Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11298, for Jacob Rice, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Rice, Jacob
S 11298
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CONTENTS

12904 14,577 - 14,577 New York
Jacob Rice
of Columbia in the State of N. York who was a Private & Corp l in the Comp y commande by Captain Ora Nett - of the Ag y commande by Gen. Douglass - in the N. York line for 8 Mos Priv: 2 V 8 " Corp l 3
Comm. Date Apr. 10 th . Records corrected. R.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 55 Dollars 90 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of June 1833 and No. 774. Solus New Lebanon
Arrears to the 4 th of Ma: '33 $111.80 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 th d r '33 27.95 $139.75
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Miles Clerk Book 8 Vol. 11 Page 73.

22904
Jacob Rice Columbia County New York
admitted
8 mo. Private.
8 mo. Corporal.
266 1/2 29.6 60/100 2 5/9
Wm. Loby New Lebanon Columbia Co N.Y.

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. 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, shewing the Service of Jacob Rice Columbia Co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 8 Capt Brack - Col Douglas 80   May 1777 8 Capt Capt Peck Col Cross Staten Island N.Y. Traditionary   10 Cross- Living Witness  
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 day 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 he 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 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.
R. Newman lk

State of New York } Columbia County }
Esak King of the town of New Lebanon in the County and State aforesaid Physician - doth depose and say that he is sixty one years of age - That he is well acquaint- ed with Jacob Rice of the said town of New Liba- non and has known him for twenty years and upwards - during which time he has lived in the same neighbourhood with said Jacob Rice whom this deponent hath often heard and can as well during the early as the latter part of the -former's acquaintance with him, that he the said Jacob Rice had been a soldier of the revolution. That he enlisted in the service of the United States That he was in one or two engagements many particulars of which he would sometimes relate That he had been with the american army at White Plains - That he had been stationed at Horseneck - That he had enlisted twice for the term of eight months - both of which terms he had fully served - and also that he had served in the army when he had not enlisted - And this deponent further says that he is now the attending Physician of the said Jacob Rice - That he is very old and infirm and entirely deprived of this reason - his memory has left him & his judgment entirely gone - his situation is one of total prostration of the mind and

he is wholly unable to take any care of himself sittingly incapable of relating any thing he ever saw or heard intelligibly - And the depo- nent further says that he believes the said Jacob Rice to be of the age of Eighty years or upwards - and that he has heretofore told depo- nent his age - And further deponent says not -
Esau King
State of New York } Columbia County } ss On this Eleventh day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the unman- ed a justice of the Peace for the County of Colum- bia & State aforesaid Esau King signor of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth, before me & I hereby certify that the said Esau King is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit -
Isaac D. Dand Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Columbia County } ss Henry Hull of the town of New Lib- erty in the County of Columbia being duly sworn says that he is forty years of age - that he is well ac- quainted with Jacob Rice of the town of New Lebanon aforesaid - that he has known him for about twenty years and has lived on terms of intimacy with him - That

The said Jacob Rice is now in a state of mental imbecility and wholly incapable of making any declaration or intelligible relation of what he has at any time seen or known — And this deponent further says that during the time when the said Jacob Rice was in full possession of his intellect he often heard him say that he was a soldier in the war of the revolution — that he was with the American army at New York and at White Plains — that the said Jacob Rice was a credible person and is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives to have been a soldier of the revolution and this deponent concurs in that opinion — And he further says that the said Jacob Rice is now about eighty years of age
Henry Hull
State of New York Columbia County } ss
On this twenty third day of January 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace of the county aforesaid Henry Hull signer of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth & I hereby certify that the said Henry Hull is a credible person This statement is entitled to credit —
Ira Dand-Justice of the Peace
State of New York Columbia County } ss
We Edwin Sanays a clergyman residing in the town of New Lebanon in the County & State aforesaid and Nathaniel Stickel residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Rice of New Lebanon aforesaid mentioned in the foregoing affidavits of Ezek King & Henry Hull — that we believe him to

