Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15348, Martin Brockway, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 16.
Brockway, Martin
S. 15348
carded
CONTENTS

14055 Ohio New York
Martin Brockway
of Lawrence in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wastin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Peabody in the N. Hampshire line for 6 mos. & 24 days —
Enscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 23 Dollars  Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of May 1833 — and Andrew A.C. Low At Lawrence Co.
arrears to the 4th of Nov. '33 $ 46 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep '33 11 50 $57 50
Revolutionary Claim, } June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. Stokes Clerk, book E. Vol. 4. Page 44
Letter to J. H. Paine 16. Sep 1842.
Rev to Pen Aug 21. Oct 1842.
To Ohio from H. Sep 1841. 28 Oct 1842. Notification to J. H. Paine Delaware Ohio
Date of death not in act

No 14585 Martin Brockaway St Lawrence County NY
Adm 2
6 mo. 24 3/4 pr 11 297 7 20 297
Asst Clk. Lawrence County Court New York

County of St Lawrence  BRIEF in the case of  Martin Brockway  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  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 Gen.     Enlisted as a vol In 17 78. 1777. 1 Private Capt. Martin Col Peabody  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Gyer Castor
Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Martin, Brockway, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State New York } On this 21 st day of September 1832 County St Lawrence } Personally appeared before me Thomas Atwater, one of the Justices of the Peace in the Town of Norfolk, County of St Lawrence, Martin Brock- way, a resident of Norfolk, in the County of St Lawrence State of New York, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he the said Martin Brockway, entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, that in the spring of the year 1777 he was enlisted by Capt. Lemuel Tabor, of the Town of Washington, County of Pheasant in the State of New Hampshire, a Militia Captain (there being two men sent for, out of that Town to fill up the vacancy in a regiment in service at Rhode Island) for one year, the other was drafted and hired Jesse Smith as substitute, he and myself, went to the town of Fitzwilliam, in the State of New Hampshire there we passed muster, and was, sent on to Providence in State of Rhode Island, where we joined a company commanded Stephen Mastin, in Col. Hisham's Brigade Regiment

5. Regiment, located in the College, as barracks where we remain about one month, when we was marched from there, on to Rhode Island, and joined Genl Sullivan, Army, where we remained that season until Genl Sullivan retreated from the Island, our regiment was marched to place, called Greenwich for about two days, thence march d to place called South-Kingston, where we was station d for the winter, to guard the lines, (the enemy being in possession of Rhode Island,) when we remained until the year expired, I had enlisted for, when & where I was discharged, in the spring of the year 1778 - when I return d back to St Washington, where my parents lived where I lived and in the town adjoining for thirty years or more, then I removed to the town, called Mountain, in the Province of Upper Canada, where I lived about nine years, when I removed into the town of Hoback in the County of St Lawrence State of New York where I lived thirteen years, when I removed to where I now reside in the town of Norfolk - I further declare that I have not any documentary evidence, and that I know of no person who has testimony I can procure, who can testify as to my service 51 1835

I hereby relinquish every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State - sworn to and subscribed, Martin Brockway the day and year aforesaid }
Prineas Atwater Justice of the Peace
W. Jacob Reddington, Esq. farmer. Russell Atwater, late Judge of the Court Common Pleas. Wm Grandy farmer.
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Martin Brockway, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid }
Prineas Atwater Justice of the Peace
Jacob Reddington Russell Atwater
William Grandy
I Prineas Atwater Justice of the Peace in the Town of Norfolk County of ... do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of Martin Brockway to a pension, and that Jacob Reddington resides in the Town of Rotterdam, Russell Atwater & William Grandy in the Town of Norfolk and that they are creditable persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and I do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter that the above named Martin Brockway was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and seal this 21 st day of September 1832 -
Prineas Atwater

St Lawrence County Clerk's office - State of New York - I, Alvin B. Soper, Clerk of the said County of St Lawrence, do hereby certify that Philebus Stewart, whose name is signed to the within paper as Justice of the peace was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of said County and that his signature thereto is in his own handwriting - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my and seal of office this 5 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty two - A. B. Soper
The foregoing papers are forwarded to the Depart- ment, principally on account of the certificate of Jacob Redington, Russell Stewart & William Grande, that said Brockway is reputed & believed in his neighborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, as he lives some dis- tance from Court, it was inconvenient to procure their attendance at Court -

State of Ohio Delaware County ss. On this twenty eighth day of September A. D. 1842 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Delaware personally appeared Martin Brockway who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Stephen Master — in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Stephen Peabody — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio, where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of New York to the State of Ohio to wit: that his children have removed to the said County of Delaware in the State of Ohio, and it is his wish to continue to live and reside with them.
Martin Brockway
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Sidney Moore, S. Justice
Also at the same time personally appeared Adin Tucker who — Also Solomon Chase being duly sworn upon his oath says that he is acquainted with the above named Martin Brockway who has signed and sworn to the above affidavit and knows him to be the person therein described and the pensioner of the United States as therein described, and further says not. Adin Tucker

