Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 6854, for Azor Patchen, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Patchen, Agor Patchin
W 6854
B.L.Wt. 1378-100.
Abigail
B.L.Wt. 37-60-55,
CONTENTS

28/29 { act March 3/55 April 2/55
Abigail Patchen wid of Ayer Patchen Jr
Capt: Hoyt
Col: Brantley. (Cont'd line)
Revolutionary War Husband rec'd war for 100 acres in 1830
Husband & wife both pensioned at 60 acrs, Aug. 10/55, Bloom
Relatives
J. Nevile Ladd Fulton N.Y.

B. H. Tyler, May 28, 49.
Notification sent May 19. 1820 to B. H. Tyler George N. Tyler
1,169
New York.
Azor Patches, private, Connecticut line.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York, at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of July, 1818 and sent to the care of Sylvanus Tousley, Manlius, Onondaga county, New-York.
Arrears to 4th of Septem r 1818 $: 40 Some and all the ending
5 mo: 3 days. $: 40.88
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
6 Years
Bradley Pompey, Onondaga Co. Continued.

4810
Secy B. H. Tyler, Jan'y 26 th 1855
New York Albany
Abigail Patchen widow of Ayor Patchen Con who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a servant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 91. dollars 11 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 20 th day of Dec r 1854
and sent to
Hon. B. H. Tyler. Fulton N. York
Eff
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 3, 1853, Page 25 Vol. 11

Azer Patchin
Sylvanus Tousey, Esq; Judge, Manlius, Onondago County, New-York.
Azer Patchin, Connecticut line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the rolls of Hoyt's company, Col. Bradley's regiment.
Correct.

State of New York Onondaga County ss
I Sylvanus Tousey one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County To the Honorable the Secretary of the War department Do certify That on this second day of April 1818 personally came before me Azor Patchin, age fifty six years a resident of Pompey in said County of Onondaga - and being duly sworn declared on oath that in the spring of the year 1777 the month and day he does not recollect, he enlisted as a private into the service of the United States in the Company of Captain Samuel Hoyt in the Regiment of Colonel Swift in the Connecticut line to serve during the war - That he continued to serve in the same Regiment and Company till the close of the war and was discharged near West Point in the summer of the year 1783 - That soon afterwards he delivered his discharge to Samuel Middlebrook of New Britain in Connecticut for safe keeping who afterwards pretended that he had lost it - That he has never since been able to obtain the said discharge from which circumstance he cannot now tell the day of its date - That he has a large family and has no property or means of support except the labor of his hands and that he receives no pension from the United States
From all which and the testimony herewith transmitted it appears to my satisfaction that the said Azor Patchin did serve in Revolutionary War until the end thereof as above stated against the Common Enemy and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. Done in pursuance of the 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" Approved March 78 1818
Sylvanus Tousey

State of New York Onondaga County
ss: I certify that Sylvanus Townley Esquire was at the time within stated  was one of the Judges of the court of common pleas of said County and that the within is his signature, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court of com- mon pleas of said County this 27 th day of April 1818. — Jasper Hopper Clerk

In matter
7 Abigail Patchon. widow of Synchattan application &c
R.H. Tyler atty Sutton N.Y.

State of New York County of Oswego ss. On this 20 th day of November A.D. 1854 personally appeared before the undersigned County Judge within open the County & state aforesaid, Abigail Patchin aged seventy six years a resident of the village of Fulton, County & state aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law took an oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved the 3 rd day of Febry 1853, Who says that she is the widow of Hzer Patchin de- ceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution and was pensioned under the laws of Congress & drew a pen- sion from the united states at the rate of ninety six dollars per year & was paid at the Albany New York agency up to the time of his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Hzer Patchin on the 24 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & one, in the then town of Cornwall County of Fairfield & state of Connecticut, She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Hzer Patchin died in the town of Schroeppel in the County of Oswego & state of New York on the 18 th day of April A.D. 1835. She further declares that she was a widow at the time of the passage of the act and is still a widow & that she

has never before made application for a pension.
Given to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
R.W. Tyler Co. Judge of Oneida
Abigail Patchin Mark
I hereby certify that I believe that the above named Abigail Patchin is of the age before stated and that she is worthy of relief and that from hereditary infirmity she is unable to attend the sitting of Court.
R.W. Tyler Co. Judge of Oneida

