Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12628, Thomas Craige, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
braige, Thomas
S 12628
carded
CONTENTS

Vermont 22.706.
Thomas Craig
Under 6 o in the State of Vermont who was a Sergeant in the 6 o commanded by Captain Wales of the Reg t commanded by Col o Mosely in the Mass. line for Seven months.
Inscribed on the Roll of a Vermont at the rate of 35. Dollars 00. Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Dec. 1833 and South Hon. H. Everett H. J. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. 87.50.
Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Mar 34 17.50.
$105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palmer Clerk,
Book E Vol. III. Page 58

Declaration
(of Thomas Braige)
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. th 1832
State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss.
ss. District of Windsor ss.
On this Eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord, one Thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before the Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont now sitting, Thomas Braige, a resident of Windsor in the said County and District of Windsor, aged Seventy Nine years and upwards, 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. th 1832;
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated;
At Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, on some day (not recollected) in the month of June 1776, there came a requisition for men of the militia to join the army near New York, and the declarant was told by some of the leading men of the town that if he would enlist other young men would be thereby induced to enlist. Whereupon, the declarant did persuade ten or twelve of his companions to pledge themselves

To enter the service on said condition, and, with them, did enlist, for a term of Five months, into the company of Capt. Wales of West Hampton, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Moseley, Lt. Col. Wells, and Major May. The company did not march, for a period of about four weeks, but the declarant immediately abandoned his civil employment, and was at once "placed under the orders of his Captain" and put on duty "of one kind or another" in which time (of four weeks) he was engaged in recruiting, although not constantly, and recollects that once he was sent by the Capt. to Col. Moseley, who then lived in Westfield as he believes.
On some one of the very first days of August after his enlistment, the company marched, passing through Suffield in the State of Connecticut, to Norwalk in that State. Here, he strongly believes, he tarried some time, for what reason he does not remember, nor can he say how long.
Soon after marching (a few days only) at some place in Connecticut, he was appointed an Ordinary Sergeant, and as such acted until the close of his service. From Norwalk, he marched to Kingsbridge N. Y. thence to West-Chester where, and at Frog's-Point, he was stationed some time; from thence he was sent out to East-Chester and other places. At this time, a guard was every detailed in charge of Gen. Washington's quarters. On this duty, the declarant went twice "in his turn". Afterwards, Gen. Washington sent to Col. Moseley to have detailed and continued steadily, on guard at his quarters, a certain sergeant (describing him) who had been on that duty before. Capt. Wales

had been on that duty before - Capt. Wales came to the declarant and proposed to him to go; but whether he was or was not the one the General desired, he does not know - The declarant endeavored "to get off" but the Col. came and said he must go - and he went. When Gen. W. went out to reconnoitre, his guard went with him. In this duty the declarant remained, until the enemy made preparations to march to White Plains. Then his regiment marched from Valentine's Hill something like a mile out in front - There opened to the right and left and stood until the army marched through, and then fell in the rear". The army marched, in almost perfect silence, all night (except a few minutes during which they lay down to rest) no one being allowed to speak above a whisper . The British marched by the right hand road; the Americans by the left - both roads uniting at a point near the Plains - The American army reached there a little before the British, and just at sunrise the American rear flank guard was in the same field where the enemy's front flank guard was. The front of our army had (as the declarant learned) reached the Plains in the night, and when his regiment marched up they went into entrenchments already to some extent prepared and immediately began to extend them - The position taken up by the Americans left a gulf, or ravine, between them and the enemy - There was an orchard in front of the American line which the men immediately cut down and made into pickets for the entrenchments. On higher ground, back, our army had

some redoubt." The British came up to the opposite side of the ravine, and in the afternoon opened a cannonade - The Americans tore down a large house which stood in the way of their extending the entrenchments. A road, the same in which the two roads by which the armies marched united, came across just upon the American right - Gen. Washington came in the rear, to the right, and ordered the men to dig a new entrenchment between the road and the place occupied by the two armies, extending "right out to Groub from the right so as to take the British line lengthwise" - Whether the men that dug that entrenchment were of Brooks' Regiment - of M c . Dugal's - or some other corps, the declarant is not certain; but it was soon done, and then Brooks' Regiment, with some other troops, went into it - Brooks' Reg t . was next to us. Then the British sent infantry forward, down into the ravine, or hollow way, who then turned to their left and came up to storm the entrenchment last mentioned. The Americans twice repulsed the enemy's infantry "back into the hollow". While they were rallying, the Highlanders came down - stacked their arms - drew their broadswords - and found in rear of the infantry - then they all came up - our men opened their fire as before, and soon the enemy's infantry opened and the Highlanders marched into our entrenchments and the Americans retreated down the hill westwardly. "After the enemy got that entrenchment, our guns in the redoubts were brought to bear lengthwise of the entrenchment, with grape, and the enemy

