Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,969, for Job Taylor, Connecticut

SERVICE
bonn.
Taylor, Job Mercy
NUMBER
W. 26.969
CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of 6. April 1838 from 4 th March to 19. May 1842. Age notified 6 Dec 1844
20.568. New York Job Taylor
of Mendham in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Carter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Canfield in the Cont. line for 9 Mo. 74
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 78 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1833 and due to A. H. Warner on as Dorlin
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep. 33 $77.45 Semianual allowance ending 4 th M ch 34 15.89 $93.34
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. C. Atkin Clerk. Book E, Vol. 4, Page 81.

Reported Feb 22/49
3978. He died New York Albany Mercy Taylor widow of Job Taylor who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 78.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Harold D. Burney Jr Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 225 Vol. 4.

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Job Taylor Rensselaer co N. York
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P. 376
A. G. Hammond Berlin N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of  Job Taylor  of Rensselaer Co in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Drafted In 1776 2 Private Gen. Capt. Carter, Col. Canfield   d. 1777 3 same officers   Drafted 1779 substitute for David Taylor 1 probably 7 Capt. Mills  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Danbury  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Kent, Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not corrected as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

6310
Mercy Taylor Mdm of Job
Act 4 July 1836
Repealed
— 6310 Mercy Taylor Mdm Taylor

State of New York
Rensselaer County - ss.
On this 8 th day of May 1844, personally appeared before the Justices Court of City of Troy, Mercy Taylor of the Town of Berlin in the County & State aforesaid aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to Law, on her oath doth make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836. if in the opinion of the pension commissioner she is or may be entitled thereto under that act - if not, then in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838. and the several acts amending the same; That she is the widow of Job Taylor who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and served as is set forth in the declaration of the said Job Taylor on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions - She further declares that she was married to the said Job Taylor on the 29 th day of June in the year 1780. That her husband the aforesaid Job Taylor, died on the 19 th day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred & forty two; and that she still remains his widow.
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year first above written
Mercy her X Taylor
Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justice Court Troy
I, William Hagen clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Troy certify that said Court is a court of Record having a clerk & seal & that Hiram Taylor is one of the Justices of the said Court and was so at the time of making the above signature, & further certify that the above signature is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Troy this 18 th day of September - AD 1844
W. Hagen clerk

State of Ohio Franklin County ss.
On the 10 th day August 1844 Josiah Finney of the town of Newton in the County of State aforesaid appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and on being by me duly sworn testified that he was well acquainted with Rob Taylor and Mary Shulps. They were at the time residents of Warren in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, that they were married in the month of June 1780 by the Reverend Peter Star- of the town of Warren in the County of Litchfield & State aforesaid. That he was present at the wedding and witnessed the ceremony and further says not Attest Josiah Finney from Josiah Finney his mark
Sworn to this 10 th day of August 1844 before me
William Johnston Justice of the Peace I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Josiah Finney, that he is a man of truth & veracity & entitled full credit when under oath or otherwise
August 10 th 1844
William Johnston Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio & I Clayton Wornington Clerk Pro Tem. Franklin County ss of the Court of Common Pleas of said County certify, that William Johnston Esq by whom the within and foregoing Certificate was made & before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and whose signatures thereto are in his own proper handwriting, was at the dates thereof an acting Justice of the Peace within said County duly qualified to whom official acts full faith & credit are due. In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 27th day of August A.D. 1844. Clayton Wornington Clerk Pro Tem. Messrs. Soots & Price

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss Mary Taylor of the Town of Berlin State & County aforesaid being sworn says that she was married to Job Taylor on the 29 th day of June 1780 that they were married in the Town of Warren Litchfield County State of Connecticut by the Reverend Peter Starr - that said Peter Starr has been dead several years, and that there is no record of her marriage as deponent knows of & as she believes and deponent further saith not
Sworn to before me this 2 nd day of May 1844 Hiram Taylor Justice Peace
State of New York
Rensselaer County
ss:
Hiram Taylor of the City of Troy in the County & State aforesaid, being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the Grand Son of the above named Job Taylor & Mary Taylor and is now about the age of thirty one years; that he has caused search to be made for the record of the marriage of the above named Job & Mary Taylor in the Town of Warren in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut and also in the records of the said Reverend Peter Starr, and no memorandum or record has been found to his knowledge or belief - and further believes that there is no such record in existence at this time - and further says not
Sworn to this 18 September 1844
Before me in open Court
Hiram Taylor
W. H. Vanden - Clerk of the Court
Justice of the Court

