Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15183, for Elisha Peck, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Peck, Elisha Lucretia
W. 15183
CONTENTS

Rep.
Massachusetts 4841
Lucretia Peck
widow of Elisha Peck
who was a Private
in the Revolution Low Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of Feb. 1844 and sent to E. R. Colt Pittsfield, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, Page 52.

21. 626
Massachusetts
Elisha Peck
Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Camp commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wilcy in the Hearts line for 11 months.
Ames
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 day of Oct 1835 and sent to H. M. Bishop
Senex
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 88 $91.66 Pension, allowance ending 4th 1835 18.33
$109.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Colletia Clerk, Book C , Vol. 2 , Page 66

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Writ of Error. On this Second day of October in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon William P. Walbridge, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Franklin now sitting at Amherst in said County. Deborah Peck of Pittsfield County, aged Eighty one 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 pension allowed by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows" That she is the Widow of Elisha Peck late of said Pittsfield, deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and a Revolutionary pensioner at the time of his death, under the act, as she believes, of June 4, 1832. — His Certificate was re- turned to the War Department, with the papers by virtue of which, I drew the amount of his pension money, due at the time of his death, to which & his original Declaration & the accompanying proof on which he obtained said Certificate thereof look I refer for the evidence & details of his Revolutionary Service: as she was not married until after the expiration of his

Service. She further declares that she was married to the said Elisha Peck, in Berlin Connecticut on the third day of December Seventeen hundred & seventy eight by Deacon Vail Esq; a Justice of the Peace at the house of Edward Patison, her father. — I do not know of any record of any marriages altho' I have cannot particular examination to her marriage will appear from the accompanying Letter of Horace Coules from Clerks of Farmington. — The aforesaid Elisha Peck died at said Hospital at the house of my son Elijah Peck on the 15 th day of November Eighteen hundred & thirty four 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. and she still remains unmarried after the death of said Elisha Peck deceased. — The evidence of her marriage is herewith transmitted. She reads Hospital in 2 d County written on Erasure on 1 st page before signing
Ingratia Peck
Subscribed & sworn to Before William P. Walker Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County. ss. I, Henry W. Bishop Registrar of the Court of Probate in & for the said County of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Lucretia Peck for a pension that the Hon. William P. Walker is the Judge of said Court and that the annexed is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. Henry W. Bishop Reg. Probate

Elisha Peck Seneca Atty Application for Pension Oct 2 d 1832 13,983

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss 13. 1832
Personally appeared Amos Gatchin to me well known and being duly sworn and sworn according to law subscribed the fore- going deposition in my presence and I further certify that the said Amos Gatchin is a credible witness
Leonard Goodwin Justice of the Peace
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Leonard Goodwin Esq. was on the 13 th day of instant September & that he now is a Justice of the Peace for said County & as such that he hath a right by law to administer Oaths &c - and that the above signature which purports to be his is genuine & his true hand writing.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of September A. D. 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I Amos Galsine of Litchfield Town County and State of Connecticut aged Twenty Seven years as elsewhere and Say that I am well acquainted with Plisha Puck formerly of Boston in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut Now of Lowell in the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. that he enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Wyllie in the fore part of May A.D. 1775. and Served in said Regiment until December of the same year said Puck belonged to same company with the respondent and served with me in the campaign of 1775. in the vicinity of Boston
and the respondent understands and verily believes that the said Plisha Puck served in the militia in the campaign of 1776 in the vicinity of New York how long he continued in the service is unknown to the respon- dant and further the respondent Saith Not. Amos Galsine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this second day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting.
Ebenezer D. Peck a resident of the town of Yassup in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine 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 herein stated. • He enlisted in the last

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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
Elisha Peck
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate We Samuel Shepard a clergyman Wm Joseph Rogers  a Clergyman residing in the town of Lenox aforesaid and Joseph Rogers of Lenox hereby certify, that we are  we are well acquainted with Elisha Peck who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
R.S.Oct 2?
Joseph Rogers Samuel Shepard
S.S.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W.P. Walker J. Probate
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 Samuel Shepard who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Lenox in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Joseph Rogers who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lenox in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W.P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Elisha Peck for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this Seventh day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

