Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 740, Aaron Benedict, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Benedict, Aaron
NUMBER
TR 740
CONTENTS

State of Michigan COUNTY OF Calhoun } Joseph P Benedict of said county being only sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is a Son of Aarm Benedict late of Cortland County New York deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York that this deponent is directly interested as one of the claimants in said claim.
Joseph P Benedict
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17 th day of July 1855 and I do hereby certify that the said Joseph P Benedict is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by him being directly interested in said claim.
Benjamin F. Green Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Calhoun
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Joseph P Benedict a son of Aarm Benedict late of Cortland County New York deceased, to whom a pension was probably due and who was an applicant for a pension from the State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Ansel Jay of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested as also for and in behalf of all others interested in the claim or application for a pension as above mentioned.
Witness my hand and seal, this 17 th day of July 1855
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
B. F. Green
Joseph P Benedict
STATE OF Michigan COUNTY OF Calhoun } Be it known that on the 17 th day of July 1855 before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Joseph P Benedict above named, and duly acknowledged the above Power of Attorney and affidavit to be his act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Benjamin F. Green Justice of the Peace

32811
Aaron Benedict Broome Co. New York
Geo. Park atty. N.Y. Binghamton N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. State of New York 3 Broome County 3f.
On this 28 th day of August 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Aaron Benedict a resident of Tisre in the County of Broome & State of New York aged Seventy-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. 1832.
That he entered into service under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. He enlisted in the Spring of 1755 in a company of minute men & was the first sergeant in said Company which was commanded by Captain Hyde. He lived at the time he enlisted in the town of Lenox Berkshire County Mass. does not recollect the month or day of the month that he enlisted - he remained at Lenox until the July following at which time he left Captain Hyde's company & took his brother's place at Boston in Capt. Wm Goodrich's Company of Rangers belonging to Col. John Patterson's Regiment was in many skirmishes near Bunker hill & assisted in building a fort under Genl. Putnam's Orders - was fired upon with others at Detkenmore point by a British Man of War lying between Boston, & said point. Capt. Goodrich volunteered to go with Col. Arnold to Canada. He the said Aaron did not go, but joined Captain Charles Dibble's Company in the same Regiment, where he remained until January 1776. when he was taken with the Camp-fever so called & was very sick for some time - When able to walk, he was allowed to go home, but received no discharge that he recollects. He reached his Father's in Lenox after being in the army in actual service six months - in the winter of 1776. The spring after he hired to Orange Stoddard a Lieutenant who went to Canada - while in his employ he was subject to military duty under Capt. Caleb Smith of Stockbridge, Berkshire Co. Mass. & marched under his command to within ten miles of Bennington Vermont to save that place from the enemy - heard the British had retreated & returned. Capt. Smith afterwards ordered his company to Kinderhook on horseback & he (this claimant) borrowed a horse of Mrs. Stoddard the wife of Orange Stoddard - met no opposition at Kinderhook - on their return the horse this claimant had so borrowed was hurt & left on the road where he remained hipped & stifled for twelve weeks - when he got it to Orange Stoddard's. Mr. Stoddard returned from Canada about the first of December 1776 when this claimant

