Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16345, for William Mead, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Mead, William Hannah
#16345
CONTENTS

New York, N o 241828
William Mead
of Tompkins Co. in the State of New York who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Graham in the N. York Troops line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 240 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of March 1831, and sent to Hon. N. H. Slayton. No. of Rep't. 114.
Arrears to the 4th of March 31 $ 720 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 31 120
$ 8400
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by El Moun Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 106
Dead. See letter to P. Agt. 29 May 1831. Let to J. Slayton July 9. 1840.

6792
New York,
Cannah Mead
of William Mead dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27. Feb. 1838, of Tompkins in the State of N.Y. who was a Lieut in the Comp y commanded by Captain J. Perrine of the Regt commanded by Col in the N.Y. line for 1838.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y. Albany at the rate of 240 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept. 1842 and sent Mead Esq. Ovid N.Y. Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 Semi-annual allowance ending
12100
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Theo. Tilloody Clerk, Book W. Vol. 2 Page 90
Reported
Val d and Pay Aug 16. '42

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 State of New York
Tompkins County ss: On the first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before me Nicole Shaley Esq., one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Tompkins in the State of New York; William Mead a resident of Skane in the County of Tompkins, aged Eighty three 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and had the following stated - That about the first of May, last this deponent will not say it was the first day, Seven hundred seventy-five he entered a Volunteer Company as first Lieutenant, commanded by Captain Melancthon Smith. That this deponent does not know that they were under the command of any superior officers, other than a County Committee. That this deponent at the time he entered said Company resided in Watkins County in the State of New York, and this deponent and Captain Smith received commissions and remained in the Company - That they enlisted their services for driving the war or pleasure of the Continental Congress - That the business of the said Company was to go from place to place and county to county and protect the inhabitants against the Tories - That they went up the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie and remained there two or three weeks, returned again to Dutchess County and in the fall of 1775 they went to York Island, crossed over to Long Island under Gen. George Clinton escaped, and remained in the City of New York during the remainder of the fall and winter and into the spring of 1776 - That General Lee commanded them during the winter, who was peculiar particularly for having a number of dogs - That much of the time while they lay on York Island they were engaged in building fortifications - That in the spring of 1776, his company was discharged or disbanded

and this Deponent does not recollect which, and this Deponent with others of his Company returned home to Dutchess County. That immediately on this Deponent's return home, he was Commissioned a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Captain Bridget Paine in Col. Morris Graham's Regiment, against, that he served in said Company and Regiment as Lieutenant until January 1777, when he was commissioned a Captain in Col. Cornelius Humphrey's Regiment, that he continued in Col. Humphrey's Regiment as Captain until the forepart of the winter of 1778 when he was discharged at P'keepsie in the State of New York. That this Deponent was in the Battle at White Plains. This this Deponent was also in a small engagement at or near Mamaroneck in the State of New York, and also in another small engagement near King's bridge in the State of New York. That this Deponent's comm- ission, and discharge have been lost or destroyed. That, the last the last time this Deponent recollects seeing them, was when this Deponent lived in Still- water in Saratoga County in the State of New York which was about two years after the close of the Revolutionary war, he put them into a Barrel where he had many other old papers, and he left them at the house of his brother in law, Esquire Elias Palmer in said town of Stillwater. That this Deponent was born in the time parting in Dutchess County in the State of New York, he does not recollect what year, but according to this Deponent's best recollection he was eighty-five years old on the eighth of January last. That this Deponent has no record of his age but this Deponent thinks there was one in his father's Bible but he has it not . That this Deponent lived in the town in which he was born when he entered the service and continued to live there at age while he was in the service, until two years after the taking of Burgoyne when he removed to Stillwater in the County of Saratoga County in the State of New York. He lived in Stillwater nearly twenty years and then moved to the City of New York where he remained about two years, from thence he moved to Germantown, patent near Lake George in the State of New York and when he remained about three years and from thence

he moved to Preston, Chenango County in the State of New York, where he lived about five years and then moved to Covert in the County of Seneca and State of New York where he lived till about five years ago, when he broke up house-keeping and has since lived about one year in Waterloo in the County of Seneca and State of New York and between three & four years in the town of Mendon Allegany County, New York State, and in the month of December last he came into this town, where he has resided here since that time. That this Deponent entered the service as a volunteer as aforesaid - That General Washington commanded at the Battle of White Plains where this Deponent knew him, He also knew Generals Lee, Putnam, General Lord Sterling, Gen. Clinton - That this Deponent had three Commissions, first two as Lieutenant and one as Captain and they were lost as aforesaid, but he does not recollect by whom they were signed - That this Deponent also had discharges from the service at the several times, but they were lost or disposed of with his Commissions - That since this Deponent has resided in this town Hector he has lived obscurely and from his short residence here, he can state but two men in this town who could testify as to his character and services, and they are Sullivan J. Habbell Esq. and Dr. Alexander M. G. Comstock - That there are many men in the town of Covert who can testify as to his character and services, amongst whom he will name the Hon. Levi Wheeler, Crates Woodworth Esq. Col. Chauncy Pratt and Captain John Perry.
He hereby acknowledges every claim which came to a pension or annuity except the present and that John Perry is not on the pension roll of the government of any state.
Subscribed & sworn this 1st day of September 1832 William Mead Mark
Before me Nicole Halcy A Judge of Tompkins County.

