Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,267, Joseph Berry, Mass.

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Berry, Joseph
S. 45267
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8304 /
New York
Joseph Berry
of Albany County in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Deaton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 6 years 1777
Subscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1878
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of March 1879 and sent to H Wendell Esq Albany New York.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1829. 10 \frac{4}{3}  \frac{4}{31} mo. $ 83. 9 5
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1829. 10 \frac{4}{5}  \frac{4}{5} mo. $ 83. 9 6 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1829. - $ 48 -
$131.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Confirmed :

Albany September 18 th 1820.
His Honor De. Sen. My mother
writes to the care of Mr
Oliver Williams of the City County of Albany New York
Joseph X Barry
Robert Charles Jr Esq
Joseph Barry R304 Sept 1820
[Handwritten monogram or signature]
Sent to Elias Williams Albany Nov. 11. 1820.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Court of Common Pleas, September City & County of Albany Term 1820.
On this fourteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Joseph Berry aged seventy eight years, resident in the Town of Coeymans in said County who, being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted under Capt. Farley of the Thirteenth Regiment (Mass.) Infantry in the year 1776 and served about two years, and was then transferred to the Third Regiment Capt. Joseph Williering Company and served under him about five years and then was Honorably Discharged, and further that he has rec d a pension Certificate No. 8304, and has drawn his pension up to the 4 th March 1820
And I do solemnly Swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
1 Pine Table, 2 Chairs one Tin Tea Kettle one Iron Pot 3 Knives & forks 3 Iron Spoons 4 Earthen Plates 8 Platters 3 Cups & Saucers & a tea Pot. The above named property is all Joseph except one straw Bed two Blankets and my Clothing. I am a Farmer but am unable to labour, I have a wife and four children. my wife (Dolly) is forty one years old the age of the children are as follows Catharine seventeen. William fifteen. Hannah thirteen. Sarah eight years. my wife is now sick & has been for the last five years with the dropsy, and Mary Chapman are hardly able to support them selves.
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
Joseph Berry Mark
Sworn to & declared in open Court this 14 th day of September 1820 H. A. Williams Deputy Clerk
I Henry Truef Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the city & County of Albany do hereby certify, that the foregoing affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is  dollars and  cents. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 15 th day of September 1820
Henry Truef Clerk.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of New-York. } TO WIT: CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY. }
IN conformity with the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," the following DECLARATION, in writing, is made under oath, by Joseph Berry of the Town of Coeymans - in the County of Albany - in the State of New York - before the Honorable Samuel Haring Esquire, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Albany in the said state, which Court is a Court of Record of the County and State, in which the said Joseph Berry doth reside, that is to say:
DECLARATION.
I Joseph Berry aged Seventy five years on the fifth day of the Town of Coeymans in the County of Albany - in the State of New York - on this Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, - Do so sincerely and truly swear and declare, that I served against the common enemy in the Army, in the War Revolution, Until the end thereof, on the Continental Establishment and that I am a resident Citizen of the United States, to wit, in the Town County and State aforesaid; and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. - I do further swear and declare, that I served in the said Revolutionary War, in the capacity of, and being a Private soldier that I belonged to the Army, to wit, I belonged to Captain Joseph Williams Company Col Bratton's Regiment and Massachusetts Line - That I entered the said service the fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy seven and left it the eighth or ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three in the manner following, to wit: I left it by reason of the Conclusion of the War and that I received One document concerning the same service and discharge, which has been Casually lost or destroyed , that I was in the Battles at the taking of Burgoyne, Bennington and Saratoga and that there is no other evidence in my power to my knowledge, concerning the matters deposed by me than William Clinton who has made a deposition accompanying this declaration - And I further declare, that in pursuance of the requisitions of the aforesaid Act of Congress, I do hereby freely and absolutely, and to all intents and purposes, relinquish all claims to any Pension under any of the Laws of the United States, except the Pension contemplated to be allowed me under the Act of Congress aforesaid mentioned, and under which this Declaration is made.
IN WITNESS of the truth of this Declaration, I have subscribed the same in presence of the said Judge, and have solemnly deposed to the truth thereof, on the day herein before, for that purpose, specified.
Sworn before me, this Twentieth day of April - 1818.
Joseph Berry Mark
Sam Haring Judge of Albany Co. Pl. P.

