Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,589, Amos Bemis, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bemis Amos Lydia
NUMBER
W. 23.589
CONTENTS

No 5346 Vermont
Amos Bemis
of Windsor Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Killburn of the Reg't commanded by Col. Putnam in the Massachusetts line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Feby. 1833 and sent to Hon. H. Hubbard, M. R.
Arrears to 14th of Sept r 1832 30.00 Pens ant . allowance ending 14 March } 1833 10.00 $ 40.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 4 Page 48

Amor Benis
Vermont
H. Hubbard
1807

State of Vermont } On this 7 th day of August in the year Windsor District ss. } of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, said Court being a Court of Record by the Laws of this State, Amos Bemis, a resident of Baltimore in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged sixty nine 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 act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. —
That he was born at Sudbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 24 th day of November A D 1762 — That he has no record of his age but supposes it may be found recorded in the Records of Sudbury —
That he enlisted at Winchendon Mass in July 1780 & served in a Company commanded the latter part of his service by Capt. Killum in the 5 th Mass. Regt of State Troops — That he joined the Army at West Point — at which time the Regt was commanded by Col. Putnam — That he served the term of during his enlistment, being six months — and at the expiration of said term was discharged at West Point by Lt Col. Comt. Ezra Sewall on the 9 th day of January A D 1781 — rec d a written discharge which is now in said Bemis possession and will accompany this declaration — — That while he was in the service his company was at Peekskill, Gallows Hill, Orange town and Tottoway besides West Point — — That one Jason Blake was his orderly Sergeant —
That since the Revolutionary War he has resided in S d Winchendon, Chester, & Baltimore M d — — That he moved to Chester from the first mentioned place about thirty five years ago — resided there about two years, after which to the present time he has resided in Baltimore —
That he hereby relinquishes every claim 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 — Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
The said declarant is acquainted with Benjamin Page and Joshua Martin Junr. of Baltimore who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to, and subscribed, Amos Bemis the day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Benjamin Page and Joshua Martin Junr, residing in the town of Baltimore in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Amos Bemis, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that believe him to be sixty nine years of age; 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. —
Benjamin Page
Sworn to, and subscribed, Joshua Martin Junr the day and year aforesaid.
Jabez Proctor Judge
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served, as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Benjamin Page , who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is a resident in Baltimore in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and, that Joshua Martin Junr, who has also

signed the same is a resident in Waitsfield in the County and State aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Amos Bemis for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn. —

Amos Beemis
Le nittee
6 mo.
Private
$20.00
Non. H. Hubbard
Ho Rept

BRIEF in the case of Amos Bemis of Windsor Co., in the State of Vermont (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a     In 1780 July " 6 " Private Gen. Putnam Capt. Killborne, Col. Putnam, Mass. 8th Regt. Continental Troops  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Winchester, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Nourse
Examining Clerk.

187, Vermont. Montpelier Lydia Bemis, widow of Amos Bemis, Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of June 1848 and sent to
Thomas H. Hammond Brownsville Vt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 38, Vol. 3
Reported
Date of widow's death not on A. B.

13228
Mrs Lydia Bennet of Windsor County Vermont widow of Amos
Act 7th July 1838 - 9218
Admitted 1373
6 mo? private
$20 per annum from 4 March 1856 to 4 March, 1841.
Also
acts '43 & 44.
$20 per annum
John Bryant Agent Meriden N.H.

State of Vermont, ) On this 23 rd day of May, in the year one District of Windsor, ss.) thousand eight hundred and forty six, Personally appeared before the Probate Court, in and for the District aforesaid, Lydia Bemis, a resident of Baltimore in said District of Windsor, aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her Oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows". That she is the Widow of Amos Bemis, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and for his Revolutionary Services, obtained a Pension of twenty dollars per annum, under the Act of June 7, 1832. For a particular description of his services, reference may be had to his Declarations and proofs accompanying the same now on file in the Pension Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Amos Bemis, some time in the winter of the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, at Greenwich, in the County of Hamp- shire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, her former name being Lydia Goodenough; that she was married by a justice of the Peace by the name of Powers, whose Christian name she does not now remember; that she has no family record of her marriage and knows of no person living who was present at the time; that her husband, the aforesaid Amos Bemis, died at Baltimore in said District of Windsor on the fourth day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated, that she has not since intermarried but is now a Widow. Lydia Bemis mark.
Sworn to and subscribed this twenty fifth day of May, A.D. 1846.
Before me,
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of said Probate Court.