10,518
William Mead
10518
William Mead
Admitted
Duration 18 months
5.6.14.16
10 Sept 31 28 Dec
H. D. Barto Trumansburgh Tompkins Co. N. York
Hon. N. Halsey P 103. Home Reps H. D. Barto N.Y. Trumansburgh

10518
BRIEF in the case of  William Moad, ————— Hector  Co. of Tompkins in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does not.  3. How old is he? 83 years. 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     'first of May' In 1775 [indefinite] private Gen. Lee Cap. Mr. Smith   8- Spring 1776 "till Oct 1777 Lieut. Cap. Branton Prince, Col. M. Graham   10- January 1777 "till forest winter 1778 Cap. Col. C. Humphrey  
5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains; —————; Kings Bridge
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dutchess co., New York.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness & Traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Hawett Examining Clerk.

Wadsworth Esq.
Clock of Humphreys
Ovid Ithaca New York
Price

Barnesville, N.Y. Sept. 14 th
6
Dear Joy Ovid New York

State of New York 3
County of Tompkins 3 ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county William Mead of Tompkins County State aforesaid, and on being duly sworn accor- ding to law deponeth and saith, that he was born in Stillwater Saratoga County New York in the year seventeen hundred and eighty nine that he is a son of William and Hannah Mead and that his said father William Mead was a soldier in the army of the revolution as this deponent had always been informed from a child, and that he was a pensioner of the united States, and that he was the husband of Hannah Mead who made application for a pension in 1840 as the widow of the aforesaid William Mead and that the aforesaid William Mead & Hannah Mead lived together as husband and wife from the earliest recollection of this deponent till the death of the aforesaid William Mead, & that they were this deponents father and mother as this deponent has no doubt, and that they were married and husband and wife (as they were always called) this deponent can have no sort of doubt, but fully believes it to have been so -- Subscribed and sworn before me 3 William Mead this 14 th day of Sept 1842 3 William Hinrod J.P.
I certify that William Mead above named is of good standing and character and is fully to be believed Dated Sept 14 th 1842
William Hinrod J.P.

State of New York Seneca County ss I, William D. Goddard, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William H. H. H. whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit, was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the peace in said County dwelling in said County commissioned & sworn to duly authorize to take the same and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice & to the best of my belief his signature therein genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Ithaca this 16 th day of September 1842 W. D. Goddard Clerk.

Si will you oblige me so much as to make a certificate on the back back of the annexed deposition & impress the seal of your county, when done return the same to me in the same folds it is sent to you, with your crossed off & mine put on, the fees will remember to pay you when I am at Ithaca, the certificate of Mr Hinrod being a justice of the peace. Respectfully Brad Roy

State of New York } Tompkins County }
On this 28 th day of July 1840, personally appeared before me John Sayle a Judge of the Courts of said County Hannah Mead a resident of the Town of Hector in said County aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion, in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows, That she is the widow of William Mead dec d late of the Town of Hector aforesaid who was a Lieutenant in Captain Brinton Paine's Company of the New York Line, and that the said William Mead was a prisoner for services rendered during the war of the revolution
She further declares that she was married to the said William Mead in the fall of the year of sixteen hundred and seventy eight but does not recollect the day or Month, That her husband the aforesaid William Mead died on the twentieth Seventh day of February, Eighteen hundred and thirty three 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 viz at the time above stated
Hannah Mead marks
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court John Sayle

Tompkins Co NY
On the 28 th day of July 1840. Appeared before me John Sayler a judge of the Courts of said County. John Hsing who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with the within named Hannah Mead, that she is the widow of the said within named William Mead deceased and that she has not been married since the death of her said husband William Mead aforesaid. John Hsing Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court John Sayler
State of New York } I, Willet B. Goddard Clerk of the County of Tompkins County of Tompkins ss. do hereby certify that John Sayler, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the within affidavit, and therein written was, at the time of taking the same, a judge of the courts in and for said County - dwelling therein, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same - And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge and verily believe that the signature to the proof certificate of proof of such a acknowledgment is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name this twenty third day of February 1841. W. B. Goddard Clerk.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
William Mead
W. 16345
aw
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 1 year 1st Lt. Melancton Smith Van Klief N.Y.   May 1776 8 mos lt. Brenton Paine Morris Graham "   June 1777 11 mos. Capt. Corculus Humphrey "  
Battles engaged in, 2 White Plains, 1 Mahonack, 3 Kingsbridge Residence of soldier at enlistment, True Parteen, Dutchess Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept. 1, 1832. His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Hector, Tompkins Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Jan 8, 1749 in True Parteen, Dutchess Co. N.Y., died Feb 27, 1833. Remarks: Soldier married in the fall of 1778. Hannah - She was allowed pension on an application executed July 28, 1840 while a resident of Hector N.Y. aged 92. Their son Van was born at Pittsfield N.Y. in 1789, other children names not stated. Soldier refers to a brother-in-law Elias Palmer. Very respectfully,

