Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1392, Seth Cushing, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass
Cushing, Seth Kanah
W. 1392 B.L.Wt 26.557-160-55-
CONTENTS

New York - Massachusetts
Beth Cushing
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg't commanded by Col Wood in the Mass line for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Jan - 1833 and sent Hon J. Adams St. of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Jan 1833 $53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 $66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 10.
March 6 th '34 see let to Pen agt W. Appleton to know to what time he was last pd
April 26 th 1834 transf to New York for 11 March 1833 - and notice sent to the Hon: J. G. Hathaway M.P. on the same day -

cit to P. Glan. Apr 13/58 W.D.
July 48 - no 139
Vol. Co - 153. —————>
29,808 {
March 31/58 Act 3/ " "
Hannah Cushing Widow of Seth Cushing priv
Private in the war of the Revolution & Pensional under act of 7 th Jan 1832.
No 26552
Applicant a Pensioner under Act July 29 th 18218
July 48 - 139
W: 160 Acl May 16/56 Blyth
W Aug 13.
James P. Hotchkiss Homer N. York

139. Albany. New York
Hannah Cushing widow of Seth Cushing
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Moss Side
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
26 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11 day of April , 1849
and sent to
Wm. H. P. Couger Cortland Village New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 1848, Page 541 Vol. 1
29 July,
Reported
Oct 1 1856. Duplicate issued Sent to E. W. Edgecomb. Cortland Village - N York -

Seth Cushing 21800.
Punch
8 Mon
$26.66
Am B 2 Adams

Seth Cushing Depositions of Ebenezer Wright Wm Burgess
petition and the present
Fourteen

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 20 th day of Augt 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Wilkes Wood Judge the Court of Probate now sitting at Plymouth within
and for said County of Plymouth, Seth Cushing a resident of Kingston in said County of Plymouth, and Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, aged 70 years, who being first duly
affirmed  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. He hereby relinquish-
es 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. That is to say, that
he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was drafted & served as
a private - entering at Plympton in said County in May 1778 into a com- pany commanded by Capt James Harlow - Col Wood regt - & served therein eight months in the State of N York at Peekskill, White Plains & the Hudson's brigade. Have no discharge
Was born in Plympton in said County in 1762 - but have no record of my birth except a family Record
For character he refers to Col John Thomas and Col John Sever both of Kingston That his name is not on the pension roll of any state, & he renounces all pension but the present
Town over

Being a Friend he has no clergyman there being none in that religious order
Seth Cushing
Subscribed & affirmed under the pains & penalties of perjury the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, town of
and
a clergyman, residing in the
residing in the quainted with
hereby certify, that we are well ac- who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
years of age; that he is
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Cushing for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord

State of New York County of Cortland
On this 27 th day of March A D 1855 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Hannah Cushing, aged 85 years a resident of Homer Cortland County and State of New York also being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Seth Cushing, deceased who was a private in the war of the Revolution and was Pensionsed under the act of June 7 th 1842 at the rate of $25.68 per annum and that she has been Pensionsed under the act of July 29 th 1848 at the rate of $25.68 per annum as the widow of the said Seth Cushing, deceased. She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Cushing, in Plympton in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on the 14 th day of March A D 1794.
She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Seth Cushing, died in Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York on the 4 th day of December 1833 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1842.
Hannah Cushing
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me
Jacob T. Stone justice of the Peace
29.8.8

We Gustavus Lyman and Francis G. Kinney residents of Hornell in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Leashing in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Gustavus Lyman Francis G. Kinney.
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim. Jacob T. Stone justice of the Peace

State at New-York, } ss. CORTLAND COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, Do Certify,
That Jacob T. Stone Esq.
before whom the annexed Affidavit was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same : and further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said JUSTICE, and verily believe the signature to the Jurat thereof, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County, this 28 th day of March 1852.
Rufus A. Reed CLERK.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I Hannah Cushing of the county of Orleans , and State of New York , do hereby constitute and appoint James P. Hotchkiss, Homer, N. Y., my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my behalf, to prosecute my claim for county land under the act approved March 3 rd 1855 and to receive such Land Warrant as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of Attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my Attorney, the said James P. Hotchkiss may lawfully do in the premises.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27 th day of March A. D. 1855
Hannah Cushing 
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
Jacob T. Stone Justice of the Peace

Letter Cushing Feb 11 th 11
Transfer
March 6 th 1834 wrote to Mr. Appleton of Boston to know when he was last paid —
Mother my hand and the seal of the said County both against this transfer of February 1834
with the hand making of the said John and with the seal the sign manual "Vigors" & "Gerrit" subscribed to the arrangement to the name
Samuel H. Kellogg & Clerk By Anna M. Miller Deputy

8115. priv: $26.66 + 13 March 1833 paid to 4 March 1833.
Application for a Transfer County of Cortland p 3
on this Eleventh day of February 1834 - before me, the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Cortland, person- ally appeared Seth Cushing, who on his Oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company, commanded by Captain James Harlow, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ezra Wood, in the service of the United States, that, his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Massachusetts, from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides, in the Town of Homer, in the County of Cortland and State of New York, where he intends to remain, and wishes his Pension to be there payable, to wit in the City of New York in future - The following are his reasons for removing from the Town of Kingston, County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, to Homer aforesaid He sold his Farm, in said Massachusetts, and having a Brother in Homer, who had moved there sometime previous, was an inducement, for him to move, there of his son, James, who now lives with him, and provides for him, was very anxious to move into the Western Country, where we now both reside, on a Farm which we have purchased - Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. Levi H. Canfield Justice Peace
Seth Cushing
Town of Homer County of Cortland State of New York
I James Cushing, of the aforesaid, Town, County & State, aged Sixty six Years
do depose and say, that I am the Brother of Seth Cushing, who has subscribed and sworn to the above

affidavit, I do know that he is the identical person which he represents himself to be, described in the above Affidavit
James Cushing
Sworn and subscribed before me this 11 th day of February 1834 - Levi P. Canfield Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with James Cushing and that he is a man of truth & veracity, and respectable in his neighbourhood - Levi P. Canfield Justice Peace
Cattaraugus County } State of New York Clerk's Office } ss
I hereby certify that Levi P. Canfield whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit was on the day the same purport to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature "Levi P. Canfield" subscribed to the said affidavit to be genuine
In Witness my hand and the seal of the said County hereto affixed this twelfth day of February 1834
Samuel Molechkiss Jr. Clerk By David A. Wheeler Deputy

11 Hannah Cushing wid of Seth NY
act 29 July 1848
Marr'd. 1794
Instm d'd 1836
Adm'd. 26 th p n per 4 March 1848
Hon. W.S. Conger Concord Village NY

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 29th. 1818
Town of Homer Co. on this 8 th day of Cortland County September A.D. 1848. person- State of New York ally appeared before me Justin M. Pierce a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county Hannah Cushing, the Widow of S th Cushing deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, and drew a Pension of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum she thinks said S th Cushing died on the 3 rd day of December A.D. 1836. she says, that on the 16 th day of Next October she shall be Eighty Years old, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make said Declaration her said Husband was a Private in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts, and that she has remained a Widow ever since her said Husband died, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto annexed she says her name was Hannah Bonney before she was Married, and that she was Married to the said S th Cushing by the Rev d Ezra Samp- son, in the Town of Plympton, Plymouth County and State of Massachusetts, on the 14 th day of March 1794 -
sworn to, and subscribed Hannah Cushing on the day and year above written
Justin M. Pierce Justice of the Peace

Cortland County } ss James E. Cushing of said Town of Homer } County Town and State State of New York } aged Forty Six Years being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath say, that Hannah Cushing, the Widow of Seth Cushing deceased, is his Mother and that she has always lived with him this deponent, and he says he knows her to be the same identical Person, which she repre- sents herself to be, and that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of her said Husband, Seth Cushing sworn and subscribed before James E. Cushing on this 8 th day of September 1848 Justin M. Pierce Justice of the Peace
Cortland County } ss. Caleb Cook aged Sixty Years Town & State } of the Town of Cortlandville of New York } in the State of New York being duly sworn according to Law says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Cushing, the applicant for a Pension and knows that she is the identical Person she represents herself to be and that she has remained a Widow ever since the death of her said Husband Seth Cushing sworn and subscribed before me This 8 th day of September 1848. Caleb Cook
Justin M. Pierce Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with James E. Cushing and Caleb Cook, who both subscribed and swore to the foregoing Affidavits, and they are per- sons of truth and veracity and reputable in their neighbourhoods Justin M. Pierce Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents, that I Han- nah Cushing of the Town of Harnes, in the County of Cortland and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Lewis B. Canfield, of the aforesaid Town, County and State my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my Name, to ask for and receive from the United States of America, a Pene- dence on my services, rendered in the Mili- tia of the Revolutionary War, by Seth Cushing, my Deceased Husband, given under my hand and seal this 8 th day of September 1848.
Witness
Jamies Cushing Justin M. Pierce
Hannah Cushing
I hereby certify that Justin M. Pierce is a per- son of the name in the town of Harnes County of Cort- land State of New York - that he has been such person for several years last past - that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said person & verify before his signature to the foregoing to be genuine dated Sept. 9 th . 1848
H. S. Cushing Ho of Rep.

Hannah Cushing's Certificate of Marriage to John Cushing 1844

two The twenty following Marriages were solemnized by the Rev. Ezra Sampson, Minister of the Gospel in Plympton, Mass. March fourteenth one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, Seth Cushing jr. and Hannah Bonney, "
I hereby certify, that the above is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Book 2 d , Page 350, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, March 14, 1794,
Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton, August 28, 1848.
I, Lewis Bradford, above named, depose and say; that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me, Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of said Town of Plympton.
Plympton, August 28, 1848.
I, the abovenamed Lewis Bradford, further depose, and say that I am eighty years of age, and that I was present at the marriage of the aforesaid Seth Cushing jr. and Hannah Bonney and saw them joined in Marriage by the aforesaid Rev. Ezra Sampson, and that they were both of Plympton, Mass. Lewis Bradford, Plympton, August 28, 1848.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. August 28, 1848. Then the above named Lewis Bradford (who is Town Clerk of the Town of Plympton) appeared and made oath that the true above depositions by him subscribed are true - I further certify that the said Lewis Bradford is a man of unblemished character and a competent and substantial witness.
Before me Wm. H. Sibley Justice of the Peace 3

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth                      Clerk's Office May 30 1848 I John B. Murray Clerk of the Superior Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that William H. Noble appeared before me the foregoing Affidavit was known to be a true copy of the original County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified and knows that his signature to the first thereof is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on the day & year above stated
John B. Murray Clerk

Rev
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Hannah Cushing
Widow
Seth Cushing
Print Rev War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

M Hannah Cushing NY. Let to Wm H Conger Sept. 20 48
act 29 July 1848
✓ 26.557
5 Who owns

Hannah Cushing Mrs South
March 18 th 1804
600 FREE
Mr Pae
Hon J. Minto Com of Finance Washington DC
FREE

Hannah Cushing widow of Seth
Duplicate to
E. W. Edgcomb Cortland Village N. Y.

Coast and Village Sept 18 th 1855
Sir Enclosed Please find the application of Hannah Cushing for a Duplicate Pension Certificate under act 1848 - Her original Pension Certificate was destroyed by fire in the Store of Isaac Clark Barber
I am Sir Your Obedient Servant
E. M. Edgcomb
Hon. J. C. Allen Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

Ebenezer Wright for Seth Cushing with his petition

I Ebenezer Wright of Plymouth Massachusetts. having been a private in the revolution war forty eight months at White Plains and elsewhere in N York in 1778 in Capt James Warner's company. Col. Woods Regt, testify that I will remember both Cushing of Kingston a private in the same company for the same space, we have no reason to doubt that he was regularly discharged.
Ebenezer Wright
Plymouth County ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
August the 10 th 1882 Then personally appeared before the Subscriber the above named Ebenezer Wright and made oath that the above Deposition by him Subscribed is true I certify said Deposition is a credible witness
Jonathan Parker S. Farlow of the Proc.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker & Zacharias Bartlett Esquires are Justices of the Peace for said County & that I believe their names subscribed to the within & annexed certificates are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this eighth day of February A.D. 1833
Jacob H. Lord

Wattand Valley N.Y. Sept. 11. 1888
H. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir: I send you herewith additional testimony in the case of Hannah Cashing, & also in the case of Polly Wraw. I sent you by the mail this morning papers in both these cases, but through mistake I did not send you all the testimony. Please attach this to the papers already sent.
I am respectfully Yours H. S. Congdon

Ho of Rep March 2, 1849
Sir
I send you herewith the declaration of Hannah Cushing made in conformity with the requirements of your letter of the 20th Sept. 1848
Yours &c H. S. Congdon
Col. L. Edwards Comm. Pensions

Hannah Louhany - Seth
h s a y d d r

Brief in the case of
Hannah Cushing wid o of Seth, County and State of New York - act 29, July 1818.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Duplicate The widow declares that the original certificate was consumed with other property in the burning of a store - She is sustained by credible affidavits in her statement - " Duplicate issued (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent,
E. O. Edgecomb Carlland village N.Y.
R. M. Rice Examining Clerk.

State of New York } ss. County of Cortland }
On this ninth day of September A. D., 1856 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Cushing _____ a resident of Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say
That she is the widow of Seth Cushing deceased the Admiral Person who is a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of $26.66 Per annum and was placed on the Pension List Roll of the Albany New York Agency under the act of 1848 that her Original Pension Certificate was issued from the War Office of the United States That she has been informed and believes it to be true that her Original Pension Certificate was destroyed by fire with the Store Contents of Jedediah Barber some time in the month of May 1856 in the Village of Homer Cortland Co NY And that she makes this affidavit for the Purpose of obtaining a Duplicate of her Original Pension Certificate -
Hannah Cushing
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Gustavus Lyman Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Gustavus Lyman

STATE OF NEW YORK, Cortland County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the Laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein:
Also that Gustavus Lyman Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized, to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 10th day of Sept. A. D., 185 6
Rufus A. Reed Clerk.

State of New York } ss. County of Cortland }
On this 8 th day of September A. D., 185 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid, William T. Nichols ——— a resident of Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say
That the Store Goods belonging to Judadiah Barker of Homer Cortland Co NY was destroyed by fire on or about the 10 th day of May 1856 and the Pension certificate of Hannah Cushing at the Rate of $26 66 Per annum was destroyed in said fire -
William T. Nichols
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
E. W. D. Groom Notary Public
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
E. W. D. Groom Notary Public

STATE OF NEW YORK, Cortland County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument, is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the Laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein :
Also that E. W. Edgcomb Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Notary Public
in and for the said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized, to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 10th day of Sept A. D., 185 6
Rufus A. Reed Clerk.

State of New York } ss. County of Cortland }
On this 9 th day of September A. D., 1856 personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, James E Cushing a resident of Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say
That he is well acquainted with Hannah Cushing Widow of Seth Cushing of Homer Cortland Co NY that she is the identical Person who is a Pawnor of the United States under the act of 1848- at the Rate of $26 66 Per annum That her original Pawn certificate was left at the Store of Jedediah Barber of Homer Cortland Co NY - in the Spring of 1856-
James E Cushing
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me.
Gustavus Lyman Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a reputable witness ; and I further certify that I have no interest in the result of the case where this is to be used, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Gustavus Lyman

STATE OF NEW YORK, Cortland County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, RUFUS A. REED, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, That the annexed instrument, is executed and proved or acknowledged in due form, according to the Laws of the State of New York, to entitle it to be recorded therein :
Also that Gustavus Lyman Esquire, before whom the same was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a
Justice of the Peace
in and for the said County, duly elected, sworn and authorized, to take the same. And I further certify, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 10th day of Sept A. D., 185 6
Rufus A. Reed Clerk.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th July 1842.
State of New York } on this 24 th day of February Town of Harn } 1849 personally appeared Cortland County } before William H. Skarland a
Hannah Cushing a resident of the Town of Harn, in the County of Cortland and State of New York aged eighty years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions, made by the Act of Congress passed July 29 th 1842. That her Husband Seth Cushing, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and drew a pension for Eight Months Service, and who Died in said Harn on the 27 th day of December A.D. 1836. She further declares that she was Married to the said Seth Cushing, on the 14 th day of March, A.D. 1794, by Ezra Lapsen of Plympton State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County. That she was not Married to him Prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place Previous to the second of January, Eighteen Hundred and twenty at the time above stated - she further declares that she is now a Widow, and that she has never before, made any application for a Pension under said Act.
sworn to and subscribed Hannah Cushing on the day and year above written before me a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York } W.H. Skarland
I certify that Hannah Cushing, the Applicant for a Pension is a person of truth and honesty, & reputable in her neighbourhood - W.H. Skarland

I hereby certify, that in my opinion that the said Hannah Cushing, is entirely unable from badly infirmity to attend Court, for for the purpose of making her Dularation - Signed the day and year above mentioned before me
W. H. Shankland Justice of Sup Court of State of N. York.
I hereby certify that Mr W. H. Shankland is a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York that he has been such justice for two years last past, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Shankland & hereby believe his signature to the foregoing is genuine March 2, 1849.
Phil. Berge H. of Rep.

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William Burge's for set Cashing

I William Burgess of Plymouth oath Massachusetts having been a soldier in the war of the Revolution for eight months at White Plains in New York in 1778 in a company commanded by Capt James Harlow. Ezra Wood Colonel. testify that I well remember Seth Cushing of Kingston a private in the same com- pany for the same space & have no doubt but he was regularly discharged.
William Burgess
Plymouth June 19 1832
Massachusetts
Then William Burgess subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition before me, & I certify him to be a credible wit- ness - Zachary Rootlett Justice of the peace