Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,696, Benjamin Bentley, New York

SERVICE
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New York
Bentley, Benjamin Lydia
N. 20,696
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(20.542) New York
Benjamin Bentley of Neuseless in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Van Sauford of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wynkoop in the N. York line for 7 Mo. 10 D.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 27 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep. 1831 and to N. D. H. H. H. H. Berlin
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 69.43 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mo. 34 13.88 $83.31
Recorded by Co. Bates Clerk Book E. Vol. 1 , Page 18 . { Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

14655
Benjamin Bentley Rensselaer co New York
adm co
5. 16 06 May 6 - 1833
P. 377
5555 13.88 69 40
A. G. Hammond Berlin N.Y.
17.00 11.00 6.00

BRIEF in the case of  Benjamin Buelly  of Rensselaer Co in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? cont  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 75  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 In 1776 10 Private Capt Van Sanford, Col. Winecoops   Volunteered 1779 1 Capt Huston or Capt Shaw, Gen Van Rensselaer   do probably 7 Capt Niles  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rensselaer county N.Y.  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? 
Not connected as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. B. Bradford.
Examining Clerk.
26.66 1.11 25.77

In the matter of Benjamin Bentley application for Pension 14055
1 mar to 5 sept 6. 501.
Admce
7 mo 10 ds per
$27.77

State of New York, } ss. County of Rensselaer
On this Ninth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of  Ira Mayers  Court now sitting, Benjamin Burt , a resident of Berlin - County of Rensselaer and State of New York , aged seventy five 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 the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the Year 1778 he resided in the Town of Stephentown County of Rensselaer & State of New York, that in the latter part of February or the very first of March of that Year he entered the service & enlisted in the State Troops of the State of New York for ten months under Captain Cornelius Van Sanford in Colonel Wincoops Regiment under the Command of General by with Vansevert. That the Lieutenant of his company was Obediah Van gen . That his Company lay a few days at Albany when they marched to a block house at the North end of Lake George - That he continued in the service till the fifth of September of the same Year when he was discharged in consequence of a break and being otherwise much unwell in consequence of much fatigue & hard service. That from the time he was discharged till he got home occupied him about a week - That in the Year 1779 his being free from Military duty he volunteered under Captain Husted or Captain Shuler which had the command he does not recollect and went under the command of General Henry K Van Rensselaer to Schenectady in which service he was engaged about one Month. That he was afterwards volunteered to go to St. Johns under Captain Stephen  Niles & Lieutenant Burt and got as far as what was then called the half moon ferry when they were discharged & returned. That this service occupied but a few days probably a week - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove except what is herunto annexed who can testify to his services.
To the inscribed interrogatories put by the Court he answers -
 1. He was born in the Town of Exeter in the State of Rhode Island in the 1757.  2. He thinks there is a Record of his age in said Town of Exeter. 

in service now at the West end of Lake George - That he continued in the service till the fifth of September of the same year when he was discharged in consequence of a break and being otherwise much unwell in consequence of much fatigue & hard service. That from the time he was discharged till he got home occupied him about a week - That in the year 1779 he being free from military duty he volunteered under Captain Husted or Captain Shaler which had the command he does not recollect and went under the command of General Henry K Van Rensselaer to Schenectady in which service he was engaged about one month - That he once afterwards volunteered to go to the Northward under Captain Stephen Niles & Lieutenant Oliver Bently and got as far as what was then called the half moon ferry when they were discharged & returned, That this service occupied but a few days probably a week - That he has no documentary evidence of his services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove except what is herunto annexed who can testify to his services -
To the foregoing interrogatories put by the Court he answers -
1. He was born in the Town of Exeter in the State of Rhode Island in the 1757. 2. He thinks there is a Record of his age in said Town of Exeter in the Clerks office of said Town - 3. He lived when called into the service in the Town of Stephentown in the State of New York - Has since the revolutionary war resided in said Town of Stephentown and New services in the Town of Berlin County of Rensselaer & State of New York and has resided where he now lives forty one years - 4. He entered the service by voluntary enlistment and served as above stated - 5. For the answer to this interrogatory he refers to his statement given above - 6. He did receive a discharge from his first enlistment signed

by William Van Kinsple a surgeon in the service then stationed at Fort George at the General Hospital, which is now annexed discharge colored
7. He is known in his present neighborhood to John Nave P.M. & Burton Hammond Esq. who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the war- duty -
To the fifth interrogatory returned answered in the negative the applicant makes the following affidavit -
Rensselaer County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of Rensselaer County aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades - For Seven Months and Ten Days I served as a Private - Hence for such service I claim a pension -
Sworn & subscribed before me
This 25 th day of May 1833
Joseph Crandall Justice of the Peace
Benjamin Bond
State of New York
Rensselaer County ss. I hereby certify that Joseph Crandall Esq. be- fore whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. And that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing and verily believe his signature above subscribed is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 29 th day of May 1833.
Henry R. Boulton Clerk.
Mr. N. Hovey.

