Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19979, for David Pease, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pease, David Jerusha
No. 19979
CONTENTS
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8965
New York
David Sease
Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the 1st Regt. commanded by Col. Sayer in the St. Lawrence line for 14 mos.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of April 1833 and sent to R. H. Gay by Geneva Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 28

3384
Albany
Jerusha Pease widow of David Pease who was a private in the N. York Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Decem r 1843 and sent to
Wm Lissom Lyons N York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. / Page 111

In the Matter of the Application of David Pease for a Pension
Amelia
Wm Bayly
admitted.
24 mo. Private.

State of New York Ontario County ss.
David Pease a resident of the town of Phelps, the within named declarant, doth on his oath hereby further declare, that he was born in Summers Holland County Connecticut in the year 1755, that it is so recorded in the family Bible in his possession, that he resided at said town of Summers at the time he entered the service, that he removed from Summers to the town of Leyen in Oneida County New York in the year 1806, from thence he removed to Pains in said County and remained there about seven years - from thence to Binghampton in Broome County - That he removed to Seneca in Seneca County, about the year 1825, That in April 1828 he removed to Phelps town where he now re- sides, and has since resided - That he never received a written discharge and that the following is a list of all the officers with whom he served that he can now recollect -
in 1775 he served under Capt. David Abel Pease in what was called the Major Company - Major Clarke - Col. Jedediah Huntington - Second Lieutenant Stanley - at Roxbury was Lieut. Thorne, Lieut. Ward - Col. Spencer - afterwards Genl. J. Col. Parsons, Colonel - Lieut. Col. Douglass and Ensign Col. in 1776 - Captain Stephen Parsons - Lieutenant Converse Ensign Aikens - Col. Sage - Lieutenant Col. Russell Major Bull - at New York was Lieut. Wash- ton, Putnam, Lee, Watsworth, Spencer, Colonel Mott, Captain Hinkley, Major Wallbridge in 1777 - under Captain Elijah Robinson, Lieut. Stanley, Ensign Drew. No other than troops stationed with their companies. then again under same captain, Lieut. West, Dickenson, Col. Connell, Lieut. Col. Arnold, - at New London then was no other troops than Col. Ely Regiment of State Troops - at Rhode Island joined Massachusetts and Connecticut Regiments under Genl. Spencer - Col. Owen commanded a Regt of Fifteen Months Men - no regular troops - in 1778 in said Capt. Robinson Company, Lieut. Hall

and West and Ensign Jonas - Col. Roger Ennis, Major B. Curtis - at White Plains was Col. Mays Regt. Col. M c Lelands, then joined Putnam's Division and marched for Jersey, orders counter- manded and were then ordered to West Point - under Genl Malcomb (Colonel Commandant) at West Point were Col. M c Lands, and Col. Poos Regiment - and a Regiment from North Carolina, he thinks it was commanded by Col. Logan - that he knew a great many more officers but from the great length of time that has elapsed he cannot now name them - That the affidavit of Emery Pease and Oliver Chapin referred to in his declaration was sent to Genl H. Halsey Esq. then a Member of Congress, and are now said to be in posses- sion of Mr. Clark the Clerk of the House of Repre- sentatives - That in January 1777 he was dis- charged at Phillipsburgh North of White Plains and not at Newburgh as is erroneously stated in his said declaration -
That he served in the whole three years and one month - of that time in 1778 and 1779 he served nine months as a corporal and three months as a quartermaster sergeant - two years and one month as a private, and for such service he now claims a pension -
David Pease
Sworn to and subscribed this 8th day of Jany 1833 before me
R Mr Bayly Notary Public
State of New-York, I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, Ontario County ss. I do hereby certify that Richard M. Bayly, whose name is subscribed to the above certificate of affi- davit, was, at the date thereof a Notary Public in and for the said county; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the said signature to be his proper act and deed. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twelfth day of January A. D. 1833. Charles Crane.