Job Taylor's Application for Pension
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Mr. Mann. Butcher or carpenter has signed the magnum  testificata as a Magnum  testificata

Form for State Troops, &c.
State of New York, } 88. County of Rensselaer
On this third day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County , now sitting, Seth Taylor a resident of Berlin county of Rensselaer and State of New York, aged Seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1776 he raised in the Town of Kent in the State of Connecticut (since called Warm) That in the month of August or thereabout in that Year he entered the service in the Militia under Captain Carter in Colonel Benfield's Regiment. That they marched to Norwalk & then took ship - ing & went to New York and remained about two months when he was discharged and returned home - That in the fall of the Year 1777 he again was called out in the Militia under the same Captain Carter and marched to Fishkill & P'keepsie on the Hudson River in the State of New York and remained three months in the service when he was again discharged & returned home - That in the fall of 1779 he was again drafted into the Militia under the said Captain Carter and served one month at Home Creek in said State of Connecticut when he was discharged & returned home and in a few days after his return he again entered the service for three months as a substitute for one David Taylor and served under Captain Mills & Lieutenant Carter and made his said three months out at Stratford & Danfield in said State of Connecticut - That he was also in Danbury fight when that place was burnt & was engaged at that time but a few days, probably a week - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services - To the foregoing interrogatories put by the court he answers
 1. He was born at a place called Little Compton in the State of Rhode Island in the Year 1756 -  2. He has a family record of his age -  3. He raised when he entered the service as above stated and continued to raise there till about the Year 1797 when he removed to what is now the Town of Berlin County of Rensselaer & State of New York where he has ever since & now lives -  4 & 5. For answers to these Interrogatories he refers to his above statements  6. He never received a written discharge -  7. He is known in his present neighborhood to John Revere Esq. P.C.B. & to Brother Hamner Esq who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Job Taylor
Archibald Bull Clerk
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Berlin Ja and Edward Whitford residing in Berlin aforesaid hereby certify that we are acquainted with Job Taylor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy six 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 day and year aforesaid.
William Satterlee
Archibald Bull Clerk
Edward Whitford
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 William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Berlin and that Edward Whitford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Job Taylor for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Second day of October 1882.
Archibald Bull Clerk

Amendment to Declaration
To the 5 th Interrogatory returned answered in the negative the applicant makes the following affidavit -
Rensselaer County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the County of Rensselaer aforesaid - Robt Taylor the above applicant who being duly sworn deposes and saith that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades For Nine Months & seven days I served as a Corporal and for such service I claim a pension
Sworn & subscribed before me This 25 th day of May 1833
Robt Taylor
John Whipple Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss
I hereby certify that John Whipple Esq. before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. And I verily believe the above signature of said John Whipple to be genuine being acquainted with his hand writing
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 28 th day of May 1833.
Henry A. Bristol Clerk for N. Howard Junr. Deputy.
grace of Corp. not expected before court & is allowed -
Adm D 9 mos. 700 per

In reply to your request of _____, received _____, for a statement of the military history of Job Taylor , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1776 2 mos. Private Carter Canfield Conn.   1777 1 week at burning of Danbury ✓   Fall 1777 3 mos. Carter ✓   Fall 1779 1 mo. Carter ✓   a few days after above 3 mos. Mills ✓  
Battles engaged in, Danbury .
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kent, Connecticut .
Date of application for pension, Oct. 3, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1756, at Little Compton, R. I.
Remarks: Soldier married at Warren, Conn., June 29, 1780, Mercy Phelps; he died May 19, 1842, and she was allowed pension on her application executed May 8, 1844 while 83 yrs. of age and residing at Berlin aforesaid. In 1844 dau. Annie ae 63yrs wife of Joseph Crandall ae 69yrs, stated she was the oldest of soldier's eleven children - no other names given.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 14 th , 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The widow of Job Taylor, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Thirty — Dollars and 78 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March — to the 19 th May 1842.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward L. Davis
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

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

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

NEW HAVEN, CONN.,
Aug 5 th 1901.
Commissioners of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me a record of Job Taylor, who served in the Revolutionary War in Connecticut troops, and who died in Berlin, N.Y. May 19 th 1842.
Enclosed find 2c stamp.
Yours truly,
H. F. Stanley
#347 Sherman Ave. New Haven Conn.

