Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15618, for John Ogden, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ogden, John Burnap, Naomi
W 15618
Former widow
CONTENTS

1617 Concord New Hampshire Nancy Burnap, formerly widow of John Ogden decd.
who died on the Sept 17 1880 of Sullivan in the State of N. Hamp. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bickell of the _____ commanded by _____ Mass in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hamp. at the rate of 80 - Dollars _____ Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Dec. 1837 and sent John S. Blanchard Cornish Flat NH.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep r 1837 $590.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Nov 38 - $10.00
$600.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d . Act March 3, 1837 }
by H. H. Addison Clerk, Vol. 2. Page 22

V2674 Naomi Pinnap farms and of M Ogden W.H.
Mamma 1775- Died 1778
Aon 2y $80 Per ann. conf 4 #Mard 1137
Mah (cont. line Capt Bartlett
M c S. Blanchard Commissary Plate H. H. Hubbard Senatius W.H.

State of New Hampshire Sullivan
ss.
On this 28 th day of July
A D 1837 personally appeared before John S. Putnam judge of the Court of Probate for said County Naomi Burnap a resident of Cornish in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, and the act passed March 3. 1837. That she was married to John Ogden who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. She further declares that she was married to the said John Ogden on the month of April in the year 1775 in the town of Egremont in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts - That the said John Ogden soon after our said marriage went into the service for Eight months, and was in the Battle of Lexington or Bunker hill or both according to my best recollection - That after the expiration of said Eight months service, my said husband came to Egremont and there remained until the spring of 1776 - That in the spring or summer of 1776, I went with my said husband to visit his friends in New Jersey, and from thence soon after, in the month of June or July 1776 went with him to New York, where he again engaged in the service for four months, as a substitute for another man by the name of Francis Hare, according to my best recollection - That in the winter of 1776-7 the said John Ogden returned to Egremont where I then lived, and in the latter part of said winter, my said husband enlisted, during the war as I think

under Capt. Bacon in Col. Fellows Regiment, and went to Philadelphia - That he came home to Egremont once on a furlough and returned again to the Army - That the said John Ogden afterwards in the month of August or September (I cannot positively state the year) died at or near Philadelphia, of a Fever, bro't on by eating Pears, while recovering from the small Pox, as I was informed by letter from Capt. Bacon soon after the decease of my said husband - That I was afterwards in the year 1783 married to Elijah Burnap of Norwich in the County of Windsor and state of Vermont, who died at said Norwich on the 8th day of September 1819 - That I was a widow on the 4th July 1836, and still remain a widow. - That I had one child by the said John Ogden, and but one whose name was Mary, and who was since married and now resides in the town of Bethel in the state of Vermont
her Naomi L Burnap mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - John L Putnam Judge of Probate for the County of Sullivan
I certify that by reason of age and bodily infirmity the above applicant is unable to attend the Court which is the reason why she has made her declaration at this time and place Conesville Hampshire July 28 A.D 1837 John L Putnam Judge of Probate for the County of Sullivan

Sullivan Jo I certify that Naomi Bur- nap the foregoing affiant is a credible person - Comick Sept 9. A.D 1837
John L Putnam Judge of Probate for said County

Extract from the Town records of the Town of Egremont in the county of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts
"The intention of Marriage between John Ogden of New-Malbury and Naomi Doughter of Egremont was published April the second seventeen hundred and seventy five" I Gorton Rane Town Clerk of the said Town of Egremont do certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. April 2 d 1775-2"
Gorton Rane } Clerk of said Town of Egremont I Gorton Rane above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Egremont in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Gorton Rane } Clerk of the Town of Egremont Subscribed to and sworn before me this 17 th day of October 1837
Wilber Curtis Just of peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire's I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within & for said County Certify that Wilber Curtis Esq of Egremont is a

Justice of the Peace is & for said cause duly Commissioned & qualified 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 at this time Twentieth day of October A.D. 1837.
Chas. Sedgwick Clerk

Am H Hubbard Senate V.B.

State of New York St. Lawrence County } ss.
Margaret Austin of Stockholm in said County being sworn deposeth and saith that she is aged 68 years on the 9 th day of August 1836, that she had a sister by the name of Naomi Burnap about six years older than herself, living in Cornwall in the state of New Hampshire that their father, Caleb Dorrington, lived in Egremont, near Great Barington in the state of Massachusetts during the Revolutionary War, that at some time during the war, the precise year this deponent does not recollect and has no means of ascertaining, one John Ogden, then living near her father, made suit to her said sister Naomi and married her. This deponent was not present at the wedding and does not certainly recollect who married them, but she thinks it was one Rev. Mr. Steele, a minister of the Gospel residing near her father. Immediately after the said Ogden and her said sister were married they moved into one room in her father's house and commenced housekeeping. the said Ogden and one of her brothers working together upon a farm, that in something less than a year

