Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20386, for John Larkin, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R.I.
Larkin, John Mary
N. 20386
CONTENTS

2378. Albany. NEW-YORK Mary Larkin widow of John Larkin Conn. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec. 48. and sent to
Hon. C. Goodyear Secy of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 118 Vol. 4 .

20 919 New York
John Larkin
of Schoharie Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corps, commanded by Captain Stevens of the Regt. commanded by Col. Moyer in the N. Island - line for 11 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Oct. 1833 and South E. Holliday Schoharie
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 32 $ 91.66 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec. 32 18.33
$ 109.99
Revolutionary Claim, W. L. B. Oct. June 7, 1832. S
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 11

14857
John Sarkin
C. J.
Admitted
Private 11 months
Elias Holliday
Schoharie
New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of John Larkin of Schoharie County - New York
   Period when the service was required Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     apt. 1776 1 Private Capt s Bleven Col s Noyes Stationed on the sea coast - and did not go out of the state Washington County Rhode Island Living Witness   1776 15 " White " Stone   Ent. Apr. 1777 9 " Thompson Cook   Apr. 1778 " Grant Noyes   " Aug 1778 15 " " " aged 72 years   Ent. Dec. 1779 " Berry Cook  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Certificate of credibility objectionable.
An amended certificate of credibility annexed and forwarded with the papers. E. Halliday

14 857 John Larkin
Schenectady, New York
Declaration

State of New York } Schoharie County - }
On this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Schoharie and State aforesaid now sitting, John Larkin, of the town and county of Schoharie and State of New York, aged seventy two years and eight months, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Same time in the month of January 1776 he entered the service as a draughted Soldier at the town of Westerly, where he resided, in the county of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island for one month, in Captain William Blaine's company, in Colonel Joseph Vose's regiment. They went from there to Point Judith in South Kingston in the State aforesaid. That they were stationed on the sea coast, he continued to serve in said corps till in the month of February following, and till his term of service had fully expired when he was discharged at Point Judith in South Kingston on the sea coast.
In a few days after he was discharged he entered the service again for half a month as a substitute for one John Tisell, in Captain White's company in Col. Joseph Vose's regiment he entered the service in the town of Westerly aforesaid. They were stationed at Vose's Creek in the town of Westerly in the county of Washington, where he was discharged at the place aforesaid after the expiration of his term of service.
Same time in the month of April 1777 He enlisted for nine months at the town of Westerly in the county of Washington and State aforesaid, where he then resided Captain Peleg Berry was the officer who enlisted him, but he served in Captain Thomas Thompson's company, in Colonel Cook's regiment. He was part of the time in Colonel

Olney's regiment; They were stationed East of New Port on the main land, that he continued to serve in said corps till his term of service was fully ended when he was discharged at the place last aforesaid; his discharge he thinks was in writing signed by Colonel Cook but what had become of it he doth not know. Thinks he was discharged in January 1778 at Fort Barton when he was stationed
In March 1778. He was draughted again, for one month at the town of Westerly in the county of Washington & State aforesaid, in Captain John Gannet's company in Colonel Noyes's regiment. He was stationed at the beach and was discharged at the same place in the Month of April after he had served his month out. The discharge was in writing he thinks and signed by Col. Noyes.
In August 1778, he was draughted for a half month, in the same town, company and regiment as last aforesaid, and he remained stationed at the town he was draughted in, being the place of his residence and was discharged at the same town after he had served his term out, To wit, at the town of Westerly aforesaid.
Again sometime in the month of December 1779 He enlisted for the term of one year at the town of Westerly in Washington county & State of Rhode Island in a company commanded by Captain 21 Poley Berry in Colonel Cook's regiment they were stationed at Newport and while there, during the Summer, the French fleet came 22 arrived at the Rhode Island.
To the interrogatories of the court he answered first that he was born at Westerly in the State of Rhode Island the 4th day of February 1760 but that he has no record of his age. That he was living when called in to the service in the town of Westerly in the county of Washington State of Rhode Island that he always lived in the State of Rhode Island till he came to Schoburn in the county of Schoburn

