Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20392, for William Lane, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Lane, William Maria or Mary
W. 20392 B. L. Wt. 21-100
CONTENTS

New York. 4469.
Maria Lane, dec d widow of William Lane Maj r who died on the 24 th Sept r 1832 of Ontario (in the State of N. Y.) who was a Major in the Co. commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mason in the Revolution line for 2 years
Payable to Catharine Fritz, Sally Storer, Abiel, Peter & Isaac Lane, only children.
Rep d 2 Cert s . 1832/8.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 100 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 24 th day Sept r 1834, to 1 st Feb y 1842, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Jan y 1837 and sent to T. L. H. A. T. Smith, Present.
Airs to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claims Act July 4, 1836, Section the 33 }
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book 60, Vol. 8, Page 121.

311.
New York Roll
William Lane, 4
Sixate -
Massachusetts line - 1780. 3 years In the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Sept. 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq r Judge Canandaigua - N. York
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 - 33:33
Semi-annual all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 - 48: -
Yrs 4 25/30 Grand $ 81:3
Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Richmond Ontario
Verification sent to Stephen Phelps Esq r 29 Sep. 1820
30 28 2 7 5 1111
32, 1, 86 33 86
Canandaigua N.Y.

K NOW all men by these presents, that I William Lane of Sharon in the County of Schoharie and State of New York for the consideration of ten Dollars received to my full satisfaction of Abijah Holbrook of Torrington Litchfield County and State of Connecticut.
Do give, grant, bargain, sell, assign, and confirm, unto Abijah Holbrook or to his heirs, or assigns forever, all my right, title, interest and demand, which I have to the bounty land, which was granted to me, by the United States, for my services as a Soldier during the late war with Great-Britain: And I do hereby appoint the said Abijah Holbrook my true and lawful attorney for me, with power of substitution, and in my name to demand, ask and receive, from the war-office of the United States, for his use and benefit, whatever land I am entitled to for my services as a Corporal in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Crane hereby irrevocably ratifying and confirming whatever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do, by virtue of these presents. In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this twelfth day of July one thousand eight hundred
In presence of
Martinus Vrooman
William Lane
Abijah Holbrook
PERSONALLY appeared before me Martinus Vrooman justice of the peace, for the County of Schoharie, State of New York William Lane of the town of Sharon in the County of Schoharie and State of New York and acknowledged the above instrument, to be his voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand, this twelfth day of July 1800
Martinus Vrooman Justice a peace

I certify that the within named William - Lane was a soldier in Col d John Cram's - Regiment of Artillery in the Late Ame- rican War During the continuance thereof
E. W. Parsons Lieut of S p Regiment
Clerks Office of } the County of } ss. Schuylkill. }
I certify that the within named Martinus Korman is and for a long time has been duly commissioned & sworn as a justice of the Peace in and for said County and that full faith and credit is due to his act as such. Given under my hand and Seal the 4 th December 1800.
J. M c Intosh Clerk of the County of Schuylkill
W m Lane Corp s Cranes M s
Ass d No. 21

State of New York } County of Ontario }
I Alexander H. Howell clerk of said County do hereby Certify that at a Court of Common Pleas held in & for the said County on the 17 th . day of May 1847 - it was duly proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to said court, that William Lane died on the twenty fourth (24 th ) day of September eighteen hundred & thirty four (1834) and that Maria Lane his wife died on the first (1 st ) — day of February eighteen hundred & forty two (1842) and that there are five children of the said William and Maria Lane now living whose names are Catharine Frits - Sally Storer Abel Lane. Peter Lane and Isaac Lane.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal. This 17 th day of May 1847. Wm. H. Howell Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer ss Abraham G. Rose. - county of the Town of Little Falls in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he has in his possn the ancient records of Marriage and Baptisms, Recorded & kept by his Grandfather the Rev. Abraham Rose county who was the Pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in this vicinity during & subsequent to the Revolutionary war. That upon an examination of said records this day had by this deponent he finds recorded under the head of Baptisms the following entry made by and as this deponent believes in the hand writing of his said Grandfather -
  1782.  Parentes.  Infantes.  Suscipiens.    N. 28 Aug.  William Laun.  Catharina  Adam Guntzman    B. 15 Sep.  - Maria.   Magaretha Lock.  
This deponent further states that the above is an accurate & literal trans- -script of said entry and that the dates, viz seven hundred and eighty two, and twenty eighth August, and fifteenth September, are ex- -pressed in plain legible figures as above written -
Sworn & subscribed } Abraham G. Rose county to this 7 th day of November }
1846 Before me. and }
I certify that I know the said Abraham G. Rose county personally to be the deponent whose name is in my presence subscribed to the foregoing deposition and that said deponent is a man of good character & reputation & entitled to full credit & belief.
Augustus Beardslee one of the judges of the court of common pleas of said county of Herkimer