by William Van Kinsple a surgeon in the service then stationed at
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 the agency of any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Benj. Bentley
Archibald Dull Clerk
We, William Satterlee a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Berlin and Alonso G. Hammond residing in the Town of Berlin hereby certify that we are acquainted with Benjamin Bentley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and 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 and year aforesaid.
Archibald Dull Clerk
Wm Satterlee A. G. Hammond
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 Court further certifies, that it appears to them that William Satterlee who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Berlin and that Alonso G. Hammond who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Berlin and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Archibald Dull Clerk of the Court of Fry Mayers Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bentley for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this ninth day of August 1832.
Archibald Dull Clerk
James usual or captain Shaler which

6415.
Rep.
Albany, New York
Lydia Bentley N.Y. widow of Benjamin Bentley who was a Private in the Revolution
Date of death not on AB
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Nov. 1844 and sent to Hon. Geo. R. Davis of Troy, N. York, now Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. June 17. 1846 Vol. 2. Page 71.

Lydia Beullys
no 11,458
Mr. B. Dean
May 18
New York

State of New York Rensselaer County } On this 30 th day of October 1838 personally appeared before me George R Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County County Lydia Beatty a resident of Berlin in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid aged seventy five years the 8 th day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to attain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to Certain Widows;" That she is the Widow of Benjamin Beatty late of the town of Berlin deceased, who was a pensioner under the act of the 7 th of June 1832. as will appear by the record, in the office of the Secretary of War, that at the time of granting the pension aforesaid, her late husband resided in Berlin aforesaid.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Beatty on the 23 rd of February 1784. by the Reverend Clark Rogers in Hancock State of Massachusetts; that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Beatty died on the 28 th day of September 1833; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Nineteen hundred & thirty four viz at the time

above stated.
She further declared that the said Elder Rogers has been dead nearly forty years, that she has no record of his marriage, nor never had, nor does she know of any record thereof, unless it may be found in Hancock, at one time where she has sent her son to ascertain -
That this deponent remains the Widow of the said Benjamin Beatty, and has not married since his death -
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year above written before Geo R Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court
Lydia her  Beatty mark
State of New York Rensselaer County
on the 20th day of October 1838 personally appeared before me George R Davis First Judge aforesaid, James Scriven a resident of the town of Grafton in the County of Rensselaer aforesaid aged Eighty Seven years, the 8th day of September last who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath say. that he

Well knew the last and of the present applicant & the applicant herself. I know that they lived together as man & wife forty eight years since, and so lived together until his death the 28th day of September 1833 - that the deponent when he first knew the said Benjamin Bently & the present applicant his widow he lived near neighbor to them, & has lived within eight or nine miles of them for the last forty seven years - that they have been a family together, - and the deponent has no doubt of the fact of the marriage as stated by applicant, -
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before me Geo R Davis First Judge of Poughkeepsie Cannonsburg
James Simons
State of New York Rensselaer County ss
I Do Certify that the above named applicant from bodily infirmity arising from old age & decrepitude, and entire blindness, was unable to undergo the fatigues of a travel to the place of holding the Court in the City of May a distance of over twenty miles from her residence I therefore as First Judge of the said County of Rensselaer did go to her residence on the

30th day of October 1858 - I again on the first day of November 1858 I took the said applicant's examination & affidavit - and do Certify that from a personal knowledge of her bodily infirmities, as before stated, she was wholly unable to undergo the fatigue of a Journey to the place of holding said Court, without endangering her life - at the time of the application - October 1858 or since which time - November 1 st 1858
Geo W. Davis First Judge of Rusk and County Court

