Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,152, for Bezaleel Peck, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Peck, Bezaleel
S 14,152
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CONTENTS

7902 Connecticut 9902
Bezalel Pack
of New Haven Co. in the State of Conn who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Sanford of the Regt. commanded by Col. Russell in the Conn. line for 13 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1832 and No E. D. Luger etc New Haven
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 $ 10 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 13/4/33 25 $12 25
Recorded by G. C. Phelps Clerk Book C Vol. 3 , Page 34 Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Dec. 6. 33 dup: certif: ip d : and sent to Hon. S. A. Foot - Ho of Reps: - 7 th
same no Letter 21. Ap 1837. Pen Agent Died 30 Nov. 1837. Ordered to pay - 2 May 1838 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March 1837. to the 30 th Nov r 1837. - Agents Notified 13. June 1838.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Connecticut County of New Haven } ss. New Haven
On this 22 d day of August 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probate for the District of New Haven, now sitting, Berzaloch Peck, a resident of Bethany, in said District, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 71 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, viz:
In the year 1777 I volunteered to go to the North River, in a company of Connecticut troops under Col. Raymond Sanford, Lieut. John Dibble, 2 d Lieut. Samuel Allen. I joined the company in the parish of Amity in New Haven, and marched through Oxford, Southbury, Danbury &c - to Fishkill, where we were billeted in the Stone Church, & were drilled for some time. our Colonel's name, I think, was Ruspel - we were commanded by Genl. Putnam. When sufficiently drilled we marched up the River as far as opposite to Esopus, & were there at the time Esopus was burnt by the British; from there we moved down the river, watching the movements of the British shipping, to Fishkill, at which place we were dismissed, I believe, some time in November. We expected to be in service nine months, but on the surrender of Burgoyne, we were released before the term had expired, & were out but seven months. I know of Mr. Hudson living, that was in our company.

At three several times I turned out as a volunteer in the Connecticut service, during the revolutionary struggle, but I cannot state in what years or years. The first was in a company formed partly in the said parish of Trinity & Bethany, both then belonging to New Haven, from which place we went to Derby, to guard the stores of provisions, under Capt. Jepe Had, Lieut. John Dibble. It was the year when Dayton's house was robbed, & in the spring of the year. I was out this time about three months.
The second time I was under Capt. Daniel Holbrook, Lieut. Amos Perkins, sergeant Nathan Howell, when we marched to Bridgeport, & kept guard along shore west of that place. This was the latter part of summer; we returned after the first in the fall had commenced, & were dismissed at New Haven - after being out three months.
The third time we went to West Haven, under Capt. Samuel Orborn, Lieut. - Kimberly, & were stationed there as a guard to prevent the British & Tories from Long Island from plundering. This was in the summer - & I was out this time two months.
David Downs of Waterbury was of our company in Derby, as also Job Sherry of New Haven; who was with me also in the tour to Bridgeport. There is no one living, within my knowledge, that was with me at West Haven.
I was born in the parish of Trinity, in that part which belonged to the town of Milford, in the county of New Haven, March 8 th 1761. My birth is recorded in our family Bible, & I believe also in the records of Milford. At the time of entering the service, I lived where I was born; & after the war I removed into the town of Derby, where I lived till three years ago, when I moved into the present town of Bethany, where I now reside.
I do not remember having received any written discharge, & have no documentary evidence.
I am known to Elisha Sanford, Isaac Goodrell, John T. Wheeler (Postmaster) & many others who can testify

as to any character for veracity, & their belief of any services. There is no clergyman residing in the town of Bethany.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Anthony D. Sanford Clerk — Bezaleel Peck
We Elisha Sanford
residing in the town of Bethany, & Clement Goodell residing in the town of New Britain hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Bezaleel Peck, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Anthony D. Sanford Clerk —
Clement Goodell
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after hearing the interrogatories, preferred by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elisha Sanford & Clement Goodell

who have signed the foregoing certificate, are residents, in the towns of Bethany and New Haven, and are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Chas. A. Ingersoll
Page 1, 1 o Count.
I Anthony P. Sanford, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Bezaleel Peck for
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the seat of said Court this 22 d day of August 1882. And I do further
certify, that Notes bearing, before whom the deposition of Robt Sperry, hereunto annexed, was taken, is a Part of New Haven County Court, duly confirmed and sworn, and that the signature to the certificate of said deposition is his own genuine proper hand writing - And I do further certify, that Ezra Kimball, before whom the deposition of David Dorrance hereunto annexed was taken, is a Part of the Dean for the County of New Haven, duly confirmed and sworn, and that the signature to the certificate of said deposition is his own genuine proper hand writing - And I do further, by order of said Court, certify, that Robt Sperry, David Dorrance, and Eliza Sanford, the witnesses to the depositions hereunto annexed, are each credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Anthony P. Sanford, Clerk

e No 25322
Bezaleel Peck New Haven County Connecticut
Admitted
Private 15 months
Chas. A. Ingersoll Esq. New Haven Connecticut.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Bezaleel Peck New Haven County Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol. 1777 - 7 - private Genl. Putnam Col. Sanford, Colonel Ripley 71 years Parish of Amity New Haven Connecticut Traditionary evidence & three Witnesses certified credible. three Cluettman named Knowles gates - papers correctly attached   Vol. above - 3 - " Col. Ford   Vol - - 3 - " Col. Holbrook,   Vol - - 2 - " Col. Osborn  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Washington City.

