Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10272, for Joseph Strong, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Strong, Joseph Hannah
R. 10272.
CONTENTS

State of New York City and County of New York — ) ss:
On this Eighth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before the Marine Court of said City, Hannah Strong, a resident of said City, aged seventy four years, who, being first duly sworn accord- ing 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. 1836:
That she is the widow of Joseph Strong who was a private in the Connecticut line of the Continental army: that she refers to the Certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut, accompanying this Dec- laration, for the particulars of her said husband's military services:
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Strong in the month of July, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine, by Abie Beeknapp, a Justice of the peace, who is since dead: that the marriage took place a few miles from Newburgh in Orange County, State of New York:
That her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Strong, died in the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven, and on the eighth or ninth day of the month of May of that year: that she has re- mained a widow ever since that period: that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Strong, never received a pension. that she hereby appoints

John L. Bogardus, of the City of New York, her agent and attorney in this matter, with full power to act for her in her name, and hereby granting unto her said attorney full power to appoint one or more attorneys in his place.
Sworn to, and subscribed, In open Court, on the day and year above written, before
J. M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Marine Court
Hannah her X Strong mark
In open Court.
I, John B. Scott one of the Judges of the Marine Court of the City of New York, do hereby certify that Hannah Strong, named in the above declaration, and who hath sworn to the truth of the same before me, is a person of credibility.
J. M. [unintelligible] Justice of the Marine Court
I, John Barberie Clerk of the Marine Court of the City of New York do hereby certify that John B. Scott is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that the said Court is a Court of Record and that the signatures to the Certificate annexed are his genuine signatures.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court this eighth day of January in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
John Barberie

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10272.
P. O.
Hannah Strong
Service:
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____ , 1
Discharged: _____ , 1
Application filed: _____ , 1
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ C
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____

at 1836 X Hannah Thong N.Y. Set to John L. Bogardus, June 1, 1838, do - do - 3 Sept 38 do do 15 Sept '38. do to L. Kibbie Sept. 21. 1838. to same 20 Nov. 1838 to same 6 April 1839 to same 12 Aug. 1839 to J Hogan 23 Sept 1845. Set July 1836

Walsingham - Sept 28/87
Sir
Yours of the 24 th inst. duly received. I now enclose you the box mentioned - hope they will be sent as you want - My respects to you - your Mother - W. R. Kelly my Mother in law is well at present - good health
in kind Respectfully Yours (W. R. Kelly)

New York. Jan. 8. '38
Sir
I herewith respectfully enclose the papers of Mrs. Hannah Strong to the Pension Office: it is hoped they will be found sufficient to ensure her a pension -
Very Respect ly
Yr. Ob. Serv t
John L. Bogardus pr. Isaac G. Rubbin
No. 1 Beekman St
Hon. Com r of Pensions

Sir
New York Sept 18 th '38
In the case of Mrs. Hannah Strong, no further evidence to fix the date of her marriage can be furnished, except the afft. of several Respectable persons that the family Bible, in which were recorded the time of the marriage of Mrs. Strong and the births, deaths and marriages of her children, was destroyed by fire, together with all her furniture, several years since in this City - they had frequently seen said record, but cannot state the date of the marriage as therein recorded.
Mrs. Strong, the Claimant, will give her afft. that the date of her marriage was duly recorded in said Bible, and was as set forth in her declaration. She will also furnish the certificate of the Clisymans, of whose Church she is a

member, as to her moral worth, & and the certificates of other highly respectable individuals to the same.
The positive affidavit of a witness present at the marriage, accompanied with a certificate of her respectability, and also the certificate of the proper officer that no records of marriages were kept at that period, have been forwarded to the Department; and it was upon precisely such testimony that a pension has lately been granted to Mrs. Van Horn of N. Jersey.
I am, very Respectful
Yr. obt. Servt.
Isaac L. Kibbee
for Mrs. L. Bogardus - decd.