State of New York Rensselaer County ss }
Ira Bently being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is a resident of Berlin in the County & is the son of Widow Lydia Bently of the same town who is the applicant, in annexed papers, that he knows her to be the widow of Benjamin Bently who was a pensioner under the act of the 7th day of June 1832, that she now is & has remained his widow since his death in 1830 -
That the said applicant resides in the same house with deponent & has so resided since the death of deponent's father the said Benjamin Bently in the year 1830 as aforesaid that there is no family records of the marriage of applicant with the said Benjamin Bently said the deponent after the most diligent inquiry examination has not been able to find any records either in Stephentown in the County or in Hancock State of Massachusetts, or elsewhere -
That the said Benjamin Bently lived with the said applicant as his wife since the earliest recollections of deponent to his death , the deponent being now thirty eight years of age, that they reared a family of children Eight in number - and the deponent has no doubt that they were married as herewith in annexed application - having always understood they were so married by the frequent declaration of the said Benjamin Bently in his life time -
8th Nov 1843
Subscribed & sworn to before me Septm 1843 Geo R Davis First Judge of Probate Court

October 7, 1936
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Mr. F.C. Bentley 1220 Washington Avenue Springfield, Missouri
BA-J/EEL One Benjamin Bentley-W.20696
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin Bentley, who served in Captain Niles' Company, Colonel Van Rensselaer's New York Regiment; also, record of a Benjamin Bentley, private, under Captain Guile, Albany Militia, who received pension in 1779.
You are furnished herein the record of Benjamin Bentley, W.20696, the only soldier of that name or similar spelling, that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data given are obtained from the papers on file in the above noted pension claim based upon the military service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Bentley was born in 1757, in Exeter, Rhode Island. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing at Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York, Benjamin Bentley volunteered about March 1, 1776, served as a private in Captain Cornelius Van Santvoort's Company, Colonel Wyncoop's New York Regiment, and was discharged September 5, 1776, at the General Hospital at Fort George, on account of sickness. He volunteered sometime in 1779, and served one month in Captain Husted's or in Captain Shaw's New York Company; again volunteered and served about one week in Captain Stephen Niles' New York Company; no dates given for this service.
After the war, he resided in Stephentown, New York, and in Berlin, Rensselaer County, New York, of which latter place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 9, 1832. This office has no record of a pension being paid Benjamin Bentley in 1779.
He died September 28, 1833, at said Berlin, New York.

Benjamin Bentley married February 23, 1784, at Hancock, Massachusetts, Lydia Rathbun. He was then of Stephentown, New York, and she of Hancock. The date and place of birth of Lydia and the names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Lydia, was allowed pension on her application executed pension on her application executed October 30, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-one years and resided in Berlin, New York.
Benjamin and Lydia Bentley reared a family of eight children, the only name of a child that was given was son, Ira, who, in 1843, was aged thirty-eight years and resided in Berlin, New York.
In 1839, Walter Clark Rathbun, of Pike, Allegany County, New York, made affidavit that he was present at the marriage of Benjamin Bentley and Lydia Rathbun, which took place in Hancock, Massachusetts, and that they were married by Elder Clark Rogers, of said Hancock. He did not state his relationship, if any, to said Lydia Rathbun Bentley.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Lydia Bentley (W. 20696), widow of Benjamin Bentley, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Lydia Bentley, widow of Benjamin Bentley, Certificate No. 6415, issued November 26, 1844, rate $27.77 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, New York(Albany) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

State of New York Rensselaer County
Geo R Davis
Clerk's Office 34. Charles Hooper in and for said County do hereby certify that George R Davis Esq. whose name is above written was from the 29 th day of January 1838 to the 17 th March 1838 one of the Judges of the Rensselaer County Courts duly Commissioned & sworn & authorized to act as such. That he is now the Hon. Charles Hooper First Judge of said Rensselaer County Courts duly qualified to act as such from the 17 th March 1838 to the date hereof & that his last Commission of appointment will expire on the 15 th January 1849. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge & truly believe his signature above written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal this 21 st November 1838.
Charles Hooper Clerk

State of New York
Rensselaer County ss On this 1 st day of November 1842 personally appeared before me George B Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court Lydia Bently a resident of Berlin in the said County of Rensselaer who being duly sworn by me according to Law doth on her oath say that she is the same person who made the annexed application for a pension and is now seventy seven years of age last July - that the deponent remains the widow of the said Benjamin Bently deceased the original petitioner who has not married since his death - that no record of the marriage can be found after the most diligent search - that she is blind having

lost her entire sight, and is unable from bodily infirmity to undergo the fatigues of a journey to the place where the Court is held in said County, a distance of about Twenty miles, nor was she so able in the like cause on the 20th day of October 1838 when she first made annexed application - nor has she been able in the like cause since the period of that application in the like cause
Sworn to & subscribed on the day aforesaid as true before me V. R. Davis Clerk Judge of Rapp County Court
Lydia her  her Brantly mark

