Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28788, for Martin Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Lewis, Martin
S. 28788.
CONTENTS

Let T. M. Olcott Pen agt Nov 14/50 RJ Lewis Oct 27/1854
28849. New York City
Marlin Lewis
of _____ in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp; commanded by Captain Granger of the Regt; commanded by Col: Canfield in the Comp: Militia time for 14 Mo.
Incribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 25th day of March, 1831, Deducting former pay at the rate of $40.00 per annum Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of November 1849 and sent to N. M. Roberts 75 Nassau St. New York
Aears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
A. Aug. 29. 1854
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry Robinson Clerk, Book E. 2, Vol. 4/p Page 43.

28849 New York
Martin Lewis of Newstead in the State of N. Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Granger of the Reg't commanded by Col. Campbell in the Col. Militia time for 14 mo. Private - $46.66
Letter to Hon. M. Fillmore 12 Feb. 1840
Let. to R. H. Morris on April 28 1849. S. H. Roberts 16 Oct 1849
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of July 1834 and put to John Root Esq. Buffalo, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $139.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 23.33 $163.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Vincent Luce Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 105

[Declaration of a Revolutionary Soldier who served in the MILITIA, to obtain a Pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.]
State of New York, } On this 4 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at Buffalo, in said County, Erie County, ss. }
Martin Lewis a resident of Newstead in the County of Erie and State of New York, aforesaid, aged sixty one 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 (viz) he enlisted in the service of the United States in month of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at the town of Farmington in the County of Hartford and state of Connecticut in a company of regular troops commanded by one Capt Johnson of the artillery in the service of the United States when he served for the term of six months and was regularly discharged or disbanded without any writing within his recollection that in the month of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty at at said Farmington was drawn as a soldier for the term of three months and was attached to the company of Capt Ambrose Slocum in a regiment commanded by Col Beebe in the Connecticut troops that he served in the same under said draft for the term of three months and was regularly discharged or disbanded but not in writing that the place of service was on the lines in the County of Fairfield in Connecticut and in the County of Winchester in the state of New York at the expiration of which term he enlisted in the company of Capt Peter Gurtis in the regiment commanded by Col Wells where he served on the said lines for more than four months when he was again discharged that in the month of February in the year 1782 he enlisted in the service of the United States and was attached to a company of Connecticut Militia commanded by Capt Abner Grange then of Litchfield in that state in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Hunsdicker of the Connecticut State Troops in which served on the said lines for the term of fourteen months when he was again discharged but without writing within his recollection 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 and subscribed this 4 th day of December 1832 }
Isaac H. Maye Clerk of said Common Pleas
Martin Lewis

We, John Graham residing in the town of Switzerland and County of Erie and George Thranahan residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Marlin Lewis who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 71 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.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 4 th day of December 1832 }
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
Marlin Lewis George S. Thranahan John Graham
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 John Graham who has signed the preceding certificate is a citizen resident in the town of Switzerland and county of Erie and that George Thranahan who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Switzerland and county of Erie and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Marlin Lewis for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11 th day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of our Common Pleas
Marlin Lewis 20829

I was born in the Town of Farmington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in the month of April in the year 1761 as I have been informed by my Parents and I have seen the same so recorded in my Father's Bible which is the only record of my age within my knowledge
I intended and intend the service at each time of my move as above stated at said Farmington. I lived in the said County of Hartford & State of Connecticut until the year 1798 when I moved to the County of Ontario State of New York where I lived until the year 1815 when I moved to the Town of Clancey then County of Niagara (now Erie) which place is now my place where I have ever since lived & now live

The within is my supplementary declaration —
Martin Lewis
Sworn this 5 th day of December 1832 Clark P. Spencer Clerk of the Common Pleas

No 21829- Martin Lewis N.Y.
Admitted Private 14 months $46.66
Noah Sprague Clerk Buffalo Erie County Court N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 27 1833
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 subjoined 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.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Martin Lewis Erie Co NY
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Nov 1777 Enlisted Artillery 6 Private Capt. Johnson Col. None Conn Aged 71 Hartford Co Conn Traditionary   May 1780 Drafted 3 " Grooper Custer Major Wells " N.Y.   1782 Feb Enlisted 14 " Grayer Canfield 10m 3/4 Kent  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
It cannot be readily admitted that the above allegations of service are insusceptible of proof, and claimants are required by the regulations to produce the best evidence in their power.

