Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1628, for Stephen Ludington, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
NUMBER _____
Lundington, Stephen Mr. 1628 Betsey B.L.Vt. 26.651-160-55
CONTENTS

670
Mrs. Sarah Albany Bedford Ludington widow of Stephen Ludington who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private C. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of October 1851 and sent to
H. Judson Esq Shorburne N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 78 Vol. A July 29,

13,238 New York 4
Stephen Ludington of Herkimer Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year 1782.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of July 1818 and sent to W. W. Dougherty Esq. Albany N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10 mo \frac{13}{30} \frac{4}{31} 85. 3 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48 - $133.3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Let. to A. C. Moore, Jany. 17. 1830.
W. H. Chapman ink Nov 3 rd 1820 to Walter Scott Hoboken N. J.

46-814. act Mar 2/56 Shill 1/56
Betsey D. Huntington widow of Stephen D. Huntington m
Col. Butts. H. Cont. line;
Recollection Pensioner
July 48 670
at 1600 hrs May 16/56 B. B. Smith
RE
Henry R. Washburn Morris Oregon Co N.Y.
Let to H. R. Washburn, Sept 1, 8 th p 55- N.H.
July 48 - Nov 670
Vol L. page 163,

46.814
The Commonweath of Pennsylvania Will please direct the Warrant to Henry R. Washburn Morris Olney & County

State of New York } County of Otsego }
On the 23 d day of March. A.D. 1855 before me Henry R. Markham. a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Betsey Luddington aged Eighty nine years. a resident of Morris Otsego County in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Bounty land to which she is entitled under the act of Congress. approved March 3 d 1855. That she is the Widow of Stephen Luddington who was a private in the Revolutionary war that on account of the services of her husband the aforesaid Stephen Luddington in said war she now receives a pension at the rate of $96 Per annum under the act of July 29 th 1848. as will more fully appear by reference to the evidence now on file in the Pension office at Washington She further declares. That she is now the Widow of Stephen Luddington aforesaid That she has never been applied for an increased any Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress. Betsey Luddington
We Abner Smith & Enel Ruggles Starr. Residents of the Town of Morris. County of Otsego in the State of New York. Upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Betsey Luddington in our presence and that we know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
Abner Smith Ruggles Starr
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the Claimant is the identical person. she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim -
Henry R Markham Justice of the Peace. Otsego County

Stephen Luddington Certificate of Emptification
N o 4
Stephen Luddington
13,238
Sept 1819
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

District of New York County of Herkimer ss On the sixth day July one thousand Eight Hundred and twenty personally appeared in Open Court being a court of common pleas constituted according to the Statute of the State of New York held in and for said County of Herkimer and a court of Record Stephen Ledington aged fifty four years and resident of the Town of Warren in said County of Herkimer and district aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in the South regiment of the Connecticut line there un- der the command of Colonel Butler as set forth in the former declara- tion Dated April Sixteenth in the year one thousand eight Hundred & Eighteen as will appear by the Original Declaration On file in the war Department that this deponent served about twelve Months in the said south regiment that this Deponent was then transferred to the regiment of Invalids belonging to the United States under the command of Colonel Nichols where this Deponent continued untill he was Discharged according to law as will appear from the Date of the Original Declaration On file in the war Department and that this deponent's Original pension certificate from the war Department is Dated July twenty first One thousand Eight hundred and Nineteen and is numbered 13,238 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the Eighteen- th day of March One thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any proper- ty security's contracts or Debts due to me Nor have I any Income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto

annexed and by me subscribed and further said not
Where Inventory of all the goods and chattels of Stephen Luddington -ton Petitioner and petitioner agreeable to the act of 2nd Sess. passed the 18th of March 1818 and 11th of May 1820 and the amend- -ments thereto. Real Estate None. Personal property One Cow three hogs three pigs Value about $30-0- My Occupation is a Shepherd - but for the want of Means without Assistance is in- -competent - Names of My family and their Number 12 th Myself Infirm by the loss of the use of One of My Legs! and have arrived to the age of fifty four years. My wife Betsy is a weakly woman & has been for fifteen years and under the care of a Physician the principle part of the time her age 55 years My Son Hobart is sixteen years of age and an assistant intending the house aforesaid. My Daughter Francis Ludding- -ton fourteen years of age servant in My family All my person- -al property has recently been sold by my landlord for rent - Stephen Luddington I swear to & declared July 6th 1820 before David Holt Judge Court. Com. pleas - - - - - The Opinion of the court is that the value of the property mentioned in the foregoing schedule is thirty Dollars
David Holt
George Rosecrantz
John J. Beendergat
Judge
State of New York
Clerks Office
Perkins County
I do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is