State of New York Ontario County } S.
On this Twenty seventh day of August 1832 personally appearing in Open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas now sitting, David Place a resident of the Town of Phelps in the County and State aforesaid, aged Seventy Seven 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as here in is stated: viz That the first of July in the Year 1775 at Summers in Tolland County Connecticut, where he then resided, he enlisted in Major Clark's company, capt. Lieutenant Abel Place, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington, who was afterwards a Brigadier General in the Continental Army, for the term of six months, went to Roxbury and then joined the Regiment, was under the command of Genl Ward until Genl. Washington arrived, remained there until December when he was dismissed; That in the year 1776 at said Summers he enlisted the first of May in Captain Hezekiah Parsons company in Col. Sages Regiment for eight months, went to New York by way of New Haven, was stationed in New York until the city was entered by the British - was on Governors Island when the British took Long Island, was in Genl. Madsworth's Brigade and Genl. Mences Division, and was brought off from that Island to New York by boats sent to them by Genl Putnam under the fire of the British guns; from New York they fell back on Harlem Heights, thence to White Plains,

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was stationed at Chatterton Hill during the Battle of White Plains, from thence went to Newburgh and remained there until discharged in January 1777. in February of 1777 at the said town of Somers, he volunteered under Captain Elijah Robison, for three months, to go to Rhode Island, went and was stationed at Warren and Providence under Genl. Spencer's command for the three months, and was then discharged at Warren; That on his return to said Somers he again Enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Elijah Robison, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Kelly of Lyme for Eight months - was stationed for a time at New London then at Tiverton in Rhode Island, was under the Command of Genl. Spencer at the time Washington made a feint on British Stationed on the Island, was ordered to Stamford in Connecticut and then discharged in January after serving out the Eight months;
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That in 1778 in May, at said Somers he enlisted for one Year, in said Capt. Elijah Robison's Company, in Col. Roger Enos Regiment, was ordered to White Plains & from thence to West Point and remained there under the Command of Genl. Malcomb until the Fall of the year, about October, when they were ordered to Horse Neck and was stationed there under command of Col. Enos and General Parsons, until his term of enlistment expired and was then discharged; That he has no documentary evidence of his said services, That he knows of no person whose testimony he can now procure, That the Affidavits of Oliver Chapin and Emery Pease proving a part of his services, were sent to John H. Halsey Esquire then a member of Congress at Washington in 1831, but has now become of them he cannot say. He hereby relinquishes every claim
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid in open Court
Whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state.

We Isaac M. Morton and Christopher Cool residing in the Town of Phelps in Ontario County ————— hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Pease who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opin- ion.
Isaac M. Morton
Christopher Cool
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid } in open Court
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Isaac M. Morton — — — who has signed the preceding certificate resides in and that Christopher Cool — — — who has signed the same are residents in the town of Phelps aforesaid and that they are both cre- dible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane — clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the Court, in the matter of the application of David Pease for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty-eighth day of August A. D. 1832.
Charles Crane

4591
Jerusha Pease N.Y.
cut 7 July 38
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acmd 2 gresin 80
No deduction
Wm Sisson Lyons N.Y.

Declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th. July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
State of New York } County of Wayne } ss;
On this third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before me David Ane junior one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Wayne. Jerrusha Pease, a resident of the town of Wolcott in the County of Wayne aforesaid, aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of David Pease, who was a Soldier and served as a private in the revolutionary war, at the periods and for the terms, following; as she verily believes, from the best information she has been able to obtain - That he enlisted at Somers in Tolland County County and State of Connecticut, as a private, about the first of July 1775, for the term of six months in Capt. or Major, Clark's Company, Abiel Pease Lieutenant in Regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington (who was afterwards a Brigadier General in Continental army) and served out the said term of six months and was discharged. That he enlisted at same place, as a private for eight months, about the first of May 1776, in Capt. Hezekiah Parsons' Company in Col. Sager's Regiment (of Middletown) and served out the same fully and was discharged in January 1777. That he volunteered, at same place in February 1777 for three months, to go to Rhode Island, under Captain Elijah Robison, Genl. Spencer commanded, served out the said term of three months and was discharged. That at the same place in May 1777, he enlisted for eight months under Capt. Elijah Robison. Col. John Ely's

Regiment, served out the said term of eight months and was discharged. in January 1778. And that in May 1778, at the same place, he re-enlisted, for the term of one year, under said Capt. Robison, Col. Roger Enos' Regiment, served out the said term of one year and was discharged, and whether he had any written discharge or not, cannot state. That her husband the said David Prase was a Pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832, and drew a pension of eighty dollars annually. For a more full statement of the services of the said David Prase and the particulars and proof thereof, this declarant refers to his declaration and the papers accompanying the same, upon which the Pension to him was granted, now on file, in the office of the secretary at War, or office of the Commissioner of Pensions, at Washington City, as she verily believes.
That the said original Pension Certificate of the said David Prase, was surrendered by her, at the time she appeared in Court to obtain the back pay due to her said husband at the time of his death and was sent with her power of Attorney to the office of the agent for paying Pensions in the City of Albany or New York, in or about the month of September 1833, she believes, but she cannot state positively the date of the said Certificate, but from a memorandum made and kept by the person who made out her power of Attorney to draw her husband's back pay, it appears to have been dated 27th of April 1833
She further declares that she was married to the said David Prase (at Somers, Tolland County, State of Connecticut) on the sixteenth day of November in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy nine. That her husband the aforesaid David Prase died (at the town of Sodus, county of Wayne

