Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15940, for Jonathan Pride, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Pride, Jonathan Anna
W. 15940
CONTENTS

9001
New York
Anna Pride, deceased widow of Jonathan Pride who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 13 July 1806 of Conn in the State of NY who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dayton of the commanded by _____ in the _____ line for 13. 100 days
Pay to Harriet Ward Esther Galt , Anna Pride H above Pride Sophia Pride  Abbe Penson one of Sur Children
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 44 Dollars 16 2/3 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. and ending Dec 20 1840. when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1840 and sent to Giles F. Yates Schenectady, N.Y.
Total amount, _____ Present, $ _____
[Date July 7, 1838.] J. Swann , Clerk, Vol. _____ Page 175
Recorded by Book _____

State of New York Onondaga County. ss.
Anna Pride being only sworn Says that she resides in the town of Paris in the County of Onondaga and is of the age of seventy eight years in November last; that she is the widow of Jonathan Pride; that her maiden name was Anna Stickland; that she was married to said Jonathan Pride at Mansfield, Windham County; in the State of Connecticut, by the Rev. Mr. Welch, whom deponent knew by the name of Cook Welch. Deponent understands that Cook was a middle name. Deponent's memory has become very poor, and she is unable to say with certainty whether his first name was Samuel or Nehemiah; but her recollection is that it was one of them. The said marriage between this deponent and the said Jonathan Pride took place when deponent was about twenty six or twenty seven years of age, but she does not recollect which, on account of defect of memory arising from age; and she has no record of the marriage, though believes she used to have one in the Bible; but it is now destroyed; but deponent does not recollect when it was so destroyed. Deponent does not recollect the year of her marriage and cannot calculate the same from her present age, on account of loss of memory & the infirmities of age. Deponent has always understood from her said husband that he joined the army of the revolution, and among other recollections, for several years. That her said husband died the year of the great eclipse; but such is her defect of memory that she cannot state the year, nor how long ago. Deponent has remained a widow to the present time since the decease of the said Pride her said husband.
Deponent makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension from the

United States under the act of Congress allowing pension to the widows of soldiers of the Revolution who were married within the time in the said act mentioned. And for further evidence of the service of the said Jonathan Price of such service She refers to the papers hereto annexed, as to the evidence of the enlistment of the said Price, in the Army of the United States, in Captain Huntington's Company of the Company of Capt. Jonathan Huntington, Sept. 1776, as the evidence of the time the said Company was dis- charged from service; which several papers, she is informed are now on file in the Pension Office, in the papers hereto accompanying an application of Mrs. Martha De Witt for a pension: - and she prays that the same may be examined and used as evidence in support of her application - and she claims that she is entitled to a pension as for the services of a present
Anna for Price X mark
Given this evidence this 22 nd day of May 1839 before me and I certify that the said Anna Price is so infirm from age & ill health as to be utterly unable to attend in open Court to make her declaration - Charles Day and Trust Judge of Orlean County Louisiana -

1810 1800 1800
State of New York Onondaga Co. Sophia Price my only heir says that she is the daughter of Jonathan Price deceased & Anne Price, who is now his widow & an applicant for a pension from the United States on account of the services of the said Price as a soldier & sergeant in the army of the Revolution. That deponent is aged forty years and resides in the same family with the said Anne her mother, at Paris in the County of Onondaga in the State of New York. Deponent further says that Jonathan Price, her father, was the husband of the said Anne, died at the town of Thurnham (or it was the latter) in the County of Washington in the said State on the thirteenth day of July 1806 of Consump- tion - since which time her mother the said Anne, has remained a widow & unmarried & is still a widow & unmarried. Deponent says that Thurnham, for so it has been the place of the said Price's residence with his family for some years before his death. She further says that the recollection of her mother the said Anne Price, has become very imperfect as affection from the infirmity of age & ill health - Depo- nent has always understood that her father was a soldier of the Revolution in the service of the United States - from this Dep. of Sophia Price May 1839 before me O. H. May Jr. Justice of Onondaga County.