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1907 May 15. Dist. to Miss Jennie M. Patten. aw.
File No. 16345
Hannah Read
Widow of
William Read
Lieut. Rev. War.
Act July 9th 88
Index: Vol. M , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration of War Mead -
No 7 -

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 State of New York
Tompkins County Sp: On this twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared before me, Isaac Halsey Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Tompkins in the State of New York, William Mead a resident of Hector in said County of Tompkins, aged eighty-three 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
About the first of May 1775 he entered a volunteer company as first Lieutenant, commanded by Captain Williamson Smith. He does not know that they were under the command of any superior officer. He thinks they were not. Their movements were however, directed, in some measure, by a County Committee, though he is not certain that their mandates were imperative upon them. At the time this Regiment entered said Company he resided in Dutchess County in the State of New York. He and Captain Smith received commissions, but from whom or by what authority he does not recollect, and raised said Company by enlistment, he thinks, for during the war or pleasure of the Continental Congress, but of this he will not be certain. The principal business of said Company was, to go from place to place and from County to County and protect the inhabitants against the Tories. They went up the Hudson River from Dutchess to Claverack, remained there two or three weeks, returned to Dutchess, continued under arms in actual service in the Country till in the fall of the same year - In the fall they passed down the Hudson River to York Island, crossed over to Long Island, under Gen. George Clinton, and remained in the City of New York during the remainder of the fall, during the winter and until late in the spring.
For the original draft of this Declaration, see Gen. Clinton's papers, Vol. 1, p. 100. During the winter of 1776 and spring, most of all the time they remained on York Island they were under the command of General Lee, peculiar for his fondness for dogs. Much of the time on York Island they were employed in building fortifications. In the spring of 1776 his Company or the Company

of Captain Smith in which he served as Lieutenant, was discharged, and this Deponent with others of his company returned home to Dutchess County. That immediately on this Deponent's return home, he was again Commissioned a Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Captain Brinton Paine, in Col. Morris Graham's Regiment. That he served in said Company & Regiment until January 1777, when he was Commissioned a Captain in Col. Cornelius Humphrey's Regiment. That he continued to serve as Captain in Col. Cornelius Humphrey's Regiment until the fore part of Winter 1778 when he was discharged at Pechskill in the State of New York. That the Regiments of Col. Graham & Col. Humphrey were, as this Deponent thinks, Militia Regiments. This Deponent held a Lieutenant's Commission in Col. Graham's Regiment and a Captain's Commission in Col. Humphrey's Regiment but he cannot recollect, by what Authority they were granted nor by whom they were signed. Much of the time, while this Deponent was in service in Col. Graham's Regiment and in Col. Humphrey's Regiment, as well as while in Capt. Smith's Company they were employed as a guard in protecting the inhabitants - their travels not extending beyond the adjacent Counties. This Deponent was in the Battle at White Plains. He was also in a small engagement at Harnamack and another near King's Bridge, all in the State of New York. As this Deponent before stated he held three Commissions one as a Lieutenant in a Volunteer Company, commanded by Captain Smith, one as a Lieutenant in Col. Graham's Regiment, and one as Captain in Col. Humphrey's Regiment, all of which he retained until after the close of the war. They have however, been, as this Deponent supposes, many years lost or destroyed. That the last time this Deponent recollects having seen them, was when he lived in Stillwater Saratoga County & State of New York, about two years after the taking of Burgoyne close of the Revolutionary War, when he put them into a barrel amongst many other old papers, where he left them at the house of his brother in Law Elias Palmer Esq. in said Town of Stillwater.
He was born in the New-Purcell, Dutchess County in the State of New York - the year he does not

