Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18576, John Bedient, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bedient John Betsey
W. 18576
CONTENTS

2875
New York City
Betsy Bedient widow of John Bedient Con t who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jan y 1849 and sent to
P. M. Irving New York City
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 10 Vol. 4
Repealed Jan y 8/49

State of New York City and County of New York } ss.
On this Fifteenth day of August in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me, Elijah H. Pundy , one of the Aldermen of the said City of New York, and Judge Ex Officio, Betsy Bedient , a resident of the City, County and State of New York aforesaid, aged Seventy two 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 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John Bedient who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, she was born at the town of Stanford , in the State of Connecticut , on the fifth day of May , Seventeen hundred and sixty six , and that she was married to the aforesaid John Bedient , at the aforesaid town of Stanford , by the Reverend M c Ferris , on the fourth day of May , Seventeen hundred and eighty five ; that, shortly after her said marriage, she removed with her husband, the aforesaid John Bedient , to the City of New York , aforesaid, where she has always resided since, that to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband, the aforesaid John Bedient , was born at Fairfield , in the State of Connecticut , on the Eighteenth day of March , Seventeen hundred and sixty two , and that he departed this life, in the City of New York , on the twentieth day of October One thousand eight hundred and twenty four , and that she has since that period remained a widow.
And she doth hereby further declare, That, although she cannot state precisely the length of time her late husband, the aforesaid John Bedient , was connected with the War of the Revolution, yet she has she not having been married to him until sometime after the peace, yet she has repeatedly heard him say that he was attached to the army of the Revolution during almost the entire period of that war, and that he was so young when he joined the Army that his relatives and friends strenuously opposed his so doing —

And she doth further declare That she has also frequently heard him say That he was attached to one or more armed vessels during the said War of the Revolution, and that he was at the capture of one or more of the enemys vessels during the war aforesaid, but whither the vessels to which he was so attached, were of a public or private character, their names, or the names of the vessels, in the capture of which he was engaged, she doth not now recollect - And Also that he was stationed at Stamford, under the command of General David Waterbury, and of Colonel Canfield -
And she doth further declare, that, although unable to say whether her late husband, the aforesaid John Bedient, held any office, either by Commission or Warrant, yet that he was appointed to superintend and take charge of those soldiers who were selected to make clothing for the Army, and that he held that situation while stationed in the vicinity of Stamford, that he associated and helped with the Officers, who were stationed at Stamford and not with the privates, and that he represented himself as ranking with those officers with whom he so associated and helped, but what was his actual rank she cannot state -
Betsy Bedient
Sworn to before me, this 15 th day of Aug t 1838, at the residence of the said Betsy Bedient, she being, from bodily infirmity, unable to attend at Court -
William F. Purdy
Alderman of the 10 th ward of the City of New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Elijah H. Purdy Esq before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, an Alderman and a Judge of said Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Alderman thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 15 th day of August 1838.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.
364

John Bedient, was born March 18 th 1762 Phoebe Bedient  was  born  March  18 th 1762
Patsy Knapp was born May 5 th 1766
John Bedient and Patsy Knapp was Married, May 1 st 1782
Theirs Children
Sarah Bedient was born Sept 25 th 1789
Sarah Bedient, died January 1794, Aged 4 Years 4 Months
Susannah Bedient was born June 25 th 1790
John W. Bedient, died June 13 th 1794, Aged 11 Months 11 days
John W. Bedient, was born July 2 nd 1793
Salmon Bedient died Sept 22 nd 1823, Aged 25 yrs and 5 mos
Parasella Bedient was born May 2 nd 1796
William Knapp Bedient died August 31 st 1832, Aged 25 Years 8 Months
Salmon Bedient was Born March 2 nd 1798
Susannah Bedient died July 20 th 1838 Aged 47 years 8 1/2 days
Ann Eliza Bedient was Born Nov 17 th 1800
John Bedient was Born Jan'y 10 th 1805
William Knapp Bedient was Born Apr 10 th 1806
Elizabeth Bedient (Nee Knapp) was born July 9 th 1785