State of New York Onondaga County, ss.
I, Iram Dean, Clerk of the said County, certify, that Chester Hayden Esquire was on the 22 d day of May 1849 First Judge of the County Courts of the said County of Onondaga; that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 26 th day of August 1849.
Iram Dean, Clerk.

I Frederick F. Hawks do hereby certify that I have carefully searched the Public Records of the Town of Mansfield in Tolland County Connecticut to find an entry of the marriage of Jonathan Pride to Anna Strickland of the Town of Mansfield, but I cannot find an entry of it in the Town Records under any date - And I further certify that previous to the year 1820 when a new law went into operation, requiring, under a penalty that all marriages should be entered in the Town Records, the practice of recording marriages had in a great measure ceased, for many years, and the number entered were but a small proportion of those which took place in said Town.
And I furthermore depose & say that I held the Office of Town Clerk & Register of the Town of Mansfield & that the above certificate is true.
Frederick F. Hawks
State of Connecticut
Tolland County } ss December 3 rd 1838 Sworn to and subscribed before me. John Fitch Judge of Probate for the District of Mansfield in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, the day and year above written.
I further certify that the Deposition is Clerk of the Town of Mansfield as above stated.

That he is a credible person and his Statement entitled to full credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand officially - and caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
John Tuttle Judge of Probate.
Attest
Edmund Freeman Clerk
Lower Clerks

I Anna H. Bolles of the city & county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut do hereby say that I am sixty seven years of age, and am well acquainted with Anna Pride widow of Jonathan Pride deceased - that said Anna's maiden name was Anna Stickland - that she came to live in my late Father's family at Mansfield in Windham County, Connecticut, when I was about two years of age & resided therein about five years - in the mean time & before she left our family she was married to Jonathan Pride, then residing in said Mans- field, by the Rev. Moses B. Welch then an ordained Minister & Pastor of a Congregational Church in said Mansfield. The marriage was celebrated in my Father's house & I was present & witnessed the ceremony. I do not now recollect the names of any of the persons present who are now alive. I believe, & have now doubt, that the marriage took place in the year 1786 1786 or 1787 for I well recollect that I was about fifteen years of age at the time. And further the deponent saith not.
The figures "1836" were erased before signing -
Anna H. Bolles
State of Connecticut, Hartford county ss. November twenty third A d Eighteen hundred thirty eight then

personally appeared before me Seth Tenny Chief Judge of the City Court of the City of Hartford in said County and Justice of the Peace in & for said County. Anna H. Bolles of said Hart- ford & subscribed the foregoing Deposition in my pre- sence, & (She declining to be sworn from scruples of conscience) I administered to her the affirm- ation by law provided in such cases that said Deposition contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth, in due form of law - and I further certify that the Depo- nient is a lady of respectable character in this City, is the widow of the late Rev. Matthew Bolles, & that her deposition is entitled to full credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & year last above written.
Seth Tenny Chief Judge of the City Court of the City of Hartford & Justice of Peace in & for the County of Hartford -
The date "Thirty eight" in my certificate above was attended by me myself & is in my own hand writing attest Seth Tenny Chief Judge &c

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Seth Terry Esq is
and for more than one year last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Terry
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 1st day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
And I certify that the signature of said Terry hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

I Henry Strong of Norwich in the County of New London and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose and say that in the year eighteen hundred and twenty one Lt: Joshua Huntington died at said Norwich, and his books & papers came into my possession as the administrator upon his estate. Among these was a bundle of papers re- lating to a company commanded by S. Davis and a Lt. Samuel Selden's Regiment in the war of the revolution. These I have from time to time delivered when called for, to those interested in establishing service performed in said company; and I verify herein and have no doubt that the enlistment of Jonathan Pridie, which is now attached to this affidavit marked with my initials H.S. is one which was contained in said bundle and is the original enlistment of said Pridie in said company. Henry Strong.
State of Connecticut, New London County ss. Norwich May 30 th 1839.
Personally appeared Henry Strong Esq., and before me, subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, & I certify that he is a witness of credibility.
Before me John Hlyde
Justice of the Peace
I William E. Tracy Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the county of New London & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that John Hlyde before whom the above deposition of Henry Strong Esq. was sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said county & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 30 th day of May A.D. 1839.
William E. Tracy Clerk

Jonathan Pride — of Norwich do acknowledge to have voluntarily inlisted myself a Soldier, to serve in the Battalion of Foot raised by the Co- lony of Connecticut, to join the Continental Army in New- York, to be commanded by Col o Sam l  the Selden Esq; until the Twenty-fifth day of December next. Witness my Hand this 25 th Day of June — A.D. 1776.
Jonathan Pride
H.S.