be Eighty years of age & upwards - That he is now in a state of mental imbecility & incapable of giving a relation of any thing he has known or seen - comitly or intelligibly - That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed before me this sixth day of February 1833
Edwin Sanders
Nathaniel Nichols
Ira Hand Justice of the Peace
State of New York } On this eighth day of February 1833 personally Columbia County ss } appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace of the Town of New Lebanon in the County and State of said Edwin Sanders a clergyman & Nathaniel Nichols signers of the foregoing certificate & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth and thereby certify that the said Edwin Sanders & Nathaniel Nichols are both credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit -
Ira Hand Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Columbia County ss
ss. I. Joseph D. Mott, Clerk of the said County do certify that Ira Hand Esq. before whom the preceding Affi- davits purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County - And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said Affidavits is his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office This twenty first day of February 1833.
J. D. Mott

in reply to your request of _____, _____, _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Rice a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 11,298.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 1776. 8 mos. Pri. Brackett Douglas Conn.   May 1777. 8 mos. Cop. James Peck Emes "          
Battles engaged in, Little Bay, Harlem Heights, White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Jan. 11, 1833.
Residence at date of application, New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N.Y., having formerly lived at Wallingford, New Haven Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, About 80 yrs.
Remarks: The claim was allowed.
There is no data relative to family.

Reorgan
11298 INVALID.
File No. 11298
Jacob Rice Rev Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Sept. 19, 1911. Hist. to Mrs. Emma Shumway Jackson Fr.
1911, Oct. 6. Hist. to Dr. Florence J. Rice
June 25, 1912. Hist. to Fr. Horace S. Rice. letter with See claim of Amasa Shumway N.F. 24953.
1912, July 29. History to Fr. Miss Bertha L. Rice.
1914, Mch. 27. History to Fr. Mrs. Eugene F. Aldrich.
1915, Feb. 5. History to Fr. Mrs. C. E. S. Robinson.

In the matter of the application of Jacob Rice - for a Pensions
Papers
22904
Wm H Tobey - New Leba non - Columbia County New York - Agent for

1. Jeremiah Hall of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut - of lawfull age depose and say that I am that I am acquainted with Jacob Rice - of New Lebanon - in the State of New York and for many of said Wallingford - that in the forepart of May 1777 the said Jacob Rice being a corporal in company commanded by Captain James Peck - induced me to enlist into the said Company in which the said Rice was corporal - for the term of eight months - the said Company belonged to Col. Eno's Regiment - in the Connecticut Line - State troops - that aponent together with the said Rice - marched to East Haven and kept guard upon the sea Coast - untill the forepart of August of the same year - when the said Company left and marched to Fishkill in the State of New York passing through Danbury on the passage - from them to Fishkill in the same State - where they remained then a week or two - from thence to Crompond - thence to North Street and from thence to Mamaroneck - where they remained aponent thinks about two months - from thence the said Company proceeded to Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut - where they remained untill the first of January in the year 1778 when they were finally discharged having been in the service of the United States not less than eight months - and the said Rice was with aponent during the said term - and further the aponent saith not. - Jeremiah Hall
County of New Haven ss. Wallingford Dec. 31. 1832 -
Personally appeared before me - the undersigned - a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven - Jeremiah Hall signee of the foregoing deposition and upon the pains and penalties of perjury - solemnly affirmed to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing deposition before me - and thereby certify that the said Hall is a credible person and his statement is entitled to credit. -
A. B. Chapin Just. of Peace

I Scholod Ives of Wallingford in the County New Haven and State of Connecticut - of lawfull age depose and say that I am well acquainted with Jacob Rice - of New Lebanon in the State of New York for many of Wallingford aforesaid - that in latter part of the spring of the year 1776 - deponent together with the said Rice - enlisted into a Company, commanded by Captain Brackett - Col. Douglass - Regiment - General Wadsworth Brigade - Connecticut line State troops - for the space of eight months - that the said Company proceeded to New York - and from thence to Long Island after having been in the city of New York about three months that they remained there about two weeks - when they left in the night and returned to New York - when they proceeded to Smith's Bay - & were in the skirmish at place from thence they proceeded to Haaren Heights - and were in the battle at that place - from thence they went to White Plains - and were in the battle at that place - from thence to North Street - and from thence to a place called Winter Hill - & from that place to Horse Neck where they were virtually discharged at Christmas. - having been in the service of the United States not up then eight months - and deponent further says that he had heard the deposition of Jeremiah Hull written upon this same sheet of paper - & he says he was in the same town - with the said Hull & Rice - & deposed to the same facts therein set forth - and further the deponent saith not. - Scholod Ives
County of New Haven at Wallingford Dec. 31. 1832
Personally appeared before me - the undersigned a Just. of the Peace for the County of New Haven Scholod Ives - signee of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein set forth - before me I humbly certify that the said Ives is a credible person & his statement is entitled to belief. -
A. B. Chapin Just of Peace

