Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11871, Isaac Worden, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Worden, Isaac
S 11871
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CONTENTS
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8970 New York
YR Hitchcock
Isaac Worden
June 1 1853
of Harrison in the State of New York who was a Pr. & Team. in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col Livingston the New York time for 2 Years
Same 7 June "
Same July 8 "
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1833 and sent Mr. Thompson White Plains
Arrears to the 14th of Mar '33 $160.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept '33 40.00
200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk Book 2 Vol. 4 Page 36

28022849 Isaac Ward Westchester Co. New York
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J. W. Thompson White Plains Westchester Co. New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
C. S. York
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Warden Hostetter
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Fall 4776. 28 Private Capt. Platt 73 years 3 Living Witnesses   NY 4777 teaman Col. Hughs 16 at the time Traditional Evidence   Fall 4778 Col. Livingston 74 years   to Fall 78 Col. Meigs   sum 78 6 Capt. Read   Spring 79 2 Col. Read   Fall 78 2 Col. Burr   From Spring 79 7   To Fall 80  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity ; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the troops, the names of the officers, and other particulars required; the duration of each year of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each year of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John C. Hutton

State of New York County of Westchester ss Amos Worden of said county being duly sworn says that he is a son of Isaac Worden deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S. at the rate of $80- per annum & died in 1841 subscribed & sworn to this 2 d day of December 1854 before me Elijah P. Munnell Justice of the Peace Amos Worden
Know all men by these presents that I Amos Worden do hereby constitute and appoint Harvey Heath of Locke N.Y. my true lawful attorney to prosecute my claim to an increase of the Pension allowed my late father Isaac Worden under the Act of 1832 hereby revoking any power of Attorney that may have been heretofore given Witness my hand & Seal this 2 d day of Dec 1854
Amos Worden
In presence of and acknowledged before me Elijah P. Munnell Justice of the Peace
attach your certificate & seal & send to me Locke N.Y. by first mail Harvey Heath

December 1854
STATE OF NEW YORK, County of Westchester, ss.
I, ROBERT R. OAKLEY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Elijah P. Moseell Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, residing in said County, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Courts and County, this 4 th day of December 185 4
Robt R. Oakley CLERK.

Justice Mullen NY NY
George C. Ames Esqr of Washington D.C. will please attend to the within for me
Harvey Heath
State of New York } County of Westchester }
I hereby certify that who has submitted the within affidavit & acknowledgement was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in the county of Westchester N.Y. that I am well acquai- nted with his hand writing & verily believe the signatures within purporting to be his are genuine In testimony whereof I have hereun- -to set my hand & affixed my official seal this day of December 1854

affidavit of A. B. Worden & Mary M. Worden

State of New York } Westchester County } ss
Alexander B. Worden being sworn saith that he is thirty four years of age, and a resident of Portchester, in the County and State above written. Deponent states that he was well acquainted with Isaac Worden, who was a Pensioner of the United States for some ten years prior to his death, which event took place on the tenth day of January 1841. And this deponent further states, that Amos Worden, Charity Hare, and Margaret M Bedney, are his only surviving children,
Sworn to and subscribed 1853 This 2 nd Day of February before me Elyah P. Morrill } Alexander B Worden Justice of the Peace
Mary M. Worden being sworn saith that she is thirty four years of age, and a resident of the above named place, does testify and say that she has carefully read the foregoing affidavit of her husband Alexander B. Worden, and she does hereby testify and say that the statements made him as true, she being present about one hour after the death of the said Isaac Worden, & she knows that Amos Worden, Charity Hare and Margaret M Bedney are all his surviving children. Sworn to and subscribed this 3 rd 2 nd Day of February 1853 } Mary M Worden before me Elyah P. Morrill } Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW YORK,
County of Westchester, ss.
I, ROBERT R. OAKLEY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Elijah P. Mornell Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, according to the laws of the said State. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County Courts, the 2 nd day of February 185 3
Robert R. Oakley
CLERK.

I hereby certify that Alexander B Warden and Mary M Warden his wife who have signed and sworn to the with in affidavits are known to me to be credible witnesses Rye Port Chester February 21 1853 Elijah P. Morrill Justice of the Peace

Declaration of Amos Warden
Jan 31 1857.