JB
Gray Ely Lauquoit Onida Co. N-York

State of New York Chautauqua County
Luther Barney of the town of Ellery in said county being duly sworn doth depose and say, that he served for a time as a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war, and is now a pensioner, he does further swear that he knew one Jonathan Pride, who was by occupation a shoe maker, at Woodstock, in the state of Connecticut, he does further swear that the said Pride and this deponent served together in Capt. John Mather- ington's company in 1776, that S. Selden was their Colonel, and this deponent be- lieves said Pride was a sergeant, this deponent further saith that he knows that a number enlist- ed out of said Regiment in 1776 into the three years service or du- ring the war, and is confident that the said Pride was one of the number, - Luther Barney
Sworn & subscribed this 29 th day of May 1839 - Before me
BR Brown JP
I certify that I have been well acquaint- ed with Luther Barney the above deponent for a number of years, and that he is a person of strict truth & veracity -
BR Brown JP

State of New York Chautauqua County Clerk's Office
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I hereby certify that Benjamin R. Brown Esq. whose name is subscribed to the annexed Surat & certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and merely believe the signature "B. R. Brown" thereto subscribed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 3. day of June 1839
G. M. Tew Clerk In R. Sackett Dep.

Oliver Johnson of Franklin in the county of New London & state of Connecticut aged eighty-three years, having been duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, testify and say, that he was well acquainted with Jonathan Pride who formerly lived in that part of Norwich which is now Franklin that the said Jonathan and the deponent were about the same age and belonged to the same company of militia always trained together until the 23 rd day of June 1776, the said Jonathan enlisted into Captain Jos. Huntington's Company Col. Sam l Selden's Regiment of state troops and soon after left Norwich and joined the Army at New York and after that continued in the army until the close the way as he has understood the deponent has no recollection of ever having seen the said Jonathan since he went into the army. The deponent further saith not except the deponent further recollects that said Pride went to Boston in 1775.
Oliver Johnson
State of Connecticut, New London County ss, Franklin On this tenth day of December 1838, personally appeared Oliver Johnson Esq., personally well known by me to be a witness of truth & a respectable person, and swore to & signed the foregoing deposition
Before me
John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
I, William E. Tracy, Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the county of New London & state of Connecticut do hereby certify that John Hyde Esq., before whom the above deposition of Oliver Johnson is sworn to is a Justice of the Peace in for said county and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
William E. Tracy
Clerk

Enoch Baker of Griswold in the county of New London & State of Connecticut, aged Eighty four years, being duly cautioned and sworn, deponeth and saith that he in the spring of the year 1775 he enlisted into Major Durkee's company Col Putnam's Regt and was marched to Cambridge Massachusetts and served in said company seven months. and was retained in the service in said company several days after the seven months had expired, waiting for other troops to come in and relieve them. ————— deponent further saith that in the month of June 1776 he enlisted in Capt Joshua Huntington's company Col Selden's Regt. for six months, that he went by water with other members of said company to New York City & there joined said company & Regt. that he was on Long Island at the time of the battle there, & retreated from there in the night to New York City thence over Kingsbridge to White Plains &c. & continued in the service in said company until said term of six months had expired.
Deponent further saith that he was acquainted with Jonathan Pride formerly of Norwich in the county aforesaid, that said Pride was in the service in the aforesaid companies with deponent and served therein during the same time that deponent did, according to the best of deponent's recollection; and that he served as Private in the said Major Durkee's company and as Sergeant in Capt Huntington's company aforesaid, and further deponent saith not.
Griswold Dec 12. 1838,
Enoch Baker