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss.
Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I Ellis Hill Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That R. H. Tyler Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit County Judge in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 21 st day of November 1854
Ellis Hill Clerk

60 Azor Patches
N o 1378

Bounty Lands for Revolutionary Services Individual Application -
State of New York } 88-
County of Oswego }
I, Asor Patches aged Sixty Six years do upon oath testify And declare that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven, I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of during the war in the Second regiment commanded by Colonel Swift and afterwards served in the Second regiment under the command of Colonel Swift and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the said Second regiment, commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, and when I was a private my discharge does not accompany this because I left it soon after I obtained it with Mr. Samuel Middlebrooks of Connecticut who would not return it to me but stated that he had lost it -
I further declare that I never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States, nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever - In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my mark & seal this twenty second day of Septm 1828 - Asor Patches his mark
I, Jonathan Mongor aged Seventy years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Asor Patches who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration in my presence and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be, and further I know or believe that he did perform the military service therein stated - (The words "who has" interlined before signed)
Jonathan Mongor

State of New York County of Oswego } 385
Before me Joseph Easton a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared the above named Asa Patcher Subscribed to the foregoing declaration, and likewise personally appeared Jonathan Monger who hath subscribed the above certificate of Identity both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively Subscribed this twenty second day of September 1828. Joseph Easton Justice Peace
State of New York County of Oswego
In testimony that the above written Joseph Easton was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments &c in the State of New York at the above date and that his name there Subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal and Subscribed my name at Oswego this 23 rd day of September 1828 in my capacity as Clerk of the County aforesaid.
J. S. Maclaren Clerk of the County of Oswego & of Oswego County Courts

Fulton Oswego Co. N.Y.
Sept 25. 1828
Sir Prefixed to this are the papers relative to obtaining a warrant for my Revolutionary Bounty Land - If this is all that is necessary will you please send my warrant immediately by mail directed to this P. Office if any thing further is necessary please inform me by communication directed to this office and if convenient please send blanks for making out all necessary papers -
Yours Obedient Asa D. Patches for Request - L. Fallow
Hon. P. B. Porter Sec. of War

Azure Patchin
Rev. Papers
Azure Patchin 1820
1109 N. Volney
Con July 18

State of New York } Oswego County }
Oswego Co. Pleas
on this nineteenth day of September in the year one thousand one hundred & twenty personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record in and for said county established as such by a Public statute of the state of New York. Azur Patchin aged fifty eight years resident in the town of Volney in the county aforesaid 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 company commanded by Captain Samuel Hays in the regiment commanded by Colonel Remun Swifts, Regiment, in the Connecticut Line for the term of six years — And this declarant upon his oath aforesaid further says that his first application or declaration to the war department for a pension was dated on the 2 d day of April in the year 1818 in consequence of which declaration or application a Pension Certificate was issued in his favour numbered 1,169 . And this deponent further says on his oath aforesaid that he was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March in the year 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of his property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring him 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 18th day of March in the year 1818 that he has not nor has any person in trust for him any property or securities contracts or debts due to him nor has he any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by him subscribed. — — — — —
Real Estate he has none —
Personal property as follows to wit     Dols Cts     1 two pail pot 2 00   1 do do kettle 1 50   1 bake kettle 1 50   1 spider 1 00   1 Tea kettle 1 00   1 Sad Iron 37   1 fire dog 37   1 pair of tongs 1 00   1 Trammel 1 50   1 Chest 1 00   5 chairs 2 00   1 Chair 50   1 Warming pan 2 00   1 Wash tub 50   1 dry barrel 25   1 table 1 00   2 wheels 3 00   1 Reel 50   2 pails 50   3 earthen milk pans 37   12 plates 1 25   2 teapots 75  