resided, but according to his recollection he was eighty-three years old in January last - Has no record of his age - lived in the New-Partners aforesaid where he entered the Service and continued to reside there, except which he was in the Service until about two years after the taking of Burgoyne, When he moved into the town of Stillwater Saratoga County in the State aforesaid, Where he lived Nearly twenty years - from thence he moved to the City of Albany, where he lived about two years - from thence he moved to Sherman's Patent, near Lake George in the State aforesaid - from thence he moved to Preston Chenango County and State aforesaid, Where he lived about five years - from thence he moved to Coverts in the County of Seneca and State aforesaid, Where he lived till about five years ago, when he broke up house-keeping - Since which time he has lived about one year in DeRuyter Tioga County in the State aforesaid, about three years in Nunda, Allegany County & State aforesaid and in the Month of December 1831 he came into the town of Skane, Tompkins County, & State aforesaid, where he has ever since resided -
He entered the Service as a volunteer - He knew General Washington, who commanded at the Battle of the White-Plains - He knew General Lee, who held the Command on York Island in the Winter of 1775 & 1776 - He also knew Gen. Putnam, Lord, Starling & Clintons - Gen. Simey and Gov. George - He had some commissions as stated in body of his Application but they were lost as there in stated - He had also discharges, but they were lost with his commissions - He knows of no person living who can testify to his services or any part thereof -
In the year 1819, he procured an Affidavit from Daniel Fisher proving some of his services in the War of the Revolution; and in 1820, he procured another Affidavit from Brinton Paine, the Captain under whom he served in Col. Graham's Regiment, and the Major under whom he served in Col. Humphrey's Regiment, proving those services, but this Applicant has been informed and believes that both Fisher & Paine are now dead - The Affidavits of Fisher and Paine were procured in reference to an Application for a pension under the Law of 1818

And he has recently transmitted the same to the War Department, supposing that they might under the circumstances, furnish some evidence of his services, though they were not certified in pursuance of the instructions under the late act of Congress; but they have been returned to this Department as furnishing no evidence of this Defendant's services, because the officers before whom said affidavits were taken, were not certified that Silas Paine & Fisher were credible witnesses.
Since this Defendant has lived in said town of Hector, he has lived obscurely and is known to but few persons in said town of Hector. He however is known to Dr. A. B. G. Comstock, who is a regular preacher in the Methodist connection. He has been acquainted with said Comstock many years; having become acquainted with him several years before he came to reside in said town of Hector. He is also, known to John Almy & Nancy Almy, Salomon D. Stubble Esq. and George Smith and some few others. He is also, known to Michael Dunning of the town of Ulster, a town adjacent to Hector aforesaid. He became acquainted with said Dunning in Herkimer Saratoga County. He is known to many people in Broome Seneca County, about twelve miles from his present residence, amongst whom he will name Hon Levi Wheeler, Col Chauncy Pratt & Esquire Woodworth Esq.
And the said William Head further deposes and saith that by reason of old age, poverty & handicraft which he has suffered and is still suffering, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time of his several services. That he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades: Lieutenant in Capt. Melancthon Smith's company of Volunteers - one year Lieutenant in Captain Paine's company in Col. Graham's Regiment Eight Months - as Captain in Col. Humphrey's Regiment - Eleven Months - For one year and Eight Months, therefor I served as Lieutenant, and for eleven Months as Captain & for such services I claim a pension.
And the said William Head further deposes and saith that from loss of memory as aforesaid, he cannot recollect the officers, especially of an inferior grade, under whom

at his various services as distinctly and wide as he could desire - An fact however, he does recollect, that in addition to his services as he has stated in his declaration, he expended more than five hundred dollars of his own money, to aid in achieving our independence - And this Defendant further saith that he is now old, infirm and miserably poor - That for more than a year past he has been confined to the house, almost entirely - That he is entirely unable to go before a Court to make his declaration or even before a Magistrate - The Magistrate, did before, and now comes to him to take his declaration.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension role of the Agency of any State.
subscribed & sworn this 21st day of December 1832 before me -
his William L. Mead Mark
Nicoll Halsey a Judge of Tompkins Common pleas —

7750 Hannah Mead widow of William New York Act July 1838.
advised 18 mo. Lieut. 240 ff
Read J. G. Ev. Asid Seneca Co. N.Y.
7750 Aaron Cook Aff. in the matter of Hannah Mead

State of New York 3 l.
Seneca County
Town of Lodi Aaron Couch being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he became acquaint- ed with William Mead and Hannah his Wife in the the year 1790 or 1791 that they then lived in the Town of Stillwater in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, that he this deponent at or about that time, lived with the Family, and worked for them, and boarded with them, and worked for others, that his acquaintance with them was continuous for from 15 to 18 years, during all which time from his first acquaintance with them they were reputed to be Man and wife, that they boarded and bedded together as Man and Wife, and that he verily believes they were Man and Wife, — And this deponent further saith that he was since acquainted with them in the Counties of Seneca and Tompkins, and continued to be partially ac- quainted with them in the said Counties of Seneca and Tompkins until he the said Mead died, that the said Han- nah Mead now lives in the Town of Hector in the said County of Tompkins — Sworn to the 6 th day of Feb y 1861 before me Aaron Couch James Chapin Justice
I also hereby certify that the above named Aaron Couch (with whom I am personally acqu- ainted) is a man of truth and veracity - as I believe. Dated Lodi Feb 8. 1841. - the said A. Couch now resides in the Town of Lodi - James Ellaples Justice

