Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7873, for Edmund Page, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Page, Edmund Sarah
R. 7873
CONTENTS

State of New York Columbia County ss. On this fifteenth day of July 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid Sarah Page a resident of Chatham in said County of Columbia aged sixty eight years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled an act grant- ing half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is widow of Edmund Page who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army and was enlisted at various times sometimes by land and some times on the water that he was at one time taken Prisoner by the Bri- tish and confined for six months in a place called the Sugar house that he was exchanged and thinks he did not go into the service again when he was taken prisoner he was engaged among the troops called Coast guards under an engagement for nine months or one year but did not nor does he now know the particulars of his services or the officers he served under nor can the length of his different tours she not having been acquainted with him till after he left the service and deriving her inform- ation from what she has frequently heard but expects that his services may be recorded in the War Office among the that were taken prisoners and exchanged as aforesaid and relies on that and the testimony annexed to establish her claim. She further declares that she was married to said Edmund Page on the third day of April Six- teen hundred and Eighty Eight that her husband the said Edmund Page died on the on ninth day of January Eighteen hundred twenty five that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and Ninety four at the time above stated And she further declares that the annexed docu- ment purporting to be a record is the record of the births of her children mostly entered by

by her husband long before his death and that the same has been this day taken from their family near Bible and that she has not since been married and continues the widow of said Edmund Page
Sarah his Page mark
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me and I certify that it ap- peared to me satisfactory that said Sarah Page from great physical debility could not write her name and from bodily infirmity could not attend the court of which I am a judge at the next session
John Bull Junr.
Judge of County Courts in & for Columbia County
State of New York
Columbia County ss: On this 15th day of July 1839 before me John Bull Junr. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid personally appeared Ro- swell Page of Chatham in said County aged thirty nine years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say that he is son of Edmund and Sarah Page mentioned in the foregoing declaration and that the document annexed thereto purporting to be a record is the Record of said Edmund Page entitled by him principally in his family bible and this day taken from him and further that said Edmund & Sarah did near the family as above by the record and that he said as aforesaid and that said Sarah has not since been married and still remains his widow
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year
above written before me and I certify Roswell Page that said Roswell Page is a credible person
John Bull Junr. Judge of County Courts in & for Columbia County.

County of Cumberland Bucks O're
I William Miller clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Bull Jus before whom the foregoing Declaration and affi- davit purports to have been taken was on the day of the same being date one of the Judges of the judges of the County Courts of the County aforesaid and I also certify that Jesse Van Nip before whom the annexed affidavit of Guy Lester purports to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace of said County and the said John Bull Jus and Jesse Van Nip were lawfully sworn into office and duly comm- issioned as such and further that I am well acquainted with their respective hands writing and do hereby believe their names subscribed to said documents to be their genuine hands writing and signature
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 16th day of June 1839
W. Miller

   Betsey Page Born October  16  1789    Sarah Page Born August  18  1791    Rebeckah Page Born June  19  1793    Edmund Page Born March  7  1795    Joel Page Born January -  8  1797    Roswell Page Born November -  1  1799    Ransom Page Born September  17  1801    Pairsjoin Page Born September  30  1804    Sophy Page Born - March  21  1807    Lewis Page Born February -  19  1810    Rebeckah Page Deceased October -  5  1795    Sarah Page Deceased November  22  1798    Edmund Page Deceased January  9  1825   
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Before Christ 170.
34 So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
35 He hanged also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus' day.
37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here I will make an end.
Before Christ 168.
38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired; but, if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone, and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste; even so, speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
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State of New York
Horror County ss Ephraim Hanger of Clorsan in said County Being duly sworn deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Edmund Page in the State of Connecticut in the County of Newhaven and he was also acquainted with Sally Hanger who was sister to this deponent and that the said Edmund Page was married to the said Sally Hanger in the town of Derby County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut by Doctor Mansfield a Clergyman of the Church of England whose Christian name deponent does not recollect and that deponent was then about fourteen years old as near as he can recollect and that he was present at said Marriage and saw them married and that said Marriage took place some time in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight according to the best of deponent's recollection and he knew the said Edmund Page and Sally his wife for about seven years after their marriage while they resided in the State of Connecticut after which period they removed to the State of New York County of Columbia and town of Chatham where deponent knew the said Edmund Page and Sally his wife until the time of the death of the deceased the said Edmund Page which happened about fifteen years ago as near as deponent recollects and also that deponent was at his funeral and that he has known the said Sally Page and lived near her ever since the death of her husband until about three years ago, and has been at her house and seen her about a year and a half ago Sworn and subscribed the 20th day of December 1838 before me
Ephraim Hanger
Jesse Barber Justice of Peace