left it pretty soon, and did not enter it again, but the cannonade was "kept up till after dark" - Next morning, the British moved a large column to their left as if they would come round and attempt to turn our right, and we expected a hot time of it" but they did not come within the reach of small arms, for so soon as they came within cannon shot, some large guns placed beyond our right, which I had not before seen, now opened upon the enemy - "cut lanes through 'em" and broke them up: and in a short time they marched back - The night following, the Americans "lay all night upon their arms". At break of day, the enemy had moved off. We pursued them to North River, and just as we reached the river the last of the British was crossing into the Jerseys - We were then ordered back to the Plains, and there and in the vicinity remained until after snow came. After which, the declarant once went on parade in his bare feet "when the snow was 4 or 5 inches deep, not because he hadn't shoes, but, "to show the men it wasn't so great hardship, as they complained of their "shoes" - From the Plains, the troops moved back, easterly, (as he thinks) to a place the name of which he has forgotten, where he was discharged; but whether he rec d . a written discharge, or not, is unable to recollect. The declarant has always confidently believed that he was discharged on some one of the first three or four days in December; but having seen that his witnesses fix the discharge in November, he is induced to distrust his own recollection in this particular - Of this, however, he is perfectly confident - that, if not

in December, it was in the very last of November. He is equally confident that he served his full term of five months, at the expiration of which he assisted the Adjutant in making out the pay roll —
The said Thomas Craige further declares that, at Northampton aforesaid, in the first part of June 1777 and immediately on arrival of the intelligence that "The Ti was given up" he volunteered into a company that was marched off under a Lieut. Stearns, but was afterwards under command of a Captain whose name was (as he believes) Clapp, and on the 10 th day of June 1777 the declarant marched from Northampton to Stillwater N. York, and thinks he went by White-brook — From Stillwater he was marched to Fort Edward and lay near the Fort, hard by where Moore's Creek emptied into North River — From this post, he was often sent out with scouting parties, and was engaged in skirmishes with the Indians acting under Burgoyne; was of a party that went out to surprise and capture a large company of British officers assembled to sup at a house near their (the enemy's) lines. At this time, the American party succeeded in reaching the front yard to the house without being discovered, but as they rushed in, the enemy's party left the house by the opposite side, their tables standing and provisions prepared — As the British approached Fort Edward, his Regiment, or the corps in which he then was (for he was often transferred for a short time), moved to Schuyler's Meadow, and there remained until Burgoyne's army "came pretty near them", when the army moved away to Stillwater from which place he was sent away to assist in removing the hospital to Albany.

Then he returned to Stillwater and rejoined the army. In the first part of August, he was discharged and sent home in care of a number of sick, of the volunteers, and reached Northampton on the 13 th day of August, having been out two months and three days. During this term, he acted as Sergeant. He was so frequently detached, and transferred from one party to another, often finding his company now in this place and now in that on returning from the scouts &c. That he cannot recollect the names of the officers under whom he served through his various changes of place and duty. He recollects that, of his regiment proper, Murray of Hatfield Mass. was either Major, or Adjutant. The declarant is enabled to fix with definiteness the periods of his departure and return, in this second service, by the following entries in a book of accounts kept by him, embracing the years 1774 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - & 9, which book is now in his possession. The entries are these, viz -
1 st Entry { 1777 June 10 Then left Northampton for Ticonderoga
2 nd Entry, directly beneath the above { 1777 Aug t 13 Then returned home: From Fort Edward
The said Thomas Craige declares that he has not now any documentary evidence of his service, and does not know of any person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, other than those whose affidavits accompany this declaration. He has, by himself and his agent, made many and persevering efforts, for a year past, by enquiry, correspondence,

and by advertisement in the Hampshire Gazette , published at Northampton, to procure further testimony, without success -
To the interrogatories propounded by the court, the declarant answers,
That he was born at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, on the 14 th day of February A.D. 1754 -
That he does not know whether there is, or in not, any public record of his birth, nor has he ever seen, or known that there existed, any family record of the same. His earliest recollections are associated with Worcester Mass. to which place he was taken in infancy and put in charge of the man who "brought him up" - His Father (as the declarant was informed and believes) was killed, during the French War, in the unfortunate attack on Tienderoga -
That, as stated heretofore, he lived at Northampton when he enlisted, and there continued to reside until the year 1783, when he removed to Westminster Vt. where he resided until the year 1802, in which year he came to Windsor Vt. his present place of residence, and it has been permanently such since the year last mentioned - -
That, for his first service (1776) he enlisted - For the second (1777) he volunteered -
That his recollection, as to names of officers, is not so perfect as to permit him to state many; he recollects the names of Gen. M c Dougall, Col. Brooks & Col. Read, as having been at White Plains - ; Those of Generals Gates and Arnold - Colonels Brooks, Morgan - also