  Three cups & saucers 37   1 Camuster 37   3 Bowls 37   1 Mug 12   2 Tin cups 18   1 Basin 12   1 set knives & forks 1.00   4 Table spoons 50   1 Covered basket 25   1 Knife basket 18   2 axes 2.00   2 hogs & four pigs 10.00     his Agree & Patching $40.82   mark 
And this declarant upon his oath of office further says that he is by occupation a farmer but has been unable to work ever since the close of the Revolutionary war owing to wounds he received while in service his left leg having been wounded at Monmouth very severely has been withered upwards of thirty years, and his right foot having been frozen in the year 1778, at Staten Island has almost rendered that leg useless.
And this defendant further says that his family consists of a wife and four children, three boys and one girl his wife is forty years of age very sickly and unable to work but little his oldest child is seven years of age the next fourteen years, the third thirteen years of age and the youngest a girl seven years of age all of them in good health - and this declarant upon his oath of office further says that he is indebted to Ellis for one barrel of flour to Smith for half a bushel of spring wheat, and to his family physician the further sum of six dollars and that no debts are due to this defendant of any description -  Sworn and subscribed in open court this 19th day of September 1820 before me John Grant J. S. Justice

State of New York Albany County ss
I Joseph Davis Clerk of Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Albany do hereby certify that the aforesaid Schedule and the aforesaid oath also are truly copied from the record of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is truly is forty dollars and Eighty two cents
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 28th day of September 1820
J. Davis Clerk
Agree to the foregoing True Copy John P. Dyer Sept. 28th 1820
John P. Dyer July 18

State of New York Delaware County ss
Be it known that before me Levi Sely a justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Personally appeared James Nichols of the town of Harperfield in said County and made Oath in due form of law that he is Seventy four years of age that he is the brother of Abigail Patchin Widow of Azar Patchin now Deceased that the said Abigail Patchin now resides in Broome County in said State of New York. that the Maiden name of the said Abigail Patchin was Abigail Nichols that the name of the Father of this Deponent and the said Abigail Patchin was James Nichols who is now Dead. that the said Abigail Nichols was married to the said Azar Patchin on or about the 24 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and one. That the said Marriage took place at the house of John Williams the Step Father of the said Azar Patchin in the immediate neighbourhood of this Deponents fathers residence and in then town of Cornwall Fairfield County & State of Connecticut & in that part of the town now known as the town of Pittston County & State of said. That the reason the said Marriage did not take place at the house of Deponents father was that his said house was small That the facts and circumstances by which this Deponent remembers the said marriage are as follows to wit that Deponent was twenty one years of age on the 22 nd day of March in the same year that the said Abigail Nichols and the said Azar Patchin was married on the 24 th day of March just two days after this Deponent became of age that this Deponent was present at the time and place as above stated and saw the said Abigail Nichols married to the said Azar Patchin That the said Marriage was

Subscribed and sworn to by one Samuel Goodrich a Presbyterian Clergyman. This deponent further says that he himself was married on the first day of December the same year being A.D. 1801 and that his Sister Abigail was married on the 24 th day of March before to the said Abigail Patchin. That after the said Abigail was married to the said Abigail Patchin as aforesaid they the said Abigail & Abigail Cohabited and lived together as husband & wife for about one year in the said town of Groton State of Connecticut when they moved to the town of Catskill State of New York this Deponent continued to reside in said State of Connecticut for some years afterwards. That the father & mother of this Deponent both of whom are now dead and some others were present also this Deponent was present and saw the said Abigail Patchin & Abigail Nichols married and further this Deponent is not certain.
James Nichols
Sworn and subscribed this 27 th day of October 1854 before me and I certify that the said James Nichols is a credible person Levi Soley Justice of the Peace
Sworn, and duly acknowledged his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 21 st day of Oct 1854
all rights Benj. Canning
Clerk.

