Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34213, John Clapp, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Blapp, John
NUMBER
S. 34213
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts
Capt John Clapp, Goedale private, Mass s Line 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sept r 1818 and sent to J. Hemenway Esq. Northampton. Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 mo 3 / 30 32.80 Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th Mar. 1819. 48.00
$80.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
Easthampton, Hampshire Co. Mass.
31 st 1820 X John Clapp should have been of Eichun Clapp's family offered Mass s Col. Capt. 16. 1821 & sent to L. Stoddard Esq. Northampton, Massachusetts

Northampton Mass. May 5 th
Free
Hon. J. C. Calhoun
Secret for the new Department Washington
Application of John Clapp for a pension - taken, sealed up & forwarded by me J. B. Miley, Clerk
Admitted.
[In consequence of returning under Gen. Washington's Proclamation]
John Clapp's Application for a Pension

I John Clapp of Easthampton in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts being twenty seven years of age testify & say I enlisted on the twenty fourth day of May 1777 into the Company commanded by Capt. Goodale in the Regiment of Col. Moses Pitcairn in Genl. Vieux Brigades in the Three Years Service, in the Continental Establishment & in the Massachusetts line, and I continued to serve as a private soldier in said Corps in the State of New York untill my enlistment of three years had expired when I was honour- ably discharged by Col. Pitcairn at Walt. Point in said State of New York - I was at the taking of Burgoyne. I have never had any pension from the Government - I am in reduced circum- stances and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support. May 2 nd . 1818
John Clapp
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 2 nd . 1818 John Clapp came before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. being a Court of Record within the said County & made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - and it appears to my satisfaction that he served in the Revolutionary war against the Common Enemy as he has stated in his deposition above said. The assistance of his Company for support He is a very poor man, and needy. Taken & sworn to the day & year aforesaid. before me & I have hereunto affixed the the seal of said Court.
Samuel H. Nickley Judge of the Court aforesaid

I Timothy Alvord of Northampton in the County of Hampshire State & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say I was a soldier in the same Company & Reg t within mentioned during the three years enlistment & was knowing to the of John Clapp's being in the same was Corps & discharged at the same time with him when our enlistment of three years had expired, by 1 st . March 1 st 1865 Col o of the Reg t as within mentioned Timothy Alvord May 2 nd . 1880.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 2 nd . 1880 Timothy Alvord came before me the subscriber and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true Before me J. Hinebrey Judge

I Timothy Alvord of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say, I enlisted into the Company of Col t Joshua Vinnon as a Drummer in May or June 1777 & in the Reg t . of Col t Rufus Putnam & I served in said Company & Reg t . three years the time of my enlistment, and I know and do testify and say that John Clapp then of Southampton now of Easthampton in said County, enlisted about the same time into the Company of Col t Goodale in the same Reg t . being the fifth Massachusetts Reg t . in Nixon's Brigade and he with myself & the Reg t . aforesaid marched to the State of New York and the said John Clapp continued to serve in said Company of Col t Goodale in the Reg t . aforesaid until Jan y 1780 when said Clapp with five others left the service without a permit and in June following Genl. Washington issued a Proclamation offering a pardon to all deserters who would return forthwith to their duty in the Army and serve out the time of their enlistment, and said John Clapp immediately returned, with the others who left their duty in Jan y 1780 and joined the Company & Reg t . aforesaid and were reinstated in the same Company & Reg t . and he continued in the same until Dec r . 1780 making in all, and under his enlistment, three years actual service, being two years & seven months of continued service before he left it without a permit as aforesaid, and in Dec r . 1780 he the said John Clapp with myself and four others were regularly discharged in writing by said Col t . Rufus Putnam at West Point in the State of New York and we all returned home together - Aug t . 31 st 1818 and further saith Timothy Alvord
I Hoseaiah Hutchinson of Northampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I served in the same Company and Reg t . mentioned in the above deposition signed by Timothy Alvord for three years and I was discharged by Col t . Rufus Putnam at West Point in the State of New York in Dec r . 1780, at the same time the above named John Clapp was discharged by Col t . Putnam & I returned home with said Clapp and four others who were discharged at the same time - And I further testify & say all the facts stated in the above Deposition signed by T. Alvord relative to the enlistment, service and discharge of the said John Clapp are true - And further saith not Aug t . 31. 1818. Hoseaiah Hutchinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Aug t . 31. 1818 Timothy Alvord & Hoseaiah Hutchinson both credible & disinterested witnesses personally came before me the subscribers and made solemn oath that the above deposition by them respectively signed are the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - Taken & sworn to the day & year aforesaid
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate of wills &c. and a Justice of the Peace within His said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire - Clerk's Office Northampton
I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in & for said County, certify that Samuel Hinckley Esq. is Judge of the Court of Probate of Will &c. and a Justice of the peace within & for said County & that his signatures to the several Certificates hereto annexed are his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Josiah Dwight
Hon. Secretary of War - Sir
More evidence can be obtained if necessary as to the Discharge, the time of service, desertion - re-instatement, and actual discharge of the 12. John Glap - Hezekiah Hutchinson were one of the same Regiment but he had not lost his discharge and he sent to the Secretary of War his discharge and has obtained his Pension - his discharge may be seen in his application for a Pension - Hutchinson & Alvord both testify as to the re-instatement of Glap and as to his service and that he was regularly discharged at the same time with Hutchinson then - respectfully J. Hinckley
Should the Pension be granted it is requested the certificate may be forwarded to me J. Hinckley

