Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,356, for Elias Page, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Page Elias
S 23,356
CONTENTS

Utica, N o 24.639
Elias Page
of Utica in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Arnold of the Reg t commanded by Col. Ledyard in the Conn t Troops time for 9 1/2 months
Reported to agent 1 st April '34.
Inscribed on the Roll of Utica at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Jan y , 1834, and sent to D. Divine Waterville P'keepsie Co. N. Y.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep r . 1833  79.15    Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th March '34  15.83     $94.98  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 4 Page 5

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832
State of New York
Oniida County ss: On this 8 th day of Nov. 1833 personally appeared before me Nathan Kennebec one of the Judges of Oniida Common Pleas, Elias Page, a resident of the town of Marshall in the County aforesaid, aged 72 years the 22 nd of Oct. 1833. Who being first duly sworn according to law, doth upon his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. To wit:—
That in May 1777, at Coventry, Windham (now Tolland) County, Connecticut, he enlisted a volunteer, as a substitute for his father Thomas Page of Coventry aforesaid, in the Company of Capt. Amariah Rust, and marched to Fort Griswold, there under the command of Col. Ledyard, where he was stationed and continued in service two months, when he was honorably dismissed and returned home to Coventry aforesaid.
That he again on the first of March 1778, entered the service of the U. S. at Coventry aforesaid, as a substitute for his brother Phineas Page, who was drafted for one month in the Company of Capt. Clark, Lieut. Joseph Talcott & Ensign W. Roy. & marched immediately in said Company to Providence, Rhode Island, & joined the Troops there, under the command of Gen. Spencer where he continued, to guard the Military Store deposited at that place, in the capacity of waiter to Lieut. Talcott, for one month, when on the first of April 1778, he was honorably dismissed.

1 mo.
and returned home to Coventry aforesaid. and that this term of service was one month .
And the said Elias Page further says. that in the month of May, A.D. 1778 as near as he can now recollect. (it being during Sullivan's Expedition) at at Coventry aforesaid. he again enlisted as a Private Soldier . in the Company of Capt. Sam. Snell of Coventry aforesaid, & marched into said Company to New Haven, Con. where he was stationed for four or five weeks in a Sergeant's guard . that thence they marched to Rhode Island & joined the Army under the command of Gen. Sullivan on the Island of Newport . That a few days after his arrival at at Newport. a draft of men was made to join the Continental Troops . in an advance party under the command of Col. Lawrence . which lay between the two Armies. & that he, the said Elias Page was at that time  drafted and joined said advance party. and that an engagement occurred between the said party under the command of said Col. Lawrence and a party of the British Troops. That said Elias Page was in said Engagement in which the American troops under the command of said Colonel Lawrence continued to fire upon the Enemy & retreat during most of the day. having lost about one third of their number. That next day there was some firing between the advanced guard of the two Armies and the next night the American Army under Gen. Sullivan , retreated from the Island to the Town of Kingston thence to Providence . thence the Army marched by express to New London . but before the Army reached New London the term of service of said Elias Page  expired & he was honorably discharged & returned home to Coventry aforesaid. & that this term of service was three months .
3 mo.

That in May 1779 the said Elias Page again entered the service as a volunteer private soldier at Coventry aforesaid . in the company of Capt William Wilson of the militia & marched immediately to New London . thence in two or three weeks to Granton & was stationed at Fort Griswold to keep guard & work on the Fort . That the Regiment to which this deponent was at that time attached was under the command of Col. Storrs . That he continued there at Fort Griswold till some time in July 1779 . when his term of service expired & this deponent was dismissed & returned home to Coventry aforesaid . And that this term of service was Two Months .
2 mrs. That the said Elias Page, at Coventry aforesaid , again volunteered in the State Militia in a Company commanded by Capt. M c Roy . for the term of Two Months . and marched from Coventry to New London & encamped on Winthrop's Neck ; that he cannot now in consequence of old age state what month he entered the service at this time. That it was in the summer of 1780. That he continued at New London for a few weeks. when he was marched in a party to Mohegan in New London County to cut Fascines for the Army which was about to make a descent on Rhode Island ; and; that he cannot now from loss of memory recollect how long he continued at Mohegan but that he with four others, was selected to conduct a prisoner to Danbury . and was taken sick on his return to the Army of a fever & was obliged to leave the service Two weeks before his term of Two Months expired. And that this term of service was One Month and One half .
1 1/2 mrs
And the said Elias Page further

declared as aforesaid, that he has no document = any evidence of any or either of his aforesaid terms of service , and that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to the same, except Thomas Kingsbury of Canton St Lawrence County N.Y. whose Affidavit is here = unto annexed.
That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pres- = ent and declares his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State .
That in all & every of the said terms of service he served as a private soldier and though from old age & the consequent loss of Memory he cannot precisely recollect the time of entering each term of the foregoing terms of service, yet he verily believes from the best of his recollection that he served as he has above declared as a private soldier, and that the aggregate of his said terms of service amounts to not less than Nine Months & One half for which he claims a pension.
And the said Elias Page further says that he was born in the town of Coventry in the county of Windham State of Connecticut on the 22 d day of October A. D. 1761. that he re- = sided in Coventry aforesaid till about 1801 = that for 32 years last past he has resided in Marshall aforesaid, where he now resides, & that he believes that Rev. Publius N. D. Dyer and Henry Shawley both of Marshall aforesaid = can testify as to his moral character & his reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution. and further, that this deponent has no record of his age and further says not
Elias Page