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 day 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 tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 8 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.
Dyer Custer Exam Clerk

State of New York Erie County ss
Walter Hunt of the Town of Springfield in the County of Bradford in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania being duly sworn Faith that he was born in the Town of Suffield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, that in his youth he was acquainted with Martin Lewis then of the Town of Farmington in the said State of Connecticut that the said Martin Lewis served in the revolutionary war as private in the company of Col. Abner Granger of said Suffield in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Canfield in the Connecticut State Troops that this deponent served as a sergeant in the in the said company that this deponent was twenty five years of age in the month of May last that this deponent & the said Martin Lewis was discharged from the said service in the year one thousand seven hundred and Egly three that the said Martin served in the army of the United States in the said Revolutionary war under the said Col Samuel Canfield one year and two months in the said in the said company of Col. Abner Granger according to the best recollection & belief & this deponent further saith that he has seen the said Martin Lewis at his residence in the Town of Newstead in the County of Erie and knows him to be the same person above mentioned and his fellow soldier in the said Re- volutionary war and that the said Regiment & company was stationed & served at Stamford in said state of Connecticut -

In addition to the foregoing testimony I further depose to say that the then Regiment to which I belonged was commanded by Col Wells Eight Months Men stationed at Horse neck North street, it became necessary to augment the force accordingly a draft of three hundred men were raised under the command of Col Becker & stationed near to our Regiment and from particular incidents that took place and from knowledge I am fully satisfied that the above named Martin Lewis is the same person that served under Col' Amos Brann Stokes with whom I was well acquainted for the term of three Months & after his discharge from the said Col Becker's Regiment entered Col Wells Regiment of State Troops and served from the best information in least thirteen or fourteen Months or more according to the best of my knowledge & belief. Bela Kent Sworn & subscribed this 25 th day of October 1832 before me Wm Mills a judge of Erie County Court
State of New York Erie County ss Martin Lewis being the person mentioned in the above affidavit of Bela Kent being duly sworn saith that the said Bela Kent is the only witness that he has or can procure to prove the truth of the deponent's mentioned in his declaration herein annexed within his knowledge or belief
Sworn this 11 th day of July 1833 before me  J. Clary J.P.
Bela Kent

State of New-York, Erie County Clerk's Office, ss.
I, Noah P. Jenay Clerk of the County of Erie, do hereby certify that Joseph Clary Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed Affidavit was at the time of taking said Affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature J. Clary subscribed to said Affidavit to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, this Fifth day of August A. D. 183 3 . Noah P. Jenay Clerk of Erie Co.

State of New-York, Erie County Clerk's Office, ss.
{ I, Noah T. Sprague Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William Wills — Esq., whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the an- nexed Instrument of writing, was at the time of taking said proof or acknowledgment a Judge of our Court, Courts in and for said county, duly ap- pointed and sworn, and authorised to take the same. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature Wm Wills subscribed to said certificate, to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this Fifth — day of August A. D. 1833. Noah T. Sprague Clerk of our County

Rev 2/2/22
Milwaukee Wisconsin
February 4 1922.
The Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Department of Revolutionary Pensions:
Gentlemen: - Will you please give me the complete data which you have on record concerning Martin Lewis, who according to the D.A.R. Lineage Book, - was allowed a pension, in 1832, in Erie Co. New York, for fourteen

months actual service as private in the Connecticut line.
I am trying to trace his ancestry back of the Revolution and want the place from which he enlisted, birth place or any thing of the kind that would furnish a clue.
Thanking you for any help you may be able to give me.
I am sincerely yours, (Mrs) Marion R Poole. 465 Lake Drive Milwaukee Wisconsin

Buffalo, New York,
February 20, 1913.
Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me the pension record of the following men, to wit:-
Alfred Joyce, Pension List 1818-65, Erie Co. Mass. Line, died July 22nd, 1824.
Martin Lewis, Pension List Erie Co. 1840-73 Private Conn. Militia. Living in Newstead in 1840, aged 73.
Benazah Mallory, Pension List Erie Co. 1831-69 Private Vermont Militia. Living in Lockport in 1840.
Hezekiah Mosby, Pension List Erie Co., 1840,86, Tonawanda, N. Y.
Yours very truly,
J. A. McRivether
34 Whitney Place,