I, Nancy Horton of Baltimore, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged fifty two years, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am a daughter of Amos Bemis and Sydia Bemis, within named; that from my earliest recollection up to the time of the death of the said Amos, which took place in October 1835, my said Father and Mother, constantly lived together in the relation of husband and wife and I never heard their marriage questioned, nor have I any reason to doubt but that they were legally married. They had nine children, four of whom were older than myself, and five younger; that since the death of my said Father, my Mother the said Sydia Bemis, has remained a Widow, and is now sole and unmarried. Nancy Horton
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Nancy Horton, this 25 th day of May, 1846. Before me. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate.
I, Lewis Bemis of Baltimore, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged thirty eight years being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am the youngest child of Sydia Bemis and Amos Bemis, within named, that I have constantly lived with my said Parents from my earliest recollection, that my Father, the said Amos Bemis, died at said Baltimore on the fourth day of October 1835, that I was present and saw him die, and that the said Sydia is now a Widow. And I further say that my said Parents ever lived together in the relation of husband and wife, and I never heard their marriage questioned, nor have I any reason to doubt but that they were legally married; that I am the youngest of nine children of the same family, and that the said Amos Bemis, was a Prisoner of the United States at the time of his death. Lewis Bemis
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Lewis Bemis, this 25 th day of May, 1846. Before me. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate.

State of Vermont, } I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate Court District of Windsor ss. } for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Lydia Bemis who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and Nancy Horton and Lewis Bemis, who have severally sworn to and subscribed the annexed affidavits, are persons of truth and veracity, and that their respective statements are entitled to full credit and belief. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate.
State of Vermont, } I, Salomon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor ss. } District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Lydia Bemis, and the annexed Affidavits of Nancy Horton and Lewis Bemis were sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, which Probate Court is a Court of Record; and that the signature annexed to the foregoing Certificate of the Oath of the said Declarant, and affiants, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Cavendish in said District, this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Salomon F. Dutton, Register.

Mrs Lydia Bemis
Certificate of intention of
marriage Dec. 1785

I Webster Whitney Town Clerk of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify That upon application to me for record evidence of the marriage of Amos Bemis formerly of this town to Lydia Goodnow now the Widow of said Amos Bemis of Baltimore in the State of Vermont I have searched the Book of records of marriages now in my custody but do not find a record of such marriage nor have I been able to find a record of the birth of their children but on a further search of the records of the intention of marriage I find a record of which the following is a copy "Amos Bemis & Lydia Goodnow of Petersham their intention of marriage was published in Winchendon as the law directs Decem 1785"
Webster Whitney Clerk of the Town of Winchendon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss
Sworn and subscribed to the 5 th day of December 1826
Before me Joseph White Justice of Peace I further certify the Rev Webster Whitney who has subscribed and sworn to the above certificate as Clerk of said Winchendon and that he is a credible witness. Joseph White Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 23 d 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed Joseph White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester S.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. G. Russell;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

October 16, 1955.
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Athena R. Provencal 171 North Main Street Rutland, Vermont
BA-J/ady Q Amos Bemis W.23589
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the names of the parents of Amos Bemis, Revolutionary War soldier, W. 23589, also, where the date of his birth was obtained which was shown in a report from this office as November 24, 1762 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
In the report of October 7, 1935 which was mailed to your address and to which report, doubtless, you refer, you will note in paragraph two that the data furnished in that report were obtained from the papers on file in the above noted claim for pension and in the third paragraph that the names of the parents of Amos Bemis are not shown. He gave the date of his birth as November 24, 1762 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and stated that he had no record of his age but that it might be obtained from the records at Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

October 7, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mrs. Grace Garfield 171 North Main Street Rutland, Vermont
AMOS BEMIS W. 23589 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Amos Bemis, born November 24, 1762, and died in Baltimore, October 4, 1835.
The record of Amos Bemis follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 23589, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Amos Bemis was born November 24, 1762, in Sudbury, Massachusetts; the names of his parents are not given.
Amos Bemis enlisted in Winchendon, Massachusetts, in July, 1780, served as private in Captain Killam's company, Colonel Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged January 9, 1781.
After the Revolutionary War the soldier resided in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, until about 1797 when he moved to Chester, Vermont, lived there about two years, then moved to Baltimore, District of Windsor, Vermont.
Amos Bemis was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, while a resident of Baltimore, Vermont. He died there October 4, 1835.
Amos Bemis, a resident of Winchendon, Massachusetts, married sometime in the winter of 1786, in Greenwich, Hampshire County, or in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Lydia Goodnough or Goodnow, a resident of Petersham. Their intention of marriage was published in the Town of Winchendon in December, 1785.