Sworn and subscribed this 4 th day of November A.D. 1833. before me. and I hereby certify that the said Elias Page by reason of bodily infirmity is unable without great inconvenience to appear in Open Court.
Nathan Kimball Judge of Oneida common pleas
We Publius N. Bogue a clergyman, and Henry J. Hawley, Town Clerk both residing in Marshall Oneida Co. N.Y. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elias Page who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of 72 years. That he sustains a good moral character, and is entitled to confidence & belief; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid \frac{3}{3} Publius N. Bogue Henry J. Hawley
Nathan Kimball Judge of Oneida common pleas
And I the said Nathan Kimball One of the judges of Oneida Com. Pleas. do hereby declare my 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 stated. And I further certify that it appears to me that Publius N. Bogue who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in Marshall aforesaid and that Henry J. Hawley who has also signed the the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person. And that their state

=ment is entitled to full credit.
Nathan Kimball
Judge of Oneida common pleas
State of New York 3
Onida County ss 3 I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas of said County. do hereby certify that Nathan Kimball before whom the foregoing proceedings for a pension purport to have been had, is and was at the date of the same, one of the Judges of the Court of Com. Pleas in and for the County of Onida aforesaid, and that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature affixed to the said pension papers to be his own proper hand writing and signature. In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this ninth day of November 1853
Geo. Brown Clerk

28.394
E. Page
Admiration Private 9 1/2 months
L. Divine Maternal Maternal Oneida Co. NY

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
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 subjjoined 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. Those 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
   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.     1777 — 2 — Private Col. Ledyard & Capt. Maj. [?] 72 Coventry Claimants afft. & that of Thomas Kingsbury   1778 — 1 — Private Capt. Spencer Lieut. [?] Coventry Claimants afft.   1778 — 3 — Private Capt. Arnold Lieut. Sullivan Coventry Claimants affts.   1779 — 2 — Private Capt. William Wilson & Col. Storr Coventry Claimants afft. & that of Thomas Kingsbury   1780 — 12 — Private Capt. McRoy Coventry Claimants afft.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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
If claimant served in embodied corps called into service by proper authority the documents in the office of Comptroller

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 inquiry 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 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.
nature of infirmity must be stated.
[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 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 places 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 [j] 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.
Public accounts of Connecticut will show it.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 31, 1929
Ruth F. Stacy 731 N. Walnut Street Reedsburg, Wisconsin
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.33356, it appears that Elias Page (son of Thomas Page) was born, October 12, 1761, in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing in said Coventry, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
In the spring of 1777, two months in Captain Amariah Rust's Company under Colonel Ledyard; from March 1, 1778, one month as a substitute for his brother, Phineas Page, in Captain Clark's Company; from May, 1778, three months in Captain John Arnold's Company and was at the battle of Rhode Island under Colonel Lawrence; from May, 1779, two months in Captain William Wilson's Company, under Colonel Storrs; in the summer of 1780, one and one-half months in Captain McRay's Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

November 8, 1833, at which time he was living at Marshall, Oneida County, New York.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Revolution
23356
INVALID.
File No. 23,356
Miss. Pigeon
P. 18 Jan
Act: Jan 1 st 1870
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 318
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929. Jan 31-1-1231. L. Ruth J. Stacey

Mr Davis Divene Waterville New York
(S)
Chas. Edwards Court Room The within is to be sent to him as soon as it is printed. It will be found that it is very interesting to be found that you find the names of the witnesses to be found that it is very interesting to be found that it is very interesting to be found that it is very interesting

Comptroller's Office Dec. 19 th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that there is charged on the books of the Pay Table, under date June 4 th 1779, to the United States the pay roll of Capt. Amos (on the abstract of claims receipted by E. Haskell it is Amariah) Rust's company New London alarm 1778.
Also, under date November 2 nd 1779, there is charged to the United States the pay roll of Capt. Amaryah Rust's company coast guards at New London £4521, 5, 5.
Also, under date February 26 th 1781, there is charged to the United States, the pay roll of Capt. Amaryah Rust's company alarm at New London
Also, under date June 14 th 1783 the pay roll of Capt. Amaryah Rust's company at New Haven alarm is so charged.