settled with him for the damage of the horse. It took four months of his wages. He enlisted under Orange Stoddard then a Captain & was orderly sergeant under him. Capt. Stoddard gave him (this claimant) a copy of his enlistment orders & during the winter of 1776, 77 was employed in the recruiting service until the spring of 1777. - He was again called out with the militia in 1778 or 79 & marched to Fort Edward - About the time Col. Warner's Regiment was captured at Fort George - they had gone with booty & prisoners & he returned with the others to Pittstown Albany Co. New York where they were ordered to scout the woods in pursuit of Indians who had been seen near. In all these excursions to which he was called with the militia he had to find himself arms & provisions. In 1781 it was hard raising men & he (this claimant) in company with 11 or 12 others hired a man to enlist & paid him the sum of $100. for doing so. -
He was born April 15 th 1755 at in the town of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut - he has in an account book at home in Little Broome County a copy of his Father's family Record taken from his Father's Bible - he does not know where that Bible now is. He lived in Lee, Berkshire Co. Mass. when first called into service - he moved to Lee, Berkshire Co. Mass. & lived with Lieut. Stoddard before named. He moved from Lee to Pittstown in Albany County & State of New York - then back to Lee where he remained until 1796. He then moved to Sangersfield Oneida County & State of New York, where he lived about ten years. He then moved to Poultney in Vermont (Rutland County) & from there to Little in the County of Broome, New York - late - where he now resides. He moved from Vermont to Little Broome County N.Y. the year of Jefferson's Embargo. - He once volunteered was often called out with the other militia & was a substitute for his brother Thomas Benedict about two months. He served in Col. Patterson's Regiment. He knew Capt. Noble of Pittsfield - Capt. Sloan from Williamstown Mass. Capt. Dibble - Capt. McIntire - Capt. Williams of Stockbridge who was Captain of a Company of Rangers - these Captains were all attached to his Regiment - The officers of his Regiment were Col. John Patterson - Lt. Col. Reed - Maj. Eddy - Genl. Putnam's Brigade. - He has no documentary evidence of service - & knows of no person now living who could testify to the same. Gardy Packson - Nathaniel Bosworth - Leonard Sessions & Robert Pierce: live in the present neighborhood of this claimant & can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief that he was a Soldier of the Revolution. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
In presence of Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
B. Marvin Clerk
Simon Benedict

We James Blakelee a Clergyman - Pastor of the Church to which Aaron Benedict is a member - residing in Marathone Cortland County, New York & living nearer said Benedict than any other Clergyman - and Benjamin Morse residing in Chenango Broome County - hereby Certify - that we are well acquainted with Aaron Benedict who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy Nine years of age: that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he lives, to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion. James Blakelee
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. - Benjamin Morse
B. Marvin Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Soldier of the Revolution & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James T Blakelee who has signed the preceding certificate was a Soldier of the Rev is a Clergyman resident in the town of Marathone Cortland Co. N.Y. and that Benjamin Morse who has also signed the same is a resident of Chenango Broome County & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit. -
I. Barzillai Marvin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Broome in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Aaron Benedict for a pension. -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office.
this 28 th day of August. 1834. -
B. Marvin Clerk

Ex'r.
INVALID.
Doc. 749
RECEIVED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Aaron Benalick
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
F. O. _____

32811 New York
Aaron Benedict Suspended
Lettuce Park 14000000 1835 " Acad. July Aug. 2, 1835
740
A.I. act. 7 th June 1832

Aaron Benedict applied law of '32 from N.Y. not admitted - a power of attorney to me on file from Abad Joy

Aaron Benedict NY - Mar 1832
Hon. S. P. Wells Compt. of Pub. Washington D.C.
F.P.L.

David Hogg
Aug. 2/85

Pension Office, August 2, 1855.
Sir,
I have received the power of Attorney transmitted by you, and filed it with the papers in the case of Aaron Benedict, of New York, - act June 7, 1832, to which it has reference.
The enclosed copy of a letter to George Peabody dated March 14, 1835 will inform you of the then condition of the claim, and no evidence has since been filed.
Very respectfully Y s & c
Abad L dy Eng g Ovid, New York

Geo. Farn
14 March 1836
at
MS. B. 1. 6. Vol. 33. pa. 417

War Dept Pension Off Mar 35
Sir
The claim of Aron Benedict has been examined & suspended - The regulations require that each term of engagement should be separately & distinctly set forth as to period length & grade with names of officers & places where stationed or marched to and  shall that the claimant produce the best evidence in his power. He should therefore make a supplemental statement in conformity with the regulations & procure the certificate of the Secy of State of Mass s respecting each term of his alleged service - He should also assign some reason for the delay of his application. His papers are placed on file.
act T. Greene
Geo. Park Esq Binghamton N.Y.

Ovid N.Y. July 25th 1855
Sir
I inclose a power of attorney in the case of "Aaron Benedict" an applicant for a pension under the law of 1832 from the State of New York
I ask for a copy of his alleged service
Most respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Abad Joy
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com d .