364 Betsey Bedient NY act July '88
m 85. d 24 -
on rolls. 5 mo. 38 3/4 witn up for serv in 82. day 6. 27 -
about 12 mo pri 40 3/4
No deduction
John J. Bedient New York

State of New York
City and County of New York, ss. Priscilla Bedient of the City of New York being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that she is the person of that name in the Family Record of her Father John Bedient deceased herewith annexed. That the entries therein, above the double lines crossing the page immediately above the entry in relation to the birth of this Deponent, this Deponent was informed by her Mother Elizabeth Bedient many years ago were in the handwriting of Henry Waring of Brooklyn who was at the time a Clerk of this Deponent's said Father, which information this Deponent believes to be true. That the entries therein as to the births of this Deponent and John Jay, and William Knapp, and her sister Ann her Brothers Salmon, are in the handwriting of her said Father, who died in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four at the City of New York. That the disbursement entries therein as to the deaths of Salmon, William Knapp & Susannah are in the handwriting of this Deponent and were made about the dates thereof respectively as respects those children of the said John Bedient. That this Deponent has lived in the same house with her said Mother ever since the decease of her said Father and her

Mother has never married again but has hitherto remained the wid- ow of the said John Bedient de- ceased -
Sworn before me this 16 th day of March 1860
William S Sears Commy Clerk
Priscilla Bedient
City & County of New York ss On the Sixteenth day of March 1860 before me the undersigned a Commissioner of deeds for the County of New York Priscilla Bedient who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that the matters set forth that the matters set forth in the above certificate signed by her are true. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Priscilla Bedient and believe her to be a credible person. — William S Sears Commy Clerk

State of New York
City and County of New York. I, David Kimberly of the City of Brooklyn in the County of Kings and State of New York Merchant being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he is now aged Fifty four years and upwards. That this Deponent was in partnership in mercantile business in the City of New York with Henry Waring now of the City of Brooklyn from the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve to the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and that this Deponent is well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Henry Waring having often seen him write. That this Deponent has carefully examined the annexed Family Record referred to in the annexed Deposition of Elizabeth Bedient widow of John Bedient deceased, and that the same from the commencement thereof to the double lines across the page is in the handwriting of the said Henry Waring as this Deponent doth verily believe. That the said Family Record is the same paper delivered by the said Elizabeth Bedient to this Deponent on the twenty fourth day of February now last past and is in the same condition as when delivered to this Deponent by her on that day

That the said John Bedient and Elizabeth Bedient lived together as man and wife about twenty five years after this deponent became acquainted with them.
David Kimberly
city and county of New York ss. on the second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty When me Joseph Starnes a Commissioner of Courts in and for the city and county of New York came David Kimberly who is personally known to me. and the said David Kimberly being by me duly sworn and before me say that the matters set forth in the above certificate subscribed by him are true and I further certify that the said Kimberly is a creditabled witness
Joseph Starnes Commissioner of Courts

State of New York
City and County of New York ss. Henry P. Waring of the City of Brooklyn County of Kings and State of New York Merchant being affirmed duly sworn maketh oath and saith he became a Clerk of his Father Henry Waring and David Kimberly in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen and that this Deponent is well ac- quainted with the handwriting of the said Henry Waring from having seen him write often from that time to the present with the exception of about two years, about the year eighteen hun- dred and nineteen, - That this Deponent was a Clerk of the firm of Waring & Kimberly about two years or more years and has been a partner of said Henry Waring more than fifteen years. That on a careful examination of the annexed Family Record of the late John Bedient this Deponent doth verily believe that the same down to the double lines, across the page is in the handwriting of the said Henry Waring - That the said Henry Waring is now about sixty six years of age and that his sight and memory are so much impaired that he has expressed his unwillingness to testify in relation to said record. Henry P. Waring

City and County of New York ss. on the Second day of March - on Thursday night hereunder and forth - before me Joseph Strong, a Commissioner of Dues in and for the City and County of New York came Henry P. Waring who is personally known to me, and who said Henry P. Waring being by me duly sworn did depose and say that the matters set forth in the within Certificate subscribed by him are true, and I further certify that the said Henry P. Waring is a creditable witness. Joseph Strong Commissioner of Dues.