I hereby Certify that the above named Adin Tucker named Solomon Chase who has this 28 th day of September - A.D. 1842 sworn and subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is a person of truth and veracity, to whom testimony full faith and confidence can be given, and that the words "Also Solomon Chase" and "named Solomon Chase" were erased before the execution hereof and the swearing of the said Adin Tucker and his signing the same. And the word "Certify" interlined."
By & before me - Sidney Moon S.P.A.
State of Ohio Delaware County ss 3 I William D. Niemi Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Delaware and State of Ohio hereby certify that Sidney Moore — whose name is above subscribed is now and was at the time of subscribing the same a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly commissioned, that full faith and confidence are due to his acts as such, and that the above signature purporting to be his an genuine I believe
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware this 11 th day of October A.D. 1842.
W. D. Hein W. D. Clark

Delaware Co. Oct 4 th 1892
Sir,
Enclosed I send you the application of Martin Brockway for a change of the payment of his pension from the State of New York to Ohio in accordance with the form forwarded by you to me
Hon. J. L. Edwards Coad. of Pensions
very respectfully, your obedt. Servant J. W. Powell for D. T. Solan

April 1, 1937
Martin Brockway S. 15348 one BA-J/ATP
Mrs. Dorothy S. Hadlock 330 South W. Temple Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Martin Brockway born about 1761 and a resident of Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 15348, based upon the service of Martin Brockway in the War of the Revolution. This is the record of the only Martin Brockway found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The date and place of birth of Martin Brockway were not given, nor were the names of his parents shown. His parents were living in Washington, Cheshire County, New Hampshire during the Revolution, where Martin Brockway was, also, living.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served one year as private in Captain Marston's company, Colonel Stephen Peabody's New Hampshire regiment, and was in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island.
He continued to live in Washington and in an "adjoining town" for about thirty years after the Revolution, when he moved to "Mountain" in the Province of Upper Canada, there about nine years, moved to Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, there

about thirteen years and moved to Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York.
The soldier, Martin Brockway, was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, at which time he was seventy years of age and a resident of Norfolk, New York.
He was living in 1842 in Delaware County, Ohio, with his children. The names of his children were not given, nor were there any data as to his wife.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data-
Martin Brockway Certificate # 14055 Issued May 9, 1833 Rate $23.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

15.348 INVALID.
Nov. 22, 1904 Hist. to Dr. Webb J. Kelly, Piqua, Oh.
1910 Mar. 10. Hon Geo. W. Rauch M.C.
1928 Sept. 4. Hist. to Mrs. John M. Braly exec.
1957 April 1. Hist. to Mrs. Dorothy S. Hadlock exec.
File No. 15.348
Martin Brockman
Pa Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. 15,348
Martin Brockway
Sept. 21, 1832
res. Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co
my age 70
born in Mendon N.H.
Spr. 1778 Capt. Stephen  Marston  Martin
Col. Stephen Peabody
N.H.
Sullivan's exp to R. I.
1777.
Delaware Co. Oh. in 1842. to live with his ch. (names not men.)

Oct 26 1842
Mr Evans.
James V. Edwards Esquire
Commiss ry of Pensions
New Dept.
Washington City.

MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
October 24. 1842
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 21 st inst. I have to state, that Martin Brockway ————— a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 ————— at 23 ————— Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1841
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Thos. M. Jewett
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.

State of New York } ss: St Lawrence County. }
On this twenty fourth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County now sitting, Martin Brockway, a resident of Norfolk in said County of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, aged seventy one 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as hereinafter stated.
That while a division of our army was at Providence under Genl. Greene, in the Spring of 1778 as he thinks, Troops were ordered to be raised to join him for a year, two from each town. He enlisted as a volunteer as one of the two from the town of Washington in the state of New York where he then resided Hampshire. Jesse Smith, now dead, being the other one. He went immediately to Fitch William and McMaster went from there to Providence where he joined the Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Mastin, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, in Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment of

Amherst, N. Hampshire. He thinks they went to fill up a Regiment that belonged partly to New Hampshire and partly to Massachusetts. He staid at Providence a few months and then went on to Rhode Island with Genl Sullivan and was there a short time when Genl Sullivan retreated with his army in the night. They went from there to East Green- wich, and after a few days, his Regiment went to South Kingston where it remained till the expiration of his term of service in the next spring, when he was dismissed. He was at West South Kingston during the winter upon guard. There were no continental troops at South Kingston
while he was there, to his knowledge. He was never in any engagement, and witnessed none, except a partial engagement of Genl Sullivan's army with the enemy a few days before his said retreat. He has no documentary evidence of his said service, and does not know of any living witness to his said service, and he further saith that he has no relatives or friends living who has any personal ac- quaintance with his service. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state, since the war he lived at Little Falls, N. H. in the Province of New Hampshire, in Potsdam, N. York, from which place he moved to Norfolk where he now resides. Sworn & subscribed J. Martin Brockway the day & year aforesaid