Soldier's widow, Lydia Bemis, was allowed pension on her application executed May 25, 1846, at which time she was aged eighty-five years and a resident of Baltimore, Windsor District, Vermont.
Amos Bemis and his wife, Lydia, had nine children, one or two of whom were born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, before they moved to Vermont. The only names of children given were Nancy Horton, their fifth child, who in 1846 was aged fifty-two years (the given name of her husband not shown), and Lewis Bemis, their youngest child, who in 1846 was aged thirty-eight years. They were both in that year residing in Baltimore, Vermont.
In 1846, Amos Bemis' brother, Abel Bemis, then aged seventy-four years, was living in Winchendon, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

This certifies, that Amos Bemis has served Six Months in the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment Being the Whole term of his enlistment and is hereby Discharged the army of the United States of AMERICA —
Given under my hand at quarters West Point this 4 th Day of Jan y 1861
Ezra D. Newhall Lt Colonel

Young companies are requested to furnish the within Named Soldiers with proposition to carry him to Windham in the Massachusetts State West Point July 10 th 1860
6th G. D. Newhall L. Col.
Amos Bemis Mass M. 23589

Prod.
Rev 23589 WIDOW, &c.
Apr. 21/91 E. H. Elmira, W.Y.
File No. 23589
Lydia Dennis wid of Samuel Dennis Dis. New Mar.
1820, Mar 22 Hist. fo
Mrs. C. H. Maurice. EW
1935 Oct 7 - Hst to Mrs Grace Garfield - Vol 13
1935 Oct 16. Athena O. Brown cal ad. as to birth & parents - A. 12/91
Act: Feb 21/91
Index: Vol. A, Page 99
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs Lydia Bennis vth Proof of marriage - Abed Bennis affidavit -

I Abel Burns of Winchendon in the County of Worcester State of Massachusetts now in the Seventy fifth year of my age do hereby certify that I have heretofore been well acquainted with her Mother the widow Lydia Burns of Bolton in the County of Worcester and State of Vermont My acquaintance commenced with her while she was a single woman by the name of Lydia Goodnow when she was a resident of the Neighbouring Town of Petersham  of Petersham, she was married at the Soon after the close of the war of the revolution was married to Amos Burns then of said Winchendon who was a brother in of mine and who had performed one or more short tours of service in the revolutionary army I was not present to witness their marriage but believed took place in said Petersham some time in the year 1786 They commenced housekeeping soon after their said marriage in said Winchendon where I used to work for my said Brother and have no doubt of her having been lawfully married to the said Lydia Goodnow now his Madam as early as some time in year 1786 for I know that they after- words lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and had one or more children born here before their removal from Winchendon to her mother's

I further depose and say that I laboured for my said Brother soon after his removal and settlement in said Windsor County Vermont and for the this deposition I do not
Abel Bemis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss
Sworn and subscribed to this 5 th day of December 1846
Before me Joseph White justice of the peace I further certify that Abel Bemis the depositor is a credible witness
Joseph White justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, December 23 d . 1846
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed, Joseph White was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

10 5 25

Amos Bemis - Vermont Roll - Act 7 June 1832 - $20 per annum. Will the Third Auditor please say to what time he was last paid?
Pension Office 7 March 10, 1847. }
Paid on the Burlington, now Poultney, to 11 th Sept 1835. - He was then transf d to Windsor, now Montpelier, on which Roll he has received no payments. B. B.
P. S. Please state the Roll, always - B. B.

