Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 954, Joseph Blodget, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Blodget, Joseph Lucy
R. 954
CONTENTS

Joseph Blodget 3 d and Lucy Munger both of South Brimfield was published October thirtieth seventeen hundred sixty eight
The above is a true copy of the original record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows October 30 th 1768. Attest James C. Royce Town Clerk of Wales
Joseph Blodget the 3 d & Lucy Munger both of South Brimfield was Joined in Marriage November tenth seventeen hundred sixty- eight. James Mellen Clerk
The above is a true copy of the original record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows November 10 th 1768. Attest James C. Royce Town Clerk of Wales
James C. Royce of lawful age testify & say that I am Town Clerk of Wales formerly South Brimfield and that the above is a true copy of the Original Records with the exception of dates as above expressed.
James C. Royce Town Clerk of Wales
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. Wales Sept 25 th 1838.
Personally appeared James C. Royce, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above disposition by him subscribed. Before me.
John Smith Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that James C. Royce is the town Clerk for the town of Wales (formerly South Brimfield) and that he is well known to me to be a credible witness and that the above testimony is entitled to full credit. John Smith Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County do hereby certify that John Smith Esq. before whom the foregoing Disposition of James C. Royce probate have been verified as a true copy of the same within & for said County & was so on the 25 th inst. duly qualified & that his signature to the certificate & such verification is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Springfield this twenty fourth day of September A.D. 1838
Justin Willard Clerk

1838 enlarger both of thirtieth.
State of New York Jefferson County ss.
Abel Carpenter of the town of Adams duly sworn says that he this deponent was well ac- quainted with Joseph Blodget of South Bernefeld County of Hampshire (now Town of Wales County of Franklin) State of Massachusetts. That as this dep- onent has always understood & believed said Blodget was known and distinguished by the name of Joseph Blodget the 3 rd . This deponent further says that he resided in the same town above named about five miles distance from the residence of the said Joseph Blodget third. This deponent further says that he knows that said Joseph Blodget the 3 rd was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the Army of the American Revolution. That he be- longed to the Company called the Minute Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Thompson. Who afterwards became a Colonel. That said Company in which said Blodget served was organized by said Thompson immediately after the war was thrown overboard at Boston and the said Company of said Thompson was called out into the service of the United States at the Battle of Lexington and continued in said service at Bunker Hill for about Eight months and that said Company continued with said Company during that time. This deponent further says that the Compa- ny of said Thompson after the campaigns last mentioned enlisted for one year. This deponent further says that he has been informed & believes that the Company of said Thompson in which said Blodget served was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. John Larnad and further this deponent hath not known & subscribed to this
6 th day of October. A.D. 1838.
Abel Carpenter.
Benjamin Wright a Judge of Jefferson County Courts County ss. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abel Carpenter & that he is a man of good standing for truth & veracity. By right Judge C.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that Benjamin Wright Esquire before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn,
was at the date of the same a Judge of Jefferson County Court in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same.—and further, that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of said county, this 24th day of October in the year 1838.
P. Burchard Clerk.

I Jonas Blodget of Brimfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged ninety four years do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Blodget the third of that name then living in South Brimfield. now Wales. in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid then in the County of Hampshire. and and to the best of my recollection he was one of the 'Minute men' of that Town who was appointed after the destroying of the Tens in Boston to be ready to march to any place that should be in danger as it was then expected there would soon be trouble. about the twentieth of April the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. the first alarm was made and the people mustered and marched without delay. for the vicinity of Boston. Joseph Blodget above named, who was my brother's son, I well recollect was one of the number and continued in the service through the first campaign. can not recollect how many months he was gone. but should think about eight or nine months. I do not recollect whom he served under —
Jonas Blodget
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Hampden Brimfield September 26. 1880. Then Jonas Blodget whose name is above written appeared and made oath to the truth

