Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13690, for William Lambert, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lambert William
S13690.
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CONTENTS

New York 3/37 3.137
William Lambert
of Mount Pleasant, in the State of New York who was a Cpl & Ser & Pte in the Outer Camp commanded by Captain Oser — of the Regt — commanded by Col Drake — in the New York Milia for 11 months a Sergeant and 2 1/2 " " Private — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of $43 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec 1832 — and sent to H. A. Ward N.Y. Rep —
Arrears to 14th of Sep '32 $109.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 6 th M th 33 36.66
$146.64
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo C. Stiles Clerk, Book D. Vol. 5. Page 109

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Westchester
In the 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 in and for the County of Westchester in the State of New York now sitting, William Lambert a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in the said County aged twenty three years being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That is to say He entered the said service as a soldier in the militia of the County of Westchester aforesaid some time in the month of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine as orderly sergeant in the company of Militia of the County of Westchester afore- said, commanded by Captain Jonas Olson in the Regiment of Colonel Joseph Drake then commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Dummond; for the term of one year That he served in the said company and Regiment on the American lines in the said County of Westchester eleven months from the commencement of his said term; when he was taken prisoner prisoner by a detach- ment of British troops while he was quarter-
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ed in the manor of Philips, now town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester. And carried by them to their quarters in the southern part of said County and detained there as prisoner one day and was then discharged on parole and continued a prisoner on parole until the close of the Revolutionary war.
And the Declarant further saith that some time in the month of July in the year 1776 at the time the British ships Phoenix and Rose sailed up the Hudson River he again entered the service of the United States in the militia of the said County of Westchester in the Company commanded by Captain Andrew in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond and was stationed at Scrylown in the said County of Westchester on the West bank of said Hudson River that he continued in the said service at that time one month and a half and was then and there discharged
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That in the month of January in the year 1777 he again entered the service of the United States in the militia of the State of New York in the said Captain Andrew's Company and Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond that he marched in said Regiment to the neighborhood of Fort Independence with a view to attack that fort as he then understood that there was a considerable body of troops

1 1/2 m at that place the particular regiments or the names of any of the officers other than those of his regiment herein before mentioned That he continued in the service at that time one month and a half and was discharged and returned to his home
1 2 That in the month of January June 1777 he again entered the service of the United States in the militia of the State of New York in the last mentioned company and regiment that he continued in the service at that time one month and was discharged. This was at the time some British parties sailed up the Hudson and the militia was called out to guard the shore and prevent the British from landing from their galleys
1 1/2 That some time in the fall of the year 1777 he again entered the service of the United States in the militia of the State of New York in the in the last aforesaid company and Regiment: that he continued in the service at that time one month and a half that he was called out at that time to guard the lines in the said County of Westchester, and was discharged after having served one month and a half as aforesaid
That he was frequently in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war in the said company at other times than those herein before mentioned, for short periods which together would amount to two months, but he cannot now set forth each term of time thereof

distinctly in consequence of the length of time that has elapsed, And the Declarant says that he claims a pension for services as follows Viz For the eleven months service in Captain Isaac Orser's company herein before set forth; and for the term of service in Captain Ladiere's company herein set forth amounting to five months and a half exclusive of the two months which he cannot particularly set forth for the reason above assigned but which he hopes the Department will allow, making his whole service one year six months and a half. But if the said two months are not allowed by the Department then he claims a pension for one year and four months and a half; eleven of which he served as orderly sergeant in said Captain Orser's company as before set forth, and the remaining four and a half months he served as a private in manner, and at the times before set forth.
1 st And the declarant further states that he was born in the said County of West Chester in the year 1759
2 nd That he has a record of his age in his Bible
3 rd That he has always lived  the remainder of his life in the said County of West Chester and now lives there.
4 th That he entered the service by order of his officers having been called out by them into the service, except for the year term of one year before set forth for which he entered as a volunteer.
5 th That the only militia officers he recollects in

who were with our troops when he served are those herein before mentioned and Major Hull, and Major of the Continental Army Johnson, and Captain Sylvester Baker of the militia.
That the general circumstances of his service are as herein before set forth.
6 th Did not ever receive a written discharge from the service.
7 th That there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of the applicant. But that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Robert Brown and Shaddens Larles of the town of Mount Pleasant in saw County.
That he 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 This 3 rd day of December 1882 before me on open Court William X Lambert mark
A. Bayles Clerk of said Court
We Robert Brown and Shaddens Larles — residing in the town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester in the State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Lambert who has subscribed and sworn to the above.

declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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 to and subscribed Robert Brown this 3 rd day of December Theodore Searles 1832 before me in open court.
V. Bayles Clk of said 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 said as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Brown and Theodore Searles who have signed the foregoing certificate are are residents in the town of Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester and in the State of New York and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester in the 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 William

Lambert for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day of third day of December — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
V Baylis Clerk of said Court

State of New York County of Westchester ss. Benjamin Brown of said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that in the year 1779 he was an Ensign in the militia of the State of New York in the company commanded by Captain Jonas Cross in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Harmann. That said Regiment was called into the service of the United State for the term of one year commencing some time in the month of May 1779 and ending some time in May 1780. And the deponent further saith that he is well acquainted with William Lambert in the Pension application to which this affidavit is annexed, named, and that he was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war, and that the said William Lambert served in said company as a sergeant from the said month of May 1779 until the month of April 1780 when the said William was taken a prisoner by the British white quartered in the manor of Philipsburgh in said County and carried by them (together with the deponent who was taken prisoner at the same time) to their lines in the southern part of said County and kept a prisoner there a day or two and was then exchanged together with the deponent on parole, and the deponent knows that said Lambert continued a prisoner on parole until the close of the war. And the deponent further saith that said Lambert served six weeks in the

Company commanded, as near as this depo- nent can recollect by Captain Ladiere in the summer of 1776: that said Lambert was again in the service in said Company and regiment in the beginning of the year 1777 six weeks and marched to Fort Independence in said County: that in June 1777 the said Lambert was again in the service in said Company and regiment one month in said County and was called out to at the time some Battalions came up the Hudson River. That he the said Lambert was again in the service in said Company as still commanded by said Ladiere (as near as this deponent can recollect) about six weeks in the fall of the year 1777. - That the said Company was called out at said times as aforesaid to guard the lines and shores of said Hudson River. And further Deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed Benjamin Brown this 24 th day of August 1839 before me
A. Graham Commissioner of Pleadings
I the said Andrew Graham hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Benjamin Brown who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.

Dated Sing Sing August 24 th 1832
A. Graham

State of New York County of Westchester ss Jonas Orser of said county being duly sworn on his oath saith that he commanded a company of the militia of the State of New York in the regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond in the year 1779: that said company and regiment was in actual service one year com- mencing in May in said year and ending in May 1780 that William Sam- bert in the pension application to which this affidavit is annexed named was a sergeant in said company at that time and served in it as such sergeant from the month of May 1779 until he was taken prisoner some time in the month of April 1780 at Philipsburgh in said county. and the said Sambert as this deponent was informed was discharged by the British on parole and continued on parole until the close of the war and the deponent saith that said company s right served on the lines in said county of Westchester during said year and received pay therefor and further deponent saith not known to and subscribed the 24 th day of August 1832 before me Jonas Orser
A. Graham Commissioner of Deeds
I the said Andrew Graham hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Jonas Orser who

has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit Dated Sing Sing August 24 th 1832
A. Graham
I, Nathaniel Bayler Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do certify that Andrew Graham before whom the foregoing certificates and affidavits of Benjamin Brown were taken and Jonas Brown were taken is now and was at the date of said affidavits and certificates were taken a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Commissioner and believe the signature subscribed to said affidavits & certificates are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- fixed my seal of office this third day of December 1832
N. Bayler Clerk of said County
admitted
3377
William Lambeth Application for a new one under the act of June 1832

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File No. 13690
William Lambert Serg: Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 216
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lambert, Jaccheus (Lambart) GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3292 and 4608 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 16, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.