State, County of New York — 8f.
On this 31 st day of January 1853, personally appeared before the subscribing authority, Amos Warden, a resident of the City of New York, above written, aged 61 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 4 th 1832. That, he together with Charity Hane Warden, and Margaret M. Govey, are the sole surviving children of Isaac Warden late of Westchester County and State of New York, and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 1832, at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and that his said father died on the 10 th day of January 1841 — And he now asks the additional sum of One Hundred dollars per annum, for the said service of his father, to equal the amount assigned for such service by Quarter Master General Thomas Mifflin, in his official letter directed to Jeremiah Wadsworth Esq., Assistant Quartermaster General, at Hartford Conn., dated 6 th Feby 1777, in which letter the pay of Drivers was rated at £6, Penn a per month and one ration, and the pay of Conductors the same as Captains with rations — And this declarant would refer the Commissioner of Pensions to a certified copy of the original letter referred to above, now in file in the Pension Office.

in the case of the claim, of the Heirs of Med- erick Blevland, Captain or conductor of Steam
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first written. James Warden
Bloodrup
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of New York

State of New York, } ss. City and County of New York, }
I, RICHARD B. CONNOLLY, CLERK of the City and County of New York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for the said City and County, being a Court of Record, DO HERE-BY CERTIFY, That Lewis O. Woodruff before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, duly qualified appointed and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 31 day of Jany 185 3
Rich d B Connolly Clerk.

Application of Widow Isaac Morden for a pension under act of Congress of June 7 th 1832
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2 years pri to transfer
804

State of New York
1851 I, 1851 the Year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred thirty two personally appeared in Open Court before Court of Common Pleas of the said County of West chester, Now Sitting at the Court House in White Plains in the said County. Isaac Nordon a resident of the town of Harrison in the said County of West Chester aged Seventy three years on the fourth day of November last who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1833. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated viz in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six this Declarant was just turned of sixteen years of age and lived at Middle Patent in the said County of Westchester and as near as this Declarant can recollect in the Fall of that Year this Declarant belonged as a private to a company of Militia at Middle Patent aforesaid Commanded by Capt Benoni Platt and was called out by his said Captain with the rest of the Company and went over to the Hudson river at the mouth of Croton in said County to guard the shores against the British Vessels called the Phoenix and the then in said river near said place and then served as a private in his aforesaid Company for the space of about four weeks when the said Vessels having left that part of the river this Declarant returned home with his Compa- ny. And this Declarant further saith that in the Spring of the Year AD 1777 at Kingston in the said County of Westchester this Declarant enlisted with one Hillard a recruiting Officer as a waggoner to drive a piece of Artillery or any thing else required for one Year in the Continental Service under the command of Col Hughes a Continental Officer that this Declarant immediately thereafter was ordered and went to Peeks- kill in the said County and was present with the Con- tinental Troops at the Burning of Peekskill by the British (after Americans had fired one of the stores on their retreat)

he then repaired with the American Troops to the Continental Village above Pockbille and after a few weeks this Declarant was attached to Col Livingston's Regiment then under the Command of the Lieutenant Colonel and Regiment whose name he cannot now recollect and continued to serve in Col Livingston's Regiment till it moved to the South a short time before the taking of Brimley when this Declarant returned to the said Continental Village and continued there till about the time Fort Montgomery was taken, when the British Fleet coming up the River, this Declarant was detached with an Ammunition Wagon to supply Col M'Gregor's Regiment then near the mouth of Croton where the British had attempted to make a landing and did so supply them with Ammunition and at Brimley from this Declarant was twice exposed to a sharp fire from the British Fleet and Sails before the last mentioned occurrence as near as this Declarant can recollect he went down with a Continental detachment to make a front on Valentines Hill against the British then station near Kings Bridge in the said County then this Declarant after his return went up with the American Troops to Livingston Manor when the British Fleet went up the Hudson River and into Sopris, then this Declarant returned to the Continental Village and came down with a detachment of Continentals to the American Lines near White Plains and staid there till they went back to Winter-quarters in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and there continued to serve his aforesaid enlistment of one year at the said Continental Village till the Spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, when his said term of enlistment having expired he was verbally discharged by Captain Mark Post at said Continental Village and returned to his home. That during his aforesaid year whenever at the said Continental Village this Declarant was under the command of Captain Mark Post, and frequently done
in his return