And I further certify that the book in the foregoing deposition mentioned has been before the court of common Pleas of the said county of Middlesex in open court & when the undersigned was one of the judges on the Bench, proved to be the Book of Records of Marriages and Baptisms kept by the said Rev. Abraham Rosencrantz And that said book is an ancient manuscript Book bound in parchment it has all the appear- ances of what it purports to be, to wit, an ancient book of Records November 7 th 1846 - Augustus Beardslee - Judge etc as aforesaid
James Case

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Herkimer County, }
I, ERWIN A. MUNSON, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Augustus Bracalee Esquire, whose name is sub- scribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed instrument in writing and endorsed thereon, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowl- edgement a Judge of the County Courts in and for said county, dwelling in the said county, and duly authorized to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and very believe his name subscribed to the said certificate to be his genuine signature.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county.
Nov 7 th 1846
E. A. Munson Clerk

State of New York, County of Ontario ss On this eighteenth day of August eighteen hundred & forty six personally appeared in open Court before me John Lapham one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County William Isaac Lane a resident of said County who being first duly sworn accor- -ding to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount that may be due to the heirs of Mary or Maria Lane widow of William Lane under the act of 4 th March 1836
This declarant states that his fathers name was William Lane th and that his mothers name was Mary sometimes spelled Maria Lane and that her Maiden name was Maria Anthony.
This declarant states that his said father was a soldier in the war of the revolution and belonged to a company of Ar- -tillery. that as this declarant has understood from his said father he enlisted for a term of three years in Capt Daniels Company in Col. Thos Bixons Regiment commencing in April 1777 and for the term of two years and a half in Capt Thom- as Swards Company in Colonel John Cranes Regiment of Mass

chussets artillery commencing in Dec. 1780. This declarant states that his said father drew a pension for several years previous to his death - and
This declarant further states that his said father William Lane died on the twenty fourth day of September in the year eighteen hundred & thirty three (1833).
This declarant further states that his said father William Lane was married to the said Mary or Maria Anthony in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one as this declarant has always understood from his said father and mother - that this declarant was so informed by a person named Margaret Hardy who has been dead for several years - and on that from the time of the marriage of this declarants said father & mother to the time of the death of his said father they the said William & the said Mary lived together as in lawful wedlock & sustained the relation of husband & wife - This declarant believes and has so understood always that his said parents were married previous to the expiration of

the last term of service of this declarant said father - This declarant further states that his mother the said Mary or Maria Lane died on the first day of February in the year eighteen hundred and forty two and that she died being the widow of the said William Lane - This declarant further states that his said father & mother left six children surviving them whose names are Isaac Lane. (This declarant) Catharine Frats, Abiel Lane, Peter Lane, Sally Storer, and Gideon Lane.
Sworn & subscribed in open court the day & year first above written. Before me - John Lapham Judge of Ontario County Court
Isaac Lane
State of New York County of Ontario ss I Alexander H. Howell clerk of said county & of the court of common pleas do hereby certify that at a court of common pleas held in & for

said county on the 18 th day of August 1846 it was proved by the adduction of testimony satis- factory to said court that William Lane died died on the twenty fourth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833) and that Mary Lane widow of the said William died on the first day of February eighteen hundred and forty two (1842) and that the said Isaac & Mary Lane left six children surviving them, whose names are Isaac Lane, Catharine Frats, Abiel Lane, Peter Lane, Sally Storer and Gideon Lane -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court & county this 18 th day of August eighteen hundred & forty six.
Wm. H. Woodruff Clerk.

Jefferson County ss Adolphus Pickard of Orleans County aforesaid Being Duly Sworn before Benjamin Hutchens Justice of the Peace in said County Depreth, Says I knew William Lane In the Revolutionary war I knew him at Fort Plain Montgomery County in the year 1782 I know he belonged to a company of Artillery at that time, I do not know the names of his Officers I knew Maria Anthony before she was married I was not at their Wedding they was said to be married when I saw them in 1782 I know they lived together as husband and wife at that time and they lived together as husband and wife for five or six years after that they had one son By the name of Isaac Lane I knew them when they moved from Fort Plain to the Town of Sharon I lived at Springfield at that time Adolphus his Pickard Mark Subscribed and Sworn This 20 th of June 1846 Before Me Benjamin Hutchens, J. P.
This May certify that I have known the above named Adolphus Pickard for ten or twelve years and believe him to be a man whose testimony may be believed his mind is remarkably good for a man of his age Benjamin Hutchens, J. P.