Know all men by these presents that I William Davis of Potsdam and St Lawrence River of Potsdam in said County of St Lawrence
hereby certify, that and am well acquainted with Martin Brockway, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that he I believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that and I concur in that opinion. William Davis sworn & subscribed } the day & year aforesaid }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the said Court further testifies that William Davis who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Potsdam aforesaid and a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
J. Alvin C. Low. Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of St Lawrence. We hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter.

of the application of Martin Brockway for a pension - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Twenty fourth day of Sep- tember in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two - H. (Sim- clk)
Said Brockway claims for a service of one year commencing the Spring of 1778 -
In the matter of the application of for a pension by Martin Brockway
Ms. B. 5. 5. 5
Martin Brockway
John M. Bally
Oct. 27. 31

110 WEST ASH STREET, PIQUA, OHIO.
Nov. 2/04
Com. Pensions Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir - Should you kindly furnish me with a certificate to be used in the D.A.R. giving Reg't & Co of Martin Brackway, a revolutionary soldier, who died Aug. 21. 1842 at Cardington, O. He was probably a New Hampshire soldier. Any expenses attached must be remitted.
Thanking you in advance
Yours very truly
Dr. M. G. Kelly

Mrs. John M. Braly Spring Lake Beach New Jersey
Rev. War Records Section, Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Can you give me a statement of the military history of Martin Brockway, a soldier of the Revolu- tionary war, from Washington, Cheshire County N.H. who was I believe in Col. Hale's regiment and was dis- charged Jan. 4-1779. If he or his widow applied for a pension I hope to find out whether one of his children was Phebe Brockway who married my ancestor John Eaton, in Washington N.H. in Dec. 1788.
Yours truly
Mrs. John M. Braly Spring Lake Beach N.J.
Nov. 1-1927

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
MAR 1 - 1910
MAR 10 1910
  FRANK W. MONDELL, WYO., CHAIRMAN.  CHARLES E. PICKETT, IOWA.    ANDREW J. VOLSTEAD, MINN.  ADAM M. BYRD, MISS.    SYLVESTER C. SMITH, CAL.  JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, ARK.    ASLE J. GRONNA, N. DAK.  SCOTT FERRIS, OKLA.    HERBERT PARSONS, N. Y.  W. B. CRAIG, ALA.    CHARLES N. PRAY, MONT.  GEORGE W. RAUCH, IND.    JOHN M. REYNOLDS, PA.  DUDLEY M. HUGHES, GA.    EBEN W. MARTIN, S. DAK.  EDWARD T. TAYLOR, COLO.    CHARLES A. CROW, MO.  WILLIAM H. ANDREWS, N. MEX.    THOMAS R. HAMER, IDAHO.     DICK T. MORGAN, OKLA.   
ROBERT W. DYER, WYO., CLERK.
House of Representatives U. S., Committee on the Public Lands.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 28th '10
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Kindly advise me whether the name of Martin Brockway, a soldier of the Revol- ution, appears on the pension records of that period. The information at hand is to the effect that he probably enlisted in New Hampshire and afterward lived at Carding- ton Ohio where he died. Any attention given the matter will be appreciated.
Respectfully,
R/H.
Geo. H. Rauch.

Salt Lake City, Utah Mar. 9- 1937
Veterans Administration Wash. D. C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any genealogy data or information on Martin Brockway only born about 1761 of Stockholm St. Lawrence New York. I am very desirous for his parents and brothers and sisters names.
Thanking you in advance - yours truly
Mrs Dorothy L Hadlock 330 So. W. Temple Salt Lake City, Utah -

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. aw
COPIED BY ADY
September 4, 1928.
Mrs. John M. Braly, Spring Lake Beach, New Jersey.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15348, it appears that Martin Brockway while a resident of Washington, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, enlisted in the spring of 1778, and served one year in Captain Marston's Company, Colonel Stephen Peabody's New Hampshire Regiment and was in General Sullivan's retreat from Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 31, 1832 while a resident of Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York. He was then about seventy years old.
In 1842 he was living in Delaware County, Ohio, with his children whose names are not stated, nor is the name of his wife given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

March 10, 1910.
Hon. George W. Rauch,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Rauch:
In reply to your letter dated the 23 rd ultimo, and received the 1 st instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim Sur. File No. 15,348, it appears that Martin Brockway while a resident of Washington, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, enlisted in the spring of 1778, served one year in Captain Marston's company, Colonel Stephen Peabody's New Hampshire Regiment and was in General Sullivan's retreat from Rhode Island.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, while a resident of Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, New York, he he was then about seventy years old. In 1842 he was living in Delaware County, Ohio, with his children whose names are not stated, nor is the name of his wife given. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.