Patience & Abigail Nichols married and further the Deponent out Sack-mat
James Nichols
Sworn and Subscribed this 27 th day of October 1854 before me and I certify that the said Lore
State of New-York, } ss DELAWARE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, BENJAMIN CANNON, Clerk of the County of Delaware, and also Clerk of the Courts of said County, do hereby certify that Levi Seley Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition purports to have been ta- ken, was at the time of taking such deposition, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Delaware aforesaid, elected and sworn, and duly authorised by law to take the same, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 21 st day of Oct 1854
all right Benj. Cannon
Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 War Section.
aw
June 2, 1887.
Azer Patchen W. 6854
Miss Ida M. Freeman, 610 Webster St. Ottawa, Ills.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, W. 6854, it appears that Azer Patchin, or Patchen served from the spring of 1777, to the summer of 1783, as a private in Captain Samuel Hoyt's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Conn. Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 2, 1818, while living at Pompey, N. Y. aged fifty-six years. He died at Schroenel, Oswego County, N. Y. April 18, 1836. 5
He married March 24, 1801 at his home in Norwalk, Conn., Abigail the daughter of James Nichols. Soldier's step-father John Williams then lived in Norwalk, Conn. The widow Abigail was allowed pension on her application executed November 20, 1854 while living in Fulton, N. Y. aged seventy-six years.
In 1820, soldier stated that he had three daughters, aged sixteen, fourteen, thirteen and seven years, names not stated. Son Solomon was forty-four years old in 1854.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

N o 1378
Ayer Patchin's rec d . for his Warr 2
Fullam 17 Oct 3 1860 Hon. Peter B. Portar Secy War Bounty Land Office Washington City Dist Columbia

Fullam 17 Oct 1828
Dear Sir
Yours of the Third of Oct enclosing my Warrant for one Hundred Acres of Land has been duly Received - Will you have the goodness to inform me what State and Territory I can loc ate the Land in
Yours Respectfully
Hon Peter B. Porter Secy War
his Azor P. Patchin mark

Azor Patches
3 rd Oct 1828
No 1378
100 Acres
37
Washington 3 rd Oct 1828

War Department Bounty Land Office 3 d Oct r 1828.
Sir.
Enclosed is a Land Warrant N o 1378 for 100 Acres issued in your name, the receipt of which you will please acknowledge, by return of mail —
Yours & P.C.
M c Walter Patchen Fulton Oswego Co y N.Y.

Nov. 25 th 1852.
Abigail Patchen. Wid: of Azor. N o 5.302
Oswego Co. N.Y.
Act 53 $96.45 per an. Com: July: 3. 1853.
Recd.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
Hon. A. H. Tyler, Fulton, N.Y.

Payable on the 4 th of March, and 4 th Sept r . in each year, by Isaac Lawrence, Esq r , Branch Bank, City of New-York.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818, Azor Patches, _____ late a private _____ in the Connecticut line of the revolutionary army, _____ is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New-York Agency, at the rate of eight ## dollars, ## cents per month, to commence on the second — day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this fifteenth — day of July, 18 one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Capt Swift Comp. of Infantry - Col. Herman Swift, Regt - now in Volny - came from Lima 4 1/2 years ago - Sept 1836
Removed from Volny to Palermo 1 March 1833
Removed from Palermo to Schroeppel Nov. 1834 -
1169

Patsy
State of New York County of Onondaga ss. Elizabeth Patchin now residing in the village of Fulton in said County being duly sworn deposes & says that she is the widow who has filed her application for pension in the Pensions office at the U. S. for a pension as the widow of Agur Patchin late a revolutionary pensioner of the State of New York now deceased. She further says that she is the widow of the identical Agur Patchin who drew a pension in his life time under the Certificate heretofore annexed. That she cohabited & lived with the said Agur Patchin from the time she was married to him as stated in her declaration heretofore filed until his death on the 18th day of April 1835. That at the time of the death of the said Agur Patchin he had in his pos- session the said annexed Certificate under which she understood from her said husband the said Agur Patchin that he had drawn a pension from the time the same is due until about the time of his death. That at the time she made her declaration afore- said the said Certificate was not present before the J. J. & she fears that she made a mistake in declaring that the said pension of the said Agur Patchin was paid at the Albany Post Office agency, although she had the impres- sion that it was paid at that office. She further says that she has a brother by the name of James Nichols who now resides in the town of Harpersfield in the County of