New York Aug. 20 th 1838
Sir
In the case of Mrs. Hannah Strong, I respectfully enclose you the Certif. c of the Town Clerk: also the afft. of Robert Harris, shewing the birth of a child to Mrs. Strong, while her husband was in the service; together with the Certif. c of the Justice as to the character of Mr. Harris - all of which is required in yr. letter of the 3 rd inst.
Very Respectfully
Yr. ob t Serv t
Isaac L. Kibbe
for Ino. L. Bousdau, dec d .
J. L. Edwards Esq.

State of New York Orange County
ss. I Albert S. Yenton Clerk of the County of Orange, do certify that Albert Noe whose name is subscribed to the within Certificate, was at the date of the same, the Clerk of the town of New burgh in said County, and that the foregoing Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscri- bed my name, this 16 th day of August 1838.
A. S. Yenton Clerk

State of New York Orange County } ss. I Albert Nee the clerk of the town of Newburgh in the County of Orange aforesaid do certify that I have searched and examined the Records and papers kept in the office of the said Clerk and I find no Records or certificates of marriages whatever Recorded or filed in the said office of a date prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
Dated Newburgh August 15 th 1838
Albert Nee

New York Oct. 11 th '38
Sir I herewith respect ly enclose the abt. of Mrs. Hannah Strong, widow of Joseph Strong, dec d , setting forth the destruction of her house by fire, & the loss of her family, & second at that time. The widow can furnish no further evidence.
Yr. obt. Serv t
Isaac T. Hopper
No. 5 Beekman St.
James L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions.

New York April 1 st 1839
Sir
I respectfully enclose to you the appt. of Hannah Strong, the widow of Joseph Strong. dec. d
Very Respect ly
30. Oct. 20 th
Isaac L. Robbins as to for Hannah Strong
J. C. Edwards Esq

New York June 11 th 1838
Sir I herewith respectfully enclose the afft s of Rob t Hanes & Doc t Canfield, in the case of Mrs. Hannah Strong, a sequel in some letters of the 1 st June:
Very Respect ly yr. Ob t Serv t
John L. Bogardus pr. his agt.
Isaac L. Ribber no. 9 Beekman St
Geo. W m Crump Esq r

Hartford 1 January 1858.
Sir,
Annexed is a certificate of the evidence found of the service of Mr. Joseph A. Strong - abundantly sufficient to insure a pension.
Very respectfully
Your ob t serv t
W m Field, Compt t by E l Benjamin

New York, Dec. 1. st '38
in
The enclosed afft. of Solomon Utter, a Rev. d Pensioner, together with the afft. of Robt Harris, now on file in the Pension Office, will, I hope, be sufficient to identify Joseph Strong as the person described in the Certif. c of the Comp. t of Con. t and as the late husband of Hannah Strong, the applicant.
To prove the marriage, even have the afft. of Catherine Harris who was present and acted as brides maid, to this she makes positive afft. and you have a Certif. c that there are no records of said marriage.
Very Respect. l Yr. Obt. Serv. t
James S. Edmonds Esq.
Isaac L. Rebois

Comptroller's Office
Hartford, Connec't.
1 January 1838
On application for evidence of the Revolutionary services of Joseph Strong, I have examined the books and papers remaining in this office relating to the Revolutionary War, and find in the records of sundry settlements made with the "Connecticut Line of the Continental Army," these entries, viz:—
Under head of "Settlement with the 5 th Connecticut Reg t . Philip B Bradley esq. Colonel, before 1 st January 1780"
   Names Rank Commencem t of Service Time of this settlem t Term   Yrs Mos Days     Joseph Strong d o [private] Nov r . 15. '76 Nov r . 15. '79 Expiration of Service 3.   Joseph Strong d o [private] d o [Jan y . 15. '81] d o [Dec. 31. '81] 12  
The last mentioned entry being under head of "Settlement with the 2 d Connecticut Regiment, Herman Swift esq. Colonel, for the year 1781."
I certify the above to be true and correct extracts from the books above mentioned.
Wm Steele Comptroller