State of New York
County of Jefferson
I C B Howard Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin Hutchins is a Justice of the Peace in for said County duly elected & qualified - That his term of office com- -menced on the first day of January 1843 and will expire on the 31 day of Decr. 1844 and that his signature to the within affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Coun- -ty this 10 day of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty six.
C B Howard Clerk
6818.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
On the thirteenth day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Said County personally appeared William Lane aged 80 years Resident in the Town of Richmond in the County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in Revolutionary War. That he the Said William Lane enlisted in the Second Regiment at West Point in the State of New York about the first of January 1780 during the War in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas French. in an Artillery Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel John Cram and that he continued to serve in Said Corps until the Ninth day of June 1783 when he received an honorable discharge at West Point aforesaid. and that he had served in different Corps previous to the aforesaid Service. the term of four years and that he was in the battles of Brandywine, Red Bank. and other skirmishes. and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance of his Country for support and that having left his discharge he has no other Earnings Now in his Power of his Said Services
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps
William Lane

State of New York Ontario County S c
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for said County and State do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Lam did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - Canandaigua April 30 th 1818
Stephen Phelps
State of New York Ontario County S c
I certify by satisfactory proof that William Lam the above said Applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of the assistance of his Country for Support
August 26 th 1818
Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
State of New York Ontario County S c Clerks Office
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of Ontario Common Pleas and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 27 th day of August 1818-
Thos. M c Naughton

In the matter of Ype Lane
C
3311
31 Sept. 1878
Mar. 17

STATE OF NEW YORK.
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) — William Lane aged sixty five years, resident in the town of Richmond in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
for the term of three years in Captain Sawin's Company in Col Thomas Manton's Regiment in the Massachusetts line Commencing in April 1777 and for the term of two years and an half in Captain Thomas Lewis's Company in Col John Crane's Regiment of Massachusetts Artillery Artillery Commencing in December 1780 —
and that he made application for a Pension on the thirtieth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 3311 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  half an acre of land with a small log house thereon  25.00    One Cow  12.00    Eight Sheep  8.00    two hogs  2.00    Six old chairs, 1 table $1  2.00    1 broken pot, 75 — 1 tea kettle, 50  1.25  
$ 50.25
William Lane
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and bodily infirmities and by reason of a rheumatic complaint I am able to perform no labour and that my family consists of my wife Mary aged sixty one years weakly and unable to labour — one daughter name Sally aged 18 years sickly and not able to provide for herself and my son Gideon aged fourteen 24 years —
William Lane

The foregoing sworn to and declared this 19 th day of August 1820 in open Court before me Moses Atwater Judge of Ontario Court. Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Tassel Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Fifty dollars and Twenty five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 o day of August 1820
J Van Tassel Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20392  Con
Maria Lane
Widow of
William Lane
(Mistress Steven)
Act July 4th 86
Box: Vol. 24 Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Letter to J. L. A. J. Smith 15. April 1847

William Lane NY act 18 March 1818 p 96 S
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office June 1847
G. L. A.
Two William Lane's on the Roll -
1 st is paid to 4 th Sept. 1834
2 d Died 25 th Oct. 1832 and paid to his death

K No 6818 Maria Lane, N.Y.
Lesson 7. York Smith Sep. 11. 46.
to same Nov 21. 46
Dec. 12. 46.
to same Jan'y 14. 1847
A
Act 4 th July 1836.

V 6800
Mary N. Lake. N. Y.
Let. to S. Hubbell, Sept. 8, '46.
Act to July '30.

New York. 32.5 p2.
William Lane, dec d of Ontario Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain  of the Reg. commanded by Col. Nisbet in the Revolution for 2 years.
Rep d
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, N.Y. at the rate of 100 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831, to 24 th Sept. 1834, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June 1847 ~ and sent to J. L. V. A. H. Smith, Present.
Annuity to the 14th of Pension allowance ending
Deduct what was paid under Act 1818 at 90. for Service. { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book E 2. Vol. 4. Page 43
To Catherine Fitts, Sally Stone, Abiel Lane, Peter Lane and Isaac Lane, only children.