The opinion of the said Court that the total amount in Value of the property estimated in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty Dollars. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 10th day of July 1820.
Walter Fish Clerk
of the Court for the County of Rensselaer

State of New York Warren County
ss. Stephen Ludington of the Town of Warren & County of Warren being duly sworn saith that some time in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty five, he this deponent enlisted as a private soldier into a Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Dan Eyck or Van Eyck in the fourth Regiment of the Connecticut line then commanded by Colonel Butler. That during the then next succeeding summer this deponent was transferred to the Regiment of Invalids commanded by Colonel Nickels in which Regiment and in the first Company of said Regiment commanded by Captain M c Kown or M c Gown this deponent remained in actual service until some time in the month of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when this deponent received an honorable discharge signed by General Knox. which said discharge has for many years since been lost or destroyed That this deponent has ever since his discharge as aforesaid, and yet is, a Citizen of the United States of America. This deponent further saith that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support. This deponent further saith that he has not heretofore received any pension from the United States of America and he doth hereby relinquish as his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States - excepting the pension and provisions allowed in and by the act of the Congress of the U. States.

passed the eighteenth day of April March 1818. entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolution- ary War. And further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and sworn to this 16 th day of April A.D. 1818. before me Moses Green one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer
Stephen Luedinton
State of New York } Herkimer County } G. Henry Brown of the Town of Springfield in the County of Otsego being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with Stephen Luedinton and has been so acquainted with him the said Stephen Luedinton for five years and during that time he the said Stephen Luedinton has sustained a good character for truth and veracity - And he this deponent verily believes that full credit ought to be given to the declarations of the said Stephen Luedinton when under oath
Subscribed and sworn this 16 th day of April A.D. 1818. before me Moses Green one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer } Henry Brown

Stephen Lundington was
Betsy daughter was married Sept. 11 th 1817
Harriet Lundington was born Oct. 14 th 1798
Lydia and Betsy Lundington was born March 23 rd 1802
Robert J. Lundington was born June 1 st 1804
Frances Augusta Lundington was born July 1 st 1806
Lydia Lundington died Novem. 9 th 1803
Robert J. Lundington died Jan. 12 th 1822

Stephen Ludingon was Born February the 7 1766
Stephen Ludingon and Lydia Mattile was married November the 20 1783
Stephen R Ludingon was Born November the 22 1784
Nathanill Ludingon was Born August 14 1785
Archibald Ludingon was Born November 11 1789
Nathaniel Ludingon died the 99 October 1795
Lydia Ludingon died February the 18 1795

Correct

Stephen Ledington private Herkimer County, N.Y. 1782 & 1783, in Col. o Butler's, Connecticut line and in Col. o Nicholas Corps of Invalids.
16. April, 1818.
The evidence of two disinter- ested & credible witnesses, duly taken & authenticated is required Interlinealms are objectionable unless referred to & acknowledged by the person interlining. \varnothing
Rufus Brain, judge Warren, Herkimer County, New-York.