State of New York City and County of New York
ss:
Hannah Strong of said City, being duly sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, that in the month of December, on the 14 th day, and in, or about the year 1805, she resided in Bridge Street, in said City, at which time the house in which deponent resided, took fire and was partly destroyed, together with most of the furniture of deponent. that at that fire she lost her family Bible, which was given to her by her father at the time of her marriage with Joseph Strong, and in which was duly recorded the marriage of deponent with said Joseph Strong, also the births and deaths of deponent's children. further deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this 11 th Oct. 1838 before me.
Almarus Nash Commissioner of Deeds
Hannah Strong

State of New York Orange County ss: Robert Harris of Plattekill in the County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose & say that he knows and is well acquaint- ed with Hannah Strong and was also acquainted with Joseph Strong the husband of the said Hannah while the said Joseph was serving in the army of the Revolution: That the said Joseph and Hannah were mar- ried sometime during the time of the war but the exact time this deponent doth not recollect But this deponent well recollects that a child was born to the said Hannah before the termina- tion of the services of her said husband and this deponent further says that the said child was named John and that he was acquainted with the said child during its infancy and for a number of years after the ending of the war And this deponent says that he does not recollect the exact year in which the said child was born but remembers that its birth was whilst the said Joseph & Strong were serving in the army And this deponent further says that during the war and for a number of years thereafter he was a near neighbor of the said Joseph and Hannah Strong and further this deponent saith, not
Sworn before me this 15 th day of August 1838 his Robert H Harris mark H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace

I the undersigned justice before whom the foregoing affidavit was made & sub- scribed do certify that Robert Harris who subscribed the same is a man of truth & veracity & entitled to full credit
H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace
State of New York Orange County & ss. I Albert J. Wynton Clerk of the County of Orange, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, hereby Certify that Horace Armstrong is a Magistrate as above and within stated, and that the sig- natures to the foregoing Certificate, and to the jurat to the within affidavit, purporting to be his, are genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscri- bed my name this 16 th day of August 1838
A. J. Wynton Clerk

State of New York Orange County ss: Robert Harris of Hatter Hill in the County of Ulster and State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was of the age of seventy six years last March and that during the war of the Revolution he resided at Newburgh Orange County; that during the war of the Revolution he was well acquainted with Joseph Strong who was then serving as a soldier in the Army of the United States; that he knew the said Joseph at New- burgh in the County of Orange while he was in the Army of the Revolution as aforesaid; and that during the war and for sometime after- wards he knew the line in which under the officers under whom the said Joseph Strong served but on account of his age and infirmities he has now forgotten them and is unable to bring them to his recollection; that he knew the said Joseph Strong served in the Army three years and a period. And this deponent further says that he knew and was well acqu- ainted with Hannah Strong who was the wife of the said Joseph Strong during the time that the said Joseph Strong served in the Army of the Revolution as before mentioned; that he was acquainted with the said Hannah Strong before her intermarriage with the said Joseph Strong; that her maiden name was Hannah Hammock And this deponent further says that his brothers and sisters attended and were present at the marriage of the said Joseph Strong and Hannah Hammock as he was informed and believed at the time of the said marriage and that they the said Hannah and Joseph were ever afterwards known & reputed in the neighborhood as husband and wife
Sworn before this
his Robert + Harris mark

8th day of June 1838 before me Jonas Stacy (Commissioner of Deeds) before signing Justice of the peace I further certify that the above document is a true copy of respectability — Stacy Justice of the peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. 1, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Orange. Do Hereby Certify, That Jonas Stacy before whom the foregoing Affidavit was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the peace in, and for said county: and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit & Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said county, the 9 th day of June 1838 Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk
For the County Clerk's office

State of New York,
Orange County ss Solomon Miller of Plattkill in Ulster County being duly sworn says that he was aged seventy eight years on the nineteenth day of September last. That he was an Artillery Artificer in the war of the Revolution & served in said war from the early part of the year 1778. until the end of the war. That this deponent was discharged from said service at the then town of New Windsor in Orange County in the month of June in the year 1783. That this deponent was well acquainted with Joseph Strong late of the County of Orange aforesaid that he knows that said Strong was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution and belonged to the Connecticut Line in a regiment under the command of Col. Bradley. That said Strong & this deponent were discharged from the service about the same time at New Windsor aforesaid. That this deponent always understood that said Strong had enlisted in said line for during the war & served therein until the end of the war. That immediately after his discharge the said Strong, that said Strong took up his residence & continued to reside in said town for as many as ten or twelve years. That he was acquainted with Hannah Strong formerly his wife & now his widow. & has been acquainted with her for more than sixty years past. That her name before marriage was Hannah Hammore. That this deponent recollects hearing that the said Hannah & Joseph were married before the end of