State of New York
Town of Castile
County of Genesee ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Genesee Walter Clark Rathbun of the Town of Pike Allegany County and made oath as follows That he was acquainted with Lydia Rathbun afterword by Marriage Lydia Bentley of the Town of Hancock in the County of Berkshire State of Massachussetts That he was present on or about the 23 rd day of February A.D. 1784 when the said Lydia Rathbun was Married to Benjamin Bentley who then resided in the then Town of Stevenstown (Now Berlin) in the County of Rensselaer State of New York. That they were Married by Eldon Clark Rogers of said Town of Hancock That said Marriage took place in the said Town of Hancock and that his recollection on the subject of the aforesaid Marriage (being himself an invited guest) is clear & certain
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th day March 1839
W. E. Rathbun
John D. Sanderson
Justice Peace
State of New York
Genesee County ss
Miner Jones of Gainesville in the said County of Genesee personally before me this 13 th day of March 1839 & made oath as follows That he was well acquainted with Lydia Rathbun of Hancock Berkshire County Massachussetts previous to her Marriage to Benjamin Bentley of Berlin then Stevenstown Rensselaer County NY has since been acquainted with her for several years immediately after her Marriage with said Bentley. Knows of the Marriage (though not present at the Ceremony) which took place in February 1784 in the Town of Hancock Berkshire County Massachussetts and is clear that the circumstances of said Marriage are as far as he was acquainted with (living at that time in the immediate neighborhood) are as has been set forth in the Affidavit of Clark Rathbun as above
Miner Jones
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 March 1839 J. D. Sanderson

Genesee County ss
I certify that I am personally well ac- quainted with Walter Clark Ruthven of Pike Allegany County New York and also with Albin Jones of Gainsville Genesee Co. N. York. And from my acquaintance with them am well satisfied with the truth of the statements set forth in their respective affidavits as above.
John J. Landon Justice of the Peace

State of New York Seneca County
ss: I Certify that John D. Landon Esq. was a Justice of the Peace of the said County at the time of taking the within affidavits and that the signatures subscribed to the foregoing certificates are his hand writing. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 20 th May 1839 —
W. W. Dyer Clerk of Seneca County

Dear S. L. Edwards.
The application in the case was made before me in 1838 - but as the proof of marriage was imperfect - the papers were delayed to obtain additional proof - before the proof was obtained - the original application was mislaid by me & not found until recently - when I again visited the applicant obtained the affidavit appended & attached, trial, with proof of marriage & affidavit of search for record evidence since obtained to original papers -
The delay of transmitting these papers is wholly owing to the papers being mislaid by myself - and I feel very unpleasantly in consequence of it - as the widow is aged - decrepit - & extremely poor -
Most Truly
Geo. R. Daines
May New York
Nov 26 1844

✓ Benj. Crotley
5-16

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Bentley of Rensselaer co. N.Y. which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No — Amended — VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No  Amend XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Oct. 14, 1903 - Hist. to S.B. Bennett Pittston Pa
1936-Oct 7 - Hist to Fla Bentley - Oh
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20696
Lydia Bentley
wid. of
Benjamin Bentley
Prin Rec. 1185
Act: Surh. 3 rd  1/43
Index: - Vol. 94 Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Benjamin Bentley, W. 20696 N.Y.
Benjamin Bentley W. 20696 New York

General Hospital, Fort George 5. Sept r 1776.
I hereby certify to whom it may concern, that I have this Day Discharged from the Service of the united States Benjamin Bently late a soldier in Capt: Cornelius Van Santvoort's Company Col: Wynkoop's Reg t of New York's Forces being of Opinion he can be of no farther Service this Campaign. By Order of the General — For Doct: Jon n Potts Director.
J. W. Wemple Genl. Surgeon

G. S.? New York 8883
Lydia Bentley widow of Benjamin
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 28. Sept. 1833 of Rensselaer Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Van Sanford of the regt. commanded by Col. Wynkoop in the N. York line for 70 and 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 27 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of November 1836 and sent to Hon. G. R. Davis, of Troy, N. Y. now Present
Total amount, $138.85
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 149

11458
Lydia Bentley widow of Benjamin Bentley
Private
$27:77 per an
Acts 1838 1843 & 6586 1844
Albany Roll
married 23 Feb. 1784 husband died 28 Sept. 1833
Enter this ad in index under act 43
Send cert: to
Hon. Geo. R. Davis (of Troy N.Y.)
now present,