Wed June 9 th 1845 N.Y. J. L. Edwards Esq.
As Sir Enclosed is a declaration to obtain a Pension for Mary Taylor which I send in compliance to your suggestion in your letter of the 30 th of May last. which I suppose will entitle her to a pension for five years commencing in 1836 & will it be necessary for her to file another declaration to obtain the benefits of the acts of 1842- 3 & 4.
I am Sir Respectfully Yours & c Hiram Taylor Wed N.Y.

6310 Mercy Taylor Ms
Receipt
Letter to Miriam Taylor 25. Nov. 1844 do do Feb. 23. 1845. — do do May 30. 1845.
act 4 July 1836

No 10971 Mercy Taylor Mam of John N.Y.
act 7 July 1838 Rejected hist and 1842
Adm: Act March 1843 amt 17 June 1844 9 mo 7 days in $20 25 per am
Hiram Taylor Iny N.Yak

Troy N.Y. Dec 23. 1844
J s L d Edwards Esq
Dr Sir Enclosed is another application for a Pension for the widow of Job Taylor. I hope you will find the proofs sufficient. The evidence furnished in her previous application of a witness who was present at the marriage, followed up by the testimony of other persons who knew them as man & wife for upwards of fifty years. I presume you will give the applicant a hearing as soon as convenient, and inform me the result
I am Sir
Respectfully yours &c Hiram Taylor

Troy, N.Y. April 23. 1845 J d Edwards Esq.
Mr Sir Enclosed is the Certificate of the town clerk of the town of Rowen in relation to the marriage of Job Taylor & Mary Phelps — I would now ask you to examine all the affidavits again in relation to the widows pension. You informed me that the service of her husband was sufficiently proved or that there would be no objection to it therefor nothing remained but to prove the marriage & that she is the widow of the said Job Taylor. She swears to the marriage herself & also proves it by Joseph Pinner who was present at the wedding. She also proves of their living to- gether as man & wife for the last fifty or sixty years or thereabouts by Miss H a Daughter of her Joseph Crandall & Elizabeth Viles all respectable witnesses & also that there is no record of the marriage as far as

Convenient please inform me of the result. which I hope will be a certificate for her presence although it is but a trifle yet it is dear her & it would thankfully be received by her.
I am her
Respectfully yours &c Hiram Taylor

180. Raper
17 Feby 1849
Yrs
I sup d last S r A. Johnson of Matildaugh Stearns County New York sent to your office the declarations of Nancy Taylor & of Martha Waldo and since then has not heard from them -
Will you have the goodness to say to me what has been done with these cases, and whether there is any objection to the allowance of a certificate upon either of them -
I am
Very resp ly
Yrs &c
D. R. Ramey Jr
Hon J. L. Edwards Com r Pensions

6310
Sept 20 1841.
NY
July 4. 1836
Or - Oct - 1838

Col J L Edwards
Troy Sept 18 th 1844
Sir Enclosed is an application for a pension which I presume will be examined the first opportunity.
I am Sir your ob t serv t Hiram Taylor

Bray N.Y August 4 th 1845 J d Edwards Esq
As Sir Encl d is a Declaration of Mary Doyle to obtain the benefits of the resolutions of Congress of the 28 th of January 1845. I have no doubt that it will receive your earliest attention
I am Sir your obedient Servant Miriam Doyle

rec Jan 23 o 1848.
PAID
10 5/8
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Prog. N.Y. July 27 th 1845
J L Edwards Esq
Dr Sir
I sent an application to the Pension office for Nancy Taylor the widow of Job Taylor some time last December since which I have not heard from it. will you please to inform me if the same has been received and if acted upon &c. by so doing you will much oblige yours &c Hiram Taylor

I certify, that having examined the Records of the Town of Warren, Litchfield County Connecticut. It does not appear that the names of Job Taylor & Mary Phelps are entered on the records as having been joined in Marriage — Also I further certify that but small part of the Marriages that have taken place in this town, were ever entered on the Town or Parish records. Dated at Warren April 10 th 1845 —
Benton Gilbert Town Clerk
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. Warren April 10 th 1845 Personally appeared the above named Benton Gilbert and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed — Before me George H. Harrington of Place