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7853 P. O. South Page Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 Discharged: _____, 18 Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract. _____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Sarah Page J. E. Heath Esq. Comm d Pensions

8761.
NY
Let to Colburn Blood.
June 24 th 1841
to El. Massworth aprie 13.1843 Same Oct 24. 1847.
act 7. July 38

8761 Sarah Page Sarah Page NY Edmund abt 7 July 38 m 88 d 25.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY: COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.
ss.
J. W. Beach
I, JOHN C. HILL Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County,
and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Page & Samuel Fishbein
Esq is a JUSTICE OF PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed Commissioner and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds: that his Commission is dated the 28 th day of May A.D. 18 38 , and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 18 39 . That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 21 st day of Nov. A.D. 18 38
J. W. Beach Clerk.

I Athriel Stent of North Branford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut, do here and say, that I am eighty six years old, and that I served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war & that I well knew Edmund Page then belonging to Company and in said County & State who also served as a Soldier in the war of the Revolution (Viz) that said Edmund Page in the year 1782 served with me under Capt William McLean in Branford and on the coast, in what was called Coast guard, I was with said Page but two days in which time we took one prize, I was informed and it was generally reported that said Page was afterwards taken and carried to New York and imprisoned. I know that he was absent some time
his Athriel X Stent mark
State of Connecticut New Haven County
Sworn and subscribed this 15 th day of November One thousand and eight hundred & thirty eight before me Benj m Page Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut New Haven County
ss North Branford November the 15 th 1838
This is to certify that Athriel Stent, the above deponent is to me well known as a man of truth & fair moral character & that his testimony is entitled to respect
Testified by me
Benj m Page Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } p. Branford Nov. 20 th 1838 New Haven County }
I James Goodrich of said town of Branford, Depose & say, that I am eighty years of age, that I was born in said town and have resided therein to the present time, that I was personally acquainted with Edmund Page of said Branford, that I heard one Edward Trisbie of said town of Branford say, that S r Edmund Page was with him on a certain expedition in which he the said Trisbie was wounded & the S r E. Page was taken prisoner by the British and carried to New York, and that the S r report was generally believed and I think was true, I think that the commander of the the S r expedition was one Seymour, further the deponent saith not —
James Goodrich
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of Nov. 1838.
Before me,
Samuel Trisbie, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named deponent, James Goodrich, sustains a good character and is considered a man of truth.
Samuel Trisbie Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut New Haven County } S. Branford Nov. 26 th 1838
I (David Towner of said town of Branford, de- pose & say, That I am seventy years of age, that I have lived in said town from the time of my earliest recollections, that I was personally acquainted with Edmund Page, who was an inhabitant of s d town of Branford when I was a youth & the time of the Revolutionary war, that I heard him relate that he was taken by the British on Long Island and imprisoned. I also depose and say that the general report was that he was with one Edward Frisbie at the time he was taken prisoner, that said Frisbie was wounded but made his escape by getting under a canoe & that s d reports were believed to be true. David Towner
Sworn to and Subscribed this 26 th day of Nov. 1838 Before me, Samuel Frisbie Justice of the Peace
This is to certify that Mr. David Towner, the above named deponent, is a member of the first Ev Congregational Church in s d Branford and a man of truth Samuel Frisbie Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. Nov. 20 th 1838
I John Monroe of said town of Branford do hereby and say, that I am seventy eight years of age, that I was born in said Branford and have lived there to the present time, that I was well acquainted with Edmund Page of said town, that I was with him in the action at Southend, so called, in East Haven, when the British, under the command of Gen. Byron, landed at said East Ha- ven & New Haven, that I the said Monroe & Edmund Page served under Capt. James Harker of said Bran- ford & that Lieut. Edward Russell also of said Branford was present at the time of the action - Further that the said Edmund Page told me the said John Monroe, that the second action (in which S. Monroe was not) was much harder than the first - This was in the summer of 1779 - The said Edmund Page was on duty in Branford seven or eight days, as a coast guard
John Monroe
Sworn to and subscribed this 20 th day of Nov. 1838. Before me,
Samuel H. Hildreth, Justice of the Peace
This is to certify that said John Monroe, named above, and who subscribed the above deposition, is a man of respectful character and truth
Samuel Hildreth, Justice of the Peace
Branford Nov. 20 th 1838

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. MONROE COUNTY, CLERK'S OFFICE,
I Certify, that Jesse Parbe Esquire, was at the date of the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument in writing , affidavit , a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, authorized by law to take the same; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and af- fixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, this 24 day of December A. D. 183 8 . Ephraim Ross Clerk.