28788 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,788
Martin Lewis
Rev Rev Mr
Act: 1 st June 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 240
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mch 23/96 Soldier's Pension Col. Cornelius Wheeler, Milwaukee, Wis.
W.C.
1913 Mch. 3, History to R. H. Meriwether. F.W.
1922 Mch. 11 Hist. to the Park

New York Martin Lewis
Suspended
Letter to John Root 16. May 1834
Act 7 June 1832

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Martin Lewis a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 28788
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1777. 6 mos. Pri. Johnson. ✓ Conn.   May, 1780. 3 " Andrew Sloper. Beebe.   ✓ 4 " Peter Curtis. Wills.   Feb. 1782. 14 " Abner Granger. Saml. Canfield.  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hartford Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Nov. 4, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Newstead, Erie Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, Born Apr. 1761, Farmington, Hartford Co. Conn. Died Aug. 23, 1854. Remarks: There are no data relative to family.
+ from Agency Book
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

House of Rep. Feby. 8. 1840.
Sir,
I have the honor herewith to enclose you a letter from Amos Knight, Esq. and some letters from your office in relation to the application of Margaret Boyers , for a pension, and an additional affidavit in the case of Martin Lewis , with a view to increase his pension.
He desires me to call in relation to the former case, supposing there must be some mistake as he says the year and month when the marriage took place is proved. If so, unless that month leaves the force it uncertain whether it comes within the act, it must be sufficient. The date can not be important in any other point of view. I am very much engaged during office hours on the committee of elections & therefore hope it will not be necessary for me to make a personal call.
Respectfully Yours
J. S. Edwards, Esq.
Millard Fillmore

State of Connecticut
Comptrollers office
Hartford July 12 1848
I certify that in application for evidence of service by Martin Lewis in the war of the revolution alleging that he served three months in the year 1780 under Col. Mansfield Capt. Ambrose Sloper I find from the records of the journal of the Governor & Council of Safety in this office that on the 30 th of June 1780 it was resolved among other things relating to that war as follows to wit "Thereupon resolved that only fifteen hundred & twenty men able bodied effective men rank & file be raised to serve for three months pursuant to said resolve of Assembly for raising two thousand five hundred & twenty men in the following proportion viz" so &c
Under date of the 6 th of September 1780 in same record I find the following entry viz "A letter from Genl Washington for various reasons & difficulties so &c requesting that the 1500 Militia raised for three months be dismissed & on consideration voted & Resolved That the said 1500, three months militia be immediately dismissed & that his Excellency the Gov give orders accordingly"

In Vashells Receipts under heading of "The United "States Dr to the State of Connecticut for "Disbursements for the pay of three regiments "under the command of Col Hezekiah Wyllys for "three months raised in consequence of a requisition "from Genl Washington in June 1780" I find the following. Under head, "date" 1782 Jan'y 10, to "17" Companies "Capt A Stopes", "Regiments" "Confederates", "Wages "£ 729. 19. 0", Rations etc £ 21. 14. 8, Commissions etc £ 18. 19. 9 "Amt paid in State Bills" £ 770. 9. 5.
Under the footing of the whole account amounting to £ 15722. 13. 3 at 2 for 1 is "Specie value" £ 7861. 6. 7½
No pay or Muster Roll of Captain Stopes has been found in this office
Elijah Hall Comptroller

New York, Sept. 11. '48.
H. H. Morrison,
Evidence in support of Martin Lewis claim for increase of pension.
M. 369. See Sept 6/48.
Pension Office
Mr Ames,
Adolff
Martin Lewis

New York September 11 th 1878
Hon. W m L. Marcy Sec. War
Sir
I in- close the within at the request of Martin Lewis a revolutionary sol- dier in support of his application to the Department for an addition to his pension more about two years since - If I understand his case it would seem to supply the necessary proof to verify his claim - allow me to ask an early attention to this matter & when

disposal of to advise me at 75 Nassau St -
Respectfully
Yr. obed. Servt.
Richd. H. Morris