State of New York Herkimer County } For I Rufus Crain one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer aforesaid - do certify that I am satisfied the said Stephen Luedinton served in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the common enemy for a longer term than nine months as stated in the affidavit of the and that the said Stephen is hereby relieved from his country for support - said Stephen Luedinton hereunto annexed - And I do further certify that full credit is due to the deposition of the said Stephen Luedinton and also that the evidence on which I have founded my Judgment, is contained in the affidavit of the said Stephen Luedinton -
Dated at Warren Herkimer County April 16 th 1818
Rufus Crain Judge Herkimer Co. N.Y.
State of New York. Herkimer County, Clerk's office - } For I Walter Fish Clerk of the said County of Herkimer, do hereby certify that Rufus Crain was at the time of taking the within affidavit and signing the above certificate, and yet is, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County - which said Court is a Court of Record And that the same is actually the law writing of the said Rufus Crain - as well to the affidavit as also to the certificate aforesaid - Dated Herkimer June the 1818 - Walter Fish Clerk

State of New York Herkimer County
John Tunnicliff and Daniel Marshall, Gentlemen, of the Town of Warren and County of Herkimer being duly sworn say that they are personally acquainted with Stephen Luedington the person who has subscribed his name and sworn to the affidavit to which this is annexed and have been so acquainted with the said Stephen Luedington for and during the term of twenty years for which term of time the said Luedington has been a resident of the said Town of Warren. and that during that time he the said Stephen Luedington hath sustained a good and unsuspected character for truth and veracity and they the said deponents verify believe and declare under their several oaths, that full faith and credit ought to be given to the declaration of the said Stephen Luedington when under oath and these deponents further say that they are in no wise interested in the claims of the said Stephen Luedington upon the United States or otherwise either directly or indirectly. and further these deponents say not.
John Tunnicliff Daniel Marshall
Subscribed and sworn to this _____ 7th day of June A.D. 1819. before me Mungus Green one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Herkimer County.

State of New York
Herkimer County } ss. William W. Doughty, Attorney & Counsellor at Law of the City of Albany being duly sworn saith that the interlineations made in the affidavit of Stephen Lundington hereto annexed between the fifteenth and sixteenth lines from the top of the first page and the interlineation of Rufus Crain in the certificate of Rufus Crain Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer between the sixth & seventh line of the said Certificate from the top and the interlineation between the fifth & sixth lines from the top of the Certificate of Walter Fish Esq. Clerk of the said County of Herkimer were all duly made before the several subscrip- tions thereto on the oath administered to the said Stephen Lundington - And further this deponent saith not - and that this deponent made the same by & with the consent of the said Stephen - W. W. Doughty subscribed and sworn to
This 7 th day of June
A.D. 1819. before me
Rufus Crain one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Herkimer

State of New York Secretarys Office
I Certify that Rufus Crain before whom the preceding affidavits were taken was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the county of Herkimer in this state duly Commissioned and sworn full faith and credit may and ought therefore to be given to his acts as such -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of this office at the City of Albany the 18 th day of June 1819 Arch d Campbell Dep. Sec y

1811 FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
Stephen Ludington and Lydia Maltbie was Married November the 20th - 1783
MARRIAGES.
Stephen Ludington and Betsey Dougherty was Married September 10 th 1797
Cyrus Starr was married to Francis Augusta Ludington Nov 29 th 1828
Horatio A Starr was Born March 21 st 1830
Mary Augusta Starr was Born July 11 th 1832
Ann Elizabeth Starr Born May 18 th 1834
Irwin Boles Born April 5 th 1836
Adelaide Starr Born June 21 st 1837
Clanor L Starr Born July 11 th 1840

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
Stephen Russell Ludington was born November 22 d 1784
August 14 th 1787 Nathaniel Ludington was borne
Archabald Ludington was borne November 11 th 1789
BIRTHS.
Harriet Ludington was borne October 18 th 1798
Lydia Ludington and Betsey Ludington was borne March 23 d 1802
Hobart Ludington was borne June 8 th 1804
Frances Augusta Ludington was borne July 1 st 1806
1600 2 10 1000 1 1 3 1 7 4 1 1 8 5 7 1

In the matter of the application of Betsey Ludington of Butternuts, State of New York for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of July 1848 — State of New York }
Otsego County ss: { Betsey Ludington of Butternuts in said County, widow of Stephen Ludington deceased being duly sworn says, that there are no Church or Town record of the marriage of deponent with said Stephen Ludington deceased to her knowledge and belief, that said deceased made a memorandum of their said marriage in their family bible after their said marriage and that some years previous to the death of the said Stephen Ludington deceased the said family bible having become quite old and much worn the said deceased purchased a new bible and copied into the same in his own handwriting the said family record which contained the marriage of deponent with the said Stephen Ludington as contained in the said original family bible, that the leaf on which the said Stephen Luding- ton copied said record in said new bible is hereto attached and is taken from said last mentioned bible and is in the hand writing of deponents husband the said Stephen Ludington deceased; That the said original bible containing said original record is not in deponents possession or under her control and deponent does not know where said