State of Connecticut—ss. New London county. Personally appeared on the 12 th day of Decem- ber 1838, Enoch Baker named in the within deposition (and made oath that said deposition by him subscribed is true before me, c), And I certify that said Baker is a credi- ble person & that his testimony is entitled to credit,
Samuel M. Wood Notary Public.,
I, William E. Tracy, Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the county of New London State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Samuel M. Wood Esq. is a Notary Public of said state and is by law authorized to administer oaths & that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 8 th day of April A. D. 1839.
William E. Tracy Clerk

6009
Anna Pridé's
declaration of proof for a pension
m 87006
1775 7 mo 11 days. Col. Dutcher 1776 " " Col. Selden 13 mo 20 d / m -
Chester Hayden Utica N. York forwrd Clara T. - C.H.

To the Church of the State of New York - The petition of the undersigned

the record of the age of Jonathan
Pride and family
Wrote in the year 1925
So

Jonathan Bride Was Born
March 21 1756
Anne Bride Was Born
November 30 1760
Harriet Bride Was Born
October 7 1787
Esther Bride Was Born
April 22 1790
Rachel Bride Was Born
February 5 1792

Annah Pride Was Born August 29 1794 Hubbard Pride Was Born September 11 1796 Sophia Pride Was Born July 17 1799 Nabby Pride Was Born May 7 1801
Jonathan Pride th Died July 13 1806 Aged 50 years 3 months and 22 Days Anna Pride Died May 23 d A.D. 1840 Aged 79 years 6 Months and 7 days

In the matter of of Anna Pridde Widow of Jon: Pridde
Inventory Certificate

Oneida County Surrogate Court
I John Stryker in Surrogate of Said County do hereby certify that Satisfac- tory Evidence is before me that Jonathan Pride died on the 13 th day of July 1806 leaving him surviving his widow Anna Pride . That the said Anna Pride departed this life on the 23 rd day of May 1840. Leaving her surviving the following named Children who are all of lawful age viz. Harriet Ward , Ester Tyler , Anna Pride , Keppard Pride , Sophiah Pride , Nabbe Denslow .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my office this 29 th day of October A D 1844
John Stryker Surrogate

Per WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15940
Anna Pride
Widow of
Jonathan Pride
Brv. Rev. War
Act July 7 th 1838
Index: Vol. M , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V New York
Anna  Pride
act July 7. 1838
Mum
let. to C. Hayden 29. Oct. 1839
" Hon. R. P. Marvin Jan. 22, 1841.
" G. F. Yates act. 15. 44.
" G. F. Yates Dec 20, 1846
Act. July 1838

Albany, N.Y. July 4 th 1844.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
The claim of Mrs. Anna Ride, widow of Jonathan Ride under the act of 7 th July 1838, has been placed in my hands. I find by your letter of the 29 th Octr 1839, (which is doubtless the last from you on the subject) that the proof of marriage was not deemed sufficient. To meet this difficulty I send enclosed an affidavit relative to the ages of the children, which with the affidavit of Anna H. Doolas, who was present at the marriage & the other circumstantial evidence furnished by the papers on file in the case, will I trust substantiate the fact of marriage to your satisfaction.
I have directed the original Book of record referred to in the affidavit of the Misses Ride to be forwarded to you by James M. Gray Esq., the justice who took the affidavit.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
E. H. Wells.

6009
Anna Pride dec d Mow of Imahem NY
Act 7 July 1838
Adm o 13mo 10 ds / m o $ 44 44 for Ann
Commencing on 4 March 1836 and terminating on 4 23 d May 1840 the day of her death payable to Harriet Ward Esther Tyler Anna Pride, Houldah Pride Sophia Pride and Abbie Denslow only surviving children of Anna Pride dec d
Giles F. Yates of Schenectady NY Now present.

Jan 18. 1841.
My (Bride) Anna
J. L. Edwards Esq Pensylvania Office
Hon. R. R. Rawlin H. A. L.

Hall of Rep.
Jan'y 18, 1841
Sir
You will see from the the Enclosed of Mr. W. B. Badger the information which is desired
Very Respectfully & B.P. [unclear]
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. te of Pensions

Nov. 25, 1844 Sold the case of
Anna Fidei etc
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.