Generals Stark and Lincoln, as having been at Stillwater —
The declarant has a slight impression that, at the expiration of his first service (1776) he did receive a written discharge; but of that, or the manner in which or the time when he lost it, if he had one, he has no definite recollection, and dares not affirm respecting it —
The declarant states the names of Nahum Trask and Stephen Conant of Windsor aforesaid, and immediately in his neighborhood, to whom he is known, and who can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. He is unable to give, in this particular, the testimony of a clergyman, for the reason that there is not now living in said Windsor any one of that profession who can have any traditional knowledge respecting him; those whom he formerly knew having died, or removed, and those who now officiate in their stead being young and but recently known by him —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State —
Tho s Braige
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid —
Jabez Proctor Judge

We Nahum Trask and Stephen Conant residing in the Town of Windsor in the State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Graige, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine years of age, and upwards; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, Nahum Trask the day and year of aforesaid. Stephen Conant Jabez Proctor Judge
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, as served, as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Nahum Trask and Stephen Conant, who have signed the preceding Certificate, are residents in the Town of Windsor in the State of Vermont.

and are credible persons, and, that their State- ment is entitled to credit. —
Wilson Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Braige for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty three.
Reuben Washburn. —

22.706.
Thomas Craig Vermont
Adm. J. Mowatt Serf $35-
Hon. A. Everett Present

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
28 th Nov. 1833
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 subjouined 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, shewing the Service of Thomas Craig
   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.     June 1776 5 Serg. Cap. Wales Capt. Moseby 79 years Tradideanang { Living Mathepas   1777 2 3 "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 inquiry 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is 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. Wm
✓ 12.628 INVALID.
File No. 12,628
Thomas Craig Sergt. Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index.—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Phineas Alvore of Northampton in the county of Hamp- shire and commonwealths of Massachusetts age Seventy two years on oath testify before and say that I was a soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revo- lutionary War - I was a private in the company of Infantry commanded by Captain Jonathan Wales Lieut Elijah Lyman - May - May Lt Col - Wells Col - Mosely - The company was mustered in Northampton as near as I can recollect the first part of August 1776 and marched to Fairfield Conn. when our non commissioned officers were elected and Thomas Craig formerly of this town but now resident at Windsor in the State of Vermont was elected one of the Sergeants and served as such during the term of our enlistment - From Fairfield we were marched to East Chester Kingsbridge Westchester and Frogg Point but our longest encampment was at Woletons Hill - From thence we marched to White Plains and we were dis- charged at or near White Plains as near as I can now recollect in the month of November and the last of the month on the expiration of our period of enlistment - I nearly believe that we served more than three months but it is so long since that I dare not swear positively as to dates and periods - I well knew the said Thomas Craig and do well remember that he was

a member of Capt. Wales company aforesaid That he marched with us from Northampton Mass. as aforesaid and that he acted as a Sergeant in said company & was discharged with the same in November 1776 and further the deponent saith not
Phineas
Alvord
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscri- ber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County Phineas Alvord to me personally known and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that in my opinion he is a credible witness
Samuel Wells & Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel Wells Jr Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this first day of April A. D. 1833 -
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

I Zadock Banks of Easthampton in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty years do oath testify depose and say that I was once well acquainted with Major Thomas Craigie now resident at Windsor in the county of Windsor & State of Vermont and formerly a resident of Northampton in this County - that I well remember that said Craigie was a sergeant in the company of Captain Nathan Wales - Elias Lyman Lieut. in the Regiment of Col. Morely in the Massachusetts State Troops in the Revolutionary War - I was a private in the same company. We were marched from said Northampton I should think in the month of August 1776 to East Chester in the state of New York and are stationed at Voluntine Hill so called - About a week after the Battle at White Plains being sick I was removed to Milton Parish in Cornwall Connecticut - I well remember that said Craigie marched with us from Northampton and unless I am greatly deceived in my recollection he was in the company until my sickness and removal aforesaid and how much longer I am unable to say and further the deponent saith not Zadok Banks ...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss.
On this thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared before me Cadock Banks signer of the within affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the matters & things therein by him stated And I do further certify that said Cadock Banks is to me personally known and that in my opinion his testimony in the premises is entitled to full faith & credence - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Northampton in said county the day and year first above written
Samuel Wells Jr Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Inferior Courts of the Commonwealth for the county of Hampshire, do certify that Samuel Wells Jr whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is & ought to be given to his acts & attestation done in that capacity - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Samuel Wells Jr and believe his signature above to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of common Pleas for said Com- monwealth this sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
S Stoddard Clerk