I further certify, that I have not been able to find any roll of either of the companies commanded by Capt. Root charged as aforesaid, or any evidence showing how long either of them were in service.
O. Phelps

Sir Transmit all the evidence to be found regarding the service of H. Page in Capt. Rurt's company. It will however be sufficient in my judgment.
I am very respectfully Yours E. Phelps
See if able $2- His service probably in 1778-79-80 & 81 or 2-

State of New York
Oneida County: Elias Page being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following supplementary declaration to his original declaration herunto appended to wit: That in all his terms of service specified in said original declaration he served in the militia of the state of Connecticut under the regular militia officers of said state: That he never received any written discharge: That in the commencement of said declaration, and also in stating his second term of service in said original declaration, where he used the words " entered into the service of the United States " he intended no more than to say that he entered the service of his country as a soldier of the Revolution. and did not intend to be understood as designating whether he belonged to the " Continental Line " " State Troops " " Militia " or " Volunteers " by the use of said general expressions as aforesaid. That the infirmity mentioned in said original declaration is occasioned by an aneurysm  Umbilical Hernia that in each and all of the said terms of service in said original declaration mentioned he was called into service by the Authority of the state of Connecticut either as a drafted or volunteer soldier as particularly stated in said original declaration & that in neither of said terms of service was he engaged in any Civil pursuit and that he was in garrison or field as particularly stated in said original declaration.
Subscribed &
Elias Page.
Sworn this 21 st day of December 1833
before me
Reuben Bacon J. Pease
[Signature]

State of New York Onondaga County } ss:
I George Brown Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that Reuben Bacon before whom the within deposition purport to have been Subscribed and sworn was at the time of the taking the said deposition a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid duly elected and sworn. And further that the papers herunto annexed are the original papers in this application and the same that were sent back from the Pension department to the within applicant for correction.
And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said deposition is his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 25 th day of Decem ber 1833 George Brown Clerk

28:394 Declaration of Elias Page for a Pension —
Marshall } Onida Co. } N. York }
N.B. Papers to be returned for correction if any & the Certificate if allowed to be sent to D. Divine Waterville Onida Co. N.Y.

State of New York St Lawrence County ss: Thomas Kingsbury of the Town of Canton in the aforesaid County, aged seventy nine years, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that in the last of April 1777 the deponent was drafted to serve four months in Capt. Amaziah Rust's company of militia at Coeymans Windham from Holland County, Connecticut, that he served his months immediately following at Fort Griswold under the command of Col. Sedgwick. — That Elias Page formerly of Coeymans aforesaid now a resident of Marshall Oneida Co. N.Y. served with the deponent at Fort Griswold the aforesaid term of two months: — that at the expiration of their service they were both dismissed: — that the said Page returned home and the deponent enlisted at Hudson on the Continental State Troops for six months. The deponent was acquainted with the said Page from childhood; — he has ever sustained a good character for truth and veracity. The deponent further says that he served two months in the militia in Capt. William Wilson's company Col. Storrs' Regiment, at Fort Ticonderoga & Fort Griswold in the summer of 1779, and he believes that the said Page served with him in the same company the same time, but he cannot state positively as to this fact in consequence of old age and loss of memory. but he well recollects several circumstances of this last service related by the said Page, and further says not.
Thos Kingsbury
Sworn to and subscribed this 24th day of October 1833, before me and I do certify that the said Thomas Kingsbury is known to me and is a credible person. J. B. D. Master of the Grand Jury of said Co.

1 State of New York St. Lawrence County ss. I, Alvin C. Sine Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Silas Baldwin Junior before whom the within deposition purports to have been subscribed and sworn to at the time of taking the said deposition a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected & sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and only believe that his name subscribed to the said deposition is his proper hand writing and Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 25 th day of October 1833 A. Sine

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731 N. Walnut Street Reedsburg, Wisconsin March 22, 1928
Pension Department Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. Gentlemen:
Will you please tell me whether or not the pension record names the following men as Revolutionary War veterans?
Isaac Stacy , Sturbridge, Mass.
(believed to be in 3rd Sturbridge Co.)
5th Worcester Co. Regiment of Mass. militia.
Also captain 14th Co. dated Oxford, April 10, 1776)
Isaac Stacy, Jr. (1755 or 56 — 1829)
(Private in Captain Timothy Parker's company of minute men, Col. Warner's regiment.)
Enlisted April 27, 1775 in Mass.
✓ Elias Page born Coventry, Conn. 1751
○ John Donaldson , b. Brimfield, Mass. 1728 d. Cuttonuts, N.Y., 1815
Timothy Donaldson b. Brimfield Mass. 1753 d. 1843
○ Isaac Fonda Rensselaer County, N.Y.
Yours truly, Ruth B. Stacy