Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,748, for Isaac Otis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Otis, Isaac
S. 43, 748
CONTENTS

13,608
New York.
Isaac Otis 11
of Deer Park in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepard of the Mass line, for the term of one year. Dec r 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of July 1819 and sent to James Finch Esq Deerpark, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 8 15/31 75.87 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept 1819. 48.00
$123.87
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
11. Application sent to N.Y. March 12 July 1820 Essex Co. N.Y.

Isaac Otis
21 May 1818 - private Shepard's reg t Mass s line Dec 75 One year
Wanted the judge's certif- icate of the reduced circum- stances of the applicant
Proof of service is required

General G. M. [illegible] [illegible] The Secretary of the Depart- -ment of War City of Washington

State of New York } Orange County } ss. on this 21 st day of May 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for the said County of Orange personally appeared Isaac Otis aged sixty-seven years, resident in the Town of - Deer Park in the County of Orange - and State of New York, who being by me first duly sworn, according to Law doth, on his oath make the following - declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Con- = gress. Entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States - in the Revolutionary war - That he the said Isaac Otis enlisted in the mon- = th of December 1775 at Roxbury near Boston in the State of Massachusetts, for the term of one year, as a private in the Company commanded by Captain - Danford in Col. Shepard's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Army - that he continued to serve in the said Corps, in the service of the United States under the Command of Gen. Washington until the end of the term, for which he

enlisted, when he was discharged from service, at Peaks kill in the County of Westchester and State of New York, that he was in the battle at White-plains in the said County of Westchester, and that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his County for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. —
Isaac Otis
Sworn to and Declared, before me this day and year aforesaid —
James Finch Jr.
I James Finch Jr. one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for the said County of Orange, Do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Otis did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the proceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of one year, on the Continental establishment, and I now transmit before me to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress —
Dated this 21 st day of May 1818 —
James Finch Jr.

State of New York
Orange County ss David H. Westcott, Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that James Finch Junr. is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his signatures set to the preceding Affidavit & Certificate are the proper hand writing of the said James Finch, Junr. - In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court this eleventh day of June 1818.
D. H. Westcott
Orange County ss in Addition to what I have certified respecting the claim of the within named Isaac Otis, for a pension under the late Act of Congress, I Do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Isaac Otis, and know him to be in very reduced circumstances and that he absolutely needs the assistance of his Country for support - 6 th May 1819 - James Finch Junr. Personally appeared before me D o ct Jonathan Bailey of the Town of New Windsor County of Orange, who being duly sworn according to Law, Deposeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Isaac Otis, the applicant for pension, and that he is knowing to his being one whole year, that was the year 75 and 1776 - in Colonel Shephard's Regiment - being that was a faithful soldier, and that Colonel Shephard's Regiment was considered as on the Continental Establishment -
Sworn before me the 26 day of April 1819 Jonathan Bailey Joseph Morris Sur: Clerk Commissioned

Isaac Otis
OE?
B. 608
of no value

State of New York ss On this thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, in open Court to wit, the Court of Common Pleas this day held at the Court House in the town of Goshen in and for the county of Orange, the said Court being a Court of Record for said county by virtue of the statutes of the State of said conducting its proceedings according to the course of the common Law, keeping a Record thereof and hav- ing a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount. Personally appeared Isaac Otes aged sixty nine years resident in the town of Deerpark in said county who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd, in the Company commanded by Captain Danforth of the Massachusetts Line - That the date of his original declaration is the twenty eighth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen - That the amount of his Pension certificate is 135 08. - And the said Isaac Otes in open Court as a foresaid doth take the following oath to wit, "I Isaac Otes 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 dis- posed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so 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 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any my property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by

me subscribe." And the said Isaac Otis in open court as aforesaid produced the following schedule that is to say, Except Necessary Clothing. I have no property of any nature or description. And the said Isaac Otis further states that his occupation is that of a Blacksmith, that by reason of age and infir- mity he is unable to do any labour - And that he has no family being dependent on his children for support.
Isaac Otis
before
Sworn in open court this 31 st May 1820. Nathan H. White Stephen Jackson and John Blake Esquires Judges - Jas W. Wilkin Clk
State of New York Orange County
James McClinton Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Orange do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & inventory are truly copied from the record of the said Court, and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of no value.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this third day of July 1820.
James McClinton Deputy Clk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
November 25, 1930
Mr. W. Otis Roe 109 North Third Street Easton, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 43748, that Isaac Otis enlisted in December, 1775 at Roxbury, Massachusetts and served three years as private in Captain Danforth's company in Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment and was in the battle of White Plains.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 21, 1818, at which time he was sixty-seven years of age and living in Deer Park, Orange County, New York.
In 1820 he referred to his children but did not give their names.
The papers in this pension claim contain no data relative to the wife of soldier.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

1st Ledyville P.S. B Hart ed infor. IS.
otis my
43 748 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43 748
Isaac Otis
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 878
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1892 Feb 10 to Rev J P Otis due
1893 Feb to addition to above
July 13 '99 Isaac Worthury
1930 Nov. 25, List to Mr. W. Otis / Rev. See correspondence in Rev. Warben. clm. Henry Bertholf. R. 8018

own
Westbury Wayne Co NY May 13/99
Department of the Interior Pension Office
I wish to enquire if you have any record of my Grandfather name Isaac Otis born Sep 24 1752 born I think in Rhode Island died in Orange Co NY Nov 2 nd 1838? I have also always understood that he was a Revolutionary Soldier, and I believe a pensioner
I applied recently to the War Dept to get a record of his services, they replied that they could not find any

but referred me to you, saying that their records were imperfect, and that you might give me the desired information.
Be kind enough to look it up, and let me know the result.
Yours Truly
Dane Oles Westbury Wayne Co N.Y.

Isaac Otis

Bridgeville, Sussex Co., Del.
Nov. 25 th 1891
Hon. Green B. Ramm, Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir;
I seek information which possibly does not lie in your power to give, but the bare possibility that it may be found in your records is my excuse. I wish to ascertain the record of service in the Revolution of my great-grandfather, Isaac Olin. I applied to the Department of State, where Revolutionary records of some kind are kept, but failed because I could not state one of the things it was my object

to find out the regiment, or other military organization in which he served. It is certain that he did serve in some capacity, & is a tradition that he was in Washington's Life-guard, but the family have been strangely remiss in preserving documents. Since my unsuccessful application to the Department of State I have been informed that he - the Isaac Olin aforesaid - was for many years a Revolutionary pensioner, probably down to the time of his death - in Orange Co., N.Y., Nov. 2 nd 1838.
Hence I write the Pension Bureau, hoping you may at least be able to put me on the track of the second. He spent his early life in

East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Mass.; & probably enlisted there, or in Cumberland, R. I., where he married his first wife in 1780.
If you have such records as accompany & certify a pen- sion, what will an official transcript, or abstract cost? My purpose is, to preserve the family history, & to qualify my- self for membership in the "Sons of the Revolution".
Very Respectfully Rev. John T. O'Neil Pastor M. E. Church

129 Elliott Ave, Wilmington, Del.
Aug. 30 th 1892
Dear Sir;
Some time last year I wrote your Department asking a statement of the military history of my great-grandfather, Isaac Otis, a soldier of the Revolution. In response I received on 10/18/92 a very courteous & in the main, satisfactory statement. It has occurred to me, however, that his declaration & application for a pension, dated Beekman, Orange Co., N.Y., May 21, 1818 , may state what specific claim of wounds or disease he had for a pension; also whether it indicates any re-enlistment. I have come across a Biographical Dictionary which states that he served five years, instead of one year, as stated in the declaration. He is said also, to have had a brother Jacob, or Jacobs, Elias who was a revolutionary soldier & a pensioner, who also spent his later days

in Osage Co., N.Y. For any in- formation you can give as to either of the points indicated, I will be greatly obliged.
Respectfully
Rev. John P. Clis
Hon. Green B. Ramm Commissioner of Pensions.
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Free
John C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of war
City of Washington
See cover
Perf. 11 1/2 May

Dear Sir
Deer Park, Orange County, N.Y. May 6 th May 1819
The inclosed Application was returned to me for my certificate respecting the Applicant's circumstances, which I have indorsed on the Application, and for proof of services, You will see indorsed on the Application Doct r Bailey's Affidavit of the service of the Applicant, Doct r Bailey is a man of truth & Respectability the Applicant had no other proof of his service nearer than the State of Napsach = sets a distance Between 2 & 3 hundred miles, the Applicant being poor, Old and infirmed cannot procure further proof of service, If the proof above recited is satisfactory, You will please to grant the Applicant his pension certificate, as soon as convenient, and Direct the same to me, to be mailed for the post-Office at Deer Park, Orange County, N.Y. 2
Respectfully Yours
Secretary of war
James Finck Jun r
The Applicant mentioned to me that he was sick in the Hospital at the time his Company was discharged, which may account for his not being on the roll. J. Finck Jun r

U. S. N. Div. P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
February 10, 1892.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sir:-
Replying to your request for a statement of the military history of ISAAC OTIS, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this office.
Enlisted December, 1778, at Roxbury, Mass., and served 1 year as a private in Captain Easton's Co., Col. Shepard's Regt. Discharged at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He states in his declaration that he participated in the battles of White Plains.
He applied for pension from Bear Park, Orange County, N.Y., May 21, 1818, aged 77 years. Pension was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Rev. John P. Otis,
Commissioner.
Fridgeville, Del.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 43748.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
July 13th, 1899.
Sir:-
In reply to your recent communication you are advised that Isaac Otis made an application for pension on May 21st, 1818, at which time he was 67 years of age and residing at Deer Park, Orange County, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass., and served under Capt. Danforth and Col. Shepard.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Isaac Otis,
Westbury, New York.
Wayne County.