after they were married her said sister had a daughter by her said husband which they named Polly Ogden who was living, married to one Goslit in Norwich Vermont according to the last information of this deponent. that a few months after the birth of the said Polly the said Ogden enlisted in the army under one Capt. Fellows of Sheffield of Massachusetts. for during the war as this deponent always under- stood and now believes receiving a bounty therefor in advance that he left money which he received as such bounty with his family that he left home his family still living in his father's house and went into the army as a private soldier she believes that he afterwards came home two or three times on furlough upon a visit remaining at home a short time and then re- turning to the army. that they fre- quently heard from him while in the army. that after he had been in the army a considerable time now this deponent cannot rec- ollect but she should think for- wards two years perhaps once the said Ogden was taken sick and died as this deponent and her said sister

and sister, finally their friend and de- lieved. that they, at the time, received direct & authentic information of the sickness and death of the said Ag- den, the particulars of which, at this great length of time, this deponent cannot recollect, neither can she recollect where the said Agden went in the army or at what place he died. though she thinks the army was stationed at White Plains dur- ing some part or all of his said service. This deponent would further say that she is very clear in her recollections of the prominent facts in her preceding statement. that she was with her sister much living in the same house, after she was married and during her lonely state after the said Agden went into the army. she recollects very well how her sister wept and expressed much feeling when her said husband said he had enlisted and during the prep- arations that were made for his de- parture to the army. that she has not the least doubt of the marriage of the said Agden with her said sister al- though she does not recollect being present. that he lived with her as her husband between one and two

years before he went into the army, and when he came home on furlough was with her as her husband and was always reported well in the family. She can recollect the year when they were married though she should think it rather late in the war and that it must have been at late as 1860 when he enlisted tho' she has nothing to refresh her recol- lections as to dates.
This deponent further saith that her said sister lived with her said father, as widow Ogden, for several years after the war when she moved with her father New Grantham & town adjoining up to Plainfield New Hampshire, and afterwards married to one Elijah Burnap of whom with whom she always lived until he died several years ago, and she is now a widow.
This deponent would further say that she recollects the said Ogden died with the small pox which he took while in the army. That on further re- flection she thinks the said Ogden must have enlisted at an earlier period in the war than above stated for she recollects that her brother Calvin Dorchester enlisted into the army after the said Ogden died and that he was in the army some time after the said Ogden died, that he the

said Caleb died in the army some time after the said Agda died. That he was this deponent's only brother and the event was a very affecting one to her father's family and on that account it may have made a deeper impression on this deponent's mind. Her memory is not very clear as to dates, but all the leading facts which she has stated above she believed true.
Subscribed & sworn.
this 29 th day of April 1837 before me B. G. Baldwin Just Peace
Elizabeth Dutton
I certify that the above named Elizabeth Dutton, with whom I am acquainted, is a person of fair character for truth and veracity. B. G. Baldwin Just Peace 29 th April 1837

State of New York St Lawrence County } ss I Alvin C Snow Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Benjamin G Baldwin Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been made and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was at the time of taking the said affidavit a justice of the Peace and for said County duly elected therefor. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavit and certificate purporting to be his and genuine - Given under my hand and the seal of said County this 9 th May 1857
A C Snow
State of New York
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Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15618
Naomi Baena Widow of John Ogden Pr. Rev War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Cornish Glade N.Y. Oct. 23. Oct 30 M rs H. Brown Naomi
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Washington City D.C.

Cornish Feb. 11th. Oct. 23rd 1837
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
Your letter to the Hon. H. Hubbard of the 3 d inst. was duly recd. He has obtained the certificate of the town Clerk in the form required by the War. Department as I suspect and herewith transmit it to you - You mentioned in your letter above referred to that Mr. Edin- service amounted in all to 11 months. I think Sir that you will perceive by reference to the proof in the Belfast gazette that he served two years two months 28 days and 19 d . If you should not find that to be the fact will you be so good as to advise me of the fact before a certificate shall be issued to Mrs. Margaret Bunnell? I am Sir respectfully Jno. S. Bladen

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office
Aug. 4. 1837.
I hereby certify, that it appears from original documents remaining in this office, that John Ogdon served in the ninth Massachusetts Regiment (Col. Wesson's) from January 1. 1777 to August 13. 1778, when he died in the service.
Witness my hand and the Great Seal of the State
John P. Bigelow,
Sec'y of the Com'th.