I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford - in the State of Con- -necticut do hereby certify that A. P. Chapin whose name is written to the foregoing depositions of Jeremiah Hull & Ichabod Sped - as a Justice of the Peace - is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven - duly qualified to ad- minister oaths - and that the same is his hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand - and the seal of the office - this 21 st day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Randall Cook Clerk

Re. War Section-
Department of the interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
I would like very much to very much to get the war record of Jacob Rice.
Jacob Rice served under Colonel Douglass. Also served under Colonel Enns.
Born in Wallingford Conn.
December 9 th 1756.
Widow's name
Anna Hull.
Address.
Mrs C. E. S. Robbins 95 Holden St. W. Adams Mass.

Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions - Sir -
The following is as law asked concerning Jacob Rice - Officers under whom he served. Captain Brackett      Colonel Douglass " James Peck            " Ennis
Residence at enlistment in State of Conn.
Residence after discharge New Lebanon Columbia Co. N.Y.
Born 1756
Died about 1836
Given name of widow Anna Hill.
Yours respectfully
Mrs. Eugene F. Aldrich
662 Ashland St. North Adams Mass.

87 Florence St.,
Worcester, Mass.,
Sept. 13, 1911.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington.
I have several ancestors who took part in the Revolution- ary War, and am desirous of getting their war record in full. Do you find that Levi Shumway, W 20.050 born Oct. 21, 1752, died Apr. 10, 1835, born in Oxford Mass., who I believe enlisted from Belcher- Town Mass., - Capt. Dohu Gove's

company, in the regiment of Col. B. R. Woodbridge, in 1875, a Private, ever was granted a pension? or his wife, who was Chlo Chloe Belknap, and After the war he removed to Whitingham, Vt., and later owned a farm in Readsboro Vt., He was my paternal Great Grandfather,
My paternal grandmother's Father was Capt. Jonathan Carley and I have reason to believe he was from Whitingham Vt. I would like any information con- cerning him possible.
On my mother's side

My great, great grandfather Jacob Rice , b. 11.2.98 who married Anna Hull, and his father Amos Rice who married Sarah Mose, were in the Rev. war. I have reason to believe that Jacob & Amos lived and were born in Wallingford Conn. and most likely enlisted from there, but Jacob moved from Wallingford to Plymouth Conn. and later lived in Lebanon Springs New York. I should say if he had a pension it must have been applied for from that place & his father from Wallingford, & possibly he may have lived in Plymouth.

In Davis History of Wallingford, Amos is recorded as born Nov. 1, 1725, and his son Jacob, as born Dec. 9, 1756.
Respectfully Yours,
Emma Shumway Packson, 87 Florence St., Worcester, Mass.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE JUL 23 1937869 1912 WAR DEPARTMENT.
Address: "The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C."
1937869 WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON. July 23, 1912.
Respectfully returned to
Miss Bertna L. Rice, 1 Webster Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.
The name Jacob Royce (Roys or Rice) has not been found on the rolls, on file in this Department, of any organization of Connecticut or Continental troops in service in the war of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary War records in this Department is, however, far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the Adjutant General of the State, at Hartford, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Henry O. McCain Adjutant General. 7
Received A.G.O. JUL 23 1912

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
1 Webster Avenue Allston, Mass.
July 21, 1912
War Dept. Washington D.C. Gentlemen: -
It is generally understood that Jacob Royce served in the Rev. War. He lived at the beginning, in Meriden or Wallingford. Conn. and about 1780 moved to New Lebanon N.Y. He was associated with Capt. John Sampsad also of Conn.
The name is sometimes spelled Roy or Rice .
Will you kindly give me any information you can relating to him and greatly oblige.
Yours Very truly (Miss) Bertha L. Rice