State of New York City and County of New York ss. Bartholomew Dela Pierre of the City County and State of New York being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that the annexed Family Rec- ord is the same Paper which was lately entrusted to this Deponent by Elizabeth Bedient as stated in her deposition hereto annexed and that the said Paper is unal- tered and is in the same condition as when received from her by this Deponent.
Sworn to before me this 7 th day of March by B. Dela Pierre who is known to me to be a person of credibility —
B. del la Pierre
Wm R. H. Crang Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
City and County of New York } Jonathan M. Taylor of the City of New York a Clerk of the firm of Henry Waring and Son being duly sworn  acknowledged  oath  and  affirmed saith that he has been their clerk for six years and upwards now last past, and is well acquainted with the hand- writing of Henry Waring of the City of Brooklyn having seen him write very frequently during that period, and on a careful examination of the annexed Family Record of John Bedient deceased he tho' affirmant doth verily believe that the same down to the double lines across the page is in the handwriting of the said Henry Waring.
Jonathan M. Taylor.
City and County of New York } on the second day of March. On this day personally appeared Jonathan M. Taylor known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Joseph Strong Commissioner of Deeds

N: York
Betsy Bedient
let. to B. de la Pierre 18. May 1840 ..to F. A. Dickens 26. May 1840 to same 16. June 1840
Act July 1838
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18576
Betsy Bedient widow of John Bedient Pr. Rev. Mass.
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep
571.
New York City Betsey Bedient
widow of John Bedient who was a private in the New York line for 12 Months
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40. Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of June 1843 and sent to
P. M. Laving 15 1/2 Wall Street New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 101.

City of New-York 5626
Betsey Bedient, widow of John Bedient, deceased,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 20 th of October, 1824 of New-York county in the State of N. York who was a private in the _____ commander by Captain _____ of the Regt commander by Col. Canfield in the N. York line for 12 months private.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-York at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of July, 1840 and sent to John J. Bedient, Esq. New-York
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 - $180.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th. 41 - 20.00
$200.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk. Book A Vol. 2. Page 69.

New York. April 11. 1843
Sir
I herewith forward application of Mrs Betsey Bedient for one year's additional pension under Act March 3. 1843.
very respectfully
Your obedient servant
Pierce M. Irving
15 1/2 Wall Street
Isabella City Commissioner of Pensions

New York 17 th July 1840
Si
Enclosed I have the honor to forward a Certificate, in refer n to the services of my father in the Revolution, and which is all the record evidence that I could obtain at Hartford - From the fact that my father boarded at the house of my mother's father, in company also a soldier of the Revolution, with Mr George Dilly, for over two years previous to the arrangement of peace in 1783; and from the fact that my mother would not marry so long as the war lasted, for the reason that my father was attached to the army of the Revolution, there there can be no doubt, in our minds, of his having served sufficiently long to entitle

My Mother to a pension, and yet from the length of time that has elapsed since the Revolution we may have some difficulty in getting such evidence as may satisfy the Pension Department. —
With the utmost respect
I have the Honor to be
Yours &c
Thos. C. Reddick
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington

Wm. James L. Edwards
Washington

New-York March 7 1840 Hon. James L. Edwards
Sir,
The widow of John Bedient, having forwarded you her papers, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, received them back from the Department with a letter, dated Aug t 13 th 1838, requiring further evidence &c. - She thereupon requested me to take charge of her application, which I have done, and herewith send you such further proofs as she has been able to obtain, with the hope that they will prove satisfactory.
I also send you such further testimony in the case of the widow of Byaley Heyatt as she has been able to obtain, and answering, as near as maybe, to your requirements contained in your letter of April 29 th 1839.
Respectfully Your Hum. Serv t
B. de la Pierre