Sir,
Washington D.C. 22 March 1847
We have the honor to present the enclosed papers in the case of the Heirs of Maria Lane of New York, to which we beg your early attention.
We are very resp'd on M c S J. L. & A. M c Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq., Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington D.C.
1 April 1845
Sir,
We have the honor to present the enclosed additional testimony in the case of the heirs of Maria Lane widow of William Lane of New York, and to request an examination of it in connection with the evidence presented by us on the 22 nd ult.
We are very resp t
for Mr. A.
J. L. & A. Thos. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Sir,
Washington D.C.
1 June 1847
We have the honor to present the enclosed affidavit in the case of the heirs of William Lane dec. of New York, which completes the evidence required by you in this case.
We are very resp.
for Mr. Dent
J. L. & A. M. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions.

Sir,
Washington D.C.
24 May 1847
We have the honor to present herewith the evidence required in the case of Maria Lane of New York, under the Act of 1836.
We are very resp s
J. M. G 5
T. L. & A. H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions.

May 24/47
Add nl evidence, Case of Maria Lane —
J L Edward Esq Committee of Pensions.

Col. Mr. Dreyer Esqr Rochester
N. York
7 2 / 2 = 11 11 0

Fort Plain Oct 22 nd 1846
Respectful Sir,
Your last should have been answered before this, but here I not pursue my enquiries in every direction among the aged all round. But I am sorry to inform you, all to no purpose. Some are familiar with the names, but know nothing about the marriage of such parties. I wish you could get more definite information. The church records were all burnt at the time the census was consumed, which was since the marriage. It offers me great pleasure to be instrumental to any one to obtain any information that will be beneficial to them, or in any other form to do them good.
With best wishes for your success in search, I am very respectfully Yours &c
C. G. W. Lean
L. M. D. very Eng } }

Sept 8, 1846.
Adams St., cor.
Maria cl Lane,
L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
2
Recd Jan 18 Mand Clk to del Sept 12 1846

[Large decorative flourish] Sir,
Washington D.C. 7 Sept 1846
We have the honor to present the enclosed affidavit of Isaac Lane in support of the application of Isaac Lane, son of Mary or Maria Lane of New York, which we presented on the 21 st ult.
We are very resp d for M c S r J. L. & A. H. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commit of Pensions.

State of New York. Ontario County ss.
Valentine Manahan, of the town of Naples in said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a practicing Physician and Surgeon and was in the year Eighteen hundred and forty two (1842) that he attended as a Physician on Mrs. Maria Lane the widow of William Lane deceased in her last sickness, and further says that the said Maria Lane died on the first day of February Eighteen hundred and forty two (1842) at the said town of Naples. Subscribed and sworn Valentine Manahan this 13 th day of May 1847 before Me.
Nelson W. Clark & Peace Thereby Certify that I am acquainted with the said Valentine Manahan who made the above affidavit before me to be a man of truth and veracity. Naples May 13 th 1847. N. W. Clark & Peace
State of New York Ontario County Clerk's Office ss.
I Alexander H. Vose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Nelson W. Clark Esquire before whom the above affidavit was subscribed and sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected sworn and authorized to act as such. And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signatures to both of the above certificates are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said County at Canandaigua this 29 th day of May A.D. 1847.
A. H. V. Vose Clerk.

Stephen Phelps, Esq re , Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
William Lane, Col o John Crane's reg. arty Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim. Remained
found on the rolls of Col o Crane's regim t . on Roll
Correct
for testimony relative to the applicant's reduced circumstances, see endorsement in the case of Jeremiah Battles.

The Honorable Secretary of War if my Claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is my Agent
April 30 th 1818
William Lane

Declaration of William Lane April 30 th 1878
The Honorable King of War

State of New York } In testimony that Stephen Phelps Ontario County } whose name is subscribed to the fore Clerk's office
going copy of the foregoing date of the same one of the Judges of the court of common pleas in and for the
County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 7 th day of May A D 1818
Am. M c Naughton

Dec 7. 1876.
Adelphi case
Maria Lane.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission Pensions

Paris
We have the honor to submit enclosed further proof in the case of Mrs Maria Lane, widow of William Lane.
Most respectfully
J. L. A. K. Smith
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dec. 7 th 1846

6818
Maria Land dec d
N.Y.
Act of July 36- m 87. d r 34-
Ind no d r 1 st July 1842,

State of New York County of Montgomery ss On this twelfth day of February 1847. personally appeared before me G. J. Williams a Justice of the Peace in the said County. Frederick Hiller a resident of the town of Sharon County of Schoharie in said state, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn doth depose & say that he has been a resident of the said town of Sharon for more than sixty years past, and that he came to said town soon after the revolutionary war. This deponent states that in a few years after the time of his coming to said town, he became acquainted with William Lane, and his wife Maria whose maiden name was Maria Anthony - that the said Lane & wife came to the said town in a few years after the close of the revolutionary war - This deponent states that the said Lane resided for several years in the said town of Sharon & was a near neighbor of this deponent - and that they came from near Fort Plain -
This deponent states that the said William & Maria Lane had several children one of whom was named Catharine Lane who afterwards married a man named Fritz -
This deponent further states that