I hereby certify that Jonas Blodgett the deponent is well known to me as a man of truth and veracity and that consid- ing his age his memory and other faculties are remarkably good
Asa Lincoln Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
I Justin Wallard Clerk of the Probate Court within and for said County do hereby certify that Asa Lincoln Esq. before whom the within Deposition of Jonas Blodgett purports to have been subscribed is a justice of the Peace within and for said County & was so on the 25 th inst. and that I believe his signature to the certificate thereof is genuine of said verification, is amenable
For testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court at Springfield this 27 th day of September A 1838
Justin Wallard Clerk

State of New York
Lewis County On this 13 th day of October 1838 personally appeared before the Hon. Ashley Davenport one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Lewis Lucy Blodget a resident of the town of Denmark in the County of Lewis State of New York aged Eighty nine 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 4, 1836. That she is the widow of Joseph Blodget 3 d who before and in the time of the Revolution resided in South Brimfield Massachusetts, now called Wales and served in the Revolutionary War from the 20 th of April or about that time, of 1775 a private in the Company of Capt. South Thompson of Minute men attached to the Regiment under the command of Colo. Larned until the latter part of the next winter or the early part of the spring following that he served at least nine months, it being the service described in the affidavits of Abiel Carpenter and Jonas Blodget: that she is not certain as to the names of the officers under whom her husband served but believes the persons named above were his officers. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Blodget on the tenth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and sixty eight: that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Blodget died at Denmark in the County of Lewis in the month of April Eighteen hundred and eighteen; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before
me
Lucy her Blodget mark
Ashley Davenport A Judge of Common Pleas

I hereby certify that Mrs Lucy Blodgett who has this day made the foregoing declaration before me cannot attend, because of bodily infirmity October 13 th 1838
Ashley Durnford A Judge of Surrogate's Court
State of New York
Lewis County, Alanson Stockwell being duly sworn according to Law says that for will know Joseph Blodgett & Lucy his wife: that the said Blodgett previous to his death resided in the town of Denmark in the County and State aforesaid; that the said Blodgett died in the month of April 1838; that this Deponent was present at his death; that he left a widow him surviving whose name is Lucy Blodgett that she the said Lucy has not married since the death of her husband the aforesaid Joseph Blodgett but still remains his widow; and that Mrs Lucy Blodgett the signer of the foregoing declaration is said widow
Sworn to and subscribed Alanson Stockwell on this 13 day of October 1838
before me
Ashley Durnford A Judge of Surrogate's Court
I certify that Alanson Stockwell the abovenamed affiant is a credible person
Ashley Durnford A Judge of Surrogate's Court

November 28, 1933
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Mrs. L. A. Chichester 901 West Park Drive Midland, Michigan
JOSEPH BLODGET R. 954 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Ezekiel Worthen, also of Joseph Blodgett, born May 19, 1745, in Brimfield, Massachusetts, married Lucy Munger (born 1748), and died in 1819 probably in Oneida County, New York.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension or bounty land on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of a soldier named Ezekiel Worthen (under any spelling of the surname).
You are furnished below the history of Joseph Blodget (as the soldier signed his surname), the data of which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, R. 954, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. The soldier was also referred to as Joseph Blodget, 3rd and Joseph Blodget, Junior.
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
He died in April, 1818, in Denmark, Lewis County, New York.
Joseph Blodget married November 10, 1768, Lucy Munger; they were both residents of South Brimfield (which was later Wales), Hampden County, Massachusetts, and their marriage was recorded in the town clerk's office at said Wales, Massachusetts. In 1801 they were living in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York.