New Haven May. 14. 1833
Sir
I herewith send to you the application of Birely Park for a pension. The application was made, at the time it was made, but was mislaid, which is the reason why it has not been forwarded before.
I am very Respectfully
Yours Obedt Servt
Chas A. Burnell
P S Edward Esq

State of Connecticut County of New Haven } ss. New Haven.
On this 13 th day of August 1832, personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, a Judge of the County Court for New Haven County, Job Sheffy aged 76 years, a resident of said New Haven, and being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he was drafted from the Connecticut Militia to go to Derby in said County, under Capt. Jesse Ford - Lieut. John Dibble, Sergeant Stephen Ford; and was in service, as deponent thinks, as much as three months. Deponent has forgotten the year, but it was in the Spring, when deponent was drafted. He remembers that Bezaleel Peck, a resident of Bethany, lately Woodbridge, & at that time a part of New Haven, was drafted at the same time & continued in service till after our time was out, being sent to Hartford to conduct some Tories which we had taken:
In what year I have forgot, but about the middle of the revolutionary war, I volunteered, under Capt. Daniel Holbrook, Lieut. Amos Perkins, to go to Stratford and Green's Farms, and was out on service two months. Said Bezaleel Peck, turned out as a volunteer at the same time, & served the whole period: and further deponent saith not.
Sworn & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.
Noyes Darling - Judge of New Haven County Court. Job this  X Sheffy mark

June 8
No Room

Treasury Department,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
June 6 - 1838.
Sir.
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States." The children of Benjamin Pack a Pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of fifty Dollars and 50 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the thirtieth of November 1837, the day of said pensioner's death — Respectfully, yours.
Abner K. Parrish Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Samuel A. Foot
Representative in Congress
City of Washington
Issue a
Duplicate Cert for
Hon. S.A. Foot H.R.

Darling
Hon. Samuel A. Foot
Representative in Congress
City of Washington
Pay to the order of

New Haven Nov r 27 th 1833.
Dear Sir,
In behalf of Bezaleel Peck , of Bethany, I take the liberty to request the favor of you, at your first leisure, to enquire at the Pension Office for his Pension Certificate.
His certificate was forwarded to me , in June last, for $40. per annum. On application to the Agent at Hartford for payment of arrear, it was found that the sum reported at that office was $50: of course payment was refused. I wrote three times to Mr Edwards, Comr of Pensions, to correct the error; but no notice was taken of my letters. I finally sent the Certificate to Mr Parsons (the Agent at Hartford) & he forwarded it to the Pension Office, the fore part of last month. He has received notice that the certificate is corrected, to $50. instead of $40. but I have not received the certificate as corrected. Presuming from the past, I suppose it would be useless for me to write to Mr Edwards on the subject. I am therefore induced to trouble you with the foregoing request; in the hope that Mr Peck may have the satisfaction of realizing a part of his pension before he dies.
For the convenience of reference at the Office. I would state that the original certificate is "recorded in Book E. Vol 3 page 34" & numbered 9903.
I am, Dear Sir, Respectfully Your obedt. Servt. Noyes Darling
Hon. S. A. Foot

Washington 4 th Dec r 1833
This certifies that Mayo Dashing the writer of the within Letter is a man of the highest respectability & is at this time Mayor of the City of New Haven & Chief Judge of the County Court for New Haven County —
Sam d A. Good

Rev. Wm
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Bezalel Pack Brn. Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th 1839
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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State of Connecticut } to Methany County of New Haven }
On this 3 d day of August 1832, personally appeared before me Ezra Kimberly a justice of the peace for said County of New Haven David Downs aged 72 years a resident of the town of Waterbury in said County of New Haven and being duly sworn according to law deposes and says, that he volunteered as a private and joined a company of Militia under Capt. Leonard Lieut John Sible and went to Derby in said County of New Haven to guard some stores of provisions and to prevent depredations of the British & Tories from Long Island - that we went in the spring or fore part of summer, and continued in service about three months. Defendant cannot remember what year it was; he can only state that it was the same summer, that Dayton's store was robbed by a company of Tories, who were taken on the shore of Long Island by Capt. Eldkin. Defendant should think it was the 3 d or 4 th year of the revolutionary war. Defendant says that he has long been acquainted with Nazael Peck now a resident of Methany in said County of New Haven, at that time a resident of the parish of Christy in New Haven in said County, since a part of the town of Woodbridge and remembers that said Peck served as a private in said company the whole of the time that the company was out & further saith not.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. before me
Ezra Kimberly justice of the peace for New Haven County
David D Downs mark

I Elisha Sanford of Bethany in the County of Northham, do on oath testify and say - That I am now seventy three years of age, and have been long acquainted with Basilul Park - His character for truth cannot be impeached, and full reliance can be placed upon his statements under oath. I have always understood that he served in the Revolutionary war,  was, as stated in his declaration, and believe that he performed the services as stated by him - I was very well acquainted with Capt Raymond Sanford, mentioned in the declaration made by the said Park. He was an uncle,  uncle, of mine, and died about twenty five years ago - During his life, I conversed with him often, upon the services of the revolution - I recollect, that during his life, he told me, of his commanding a company, in the Revolutionary war, and going to the North River, in the manner stated in the said Park's declaration - I used to see him often, as we were fellow-towns, of the same town, at the same time. I recollect very distinctly, that he told me, that Col. Bell was his Lieutenant, and my impression is that he told me that the said Park was a member of his the said Raymond Sanford's company, and served therein. I have no doubt that the said Park served as stated in his declaration.
Elisha Sanford
Sworn to in open Court
Attest - Amos Sanford Clerk