Delaware state of New York & Luz, resided there for a great number of years. That she was married at the time & place mentioned in the affidavit of the said James Nichols filed in the Pension office with the proof, on her said application & she well recollects that in the said James Nichols was present at the wedding & saw her & the said Agnes Patchin married as stated in his said affidavit that he the said James Nichols is the next younger than he of the family, and that the said Agnes Patchin who was married to him as stated in said affidavit of said James Nichols was the identical Agnes Patchin who drew the pension under the certificate aforesaid. That she has had three sons by the said Agnes Patchin to wit Amasa, Elijah Solomon. That the said Elijah was the oldest & now lives in the state of Wis- consin & the said Amasa is now dead. That the said Solomon is now in his fifty fifth year of age & she is now living with him, in the village of Fullin, Wisconsin of which she says not
Subscribed thereto this 9th day of Dec. 1854 before me & I here- by certify that the said Agnes Patchin is a credible person & that she has taken the oaths of the Agnes Patchin named in said afft
Her Agnes + Patchin Mark
A. Sherman, Justice of the Peace

State of New York.
County of Onond.
7. Solomon S. Patchin being duly sworn deposes & says that he resides in the vil- lage of Fulton in said County & is in the forty fifth year of his age. That he is a son of the late Aron Patchin late of said County now deceased & of Abigail Patchin his widow at present re- siding with this deponent in Fulton, aforesaid. That this deponent lived with his said father & mother the most of the time from his earliest recollection until he was twenty one years of age. That his said father & mother, the said Aron Patchin & Abigail Patchin removed into the county of Onond & in fact part of said county now known as Schenectady thirty eight years ago & this deponent came with them. Your recollection - when his said father & mother removed into said County of Onond as aforesaid. That after this deponent was twenty one years of age he continued to live in the family of his said father & mother or in the same neighborhood until the death of his said father on the 18th of April 1835. And this deponent says that he knows his said father knew a portion under the Cer- tificate of marriage for several years previous to his death and this deponent often saw the said Certificate in the possession of his father previous to his death & in the pos- session of his said mother since the death of his said father. That ever since this deponent's earliest recollection he always understood from his said father & mother

that his said mother's maiden name was Abigail Nichols & that she had a brother by the name of James Nichols who resided in Delaware county, New York, and it was generally talked & understood in the family of the said Agnes Patchin & Abigail Patchin that his said mother had such brother, & that the affidavit of the said James Nichols as to the marriage of the said Agnes Patchin & Abigail Patchin was obtained at the instance of his said mother who had long before that was obtained informed the deponent that her said brother James Nichols was present when she was married to the said Agnes Patchin, and further this deponent says not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 18 th day of Dec. 1854 before me and I certify that the said Solomon Patchin is a credible person.
W. H. H. Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I, _____ Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That _____ Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the _____ day of _____ 1854
_____ Clerk

1378-100'-R.W.
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Doars

Brief in the case of Abigail Patchen, widow of Asa Onondaga County and State of New York act 3 Feb'y: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband was pensioned under the act of 18 th March, 1818, at the rate of $96. per An. One witness testifies he was present at the marriage & the other testifies to general reputation of marriage & cohabitation. Pension due 18 th April, 1836, as per the affidavits of four credible witnesses, & report of the Hous' Auditor. Widowhood & identity is established by the affidavits of four credible Affiants.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm R. H. Tyler, Bruton, N.Y. Name and residence of Agent
J. C. B. Smith, Examining Clerk.

5,256,
Abigail Fatchen.
Mrs. of Azor.
S.A. & R.H. Tyler. Nov: 27/54. " " " " " Dec: 6/54.
Act/53.