was cost, and frequently done 3 Duty as a private with his Musket. — That sometime in the Spring or Summer of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight this Declarant enlisted for six months in a Company called Rangers Commanded by Captain Silvanus Mead in Colonel John Meads Regiment. That he enlisted as last aforesaid at Greenwich in the State of Connecticut. That Silvanus Marshall then of Greenwich aforesaid was the Lieutenant of said last mentioned Company and this Declarant enlisted and served therein as a private during the whole term of his said six months enlistment and at the end thereof was verbally discharged by his Captain at Greenwich aforesaid. That this Declarant now recollects one engagement during his last-mentioned enlistment of six months in which he was engaged with his said Company. viz. two American armed vessels (a Schooner of twelve Guns and Sloop of ten Guns) were chased into a Place called Indian Harbor near Greenwich aforesaid by some British Vessels, and he with his aforesaid Company and others went down to assist in defending them, and after several Hours hard fighting they succeeded in driving the British Gallies and Vessels off and secured the said American Vessels which afterwards made their escape. — That in the Spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine at Greenwich aforesaid this Declarant was called out and went with a Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Benjamin Green for three months, and served in said Company as a Guard along Byram River in Greenwich aforesaid as a private for about two months when this Declarant was taken prisoner with one of the American Picket Guards stationed at Sherwoods Bridge in Greenwich aforesaid by a Detachment of Colonel Emericks British Horse and carried a prisoner into New York and Remained there such prisoner in the Sugar House for about

two months or more when this Declarant was Exchan- ged with about one hundred and eighty others for the British Troops lately taken at Stony Point, and this Declarant with the others Exchanged went with an American Commissary named Skinner to Elizabeth Town Point in New Jersey and from there this Declarant went up and crossed the River at Stony Point and came home.
That in the fall or winter of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight prior to his last mentioned ser- vice and imprisonment, but which this Declara- nt omitted to state, this Declarant with thirteen others enlisted at New Pitt in the said County of West Chester as a private to be Vindis to Colonel Har- on Burrs Troops then on the lines in said County under a man called Captain Caleb Lawrence for six months, and were to receive one hundred Doll- ars each as bounty to be collected by what was call- ed The Black Rate. That this Declarant served under his last mentioned enlistment for a pe- riod of about two months, till Tryon with his Troops came up to Horse Neck and Drove Gen- eral Putnam down the Hill at that Place, when being unable to get either bounty or pay the said last mentioned Company became dispersed and dis- banded. That while this Declarant did serve in said last mentioned Company this Declarant with seven others of said Company found a large British Schooner aground on Mannursing Island, boarded, took her, got her afloat and carried her by consent of Colonel Aaron Burr, round into Maharness River above Horse Neck, where she lay till Governor Tryon came up as aforesaid, when she was burnt by the British Troops at the place aforesaid.
That in the Summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine after his imprisonment and

Return as aforesaid he lived at Greenwich aforesaid and tried to farm it, but had always to go armed and continued almost constantly under arms in the Militia there on guard, scouting parties, and different services, till the fall of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, when this Declarant was again taken prisoner at Greenwich aforesaid by a Company of Colonel Delanceys men from Morrisquina and carried a Prisoner into New York where this Declarant remained such prisoner for a space exceeding seven months part of the time he was confined in the Sugar House and the rest of the time in Provost under the famous Cunningham where this Declarant suffered almost ever kind of cruelty and privation when this Declarant was Exchanged and landed at Elizabeth Town Point in New Jersey and from thence this Declarant went to the fort at West Point and there crossed the River and came home to his Mothers at Greenwich aforesaid, then this Declarant removed with his Mother above the American Lines to New Canaan in the State of Connecticut where they resided till the Revolutionary War was ended and peace concluded. That while he lived at New Canaan aforesaid he was frequently under arms engaged with parties that went down below, and used every exertion to annoy the enemy and get some satisfaction for his numerous sufferings. That from the commencement of his service in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as aforesaid till the close of the war this Declarant was unable to do scarcely any work or earn any thing but was almost constantly under arms in some Corps or other fighting in the American Cause and doing all in his power to secure the independence of the States.
And this Declarant further saith That he has a Record of his age in his family Bible which he examined yesterday yet he forgot to bring it produced to this Court he never produced and showed to the Court. That accord- ing to said Record and the information also Received from his Parents he was born on the fourth day of