No 84 Mass.
John Clapp No 32
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
STAMFORD
At a Special Term of the Court of Common Pleas, held at Stamford, on the 10th day of March, 1820.
Present: His Honor, the Hon. J. H. Aspinwall, Judge; Messrs. J. H. Aspinwall, J. H. Aspinwall, J. H. Aspinwall, Justices.
And I do hereby certify that I was a resident citizen of the State of Connecticut at the time of my election to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and that I have not since that time, by reason of my absence from the State, forfeited my right to said office.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, and de die in diem to the sixth day of said month A. D. 1820 :
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, John Clapp aged seventy nine years, resident in Easthampton in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows :
Heen listed in May 1777 as a soldier in the Company of Capt Allen in the Regt of Major Putnam in the Massachusetts line for three years. Capt Woodside afterwards Commanded the Company I obtained a pension Certificate for the same service November 25/12. I made my application for a Pension for said service on the second day of May 1818.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule by me subscribed.
  One yearling steer $5.      Six sheep $3. One cow 25. One Hen $2.  $27.00     One pot 25. One meat Barrel 50  5.25     8 Acres of land $240. 3 Acres of land $18.  75      258.00      $291.00     I owe honest debts to the amount of two hundred & ten dollars  210.00       81.00    I am by reason of age incapable of doing any labour for my support I have a Wife aged sixty eight years
John Clapp
Sworn to, and declared, on the before the said Court.
sixth day of July 1820, Attest, Josiah Dwight Clerk.
I, JOSIAH DWIGHT, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is two hundred ninety one dollars, and 81 cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of July 1820.
Josiah Dwight

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
awt
May 1, 1925.
E. F. J. Tafe 424 S. Broadway Los Angeles, Calif.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 34813, it appears that John Clapp, while residing at Southampton, Massachusetts, enlisted May 24, 1777 and served three years as a private in Captains Allen and Goodale's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts Regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, while a resident of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, aged seventy-seven years, date and place of birth not given.
In 1820, soldier referred to his wife as sixty-eight years old, but did not give her name. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

1912 Apr. 25 - Hist. to Mrs. Reuben Bell. V.L.M. 1923 Feb. 21 - Hist. to Mrs. J. S. McCarthy awd. 1925 - May 1 - Hist. to E. F. J. Talcott 1925 June 1. Cen. Acct. Office fur- nished data for hist. for present
34 213 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 213
John Clapp Rev Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hadley Mass
April 18-1912
Commissioner of Pensions Department of Interior and Bureau of Pensions.
I would like to know if on John Clapp's pension papers it tells where he was born; or who is father or mother here;
The said John Clapp was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War from Easthampton Southampton Mass; Serving four years; and received a pension.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may give me-
Very truly Yours
Mrs Rubea Bell
Hadley Mass

John Clapp
2512
Continued
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, begun and holden at Northampton, within and for the County of Hampshire, on Wednesday  Tuesday the fifteenth  twentieth eighth day of July  March , and de die in diem to the twentieth eighth day of said month A. D. 182 8 .
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County, created such by the Laws of the Commonwealth, John Clapp aged Eighty years, resident in Easthampton in said County, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
From May 1777 three years and more Particularly stated and proved in the former application of the said Clapp now on file in the War department, to which reference is made. And I do further declare that I am the same person who am named in the Pension Certificate Number 2512.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the following schedule by me subscribed.
The property which was mentioned in the schedule annexed to my last application has all been taken and disposed of for the payment of my taxes. I have no other assets with me, except as found in my advanced age in some helpful and without any means of supporting myself & my wife. I have become necessitated to make application to the Overseers of the Poor of the town in which I live for relief & support for myself & wife.
John Clapp
We the undersigned overseers of the Poor of the town of Easthampton do hereby certify & say that John Clapp whose name is neither mentioned in the schedule annexed to his application nor in the declaration in accordance to his affidavit within totally destitute of property or estate & entirely without the means of support for himself & aged wife & that the said Clapp has applied to us in our said capacity of overseers of the Poor to furnish him & his wife with relief & support.
John Suddon } Overseers of the Poor John Hannon } Easthampton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. Circuit Court of Common Pleas March term 1821 Then personally appeared John Clapp & John Hannon above named in open Court and sincerely made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing facts contained in the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed.
S. Rootdane Jr. Clerk pro tem
Sworn to, and declared, on the twentieth eighth day of March . 182 8 , before the said Court.
Attest, S. Rootdane Jr. Clerk pro tem
Solomon Rootdane Jr. I, Joshua Duerant , Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule which follows it, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is  John Clapp dollars, and has no property
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth eighth day of March A. D. 182 8 .
S. Rootdane Jr. Clerk pro tem.

Rev S.C.
Box 42, Monroe, Georgia,
Feb., 7, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please give me the dates of birth, death, and marriage of William Bayless , who came from England before the Revolution and fought in that war? He had a brother, John , who came over with him, and also fought in the war, and I want his dates, also.
Please give me the dates of Hugh Caldwell who was called ' Shucks ' and entered the army from Virginia, he married Lucrecia Gault, or Gaut, or Galt, I am not sure how he spelled it. He had seven sons four of whom are Hugh, Bob, Jim and English. Give all the information you have about him, please.
This Lucrecia Gault's father was John Gault, and was knighted by the king of England. Can you tell me how I can prove that? Are there any records I might get, or is there any one I might write?
I will certainly appreciate anything you can do for me, and thank you in advance.
Trusting that I may have an early reply, I am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. L. M. Gault Box 42.

Rev. Ser. no. 1
✓ dated envelope JS
Monroe, Ga.
Feb., 8, 1923.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please be so kind as to give me all the information you can about the following men?
Maj. Earl Clapp, 1741-1836, married to Ann Sarah Howe in 1761. How many children, and who were they? Whom did they marry? Can you tell where they settled?
John Clapp, 1752-1823, on pension roll 1820, married to Sarah Pomeroy. How many children? Who did they marry, and what were their names? Where did they settle?
Samuel Gault, 1753-1823, married to Anna Gile. Who were the children and who did they marry? Where did they settle?
Will appreciate this help very much, and thank you in advance for any efforts you may spend on my behalf.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. L. M. Gault

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Clapp S.F. 34213
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 24, 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. { Allen Goodale Rufus Putnam Mass.          
Battles engaged in, Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Southampton Mass Aug
Date of application for pension, May 2, 1818. His el. al.
Residence at date of application, Easthampton, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 77 yrs, date and place of birth not given.
Remarks: In 1830 his wife was 68 yrs. old no name is stated. There is no further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

STATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON
GEN. CHARLES HENRY HAYMAKER
PRESIDENT
PIERSON WORRALL BANNING
VICE-PRESIDENT
DR. WESLEY WILBUR BECKETT
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
HENRY ORSON WHEELER
THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT
WALTER KIMPLE TULLER
SECRETARY
ELMER ALLAN HANGER
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
JOSEPH BRANDON BRUNER
TREASURER
JOHN FRANKLIN HORTON
ASSISTANT TREASURER
CHARLES JOHN GRIFFIN
REGISTRAR
JOHN EMERSON MARBLE
EDWARD ALONZO TALBOT
LEWIS AUGUSTUS WINSTON
DR. GUY VAN BUSKIRK
NATHAN WILSON STOWELL
FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
SETH MARSHALL
JOHN BARNES MILLER
HENRY MAURIS ROBINSON
Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
STATE HEADQUARTERS 424 SOUTH BROADWAY LOS ANGELES
March 4, 1925
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE EUGENE WADDELL BRITT
PIERSON WORRALL BANNING ARTHUR JAY WATERS WILLIAM RICHARDSON STAATS FRANK HERVEY PETTINGELL
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE SOCIETY, THE "REPOSITORY OF THE SOUTHWEST," HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF HISTORY, GENEALOGY, BIOGRAPHY, VITAL RECORDS, ETC., BELONGING TO ANY PATRIOTIC SOCIETY IN THE UNITED STATES
LIBRARIAN WILLIS MILNOR DIXON
TELEPHONE 19103
Hon. Hays Haymaker, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear sir;
Would you be so kind as to give this Society a report on a pension granted JOHN CLAPP ( served in the Revolution ) of Easthampton, Mass., probably came from Windsor, Conn., and married Sarah Pomeroy.
An early reply will be greatly appreciated, thanking you for all favors granted this Society, and assuring you of our appreci- ation of your kindness, I am
Sincerely,
E. F. J. Tafe.
E. F. J. Tafe. ASSISTANT GENEALOGIST.