When he was about nineteen years of age. He accompanied the said William Lane to Fort Plain to attend the baptism of a child of the said William & Maria. That the ceremony of baptism was performed by a clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church named Abraham Rozeboom. and this deponent states that he this deponent was the Godfather to the said child and that the child was named William - and the person who stood as Godmother to the said child was a person by the name of Vanslick.
This deponent further states that the said William & Maria Lane had other children one of whom was named Isaac Lane. That the said William & Maria Lane resided in the said town of Sharon for several years and afterwards moved from there to the western part of the state of New York.
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year first above written.
Fredrick his Hiller mark
Before me.
C. J. Minne Justice
And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above-named Fredrick Hiller and that he is a person of Credibility in whose state above made is entitled to full credit.
C. J. Minne Justice

E 818 Aug 29, 1846
to Mars, June, do Aug 9, 1836,
Wm Lloyd papers Art of 1818 I suppose -- at York
Commissaire of Finance
Eng.

Sir,
Washington D.C. 21 August 1826
We have the Honor to present the Declaration of Isaac Lane of New York, claiming for himself & the other heirs of Mary or Maria Lane, widow of Wm Lane, a revolutionary Pensioner, the Pension to which she was entitled under the act of 1836. Appeared to the Declaration you will find the affidavit of Adolphus Pickard, in support of the marriage of the said Wm & Mary or Maria Lane.
We are very resp
for all J. S. J. L. & N. H. Smith.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions.

State of New York County of Ontario ss
Isaac Lane of the Town of Richmond in said County being duly & so aged fifty eight years being duly sworn doth depose & say that in the deponents de- claration for a pension to him as the son of Mary or Maria Lane made at the Court of Common Pleas held in Canandaigua in August last past, he stated that his father William Lane died in September eighteen hundred & thirty three - This deponent states that since that time he has ascertained that he was mistaken in the time of the death of his said father - that he has since learned satisfactory that his father the said William Lane died on the twenty fourth day of September eighteen hundred & thirty four (1834). This deponent further states that he has a sister named Catharine Frazar - formerly Catharine Lane - that his said sister is as this deponent believes sixty four years of age - that this deponent has always understood & believed that the said Catharine was six years older than this de- ponent. & this deponent believes himself to be fifty eight years of age in October last - This de- ponent has always believed that the said Catharine was born at Fort Plains before this deponents said father left the service

in the year of the revolution sworn & subscribed to this 5 th day of November } Isaac Lane 1846 - Before me John G. Briggs. J.P.
I hereby certify that the above named Isaac Lane is personally known to me and that he is a man of creditability in whose statement full cred- -ence may be reposed - John G. Briggs justice of the peace of the said County
State of New York Ontario County } ss:
I Alexander H. Howell clerk of said County do hereby certify that John G. Briggs is a justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and further that his signature to the above fiat and certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 5 th day of December.
A. H.  A. H. Howell Clerk

State of New York Otsego County ss
I have some of December in said County living duly sworn before the undersigned Justice of the Peace of said County, make oath and say he was well ac- quainted with William Lane and that he was a brother of this Deponent that said William Lane was in the army in the war of the Rebel- lion and was attached to Col. Loomis Regiment of Artillery of the Massachusetts line. That this Deponent was in the service at the same time and was attached to Col. Michael Jackson Regiment of Infantry and this Deponent further says that early in the season of Seventeen Hundred and eighty one the two above mentioned Regiments were at West Point and that the Company of Artillery to which his brother the said William Lane was attached was ordered to go to Fort Placid then the company returned late in the fall to West Point where when they returned the said William Lane informed this Deponent that while he was stationed at Fort Placid he was married to a woman by the name of Maria Anthony recalled as soon as the said William Lane got his Discharge from the Army he went to Fort Placid and lived with her in relation of Husband and Wife as this Deponent is well acquainted by following his brother the said William Lane to Fort Placid and living between two and three years with them and until this Deponent himself got married. This Deponent further says that he recalls of the neighbors at Fort Placid saying they were present when the said William Lane and Maria Anthony were married and also recalls As of said Maria while this Deponent lived with them often relating the fears and anxiety she had while her husband the said William continued in the service in his return. This Deponent further says that he con- tinued his acquaintance either by living a neighbor to them or occasionally visiting them until their Decase and that they always lived in relation of

