Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,755, for Gamaliel Terry, Connecticut

SERVICE
Loanne
Jerry, Gamaliel Eusannah
NUMBER _____
W. 16.755
CONTENTS

1884 Dec 8 history
Stephen Perry, Con n Pvt
New-York (A.) 12265.
Susannah Perry, widow of Gamaliel Perry, died who died on the 24 th of March, 1806; of Cohoes in the State of New-York who was a Serjt. in the company commanded by Captain Blagden of the 25 th Con n commanded by Col. Scamell in the the  the line for 2 years Serjeant. N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York (A.) at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Au- gust, 1838 and sent to J.B. Campbell, Westfield, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March, 1838 $840.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sept. " 60.00
$900.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the } }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 119.

Thomas Jefferson
President of the United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come greeting
Whereas in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the first day of June 1796 entitled An act regulating the grants of Lands appropriated for Military Services and for the society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the heathen and of the several acts supplementary thereto passed on the second day of March 1799 and on the seventh day of February and first of March 1800 there is granted unto Gamaliel Berry a Soldier in the late army of the United States in consideration of his Military services a certain tract of land estimated to contain One Hundred acres being Lot number Thirty four in the Second Quarter of the Second Township in the Fifteenth Range of the District appropriated for satisfying Warrants for Military services surveyed and located in pursuance of the acts above recited To have and to hold the said described tract of land with the appurtenances thereof unto the said Gamaliel Berry and to his heirs and assigns forever Subject to the conditions restrictions and provisions contained in the said recited acts.
In Witness whereof the said Thomas Jefferson President of the United States of America hath caused the seal of the said United States to be hereunto affixed and signed the same with his hand at the city of Washington the Seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1812 and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty sixth By the President James Madison Secretary of State
Copy

The within described lands is situate on the waters of Walnut Creek in Section No 2 Township No 2 and Range 15 in the Military District N. W. of the River Ohio &c.
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Suzannah Terry widow of Samuel
21m 1777 was-Sept 11m 1780
Suzannah Suzannah's Legals
J. B. Campbell Esq Westfield
New York
H. P. Hester
PR

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress, of the fourth of July 1836
State of New York County of Chautauqua
On this 17 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas of Said County of Chautauqua personally appeared, Surannah Serrey, a resident of the Town of Genoa in the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid, aged seventy four years who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Gamaliel Serrey who was a soldier of the revolution, and belonged to the regular Army in the Connecticut line, that the said Gamaliel Serrey her husband enlisted in the Army as she believes in the year 1777 in the Town of Salisbury, County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut, under Lieut. or Capt. Claghorn. That the said Serrey remained in the Service until the close of the war, and was discharged in the fore part of the summer of 1783 at some place on the North river between Albany & New York, when he returned home to Salisbury, where this declarant had remained and resided during the war. And that this declarant further says that she believes her husband was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and was under the command of Col. Scamuel. That the most of the time of her husband's service was in the vicinity of New York and the Eastern States. That in consideration of the Military services of her said husband there was granted to him on the 17 th day of June 1802 a Deed for one hundred acres of Land, a Copy of said Deed is herunto annexed, and for further proof of the services of the said Gamaliel Serrey reference may be had to the affidavit of Benjamin Bennett which is herunto annexed, and this declarant further declares that she was

Married to the Said Gamaliel Berry on the fifteenth day of October 1785 in the Town of Oblong (as then it was called) adjoining the Town of Salisbury, but in the State of New York, And that the Marriage Ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Dakin, a Clergyman of the Baptist order resident of Said Oblong, And She further declares the Said Gamaliel Berry was at the time of her marriage, at home on furlough And that he returned to the Army in about two weeks after she was married. And She further declares that she has no knowledge of any record of her marriage only on that was kept in an old Bible which is now lost. And She further declares that she has no other proof and knows of no other manner of proving her said marriage than that of the Affidavit of Oledine Matthews which is herunto annexed And that the Clergyman and the other persons who were knowing to the fact are all dead as she has been informed and believes. And this deponent further declares that after the close of the war she resided in the Said Town of Salisbury until 1785 when she removed with her husband to the County of Otsego in the State of New York, where she resided eight years And that they then removed to the County of Cayuga in Said State and settled in the Town of (Milton as it was then called) but present Town of Genoa, where she has resided ever since, And She further declares that her said husband died on the 24 th day of March 1806 in said Town of Genoa at his own residence And that his disease was the inflammation on the brain, as supposed by his Physician And She further declares that she now is and has always remained his widow since his death, And this deponent further declares that she has come to the County of Chautauqua for the purpose of visiting her daughter and of procuring the testimony of Benjamin Bennett and Oledine Matthews And She further declares that she has seven children now living as she believes all of whom are married, and reside in different parts of the State of New York, of Ohio and Michigan. And this deponent further declares that she does not know of any other or further proof that