On October 13, 1838, while a resident of Denmark, Lewis County, New York, Lucy Blodget, aged eighty-nine years, applied for pension that might have been due her as the widow of Joseph Blodget.
Soldier's widow alleged that Joseph Blodget, while residing in South Brimfield, Hampshire (which was later Hampden) County, Massachusetts, belonged to a company of minutemen which were appointed after the destruction of tea in Boston, to be ready at a minute's notice, answered the first alarm and served from April 19, 1775, as a private in Captain Joseph Thompson's company, Colonel Larnard's Massachusetts regiment, that he was in the battle of Lexington and that he served eight or nine months.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension law.
Lucy Blodget died February 14 or 15, 1840, in Lewis County, New York.
The following children of the soldier, Joseph Blodget, and his wife, Lucy, survived their mother:- Lovina Case, wife of Shadrach Case, who in 1847 was a resident of Copenhagen, Lewis County, New York, and in 1852 still residing in said Lewis County, New York; Simon Blodget and Polly Haren.
In 1838, Jonas Blodget, aged ninety-four years, an uncle of the soldier, Joseph Blodget, was living in Brimfield, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Shadach base Copenhagen Lewis Co. N.Y. March 25, 1847,
Wrote to you that the case is encouraging and that an immediate search will be made in Boston April 7, 1847

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sept. 21 st 1854.
Sir:
I have made a full and thorough search in the case of Joseph Blodgett and can find no further service for the said Joseph of Munson and I find him located in each of the services.
You will please remit a fee of $1. And Sir I am N. Lyman Strong
I could find no other man by the name of Joseph Blodgett. on the records in this office.
Most Cordially N. L. S.

2 April
Copenhagen Lewis Co March 25. 1817
Honoured Sir
I received your letter of Feb 27 1817 and I am sorry to find that your search in Conet has been a failure I believe Sir that by reference to the papers directed to you in reply to yours of the 30 of May & the 13 of June 1816 you will find that the said Joseph Blodgett jr or the 3 d resided during the revolution in South Brimfield in the County Hampshire but now the Co of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts.
By a copy of the affidavit of Jonas Blodgett of Brimfield I find that Joseph Blodgett jr or the 3 d was one of the minutemen of that town. That in April in the year 1775 at the first alarm he went into the service & was in the service eight or nine months. There was other testimony to prove that he was in the service at that time but the name of the Captain of the company in which he served was not found.
I learn from what I have heard in the family that at that time the said Joseph Blodgett resided in the town of Munson a town joining Brimfield, & was a minuteman of that town. That may be of use to you in search. it may discover the mistake
Wishing you Success
Yours with Respect
Shadach Case
Mr
Abad Joy

N. Jay
Sept 15/52

Service Office, Sept. 15, 1852,
Handwritten signature
The fac simile of the signature of Joseph Blodgett, who was on the cost Roll of Capt. Wallrages' company, of Col. Brown's Regiment for 8 months, as certified by the Secretary of Massachusetts on the 27 th of April 1847, materially differs from that attached to the deed signed Joseph Blodgett and Sarah Blodgett - and therefore in no way appears to be the same as the objection is not valid that said October 1847, was not dated in my letter of the 25 th of May 1847. the husband. The claim is, however, on for the land by the recent decision of the Secretary of the Interior.
Dear Joy, Oral, New York

Wm Preston & King, Aug 11 '46

(Sir)
196 June off Aug 11 th 46
I have the honor to return you Mr. Gay's memo & power of attorney in the case of Lucy Bloodet & to inform you that Mr. Gay is advised that he is not entitled to the information he seeks from this office & hence he employs your privilege to obtain it. For your own information I would state that Lucy Bloodet asserted a claim for dower out of her husband under Capt. Thompson of St. Brimfield Mass. which was discredited by the rolls - & that her marriage in 1768 was duly established.
Yrs Preston King Ogdenburg N.Y.