Husband and wife while they both live raised a family of children - He also further says that he recollects that said William Lane from quite a long is confident that he never was married until about the time of the above named Maria Antone and with her he always lived with and acknowledged as his lawful wedded Wife Subscribed and sworn to This the 27 th Day of August 1846 before me
Isaac Lane
Orra Ferris Justice
of the Peace of Otsego County
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Lane and have been for the last forty years and that he has always sustained a good reputation for truth and veracity and was a good citizen - and I also state that although now as he says in his 84 th year he is manly able for the strength of memory and mind and general state of health.
Dated Decatur August 27 th 1846
Orra Ferris Justice of the Peace
State of New York,
County of Otsego ss. I Geo. B. Wilson clerk of said county do hereby certify that Orra Ferris is a justice of the Peace in & for said county duly elected & qual- -ified - that his term of office commenced on the first day of January 1845 and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1847 and that his signature above written is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have here- -unto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this third day of September eighteen hundred & forty six -

State of New York - § Otsego County
Isaac Lane of Decatur
in said County, being fully sworn before me Ferris a Justice of the Peace of said County. Depose and says he was a Soldier in the Continental Ar- my in the war of the Revolution that while in such Service he with the Regiment to which he was attach- ed lay a part of the time at West Point that while there in 1781. his Brother William Lane also in the Con- tinental Army Belonging to Colonel Lains Regiment of Artillery - and Capt. Lains Company of said Regiment to which the said William Lane was attached and was a Sergeant of said Company from a friend to this Deponent knowledge of three years - and that said Company was ordered in 1781 to Fort Plain and that they left West Point in the Spring of that year for Fort Plain the said William Lane with the rest thinks they returned in the fall on their return the said William Lane informed this Deponent that he was married while stationed at Fort Plain to a woman named Maria Anthony and that soon after this the said William Lane introduced to this Deponent two men of the New York line by the names of John Anthony and Peter Anthony whom he said were Brothers to his wife and whom this Deponent found to be such by an acquaintance with them for many years afterwards. This Deponent further says that there also at Fort Plain was a girl and her name Catha- rine - that after said William Lane returned to West Point he remained with his Regiment till he got his Discharge thinks Catherine was here before he got his Discharge - as soon as he got his Discharge he returned to Fort Plain and this Deponent for some time stated in a former line went to live with his Brother the said William Lane and his wife at Fort Plain - at this time Catherine Lane was a little girl running about. This Deponent further says the reason why Capt. Lains Company of Artillery was ordered to Fort Plain was because Colonel Willett was destitute or nearly so of such kind of Troops Subscribed and sworn to
Isaac Lane
This the 8th Day of March 1847 before me
Cora Ferris Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the with in named affiant left Isaac Lane and have been for many years - and that he retains in a remarkable degree his mind and Memory and the vigor of his intellect - also that he is smart for a person of his age and of good reputation. Dated March 25 - 1848
Anna Farnis-Luttrell of The present

I HEREBY certify, that William Lane who signed the above deed and power of attorney, has been personally known to me, for Six Years and that I verily believe him to be the soldier he represents himself to be, and he is a farmer by occupation dated this twelfth Day of July one thousand Eight Hundred
Martins Freeman Gattaspere

I certify that the within signed William Lake was a Colonel in Col. John Cranis Regiment of Artillery in the late Ameri- can War. during the continuance there of.
E. P. Ely Parsons Lieut. of P. Regiment

No 37-432 William Lane and NY act 7 June 1832
Adm? 2 years Mthly $100 00 per ann from 4 March 1831 to 24 Sept 1834 the day of his death paya- ble to Catharine Frits, Sally Lane, Abiel Lane, Peter Lane and Isaac Lane, only living children of Mr Lane at deducting what has been paid under the Act of 18 March 1838 at from 4 March 1831 at $96 00 per ann
No 4818 Maria Lane, N.Y. widow of William NY act 4 July 1836
Adm. $100 00 per ann from 24 Sept 1834 to 12 th Feb 1842 the day of her death paya-ble to her children paya-ble above J. L. & A. W. Smith Reserve