State of Connecticut, Comptrollers Office Hartford January 25 th 1819
I certify, that upon application for evidence of the service of Martin Lewis, in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the Records, and Documents relating to the War, remaining in this Office, and find on the Journal of the Governor & Council of Safety, under date of 30 th June 1780 the following entry viz,
Resolved, that only fifteen hundred & twenty, able bodied officers new rank & file be raised, to serve for three months, pursuant to said Act of Assembly for raising two thousand five hundred & twenty men in the following proportions, &c.
Also in S d Journal of the Gov. & Council of Safety, under date of 6 th Sept. 1780 is an entry as follows, viz,
A letter from Genl. Washington, for various reasons and official reasons, requesting, That the 1500 Militia raised for three months be dismissed and on consideration, Voted & Resolved, That the said 1500 three months Militia be immediately dismissed & that his Ex cy the Gov t give order accordingly &c.
In a Day Book in this Office is an entry as follows, viz 1780 March 2 nd War D rs To Order on Treasurers Col. Canfield, Pay Roll, Field & Staff, Capt. Branton, Pay Roll Coast Guards. $ 1247. 7. 6
In another Day Book, under date of May 22 nd 1781 is the following entry viz John Canfield Esq. Cr. By Acc t rendered Com t Currency $ 89. 8. 6 Supra D r
To balance his acc t rendered to S d Money $ 2. 5. 0 To order on Treasurers $ 3. 14. 6 $ 5. 19. 6 over

Phol com.
Supra Cr.
By acct. rendered Lawful Money L 3. 17. 6 United States Do.
To Ord r on Treasury p. Col. Samuel Canfield's Bill of expenditures his Reg t 3 mo s L 7. 16. 0
" I find the following in Haskell's Receipts. The United States D o to the State of Connecticut for Disbursements "for the Pay &c. of three Regiments under the command of Col. Ezekiah "Wyllis for three months, raised in consequence of a requisition from "Gen l Washington in June 1780.
   Date Companies Regiments Wages Rations &c. Commiss. &c. Am t paid in State Notes     1782 Jan. 10 Capt. A. Sloper Canfield's £729. 19. 0. £21. 14. 8 £18. 19. 9 £770. 9. 5  
Elijah Callan Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk.

New York July 24 th 1849.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Dear Sir,
An application was sometime since made to your Department for an increase of Pension by Martin Lewis, a Revolutionary Soldier. R. M. Morrison Esq. who had charge of the application on behalf of Mr. Lewis having occasion to remove from the City, placed the matter in my hands; and on or about the first day of May last I received your letter addressed to Mr. Morrison, of which the enclosed is a copy. In obedience to the suggestions contained in your letter I have procured from Mr. Lewis "a statement under oath of all the services he rendered in the Revolutionary war". Also enclosed you have the Comptrollers Certificate, and you will also find on the files of your Department the deposition of Amos Newell to the effect that Mr. Lewis served under the Draft of the 30th June 1780, referred to in the Comptrollers Certificate.
The Commissioner will please bear in mind that the stipend heretofore granted, is for the one years service under the last enlistment, commencing April 1780, and for the extra two or three months that he was retained in the "Fort" guarding the Public property after the expiration of the said one years enlistment; and that the present claim is for the

first three month service performed by him.
I indulge the hope that the Commissioner will find the application in its present form satisfactory to the Department. The applicant is a very worthy citizen - has held honorable situations under the Government whose liberties he aided to achieve; he is now far advanced in years, and deems himself justly entitled to the additional stipend, although at this distant day there may exist a paucity of proof
Very Respectfully Yours..
N. W. Roberts 75 Mason St.

(Copy)
Pension office April 28 th 1849.
"Sir,"
"The certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut in the case of Martin Lewis is not satisfactory to shew that he is entitled to a higher stipend than has already been allowed him. The certificate does not shew that Lewis was engaged in the three months service under Capt. Shaper in 1780."
"Claimant should make a statement under oath of all the service he rendered in the Revolutionary war, and produce the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut shewing how far the records in his possession confirm or discredit it. If it is made satisfactory to appear that he is entitled to an increase, a certificate will be issued for the same."
"I am very respectfully
Your ob dt . Serv t .
J. L. Edwards"

Increased
Adm 17 months private £56.11.6 per annum, commencing 4 March 1831, d d g former pay £46.11.6 per annum,
N. W. Roberts 75. Staple St., Kensington, W.