Original Bible and record is unless it is in the possession of her Son Ruffel Ledington of the County of Oswego and State of New York, This deponent supposed said Original Bible was in the possession of the said Ruffel, until recently, informed by the letter from the Son of said Ruffel that same was not in the possession of the said Ruffel & further this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn to before me August 19 th 1850
B. Betsy Ledington
Willis C Bunn Justice of the Peace
State of New York Otsago County ss: I hereby certify that on the 19 th day of August 1850 personally appeared before me the above named Betsey Ledington with whom I am personally acquainted and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by her subscribed; and I further certify that the said Betsey Ledington is a respectable lady of sound mind of truth & veracity, and that her state- ments are entitled to full credit -
Willis C Bunn Justice of the Peace

State of New-York. CLERK'S OFFICE, OTSEGO COUNTY.
I, SAMUEL NORTH, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that William C. Brune Esquire, was, on the 19 th day of Augt. 1850 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 23 day of Augt. 1850
Samuel North CLERK.

State of New York Otsago County ss. } Stephen R. Ludingtown of the town of Parish in the County of Oswego and State of New York aged thirty five years being duly sworn says that he is a son of Stephen Ludingtown deceased as he has always understood and verily believes to be true, that his mother Betsey Ludingtown wife of Stephen Ludingtown deceased resides in the County of Otsago and State of New York, that deponent well recollects that his father Stephen Ludingtown and his mother Betsey Ludingtown lived together as husband & wife in the town of Warren County of Herkimer and State of New- York during about twenty years of this deponent's remembrance and reared a family of five children during the period aforesaid - That deponent well recollects of seeing the original family record of said deceased containing the marriage of the said Stephen Ludingtown (now deceased) & Betsey his wife, but this deponent has not said original record in his possession or under his control and does not know where the same is and fur- ther this deponent saith not -
Subscribed & sworn to before me Sept. 16 th 1830
Stephen R. Ludingtown
Willis E. Varnum Justice of the Peace

State of New-York. CLERK'S OFFICE, OTSEGO COUNTY.
I, SAMUEL NORTH, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that Willis E. Burns Esquire, was, on the 16 th day of Sept 1850 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 21 day of Sept 1850
Samuel North CLERK.

In the matter of the application of Betsey Ludington for a pension under the act of Congress of July 1848 —
Supplemental affidavits —
(original application was filed in May 1850)
Please communicate with
R. Hudson of Sherburne Chenango Co (N.Y.) agent for applicant

State of New York Herkimer County ss: { Franklin Gates, Ann Gates, John Crain and Sarah H. Crain
Of the town of Warren in said County being severally and duly sworn each for himself says that he was well acquainted with Stephen Ludington late of Warren in said County of Herkimer now deceased and Betsey his wife now residing in Butternuts in the County of Otsego and State of New York, and each of deponents further says that he well knows that said Stephen and Betsey lived together as husband & wife more than twenty years previous to and up to the time of the death of the said Stephen Ludington, and raised quite a family of children, and was always reputed and known to be husband & wife as much as any other husband and wife in said town of Warren and further these deponents say not - Subscribed & sworn to before me Aug. 21 st 1850
Franklin Gates
State of New York, HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, Stanislas Barry , Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Hezekiah Stone , Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 21 st day of August A. D. 1850
Stanislas Barry
Clerk,

State of New York Herkimer County ss: { Franklin Gates Ann Gates, John Crain and Sarah H. Crain —
Of the town of Warren in said County being severally and duly sworn each for himself says that he was well acquainted with Stephen Ludington late of Warren in said County of Herkimer now deceased and Betsey his wife now residing in Butternuts in the County of Otsego and State of New York, and each of deponents further says that he well knows that said Stephen and Betsey lived together as husband & wife more than twenty years previous to and up to the time of the death of the said Stephen Ludington, and raised quite a family of children, and was always reputed and known to be husband & wife as much as any other husband and wife in said town of Warren and further these deponents say not —
Subscribed & sworn to before me Aug. 21 st 1850
Isaac Sternberg (Justice of the Peace)
Franklin Gates Ann Gates Sarah H. Crain John Crain

