Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23784, for Stephen Marcy, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H. J. F.
NUMBER
S 23784
Marcy Stephen
CONTENTS

6419 New York
Stephen Marcy of Corham in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col B Bellows in the New Hampshire line for 10 months and 7 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 34 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of March 1833 _____ and sent to Hon D Dickerson No Repre
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $ 57.15 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 17.05 $ 74.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino G. Merrill Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 175

9233 Stephen Marcy
Thomas Beals Agent
Canandaigua
adm d 10mo 7ds pr.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss:
On this Twenty Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the County Court now sitting, Stephen Marcy, a resident of the town of Gorham, County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five 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 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
1 st At Walpole in the State of New Hampshire Massachusetts on or about the first day of July in the year 1777 when General Burgoyne surrendered, he was called out in Captain Christopher Webbers Company in Colonel Benjamin Bellows Regiment and was marched over to Clarendon on Otter Creek, near Rutland, was then marched to Fort Independence, and then marched over on a floating Bridge to Ticonderoga, where General St Clair was in Command, and there done duty, and helped to build a Breast work. Was there when General Burgoyne's army came down the Lake and remained at Ticonderoga until it was evacuated by our army and was then ordered home to Walpole. The whole Regiment returned, believes he was out about one and a half month. 2 d In February 1781 he enlisted in Windsor in Vermont in Captain Jesse Staffords Company in Major Ebenezer Allens Battalion of Rangers for nine months and served out the full term, and was discharged at Bethel in Vermont on the first December in that year. Was first sent to Pittsford on Otter Creek, and there built a Picket Fort, and was then sent to Bethel on White River and there built another Fort and was out on various Scouts, and while

at Bethel; Royalton was burned. Was in no battle, knows of no person now living who served with him. Has no documentary evidence. Was born in Middletown State of Connecticut 14 th February 1757. and moved to Walpole when very young, and was living in Walpole when he entered the service. After this lived in Windsor, then in Stillwater Saratoga County. After this returned to Windsor and lived there eleven years, then moved to Scipio in New York and lived there twenty years, and from thence moved to Gorham and have lived there for more than three years past.
Has no record of his age. Knows Reverend Enos Babbit William Howe of Gorham and William Howe of same place.
He hereby relinquishes every Claim, what ever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn and Subscribed Stephen Marcy the day and year D aforesaid in open Court
We Enos Babbit & William Howe both of the town Gorham County of Ontario and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Marcy who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration the we believe him to be seventy five 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 William Howe the day and year Enos Babbit aforesaid in open 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 Enos Babbitt and William Howe are both residents of the town of Gorham, are credible persons, have both signed the preceding certificate, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Stephen Marcy for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of September A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane.

N o 9233 Stephen Macey
Adm d
5. 11. 17. 13. 17.
P 121.
Thos. Beals Canandaigua N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of Stephen Marey of Gerham in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declarat on made before a Court or a Judge? in open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy five years
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.     July In 1777 about 1 1/2 Private Col: Benj: Bellows   Feb'y 1781 9 " Major Eben: Allen - Rangers  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Walpole - New Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Proclamation
23784. INVALID.
File No. 23784
Stephen Marcy Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 253
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York } In the matter of Stephen Marcy Ontario County } application for a pension
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County Stephen Marcy who being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that the reason he did not have a clergyman to support his application for a pension before the County Court on the 23 day of August 1832 was, The clergyman whose ministry he attends, was sick and not able to attend the court - He stated in his original declaration that he has no documentary evidence, and he now states that he never had any, and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service - He is required to answer the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department - The three first interrogatories he answered in his original declaration - To the 4 th interrogatory he now says he enlisted when he served - To the 5 th interrogatory he says that when he served under his first head, Colonel Chan's Regiment was on the same station and he does not remember the names of any other, but he remembers that General St Clair was at Tienderoga and he knew him - and under the 2 nd head he says there were no other Regiments where he served, but there were three companies of Rangers - He belonged to Captain Jesse Stafford's company, and the other companies were commanded by Captains Sawyer and Hutchins - To the 6 th interrogatory he now says he never received a written discharge - The 7 th interrogatory he has answered in his original declaration
He served in the year 1777 under his first head not less than one month and a quarter, and under his second head in 1781 not less than nine months, in all ten months and a quarter of a month, for which I claim a pension -
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty fifth day of January 1833 before me
Henry Chapman J.P.
Stephen Marcy

State of New York, Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Henry Chapin, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the within affidavit, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said County: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-fifth day of January A.D. 1833.
Charles Crane