Ovid N.Y. May 3 rd 1847
Sir
I enclose Secy. Certificate, if you are fully satisfied from the proof on record, or on file in your office, that the Service named in the Cert t was performed by the late husband of Lucy Blodgett who applied from New York, under act of 1836 & whom I am informed died Feb 15 1840, would there be a pension due to her children, I know nothing about the case & submit all to your acting equal protection to the Government & to the widow, pension or no pension
Respectfully Your Ob dt Serv t Brad Joy
Hon. L. Edwards, Comd. of Pensions Washington DC

Onida N.Y. Sept 28. '54
Sir
I inclose the proof required in yours of the 7th in the case of Lydia Bladget - You will see from the old letter dated 1847 that our Bladget was from Munson - You will notice from the Secy. certificate that the soldier was from Munson, you will read in the letter from Secy. office that but one Joseph Bladget could be found on the records, (or that one man, we say must be the man) - Taking it all and all, the identity of our man, his signature added to it, which of itself is good proof that he was the man
Most respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Bradley

Mr. Nathaniel Doy Dear Sir
Mendon May 16 th 1857
Yours of the 10 th inst was duly received & as I would say that I cannot find any such name on the records of our Town as Joseph Bloodworth The records are very imperfect previous to 1800 & I think that you will not be able to get the information sought for
Yours &c A. S. D. Rogers Town Clerk of Mendon Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
April 27 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Blodgett is borne upon a Master Roll of Capt Isaac born McAllan's Company of Monson in Col Danielson's regt as a private from April 19 to May 3 1775, including allowance of 8 days for travel, 18 days —————
Upon a Master Roll of Capt Amos Walbridge's Company, in Col David Brewer's regt, in the Eight Months Service, as a private of Monson from May 13 1775, 2 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days. — Upon a Return of said Company in said regt as a private of Monson no service named, and said return is not dated. — Upon an order of said Company for Coals dated

November 4 1775.
The name of James Blodgett is also borne upon said rolls of Capt Walbridge's Company, with that of said Joseph as an Ensign of Menom.
The name of Joseph Blodgett Jr not found
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by the military records in this department.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Pery.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application For Certificate of Revolutionary Services, Made By the Widow of the Party Who Rendered the Service
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the services of my husband, Joseph Blodget, Jr in the war of the Revolution. He enlisted from the town of South Brimfield, in the then County of Hampshire, (now Hampden and State of Massachusetts, in the year 1775 and served as follows, viz,
Probably enlisted early in the Spring of 1775 and served a tour of eight or nine months, and may have done other service
Witness My hand this seventh day of April A.D. 1847
Signed by said agent in my presence
For Lucy Blodget By Arad Joy agent
James D. D. D. The said Arad Joy appears, by documents exhibited before me to be the lawful agent of Lucy Blodget
James D. D. D.

L. Knapp,
June 19, 1859
J. C.

War Department Pension Office June 10, 1839
Sir The paper of Mrs Lucy Bloodget widow of Joseph Bloodget has been examined and filed - It is alleged that the claimants husband served about 8 months in Capt. Thompson's Com- pany & from the town of South Brimfield in 1775: But on in- speaking the rolls of the Company the name of the claimants hus- band does not appear thereon - There were two men belonging to the company of the name of Bloodget, but neither of the name of Joseph - The claim cannot therefore be admitted
L Knox Esq Lowville N.Y.

Ex'r.
INVALID.
104
REPEATED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Lucy Hodge
P. O. _____
Service: Printed list of 1852 of Rejected & Suspended Claims, shows cause of suspension as follows:
Enlisted: "Suspended for proof of identity - there were three of the same name credited with service"
Discharged: _____
Application filed: _____, 18____
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
(over)
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

Ovid N.Y. July 28.54
Sir Lucy Bladget, an applicant from New York, under the act of 1836 — Please inclose to me an old deed that you will find in the file
Most respectfully Your Ob d Serv t Adad Joy
Hon L. P. Waldo Comm.

