Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6088, for David Lake, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Lake, David
R 6088
CONTENTS

State of New York County of Oneida
Be it Known, that on this 24 th day of January A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
Jerusha Lake, widow resident of the town of Paris in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of David Lake the man identical who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution , and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of
That she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint Osmond B. Matteson Ulica City, in said County of Oneida  C. W. BENNETT , of Washington City my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of David Lake, deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
her Jerusha + Lake mark
Sworn to, subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Jerusha Lake, widow to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
Aaron E. Pettee Justice Peace
State of New York County of Oneida
It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the State  Supreme Court of the State of New York in and for the County of Oneida that Jerusha Lake, widow the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, is the identical  widow of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Aaron E. Pettee Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office,
this 24 day of January 1853
Richard Hulbert clerk
1. Claimant's name or names in full.—2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c. 4. Leave this line blank.—5. "He is," "she is," or "they are."—6. Revolutionary soldier's full name.—7. Claimant's signature.—8. Claimant's name.—9. Magistrate's signature. 10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of."—11. Magistrate's name.—12. Clerk's signature.
N. B.—Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.

State of New York } Gren. County } ss.
Certify that before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Timothy Lake of Westerlo in the County of Albany State aforesaid aged Seventy years in October of last year & being by me duly sworn according to Law on his oath says that he is well acquainted with David Lake of Paris Oneida County State aforesaid & has been well acquainted with said David from his Childhood that he this deponent knows the said David Lake was in the Service of the United States as a Soldier in the revolutionary Army for the space of Three months at West Point in a Company Commanded by Cap t . David Nichol in a Regiment Commanded by Col n . Canfield. that this deponent was during the same time & in the same Regiment in the same Service & in a Company Commanded by Col n . Couch & almost every day during the time saw the said David with this exception the said David came to West Point some Two or Three days before this deponent and was discharged from that Service a few days before this deponent. that the said David is about Two

years younger than this deponent. That the said David was a Resident of Stratford in Connecticut & this deponent a Resident of Woodbury in the same State at the time of the Service this deponent thinks it was in the year 1781.
Timothy Lake
Subscribed & sworn before me the first day of September 1834. Abijah Reed Just Peace
And I further Certify that I am acquainted with the above named deponent that he is a man of good Credit & whose statement is to be relied on
And further the words "years younger" were obliterated before signing.
Abijah Reed. J. Pease
State of New York Greene County ss.
I William T. B. Hermance Clerk of the said county, do certify that Abijah Reed Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace of the said county, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of office this second day of September 1834.
Wm T. B. Hermance Clerk

State of New York \frac{2}{3} Oneda County ss \frac{2}{3} On the _____ day of In the year 1835 Personally appeared in open court before the Hon ble Hiram Denio Esquire Vice Chancellor of the fifth Circuit of the State of New York now sitting in the City of Utica Oneda County and State of New York David Lake a resident of the town of Paris, County of Oneda and State afore said aged sixty nine years last August. who first being duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to ob- tain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the seventh day of June 1832. This deponent declares and says that he was born in the town of Stratford, Fairfield County, and State of Connecticut, in the year 1766 and has a record of his age at home in his bible. This deponent further declares and says that he first entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war then residing in Stratford. Fairfield County State of Connecticut, was, in the first part of January 1778, for five months service and under the following circumstances viz his father whose name was David Lake and residing in Stratford, County & State afore said was draft- ed for a tour of two months service in Capt Wilcox company of said town. This deponent further declares and says that at that time his Mother was sick and the situation of the family was such that his father could not consistently leave home and his father applied to Capt Wilcox to know if he would not take this deponent as a substitute for him, the said David the Capt Wilcox assented to and this deponent joined Capt Wilcox company at Fairfield and served two months in said company which was regularly embodied and did duty daily in said company, and according to this deponent's best recollection and belief this company belonged to Col Whiting regiment. Said company being stationed at or near Fairfield and this deponent declares that he served in said company two months and was then verbally discharged by Capt Wil- cox and was discharged in March following. I tour This deponent further declares and says that he again