and State of New York 38 years ago last April where he lived ever since and where he now lives. That he has already stated in his declaration the manner in which he was called into the service. That he cannot recollect many of the names of the regular officers stationed when he served. He was acquainted with General Cornwall & Col. Nathaniel Green. He thinks he generally had a written discharge but they are all lost or destroyed except possibly when they were signed if he  can say He thinks  thinks  his  his was signed by Col. Cook & signed by Col. Woyers  by He is acquainted with persons in his neighborhood who he thinks can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his serving as a soldier of the revolution to wit Charles Knapp, Gains Phelps, Henry Darr, Reuben Sloan, William Sloan and others. William Darr & Salubz St. Joseph.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
W.P. on the first page in the 5th line from the top the word "in absent" interlined in the 21 line from the top of 2nd page the word "Goats" was written in an erasure & in the 22 line "Rhode Island" erased before island in 3rd page 4th line after which line erased except the words last and destroyed - 9th line 12 & 14 words erased and the word "thinks" interlined - 12th line the word "any" erased & word "his" interlined - 14th word "others" erased before erasing -
John his  his  his  his mark
He signed before me this day in open court John Deehad P. Clerk.

Schoharie County ss. William Derby of the town and county of Schoharie being duly sworn saith, that he is well acquainted with John Larkin who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and has been acquainted with him for more than thirty years, and that he is a man of truth and veracity and he verily believes that the said John Larkin was a soldier of the revolution as he has in his declaration set forth and that this deponent believes him to be seventy two years of age and rising Subscribed and sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid John Schohard p. Clk. } Wm. Derby
Schoharie County ss. Iabaz W. Throop
of the town and county of Schoharie being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with John Larkin, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and has been for thirty years past and that the said John Larkin has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity, and that he believes him to be seventy two years of age and rising and he verily believes that the said John Larkin served in the revolutionary war as he has stated in his declaration Subscribed and sworn in open court the day & year aforesaid John Schohard p. Clk. } Iabaz W. Throop
Madison County } B. Young mill of the town of Brookfield in said County, being duly sworn - Saith

State of New York } Godfrey White of the town of Brookfield Madison County } in said County, being duly sworn - Says
That he is now 72 years of age, and that during the whole of the Revolutionary War he resided in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island - and this Deponent further says that he was well acquainted with John Larkin who, then lived in Westerly an adjoining town - and that in the year of Sullivan's Expedition on Rhode Island this Deponent was a Soldier in Col. Olney's Regiment. and that the said John Larkin was also a Soldier in said Regiment but not in the same Company with this Deponent but that he saw him frequently - The Company that this Deponent served in, was enlisted for six Months - but that he then understood and credence that part of the Regiment was hired five Months men, and that this Deponent served in said Regiment six Months, and that he saw said John Larkin within four days previous to this Deponent's discharge and that he was then in the discharge of his duty as a Soldier and further says not
Godfrey his X White
Mark -
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 30th day of July 1832
Elisha Randall one of the Judges of Madison County Court
Madison County } Caleb Church of the town of Brookfield in the County of Chinango in the State of New York being duly sworn - Says That he is now 78 years of age - That he was born in the town of Hopkinton in the State of Rhode Island and that he resided there until since the Revolutionary War and that he was well acquainted with John Larkin then of Westerly

This Deponent was a Soldier on the Island of Rhode Island at the time the French troops lay on the Island. does not recollect the year but believes it was in the year 1780 - then this Deponent then and there saw the said John Larkin who was an enlisted Soldier in Captain Peleg Berry's Company - This Deponent has heard the Roll called and saw him in the Company. Saw him frequently - but this Deponent did not serve in the same Company - This Deponent was enlisted for fifteen Months, during that term, but does not know the length of the said Larkin's enlistment - and further says not
Caleb Church Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of July 1832 Elisha Randall In of the Judges of Madison County Courts
I certify that I am well acquainted with Godfrey White and Caleb Church and know nothing but that they are Men of truth and veracity
Brookfield Madison County July 30th 1832
Elisha Randall Judge of Madison County

I certify that I am well acquainted with Godfrey White, and Caleb Church, named in the annexed affidavits, and that they are men of credibility. And I further certify that each swore to his respective affidavit before me as there stated. Dated this 25 th day of June 1833
Elisha Randall
State of New York Madison County ss. } ss.
I, Andrew J. Sloan, clerk of said county, do certify, that Elisha Randall, before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name appears to the above certificate, was on the day of the date of the taking said affidavits, and on the day of the date of the above certificate , one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and justly believe his name subscribed to the taking of the said affidavits, and to the above certificate, to be genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this 27 th day of June 1833.
A. Sloan Clk

