what was allowed 30 years just seems absurd. I have never presented a case in which I was not satisfied it was just & never sought a case I have a number of cases under the various laws from 1831 to the present time & never was paid on out of them & have lost considerable by it, but never had a case that I was more particular than this to the full amount & cannot see how it is possible to allow less than one year ten & a half months, pension me for this lengthy communication
Respectfully yours Joseph Clark

Being satisfied that you had never examined this case & come to such conclusions I wrote you last fall & included your letter to Gov. Morey & asked him to deliver my letter to you in person for examination, I soon received your answer that you had never my letter by the hand of Gov. Morey & informed me that if it could be shown that Saunders served after his marriage you would allow under the act of 1836 & allow all it appeared he was entitled to I in December afterwards sent the proof to Mr. Bennett which appears was lost & never has been acted on I most respectfully ask you to re-examine this case yourself. for I am sure you will readily see there has been erroneous conclusion from some cause or other, that they are entitled to a pension for $80 per annum under the act of 1836 & no one can allow less than one year ten and a half months service you could never compute the time by Saunders loss on the Continental money & barely allow time for his loss & not of his fugue or allow but one month in 1776 right when Saunders was fired for that month & no others were ever paid more when all have been allowed the full year you could not say he was not in Sipe's Regiment from Jan to the end of Sept 1776 and there is no evidence to show he left before January 1777. I submit this case to you with a full belief that if you will look to it you will send a certificate for not less than $46 per annum under the act of 1836 in lieu of the one now in your office which I returned
J. C.
Yours most Joseph Clark Manchester. Hudson Co NY

State of New York County of Madison
Augustus Sunders being duly sworn says he is Sixty six years of age a resident of Brookfield and son of Augustus and Elizabeth Sunders late of Brookfield deceased That he is an applicant for the balance of pension due his mother for the Revolutionary services of his father the said Augustus Sunders That in addition to his former declaration now on file at the Pension Department he declares That he recollects more particularly what he had heard his mother say about his father's service after his marriage & becoming a pensioner under the act of 1836. from the 4th of March 1831 to the day of the death of his mother That he has heard his mother say That after these mornings his father was in the army and near the time she expected him home in the night she heard persons at her door and got up in a hurry to let him in but it turned out to be other persons. That he has been informed by his father and other aged persons That his father was in the service of the United States more than two years the first service was rendered in Col. Sifers Regiment early in the Revolution & was in the army one year or more & in that service marched into the State of New York and probably in New Jersey and endured great hardships while in the service and that he afterwards enlisted in Colonel Stephens Regiment and served one year or more in that service That he believes he was in Captain Starnolds company & has heard his father often speak of an officer with him but cannot say whether he was a captain by the name of Sturten for whom he took a great dislike That he has no doubt from his recollection of what he has heard his father & other aged persons say that his father served more than two years in the two Regiments commanded

one by Colonel Lippett & the other by Colonel Sipham in the Rhode Island line during the Revolutionary war for further particulars I would refer to the proof now on file in the Pension department That he has no doubt from what he has heard from his father that he was in the service of the United States as a drafted citizen man for short terms but cannot recollect his office under which he served or how long he served as a drafted soldier but he has no doubt of his serving more than two years in Colonel Lippett's and Colonel Sipham's Regiments and that he was in the service of the United States as a soldier after his marriage for proof of the marriage and death of his father and mother refers to the documentary evidence on file in the Pension department That he is interested and an applicant for the balance of pension due his mother at the time of her death and that Joseph Clark is his agent.
Augustus Saunders
sworn and subscribed this day of August 1857
before me Wait Clarke Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Augustus Saunders renders a good Security for truth veracity and respectability Wait Clarke Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents That I Augustus Sunderland of Brookfield State of New York on application for the balance of Pension due my mother Elizabeth Sunderland late of New York deceased for the Revolutionary service of my Father Augustus Sunderland late of Brookfield State of New York deceased, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Colton of Brookfield State of New York my true and lawful attorney for me & in my name to present my claim to The General Appoint from said Office a Certificate for the balance of Pension which may be found due me & my two sisters The only surviving Children of said Augustus & Elizabeth Sunderland agreeable to an application now on file in The Pension Department
Witness my hand and seal this fifteenth day of August 1851 Augustus Sunderland Sealed and delivered in presence of Wait Clarke
State of New York Madison County ss
Be it known That on the 15 th day of August 1851 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace in and for The County of Oneida Augustus Sunderland of Brookfield in said County and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be his act and deed in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Wait Clarke Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County Clerk's Office I, L. D. Dana, Clerk of said County hereby certify that Wait Clark Esqr. whose genuine signatures appear with in, is & was at at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly elected & qualified & authorized by law to administer oaths for general purposes & that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal this 1 st day of September 1857.
Lorenzo D. Dana Clerk In Suetius P. Clark Deputy Clerk