Elisha Park Mass
Pa at 11 months
5.16 of May 25 1893
P. 405
13983
A. W. Bishop Lenox Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Elisha Peak  of  Derbyshire  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Sum Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79  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. As a Gen.     May. In 1785. enlisted 4 Private Col Scott Col Willey   Aug 2 . 1776. " about 2. " Col Duley. " Saltonstall;   March 1777. " 2. Col Stark Col Smith  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Yoshua Dyer which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire Co. ss. October 2 d A D 1838.
I Sabz Pratt of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, aged fifty six years, do testify & say, that I am the Second Child of Eliza Pratt late of said Pittsfield deceased & Sarah Pratt who is now his Widow: that I was born as I have ever been informed by my said Parents in Berlin in Connecticut on the Second day of November 1 st 1800, & removed with my Parents, in my infancy, to New Ber- kshire County, Massachusetts, where my said Father & Mother lived together until his death, with the exception of about two years, prior to his death, when they removed to S d . Pittsfield. My said Father died at said Pittsfield on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, at the house of my Brother Elijah Pratt, and I was present when he died.
My said Mother has remained that for some time past & is still a Widow. At the time of his death he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832, as I believe. I well recollect that my said Parents have ever stated, when speak- ing of their marriage, that they were married at S d . Berlin, in the fall of 1 st 1798, and I have no doubt of the fact, with further I,

day not.
Robert D. Webb
Commonwealth of Mass s
Before me, October 2 d 1838. Then Robert Webb, above named, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me. And I certify that I know the said Robert to be a man of truth in all respects a Credible Witness.
Geo. S. Tucker. Justice of the Peace.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that George Sleeper Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Sleeper and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Charles Sedgwick CLERK.

14419
P. 4
26 56 Fick
Mass. act 7 July 38.
m. 78. d. 34
amnd 11 mo pri 36. 66
No deduction
Hon. Geo. A. Briggs H.R.

Joseph Galspin of Berlin in Hartford County and State of Connecticut being now in my 84 th year of age, Depose & say that I was well acquainted with Elisha Peck, he was born in my neighborhood, & was a schoolmate of mine. — I well remember he went in the Revolutionary service, enlisted for 6 months  Enlisted for 6 months to Roxbury near Boston, in the year 1775, and according to my best recollection, he was out in that tour, about six months. In 1776, he was in the same company with me, under the command of Capt. Roger Riley, at New York, we were out on that tour of duty about three months. The said Elisha Peck was married to Lucretia Pattison in the Spring of 1778. — I think he was in the Revolutionary service after he married, (but I cannot recollect positively so as to state the times or places of service). — He always lived in my neighbourhood, untill after the close of the Revolutionary War. — when he moved his family to Lenox in Massachusetts. Joseph Galspin
State of Connecticut, Hartford County ss. Berlin Nov. 22 d , 1837. Personally appeared Joseph Galspin, who is well known to me, as a man of truth & veracity; who subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. (the interlineation between the 5 th & 6 th lines, and the erasure in the 6 th line from the top was made before signing).
Before me, Luther Beckley Just. of the Peace State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss. I, Milo A. Goodwin Clerk of the County Court for the County of Hartford do hereby certify that Luther Beckley by whom name is subscribed to the above certificate is an acting Justice of the peace in for the County of Hartford, regularly commissioned & qualified as appears to me of record in my office, that I am acquainted with his handwriting & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name this 23 d day of Nov. 1837. Philo A. Goodwin Clerk

I Nathaniel Cornwall of Berlin in Hartford County & State of Connecticut, being now in my 85 th year of age, Do depose & say, that I was well acquainted with Elisha Peck, who formerly lived in my Neighborhood, until after the close of the Revolutionary War, when he moved his family to Lenox in Massachusetts. Said Elisha Peck was in the Revolutionary war. He was one tour of duty, in the same company with me, under Capt. Roger Riley, at New York in 1776. we were out at that time about three months. Said Elisha Peck was married to Lucretia Pattison of my neighbourhood in the time of the Revolutionary War about the year 1778. —
Nathaniel Cornwall
State of Connecticut, Hartford County ss. Berlin Nov. 22 d 1837.
Personally appeared before me, a Just. of the peace for the county of Hartford, Capt. Nathaniel Cornwall, who is well known to me, as a man of truth & respectability, & who subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same: Before me,
Luther Peckley Just. of the Peace