Admitted
Thos. A. Hammond Brownsville p5

State of Vermont, } On this 12 th day of May, in the year, one thousand eight District of Windsor ss. } hundred and forty eight, personally appeared before the Probate Court in and for the district of Windsor aforesaid, Lydia
Bemis, a resident of Baltimore in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, aged 86 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of Amos Bemis, who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and received a pension of twenty dollars per annum under the act of June 7. 1832; that she was herself placed on the pension List, at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, under the Acts of July 7. 1838, March 3 d . 1843, and June 17 th 1844, and continued to draw a pension until the 4 th March 1848; She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lydia her Bemis mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written. "aged 86 years" interlined before signing.
Before me,
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
I certify, that the above named declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension, as stated by her in the foregoing Declaration.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
The Certificate may be forwarded to me, at Brownsville, Windsor Co. Vt.
Thomas F. Hammond,

State of Vermont. } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for District of Windsor ss. } the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby Certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Lydia Bemis was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of the Probate Court for said District of Windsor, which is a Court of Record having Probate Jurisdiction; and that the signature annexed to the foregoing Certificate of the oath and identity of the said Declarant, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature. — Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Cavendish in said District, this 15 th day of May, A.D. 1848. The words "the signature annexed to" being first interlined.
Salmon F. Dutton, Register.

(10.215)
Vermont.
Rep o .
Lydia Bemis
Widow of Amos Bemis who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 4 th Octo. 1835 of Windsor in the State of Maine Vt. who was a Re d in the Com py . commanded by Captain Stiles of the Re d Com py commanded by Col o Putnam in the He d S q . line for Com py .
Inscribed on the Roll of Pen s at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1837 and sent to John Bryant, Meriden, N.H.
Total amount, $100.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A.A. Wood, Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 125

2 Certfs. 1838, 18,370
Rep?
Mount. 8112. Vermont.
Lydia Bemis widow of Amos Bemis who was a Private in the Mass. Line
Husb. died 4 th Oct. 1835.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1847. and sent to
John Bryant Esq. Meriden, N.H.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2. Page 60.

OLD WAR & NAVY SEP 22 1897 FILES.
PENSION U. S. SEP 20 1897 OFFICE.

NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY. ELMIRA & CANANDAIGUA DIVISION. Office of Superintendent.
Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1897.
Hon. Henry Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear sir:
Will you kindly inform me of the records on which Amasa Bemis of Spencer, Mass. and Thomas Dunbar of Leicester, Mass. received pensions for service in the War of the Revolution.
Yours Respectfully,

Rev. S. J.
47 West St.
Rutland, Vt.
March 1st. '20.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Have you any records showing what part Amos Bentis of Winchendon, Mass. took in the Revolutionary War? he died in Baltimore, Vt. on the third day of Oct. 1835. Am endeavoring to get these records in connection with joining D.A.R.

Please inclose bill.
Respectfully
Mrs. C. H. Maurice.

171 North Main Street Rutland, Vermont, Sept. 28, 1935
Veteran's Administration. Washington, D. C.
The Revolutionary Records show that Amos Bemis , born November 24, 1762 served six months under Col Putnam and Capt Killam, enlisted 1780. Do your records give any further data? Have the death mention that he died in Baltimore, Oct 4, 1835. I wish to find out where he was born, and of whom.
May I hear from you at your earliest convenience?
Cordially yours,
(Mrs) Grace Garfield.

171 North Main Street Rutland, Vermont, October 10, 1935.
Bureau of Pensions:
May I please have the information about AMOS BEMIS whose number in your files is 23589W and was granted at the request of his widow, 1846, and what I wish to know is whether the names of his parents is contained in it? I know that the date of birth is given in the pension as Nov. 24, 1762, Sudbury, Mass. but where that date was obtained I would like to know, in order to ascertain his parents. Will you give me any additional information that you can, Please.
I supposed that authority for dates were required, and if so, you might have that information.
Respectfully,
Alvena R. Grovescal.
1 E. ...

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Amos Dens a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1780 6 mos Pri William Putnam Mass          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wenchendon, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug 7 1832. (See S. al.)
Residence at date of application, Baltimore, Windsor Co., Vt.
Age at date of application, Born at Sudbury, Mass. Nov. 24, 1762
Remarks: Sol. married in Winter of 1786 (the intention of marriage dated Dec. 1785) at Greenwich, Hampshire Co., Mass. Lydia Goodnow a Grand-neph of Peter San, Mass. He died at Baltimore, Vt. Oct 4 1835. She was al. lined for in Nov. 25 1846 while living at Balti. He aged 84 yrs. They had 9 children, no names stated except Mrs. Mary Horton aged 52 yrs - Died aged 38 years in 1846
Respectfully, _____
Commissioner.