State of New York County of Madison
Attestates Successors being duly sworn deponeth and says he is Sixty eight years of age is the son of Attestates and Elizabeth Successors deceased That his father the said Attestates Successors died in Mansfield County of Madison and State of New York on or about the 20th day of September A.D. 1813. Leaving his widow the above named Elizabeth Successors then surviving who remained his widow during her life that she died on the seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving three children her surviving way, Elizabeth Successors Attestates Successors and Lydia Successors who are all her children her surviving and each of them are over twenty one years of age That his father and mother both lived with him during their life time and both died when he was present at the time, wherefore That he has often from his earliest recollection heard his father tell of his Revolutionary service and others that were with him and heard him tell of his dislike of an officer by the name of Stanton and from his best recollection of what he heard said he believes he entered and served one year in Col. Sipe's Regiment in 1776 and afterwards in Sipe's Regiment one year or more That he served two years or more That he has often heard his mother tell that after his father had been in the service under enlistment and had served as she believed his time was out and was coming for him home after she returned to her the heard persons near her soon got up & opened the door expecting to see her husband but it turned out to be men giving alarm to the people as

shifting affections repaired to be the enemy on the last this this was often. He was married and keeping house. This time he believes his father was in Litchfield Regiment. That he was here in Westerly Washington town recently in 1784 and lived there until 1800 he has relatives living in Westerly and Hopkinton Rhode Island and has occasionally visited those towns and none heard of any Augustus Saunders except his father himself and his son whose name is Augustus Saunders.
Augustus Saunders
Given and subscribed before me this 19th day of June 1853 and I further certify The above named Augustus Saunders sustains a good character for truth veracity and respectability and that I have no interest or concern in the above application
John T. G. Bailey
Justice of the Peace

State of New York Madison County
Augustus L. Saunders being duly sworn says he is thirty eight years of age was born in Brookfield County of Madison and State of New York where he now resides That he is the son of Augustus Saunders and Grandson of Augustus and Elizabeth Saunders deceased That his Grandfather died before he was born but his Grand Mother lived with his Father until she died on the seventh day of July one Thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving three children then surviving viz, Elizabeth Saunders Augustus Saunders and Lydia Saunders who are all the children her surviving - That he has frequently heard his Grand mother the above named Elizabeth Saunders tell of her husband's service in the Revolutionary war and particularly one event that caused her considerable excitement after they were married and sleeping knew that her husband was in the service and about the time she expected him to return she heard person in the night near her house got up & opened her door expecting her husband but it turned out to be persons giving the alarm that the British shipping was on the court - That he has seen a history of the Revolution in Rhode Island containing a list of the names of persons in the service and in which it appears that Augustus Saunders enlisted once served one year in 1776 in Sillman's Regiment and one year in Sillman's Regiment which from what he has heard from his Grand mother & others he has no doubt his Grand Father is the identical person that he never heard of any other Augustus Saunders but his Grand Father his Father & himself Augustus L. Saunders and has taken some pains to learn the genealogy of the Saunders previous to his grandmother's decease.
A. L. Saunders

sworn and subscribed before me this 20 th day of June 1858 and I further certify that the above named Augustus L. Saunders sustains a good character for truth, veracity and respectability And that I have no interest in the event of this application
John T. G. Bailey
Juror of the Jury

State of New York } County of Madison } ss
I Lucius P Clark Clerk of the County of Madison and of the County Court held at Eaton in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said Court that or absent Stephen Saunders of the town of Brookfield died on the twentieth day of September AD 1813 leaving a widow him surviving by the name of Elizabeth Saunders who remained his widow during her life That said Elizabeth Saunders died on the seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving the following named children her surviving (viz) Elizabeth Saunders, Stephen Saunders and Lydia Saunders who are her only children her surviving and each of them are over twenty
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Clerk's Office, Madison County, } ss
I, LUCIUS P. CLARK, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that John S. G. Bradley whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected or appointed, and qualified, and authorized by the laws of said State to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe the signature to the said certificate is genuine, and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of said State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the 20 th day of June 1853
Lucius P. Clark Clerk.
Have hereunto y seal of 20 th day of June 1853 L. Clark

State of New York } County of Madison }
I Lucius P Clark Clerk of the County of Madison and of the County Court held at Eaton in and for said County do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was exhibited to said Court that or object Stegertus Saunders of the town of Brachfield died on the twentieth day of September A.D. 1813 leaving a widow him surviving by the name of Elizabeth Saunders who nominated his widow during her life that said Elizabeth Saunders died on the seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five leaving the following named children her surviving (daughters) Elizabeth Saunders Stegertus Saunders and Lydia Saunders who are her only children her surviving and each of them are over twenty years of age
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at Eaton this 20 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1853 Lucius P Clark, Clerk