Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,710, Dyer Crocker, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Crocker Dyer
S. 22,710
CONTENTS

18523
Pennsylvania Dyer Crocker
of Lebanon in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Selden in the Ch. Sta. line for 3 mos for 8 & 1/2
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 89 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Sept 1833 and date Asa Dimock  Clontarf
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833 $98.33 Semimont. allowance ending 4 March 34  19.66
$118.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. W. W. Clerk Book C Vol. 5 Page 9

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss.
On the twelfth day of September A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court - before the Hon. William Thompson and David Dimock William Thompson and David Dimock Associates. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting. Dyer Brockner of Middle-town township, in the County of Susquehanna, and State of Pennsylvania, aged about sixty 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, in the month of March 1776, he left Norwich, Connecticut, where he resided, went to Boston as a volunteer, joined a Regiment commanded by Colonel - Dunfee Durgay, marched with said Regiment from Boston to Norwich aforesaid, his service was to assist the sick on their way from Boston to Norwich, he having entered the service with a horse for that purpose. That after a service of nineteen days, he was discharged. -
And the said Dyer Brockner further saith, - That, immediately on his return from Boston to Norwich, he then enlisted as a fifeer in the Continental Service of the United States, for the term of six months, under Captain Eliphalih Holmes; Lieutenants - Williams and Spencer. From Norwich, the company went on to New York by water, was there attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Selden - Lieutenant Col. - Latimore, and was quartered near the Grand Battery in New York, until some time in August; at which time he, with the regiment was moved over to Brooklyn on Long Island, lay at Brooklyn thirteen days; during which time the British landed on the Island; the regiment then retreated from to New York, the next day, marched up to "Turtle Bay". On the 15 th of September 1776, was ordered to retreat from Turtle Bay, and make the best of "our way off". He then retreated, and crossed over to New York, remained with Col. Durgay's Regiment eleven days; and then joined his company again at "Earlem Wright's" left there, and crossed "Kings Bridge", and marched to the White Plains, from thence he went on, from one encampment to another, until he arrived at Peek's Kill; where he remained until on, or about the first of January 1777, and was then discharged by Colonel Latimore. -

And the said Dyer Crocker further saith, That in the fall of the year 1777, he went from Norwich, Connecticut, as a substitute for his father, (Ezekiel Crocker), on a draft for two months, as a fifer, to "Fort. Trumbull" in New London, where he continued in the service during the said term of two months aforesaid, and was then discharged.
And the said Dyer Crocker further saith, That, in the month of September, 1778 he went from Norwich, Connecticut, on a draft for two months, to New London, under Captain Ebenezer Lathrop, was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons, remained in New London until the expiration of the term, two months, and was then discharged. — And, immediately on his return to Norwich, he went, as a substitute, (for whom he does not recollect) back to New London, for the purpose of guarding a number of British (sailors) prisoners, up to Norwich, continued in actual service, three weeks, and was discharged.
And the said Dyer Crocker further saith, That in September 1779, he volunteered, at Norwich, Connecticut, under Capt. Waterman, and marched immediately to New London, where he arrived the same day, found the town in flames, (having been set on fire by the British under the command of General Arnold). — The company to which he belonged was attached to a Regt. commanded by Colonel Reuben Dyer  Parsons . He remained at New London nine days, and was then discharged. — That he does not now recollect the names of regular officers under whom he served, other than herein stated.
He further states, that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person, (other than Ezekiel Lathrop, Lydia Lathrop and Jabez Hoyle) — whose affidavits are herunto annexed, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day day and year aforesaid, in open court
Asa P. Underwood Pres.
Dyer Crocker

State of Pennsylvania Sussannah and Company
Personally appeared before me
David Post Esquire a justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid Dyer Crocker, late of Middletown, (now of the township of Dimock) in said County, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 th June, 1832 - and being duly sworn according to Law, - in answer to the interroga- -tories prescribed in the regulations of the War Department under the act of Congress aforesaid - doth depose and say 1 st That he was born in the town of Norwich, in the County of New London, in the State of Connecticut in the year 1763 - 2 nd That he has a record of his age, in his baptismal copies from the family record of his father - more than thirty years since - 3 rd That he lived in the town of Norwich, in the County and State aforesaid, when called into service, That a short time after the close of the Revolutionary War - he went to sea - followed the seas for the greater part of the time - until the "embargo - and non intercourse law went into operation - previous to the last war - that he shipped at Norwich and New London - the greater part of the time but sometimes shipped out of New York - That, immediately after quitting the seas, he came into Susquehanna County Pa. where he now resides. - 4 th That in his first tour of service - he was a volunteer - and went to Boston - in his second tour of six months enlistment in the Continental Service in Col. Selaw's Regiment he was also a volunteer - That in his third tour of duty, he was a substitute for his father, Ezekiel Crocker - That in his fourth tour of duty he was drafted - That in his fifth tour he went as a sub- stitute - (for whom, he does not now recollect)

That in his sixth and last term of duty he was a volunteer - as a "minute man" in Capt. Nehemiah Waterman's Company of Militia in Col. Rogers's Regiment 5 th That in addition to the Regular officers named in his declaration, he well recollects, General - Sterling - and General - Putnam - Genl. Frederick Huntington and his Regiment, all of whom he saw on Long Island. That he was in sight of Huntington's Regt. when the British took their field piece from them - and saw said Regt. make a charge on the British and retake them, a violent rain was falling at the time - And the said Dyer Crocker further saith, That he was one of the party sent out to bring in the wounded of Huntington's Regiment after their defeat - he belonging at the time, to the "minute" That on the following night - the Regt. to which he belonged had orders to raise fire and keep up a show of an encampment along the lines - which being done - they were then ordered to take their packs and crawl along beside a fence on their hands and knees - and retreat as secretly as possible to Brooklyn - where boats were ready to carry off the American troops - That the British, on discovering the retreat fired on the rear of the boats - but without any effect. And the said Dyer Crocker further saith That in addition to the term of six months for which he enlisted he remained in the service six weeks after - that time being necessary to get in recruits to take the place of the six months men - This was done by a general vote of the Company - sometime after the time of 6 months had expired - so that the whole time of his remaining in active service in this town was from the time of his enlistment for the term of his final discharge ten months and fourteen days - this he forgot to state in his declaration -

And as for further circumstances of his service he refers to them as set forth in his declaration —
6 th That he had no written discharge which  he he now recollects — That the Company to which he belonged was Col. Selden's Regt. were all dismissed and returned home, both Holsom going into Col. Dugay's Regiment to take the place of a Captain — that died — He was dismissed by Lieut. Col. Galtimore Col. Selden having been taken prisoner prisoner at Turtle Bay — being sick at the time he was taken — it was reported shortly after that he was dead — He well recollects of hear- ing a conversation between his father and Lieutenant Isaac Spencer on his return home, on the subject of a discharge — where Spencer replied "I can give one, but it is of no consequence" — and there was none made out for him
7 th That Rev d . Davis Dinnick and Andrew Canfield have testified as to his character for truth and veracity — and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution — He also mentions the names of Ezekiel Lathrop Dyer Lathrop, Edward Fuller, Benajah Frink and Ezekiel Avery, all of whom he truly believes would testify to the same —
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833
Dyer
Crocker
David Post Hance

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County
I Asa Dimick Mr. Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Susquehanna, do certify. That David Post Esquire whose signature appears to the attestation of the within affidavit, is a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid, duly commissioned and qual- ified as appears of record, and that the said signature is in his own proper hand-writing —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County the twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1833—
Asa Dimick Pro.

16626
Dyer Crocker Susquehanna County Pennsylvania
Admit
  8 months Sifer  22.     3 " Private  7.33      10.           39.33           78.66           19.66           98.32   
W. A. Dimock Montrose Susq a County Penn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Dyer Crocker Susquehanna County Penn.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Wolfington March 1776 19 Adm. Col. Durgey — Age 19 Norwich By traditionary   1776 6 Fifer Col. Selden. Lieut. Col. Latimore — Connecticut Living Witness   Subt. Drift — 1777 2 " — — —   Drift — Sept. 1778 2 " Col. Parsons — —   Subt. 1778 21 — — —   Drift — Sept. 1779 9 Col. Rogers. —  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section REI.
January 18, 1930
Mrs. Grace B. Johnson Montrose Pennsylvania
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22710 , it appears that Dyer Crocker , the son of Ezekiel , was born in 1763 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.
While residing in Norwich, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From in March, 1776, nineteen days in Colonel Durkee's Regiment; immediately afterward, six months as a fifer in Captain Eliphalet Holmes' Company, Colonel Selden's Regiment, was in the retreat from New York, and was discharged January 1, 1777; from sometime in the fall of 1777, two months as a substitute for his father, exact dates and officers' names not given; from in September, 1778, two months in Captain Ebenezer Lathrop's Company, Colonel Parsons' Regiment; immediately afterward, three weeks and guarded prisoners to Norwich, dates and officers' names not given; from in September, 1779, nine days in Captain Nehemiah Waterman's Company, Colonel Zebadiah Rogers' Regiment and was at the burning of New London.
A short time after the close of the Revolution, he went to sea, and after "following the sea" for some time, he settled in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 10, 1832, while residing in Middletown Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
There is no reference to wife and children.
Very truly yours
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
No date of death on AB

Sep - 26.
Dyn Crocker
Pension Application
18828

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } Ps
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid - Lydia Lathrop, of the township of Dimock in the county aforesaid, to me well known as a person of truth and veracity, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, on her solemn oath doth depose and say. That she is the sister of Dyer Crocker (an applicant for a pension) - and knows him to be sixty nine years of age. That she is well knowing to the said Dyer Crocker's enlisting in the service of the United States, as a fife in the Revolutionary War, at Norwich in the state of Connecticut in a company commanded by Capt. Eliphalet Holmes Lieutenant, Isaac Spencer; of Col. Selden's Regiment. And marching for Norwich  the Army - Connecticut and farther saith not. that she is Sixty seven years of age.
Lydia Lathrop
Sworn and subscribed before me
This Twenty seventh day of May, 1833.
Cyrus H. Avery J. Peace
State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } Ps
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Ezekiel Lathrop of the township of Dimock - in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, on his solemn oath doth depose and say. That he is sixty four years of age. That he is well acquainted with Dyer Crocker, and verily believes the said Dyer Crocker to be at least sixty nine years of age - That he is well knowing to the said Dyer Crocker's enlisting in the Continental service in the year 1776 in a company commanded by Capt. Eliphalet Holmes - Lieutenant Isaac Spencer, as a fife, at the town of Norwich in the state of Connecticut - and farther saith not.
Ezekiel Lathrop
Sworn and subscribed by the above named
Ezekiel Lathrop, to me well known as a person of truth and veracity, whose statements together
with that of the above named Lydia Lathrop is intitled to full credit - This 27th day of May A.D. 1833 -
Cyrus H. Avery J. Peace

State of Pennsylvania } Susquehanna County } ss
I Asa Dimock M c Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Susquehanna do certify, That Cyrus K. Avery whose signature in his own proper hands-writing appears to the attestation of the within affidavits, is a Justice of the peace qualified for the County of Susquehanna aforesaid - duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of said County the  on the twenty seventh day of May A. D. 1833 -
Asa Dimock M c Pro

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Jabez Hyde, of the township of Bush, in said County, to me well known as a credible person, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, on his oath doth depose and say, That he is ninety years of age, That he is acquainted with Dyer Crocker, (an applicant for a pension), That he verily believes the said Dyer Crocker to be sixty nine years of age, That he is well knowing to the said Dyer Crocker's serving as a fifer in a company of Kea Coast guards, commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop of Col. Parson's Regiment - stationed at New London - in the state of Connecticut, in the fall of the year 1777 - and that this deponent was a Sergeant in the aforesaid company, and served with the said Dyer Crocker - for the term of two months -
Jab. Jabez Hyde
Sworn and subscribed the 21 st day - of May A.D. 1833 - before me.
Isaac Brownson - Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss.
I Asa Dimock Jr. Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County do certify That Isaac Brownson Esquire, whose signature in his own proper hand writing, appears subscribed to the attestation of the foregoing affidavit of Isaac Royde, was on the twenty fourth day of May last an acting Justice of the peace - in and for Susquehanna County aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and the seal of said County, at Montrose, the twenty seventh day (May) - A.D. 1833 -
Asa Dimock Jr. Pro.

We - Davis Dimock a Clergyman — residing in the township of Bridgewater. in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Canfield — residing in Middletown - County & State aforesaid, hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Dyer Crocker, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be about sixty nine 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. And I Dimock  but have had it in my suggestion after having  not knowing what to do when he was sworn Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open court } Davis Dimock Asa Dimock & Pres } Andrew Canfield
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion of the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War de- partment, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Sol- -dier, and served as he states. - And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that Davis Dimock, who has signed the pre- -ceding certificate is a Clergy man resident resident in the township of Bridgewater Luzerne County and that Andrew Canfield, who has also signed the same, is resident of the township of Middletown,  same place, and is a credible person and that this statement, is entitled to credit.
Paytte Court,
Asa Dimock & Pres  

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County ss
I Asa Dineock Jr Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Dyer Crocker for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Montrose, the tenth day of September, A.D. 1832.
Asa Dineock Jr Pro

Revocation 22 710 INVALID.
1930 - Jan 18 - Dist. to Mrs. Isaac B. Johnson E.O.
File No. 22,710
Dyer Creek
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1895
Index:—Vol. 19 , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Schuylkill County Historical Society and Free Library Association Montrose, Pa.
Nov. 10, 1929
Bureau of Pensions Rev. War Section
Guadalupe, Dear Sir.
Will you kindly send me Revolutionary service of John Warren who served in New York Continental Line. Was a prisoner according to Surg. Co. records. He died in Forest Lake Twp. in aged 97 yrs. married Martha Berrick
also Dyer Crocker who in 1840 was living in Dinwiddie Twp. with grandson Dyer Lathrop. and was receiving pension Service for above men will be greatly appreciated Very truly
Mrs. Grace B Johnson, Norristown, Pa.