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845 (wheras the act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned.
I am the Widow of Job Taylor who was a private in the war of the Revolution. I have drawn a pension at the rate of thirty Dollars and Seventy Eight Cents per annum from the 4 th day of March 1843. and now ask for the amount due me from the 4 th day of March 1836 to the 4 th day of March 1841.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me on this 2 d day of March 1845
Mary Taylor
of the Justice of the Justice Court I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Mary Taylor One of the Justices of the Justice Court Pay N.Y.

I Martin L Jones Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Dry do hereby certify that Hiram Taylor who has signed the foregoing is a justice of the Justice Court of the City of Dry in & for the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this 4 th day of August 1845 at Dry in the State of New York
M. L. Jones Clerk

7174 New York
17 June 1844 no 803 Sister Miriam Taylor Ad 15. '45 (P.S.)
Mercy Taylor widow of Job Taylor who was a private in the Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of July 1845- and sent to Miriam Taylor by Troy N. Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A 17. June, 1844. Vol. 2 Page 87

W 26969
Job Taylor of Rensselaer Co. N.Y. aged 76 Applied Oct 3-1832
En Aug 1776 in town Kent (now Warren) Capt Porter Col. Anfield Conn. Mil. 2 Mo.
— 1777 same capt 3 Mo.
— 1779 " " 1 "
" Capt Mills 3 "
In fight at Danbury when place burnt
Born at Littleton, R.I. 1756
Married June 29, 1780, Mary Phelps
Died May 19-1842
Pensioned for 9 mo 7 d. Ser.
Wid Mary Taylor pensioned

Omaha, Neb.,
July 7, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;—
In looking through "Landmarks of Rensselaer County" I find the statement that Job Taylor served during the Revolutionary War and was pensioned. Mr. Taylor was born Aug. 21st, 1756, and died May 19th, 1842. Kindly advise if your records show this record of service, and if so please give dates and state in what capacity he served.
Your prompt reply will be very much appreciated.
Yours respectfully,
515 No. 30 St., Omaha, Neb.
Winnie D. Eldridge.

Ray
WIDOW, &c.
Aug 13, 1901 Mil. History to W.F. Stanley New Haven, Conn. 1911 July 13, Minnie D. Eldridge
File No. 26269
Mercy Taylor wid of Job Taylor Dis. New Mar.
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. 7 , Page 266
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } On this 6 th day of October 1848. Rensselaer County ss } personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, Mary Taylor a free right- ed woman who being first duly sworn according to law, cloth- ed on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Col. Taylor who was a private in the Revolutionary army that he drew a pension of thirty dollars and seventy eight cents per annum, and that the amount of the pension which she received under the act of the 17 th June 1846. was thirty dollars and seventy eight cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Geo. T. Denison J.P. Mary T. Taylor Mark!
I certify that Mary Taylor the above declarant by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity is unable to write her name. Geo. T. Denison J.P. I certify that the name Mary Taylor is correct on the 3 d line from top was done before signing Geo. T. Denison J.P.
STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Geo. T. Denison Esq before whom the annexed Declaration was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto sub- scribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Monday day of October 1848
A. H. Sheldon Clerk of Renss. County

State of New York
Nonspalace County } ss. On this twenty first day of December 1844. personally appeared before the Justices Court of the City of Troy in the County aforesaid, Mercy Taylor, a resident of the Town of Berlin in the County aforesaid aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1833. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Job Taylor late of the Town of Berlin - in said County deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and who served as is reflected in his original declaration on file in the War Department, and for which the said Job Taylor received, a pension under the act of 7 th June 1832. That the said Job Taylor & Mercy Taylor were married in the Town of Warren in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut in the month of June 1780. by the Reverend Peter Starr a Presbyterian Clergyman, who has been dead many years. That she has no documentary evidence or proof of said marriage in her possession & knows of none in existence. That she cannot search to be made of the record of said marriage & none has been found - And the only proof she will be able to furnish to the Department, will be of such persons as were acquainted with her, & her said husband as man & wife before the first day of January 1794. Since that time - And she further declares that the said Job Taylor died on the 19 th day of May 1842 and that she still remains his widow.
Subscribed & sworn to Mercy her Taylor before me this 21 st day of mark December 1844
William Taylor one of the Justices of the Justice Court Troy