6 November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine at Greenwich in the State of Connecticut, where he continued to live till the commencement of the Revolutionary War when in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six he removed to Middle Patent in the said County of Westchester and he continued to live in the State of Connecticut except when he was out in service aforesaid, and at the close of the Revolutionary war this Declarant removed to Rye Neck in the said County of Westchester where he resided for about four years he then removed to the City of New York and staid about one year when he removed back to where he now resides and has ever since resided and still resides in the Town of Harrison aforesaid (except about four years absence in New York about twenty six years ago) - That this Declarant always served for himself and not as a substitute and was drafted, enlisted, and volunteered, as he has above set forth in this his Declaration. That he never received any written Discharge as he now recollect neither has he any Documentary or written evidence in relation to his aforesaid Enlistments, services or Discharges. That this Declarant recollects the following Regular Officers with the troops with whom this Declarant served, viz. General Mc Dougall, General Putnam, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, Colonel Livingston, Colonel Hughes, Major Tyson, Major Keese, Major Campbell, Captain Campbell, Captain Mark Post - Major Weeks, Major Mitchell from Long Island. And this Declarant further states That the only persons he knows (that are living) That can Testify to his services during any part of the Revolutionary war are Abraham Hoggatt now of the said Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester, Thomas Knippen of the Town of Rye in the said County of Westchester, and Oliver Morrell Esq r of the last mentioned Town, and Lieutenant Silvanus Marshall of the Town of Mamaroneck in the said County all of whose affidavits are hereto an-

neyed.
Text"> And this Declarant further states That he is known in his present neighbourhood to John Carpenter of the Town of Harrison in the said County and Jeremiah Anderson of the Town of Harrison in the same County who can Testify to his Character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution and of his age. And this Declarant further saith That there is no Clergyman in his immediate vicinity who can Testify from their acquaintance with him to the facts last above stated. And this Declarant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity Except the present and Declares That his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
N o Bayles C.M.
Isaac Worden
State of New York
Westchester County } To all to whom these presents shall come, on this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty (two) personally (appeared) in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester now sitting at White Plains in the said County. Abraham Hyatt of the Town of Harrison in the said County who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say That in the Spring of this year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he this Deponent with

8 The said Isaac Norden who hath subscribed and sworn to the preceding Declaration enlisted at King Street in the said County of Westchester with a Recruiting Officer named Hilliard each of them as Haggouers to serve in Captain David Sams Com- pany under the Command of Col Hughes for one year That this Deponent & the said Isaac Norden enlisted together at the same place for the same Term of time & served together at Fishkill & Continental Village above Pechskill for two or three months when this Depo- nent was ordered and went with Genl M c Dougals Division to the Southern States and  Deponent this aid not see said Norden till his said year was out & returned home - in the Spring of the year 1778 That it was well understood She has no doubt that the said Norden served out his said last mentioned enlistment of one year as they returned to their homes about  at the same time That this Deponent was absent on board of a privateer seven months and afterwards for another period of seven months & then came back to the lines & served in the whale boat service That while he was on the lines in the whale boat service & during the rest of the Revolution he often saw the said Isaac Norden

and knew him as a good & faithful soldier which he continued to be till the close of the war. That this Deponent recollects that in the year 1780, the said Isaac Warden was a prisoner in New York and this Deponent being then in the whale boat service under Captain Valentine Rader and desirous of procuring his Exchange & Release, he this Deponent endeavoured to take a British Prisoner to Exchange for him. And this Deponent further states that he well recollects that the said Isaac Warden was obliged to quit his home after the war, Exchanged as aforesaid from his aforesaid imprisonment & removed to New Canaan in Connecticut.  Sworn & subscribed { That this Deponent is now in open Court this } seventy two years of age 3 rd of December 1832.
Abraham Myatt N o Payler Clk
State of New York } Westchester County } ss. On this third day of December A D 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester now sitting at White Plains in the said County of Westchester. Thomas Kniffen mor. a Resident of Lake Pitt in the said