time - that her husband the aforesaid David Pease died (at the town of Sodus, county of Wayne
and State of New York) on the nineteenth day of August in the year 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 day of January seventeen hun- dred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated. Note, Interlined before execution word "declaration" & "not." The first on page first & the second on page second.
Witness present. David Anne for Judge Clara P. Moon
Jerusha Pease mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above mentioned before me, by the above named Jerusha Pease to me known I certify that she sustains a fair character & that her oath is entitled to full credit. And I further certify that she the said Jerusha Pease is unable to appear in court to make the above declaration, by reason of bodily in- firmity.
David Anne for Judge Wayne County Court
The words (Declaration) on the first page and (not) on the second page were interlined before execution of this declaration
David Anne for Judge Wayne County Court
State of New York Wayne County ss
I, David Chapman, Deputy Clerk of said County, and Deputy Clerk of the Court of Records of said County, do hereby certify that David Anne junior, before whom the above affidavit was taken, to him known to be the person described in the name & Judge of the Court of said County, duly qualified to take the same; and that his signature above written is genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, May 9, 1839. D. Chapman.

"David Pease and Jerusha Bellowz both of Somers were joined in marriage November Sixteenth, one thousand seven hun- dred and seventy nine".
I hereby certify that above the aforesaid is a true copy of the Records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed, on the records, in fair, legible figures, as follows - November 16 th 1779 Oliver Chapin 2 d Town Clerk of Somers. Ct. Decr. 11 th 1839
I Oliver Chapin 2 d above named, depose & say that, I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town of Somers, in the County of Tolland, in the State of Connecticut, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Somers, with the exception above named, as certified by me - Oliver Chapin 2 d
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss
Sworn & subscribed, this 10 th day of January A D 1839. Before me - Walter R Kibbe Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that Oliver Chapin 2 d , the fore- said Deponent, is well known to me, and is a credible person -
Attest Walter R Kibbe Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Tolland } for County Clerks office
I Marmaduke Parish Clerk of the courts in the County of Tolland do hereby certify that Walter R. Hibbard Esq. of Somers is a Justice of Peace within the said County of Tolland lawfully appointed and acting in said capacity
That his Commission bears date the 26th day of May A D 1838 and will continue until the 20th day of June 1839
Also that the certificated signature to the within certificate purporting to be the official signature of said Justice Hibbard is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County at said Clerks office in Tolland in said County this 29th day of January A D 1839
Marmaduke Parish Clerk
NB. The figure 8 in 1838 was altered by me at the time of making out the certificate & made to read 9 which by mistake was first made 8.
Marmaduke Parish Clerk

State of New York
Wayne County } ss:
Artemas W. Whiting of Arcadia in said county aged thirty three years and upwards being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he was well acquainted with David Pease in his life time at Sodus in said county - that said David Pease died at Sodus aforesaid in the month of August in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three, and on or about the nineteenth day of said month, that he cannot be positive as to the day of the month, but knows it was in said month of August, and this deponent attended the funeral of the said David Pease. And this deponent further deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Jerusha Pease, widow of the said David Pease, who is now applying for a Pension, and that he knew her in the life time of the said Pease, and since his death, and knows her to be the widow of the said David Pease, and has no doubt she has remained such ever since his death.
A. W. Whiting
Subscribed and sworn this 7th. day of May 1839 before me. And I certify that I am acquainted with the deponent Artemas W. Whiting and that he is a credible witness and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Wm. Sisson First Judge of Wayne County

State of New York
Wayne County } ss; David H. Pease of Wolcott in said County aged fifty six years and upwards, being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is a son of David Pease, deceased, and of Jerusha Pease, now his widow that he was well acquainted with both of them - that the said David Pease died at the town of Sodus in the said County on the nineteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three and that at the said time of his death, he and his wife, now widow Jerusha Pease, both lived with this deponent - that the said David Pease was a Pensioner under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832 at the time of his death that his Pension Certificate was surrendered by his widow at the time she appeared in Court to make proof to draw the pay due at the time of his death - And this deponent further deposes and says that the said Jerusha Pease has resided with this deponent ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid David Pease, - that she has ever since his death remained his widow, and has not been married since.
David H. Pease
Subscribed and sworn this 7 th day of May 1839
Before me, and I certify that I am acquainted with the above deponent David H. Pease, that he is a credible witness & that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit
Wm. Sisson First Judge of Wayne County.