State of New York
Rensselaer County p- Annie Crandall of the Town of Berlin being duly sworn says that she is sixty three years old, and that she is the oldest child of Job Taylor & Mercy Taylor. That her Father the said Job Taylor died on the 19 th day of May 1842 leaving Mercy Taylor his widow & that she now resides in the Town of Berlin & that said Job Taylor & Mercy Taylor lived together as man & wife from the time that this deponent can first remember until the time of her fathers death as aforesaid, which was about sixty years that said Job & Mercy had Eleven Chil- dren. That she has often heard her Father & Mother talk about their being- married by Reverend Peter Starr in the Town of Warren Connecticut. & that she believes they were so married. And that this deponent does not know of any record or documentary evidence of said marriage & that she believes there is none and further deponent says not seen before in this Annie Crandall 21 st day of Dec 1844
Miriam Taylor
one of the Justices of the Justice Court of the City of Troy

State of New York Rensselaer County ss Joseph Brandall of the Town of Berlin being sworn says that he is seventy nine years old & that he is the husband of Annie Brandall, who made the foregoing affidavit that he has known Job & Mary Taylor over fifty two years & that they lived together as man & wife until the death of said Job Taylor & that Mary Taylor his widow is still living in the Town of Berlin, & that there is no record or documentary evidence of said marriage to his knowledge or belief & further says that
Sworn before me this 21st day of December 1848 } Joseph Brandall
Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Troy

State of New York
Rensselaer County p Eliphalet Niles of the Town of Berlin in said County being duly sworn says that he is seventy six years old. that he was well acquainted with Job Taylor during his life time that he first became acquainted with Job Taylor & Mary Taylor fifty five years ago that they were then living together as man & wife. and continued so to live until the death of said Job and that during all of said time he has resided within one mile of said Job & Mary. that said Job died in the month of May 1842 leaving Mary his widow who is still living & that there is no record of their marriage to his knowledge or belief & further says that
Sworn before me this 21st day of Dec 1844 { Eliphalet Niles
Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justice Court of the City of Troy

I, Isaac S Gifford of the Town of Berlin do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mercy Taylor the widow of Job Taylor, and that I am also acquainted with Joseph Crandall, Annie Crandall & Eliphalet Viles, and that each and all of them are persons of respectability, & are entitled to the utmost credit and are to be believed in all cases whether with or without oath. Dated Berlin Dec 21 st 1844
Isaac S. Gifford Pastor of the First Baptist Chh, Berlin N.Y.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mercy Taylor Joseph Crandall Annie Crandall & Eliphalet Viles & have been for the last twenty five years and that they are each of them persons of good moral character & respectability and are entitled to the utmost credit as to truth and veracity either with or without oath Dec 21 st 1844
Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the city of Troy
Rensselaer County, N.Y.
I, William Hagen clerk of the Justices Court of the city of Troy in said County a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before Hiram

Saylor Esqr one of the Justices of the Court affirmed in the matter of the application of Mercy Saylor for a Prohibition that the signature of the said William Saylor is his genuine signature and that he was a Justice of the Court aforesaid on the 21 st of December A.D. 1844
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court at this the 23 rd day of December A.D. 1844
W. H. Cullen clerk

11971
Recd June 11. 1845
Mercy Taylor
Mother of Job
N.Y.
act July 1838
Rejected husband 1842

State of New-York Rensselaer County ss On this eighth day of June one thousand Eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the City of Troy Mary Taylor a resident of the Town of Berlin in the County of Rensselaer aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 Entitled "An act granting half- pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Job Taylor who was a Soldier in the revolution- ary army of the United States. The Proof of the service of said Job Taylor is now on file at the Pension office in the City of Washington
She further declares that she was married to the said Job Taylor on the 29 th day of June 1780 and that her husband the aforesaid Job Taylor died on the 19 th day of May 1842. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety- four at the time above stated Subscribed & sworn before { Mary her Taylor me this 8 th day of June 1845 } mark
Hiram Taylor one of the Justices of the Justices Court Troy