She can procure, of the services of the said Gamaliel Terry her husband, but believes that his Original Discharge Signed by General Washington was forwarded to the War Department at the time he made application for his bounty lands and it has never been returned, but she declares she has a full and distinct recollection of seeing it before the Deed was obtained — Susanna Terry
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court. G. W. Tew Clerk
And the said court do hereby declare their opin- ion, after the investigation of the matter, that the husband of the above named applicant was a Revolution- ary soldier, as she states and that she was married to the said Gamaliel Terry, before his last term of ser- vice expired, and ever since his death, has remained his widow —
George W. Tew Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Chautauqua, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Susanna Terry for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, This 17th day of February 1838
G. W. Tew Clerk

State of New York
Chautauqua County
Thomas B. Campbelle of Westfield in said County being duly sworn, doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with the within named Benjamin Bennett and also with the said Oledine Matthews and know them both to be respectable persons, and entitled to full credit as witnesses. And this deponent further says that he is well acquainted with Susannah Terry, that he has been acquainted with her for more than thirty years and further that this deponent was well acquainted with Gamaliel Terry her husband in his lifetime. And this deponent further says that he was at the funeral of the said Gamaliel Terry in the year 1806 and that his widow has remained as such ever since, and further that she is a reputable person and entitled to full credit. Further this deponent saith not—
T. B. Campbelle
Sworn & subscribed
in open court Feb
17. 1838. G. M. Tew Clerk

State of New York Chautauqua County
Benjamin Bennett of the Town of Ripley in Said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was a soldier of the revolution, that he belonged to the Connecticut line. That he enlisted in the year 1775 and continued in the service until the close of the war and further that he is now receiving a pension of nine six dollars per annum from the Government. And this deponent further says that while he was in the service as a private he was well acquainted with Gamaliel Terry, that he first became acquainted with said Terry in the year 1777 that the said Terry was then a soldier in the Connecticut line and belonged to the sixth Connecticut regiment which was then commanded by David Dunning but was afterwards commanded by Col. R. A. Meigs. And this deponent further says that the said Gamaliel Terry remained in the service from the year 1777 as a private until the close of the revolution and was discharged at the same time with this deponent, and further that this deponent and the said Terry were intimate friends and fellow soldiers almost the whole of the time as above stated (viz) from the year 1777 until the 7th of June 1783 when they were discharged. And further this deponent saith that the said Terry did the duty of sergeant, he thinks as much as three or four years of the time he knew him. And further that the said Gamaliel Terry was a mate and member of the same company a great portion of the time with this deponent after his first acquaintance with him in 1777 as a private until they were discharged. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed before me this Benjamin Bennett First day of February 1838. Thomas B. Campbell Judge of County Courts As the name of Benjamin Bennett was wrote by his daughter at his request in the presence of his long nearly blind but in full possession of his mental powers Ed. Campbell

State of New York Chautauqua County
Aledine Mathews of the Town of Arkwright in said County, being duly sworn, says that she is the sister of Susannah Berry widow of Gamaliel Berry deceased who was a soldier of the revolution, and this deponent further says that her said Sister Susannah was married to the said Gamaliel in the fall of the year of 1780, and she further says that this deponent and her said Sister Susannah resided at the time of her the said Susannah's marriage with the said Gamaliel Berry, in their father's house, in the Town of Salisbury, County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, that their father's name was Roger Moore, and further that their said father was at the time of the said Susannah's marriage to the said Gamaliel a resident of the said Town of Salisbury, and that said Town is situated on the border of the State of New York, and this deponent further says that her said Sister Susannah was married in the State of New York adjoining the said Town of Salisbury, and that the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Daking who was a Clergyman of the Baptist order resident in the Town adjoining said Town of Salisbury, in the State of New York, and this deponent further saith that the said Gamaliel Berry died in the Town of Genoa, County of Cayuga and State of New York, in the Spring of 1806, and further that this deponent resided at the time of the said Gamaliel's death in the said Town of Genoa, and was a neighbor to her said Sister Susannah and further that her said Sister has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Gamaliel, and now is his widow, and this deponent further says, that she is sixty nine years of age, and that she is about four years younger than her said Sister Susannah, and further this deponent saith not.
Aledine Mathews
Sworn and subscribed this 24. day of Oct 1837
before me - Thomas B. Cramphall, a Judge of Chaut. County Court

State of New York County of Chautauqua { ss.
I George W. Tew Clerk of said county do certify, that Thomas R. Campbell Esq. before whom the preceding affidavits purport to have been made, was at the times, and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, and that the signatures to the jurats of the said affidavits, purporting to be his, are genuine - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, This 17th. day of February A. D 1838.
G. W. Tew Clerk

Information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Samuel Terry W.F. 16755
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1777 June 7, 1777 Sgt. Glengary { David Simon } R. J. Mays Scammon Conn                
Battles engaged in, Taking of Crown Heights Residence of soldier at enlistment, Simsbury, Litchfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Apr 17, 1838 Residence at date of application, Genoa, Cayuga Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 60 years old
Remarks: Soldier married at Ulster Co. N.Y. Oct 15, 1782. Susannah dau of Roger Moore. There were 7 children in 1838 all married, no names stated. Soldier died Mar 20 1806 at Genoa N.Y.
Very respectfully,

See to Rev. A.P. Harris, March 7, 1835.

Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
July 1, 1908
Searched by L. D. Lamparter
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, Susanna
Soldier, Yarnall Terry
Service, Conn. Rec. War
Remarks: As above except Hist. 1675
Chief of Division.

State of New York } Tompkins County. } Richard Ely of Hector in said county being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is eighty six ye- ars of age, that he is personally acquainted with the widow Susannah Terry widow of Gamaliel Terry deceased, that he has been acquainted with the said Susannah Terry, and the said Gamaliel, Terry deceased for more than sixty years past, that he knows the said Gamaliel Terry previous to the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted during the war, that he knew him in the time of the war, and was present, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty when the said Gamaliel Terry and Susa- nah Moore were married, they were married by the Rev. Eldor Dakins a Baptist preacher, that he knew them to cohabit together as man and wife from the time of their marriage until years after the close of the war, and further this deponent saith not.
Richard Ely
subscribed and sworn June 27th 1838. before Calvin Smith a judge of Tompkins County Courts
I the said Calvin Smith further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above said Richard Ely for more than forty years last past, that I believe him to be of good moral character and remarkably sound in intellect for a man of his years.
Calvin Smith a judge

State of New York Dauphin County, ss. I, Wm. D. Armstrong Clerk of said County, do certify that Col. J. Smith Esquire before whom the within affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the date thereof a Judge of County Court in and for the County of Dauphin aforesaid; duly commissioned and sworn; And that I am now acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, and really believe his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, and subscribed my name, at Harrisburg the 2nd day of July 1835.
Wm. D. Armstrong Clerk.

Westfield 19 th July 1838 J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed is the certificate of Richards Ely relative to the marriage of Susannah Terry, whose papers are on file in your office - In addition to her former proof she now depends on the testimony of Ely, who was present at the marriage. I believe it is not in the power of Mrs Terry to produce any more or better proof of her claim, she has no records of her age or birth - And I have not thought it necessary to make affidavit of that fact, as the proof is full in other respects. I can hardly think it necessary to forward the negative testimony, that there is no records of the marriage; as it is proved that the marriage took place in the State of New York and it must be a fact within the knowledge of the deponent that it was not the law or practice in that State to keep records of marriages by the ministers or officers who performed the ceremony -
If anything further is necessary please inform me -
I have the honor to be Most Respectfully Yours
H. Campbell

Gamaliel Terry - His widow da. of Roger Moore Susannah (Moore) in Feb 1838 of Genoa, Cayuga Co NY aged 74 years - States he enlisted 1777 at Salisbury Con under Capt Claghorn remaining in service until 1783 War of captain Lord Cornwallis met Oct 15, 1780 at So called Oblong NY a town adjoining Salisbury Con to the border which on Burlough In 1785 removed to Otsego Co NY & 1793 to Milton  now Genoa Cayuga Co NY Soldier died March 20 1806 in Genoa of inflammation of the brain In 1836 Visited her daughter in Chautauqua Co NY Had 7 children many all married residing in NY Ohio & Michigan 6th Con David Moore VR of Mays was ordered duty Sept Regt of Col R J Mays & Lt Col David Demon Demon app 5th Jan'y 1780

Rev.
WIDOW, &c.
1908 July 7 Hist. Soc. Mrs. H. H. Harker V.L.M.
No. 16755-
Susannah Terry widow of Gamaliel Terry Sergt. Rev. War.
Act July 4th 36
Index: Vol. M , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1543 NORTH MARKET STREET CANTON, OHIO
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Will you kindly tell me if the name of Susanna Moore Widow of Gamaliel Levy Levy, appears on the pension roll of the soldiers of the Rev. War. Gamaliel Levy, Private July 17 to Dec 21, 1775 in Capt. Isaac Bos- tricks co. lev. Chas. Motts reg., the 7th also Sergeant Jan 1 to Dec 31, 1781 in Col Zebulon Butler 4th reg Conn. line I wish to establish a marriage

record on account of the re. C. R. My Mother and Sister put in on the name of Roger Moore, who acted in capacity of Captain spoken of by Ethan Allen as Sergeant (see "Ethan Allen Tradition of his Captivity") but I do not think he had a Pension and we cannot establish his marriage record, & as the new rules of the W. A. R. compel the applicant to pro- duce said record, I thought perhaps I could do so through the Pension Bureau account Samuel's record records. Will you please tell me what for

is required and I will forward same.
Thanking you for your trouble
I am Very Truly
Anne T. Horton (Mrs H. W. H.)
June 29 th '08-
State of New Hampshire.
Hugh Campbell, is another ancestor who fought in A.M. Res. do not know if he had pension or not. He was in Capt. John Morris Co. (Henry Pierce) Co Col John Starks Reg. also Capt. Peter Clarke Co. in Col. Daniel Morris Reg. when it joined the Western Continental Army at Saratoga. He was discharged Oct 26 th 1777 ranking as Sergeant Major.