State of New York Albany county ss I hereby certify that Samuel Haring Esq in the following certificate named is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the City County of Albany. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereto affixed, this 20 th day of April 1818. United States of America. George Meechant Clk.
By the Honorable Samuel Haring Esquire, one of the Judges of a Court of Record in the State of New-York, to wit, of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Albany - in the said State.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States of America.
SIR,
I do respectfully certify to you, in pursuance of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America, passed March 18th, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," that Joseph Berry of the Town of Coeymans - in the County of Albany and State of New-York, - appeared before me, at the City of Albany, in the said State, on the Twentieth day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and then and there was carefully minutely interrogated and examined by me, under oath, touching the facts stated in his foregoing Declaration, thereupon he then and there subscribed the said Declaration in my presence, (after the same was deliberately read and explained to him by me) and at the same time made solemn oath before me, on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that the said Declaration was, in all respects, true - Whereupon, I required of him to produce such other evidence as was in his power, to support the truth of his said Declaration - Accordingly he produced as testimony,
The deposition of William Hilton
(and which accompanies this Certificate) - And I having duly considered the said Declaration and the said testimony produced in support thereof, I DO CERTIFY to you, Sir, that I am fully satisfied that the said Joseph Berry did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the time and in the manner by him stated in his said DECLARATION; and I am likewise satisfied, that the other facts in that Declaration stated, are, in like manner, true - I do therefore, respectfully transmit to you the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, according to the Act of Congress aforesaid.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at the City of Albany, the Twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Sam l Haring

Joseph Berry Pension document. Dated 20 th April 1818.
Respectable Admitted
As to B. B.
There must be some mistake respecting this application, for at least trouble Berry has obtained the deposition to whom he filed his bond warrant - the affidavit is all complete - There is also another affidavit of his services - from Berry's statement. I think there is not a faster claim than this -
H. Wendell Lloyd agent
This paper is almost worn out, in traveling for testimony

State of New York City & County of Albany
It is
William Milton late a Soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War, against the common Enemy - being duly sworn Saith, that he knows Joseph Berry the Soldier in the preceding declara- tion & the certificate of his Honor Judge Haring named - that the said Berry served as a Soldier in Captain Joseph Williams Company - 1st Grenon Regiment - and Mass- achusetts Line - And that he verily believes the facts stated by the said Joseph Berry in the foregoing Declaration & Certificate to be substantially true -
Sworn Before me this twentieth day of April 1818.
William Milton mark
Sam. Haring
Judge of Albany Common Pleas
State of New York Albany County
It is
Robert Hall late a private in the Army of the Revolution, against the common Enemy - being duly sworn Saith, that he knows Joseph Berry the Soldier in the preceding declaration, the certificate of his Honor Judge Haring - that the said Joseph Berry, served in the Revolutionary War, in the capacity of a private, that during said War, he often saw said Berry, in the United States Service, especially for the three last years of the War - and that said Berry was with the Army at Snake Hill, back of Newburgh. State of New York, at the conclusion of the War - that he verily believes the facts stated by said Berry

in the Within documents, to be substantially true - And also that has no interest directly or indirectly, in the said Perry's application for a Pension - And further, that the said Perry is very poor & infirm -
Sworn Before me this 16 th Nov r 1818 - 3
Robert his X Hall Marks
H. Wendell And Commissioner per per I Certify that I am Well Acquainted with Robert Hall in the above deposition named, that he is a person of good reputation, and strict truth & veracity - Nov r 16 th 1818 -
H. Wendell And Commissioner per per

I Azariah Eggleston of Lenox in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massa- chussets of lawful age, testify and say - That Joseph Berry was a revolutionary Soldier in the Third Massachusetts Reg t Commanded by Col o Graton in Cap t Joseph Williams' Company I knew the said Berry while he was a Soldier in the service of his Country - I had his power of Att y to receive his Land Warrant from General Henry Knox when the war office was kept in the City of New York and as near as I can recollect I rec d his Land Warrant and brought it to Lenox, and either de- livered to him or bought it of him, he says I bought it of him, which I do not hesitate is true - I well remember the said Joseph Berry and know he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, under the Continental Establishment
Further the Deponent saith not
Azariah Eggleston

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Berkshire ss. January 7. 1819 Personally appeared Isaac Eggleston Esq. and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - before me John B. Perry Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire county ss.
I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Judicial courts within & for the county of Berkshire do certify & attest that John B. Perry is a Justice of the peace within & for the same county duly commission- ed & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county the 7th day of January 1819
Joseph Woodbridge Clerk

45 267
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45 267
Joseph Berry Prio Rev Wm
Act: 18 March 1848
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Guthrie: -
I would very much like to join the "Daughters of the Revolution" - "Vermont Chapter" if I could prove that I was eligible - I find I have two grandfathers who served in the Revolutionary War - 1 st James Eddy - from Wallingford Vt. - and was buried there I think -
2 nd Joseph Ayers - Fairlee Vt. - (He was a boy only 14 yrs and took his father's place in the Revolutionary war.)

He was buried at Waterbury center Vermont.
Some of my lady friends have told me - if I would write you, you would furnish me all necessary references - Hoping to hear from you soon.
Mrs F. E. Atkins.
Waterbury
Vermont.
Jan. 30 th 1903.
P.S. Will you also see if you can find any Record of Joseph Berry from Bangor N.Y. who was killed in the battle at Plattsburg N.Y.

45267 Jos Perry
off. 20. 1878.
Colemans Nj - 75 -
Sep. 77
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Mass.
Capt Jos. Williams
Col Greaton
Dec. 6 th
Saratoga, Brandywine
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