Tadoussac N.Y. May 21. 1849.
Dear Sir,
Mrs Abigail Paton of Valney, Oswego Co. N.Y. is the widow of Agur Paton a Revolution- ary pensioner who died some 13 years ago. I has heard that there is a late law of Congress which entitles her to draw a pension. The facts of her case are that she was married in 1801 & under the former laws she would not be entitled to draw a pension because she was not married early enough her husband drew $96. for year. If there be such law as she is advised there is you will oblige me, by saying there is or forthcoming me a copy of it - Very Respectfully Yours
R. H. Lyman
Dear J. L. Edwards Court of Pensions

Fulton N.Y. 2 Dec. 1854.
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Sir,
I have yours of the 27th ult. in relation to the claim of Abigail Patchen, widow of Agner Patchen of for a pension.
By some unaccountable neglect of mine I did not send the proof of marriage with the other papers. I now send the proof which I hope may be found satisfactory.
Very Truly Yours,
A. H. Tylers
Fulton, N.Y.

Fulton N.Y. 11 Dec. 1854.
Hon. L. P. Webb.
Comm ee of Pensions
Sir,
I now send additional proofs in the case of Mrs. Abigail Patchin widow of Asa Patchin which with the proofs now on file must prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that she is the widow of the deceased pensioner, I think the papers now sent must identify the parties married in pursuance of the act of 1831 as the deceased pensioner & his widow.
Very Truly Yours
A. H. Lyman

Tuller N.Y. 22 Nov. 1859
Dear L. P. Baldo,
I believe
I send papers for pension for Mrs Abigail Patchin widow of Asa Patchin deceased a revolutionary pension I believe all of the papers are right - The proof of service is of course on file & I believe also of the draft of the order as I under- stand the amount between 4th March 1835 & 18th April 1835 of his pension was obtained after his death - But I send evidence of the draft of the pension -
Very truly Yours,
A. A. Tyler

Fullton N.Y. 20 Jany 1855,
Hon. L. P. Waldo Sir,
I have recently procured from your department a pension for Abigail Patchin of Volney N.Y. widow of Asa Patchin a Revolutionary pension. The Certificate is dated 20 Dec. 1854 & recorded in the Pension office on the roll of Pensions under act July 3. 1853 page 25 Vol. IV. This Certificate only allows a pension from July 3. 1853. I am informed that the widow (she was married June 1800) is entitled to draw since March 4. 1848 nearly five years arrears. Will you forward me a copy of any law granting such arrears or a blank to be used in getting such arrears? I will be greatly obliged by the favor. I am not aware of any rule of the Depart- ment which precludes your telling me what the law is.
Very Truly Yours R. H. Tyler

"A."
Town Office Office
Milton Conn 26 Sept 1830
Yr Note of the 13 th is at hand and in reply allow me to say that I have searched the Records of the Congregational Society the oldest records in Milton & do not find the marriage required — Milton Records of marriages commenced 1820 — Rev Mr Goodrich resided at Ridgefield Conn instead of "Litchfield" — Previous to 1802 Records of marriages were made at Norwalk — Milton was incorporated a Town in 1802 set off from Norwalk — I Master acknowledged receipt of yours of 23 d . I have improved the very first opportunity of transmitting the records

kept by Dea Giles Gregory (about two miles distant) and reply to your enquiries of the 13 th
Very Respectfully
Shuman J. Fitch Inverness
To Mr No Tyler Esq Fullerton N.Y.

Lowell Oct. 21/54 N. H. Tinker Esq Sir
of Fitchburg that in the
The marriage of Azor Patchin to Abigail Nichols does not appear on our records An Affidavit from our property attested will cost you $2. —
Yours John A. Need Town Clerk
"B."
b da
that an affidavit is... Columbia S.P.