State of New York } Columbia County }
Be it Known that on the 26th day of October in the year of our Lord 1838 at Chatham in said County personally appeared Guy Lester a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army to me personally known and made oath in due form of Law and says that he was personally acquainted with Edmund Page Late a resident of said town that (as this deponent verily Believes in the year 1778 during the revolutionary War and not long after the Battle of Monmouth) This deponent knows that at Peekskill on the Hudson River a place appointed by the respective Armies for the exchange of prisoners he this deponent was one of the guard of escort that conveyed a number of British prisoners to said Peekskill and there met an escort of British guards with a number of Americans prisoners to the said British army and that among the prisoners brought for exchange by the said British guard was the said Edmund Page and was exchanged accordingly
Guy Lester
Sworn & subscribed Before me this 26th day of October 1838 Lepe Van Wey Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss D. L. Krupf
I, John R. Clarke , Clerk of the County of Columbia, do hereby certify, That Seth Dabny _____ whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed in- strument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Seth Dabny _____ and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County this 10 day of January A. D. 1853 D. L. Krupf Clerk
1853, before me, Seth Dabny Witness, Seth Dabny

Whereas I, Sarah Page, of the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia N.Y. am the Widow of Edmond Page late of said Town of Chatham deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution - And whereas I the said Sarah made application for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th July 1838 - on account of the services of my late Husband the said Edmond which said application was suspended (as I am informed) for further proof.
Now therefore I do hereby constitute and appoint Saml. H. Marks of the city of Albany, and Virgil Leese Esq. of the city of Washington my true and lawful attorneys and agents, for me and in my name to prosecute my claim to such amount of pension as I may be by law entitled to - And for the purposes aforesaid, to appoint or substitute agents or attorneys under them, or in their place and stead; hereby confirming whatsoever my said attorneys or agents, or their substitutes shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hands and seals at Chatham this 6 th day of January A.D. 1853 - Executed in the presence of
Seth D. Duley Hitchin Holland
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Sarah L. Page Marks
State of New York County of Columbia ss.
On this 6 th day of January A.D. 1853, before me the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared Sarah Page above named, and to me well known and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed.
Seth Duley, Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Columbia ss. Sarah Page of the Town of Chatham in said county being duly sworn according to law, deposeth, that she is the Widow of Edmond Page deceased named in the foregoing power of attorney, and that she is the identical person who made application for a Pension under the act 7 th July 1838 - as set forth in the foregoing power of attorney - Subscribed and sworn to this 6 th day of January 1853 before me, Seth Duley, Justice of the Peace.
1853 before me, Seth Duley, Justice of the Peace
Sarah L. Page Marks

Clerk Copy
Oct 23 d 1843
Sarah Page Ny. Dist 36 a 38
James Armstrong Esq. Washington City

Wadsworth Oct 19. 1843
Hon. J. P. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Some years ago I forwarded the claim of the widow, Sarah Page of Chatham in the County of Columbia, for services rendered in the Revolutionary war by her late husband Cornelius Page and some testimony was obtained but not sufficient to sustain his claim and it was hoped that the records in the War Office would furnish the deficiency but am informed that all is not sufficient and her son is disposed to search the former residence of his father in Connecticut in search of testimony and as I did not keep any copies of the testimony that was sent I have to ask copies thereof from your office to aid him in his research for testimony Your immediate completion will much oblige you
Very humble servant
E. Wadsworth

Washington June 17 th 53
Yrs
Enclosed is a Power of Attorney from Sarah Page who claims that she is entitled to a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 - (an opportunity of gaining the papers in this case is requested)
Respectfully
Your obed serv t Vinc t Luce
J. E. Harkness Esq. Comm te Pensions

C. V. Maunsbach Letter to J. S. Evers in Samuel Page's case

Watkins March 6 1843
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
The accompanying claim of Samuel Page has been on hand from the date of his declaration but I did not forward it in hopes of finding more testimony but from the service being rendered in Connecticut and his removing to State of New York soon after the Revolution and as he did not anticipate any benefit from a knowledge of his service being had as soon with reference to those that might have served with him no more light has been discovered but supposing that it may be that an account of his service being taken prisoner & exchanged may be an record in the Pension office I have thought proper to forward it now and ask for its examination
Very Respectfully Yours
E. H. Nasmith
Please address to Watkins P.O. Albany County N York