County of Westchester, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say That he is now aged seventy years of age and has always lived at New Pitt aforesaid except his absence on service during the Revolutionary war. That he is now well acquainted with Isaac Norden who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration and has known him ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary war and during the Revolution saw said Isaac Norden at New Pitt aforesaid and other places frequently under arms and always knew him as a faithful soldier and friend in the cause of Independence.
That Sworn & subscribed in open Court this third of December 1832 N Bayles Clk
Thomas Knapp
State of New York Westchester County to We John Carpenter & Jeremiah Anderson both residing in the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Norden of the Town of Harrison aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy three years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides

to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that We concur in that opinion and We further certify That the said Isaac Norden is a man of fair character and That We have the fullest confidence in the truth of his preceding Declaration
Sworn & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
John Carpenter
Jeremiah Anderson
M c Rayle Atty
And the said Court Do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, That the above named applicant Isaac Norden was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, And the said Court further Certifies That it appears to them That John Carpenter 3 rd and Jeremiah Anderson who have signed the preceding certificate are each of them residents of the Town of Harrison in the County of Westchester and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Court further Certifies That Abraham Hyatt and Thomas Knippen who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding affidavits in open Court are

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each known to them and are credible persons. I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester and State of New York Do hereby certify That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Menden of the Town of Harrison in the said County of Westchester for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two-
N B Bayles Clerk of said Court

State of Connecticut } p. Probate District of Stamford County of Fairfield }
On this 18 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before said Court, Abraham Wyatt of Harrison in the State of New York who being first duly sworn, doth make oath in open Court before me that he well knows Isaac Warden of said Harri- son an applicant for a pension - believes him to be a worthy man and that his character for truth is good - said Warden (then two years old - his character for truth is good - said Warden (then opponent in the year 1777) (as he thinks in March) enlisted in the wagon service of the United States for one year in Capt. David Lamb's company under Col. Hughes. Enlisted in the Town of Rye in New York - Discharged by said Warden served out said year in said service - Discharged went at the end of said the Doyles Division to the Southward of Warden remained at Puckkill - both of us were absent Puckkill when it was burned by the enemy & retreated to Fishkill This was in the Spring in the year 1780 or 1781 said Warden was taken prisoner by the enemy but how long he was a prisoner he cannot say in said Warden's defense recollects was so harassed by the enemy that he had to leave his home which was then on Byram River & returned with his family to New Canaan where he stayed for a long time - Discharged he frequently saw said Warden and of abroad among said Warden - said Warden was during the whole war time to his country -
Abraham Wyatt
Sworn to & subscribed this day of year aforesaid
Col. Hawley Jr. Judge
And on the same day before said Court personally appeared Sylvanus Marshall of Mamavack in the State of New York who being first duly sworn doth make his oath in open Court be- fore me that he well knows Isaac Warden of Harrison in said State an applicant for a pension - said Warden was an enlisted soldier in a company of Connecticut State Troops Cal- led Rangers of which this opponent was an officer - Discharged was a lieutenant of a company of Rangers of which Sylvanus

Mead was Captain of after Mead was killed, himself was Captain of a company of Rangers - said Woodson was an enlis- ted soldier in one of these companies - but defendant cannot say which - his term of service defendant thinks was six months & for that reason he thinks it must have been while he was a lieutenant - This was during the Revolutionary war -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day of year aforesaid
his
Mark
Chas. Hardin Judge -
I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Woodson for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of November AD 1832 -
Sam Lockwood Clerk