Quid N. Y. June 2 d 1854
Sir
In reply to yours of the 27 th inst in self defence & refutation - I am not mis- taken, as I did not intend to intimate that the Hon. Court had made any promise or admon in the case of Lucy Bloodgood or that one word had passed between us relating to that case - I say I intended to make no such intimation, as I never intend to state any thing but the truth, & I could not have thus stated in truth - But I intended to state, & I judge I did state, that the Court had intimated that in the Frederick Cleveland case, he had concluded to write for the original hand of the said Frederick Cleveland as signed to the paper in the Historical Society at Hartford, in hand of the Hon. Court

This he did say to me, & this is all that I intended to allude to, & for the truth of it, I refer you to my letter of the 20 th of May - The necessity for his calling for the original papers at Hartford, seemed to be occasioned on my presenting the name of Dr. Cleveland that I had obtained from Col, as there seemed to us, to be no agreement in the fac simile of the original that I had obtained
Most Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t Adad Joy
Rev L. P. Holden
Concl.

W. J. Rees.
Aug 7. 1846
Col. J. L. Edwards
Comm of Pensions
Sir
I have rec d the enclosed notes with the request to transmit to you Will you be kind enough to give me the information desired —
Very Respectfully
Paston King

Lucy 4240 Blodget N. York.
Let. to L. Know June 10, 1839. " Hon. Preston King Aug 11 '46 " Acad Soc May 25 '47 " Isaac  cannot find Sept 18/52 See Inquirer Oct 22/52 " Left Coast Feb 5/53 " Isaac May 27/54
at 4 July 1836

1 Orvil N.Y. Oct 27.51
Sir As I understand this case, the widow claimed 8 Months in 1775 - I am of that 8 Months, showing his name in his own hand, if so will you furnish me with a fair sketch of his name in his own hand & return this letter, also give his age - I enclose postage on yours to me
Much obliged Your Ob d Serv t Abad Joy
With S. Canby 19.47 give name for 3rd person & from family or give it ok
G. L. Edwards May 25. 1848

Orvil N.Y. Oct 27.51
Sir As I understand this case, the widow claims 8 Months in 1775 - I am of that 8 Months she was his name in his own hand, if so will you furnish me with a list of his name in his own hand & return this letter, - I enclose perhaps as yours to me.
Much obliged Your obed Servt Abad Ing
With S. Can July 29. 47 give name 12 or 30 persons & from study or give it off
J. L. Edwards May 25. 48

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
185 .
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that Joseph Blodget
The above is a fac-simile, taken from the original signature of Joseph Blodget, on the coat roll of Capt Walbridge's Co. Col. Brewer's Regt. for 8 months Service as certified from this office, April 27. 1847. —
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
James Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office, May 25th, 1847.
Sir,
The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts transmitted by you in the case of Lucy Blodgett, dec d . widow of Joseph Blodgett, Jr. or third; affords no evidence of her husband's service.
In her application Mrs Blodgett states that her husband entered the service from Bromfield and served under capt. Joseph Thompson. As it is clearly shown by applicant's own declaration that there were at least three Joseph Blodgetts, she cannot receive the benefit of the service credited to that name from another town, and under different officers from those claimed by her.
Yours
I am, Very respectfully, Your Ob t Servt. J L Edwards
Dear Sir, Esq., Quid Nunc

Pension Office May 25th, 1847
Sir,
The certificate of the Secretary of War transmitted by you in the case of Lucy Bloodet also known as Joseph Bloodet, Jr. or third husband no evidence of her husband's service.
In her application Mrs. Bloodet states that her husband entered the service from Pittsfield and served under Capt. Joseph Thompson. As it is clearly shown by applicants own declaration that there were at least three Joseph Bloodets she cannot receive the benefit of the service credited to that name from another town and under different officers from those claimed by her.
Yours truly Ezra Orde N.Y.

16.
(7) And N.Y. Sept 28/52
And Joy Appeal
Relative to the case of Lucy Blodgett
Sep. 30/52 Roby
Referred to the Commis- sion of Pensions for a report
Dept Intn Sept. 30/52
Recd Sept. 29. 1852.