New York Nov. 6. 1829
Rev. S. G. Edwards, Commisioner &c.
Dear Sir,
In accordance with the suggestion contained in your favor of the 16 th Ult., (of which a copy is hereto annexed,) I herewith enclose the original Certificate of Martin Lewis, And beg that the Commissioner will be kind enough to indicate in his answer to me, the shortest and most practicable way of realizing the amount of arrears now due him. Mr. Lewis resides in the interior of our State and is now more than eighty years old, & therefore unfitted to travel, And as he is very much in want of the money, I desire to forward it to him with as little delay as possible. I am very Respectfully Yours &c
A. W. Roberts 75 Nassau St.

"Copy"
Pension Office
October 16. 1849
Sir,
The additional evidence in the case of Martin Lewis, is satisfactory to establish his alleged service under Capt. Loper for three months.
If he will return the Certificate he now holds, a new one will be issued, embracing that time of service, in addition to the amount he has heretofore been allowed.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt., J. L. Edwards,
M c W. Roberts Esq. No. 75 Nassau St. N. Y.

Marlin Lewis
Payments to be made at the City of New York by the First Mechanics Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 4 Page 105 by Viral Luce Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Martin Davis of the State of New York who was a private in the Army of the revolution
is entitled to receive Forty six dollars and 66 cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 28 th _____ day of _____
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

I Amos Hurrell of Southington in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut x of lawful age depone and say that in the year 1780 I served in the troops raised by the State of Connecticut three months at a place called Horn Brook now in the town of Greenwich Fairfield County Connecticut and was discharged sometime in the month of September 1780. I served in Capt. Ambrose Hopkins Company Col. Litchfield's Regiment. and I further depone that Martin Lewis then of said Southington but now living in Housatonic in the State of New York was a private in the same company and performed duty in it during the full term of three months ending sometime in the month of September A.D. 1780 we were in no action or engagement during the time we were stationed at Horn Brook and two other Regiments near us, one I think was commanded by Col. Wells, the other by Col. Beebe but I am not certain, we were marched into the State of New York a short distance and returned during the time we were there, we were mustered in Danbury, and I believe we were discharged there but I do not remember certainly. I am now nearly seventy seven years old And further this deponent saith not Southington October 16 th A.D. 1839
Amos Hurrell
State of Connecticut Probate Court District of Southington
for Probate Office Southington October 16 th A.D. 1839
Be it known that on the day and year above written Before the subscriber Judge of Probate for the District of Southington personally appeared Amos Hurrell whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts contained in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed are true I further certify that I have been acquainted for a long time with s d deponent and that he is a credible person and in my opinion is entitled to credit
Stephen Wakely Judge of Probate
I Lucas Upson Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington, hereby certify that Stephen Wakely Esq r is judge of said Court, that s d Court is a Court of record and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 16 th day of October 1839
Lucas Upson

June 23 d
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J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
Cl. of
Martin Lewis

Buffs June 14 th 1836
In the application of Martin Lewis it is impossible for him at present to make any further Proof of his revolutionary services as most of the persons with whom he served are dead and he is old and infirm and in low circumstances as to property he has therefore concluded to accept of a pension which fourteen months will entitle him to & therefore desire you to send to me a certificate accordingly although I can not see why he has not proved a year more as fully as in most cases in which pensions have been granted please to send his certificate as soon as convenient as he is ready
Yours respectfully
John Root
J. L. Edwards Esquire
commissioner of pensions

New York Oct. 2
April 19 th 1889
Edwards Esquire Commr of Pensions Washington City

Buffalo April 12 th 1834
Dr Sir
I again send you the affidavits and papers in the case of Martin Lewis an Applicant for a Pension as a revolutionary soldier which I think he is intitled to prove the testimony which he now produces which is much stronger than in many cases where I have known Pensions to be granted I feel anxious in his case because I know he is intitled to his claim and being advanced in life and possessing little property if any stands much in need of such relief I think he now proves clearly the last service of 14 months if no other which would intitle him to his pension and the other services are proved in the best manner in his power I hope you will examine the papers now submitted and send a certificate in his favor instead of returning the papers in the case
Yours Respectfully
John Root
J. L. Edwards Esquire