New York, 3 rd Feby 1853.
J. E. Heath, Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir:
Enclosed please find declaration of Amos Worden in behalf of himself and two sisters, for an increase of Pension due their father, Isaac Worden at the period of his death which occurred on the 10 th Jan y . 1841.
In support of the claim, I also inclose the affidavits of Alexander T. & Marg t M Worden, and a copy of the letter addressed by Quarter Master Genl. Thomas Mifflin to Jeremiah Wadsworth Esq Asst. Q. Master Genl. relative to the enlistment and pay of Peamsters dated 5 th Feby 1777.
For an official certificate of the genuineness of this letter you are respectfully referred to the documents accompanying the claim made on behalf of the Heirs of Capt Cleveland, now pending before the Office.
Mr Worden asks for an increase of pension, to the extent of One Hundred Dollars per annum. It appears that £6. Penn c Currency, per month, is equivalent to $192. per annum. When satisfied to admit the Claim please allow at the above rate, in order that the

necessity of a new application for the difference may be saved,
Very Resp ly &c.
James R. Hitchcock Atty for Amos Wadsworth
P.S. I am informed that Nathan Whitlock now a Pensioner, and formerly a Teamster in the Conn te line of the Revolutionary War, was originally pensioned at $80. per annum, and recently his Pension has been increased to $192. per annum,
J. R. H.

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Philadelphia, 5 th Feb y . 1777.
"A Magazine of Forage is to be formed at Danbury, in Connecticut. I therefore desire you to procure one hundred thousand Bushels of Indian Corn, oats and Rye, in such proportion as you may think most advantageous to the Army.
Purchase also one hundred and fifty Ox Teams, 4 or 6 oxen each Team, If you think it practicable to establish a Magazine of Hay at the same place do it, and lay in all you can procure. I expect a supply of Cash in a day or two, when it arrives you shall receive One hundred thousand Dollars.
In the mean time you must borrow so much on the Credit of the Department as you may want. Set your Smiths at work, and have 5000 sets of Ox Shoes made immediately, with nails &c complete.
You are to employ such and so many persons under you as may be necessary.
"Each Team to be numbered, to have a good and careful Driver. You are to appoint an honest man as a Conductor to every Ten Teams, who is to keep the accounts of his Brigade, and see that they are always in good order, and fit for immediate service.
The Conductors will be allowed Captains Pay and Rations
The Drivers to have £6. Penn a Currency per month and one Ration each.
Jeremiah Wadsworth Esq. Assistant Quat er Mast r Genl.
Thomas Mifflin L.M.G.

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Pension Office June 7. 1853
Sir
In reference to the case of Isaac Hordern Sir you when hisss you ask for increase of pension for his service as hamster I have to inform you that those who enlisted under Genl. Hudsonworth were allowed $16 per month all other were paid the same amount as privates of Infantry - Mr Hordern did not belong to the battalion at hamster consequently was not entitled to any higher rate of allowance than what he received - Nathan Whitlock to whom you refer belonged to Hudsonworth continental battalions
I remain yours &c L P Waldo Com d
James H. Hildreth Esq New York

New York, 3 d June 1853. L. P. Waldo Esq. Commr of Pension. Washington. D.C.
Sir
Your favor of 1 st inst is at hand. — It consistent with the rules of your office, please furnish me with the claim, made by Isaac Warden, upon which, he was granted a pension, and the proof adduced to sustain it.
Being in possession of these, I will doubtless be able to furnish, the additional proof required.
Very Respect ly
Yours k
J. R. Hitchcock
Box 2892. N.Y.P.O.

Rev. Wm
11875 INVALID.
File No. 11571
Isaac Purdie
Thomas L. Purdie
Act: June 7 th 1832.
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

 State of New York }  City of New York } County of Westchester } State of New York }
The annexed affidavits of Alexander B Worden and Mary Worden is Satisfactory Evidence has this day to  been adduced before me ; that Isaac Worden late a Pensioner of the United States, died at the Town of Harrison, in the County of Westchester and State above written, and that Amos Worden, Charity Hare, widow, and Margaret M. Gedney are the only surviving children.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said court to be affixed.
February 22 nd New York Jan y 29 th 1853.
John W Mills County Judge Westchester County
State of New York } Westchester County }
I Robt R Oakley Clerk of the County aforesaid Do hereby certify that John W. Miles whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate was at the time of the date thereof County Judge of said County And further that I know the signature of the said Judge and believe the above to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said office this 2 nd Day of February 1853
Robt R Oakley Clerk