Ovid N.Y. Sept 25. 1882
Dear Sir
I deeply regret, that through inattention of the examining Clerk, or the press of business and want of time, should drive him or them, to errors decid against me, or my client; several of these oversights have been corrected & my claims admitted
I am in conscience to the claimants, bound to & I must appeal from the decision of the Comt. of Pensions, in the case of Lucy Bladget, per his letter of the 10th
I furnished from the Secy. of Mass s a fac simile of the hand of Joseph Bladget, who served 8 Months, & for our Joseph & Lucy Bladget hands to a deed made in 1801 & I have it noted, & I must have carefully compared the hand with the fac simile, "the two signatures compare most exactly, it makes no difference the two signatures 20 years between them, are as near to each other as any man would write, 20 years or more between the two writings, I judge it a better fit, than usually takes place in any of our hands in 20 years
But I claim the evidence on file, to be worth something in identifying this service & our man
I submit the papers on file, I ask them to determine the case, I want only justice
Hon Alex er H. Stewart Secy. of Interior
Your Ob st Servt Adad Joy

Chap July 4/53

Pension Office. Feb 4, 1833
Sir,
The decision of this office in the case of Lucy Blodget, of New York an applicant for a pension under the act of 4 July 1831, has been affirmed by the Secretary of the Interior.
A. Joy, Esq Present
Rev

Ovid N.Y. Augt 21. 1854
Dear Sir
I beg leave most respectfully to ask you to please give the case to which the inclosed proof refers your personal examination - You have with the paper 2 or 3 fac similes of Joseph Bladgett's hand beside the inclosed certificate from Secy. of State
When I rec d the fac similes, I considered it settled, that the case was made out to I noted it at that time, I considered the fac simile, an exact copy of the hand to the deed, & so I noted it & called it, I thought of it, as the Secy. of State seems to think, & I am sure that you will see it as we do
We all vary a little in writing our names, I have once been Cashier of one of our Safety fund banks, of the State of New York, I have written my name 700 times per day for a long time, & yet I could hardly write more like myself, than the fac simile & the original = see yours of May 27 th last
I am most respectfully Your Ab l Servt Brad Joy
Hon L. D. Waldo
Coun. of Out.
The old deed dated 1801

Arad Joy
May 27/52

503 Pension Office, May 27. 1854.
Sir,
I cannot comply with your request to write to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts for evidence to be used in the case of Lucy Bloodget who s claims pension as the widow of Joseph Bloodget, such a course being altogether contrary to the practice of this Office. You are mistaken in supposing that I ever consented to do so. Very respectfully, Your O bt . Servant,
Abad Jay Esq. Quid, New York

Orad N.Y. May 20. 1854
Sir
I have the case of Lucy Bladget of N.Y. under the act of 1836 hanging along for the want of proof of the identity of her husband's service. I filed an old deed, with his & his wife's signature to it & his name appears in Boston to the Coat Roll, what I want is, that you will be so obliging as to write to the Secy. of State Boston for the receipt of "Joseph Bladget" to the coat roll, & then if you will compare the hands, you will be (as I am) satisfied that one hand wrote both names, which will be proof of the identity.
Your honor, was about to do the same thing in the Frederick Cleveland case, & I take it for granted, that this request is in accordance with the rules of your office.
I am most respectfully Your Ob d Serv t Fred Jay
Hon L. P. Waldo Com d

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Aug. 1 st 1854.
I Hereby Certify. That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that The Name of Joseph Blorger is borne on Coat roll of Capt Amos Walbridge's Comp Col David Brewer's Regt. and I have examined the signatures and find them remarkably similar, on the Deed and on the Coat roll, and in my opinion, they were made by one and the same person.
I shall attach the seal to both papers, viz, the Certificate & Deed containing the names of both Joseph Blorger & Lucy Blorger.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. H. Mather
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Department of the Interior Washington February 3 rd 1853.
Sir
I have examined the case of Lucy Blodget an applicant for a pension under the act of July 4 th 1836 and have affirmed your decision therein. Of which you will please advise the claimants attorney - The papers in the case are herewith returned.
I am very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Alex. H. H. Stuart Secretary.
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Lucy Blodgett Suspended Jan 1838 N. York recently out from Abad Joy