Nov-22-1844
Sir. I acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 15 th ult o , in which you say, that the date of the marriage is satisfactory - also six months service (not stating what it is or in what year) and you refer me for proof of another term of service in 1775 in Major Durkee's Reg t of Col. Putnam's, to the Comptroller of Conn.
In the Declaration, a service in 1776 is asserted, in Captain Joshua Huntington's Company. For proof of this service, the widow desires that reference may be had to the proof on file in the case of Mrs Martha DeWitt for a pension, the same to be used as evidence in support of her application. In this connection I have written to Henry Strong Esq of Norwich Conn t who in reply states, that, among the papers received by him as Administrator of Joshua Huntington he has from time to time delivered to those who had an interest in them, and accompanying one application (if he rightly remembers) that of the widow of Jacob DeWitt were some entire rolls forwarded to the pension office. I think that a reference to these rolls will be of importance to Mrs Ride's claim. [They related to Col. Sheldon's Battalion.] She claims payment for his services as a sergeant .
Luther Barnes & Oliver Sheldon testify that John Ride enlisted out of the Regiment of C. Sheldon in 1776 into the 3 years service . Enoch Baffin tes-

-tifies that he served with Ride between 7 & 8 mo's in 1775 as a private & 6 months as a sergeant in 1776. The claim of the widow is therefore for full pay. The Comptroller of Connecticut writes me that about 7 months of Ride's earlier service is found (1775) As to the 3 years service I have not yet received any documentary proof. If you have proof of six months service only satisfactorily made out, I must try the Connecticut Comptroller again.
I am very respectfully Yours ob t Servt
G. H. Yates.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
P.S. By the enclosed certificate it will be seen that Mrs Ride died on the 23 rd May 1840. The claim will therefore be only from 4. March 1835 to 23 rd May 1840.
G. H. Y.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Hartford Conn t Jan y 2 d 1848
Sir: I have received your favor of the 20 th Dec r last in reference to the Claim of Anna Pride widow of Jon- athan Pride for a pension.
I thought that the Comptroller's certificate showed the service of Jonathan Pride in 1775. I have just returned from the Comptroller's office, and according to his authenticated his certificate which I sent you, shows that Captain Huntington served in 1776, with his Company under Colonel Sheldon (this service you admit) and also that Pride served for 7 months & 17 days in 1775. If you have not received this certificate I will procure another, but I think it will be found on file with the other papers.
The name of Jon: Pride is not borne on the Continental Rolls in the Comptroller's office of Connecticut - but it will unquestionably be found on Pierce's certificates. It was not Durkee's Regiment

that he served in, in the Continental army
I am very respectfully
your obedt Servt
G. H. Yates
P.S. Do me the favor not to forward any communications designed for me out of Washington City for the present
G. H. Y.

Anna Ride widow of Jonathan Ride —
Documentary proof enclosed of Service in 1775 &c

New York Dec 10 1844.
Sir:
In the matter of the application of Anna Ride widow of Jonathan Ride, proof of his service in 1775, was called for but I have not until now, been able to furnish it. The certificate of the Comptroller shows 7 months & 10 days service. Six months service in another year has already been admitted. As to his service in the Company of Captain Huntington, I can only show that said Captain was on duty, but the Records, do not specify the names of the privates & non-commissioned officers of his Company.
I am very respectfully Your obed Servt
G. F. Yates.
J. L. Edwards Esq Corner of Rensselaer.

Comptrollers Office
Hartford Conn: 29 Nov. 1844
On application for evidence of the service of Jonathan Pride in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that War, and in a document headed
"A Pay Roll of the 3 d Company of the 3 d Reg t raised p t order of General Assembly, Colony of Connecticut May Anno Domini 1775", in which John Durkee is entered as Maj r & D r Colonel, the name of Jonathan Pride, who is stated to have enlisted May 5 and to have been discharged Decem r 15 - 7 months, 10 days, "including time to return home". This document is certified by a Committee "to be a true copy of Col o John Durkee's original payroll and settlement with him therein made," and sworn to by Colonel Durkee.
No Payroll of Cap. Joshua Huntington's Company has been found, but the following entries appear in the "Pay Table" accounts, -
  "Cap. Josh a Huntington - (Seldens Reg t )." . . . . . D r   1776 June 19 To order on Treas r . in acct t for his C o . . . . . £580. 0. 0 o   "Cap. Joshua Huntington - (Col o Seldens Reg t )." . . . . . C r   1777 April 17 By order on acct t rend d for his C o viz:-   "Enlisting Prem s 270 - Equip ing d r 70. 18 s 4 d . . . . .   [Amounting in all to] . . . . . } 596. 12. 6 o 
It also appears from the above books that Maj r Durkee was of General Putnam's Reg t in 1775.
I certify that the above extracts & statements are correct. A. Harrington, Comptroller