State of New York in the County of ... I, Daniel Chapman, Deputy Clerk of said County, and Deputy Clerk of the Court of said County, do hereby certify that William Sison Esquire who has the two preceding affidavits been sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, just Judge of the Court of said County, duly qualified to take the same; and that his signatures to the several said affidavits are genuine. Witness my hand the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, May 4. 1839 D. Chapman
4571 Jerusha Sison N.Y. at 7 July 35 m 19. x 33 amnd 2 yrs since 80 1/2 No deduction from Sison Lyons N.Y.

6875
David Pease
Page 72,
admitted.
24 mo. Private.
6.11.12.16.17.
20 Sep 1832 20 Nov 1832
R. M. Bayly Geneva N. York

6875 BRIEF in the case of David Pease, - Phelps,  Co. of Ontario in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 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.     In 1775 July 1 — 6 — private Gen. Mara, Maj. Clark, D. H. Pease, Col. Huntington   1 May 1776 — 8 — " Capt. H. Parson, Col. Sage, Genl. Madsforth, Genl. Spencer   " July 1777" — 3 — " Capt. E. Robinson, Genl. Spencer.   on his return — 8 — " do Col. J. Ely.   May 1778 1 year 10 mo — " do Col. R. Eddy, Genl. Malcomb - Genl. Parsons  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Summers, Holland Co., Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional. - "In 1821 Affidavits of Oliver Chapin, and Emery Pease, proving a part of his services were sent to D. H. Halsey Esq. then a member of Congress at Washington."  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. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Sir,
Inclosed is a declaration of Jerusha Pease, under the act of 3 d March 1843, which I trust you will find correct, & if so, send me a certificate for her - Please to let me hear from you on the subject at your earliest convenience & much oblige your obedt Servt
M c Gowan New York July 19. 1843

4571 May 14 N.Y. 7 July 1838.
Gerusha Pease mid. of David's pen
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir, Inclosed I send to you the declaration & papers of Widow Janusha Prase, claiming a Pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1839, which please to attend to as soon as you can and advise me of the result -
It appears to me to be a very plain case and the documents are quite brief
I am your obedt Servt,
Wm Sipes
Lyons, Wayne Co. N.Y. May 9. 1839

New York - 4099
Jerusha Pease, widow of David Pease,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 19 th Aug t 1833, of Wayne in the State of N. York. who was a P er in the Comp y commanded by Captain Parsons of the Reg t commanded by Sage in the N. Y. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars 5 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept r '39, and sent to Mrs. Sisson, Lyons, N. Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March - $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00
$280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 97.

Log  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19979
Jemima Pease widow of David Pease Pr. New Mar
Act March 31 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2793
Jerusha Deane
80 A
Wm Sisson Lyons N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York } County of Wayne, } ss;
On this Fifteenth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the subscriber Elias G. Munson Esquire one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Wayne aforesaid, Jerusha Pease, a resident of the town of Wolcott in said county of Wayne aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of David Pease who was a soldier in the Army of the revolution and served as a private, as near as declarant can now state, for six months in 1775 in a regiment commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington (who was afterwards a Brigadier General in the Continental army) Also, eight months in Capt. Parsons company, in Col. Sage's Regiment in 1776, also, three months in the early part of the year 1777, under Capt. Elijah Robison Genl. Spencer commanding. Also, eight months in the same year 1777, under Capt. Elijah Robison, Col. John Ely's Regiment. And also, for one year from May 1778, to May 1779, under Capt. Elijah Robison in Col. Roger Enos' Regiment - and for a more particular statement, if necessary, she refers to her declaration made in May 1839, under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838, now on file in the Pension

office, or the war office, at the city of Washington. That she received a pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838, of the annual amount of eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by the above named Jerusha Pease to me known, before me a justice of the peace of Wayne county Elias Y. Munson Justice of the peace for Wayne County Witness Albert Freeman
Jerusha her X Pease mark
State of New York
Wayne County Clerk's Office:
I hereby certify, that Elias Y. Munson Esquire, before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, and whose signature appears to the above Inat, was, at the time said affidavit purports to have been taken, a justice of the peace in and for said county, legally authorized to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said justice: and that his signature to said Inat is genuine.
Witness my hand & Seal of office, at Lyons, this 19th day of July A.D. 1843.
Daniel Chapman Clerk of said county.