Elijah Ring applicant of W born '18 died '28
✓ Filed a pown, get copy of all ledgers since Jany. 20. 1853
Hon James Meacham Mrs Carters Capital Hall

Lucy Blodget
It is inside of his hand I wish Mr Cole to see it, as I think it quite exact, — if the hand is admitted then the Service is, both the hand & the Service, identity of the Service, is proven by the hand etc

✓ Nancy Blodget Widow of Josiah Declaration 4240 Dec. 29
July 1836
①
J. Knox mille Louis 1. 1. 11

State of New York Clerks office Saratoga County ss I Carlos P. Scovil Clerk of County do hereby certify that As David Root Esquire before whom the declaration & affidavit were taken as a the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Com- missioned and duly qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and truly believe that his signatures subscribed to said declaration and affidavit are genuine. Given under my hand and seal of said County this 15 th day of November 1858 Carlos P. Scovil Clerk

Revolutionary Claim State of New York Lucy Bladget, Jan 1836 Suspended claim
Ovid N.Y. March 31. 52
Sir
I inclose a certificate & fac simile of the hand of Joseph Bladget, and his real hand (as I suppose) to a deed with his wife Lucy, this connects our Joseph Bladget with Lucy his wife the applicant, & if I am any judge the name & hand of Joseph Bladget on the deed is a complete copy or fac simile of the one on the Secy. Certf. I am confident this proof is ample & complete — I inclose a Certf of Shadrach Cass being appointed Administrator of the name & name of the children of her death, I see nothing but to issue the pñvñon Certficate
Respectfully Your Ob d Serv t Adad Joy
Hon. J. E. Heath Com d of Pensions

State of New York
County of Lewis (SS) Francis Sager Surrogate in & for the said County, do hereby certify that at a Surrogates court held before me in my office in Denmark in said county satisfactory evi- dence was then & there exhibited before said court, that Lucy Blodgett widow of Joseph Blodgett, was an applicant for a pension from said county, & was a resident of said county and did in said county, and did a widow, that the following named children sur- vive her being her only children her surviving, & that each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit, Lovina Case & Simon Blodgett Polly Warren
I further certify that the said Lucy Blodgett above named died as aforesaid on the 14th day of February 1840 & died a widow
I also further certify that Shadrach Case of said county has been & is appointed in the right of his wife Lovina Case one of the above named children, administratrix of the estate of Lucy Blodgett deceased, and that he is duly qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 22nd day of March 1853
F. Sager County Judge Surrogate of Lewis County New York

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Sept. 21 st 1854.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Bloody is borne on roll of Capt. Freeman Moulton's Comp. Col. Danielson's Regt. on alarm from April 19. to May 3. 1775 18 days, travel included, from Munson.
0. 18 Also, on return of Capt. Amos Walbridge's Comp. Col. David Brewer's Regt. from May 13 th to Aug. 1. 1775. 2 Mos. 3. weeks. 2 days, from Munson.
Also on roll of Capt. Amos Walbridge's Comp. Col. David Brewer's Regt. return not dated, but name borne on Coat roll, dated Roxbury, Nov. 4 1775. from Munson.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears: that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Joseph Blodget to Ephraim Judson & Judson Curtis } Dec paid
March 26 th 1801 at 5 o'clock P.M.