J. L. Edwards, Esq. Conner. of Paving Washington City

Utica N. York. Augt. 26. 1839.
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
78 26 52
1839 52 1787
Sir,
accompanying this I forward the application of Mrs. Anna Pride for a pension on account of her husband's services. Please address me at this place
Respectfully your obedient,
C. Hayden

State of New-York Oneida County ss: Anna Pride and Sophiah Pride of Paris in Said County & State aforesaid being duly sworn depose & saith that they are the daughters of Jonathan & Anna Pride dece- ased, the Said Anna this deponent saith she is forty nine years old & the Said Sophiah saith she is forty five years old and further that they each saw their Father & Mother die & that their Father the Said Jona- than died July 13 th 1806 at Herman (as it was then called) Washington County aged fifty years when he died - and that their Mother the Said Anna died May 23 rd 1840 aged seventy nine - and the Said Anna & the Said Sophiah these deponents further saith that there is now in the possession of the Said Anna one of these deponents a small Book of Records of the Birth of all of the Children of the Said Jonathan & Anna Pride and that there is now living the following viz Harriet Pride (now Ward) was born Oct Oct. 7 th 1787. Ester Pride (now Tyler) was born April 22 nd 1790 Anna Pride was born August 29 th 1794 Hebbard Pride was born September 11 th 1796 Sophiah Pride was born May 17 th 1799 Nabby Pride (now Denslow) was born May 7 th 1801 which is all in the hand writing of Jon- athan Pride our Father - and further that they reside in the following places (viz) Mrs Harriet Ward (who is now a widow) lives in James Town Chautauqua Co. NY. Mrs Ester Tyler (who is now a widow) lives in Tully Onondaga Co. NY. Hebbard Pride lives in

Bustit Chautauqua Co. N.Y. Nable Denslow (who now goes by the name of Abigail) lives in Binghamton Broome Co. N.Y. (who is the wife of Jasper Denslow) Anna Paide Abigail Paide
Subscribed & sworn this 6 th day of June 1886
James M c Gray House
State of New York Clerks Office Onondaga County } To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting I, Lewis D. Brown Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that James M. Gray Esquire was on the 6 th day of June, 1844 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Onondaga Duly Authorized to act as such And that his Signature to the annexed affidavit is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 11 th day of June 1844
Polos Knop off
Anna Pride Widow of Jonathan Pride under act of July 1 1838.
after "de" ages of chilrars
Chas. H. North

State of New York County of Oneida, ss. Anna Price and Sophiah Price of parts in said County, being respectively duly sworn depos- eth & say, that the Small book of records referred to in the affidavit of these deponants taken on the 6 th day of June 1844, before James M Gray Esq Justice of the Peace, is the identical one accompanying this affidavit, said affidavit before named being now in the hands of Giles F. Gates Esq. of Schenectada N.Y. the attorney in the matter of the application of Anna Price widow of Jonathan Price for a pension under the act of July 1838, to be forwarded by him the said Gates in substantiation of the claim of said Widow under said act.
Subscribed and sworn this 17 th day of July 1844 before me James M Gray Justice
Anna Price Sophiah Price
State of New York. Clerks Office Oneida County ss. I, Deles DeWolf Clerk of the said County certify, that James M Gray Esq was on the 17 th day of July 1844 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly elected and qualified to act as such, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County & subscribed my name July 20. 1844 Deles DeWolf Clerk for James Edgar Dep. Clk