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 certify that it appears to them they are well acquainted with William Dietz and Sabery W. Throop, both of the town and county of Schoharie, who have generally signed and sworn to the foregoing affidavits are men of truth and veracity and that their affidavits are entitled to credit.
N.B. The words "it appears to them" in the 6th line above obliterated before signing. John Gebhard Jr. Clk.
William Brekman M. Mann Henry S. Riefer 3
John Gebhard Jr. Clerk of the court of common pleas of the said county of Schoharie do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Larkin for a pension - Witness my hand and seal of office this sixth day of October 1832 - John Gebhard Jr. Clk.
was in captain Thomas Thompson company, in colonel Cook's regiment. He was part of the time in colonel

395 Mary D.arkin
N.Y.
Act 17 June 44
m 85. d. 45
Adm 31 st Jan
Mn 30 Oct. 45
Adm act 2 nd Feby 48
$36 11 / 12 per An
Im 4 March 1848
Hm C. Goodyear
W.R.

State of New York Schoharie County, } ss.
On this twenty second day of November, 1846, personally appeared before the subscriber first Judge of the court of Common Pleas of said county, Mary Larkin, of the town of Schoharie, in said county and State, in the eighty fourth year of her age, 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 June 17, 1844, to continue the pensions of certain widows:
That she is the widow of John Larkin, who was a private in the revolutionary army, and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death, of $36, 66 and that his pension certificate is herunto annexed. She further declares that she was married to the said John Larkin, at Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, on the first day of May, Seventeen hundred and eighty five, by a Baptist clergyman by the name of John Burdick, and that the certificate of her marriage is herunto annexed, which she received of the clergyman at the time of her marriage: that her husband, the aforesaid John Larkin, died the thirtieth day of October, 1845. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, namely, at the time above stated.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
Chas. Goodyear
Mary Larkin
Just Judge etc.
County Court Commissioner
I certify that the above named Mary Larkin is unable to attend court by reason of Old age and bodily infirmity.
Chas. Goodyear

State of New York Washington County ss These may Certify that John Larkin of Westerly and Mary ~ Larkin Daughter to Capt David Larkin of Richmond Personally appeared in Richmond in Washington County in the State of Rhode Island and were Lawfully married this first Day of May A D 1785
By me John Burdick Elder

State of New-York
Nahum W
Schoharie County, } ss. Daniel Larkin and Nahum Larkin being duly sworn, depose and say that John Larkin, and named in the annexed declaration, died on the thirtieth day of October, eighteen hundred and forty five, and that Mary Larkin, therein named, remains his widow, and that the annexed was his pension certificate. Subscribed and sworn this 27th day of November, 1846.
before me
Chas Goodyear Sup. Judg - Sess Cobleskill Nov 27
Daniel Larkin Nahum W Larkin
Certify that the above named Daniel Larkin & Nahum W. Larkin are persons of veracity
Chas Goodyear
State of New-York
Schoharie County, } ss.
I Thomas M c Arthur clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Charles Goodyear, before whom the above affidavits purport to have been taken, and before whom the foregoing declaration was made and sworn to, was on the day that each bears date first Judge of said county, and that his signature thereto written is genuine given under my hand and seal of office this 28th day of November, 1846. Thos M c Arthur Clerk -

Hon. C. Goodyear Dec 19. 1846.

1911 May 29 Hist. Soc. Mrs. Frank Larkin W.M.
Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20386 Mary Larkin Wid. of John Larkin Priv Rev War Act: Feb. 2 nd  1/48 Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]

only Joshua is 816914

98 Beach St. Westerly, R.I. 5-22-11
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly send me any information you may have in regard to the pension applied for by John W 203/26 Larkin of Schoharie, Schoharie Co., N. Y., also the same of Joshua Larkin, enlisted Aug 15-1776, Pensioner, 1832, living in New London Co., also John neg Larkins drummer, enlisted May 10-1781, same place as Joshua. Shall be very

grateful for any information and would like proof of Pensions. Thanking you in advance for your courtesy.
Yours truly, Jessie C. Larkin
Address Mrs Frank Larkin.

John Larkin, Schoharie Co NY act 7 June 32 p 361 1 / 2
To what time was he last paid? G. B. A.
Pension Office Decm. 8 48 3
Paid to 4 th Sept. 1845 J. B. B.