State of New York
Erie County ss
I, Seth Granger of the Town of Buffalo in the said county of Erie being duly sworn Depose and saith that he hath been well acquainted with Bela Eustis the person who subscribed the annexed affidavit and made oath to the same from the time of his delivery until the time said affidavit was made being both being born and raised in Suffield in the state of Connecticut and that the said Bela Eustis sustained a good and fair character as a man & a Christian that the said Bela Eustis was a soldier in the revolutionary war and served in the company commanded by Capt. Almon Granger of said Suffield & Father of this deponent as he has often been informed by his said Father and also by his brother the late Erastus Granger Esq. who served in said company as a soldier and this deponent further saith that he is also acquainted with Martin Lewis the applicant for a pension and that he has often been informed by his said Father Almon Granger & his said brother Erastus Granger while living that the said Applicant served as a soldier in the said company during all the time the said company was in service in the said war and at several times has seen the said Capt. Almon Granger Erastus Granger and Martin Lewis in company together in the said county of Erie since their removal there. When they all recognized each other as old soldiers and as having belonged to said company and as having served together in the said company that the time of said service was about one year as this deponent has been informed by

his said Father & brother and believe to be true Subscribed & sworn this 11 th day of April 1834 before me J. R. Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
Leth Granger
I certify that I am acquainted with Leth Granger of Buffalo who has subscribed & made oath to the above disposition and that full faith & credit ought to be given to the same dated Buffalo April 11 th 1834
Stephen R. Grosvenor
Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Erie County ss
John Root of Buffalo in the county of Erie being duly sworn saith that he has been personally ac- quainted with Bela Kent the person who made & subscribed the annexed affidavit for many years past and a part of which in the neighborhood of the said Kent and that he has always sustained a fair & respectable character in every respect.
John Root
Sworn this 12 th day of April 1834
J. R. Grosvenor
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Erie County ss Martin Lewis the applicant for a pension named in the declaration annexed being duly sworn saith that at the time he made the said Declaration he was mistaken in the term enlistments that he served in the company of Capt. Horner Granger in the Regiment of Col. Ganfield has a militia man & having fallen to his lot to go into the service as such he having belonged to a class of 25 men which class was to furnish one man when required that he served in said company at a Fort in the Town of North Stamford in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut the term of fourteen months about two months of which service was after the Army of the United States was disbanded but this applicant was retained at said Fort with others as a guard to take charge of the property of the United States in & about the said Fort that his services in the revolutionary war were according to the following
Evidence
   Month & Year months rank Comp Col Regiment where age     1777 6 Private John Ford not recorded Fairfield Con't 21   May 1780 3 " Slocum Bethlehem Con't Con't 24   Drafted same Con't   1782 12 " Granger Con't Porter Con't   Drafted Stamford Con't  
Bela Root Lett. Granger

and this deponent further saith that the evidence of his services now produced is all which he is able to produce he being far advanced in life and that with whom he served live in places unknown to him or are dead and further saith not Sworn & Subscribed Martin Lewis this 12 th day of April 1834 before me S. K. Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW-YORK, (I, Noah P. Sprague Clerk of ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss. the County of Erie, do hereby certify, that Stephen K. Grosvenor Esq., whose name is subscribed to the annexed
 three Several Affidavits and one Certificate was at the time of taking the same  a Justice of the Peace 
in and for said county, duly elected and sworn and acting as such. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said
 Justice and verily believe the signature there to subscribed to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this twentieth day of April A. D. 1834.
 Noah P. Sprague Clerk 
 By John Ricord Deputy 

State of New York, City & County of New York.
On this fifth day of June 1849, personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the City & County & State above mentioned Martin Lewis who being duly sworn according to law declared, that he is the identical person who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain A. Sloper in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Canfield, that he was drafted on or about the first day of June 1780, for the term of three months, and was discharged at Housenick in the State of Connecticut, on or about the fifteenth day of September 1780, by reason of the expiration of his term of service, that he subsequently enlisted and served one year in the Company commanded by Captain Grange, in the same Regiment, that he enlisted on or about the first day of April 1781, and that after the expiration of the said term of one year he was retained in the service with about thirty others, (a Lieutenants Command,) to guard & protect the public property in the Fort at Housenick, until they were sold and disposed of by the Quarter Master, that he so remained in the service of the Country more than two months, & that he was finally discharged at Housenick, Conn., in the month of June 1782, the war having terminated.
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year above written,
J. A. Drown Justice
Martin Lewis

I do hereby certify that Samuel Green before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the City & County of New York duly com- missioned & sworn, N.Y. July 23. 1849. George Briggs M.C.