Comptroller's Office
Hartford June 23 1840
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of John Bedient who claims service in the War of the Revolution Six months under Capt. Monson in 1780 and subsequently through the War - was in the Brigade of Genl. Waterbury under the command of Col. Canfield of the Connecticut Militia. Part of service not given was stationed at or in the vicinity of Norwalk Stamford and Horn Street - that I have examined the Books of accounts remaining in this office and find on the Pay Roll of Short Services in Capt. Monson's Company 8th Connecticut Regiment At Col. Sherman the name of John Bedient a private who commenced service July 8th Time of Discharge Dec 9 1780 having served 5 Mo. 3 days that the name of John Bedient does not appear on any other Pay Roll in this office - that on Pay Table Book I find the following Accounts. under the Head of Contingent Expense of Coast Guards.
  1782 March 20 Genl David Waterbury expenditures   1783 March 6 at Horn Street £ 110. 6. 9   " Genl David Waterbury Post at Greenwich £ 1785. 15. 4   1781 May 22 Col. Samuel Canfield expenditures   " at Horn Street £ 7. 15. 0   " Col. Samuel Canfield Coast Guards   at Norwalk £ 84. 7. 7   1783 July 2 Col. Samuel Canfield Expense   at Greenwich £ 1319. 12. 5   Nov 15 Col. Samuel Canfield Expense   at Greenwich £ 84. 14. 8 
To John J Bedient New York
Henry Wilson Compt 11

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Betty Bach
28 Beckman

State of New York
City and County of New York } ss.
On this Sixth day of September
in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty eight before me Morris Paris a Commissioner of Deeds duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the said City and County personally appeared Betsy Bedient a resident of the City of New York aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn by me according to law did on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Bedient who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and that she received a Pension of Forty dollars per annum at the New York City Pension Agency under the act of 17 th June 1844.
She further declares that she is still a Widow -
Subscribed and sworn before me the day & year first above written
Morris Paris Commissioner of Deeds.
Witnesses: Belong, Betsy Bedient, Hannah Parkinson, Mark
I hereby certify that the foregoing declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual who drew a Pension as stated by her in the above declaration
Morris Paris Commissioner of Deeds -

Subscribed and sworn before me the day & year herein above written.
her X Bedient mark
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Young Paris before whom the annexed deposition of Deeds taken, was at the time of taking the same, a lawful person in and for the said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that I believe the signature of said Cambridge thereto subscribed is genuine.
is personally dindual who declaration this time of Deeds -
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 6 day of June 1848
James Conner Clerk.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York City & County of New York } ss.
On this fourth day of April A D 1843 — personally appeared before the Sub- Scriber a Commissioner of Deeds for the City and County of New York Betsey Bedient ————— a resident of the city of New York, in the County of New York aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war: That she is the widow of John Bedient, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and that she received a pension at the New York City Agency at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above Betsey Bedient written before me
Geo. Ireland Jr Comm: of Deeds
I do hereby certify that I know the above named deponent to be the identical Betsey Bedient described in her deposition. Geo. Ireland Jr Comm: of Deeds.

STATE OF NEW-YORK. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NATHANIEL JARVIS, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said City and County, being a Court of record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That George Ireland before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, a Commissioner of the Court in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by the laws of this State to take the same; and that I believe the Signature of said Commissioner thereunto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 21 st day of April 184 3
Nathaniel Jarvis
Clerk.
ed de- described By Beedy.
191

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, }
I, Joseph Hoxie , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Daniel P. Ingraham Esq before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the time of taking the same, Associate Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in and for said City and County, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I believe the signature of said Judge thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 16 th day of August 1838.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