State of New York } Seneca County } ss. I Halsey Sanford Clerk of Clerks Office } said county of Seneca do hereby certify that James Maper Egan whose hand writing I am acquainted with, and whose signature appears to within affidavit, as I verily believe to be in his own proper hand writing, was at the time of taking said affidavit a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Seneca and duly authorized by law to take the same —
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County at my office in said this 3. day of February 1841 — Halsey Sanford Clerk

State of New York Tompkins County ss
David B Paine of the Town of Hector County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth And saith that he is a grand son of Brinton Paine and that he was acquainted with him during the later parts of his life time. And that his General Character as to truth veracity and uprightness was good and un- suspicious. And that the said Brinton Paine, has been deceased, about six or seven years. And at the time of his decease he resided in the town of Elmira and County of Tioga in said State. And this deponent further saith that he was acquainted with Roberts Lawrence of the last mentioned place, who is also since deceased. And that he also sustained a good character according to the best of this deponents knowledge & belief
Subscribed and sworn to this 15 th day of March 1833 before me
David B Paine
John Sawyer J.P.
I certify that I am well acquainted

with David B. Paine who subscribed and swore to the above affidavit and that he sustains a good moral character and to be believed when under oath
March 15 th 1833
John Saylor J. D.
The aforesaid John Saylor is a justice of the peace in the Town of Hinton, County of Tompkins and State of New York — was a justice at the time of the date of the above Certificate of Nicole Hubby Dec. 3 rd 1833 —
David B. Paine
Affid.
No 2.
David B. Paine in the matter of William Mead

In the matter of Wm. M c ad, Revolutionary Officer
Declaration & affidavits.
Part 1.
Resides
Volunteers are not provided for by the law & no regiments commanded by Col. Dumphy & Graham were in the continental establishment.

United States of America, State of New York, Tioga County
Brinton Paine of the Town of Elmina, County of Tioga and State of New York late Lieut. Col. in the Revolutionary War, being duly sworn deposes and saith that William Mead now of the Town of Covert in the County of Seneca and State of New York, was a Lieutenant in Capt. Melanchton Smith's Company, in the State of New York; that it was a Volunteer Company, and that this deponent knew personally at the time that the said William Mead served as Lieutenant in the said Capt. Melanchton Smith's Com- pany from about the first day of May 1775, until about the middle or last of May 1776, and that in May 1776 the said William Mead was duly Commissioned a Lieutenant in the Company under command of this deponent as Captain, in Col. Morris Graham's Re- giment - that the said Mead contin- ued as Lieutenant in the said last men- tioned Company until the early part of January 1777, when this depo- nent was duly Commissioned a Major in Col. Cornelius Humphreys' Regiment of the said Mead was duly Commissioned as a Captain in a Company in the said last mentioned Regiment - that the said Mead con- tinued in the said last mentioned Regiment as Captain of a company therein as aforesaid

until this deponent was taken prisoner by the British & taken prisoner and confined as such prisoner in the Brooklyn Gaol in the City of New York. — That the said William Mead, during the times above mention- -ed stated was a brave & faithful officer in the service aforesaid —
Sworn to Upon the Holy — Evangelists of Almighty God, Subscribed by the said Brinton Paine, the 18th day of March 1820. Before me.
Robt Lawrence P.P.
B. Paines. affidavit of M. Meads services.
State of New York Tioga county ss 3 I Thomas Chapin clerk of the county of Tioga, do hereby certify that Robert Lawrence Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in the said county duly commissioned sworn and authorized by law to act as such. That I verily believe the foregoing signature to be "Robt. Lawrence" to be the proper handwriting of the said Justice.
Witness my hand and the seal of the said county the 18th day of March 1820.
Thos. Chapin Clerk

This may certify that I Daniel Fisher am acquainted with William Mead; that he served as a Lieut in a Company commanded by Capt Melancton Smith in the years 1775 & 1776 That according to the best of my knowledge & belief that said Mead served upon the continental establishment and for a term exceeding one year
Daniel Fisher
Sworn to and Subscribed before me 5th Sept 1819 by the above named
Daniel Fisher who is personally known to me, and by me considered a man of Truth. The words, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, written upon an enclosure before signature
Noweath Chenango County Sept 3rd 1819
Edm G. P. Lee Justice of the Peace
State of New York Chenango } I hereby certify that Edm G. County Clerk's Office Sept 2. 1819 } P. Lee Esq. before whom the above Affidavit appears to have been taken was at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace in and for Chenango County authorized to take the same & that I am acquainted with his hand writing & believe the above signature to be his
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Paul Washburne Dep. Clk