6 th entered the service of the united States in the Revolutionary war on the first of May 1780 as a volunteer by a voluntary enlistment into a company called the State guard for six months; said company was commanded by Lieut David Lake and the father of this deponent, and marched with said company to a place then called New Pasture Point near Bridgeport - no other company or troops were stationed at this place but the aforesaid company. This deponent further declares that he did duty regularly in said company and continued in the service six months this was a company of Militia which belonged to Col d Whiting Regiment. Brigadier Gen l Gould S. Silliman commanded the Brigade of Militia at the time and place. This deponent further declares that he served six months in said company doing military duty regularly and was verbally discharged by the commanding officer of said company in November 1780. during this campaign Gen l Silliman frequently visited that Post and inspected the company or troops stationed at New Pasture Point
7 th This deponent further declares and says that he again entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and served two months as a substitute for Eliakim Walker who had been drafted and this further says that it was in Feb y 1781 according to this deponent's best knowledge and belief, that I joined a company under the command of Lieut Curtis and were stationed at the guard house at place then called Wells Tongue east of Black rock on Long Island Sound near Bridgeport no other troops were stationed at the aforesaid place but the company to which this deponent then belonged, and this deponent further declares and says that he served and did Military duty in said company as a substitute two months and was then verbally discharged. no continental officers or soldiers were stationed at that place while this deponent was there -
8 th This deponent further declares and says that he again enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary

war on the first of June 1781 by a voluntary enlistment into Capt David Nichols Company of state troops and Col Canfield's Regiment of state troops, for three months, and received ten dollars bounty on the enlistment and marched to Danbury and joined Capt Nichols Company, when the company was ordered to march forth with to Fishkill and from thence to West Point and there joined Col Canfield's Regiment, and Brigadier Genl McNeal had the command of all the militia at that post, there being a number of Regiments of there there at the time. There was also a large number of Continental troops Artillery &c that occupied the Barracks at that place, some time in July 1781 as this deponent verily believes all the continental troops at the aforesaid place (viz West Point) that were able to do military duty were drawn off or ordered for the South on some expedition in that quarter as this deponent understood at the time. This deponent declares says that he served three months under that enlistment doing military duty in said Company until the expiration of three months, and was then discharged verbally by Capt Nichols in September following. This deponent further says that he never received any written discharge from any services that he performed during the revolutionary war, that he never was in any action or engagement with the enemy while in the service, that he resided in the town of Stratford that he resided during the time that he performed the aforesaid services and in 1784 or 1785 moved with his father to the town of Coxsackie then Albany County, where he resided until 1803 at which time he moved to the town of Paris, Oneida County, New York where he now resides and has resided since the time last mentioned viz 1803, being thirty two years - and this deponent further declares and says, that he served in the Revolutionary war at the several times and places as stated in the foregoing declaration, viz in January 1778 two months, in May 1780 six months, in February 1781 two months, and in June 1781 three months, making one year & one month.

Service. the first tour 2 months & a substitute 2 fourth Inditement for 6 months, 3 a substitute 2 months, the 4th 3 months enlistment in the State troops - This deponent further declares and says that he has made use of every means in his power to obtain the necessary proof of all his services in the Revolutionary war, and here with transmits such evidence as he has been able to obtain, this deponent declares and says that he has been to the town of Stamford where he was born and where he resided at the time that he performed the services here -in stated during the Revolutionary war the present fall and made every inquiry to obtain witnesses who were with him in the service or were knowing that he performed said service but was not able to accomplish this object but in part this deponent further declares & says that he never had any commission nor held any office whatever while in the service in the Revolutionary war, this deponent says that the first tour that he served in 1778 was in a company guard that was raised by a general order the second tour in 1780 for six months was a state guard and raised by a general order the third and fourth tours were particularly noted.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity excepting the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed 24 th November 1835, before me }
David Lake
Simon Devoe
Vice Chancellor
We James Rhodes a clergyman residing in the town of Paris Oneida County and David Budlong who is also a clergy man residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Lake who has subscribed and sworn to above declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age that he is respected and believed in this neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

James Rhoades David Budlong
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me. R. Dennis. Vice Chancellor
And the said court do hereby declare his 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 do further certify that it appears to him that James Rhoades who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Paris Oneida County and that David Budlong who has also signed the same is a res- ident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. Dennis V. C. W.
I, John G. Crocker, Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chan- cery of the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Lake for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty fourth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
John G. Crocker Deputy Clerk in absence of Clerk from County

A. York David Lake
Suspended
See letter to Hon. S. Bransby 11. Dec. 1833 to Hon. J. G. Lloyd 21. March 1840 let to James Hogan June 12 '47 Wm C. B. Bellasis 26. March 53 Let same July 17 p. 6