Sixteen hundred and eighty two.
Parents
Infantes
Susceptores.
Feb 28 Aug William Lann B & 15 Sept Maria
Catharina
Adam (under name of Margrutha Loch
State of New York
County of Herkimer ss. Abraham G. Rosencrantz of the town of Little Falls in said county - being duly sworn doth depose & say that he has in his possession (what he has always understood & believes to be) the original re- -cords of marriages & baptisms made & kept by his grandfather the Reverend Abra- -ham Rosencrantz. who was as this de- -ponent has always understood a German by birth & education. and who was Pastor of a Dutch Reformed Church in the Mohawk valley during and subsequent to the revolutionary war and who this deponent states that he has been informed that his said Grand- -father occasionally visited Fort Plain during the said war in the capacity of Pastor - that the distance from the church whereof of which his said grandfather was Pastor to Fort Plain was about twenty three miles -
This deponent states that the above is a true extract from the said records with the exception of the date which is expressed on said record of bap- -tisms in fair legible figures as follows. viz;
1782. Feb. 28 th Aug. B & 15 th Sept.
Abraham G. Rosencrantz
Sworn & subscribed to this 17 th day of

State of New York
County of Montgomery ss. Adolphus Rumpf of the town of Palatine in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is a German by birth & education and is a Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the said town of Palatine. This deponent states that he has this day examined the original original records (as this deponent understands them to be) of marriage & baptism made by the Reverend Abraham Rosecrantz during & subsequent to the revolutionary war and has compared the annexed copy or transcript of baptism with the original record and that it is a correct copy. This deponent states that upon a careful examination of the said original records, he finds that the writer (who was as this deponent has understood a German) has made use of German words & English words indiscriminately in the said record, and has also made use of English & German letters indiscriminately - that some of the names in said record of marriage & baptism are written with both English & German letters in the same words and this deponent states that the German letter current hand is peculiar to the German nation and that the current letters A. and the letter E. are so nearly alike that it is almost impossible for a German were to distinguish them except by the connection in which they are used - And this deponent states that in the word "Lamm" in the original original record of which the annexed is a copy there is but one English letter in the word - that the letter L. is a German

letter and the letter "A" is English. And the other two letters of the word are German letters - And this deponent states that in his opinion the two last letters are "N" and "E" and that the record is a record of the birth & baptism of a child of William and Maria Lane. And further that this deponent saith not -
Sworn & subscribed
to this 17 th day of February
1847. Before me the words "education"
and the word "current" interlined before signing.
Adolphus Rumpf Abm A Van Horn Justus
And I hereby certify that the above named Adolphus Rumpf is personally known to me that he is Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Palatine and is a person of the first respectability of character. And in my opinion full credit may be given to his statement above made.
Abm A Van Horn Justus

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Montgomery County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I, CHESTER S. BRUMLEY, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Abraham Van Horne Osgood whose name is subscribed to the annexed Deed & Certificate was at the time the same bears date a Justice of the peace of said county; and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Deed & Certificate is genuine:
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county, the Nineteenth day of February 184 7 .
C. S. Brumley CLERK.

February 1847 } Before me: }
Agnes Imbriaco one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Middlesex —

State of New York County of Otsego
William Hardy of the town of Springfield in said County aged sixty three, years being duly sworn doth depose say - that his mother's name prior to her marriage was Margaret Lock and that she lived when a girl and during the revolution- ary war at Fort Plain. as this deponent has always understood from his mother - This deponent states that he was well acquainted with William Lane who married (as this deponent believes) a woman named Maria Anthony and that the said Maria was a sister of Peter Anthony who married this  was this deponent's grandmother  deponent's grandfather - This de- ponent states that he was well acquainted with Isaac Lane a son of the said William & Maria Lane - This deponent further states that he has often heard his said mother say that she was a god present at the baptism of a child of the said William & Maria Lane - that the said child was named Catharine Lane, and that this deponent states that his mother said she was a god mother of the said Catharine Lane - This deponent well remembers hearing his

mother
speaks of being present at the baptism of the said Catharine Lane and of being her god- mother -
William Hardy
Sworn & subscribed this 13. day of February
1847 - Before me - The words married this deponent's grandmother & the word mother interline before saying Richard Ely Justin
And I hereby certify that the above named William Hardy is personally known to me that he is a man of the first respectability in whose statement full confidence may be reposed -
Richard Ely Justin