State of New York Herkimer County ss: I hereby certify that on the 21 st day of August 1850 personally appeared before me the above named Franklin Gates, Ann Gates Sarah H. Brim & John Brim with whom I am personally acquainted & who being severally and duly sworn by me made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by each of them subscribed: and I further certify that the above affiants are each and all of them persons  men of respectability, truth and veracity and their state- ments are entitled to full credit
Hezekiah Sternberg { Justice of the Peace

State of New York } - - -
Otsego County } ss: On this 21 st day of September 1849 personally appeared before me James Hyde, Judge of Otsego County Court (It being a Court of Record, having a Seal and duly authorised by Law, to take depositions &c) Betsey Luddington (widow of Stephen Luddington) a resident of the town of Butternuts , in said County aged (84) Eighty four Years , who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848, That she is the widow of Stephen Luddington who was a Soldier in the War of the revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, that this deponent cannot state the terms of Service, or the officers he served under, but refers the department to proof now on file in the Pension Office, She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Luddington, on the tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven , that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Ludding- ton, died on the fifteenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and Twenty seven , She further declares, the marriage ceremony was performed in the town of Warren, County of Herkimer N.Y. by Christopher Snyder Esquire a Justice of the Peace, who has been dead many years, that she knows of no person living who was present at the wedding, that she knows of no record of her marriage, except her family Record which is here- unto attached; That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January, Eighteen Hundred, viz, at the time above stated, she further swears that she is now a widow and never before made application for a pension Sworn to and subscribed on the Betsey Luddington day and year above written, before,
James Hyde County Judge of Otsego

State of New York Otsego County
I certify that from age and bodily infirmity the within named Peter Lindington is unable personally to attend court for the purpose of making the within declaration
doth Sept 21. 1849
James Hyde County Judge of Otsego
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } I, Samuel North Clerk of said county, do here- Otsego County, ss. } by certify, that James Hyde the person subscribing the foregoing declaration and certificate and before whom the same was taken, was, on the 21 st day of September 1849 therein mentioned the County Judge in and for said County of Otsego, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said James Hyde and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said declaration is his proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this twenty fourth day of January A. D., 1850
Samuel North Clerk.

State of New York } Oswego County } ss
Stephen R. Ludington of the Town of Parish in said County, Being duly sworn according to Law deponeth & says that he formerly resided in Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., with his Father Stephen Ludington who was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his Death which took place in the said Town of Warren on the fifteenth day of April (1827) one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty seven, that he left a widow Betsey Ludington who still survives him and remains his widow, and now resides with her Son in Law
Ruggles Starr in the Town of Butternuts Oswego County N.Y., that the Annexed Family Record of the said Stephen Ludington was copied by this Deponent from the Family record in the hand writing of the said Stephen Ludington on a leaf in the old Family Bible (which had become somewhat defaced, and attached in its place, and has been in the possession of this Deponent for the last twenty one years, and was cut from said Family Bible by this Deponent.
That the said Betsey Ludington is the second wife of the said Stephen Ludington, and that this deponent was about thirteen years old at the time the said Stephen Ludington was Married to his second wife which took place at Warren, Herkimer Co. N.Y., on the (10) tenth of September 1797. That this deponent was not present at the wedding, but was informed the next day that they were Married by Christopher Snyder Esq., and that they immediately went to keeping house, & that this deponent lived with and made it his home with them for the next five years untill he was eighteen years of age.
And further that this deponent is now sixty four years of age and is the eldest son of the said

Stephen Ludington by his first wife
Stephen R. Ludington
Subscribed and affirmed to this 16th Day of November 1848
John Becker, Justice of the Peace
State of New York, OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss. I, Isaac W. Gilbert Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that John Becker Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit of Stephen R. Ludington hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elect- ed and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat is genuine. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas  County Court of Common Pleas of said county this 23 rd day of Nov A. D. 1848
I. W. Gilbert Clerk.