6988 REJECTED
P. O.
Davia Lane
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

House of Representatives
March 15 - 1846
Sir
Will you furnish me with a report of the facts in the case of the application of David Lake of Paris American Co N-Y. for a pension - with a statement of what further proof is necessary to enable him to obtain it.
very respectfully Your obed Servt Jos. L. Floyd
Hon J. L. Purnell Chair of Pensions

Washington Dec. 5-1835
J. L. Edmonds Esq
Sir, The enclosed refer to an application for David Lake as a pen- sioner. I know Mr Lake - he is a worthy honest man & entitled to full credit
I am Sir ~
T. Bendire Esq

33.422
David Lake
6088
Am. J. Beardsley M.S.

Thomas Stratton of the Town of Bridgeport in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut 78 years of age a pensioner of the United States. And Samuel M. Wifford of the Town of Stratford in said County & State 74 years of age and a pensioner of the United States Depose and say that they are both well acquainted with David Lake now residing in the Town of Paris, Oneida County State of New York - That said David Lake resided in the Town of Stratford in said Fairfield County during the Revolution That about the year 1780 they both enlisted together with said David Lake into a company of State Guards under command of Lieut. David Lake (the father of said David Lake) which company was enlisted by order of Genl. Gold S. Silliman and Stationed at a place called New Pasture Point in the said Town of Stratford on the East side of Bridgeport Harbour (said Bridgeport being a part of the Town of Stratford at the time of the Revolution) and Deponents further state that they both enlisted for 6 Months in said Guard and that said Lake served with us during the said Six months and as we believe faithfully as a Soldier in said company under his father for six months which company was a Regular embodied corps in service by authority of the Thomas Stratton State of Connecticut further } Samuel M. Wifford the Deponents saith not }

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss Bridgeport October 1 st 1835 Personally appeared Thomas Stratton and Samuel McAfford and Subscribed and made oath to the foregoing Depositions before me who are persons well known to me who I certify are credible Witnesses, Sworn and Subscribe before me Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Isaac Sherman Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Fairfield aforesaid duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths and take Depositions &c. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Isaac Sherman Esquire & that I verily believe that the signature to the above Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine & in his own proper handwriting. Given under my hand & the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 1 st day of October A.D. 1835. Thomas B Osborne Clerk

Onida County ss: Abel Fairchild of the Town of Sinkkaen, Chenango County N.Y. being duly sworn deposes & says that he is well acquainted with David Lake of Paris County of Onida aforesaid - That he enlisted with said David Lake at the Town of Stratford Fairfield Co. Con. on the first of May 1780 and with said David Lake in a company commanded by David Lake the aforesaid David Lake's father. and under the direction of Gen. Lilliman of Fairfield aforesaid - served as a fellow soldier at a place near Bridgeport. then called New Pasturaint. and continued there on guard to pro- -tect the coast from the incursions of the Enemy; & continued in service with said David Lake (then junior) for the space of six months from the first of May as aforesaid - when they were both dismissed & returned home to Stratford aforesaid & further this deponent saith not -
Sworn & subscribed this 31 st day of October 1832 before me.
Reuben Bacon J. Bacon

Utica N. Y. June 4 th 1847
Dr Sir
About six years ago a Mr David Lake of Paris in this county made application for a pension on account of his Revolutionary services, but for some reason which he does not now recollect his pension was withheld. — It is his desire at present to look further into the matter. Therefore will the Commissioner of Pensions be so good as to let me know what proof is on file & wherein it is insufficient to substantiate his claim. An early compliance will oblige
I am very Respectfully
Your H st Servt
John. Hogan
Hon J. L. Edwards Com te etc

State of New York
Clerk's Office, Oneida County ss: I, George Brown Clerk of the said County, & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do certify, that Reuben Drown Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken & sworn, was at the date & time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Oneida duly authorized to act as such; and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his signature subscribed to the first of the said Affidavit is genuine.
Witness my hand and seal of Office at Utica this 17 th day of November 1834.
Geo. Brown Clerk

Utica January 25 th 1888.
Very dear Sir-
Enclosed is a note from a Peking. I knew the old gentleman very well, & know that it is a bona fide note.
Please give it your early attention & oblige
Your friend Wm. Matteson
Sam. Cole Esq. Peking Department