George Mills, a native of Stamford, Connecticut, in the Seventy Sixth year of his age, now a resident of the City of New York, and who was in the service of the United States, in the War of the Revolution, by land and water, for six years -
Doth testify and say, That, in the early part of the Year Seventeen hundred and eighty two, he became acquainted, at Stamford, with John Bedient, who previously resided in that portion of the town of Norwalk in the State of Connecticut, now known as Wilton, That the said John Bedient, at the period first mentioned, belonged to a regiment, raised by the State of Connecticut, for the defence of the lines, bordering upon the State of New York, and which regiment was raised for the period of Nine Months, and was under the command of Colonel Canfield, and which, with another regiment, was under the command of Brigadier General David Waterbury, upon that station - That, although unable to say whether the said John Bedient held any office, either of Warrant or Commission, yet that the said John Bedient was chosen to take the charge and direction of a number of soldiers, who were selected to make up clothing for the Regiment aforementioned, and for ought that he knows to the contrary, to make up clothing for that section of the army there stationed, And that a young man by the name of Eaton, who subsequently became General Eaton, Consul at Tripoli, and who went out with Captain, now Commodore, Hull in the United States Brig Argus, to Alexandria in Egypt, was appointed the assistant or servant of the said John Bedient, during that time - That soon after the peace in 1783 the said John Bedient left Stamford for the City of New York, where he embarked in Mercantile business, and where he resided until the time of his decease; that, on or about the 4th day of May 1785, the said John Bedient was married to Betsey Knapp at Stamford Connecticut - That I lived at the house

of the father of the said Betsey Knapp, at the time of her marriage with the said John Bedient, though not present when the ceremony was performed, but am fully satisfied, from the attending facts and circumstances, that they were so married, being intimately acquainted with both the parties to said marriage. That a few days after said marriage, I accompanied the said Betsey Bedient to New York, her husband having previously left Stamford, and that the said John Bedient and Betsey his wife lived together in the City of New York, until the day of the death of the former, which was on or about the 20 th of October 1824, and that she still remains his widow, and that I have been intimately acquainted with both the parties from the period first mentioned until the decease of the said John Bedient, at the time above mentioned, and with his widow from that time to the present -
Thus far of my own knowledge; But I do also testify and say, that I have frequently heard it reported and mentioned; and which I fully believe, that the said John Bedient was engaged in the War of the Revolution for a much longer period than the one for which the Regiment under Colonel Canfield was raised - To wit - That he was in the Army, when encamped at Valley Forge, in the Winter of 1777 and 1778, where I was also stationed, although not at that time personally acquainted with the said John Bedient) and that he was likewise in the battles of Norwalk and Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, all of which in the summer of 1778, all of which I fully believe. And that the present applicant, Betsey Bedient, is the aforementioned Betsey Knapp, and is the widow of the aforescribed John Bedient -
Sworn before me this 1: August 1838
George Mills
D.P. Ingraham Associate Judge
U.S. Comt. Pl. Pleas

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, Joseph Hoxie, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Michael Welshoffer Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was made, was at the time of taking the same, First Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, that William S. Sears, Frank Strong and John R. Flanagan Esq. before whom the several annexed depositions were taken were at the several times of taking the same Commissioners of Oaths for said City and County, that said Officers are all duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to their official acts, they being authorized to administer oaths, and further that I believe the signatures to the same genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, the 7th day of March 1840.
Joseph Hoxie Clerk.

DECLARATION
REQUIRED BY
AN ACT GRANTING HALF PAY AND PENSIONS TO CERTAIN WIDOWS,"
Passed July 7th, 1838.
State of New York } ss. city and county of New York }
On this sixth day of March 1840
personally appeared before the first Judge of the court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York Betsy Bedient a resident of the city of New York in the County of New York aged Seventy two 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 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half Pay and Pensions to certain Widows:" That she is the Widow of John Bedient who was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution, and served in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Canfield, as will more fully appear by an affidavit of George Mills herunto annexed. And that she was married to the said John Bedient on the fourth day of May One thousand seven hundred and eighty five at Stamford in the State of Connecticut and that the family record herunto annexed, is a true document, written in part by said John Bedient and in part by Henry Waring, at request of said John Bedient
She further Declares, That she was married to the said John Bedient on the fourth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty five ; that her husband, the aforesaid John Bedient died on the twentieth day of October 1824 , that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz : at the time above stated.
Betsy Bedient
SWORN to and subscribed, on the } day and year above written, before me - the deponent being too aged & infirm to appear in open court
M. Ulshoefen First Judge Common Pleas New York