State of New Hampshire Fullerton County ss {
Granah Burnap of the town of Cornish, in said county being duly sworn, says that he is forty two years of age. That he was formerly well acquainted with Elijah Burnap of Norwich in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont and that he saw the corpse of the above named Elijah Burnap on the eighth day of September in the year of our Lord 1819 and on the tenth day following attended his funeral. And he further states that he is well acquainted with Naomi Burnap widow of the above named Elijah Burnap, that she was a widow on the fourth day of July 1836 and is still a widow and further your deponent saith not
Granah Burnap
Sworn before me this seventh day of September 1837 and I certify that I am well acquainted with the said Granah Burnap and that he is of good reputation for truth and his statement entitled to full credit. No. S. Blanchard Justice of Peace

Sullivan J.
The State of New Hampshire
J. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Indictments do hereby certify that Jno S Blanchard is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that the within signature purporting to be his is in my belief genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of the Court this 19th day of Sept A D. 1837
J. M. Gilmore Clerk

State of New York
Albany County ss William Root - of the Town of Germantown in said County being duly sworn says that he is now sixty-five years of age, that he formerly knew Naomi Dorchester who married John Ogden in the Spring of the year 1775; this deponent then lived in Germantown, Massachussetts and near to Mr. Dorchester, said Ogden lived in Dorchester family, said Ogden was in the United States Service at the North in the winter of 1775; In the Spring of 1775 he returned & married said Naomi, and he and she went away to New Jersey on foot, this deponent went to New York as a soldier in June of 1776, in the Company of Capt. Stephen Dury, while there said John Ogden came to camp with his wife, and as early as the tenth of July A.D. 1776 said Ogden engaged as a Substitute in place of Francis Brazee, His wife the said Naomi remained in camp with him until this deponent and said Ogden were dismissed on the first of December 1776, said Ogden was in said Dury's Company with this deponent, Col. Smith's Regiment, said Capt. Stephen Dury and Col. Smith were in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, Afterwards this deponent met said Ogden at Valley Forge in the year 1778, said Ogden was then in the Regular Service & must have been at Valley Forge as a three years soldier, And said Ogden in the summer of that year died at Valley Forge of the small pox, said Ogden refused to be inoculated for that complaint, became so said he had had it when in the service in Canada, in 1775 - & further this deponent saith not.
Sworn before me & subscribed to August 17 th A.D. 1837. Richard Carington Comd of Deets
Wm Root
Vol 14 p. 27 3 mo 1 d Capt Bacon 176 1776 Vol 25 p. 254 Map roll from Jan 77 to June 76

State of New York
Columbia County ss. I Samuel Sturtevant Clerk of said County and of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Do hereby certify that Richard Carrigun before whom the preceding affidavit of William Root-plaintiff, to have been taken now at the date of the same a Commissioner of said in and for the County aforesaid and duly qualified to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner and hereby declare the signature Richard Carrigun to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 17 th day of August A.D. 1837.
Samuel Sturtevant Clerk.
Columbia County ss. I certify that on the day & year afore- said the deponent Wm Root who made oath to the within Statement subscribed by him is a credible reliable person & his Statement entitled to full credit.
Richard Carrigun Comm y of Pleas

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Berkshire County }
Samuel Baldwin of Egremont in said County, being sworn says that he is Eighty years of age, that he resided in said Egremont in the year 1775 and was at that time acquainted with John Ogden and Naomi Doushaster, that they were married at Egremont in that year by the Rev. Eliphaleth Steele (as this Deponent understood) and that they lived together in the married state some weeks in a house on the farm of this Deponent's father, and this deponent further says that the said John Ogden Enlisted and entered into the service in the Revolutionary Army in that year
Sworn before me this 6 th day of May 1837. and I certify that I am acquainted with said Samuel Baldwin and that he is of good reputation for truth, and his statement entitled to full credit.
Samuel Baldwin
Wilbur Curtis, Justice of peace for said County of Berkshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Berkshire
James Baldwin Esq r of Egremont in said County of Berkshire being sworn says that he is Seventy eight years of age, that he has resided in said Egremont from his Birth, and that in the year 1775 he was acquainted with John Ogden and Naomi Doushaster both living in Egremont, and that they were married in that year by the Rev. Eliphaleth Steele at said Egremont, as this Deponent understood and verily believes, that they lived together a few weeks in the married state in a house on the farm of this Deponent's father, soon after their marriage, when the said John Ogden Enlisted and entered into the service in the Revolutionary Army
James Baldwin
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6 th day of May 1837. and I certify that I am acquainted with the said James Baldwin Esq r and that he is of good reputation, and his statement entitled to full credit. Wilbur Curtis, Justice of peace for said County of Berkshire

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire
James Baldwin Esq. the above named deponent being again sworn says further, that the above named John Pown entered the service in the revolutionary Army (after his marriage with Naomi Doushister, either in the fall of 1775 or the spring of 1776, that he believes he first went as a substitute, and afterwards enlisted for three years, and died in the service sometime during the term
James Baldwin
Subscribed sworn to before me this 15 th day of July 1837.
Wilber Curtis Just of peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire
Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do certify that Wilbur Curtis Esq is a Justice of the Peace within said County. was on the sixth day of May last only commissioned & qualified & that his signature to the copy of the Deposition of Samuel Baldwin & James Baldwin taken before him on the other side are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of
July 1837
Ch Sedgwick Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Ogden, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7559 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 26, 1790 to Elijah Rose, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.