State of New Hampshire
County of Grafton ss. Ransom H. Tyn of Fenton in said County being sworn says that on the 3rd day of Sept. last he addressed a letter to the Clerk of the town of Milford, State of Connecticut making inquiry if the record of the marriage of Azor Patchin and Abigail Nichols was to be found in his office and on or about the 28th day of Sept. 1854 the letter hereunto annexed marked A. that the said letter came to his department by regular course of mail & this deponent verily believes it to be genuine that Sherman P. Fitch whose name is signed to said letter was at the time said letter bears date the town clerk of said town of Milford.
And this deponent further says that immediately on the receipt of the letter last aforesaid, he addressed a letter to the Clerk of Newmarket, Connecticut & that on or about the 4th day of October last he received an answer to his said letter which is hereunto annexed marked B. That said last mentioned letter came to this deponent by regular course of mail & this deponent verily believes it to be genuine & that John A. Wood whose name is signed to said letter was at the time said letter bears date the town clerk of said town of Newmarket, of which deponent says not.
Subscribed & sworn to this 20th day of Nov. 1854 before me & I certify that the officer is a credible person J. Crombie S.P.
R.H. Tyn

State of New York } County of Onondaga } 3
On this 22 nd day of August 1854 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Stephen Sutton and Maria Sutton residents of the town of Schroeppel County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn say that they have been each personally acquainted with Azor Patchin (now deceased) and Abigail Patchin his wife since the year 1817. That these de- ponents resided in the same neighborhood since that time - that the said Azor and Abigail Patchin lived together as man and wife from the said year 1817 to the time of the death of the said Azor Patchin which took place on the 18 th day of April 1835 at the said town of Schroeppel - and that the said Abigail Patchin has since the death of her said husband and still continues to be the widow of the said Azor Patchin. And these deponents further say that the said Azor Patchin drew a pension from the United States government up to the time of his death from the year 1818
Stephen Sutton Maria Sutton
Subscribed & sworn before me the day & year first above written - and I certify that I am personally acquainted with Stephen Sutton and Maria Sutton and know them to be worthy of confidence & belief -
S. Bromley J.P.

Onondaga County, Solomon J. Patchin of Fulton in said County being sworn says that he is a son of the late Asa Patchin now deceased & Abigail Patchin now his widow both of whom are mentioned in the foregoing afft. That this deponent is of the age of 45 years, 45 years on the 7th of August next. That the said Asa Patchin this deponent's father died on the 18th day of April 1835 at Schenectady in said County, in the State of New York. That this deponent saw the corpse of the said Asa Patchin after his decease & attended his funeral. That the said Abigail Patchin this deponent's mother has remained the widow of said Asa Patchin since his decease & is now his widow. That the said Asa Patchin to the knowledge of this deponent drew a pension for several years previous to his death. Further this deponent says not.
S. J. Patchin
Subscribed sworn to before me this 18th day of Nov. 1854 & I certify that I am well acquainted with the said affiant & that he is a credible person.
H. Crombie S.P.
STATE OF NEW YORK } Onondaga County Clerk's Office. } 88. I, C. Millard Clerk of Onondaga County, certify, that J. H. Crombie Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit known to me to be a person of the in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verify believe that his signature thereto is genuine. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 21st day of November 1854  C. Millard Clerk

STATE OF NEW YORK, Oswego County Clerk's Office. } ss.
I Ellen Gail Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That J. Chambers Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 21 st day of November 1854
Ellen Gail Clerk
Oswego County, ss. Declaration of Paterson of Fulton in and county having known that he is a son of the late John Paterson who deceased John Paterson was his mother's last of whom an inventory in the probate office that this inventory is of the of $5 per share 45 shares in the 7th of August next. That the said John Paterson this inventory states did in the 18th day of June 1835 at Schoharie in New York, in the state of New York. That the said John Paterson the said John Paterson in and from the estate of the said John Paterson Paterson after his death & funeral his prisoner. That the said John Paterson this inventory mentions the several the resides of said John Paterson with his heirs & is now his heirs. That the said John Paterson to the knowledge of the deponent there is a portion of said said John Paterson not to the said John Paterson having been at the time of his death the sum of $1000.00 to be paid to the said John Paterson his heirs & is now a creditor in the estate of the said John Paterson and is a creditor in the estate of the said John Paterson and is a creditor in the estate of the said John Paterson

Ph. 1. 104 p. 13. My.
Boynton.

Pres: Gref: & Co: # death 18" apl. 35. # Dwn L Wm;
"Boyleth."