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir Enclosed are the papers of Mary Larkin.
Will you do me the favor to examine them & inform me of your determination thereon at your earliest convenience Dated Dec. 7 th 1840
Yours
Chas Goodyear

Barnerville N.H., February 27, 1849,
Dear Sir;
On the 4th, of November last I sent you a declaration of Mary Larkin widow of John Larkin for Pension under under the Joint Resolution of July 1st, 1848,
Also a declaration of Christiana Mc Arthur, widow of Peter Mc Arthur under Act of Feb'y, 2, 1848,
And also a declaration of Jane Wood, widow of Job Wood Act Feb'y, 2, 1848,
And a declaration of Hannah Stanley, widow of Noadiah Stanley act July 1st, 1848,
On the 21 st of Decem- last I recd the Certificate for Mrs. Stanley, but have received no returns in either of the other claims here mentioned. I shall be happy to receive returns in these claims as soon as business will permit.

I am Very Respectfully Your Owt Servt J. S. Hingerland Barnerville Schoharie Co. N.Y.
Long Hon. J. S. Edwards Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Payments to be made at New York by Pres. U.S. Br. R.R. Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice in Book E. Vol. 4. Page 161 by W. L. Williams Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Sarkin of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary
Army
is entitled to receive Thirty - six dollars and Sixty - six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty - first day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John B. M c Leod
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. H. Brown
Admiral Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
Schoharie N.Y. Nov. 30 '46
Enclosed are the papers in the matter of the application of Mary - Tarkin for a pension.
I am respectfully
Yours & C
John H. Barry
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions

affixed the seal of the said County this 4th. day of November, 1848,
Stephen Maham Clerk
St. Lawrence County NY

Declaration
In order to obtain Pension under the Resolution of Congress passed July 1st. 1848.
State of New York } Schoharie County } ss.
On this Twenty Eighth day of October A.D. 1848, personally appeared before me John W. Brayman, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mary Sarkin , a resident of the Town of Esperance in the aforesaid County, aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain pension under said Resolution of 1st. July, 1848.
That she is now the widow of John Sarkin who was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of about Thirty seven Dollars and 87 cents per annum and who died in the Town of Schoharie in said County on or about the thirty first day of October, 1845. That since the death of her said husband she this Declarant has been unable to obtain a Pension, not being able to obtain the proof demanded of her said husband's Revolutionary services, she therefore now applies for the sum or amount to which she is entitled under said Act of 1st. July, 1848.
Mary Sarkin

The within Declaration was subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year first within mentioned. And I certify that Mary Larkin the within Declarant is the widow of John Larkin who was a Pensioner as within set forth by said Declarant.
John M c Brayman Justice of the Peace
State of New York Schoharie County } ss. Clerk's Office
I Stephen Maham Clerk of the aforesaid County of Schoharie do hereby certify that John W. Brayman Esq. before whom the foregoing or within Declaration purports to have been sworn and executed was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County duly elected and qualified and authorised to act as such Justice, and that his signature to the Jurat and Certificate of the said Declaration is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 4th day of November, 1848,
Stephen Maham Clerk

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Larkin W. F. 20386
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan'y 1776 1 mo. Pvt. William Blevins Joseph Moyes R.I.   Under age 1/2 mo. White Moyes   Apr. 1777 9 mos. Thomas Thompson Book   Olney   Feb. 1778 1 mo. John Gassett Moyes   Aug. 1778 1/2 mo. John Gassett Moyes   Dec. 1779 1 year Peter Berry Book  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westerly, Washington Co. R.I.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1832. His el. al.
Residence at date of application, Schenectady Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, at Westerly R.I. Feb. 4, 1760; died Oct. 30, 1843 -
Remarks: Soldier married at Richmond, Washington Co. R.I. May 1, 1785 - Mary, daughter of Capt. David Larkin. She was allowed pension on an application ex. Nov. 27, 1846 while a resident of Schenectady Co. N.Y. in her 84 th year.
Very respectfully,

557. ab 7. NEW-YORK Mary Larkin widow of John Larkin who was a Private in the Revolution. Husband died 3 rd Oct. 45.
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st 30 th day of March Oct. 1840
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec. 48. and sent to Hon. C. Goodyear Secy of Reps
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 . Page 79