T HIS INDENTURE, made the fourteenth Day of March — in the Year of our LORD
One Thousand Eight Hundred & One BETWEEN Joseph Blood & Lucy his wife, of the Town of Litchmore Land in the County of Oneida & State of New York of the first part, and Joseph Blood & Lucy his wife, of the Town of Litchmore Land in the County of Oneida & State of New York of the second part, WITNESSETH, That the said part is of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars to him in hand paid, by the said part y of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged; Has granted, remised, released, aliened and confirmed; And by these Presents Do grant, bargain, sell
certains piece or parcel of Land, situated in Litchmore Land aforesaid being part of Lot No. two in the fifth division of the patent of Cobleskill, bounded as follows (viz) Beginning in the Center of the Highway leading East and West, at the place where Joseph Blood's line strikes the road — thence Northerly Twenty rods to a Stake & Stone — thence Westerly to the fork Stone road — thence along the fork Stone road to the Center of the road first mentioned, thence along the road Easterly to the place of Beginning, containing One Acre of Land —
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TOGETHER with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the revision and revisions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, of the said part is of the first part, either in law or equity, of, in or to the above bargained premises, with the said hereditaments and appurtenances. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said above described premises with the appurtenances — to the said part y of the second part, his heirs and assigns, to the sole and only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said part y of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said part is of the first part, for them selves their heirs, executors and administrators , Do covenant, grant, bargain, promise and agree, to and with the said part y of the second part, his heirs and assigns, the above bargained premises, in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said part y of the second part, his heirs and assigns, will WARRANT, and by these Presents forever DEFEND, the said above mentioned and described premises, against ALL and every person or persons claiming, or to claim the whole or any part thereof. IN WITNESS whereof, the said part is of the first part have hereunto set their Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written.
SEALED and DELIVERED, The Words "County of Oneida & State of New York" interlined before signing Also the Words "Judson Court" interlined before signing
James Dean Cornelius Falkenberg
Joseph Blood
Lucy Blood his wife

Onida County ss: Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of March in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred & One, before Me James Dean Esq. One of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon-pleas, and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Joseph B. Ledy- -ard and Lucy his Wife, who are severally known to me, & acknowledged the Execution of the within deed of Conveyance to have been their free & volun- tary Act. And having examined sd Lucy, separated apart from her Husband She declared that She voluntarily signed & sealed the same, not being com- pelled thereto by her sd Husband. Having perused sd deed & finding there in no material erasures or Interlineations, I do allow the same to be recorded
James Dean
Clerks Office of the ss Recorded the within deed the 26 th day of March 1801 County of Onida ss at 5 O'clock P.M. in Lib y C. of Deeds page 319 V o .
Chas. G. Platt S pr . 611.

Mrs. French
901 W. Park Drive Midland, Mich. Nov. 9, 1933.
Dear Mr. Miller,
Replying to yours of Oct. 18. (see BA-J/MLB), following is the data I have on Joseph Blodgett, soldier in the Revolution- ary War:
Born May 19, 1745, Brimfield, Mass.
Married Lucy Munger (b. 1748)
Lived at Whitestown, N.Y.
Enlisted at Worcester, Mass.
Died 1819 - probably Oneida Co. N.Y.
I do not have date of Lucy Blodgett's death, so do not know whether she survived Joseph or not.

I am hoping the Pension records may give this, and also date of their marriage.
I also am seeking information about
Ezekiel Worthen , born about 1759, at Concord, N. H. married Lydia Silloray, 1789. Member of Trumbull militia at Canterbury, N. H. Lived later at Bosconen, N. H.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am
Yours very truly,
Beacie L. Chichester (Mrs. L. A.)

October 18, 1933
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BA-J/MLB
Mrs. L. A. Chichester 901 West Park Drive Midland, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to the Joseph Blodgett, born 1784, served in War of 1812 from New York State, and died in 1864.
War of 1812 data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension made to the United States based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the War of 1812 service of a Joseph Blodgett as described by you.
In order to identify the record of any other Joseph Blodgett or Blodget of New York State, it is necessary that as much as possible of the following data in regard to him be furnished: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Please return these letters with your reply.
Very truly yours
R. Blodgett - Ontario Co NY A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator