Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,356, for Ambrose Norton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Bonn
Norton, Ambrose Bethiah
W. 16.356
CONTENTS

Albany 4480
Bethia Norton
widow of Ambrose Norton
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 2 nd May 1813 of Greene Co, in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hall Conn. of the regt, commanded by Col. Swift in the Conn. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of October 1839 and sent to A. Marks Durham Greene Co. N. Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 280.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec. 1840 40.00
$220.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A. Vol. 2. Page 95
Clerk,

6010 Declaration & other Evidence in support of Bethiah Norton's claim for a Pension Under Act of July 7 th 1838
To be sent to Durham Green Co. N.Y. to A. Marks Col. Supt. Capt. Hall Oct 28. May 1877. Copies 10 July 1880

Declaration of Bethiah Norton
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" State of New York County of Greene ss:
On this sixteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, personally appeared before the Hon. Perkins King First Judge of Greene County Court "Bethiah Norton, a Resident of the Town of Greenkill in the County of Greene & State aforesaid aged eighty - seven, 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 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Ambrose Norton who was a Corporal in the Connecticut Line of the Revolutionary Army - That he entered the service, to the best of this deponent's recollection in the year 1777 and continued in the service under various officers for about the period of six years or more from that time, during a part of which time he was in the Company as then commanded by Capt. Comstock, & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Swift, from which Company this deponent several believes he received his discharge at the expiration of his term of service, or at the close of the war, his discharge having been lost from this deponent's possession - That at the time he entered the service he resided in the Town of Guilford County of New Haven & State of Connecticut - That he entered the service as a volunteer or by enlistment and continued until his discharge from the service - and this deponent also says that she has no documentary evidence of such service, & refers to the documents & records of the War or pension department for the particular evidence of his service - She further declares that she was married to the said Ambrose Norton on the seventh day of October in the year seventeen hundred and ninety at said Town of Guilford in the State aforesaid

by the Rev. Mr Fowler then a minister of the gospel of said town of Guilford - That her husband, the aforesaid Ambrose Norton died on the second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen at Greenville in the County of Greene & state of New York - That she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated. That she has no record or documentary evidence to prove such marriage except the record made in the family bible as entered upon the leaf of
Ambrose & Bethiah Norton Marriage October 7th 1790 - Ruth was Born August 1791 William was Born Dec 1792 Hannah was Born Oct 1794 Deborah was Born Oct 1796 Lee was Born Oct 1802
the same which is herunto annexed which has this day been taken from said family Bible, the record, or entry upon which are correct and true, and the events therein recorded took place as they were thus originally entered upon said leaf - And this deponent further says that since the death of said Ambrose Norton as above stated she has not been again married, but has since that time remained the widow of said Ambrose Norton - The entries in said family record are in the hand writing of said Ambrose Norton deceased as aforesaid
Bethiah Norton
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me Perkins King, First Judge of Green County Courts and I the said Perkins King do certify that the aforesaid Bethiah Norton cannot, from old age and bodily infirmity attend the Court that I am well acquainted with her, & know her to be the person above described
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid

Greene County ss William Norton being duly sworn says that he is a resident of the town of Greenville County aforesaid and State of New York of the age of Forty six years that he was well acquainted with Ambrose Norton formerly of the same place & now deceased being the son of said Norton & Bethiah Norton his widow & now an applicant for a pension that the family Bible or record of said Ambrose Norton has been for many years kept in the possession of this deponent that the record or leaf which is annexed, is attached to the above Declaration of Bethiah Norton was this day taken from said Family Bible in presence of this deponent and attached to said Declaration with the record & entries therein as they remain in said Bible, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing in which said Record is made & the same is in the hand writing of said Ambrose Norton the father of this deponent, who died as herein stated And this deponent further says that he was present during the last illness, death & funeral of said Ambrose Norton that he died at Greenville aforesaid on the second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen - that since that time Bethiah Norton the applicant aforesaid has always remained the widow of said Ambrose, & has resided with or near this deponent in Greenville aforesaid, & further says not William Norton
Subscribed & sworn before me this Twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. And I do certify that William Norton who subscribed & swore to the truth of the above affidavit is to me well known to be the person therein described & that he is a credible person & whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief
Perkins King First Judge of Greene County court

State of New York County of Greene } ss.
Some of the facts were inadvertently repeated herein in this affidavit & the deponent being in haste had not time to check and strike them out
James Henson of the Town of Greenville in the County of Greene & state aforesaid being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Ambrose Norton a revolutionary soldier & formerly a resident of said Town aforesaid that he has also both before & since the decease of said Norton been well acquainted with Bethiah Norton the wife & since his decease the widow of said Ambrose Norton & a resident of said Town aforesaid that he was well acquainted with Ambrose Norton late a resident of the Town of Greenville in the County of Greene & that he died at Greenville aforesaid on the 2 d day of May 1813. This deponent was present and saw him die & attended his funeral at the place aforesaid - and this deponent further says that he is & has been for a great number of years well acquainted with Bethiah Norton the wife of said Ambrose Norton having for a long time lived neighbors to her & to said Ambrose before his death. and this deponent further says that since the death of said Ambrose Norton as aforesaid said Bethiah has remained unmarried & the widow of said Ambrose Norton at Greenville aforesaid & further says not James Henson
Subscribed & sworn before me this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine - And I do certify that James Henson of the Town of Greenville aforesaid who subscribed & swore to the truth of the foregoing affidavit is to me well known as the person therein described & that he is a person of credibility & whose statements are entitled to full credit & belief.
Perkins Hovey First Judge of Greene County courts

State of New York
Greene County ss } I William V. P. Hermance Clerk of the said County, do certify that the Hon. Perkins King before whom the foregoing declaration of Bethuel Norton and affidavits of William Norton and James Lawson were sworn, was at the date of the same, and now is, First Judge of the Greene County Courts (being Courts of record) duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to said declaration and affidavits, is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal of the said County this 23 rd day of August 1839
William V. P. Hermance CL

State of New York County of Delaware } p.
Patrick Falkner of the Town of Middletown in the County aforesaid being duly sworn. Says that he is now of the age of seventy years that he formerly resided in the Town of Guilford in the County of New Haven in the state of Connecticut. That he was acquainted with Ambrose Norton and Bethiah Goldsmith formerly residents of said Town of Guilford aforesaid and afterwards residents of Greenville in the County of Green and state of New York - that on the seventh day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety, at Guilford in the state of Connecticut aforesaid he this deponent was present at the wedding or marriage ceremony of said Ambrose Norton and Bethiah Goldsmith and saw them married by the Rev. Mr. Fowler then a minister of the gospel of said Town of Guilford in the state aforesaid - and this deponent further says that he knows said Ambrose Norton to be the same person who had previously been in the Revolutionary Army and who afterwards removed to Greenville in the County of Green as aforesaid where he resided until his death in the year 1813 - and also knows that said Bethiah Goldsmith was the same person who is now the widow of said Ambrose Norton and resides at Greenville in said County of Green aforesaid, and that she has resided there since the death of her said husband Ambrose Norton and further says not.
Patrick Falkner
David Morse
State of New York County of Delaware } p.
President Falkner of the Town of Middletown in the County aforesaid being duly sworn says that she is now of the age of sixty six years that she formerly resided in the Town of Guilford in the state of Connecticut and was well acquainted with Ambrose Norton and Bethiah Goldsmith formerly residents of said Town of Guilford in the state aforesaid - that she was present and saw said Ambrose Norton and Bethiah Goldsmith married at the time, place and manner as specified in the foregoing affidavit of Patrick

Falkner, and that said Ambrose Norton and Bethiah Goldsmith are the same persons as mentioned and described in the foregoing affidavit and who have resided as therein mentioned, and that said Ambrose Norton died, and said Bethiah has remarried his widow and resided as stated in said foregoing affidavit of Patrick Falkner, and further says not-
Prudence her X Falkner mark
David Morse
Delaware County } ss State of New York }
Personally appeared before me Warren Dimmick a Commissioner of Deeds for and for the County of said Patrick Falkner him and Prudence Falkner this 27 th Day of December 1838 both of the Town of Middletown County and State of said to me well known as the persons described in and who each signed the foregoing affidavits in my presence and each of whom being by me duly sworn, declared the matters and things set forth in said affida- -vits signed by each to be true and I further certify that each of said persons so sworn are persons of credibility and entitled to full credit and belief under Oath
Warren Dimmick
Com r of Deeds &c
State of New York County of Delaware ss
I, Bradford W. Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware do hereby certify that Warren Dimmick Esquire the Commissioner of Deeds &c before whom the two foregoing affidavits

purports to have been Sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner. Said He in and for the County of Delaware duly Commissioned and Sworn and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the Said Commissioner and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Said County this 2 nd day of January 1839. B. V. Sheldon Clerk

I Aaron Dutton pastor of the First Church in Guilford State County of New Haven State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the records of the first Church in Guilford A.D. previous for the time previous to the year eighteen hundred are not in my possession & I suppose them to be lost. Of course records cannot find the records of the marriage of Annabell Norton & Bethiah Goldsmith which is said to have taken place in the year A.D. 1790.
Aaron Dutton
Guilford July 16 th 1839.
State of Connecticut } Probate Court for the District New Haven County } of Guilford this 16 th day of July 1839
Personally appeared Aaron Dutton pastor of the first Congregational Church of Guilford in said District and well known to this court to be such and made subscribed and made solemn oath to the foregoing deposition on the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Tuttle Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Guilford
State of Connecticut } Probate Court for the District of Guilford New Haven County } this 16 th day of July A.D. 1839.
I Ralph D. Smith, Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that Isaac Tuttle Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate for the said District of Guilford duly commissioned and qualified and that his commission is dated on the 5 th day of June A.D. 1839 & will expire on the 20 th day of June A.D. 1840. & that his signature above written is genuine. Given under my hand and seal
of said Court of Probate this 16 th day of July A.D. 1839.
Ralph D. Smith Clerk of P. Court of Probate

4480
New York
Bethiah Norton
2nd July 7. 1838
Marr'd 7. Oct. 1790
Husb'd died 2 May 1813
Col Swift - 2 Comd Capt Hall 3 Lieut
Enl 28. May 1777
Corporal 10. July 1780
Admitted Private 2 years
Lt Marks Esq Dunham
New York

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16356
Bethia Norton
Wid of
Ambrose Norton
Priv B.W. War
Act: July 7 th '68
Index:—Vol. M , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6010 Aug 30 Durham N.Y. July 26 1838.6 mt. July 7. 1838
Dear Mother and Friends
fee
J. S. Edwards Esq. Conde Pension Washington City

J. S. Edwards Esq Comd Pladsins
Sir Enclosed I send you the papers in support of Mrs Bethiah Norton Colbun for a Pension under the Act of July 7 th 1838-
The two affidavits of witnesses to prove the marriage taken last December were obtained before knowing that Parish Records were usually kept of marriages in Connecticut - Since then I have been trying to obtain proof from such Records - but the Rev. Mr Dutcher after long delay & search has sent me the enclosed proof of the top of the Records - I accordingly send on the affidavits of the witnesses present the leaf from the family Records & the necessary proof of death &c - I suppose there is no doubt about the Records showing all that is necessary of his services - His land patent issued to him as a Corporal in the Connecticut line - I believe the proof enclosed is therefore sufficient to sustain the claim.
Respectfully
Dusham Green Co N. York Aug. 25 th 1839
Yours Obt. Servt A. Marks