Probate Office
Dec: 18 th 1854.
Sir: in case Please Certify the time to which the within named pension was paid, or the date of his death.
Very Respectfully,
J. C. Calhoun For Commissioner, J. M. [unclear]
R. J. Atkinson Esq., The Auditor General.
Azor Gatchel, paid to 4 March 1836.
Robt Johnson
Auditors.
Mr. Gatchel

Bounty Land Act Mch 3 d 1833- Claim of Abigail Patchen
No 28129
the war of the County Court for the county aforesaid this 29 th day of March 1833.
E. M. Pills Clerk
J. Newell Dada Atty Fulton Oswego N. Y.

State of New York } County of Oswego } ss: On this twenty sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Oswego and State of New York, Abigail Patches aged Seventy six years, a resident of the Town of Volney in the County & State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Azor Patches deceased who was a Private in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That her said husband was a prisoner of the United States. That she now has in her pos- session a certificate for a Pension dated "War Department Pension Office 17 Nov. 1820 No. 1169" and signed "J. L. Edwards". That her said husband about the year 1830 drew a warrant for one hundred acres of Bounty Land as she believes, & that her said Azor Patches died in Schoppel  Rich Oswego County State of New York on the 18 th day April 1833: That since the death of her said husband & during the year 1834 she this deponent made application to the Pension Office under the act Second Section of the Act of Feby 3 1833 and in the month of Dec 1834

she received a certificate "given at the Department of the Interior 20 th day of Dec. 1854" stating that her name was inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum, com- mencing on the 3 d of February 1853 & continuing for life, unless she should marry, in which case pension should not be payable after such marriage, signed R. McClelland Secretary of the Inte- rior, L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions, endorsed on the back thereof that payment would be made at Albany by James M. French, agent for paying pensions for the State of New York, payable 4 th Sept & 4 th March. Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pen- sioners under act Feby 3 d 1853 Page 23 - Vol H. G. T. Getty Clerk. That she cannot now state the facts in reference to the services of her said husband, but that the same have been sent to the Pension Office & she now refers to the papers on file in said of- fice for further proof of his said services after marriage to him. She further says that she is still a widow & that she has never rec d any Bounty Land

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3 d 1833- and she hereby constitutes & appoints G. Nevell Dada of Fulton Oswego County & State of New York her Attorney to prosecute said claim and receive the warrant that may be issued her
Abigail X Patches mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written and on the same day personally came before me Levi Cooper and William Wilson Jr Residents of the Town of Volney in said County to me known as credible witnesses who being duly sworn as credible credible witnesses, according to law declare that they are personally acquainted with Abigail Patches who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration that they were present and saw her sign her mark thereto, and that from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her they believe she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that they are dis- interested in the claim and reside in the place above named
Sworn subscribed & acknowledged
March 26, 1835
J. C. Sammis Justice of the Peace
Levi Cooper William Wilson Jr

State of New York County of Oswego
ss: I E Merrill Clerk of the said county do certify that O. T. Shumway Esq before whom the foregoing declaration power of attorney and affidavits were made acknow- ledged and sworn and who was thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the said county duly commissioned and sworn, and that I am acquainted with the hand-wri- ting of the said O. T. Shumway & verily believe that the name O. T. Shumway subscribed to the said certificate is his proper & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court for the county aforesaid this 29 th day of March 1855:
E Merrill Clerk
Bounty Land Act March 3 rd 1855 Claim of Abigail Fatchen
No 28129
S. Newell Dada Atty Fulton Oswego N. Y.

1927 June 23. Hail to Moses. M. Freeman Esq.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
6854
Abigail Patchen Wid"
Ayer Patchen Brit Rev War
Act: Levy 3 rd 1853
Index: Vol. 116, Page 110
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ottawa, Illinois
March 27, 1927
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section Washington, D. C.
Can you give me any information in regard to a Revolutionary war soldier by the name of Agor Patchen who was one of Washington's aides. He was from the state of New York.

His great granddaughter would like very much to get his record so that she can join the Daughters of the American Revolution. If you can't give me the desired information, can you tell me where I would be likely to get it.
Sincerely Yours
(Miss) Ida M. Freeman 410 Webster St.,