10
W. Elijah Peck
Pittsfield Me.

Hamington July 27. 1837.
W. Elijah Peck,
Sir, I have, in accordance with your request, carefully examined the records of this town from 1790. to 1792, and find no evidence of the marriage of Elisha Peck & Lucetia Patterson. It appears that from the commencement of the war of the revolution the custom of recording births, marriages, and deaths began to be discontinued, and before its close, was very nearly laid aside. You will therefore not conclude that no such marriage was contracted at the time you mention, as very few were then recorded in our books, or since that time.
Horace Cawles Town Clerk. of Hamington.

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Waverly Dec. 5. 1838.
My Sir,
I have heretofore forwarded to the Pension Office several Widows Pension Applications, from which I have rec d , no returns. They are Mrs. Hannah Bentley, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Peck, Mrs. Stetson, and Mrs. Catharine Peck, which the Society wishes you to see to, at your leisure, They are all anxious to know the results, & requested me to write to you relative to the same. — All but the last application have been then over them six weeks. —
Yours truly Geo. T. Sleeper.
Mr. Edwards Then Sir in the particulars stated above
10 Dec 1838,
Yr S. N. Burroughs
26.88.9 9 24/79 2(33. 22 72

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss.
On this Third day of July A.D. 1833. personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable William P. Walker, Judge of the Court of Probate within for said County of Berkshire now sitting at Adams in said County. Elisha Peck a President of Adams in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, manifest the following Declaration in addition to & amendment of his former Declara- tion made on the Second day of October A.D. 1833. in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1833.
That by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his Services, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades.
At the first term mentioned in his former Declaration, he served for Seven Months, at the Second for Two Months & at the Third for Two Months, making in the whole Eleven Months, and at each of said Terms he served as a Private and for such service he claims a Pension. —
Elisha Peck
S.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
J. Henry W. Bishop - Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original amending or supplementary proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Peck for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at said Court of Probate this third day of July A.D. 1833 Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate

Massachusetts - 1419
Lucretia Peck widow of Elisha Peck, dead
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832. and who died on the 15 th November, 1834, of Berkshire in the State of Mass. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Scott of the Regt - commanded by Col. Wiley in the Count - line for 11 months, private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of De- cember, 1838 and sent to Geo. N. Briggs A. D.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $ 91 : 65 Semi-annual allowance ending 18 : 33
$109.98
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1, Page 119.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15183
Lucretia Beck Widow of Eliza Beck Pr. Ber. Mar.
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. 11 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5218
L. Peck
$36:66 pa a
E. R. Colt Pittsfield Mass

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress of the 3 d March, 1823, granting pensions for one year to certain widows, who have received pensions, under the act of July 7. 1838. State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss.
On this twenty eighth day of December 1823 personally appeared before me, Ezekiel Root - a justice of the peace in and for said County, Lucretia Peck a resident of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, aged eighty six 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 1823, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Asahel Peck, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and was a pensioner of the United States - That he enlisted at Berlin, in the State of Connecticut - That she is unable to state any further fact in relation to his service in the said War. That the annual pension she received under the act of July 7 th 1838, was thirty six 64 / 100 dollars - She further declares that she is still a widow. And I certify that she is personally known to me.
Witness my hand and seal this 28 th day of December 1823. Ezekiel Root Justice of the Peace Lucretia x Peck mark Eliza Peck Julia A Peck
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, Ezekiel Root Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State aforesaid, for the County of Berkshire, do hereby certify, that Ezra Brainerd is a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Berkshire, duly commissioned & qualified; and that his commission was dated on the 13th day of December, 1839, and will expire on the 13th day of December 1846, and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 25th day of January 1842. Charles Sedgwick Clerk
5218
L. Peck
$36:66 pa m
E. R. Colt Pittsfield Mass