I Obadiah German of the Town of Norwich County of Chenango and State of New York do hereby Certify. That I well recollect that Melanthon Smith some time during the revolutionary war commanded a company of men in the County of Dutchess and that aforesaid which company was considered as acting in the revolutionary service and also recollect that Daniel Fisher who has made affidavit to the services of Lieutenant William Mead under Captain Melanthon Smith aforesaid was a soldier in said company and was considered a man of good character and was also considered a man of truth and veracity until his death and I have also heard Abner Purdy Esqr Deceased and Anna Mead Esqr Deceased who served in the said Company under Capt Smith frequently speak of the said Lieut Meads services and also of the services of the said Fisher - and also recollect well of the most of the services mentioned in the affidavit of Lieut Colonel Brinton herein - and do further certify that my acquaintance with all of the aforesaid characters was in the said County of Dutchess during the revolutionary war - when a boy as well as since the war in other parts of the State
Norwich Chenango County
Personally appeared before Obadiah German
Me the undersigned Justice of the Peace - Obadiah German who made oath to the above Certificate and subscribed the
same - who is well known to me as the subscriber. And whose credibility as to truth and veracity is good and beyond reproach to which I do hereby certify this eighth day of March 1833
Sylvanus Water Justice of Peace

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss: I Aaron N. P. Clarke Clerk of the said County, do certify that Sylvanus Water, Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Obadiah German purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate of qual- ification to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 9th day of March A.D. 1838 P.B. Pundee Dep Clerk

William Mead d. 27 Feb. 33
Hannah D. m. 1778
perman 778

Jeremiah Purdy Affidavit in the matter of William Application for a Pension
No 5-

State of New York Chemung County ss
Joel Thompson of the town of Sheslow, County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with William Mead now of the town of Hector Tompkins County and State aforesaid and that he was well acquainted with said Mead in the Revolutionary War lived neighbours to said Mead in Dutchess County during the Revolution that it was the general report that said Mead was a Lieut. in the Army and afterwards a Capt. - that he frequently saw said Mead dressed in his uniform or military clothes and that he had no doubt but that said Mead actually was in the Service in the Revolutionary War as aforesaid Subscribed and sworn to this 9 th day of March 1853 before Joel Thompson Gil Mills, Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Judge Joel Thompson who subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit, and that he is a man of good moral char- =acter and to be believed under oath March 9. 1853 Mills Justice Peace

State of New York Chautauqua County ss. 3
I, Jeremiah Purdy of the town of Sherburne County and State aforesaid being duly sworn, deposes and saith that he is well acquainted with William Mead, now of the town of Hector - Tompkins County State aforesaid - and that he was well acquainted with said Mead in the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 that said Mead was at that time a Lieut. in Capt. Brinton's Penn. Comp. Col. Graham's Regt. that he knew said Mead served in said Company five months during the aforesaid year of 1776.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9. day of March 1853 before me
Jeremiah Purdy
I certify that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Purdy who has subscribed & sworn to the above Affidavit and that he is a man of good moral character and to be believed under oath, March 9, 1853
Mills S. Townsend J.P.

I George Smith residing in the Town of Hutton in the County of Tompkins and State of New York certify that I am well acquainted with William Head who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration - That I believe him to be Eighty three years of age - and that he is reported and believed in the neighbourhood where he re- sides to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion - and I concur in that opinion - subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of December 1832
before me -
George Smith
Nicoll Halsey - a Judge of Tompkins Common Pleas -

These are to certify that the following persons were duly elected Officers in a minute Company in Charlotte Precinct Dutchess County viz in Col. Van Vels's Regim t . Melancton Smith Captain, Isaac Bloom 1 st Lieut. William Mead second Lieut. & William Tremper Ensign. Feby.
Jacobus Swartwout Committee Peter Tappan { Mem. Reuben Hopkins }
State of New York Secretary's Office
I certify the above to be a true copy of an original Certificate on file in this office among the Revolutionary papers and which Certificate is endorsed "Feb y 22. 1776 Return of Officers of a Minute Company in Dutchess County - Issued & dated Feb y 22 d 1776"
Given under my hand and the Seal of this office at the City of Albany the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
Arch d Campbell Dep. Secretary

Aug 22. 1872.
My Friend Hannah H. Lewis
J. L. Edwards Com d of Prisoners Washington D. C.

Ovid Seneca County New York Aug t 17 th 1842
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir
I have been employed and am the agent to make inquiries relative to a supposed pension due upon an application of Widow Hannah Mead, widow of Cap t or Lieut William Mead who was a pensioner and died Feb 27. 1833.
Application was made by the widow in June 1840. and subsequently proof of the marriage by Mr & Mrs Schuyler forwarded to your office in 1840 and the proof of Aaron Couch & George Palmer forwarded to your office in 1841. as also of proof of William Thompson; Will you please allow me to ask respectfully whether the application and all of the proof above named have been rec d at your office, if it has, is there more proof required, or is it not sufficient to warrant the favorable answer to the application - I cannot learn that the proof has been rec d at your office, & I wish to ascertain the state of the case
Your Most Ob st Serv t
Isaac Loy
William Mead was of Tompkins Co. N.Y.

I certify that I became acquainted with Capt. William Mead about twenty years ago and that the said Mead was always from my earliest acquaintance with him reputed to be a man of strict truth and veracity —
Mar. 4 th 1834
Nicoll Halsey M. C.

7 July
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July 8 1880.
Pension Office.
Wm Head My M c
July 3 Nashville Dear Sir B. Grant May-at War Washington

Mecklenburg Twp. 60 N York June 27 th 1840
Dr Sir
Hannah Mad the widow of William Mad die d who was previous to to his death a pensioned for his services rendered during the Revolutionary war; is left in indigent circumstances, and become entirely in a helpless condition makes application for a pension as the widow of a die d soldier. And not being acquainted with the steps necessary to be taken in that case she has requested me to write you to know whether she may be so entitled, and if so what is neces- sary to be done on her parts to secure it.
Will you have the goodness to give me an answer soon. I am greatly obliged Hon Sec y R. Poinsett at War
Yours most obed t servant John Sayles

Tho s Maynard Am Head.
W. Halsey

Elmira Tioga County NY Feb. 5. 1834.
I hereby certify that I was intimately acquainted with Colonel Brinton Paine formerly a resident of this Town. That I knew him from my earliest recollection until his death which according to the best of my recollection was in the year 1825: his character for truth and veracity always stood fair in this community; and I should place the most perfect reliance in his statement under oath or otherwise. He was always considered a Revolutionary Soldier. He once applied to me to draw his papers preparatory to an application for a pension under the act of 1818, but supposing that he was not provided for in that act, it was abandoned. I think he shewed me a Commission from the Governor of New York, (Geo. Clinton) under which he served in the Revolutionary war.
H. Maxwell

v 7750
Reason off Mar 12 1841
NY July 7 1838
Hannah Mead
The Hon. Secretary of War Washington City D.C.

Stearns February 23 d 1841.
Sir I herewith the petition of Hannah Lloyd for a pension as the widow of Lieutenant William Lloyd D r . a resolution for pension together with an aff t showing the date of cohabitation & application of marriage of the petition & the said William Lloyd to which I have respectfully to ask your kind attention at as early a period as may be convenient with your other business and commend me & Obey Yours O b t. Serv t &c. Caleb B. Doolittle
... of Pensions

Burdett Tompkins Co. N.Y. July 1. 1845
Dear Sir
I have made Arad Joy of Onondaga County New York, my Agent to Search and ascertain as one of the children of William Mead deceased, as to an increase of pension; the said Mr Mead was a Lieutenant in the war of the Revolution, & a pensioner from Tompkins County New York under the law of 1832, I claim that there is an increase of pension due to him, his widow, or to their children, I ask an examination & a review of the case -
Your Most Ob st Servt
William Mead
Hon J L Edwards Comm er of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sept 24. 1842
My Hon. Hannah Mead
FREE
J. L. Edwards Com g Pension Washington D.C.

Ithaca Seneca County N.Y. Sept 20th 1842
Dear Sir
Herewith I send you the deposition of William Mead & Aaron Cook in case of Hannah Mead, which with the proof now before you, no doubt will be satisfactory —
Your very Ob dt Servt. Aaron Soy

William Mead Pensioner of N.Y. law of 1832, his widow pension law 1836 also New York case of mine from Abad Joy

No. 775-0.
Let. to Caleb B. Drake, May 1, 1841.
" " Saad Joy Aug 23. 1842
Act 7 July, 1837

State of New York
Seneca County ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County & State Aaron Couch of Lodi in said County and being duly sworn accor- ding to law deponeth and saith, that he was born in the State of Connecticut in 1772, that he was personally acquainted with the William Mead and Hannah Mead his wife as early as 1788 Seventeen hundred and eighty eight in Still water Saratoga County New York & that the aforesaid Hannah Mead as the widow of the aforesaid William Mead made ap- plication for a pension as such widow in the year 1840. and that the said William Mead was a pensioner of the United States & that the said Hannah Mead thus applying for a pension was the identical wife of the aforesaid William Mead and that they were residing together as husband and wife at the date above named, viz, Seventeen hundred and eighty eight, that this deponent put up & boarded at their house about one week at that date, and that in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one this deponent again commenced to board with the aforesaid William Mead and Hannah Mead his wife and that he boarded with them in their house & with their family the most of the time for from two to three years and that during all that time the aforesaid William Mead & Hannah Mead his wife lived and lodged together as husband and wife & this depo- nent has no doubt but that they were husband and wife
Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 nd day of Sept - 1842 James Foster Justice of the Peace in & for Seneca County
Aaron Couch

State of New York
Seneca County ss } I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Aaron Cook the foregoing affiant and that I have been acquainted with him for the space of fifteen years and more and that he is a person of respectability & entitled to full credit in his foregoing affidavit taken before me
James Foster Justice
of the Peace in & for Seneca County
State of New York } I, Cyms D. Hanks Clerk of the Seneca County ss } County of Seneca do hereby certify that James Foster Esquire was on the day of the date of the foregoing proceedings, jurat and certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified. And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and that the several signatures above and within to said proceedings, purporting to be his, are severally genuine and in his own proper handwriting. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, being the
Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 19th day of September 1842.
C. D. Hanks Clerk
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Frank Jay Gage Merchant Dist. Forest City
C. D. Hanks Esq
Over Sept 16th 1842
My Dear Sir, I have & shall have so many calls for your certificate & seal, that if you will just note it or keep an eye of it, I will pay when I see you, please return this as soon as completed, single sheet as I send it to you - I am truly Yours Frank Jay

10,578. In the Matter of William Mead Revolutionary War Application for a pension
No 6.

Mr John Almy & Nancy Almy residing in the town of Acushnet in the County of Dukes and State of Massachusetts Hereby certify, that Mr Almy and have been well acquainted with William Mead named in the annexed Mortgage declaration; for twenty years & more That Mr Almy believe him to be Eighty-Three years of age; That in the neighbourhood where the said William Mead now resides, he is but little known; he having resided there, but a few months, and consequently there is to the knowledge of their opponents, no reputation about the said William Mead, Military services; but in the town of Covert, in the County of Seneca and State of New York when the said Mead resided several years and where we knew him, the belief was general as far as he was known that he was an Officer of the Revolution and in that opinion we concur - Indeed we never heard a doubt expressed, nor did we ever entertain a doubt that the said Mead was an Officer of the Revolution - That the said Mead has always since we have known him been called Captain Mead, and they have under- stood and believed he obtained that title in the Army of the Revolution, from the fact of his his having been a Captain in the Revolution in the service of the United States.
Subscribed & sworn to this 1st day of September 1832
Before me N'coll Halsey A Judge of Dukes County
John Almy
her Nancy & Almy Frank J

I Michael Gunning, of the town of Cufield in the County of Tompkins and State of New York, hereby certify, that I am eighty-two years old; that I was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, and belonged to Colonel Warner's Regiment. That soon after or about the close of the Revolutionary war I became acquainted with William Mead in the Assay'd declaration (Mann) in the town of Still-water in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, where I then resided - That my acquaintance with him continued in the above mentioned town for several years, and I have seen the said Mead several times since I have resided in Cufield, he having resided in the town of Covert in the County of Seneca, about eight or ten miles from my present residence. That the said William Mead, was reputed while he lived in Stillwater and home and indeed a highly respectable man, and was engaged in considerable business - Since the said Mead has resided in this country I have known but little of his character, though I never heard his character for honesty impeached - That the said William Mead was always from my acquaintance with him been reputed and believed to have been an officer, in the Militia, State troops or volunteers, in the Revolutionary war, and I never heard any doubts expressed on the subject, nor did I ever entertain any doubts myself on the subject -
Subscribed & sworn this 3d day of September 1832
Michael Gunning
Before me Nioll Halsey A Judge of Tompkins Co. N.Y.

I Nicol Halsey the Judge before named, & before whom the Annexed declaration of William Mead, the applicant for a pension, was made, and also before whom the certificates of John Almy, Nancy Almy & Michael Dunning in support of the Application of the said William Mead was made do hereby declare my Opinion, after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the said William Mead was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And I further Certify that I am acquainted with not only the said William Mead the applicant, but also with John Almy, Nancy Almy & Michael Dunning the Witnesses - that they are all credible and respectable, but particularly Capt. Dunning - Him I have known about twenty years, and he ranks amongst some most valuable and patriotic Citizens.
Nicol Halsey
State of New York
Yourspeers County - Clerk's Office & I do hereby certify that Nicol Halsey, Esquire before whom the foregoing or annexed declaration of William Mead and the affidavits of John Almy, Nancy Almy and Michael Dunning purport to have been sworn and also whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was at the dates thereof one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, which said Court is a court of record - and further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to said declaration, affidavits and certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of common pleas of said County this 5 th day of September 1832
Geo. G. the Vice Deputy Clerk