State of Connecticut } p Stamford Probate District County of Fairfield }
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District on this 14 th day of De- cember A.D. 1839. William Knapp Jr., a resident of Stamford in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he was seventy years of age last October - That he is the brother of Betsey Bedient of the city & state of New York who is the widow of John Bedient dec d late of said city - That said Betsey and said John were married at said Stamford by the Rev d Ebenezer Ferris, then a Baptist Minister resident in said Stamford now dec d . Some time after the termination of the Revolutionary War - as Deponent thinks in the month of May 1785 -
Deponent was present at the mar- riage of said John & Betsey which took place in his (Deponent's) father's house. The event of said Marriage Deponent well recollects -
Wm Knapp Jr.
Sworn & subscribed before the said Court of Probate on the day & year first written I further certify that the Deponent is a credible person
Joshua B. Ferris Judge

State of Connecticut } ss Fairfield County }
I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Joshua B Ferris Esq before whom is now and since the 20 th day of June last past has been the Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Stamford in said Fairfield County duly commissioned and acting as such and that his acts as such Judge are entitled to full faith and credit and I further certify that the signature on the other side hereof annexed to the Deposition of William Knapp Jr and purporting to be his is the genuine official signature of Joshua B Ferris
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 30 th day of January A D 1840 The above is a true copy of the original before whom, first duly made.
Thomas Robinson Clerk

State of New York
City and County of New York Rebecca J. Elizabeth Bedient of the City of New York the widow of John Bedient late of the said City now deceased being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that the annexed paper is the Original Family Record of her late Husband the said John Bedient deceased. That the said paper containing such Record was originally a Blank leaf in a large Family Bible which her said Husband purchased about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety two and kept and used as his Family Bible several years thereafter. That the original entries therein down to the double lines across the page are entirely in the handwriting of Henry Waring now of the City of Brooklyn as this Deponent doth verily believe, and were made by the direction of the said John Bedient as she also doth verily believe and also in the presence of this Deponent to the best of her knowledge and belief and as she doth verily believe, and are true as to the matters therein stated touching her marriage with the said John Bedient and the Births of her children therein mentioned. That the said Henry Waring was then a clerk in the employment of her said Husband and resided in his Fam-

-ily several years and until the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five or thereabout, and wrote a good hand. That the said Bible was taken away from her Husband's Dwelling House without this Deponent's knowledge or consent about the year one thousand eight hundred and , and on inquiry she was informed that her Husband's partner in business one Walter Hubbell had carried it away with him to Windsor in North-Carolina where said Hubbell and her said Husband kept a country store for several years which was managed chiefly by said Walter Hubbell, That said Walter Hubbell some time before his death returned the said Bland Leaf with the entries previously made thereon to this Deponent's said Husband by whom the same was retained during the residue of his life time. but that the said Bible was never returned by the said Walter Hubbell but left in North Carolina as she was informed and believes to be true. That said Walter Hubbell died at the City of Brooklyn in the year one thousand eight hundred and five. And this Deponent further saith that the said Family Record has been kept by this Deponent in her own possession ever since the decease of her said Husband

except that lately she has entrusted it to Bartholomew Dede Pierre and David Kimberly for examination and for the purposes of her present application for a Pension, and that the said Record is in the same condition as when entrusted to them for examination as aforesaid.
Betty Beavert
City & County of New York ss On the Sixteenth day of March 1840 before me the Subscribed a Commissioner of Courts for the County of New York named Elizabeth Beavert who is personally known to me and the said Elizabeth Beavert being by me duly sworn and deposed and say that the matters set forth in the above certificate are true and true and I further certify that the said Elizabeth Beavert is a creditable and lawful person.
William S. Searle Commissioner of Courts