State of New York County of Otsego ss
Catharine Walter of the town of Springfield in said county aged eighty four years being duly sworn doth depose & say that she resided at Fort Plain during a portion of the revolutionary war. That she was well and intimately acquainted with Maria Antony when a girl and that the said Maria also resided at Fort Plain during a portion of the revolutionary war - This deponent states that she was also well acquainted with William Lane who was a soldier in the said war - this deponent knew him at Fort Plain - This deponent further states that the said William Lane was married to the said Maria Antony while the said Lane was a soldier and was stationed at Fort Plain and that the marriage took place towards the close of the said war. This deponent well remembers the exact fact of the marriage between the said Lane & the said Maria although this deponent was not present at the ceremony, and that it was a common & uncontradicted report that they were married by the Rev. Daniel Gros. This deponent states that from the time of the report of said marriage the said parties lived together as husband & wife - This deponent further states that after the marriage between the

said William & the said Maria, the said William left Fort Plains with the Company to which he belonged. And was absent from that time to the conclusion of the war and that after the war ended he returned again to Fort Plain. This deponent further states that after the aforesaid marriage had taken place And while the said William Lane was absent from Fort Plain in service as a Soldier, the said Maria had a child born. This deponent well remembers the circumstance and saw the said child often while an infant - and this deponent states that soon after the birth of the said child, the Reverend Abraham Roserantz came to Fort Plain - and that while there he administered the ceremony of baptism to the said child and the name of Catharine was given to the said child and that after the ceremony of baptism was performed the said child bore the name of Catharine Lane - This deponent well remembers the fact of baptism of the said child and that it was performed, as this deponent well knows, by the Reverend Abraham Roserantz.
As to the precise time when the aforesaid marriage between

said William & Maria, took place, and the time when the aforesaid baptism took place. This deponent is enabled to trace it by the following circumstances. This deponent states that she, (this deponent) had a child born in about one year subsequent to the time when the baptism of the said Catharine took place and that the child of this deponent, was baptised by the said Abraham Roosecentz. And that the name given to the said child was William, and this deponent states that her said child William is now living and is sixty three years old. This deponent states that the marriage of the said William & Maria took place prior to the close of the revolutionary war and about two years previous to the birth of this deponents said child and that the baptism of the said Catharine Lane took place about one year prior to the birth of this deponents said child. This deponent states that she was intimately acquainted with the said Maria both before & after her marriage, and saw her often at Fort Plains, and often saw the said Catharine Lane while an infant, and often had the said Catharine in her arms.
This deponent states that the

said William Lane & wife resided near Fort Plain after the revolution war, and then they removed from thence to the town of Sharon in Scholene County - I have subscribed before me this 13 th day of February 1847 - Richard Ely Justin
Catharine Walter Walter
And I hereby certify that the aforesaid Catharine Walter is personally known to me & that she is a per- -son of credibility & in my opinion full credit may be given  referred to her statement above made -
Richard Ely Justin

STATE OF NEW YORK. Otsego County Clerk's Office, ss.
Chas. M c Lean Clerk of said Richard Ely Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the annexed Certificate & affidavit
was on the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to take the same. And further , that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily believe his signature to the said Certificate & affidavit to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, the 3 rd day of February 26. D. 1847
Chas. M c Lean Clerk. " "
my own

State of New York County of Montgomery ss Henry Murphy of the town of Stark County of Herkimer in said State aged eighty four years being duly sworn doth depose & say that he resided at Fort Plain in the year seventeen hundred and eighty and eighty one and was a Private in Col. Willetts Regiment. This deponent states that he knew Maria Antony at that time and that she had three Brothers named John George & Peter Antony whom this deponent knew. This deponent states that he knew the said Maria Antony previous to her marriage and after that event - that she was married as this understood & believes to William Lane in the year seventeen hun- -dred & eighty one (1781) that though not present at the ceremony of marriage, this deponent was at the Fort Plains at that time & well remembers the fact & of hearing it spoken of at the time, and after that time viz 1781 the said Lane and the said Maria lived together in law- -ful wedlock; and this deponent states that he was often present at their place of residence in the year seventeen hundred & eighty one and saw the said Lane & the said Maria after their aforesaid marriage in said last mentioned

year and this deponent knows that in said year & after they were regarded as husband & wife in lawful wedlock & lived together in that relation - This deponent often saw them in the year sixteen hundred & forty one after their aforesaid marriage when they lived together in lawful wedlock.
Sworn & subscribed } Henry Murphy to this 6 th day of November } 1846 Before me.
and I certify that the deponent is a man of integrity, and his statement is entitled to full credit
J. W. Hamilton Justice of the peace
State of New York } County of Montgomery } J. Schott, Brumley Clerk of said county do hereby certify that James W. Hamilton is a Justice of the peace in the said county duly elected & qualified - that his term of office commenced on the first day of January in the year 1846 and will expire on the thirty first day of December in the year 1847 and that his signature above written is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county this 2 nd day of December 1846 C. Brumley Clerk