the revolutionary war that he merely be- lieves that the said Hannah had two children by her said husband before he was discharged, that they continued to reside & live together as man & wife until the death of said Joseph. That he was acquainted with them & lived near them & with the neighbourhood in which they resided & that they were always reputed to be man & wife & law- fully married. That he well recollects that he heard of the marriage of the said Joseph & Hannah before the end of the Revolutionary war & that they were in the neighbourhood where they resided reputed to be man & wife & to have been lawfully married & further says not
Sworn before me this 27 th day of November 1838 the words "that said Strong" also the words "before he" erased before signing.
H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace
Solomon Wilson
I the undersigned justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit of Solomon Wilson was made & subscribed. Do certify that I am well acquainted with him & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity & his statements under oath entitled to full credit.
H. Armstrong Justice of the Peace

State of New York Orange County I, J. S. West, Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that Horace Armstrong Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sub- scribed and sworn and whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the said Court in and for said County and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and do hereby believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 28 th day of November 1838
J. S. West Clerk
for Asa Dunning Deputy Clerk

State of New York } City and County of } N.Y. New York }
Hannah Strong, the widow of Joseph Strong, deceased, of the Army of the Revolution, being duly sworn, according to law doth depose and say, that according to the best of her remembrance and belief, her said husband continued in the Army under his first enlistment about fifteen or sixteen months after her marriage to her: that he enlisted a second time in the Army about six weeks or two months after his first discharge, and served under his second enlistment about one year; that this deponent cannot recollect the particular time of his second discharge but knows that it was in the Winter season and that it was extremely cold weather, when he returned home to deponent from the Army; she then living at Sharon, Connecticut;
Deponent knows, however, that her said husband the said Joseph Strong, did not continue in the service until the close of the War.
Hannah X Shay mark
Sworn and Subscribed the 8th day of April 1839 before me
M c Intosh
Commissioner

State of New York City & County of New York ss:
Solomon Canfield of said City being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say: that he is twenty three years of age, that he has made diligent search in the County of Orange (within the last four days) for a record of the marriage of Joseph Strong and Hannah Warner, who were married during the revolutionary war; but that no such record can be found. That deponent was informed and verily believes that no records of marriages were kept during the Revolutionary war in that County: that deponent has enquired of the relatives of Mrs. Hannah Strong for the family Bible, in which said marriage is believed to be recorded, but that the same cannot now be found: that it was in the possession of Mrs. Catherine Warner, the sister of Hannah Strong; that said Catherine is now deceased.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 11 th of June 1838.
his Solomon Canfield mark
D. P. Ingraham Judge of Court of Common Pleas New York

Washburn

State of New York City and County of } ss: New York. }
Catharine Harris of Rockland County, State of New York, being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that she is now seventy one years of age, that she is well acquainted with Hannah Strong, I have known her from childhood: that she was present at the marriage of the said Hannah with Joseph Strong; that at the time of said marriage, the said Strong was a soldier in the Regular Army of the United States: that the marriage took place fifty eight years ago last July, which was in the year 1779. That deponent at the marriage aforesaid, acted as bridesmaid: that the marriage took place near Newburgh, Orange County, New York, & the marriage ceremony was performed by Abel Becknapp, a Justice of the Peace, who died many years since:
Sworn & subscribed this 19 th day of December 1837. The above having been first explained to her By me. D. R. Ingham
Catharine Harris mark
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss. person was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of Peace, in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 6 th day of Jany 1838.
Isaac Hoxie Clerk.

By me. STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Daniel P. Ingraham before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a commissioned of Deeds in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the, 6 th day of January 1838.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.
Joseph Hoxie