State of New York { Secretary's office }
I certify that it appears by the records in this office that on the 21 st day of February 1797 Christopher Snyder of the Town of Warren in the county of Herkimer in this State was appointed by the Council of Appointment and Commissioned as a Justice of the peace for the said County of Herkimer
Arch d Campbell.
Albany September 26. 1849. Dep Sec. of State

May 10, 1902 A. C. Ludington - Fulton N.Y.
Rev Star
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1628
Betsey Ludington, Widow.
Stephen Ludington, Pris. Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: — Vol. A , Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]

162 8 Steph Ledington Apl. 16. - 1818 - 52 Warren N.Y., Apl. 82 - Conn Capt. Tom Eyck Cal Bullen Pvt - 1 Yr
no Rel
married Lydia Maltbie Apr. 20. 1783 - she died Feby. 18, 1795 - Remarried Betty Daugherty Sept. 10, 1794 died Apl. 15, 1824 Betty Pennington as widow

No 670 Betsey Ludington, N.Y. Let A. C. M. own. Mar 11/50
Reside this
July 28. 1848.

Ad: upon Off: Ch: of Ma: being Authen.?

✓ 26,651
5 Mrs. Ains

No. 690
Betsey Lundington,
via & Stephen
N.Y.
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1797
Hus d died 1827
Adm o of 96 per ann Cronig 4 March 1848 Alby roll
R. Judson, Sherburne, N.Y.
July 29, 1848,

Stuttgart Albany Co N.Y. July 28 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions
My Sir
I Enclose the papers in Relation to the Application of Betsey Luddington, Widow of Stephen Luddington, in his life time a pensioner of the United States.
The papers Enclosed are all the proof the Widow can make she being very infirm, having no property whatsoever and wholly dependent on her Son in Law - for a subsistence.
The Certificate of her Late Husband Granting him a pension She cannot tell where it can be found she having been obliged to on account of her Poverty to change her place of Residence many times since the death of her husband. and has had much Sickness. and it is not surprising that she should have lost the Certificate, her husband having died April 15 1827 It is supposed that he received his last payment on the 4 th of March previous - and perhaps a Balance after that time until the day of his death - The Widow relies on the papers now on file in the pension office Granting the pension to her husband - for his services as a Soldier in the War of the Revolution -
The papers enclosed for which the widow relies for establishing her claim are as follows -
over -

First - The Declaration Made before James Hyde a Judge of Otsego County Court - Also a Certificate by the Judge of the probate of the Will to attend Court together with the Certificate from the Clerk of the Court of the said County that the said James Hyde was a Judge of the County at the time of making the Declaration -
Second - The affidavit of Stephen R Luederston the Son of Stephen Luederston - On which is annexed the Family Record - Giving the Marriage of Stephen Luederston to Betsey Daugherty - The present Widow of said Stephen Luederston - Together with the Certificate of the Clerk of the County of Otsego In the State of New York -
Third - a Certificate from Archibald Campbell Deputy Secretary of the State of New York that Elizabeth Smyth who married the said Stephen Luederston & Betsey his wife was a Justice of the peace in the Town of Warren in the County of Herkimer - at the time of the Marriage -
These are all the Evidence which the Widow can make on the Subject of her claim for the pension of her deceased Husband - Allow me to hope that they may be satisfactory to the Department and that a pension may be granted to the Poor Widow for the remainder of her days, which necessarily are few -
I Received Your Column favor enclosing the Law of July 29 1848 - With regulations adopted by the Department - for which please accept my thanks -
Yours With Great Respect AC Moore

Williamsville Jan 27 1849 N. H. S. Dept of Pensions Other. Co. N.Y.
Dear Sir
Stephen Luddington deceased Who was during his life a Pensioner of the U.S. His Widow Betsey Luddington aged Eighty four Years is wishing to obtain the Benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 1848 - I do not know what is necessary to be done in order that the Widow may obtain the pension of her husband - Will you have the goodness to send me such Instructions & Blanks as may be necessary to enable the Widow (who is very poor) to establish her claim as a pensioner of the United States agreeable to the Act of Congress
Yours Very Resp't A. Moore
Betsey Luddington was married to Stephen Luddington on the 10 th day of September 1797 - Stephen Luddington died on the 15 th day of April 1827 -