COA-unk
✓ 18/19
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, October 14, 1903.
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October 13, 1903. Pittston, Pa., S. B. Bennett. =====
Inquires whether a land warrant was ever issued on account of the military services of Green M. Bently or his son Benjamin Bently in the Revolutionary War.
===== FILE WITH CASE.
Off. File ms 20696
Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions for such report as the records of his office show concerning any land warrant issued on account of the service either of Green M. or Benjamin Bently in the Revolutionary War. This paper to be returned.
A. H. Miles
Assistant Secretary.

60 F. C. BENNETT.
LOCK BOX 253.
PITTSTON, PA., Oct 13 1903
Honorable Sec'y of Interior, Washington D.C.
Sir Some time during the period 1776 to 1782 Green M. Beatty or Green Beatty served the State of New York in a Regiment under Col. Wisner and Captain Waly, in Orange Co. His son Benjamin also served under Col. Van Rensalaer, Captain Niles, Albany Co. N.Y. About 1850 papers relative to bounty had been in possession of a son of Benjamin, which are now lost. Have you any record of bounty grant, pension or gratuity in any form, which will entitle my female cousin Beatty to membership in the patriotic Revolu- tionary Societies? The above inquiry is not prompted by any expectation of raising the bounty question but only as above noted. A record of service of above named soldier is on file at Albany New York, but no pension or bounty is noted.
Yours Truly
S. A. Bennett Batt 48 th NY Vol Inf'ty 1861, 1863

F. C. BENTLEY 1220 WASHINGTON AVE. SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
Sept. 8, 1936.
Adjutant General's Office, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
What records have you on Revolutionary War service of,
✓ BENJAMIN BENTLEY, only one Regiment Van Rensselaer, Company, Niles;
✓ BENJAMIN BENTLEY, private under Capt. Guile, Albany militia, received pension 1779.
All in New York State.
Yours truly,
N. C. Bentley
Received A. G. O. SEP 10 1936
Veterans Administration: Will you please see what you have on Benjamin Bentley.
9/27/36  N. C. Bentley
1 em

20696
3-068.
(Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Henry Bontley
Aug. 9. 1832 - 75
Berlin N.Y.
Feb. or Mar. Stephentown
76 Capt. Cornelius Van Santvoort
Col. Wynkoop
Per. 6 mos
79 Capt. Husted
Col.
Per. - 1 m
- Capt. Steph. Stokes
Col.
Per. - 7 d
Born Exeter Ref. 1757
No Bat
Mar. Lydia Rathbun
Feb. 23. 1782 Hancock Mass
D - Sept. 28. 1833
applied for pen. Aug. 9.
aged 75 yrs 22 Brij B. residing at Berlin N.Y. made application for pension
Aug. 9. 1832.
He served on the New York Line
6 mos from Feb. or Mar. 76 under
Capt. Van Santvoort and
Col. Wynkoop. 1 mo in 1779
under Capt. Husted and
17 days under Capt. Steph. Stokes
no date. He enlisted at
Stephentown N.Y.
He was born in 1757 at Exeter Ref. and resided at Stephentown N.Y. at date of enlistment.
His claim was allowed.
He married Lydia Rathbun
Feb. 23. 1782 at Hancock Mass
and died Sept. 28. 1833 and
she was pensioned as his
widow. He did not apply for
bounty land. The Bureau has no record of Green M. Bontley as a Rev. Soldier.

J. R. W.
copy No. 20696, Widow, Revolutionary War.
October 17, 1903.
Sir:
In reply to your inquiry addressed to the Secretary of the Interior and referred to this Bureau, you are advised that Benjamin Bentley, aged 75 years, residing at Berlin, New York, made application for pension August 9, 1832.
He served as a private in the New York Line six months from February or March, 1776, under Captain Van Santvoort and Colonel Wynkoop, one month in 1779 under Captain Husted, and seven days under Captain Stephen Miles, no date. He was born in 1757 at Exeter, Rhode Island, and resided at Stephentown, New York, at date of enlistment. His claim was allowed. He married Lydia Rathbun February 23, 1784, at Hancock, Massachusetts, and died September 28, 1833, and she was pensioned as his widow. He did not apply for bounty land.
This Bureau has no record of Green M. Bentley as a Revolutionary soldier.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. S. B. Bennett,
Pittston, Pa.