January 31/50
Norris
Aug 28
Stephen Lundeen Esq.
Mr. Adams
FREE
J. L. Edwards Commission of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Sherburne. Schenectady County NY L Blanchard Esqr. Sir I accidentally found one of your Circulars saying that you acted as a pension Agent I take the liberty to write to you on that subject I have two cases one is my Father Jonathan Starr who made application a sum time since and for some reason they did not give him any thing he is since Dead - the application and papers are in the Department and can probably be examined Salmon Starr his Brother at the time he applied made an affidavit, that he lived over six months he then being in the State of Connecticut also Benjamin Rockwell Phoebe his Wife both made affidavits the same as the above but they are both Dead Salmon Starr is now living and will make the same affidavit that he then did if should be necessary

Jonathan Starr was intitled to a portion at the time that he applied but those managed for him and not know much about the Business of getting petitions - and the Heirs are now anxious to find out whether there is any chance at this time under the present Laws the Inverses were rendered in the State of Connecticut
Would you be good enough to write me on the subject after ascertaining what could be done and also whether there will be more proof essential if there can be anything done in either case I should want you to do the Business Yours Respectfully
Naehum Starr

Baby Laddington Wed Stephen Laddington Rev. Pensions (N. York)
Act 1818 act 1848
See papers
298.48-675
L. B. True

I will state to you the other Case Stephen Luedington Who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and Drew a pension for some time and Died Apr 15 1837 and left a Widow Betsey Luedington Who was intitled to Draw after his Death but from some reason I do not know my self - but she succeeded in July 1848 and Drew a pension until her Death which was Sept 12 1855 and the claim of Betsey Luedington is now answer to whether there is any chance to Draw any Back pay or not - by applying to the the proper Department I think that all the papers and proofs can be found as I have stateed in both Cases
you will see there was 21 years between the Death of Luedington and the time that the Widow commenced Drawing her pension
Yours
N Starr

L o Blanchard True Esq r Washington City

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
DEC 13
672031
1901
WAR DEPARTMENT
Fulton N.Y.
Dec 10 1901
Stephen Ludington Conn. Rev War.
Herbert C Ludington requests the Rev War records of above named
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, December 14, 1901.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. Herbert C. Ludington, No. 421 Rochester Street, Fulton, N. Y.
It is shown by the records that one Stephen Luddenton served as a private in the 4th Company, 4th Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Zebulon Butler, Revolutionary war. He enlisted April 1, 1782, for one year, and was transferred to the Corps of Invalids June 23, 1782. No further information relative to his service has been found of record.
In view of your statement to the effect that the soldier in question drew a pension, it is suggested that additional information relative to his service can probably be obtained from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of the Revolutionary war, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
H. D. Smith Chief, Record and Pension Office.
Per
(800a)

Tulsa, My. Dec. 10. '01.
Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the record of services of one Stephen Ludington who served from the state of Conn. in the Revolutionary war and drew a pension from the government. He lived in New York state in 1818 but do not know place of his residence.
Any information regarding him or his family will be thankfully received.
Yours truly, Herbert C. Ludington. 421 Rochester St. Tulsa, My.
Over

Gulton, Ny.
April 2, 1902.
Com. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir:-
Will you please state from your records the date of enlistment, length of service, and discharge of one Stephen Ledington in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted from Connecticut but became a resident of New York after the war and drew a pension about the year 1818.
Attached note what War Dept. says.
Very truly yours, J. H. C. Ledington, Gulton, Ny.

olgeas
Honorable J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of State Washington
Mr. Garrison

Albany June 19/819
Sir.
Mr. Ludington is desirous to receive information relative to the enclosed papers as soon as can be convenient. A line addressed to the subscriber in Albany will be more certain of being received and will answer every purpose.
Yours Respectfully,
M. W. Dougherty
J. C. Calhoun Esq.
Sec. of State