Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,317, Benedick Corey, Conn. R.I.

SERVICE
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Conn. P.J.
Corry Benedict Cory
P 2,317
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Hungford and Watson N.Y. 7434.
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STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Jefferson County, }
ON this 11 th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Benedick Gorey a resident of Champion in said County, aged 83 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 he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as here-in stated.
at North Kingston R. Island in May 1775 under Capt. Cleave Col. Parsons Regt. for eight months, Marched to Roxbury served nine months as a Sergeant and was then discharged - again enlisted about first of April 1776 at Greenwich R. Island for during the War, under Capt. Benj. Gordon Col. Watermans Regt. served as a Sergeant - most of the time as ordered upon the sea coast in R. Island, Connecticut & New York - mostly under the above officers, sometimes under other officers, once went to Crown Point, was in several skirmishes - Genl. Sullivan commanded in R. Island - returned to R. Island and was discharged at Providence at the close of the War - was born in North Kingston - R. Island - has no documentary evidence - but refers to the evidence of Elias Jackson & Archibald Jackson who furnish

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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
Benedick Cory
We, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of _____ hereby certify, in said County, and residing in _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the that we are well acquainted with _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believ- above declaration; that we believe him to be ed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court 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 who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of _____ who has also signed the same, is a resident in _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Benedick Cory for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this 11 th day of September 183 2
P. Burchard Clerk

Benedict Coney - N.Y.
March 26. 1832
ref. to the Committee on Rev. Pensions -
Wardwell

State of New York } ss
Jefferson County } On this 29 th day of Feb y 1832 personally appeared in open court, the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Jefferson & a Court of record by law of this State, Benedict Cory resident in said County aged Eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820 that he the said Benedict Cory enlisted for the term of during the war about the first of April 1776 in Captain Benjamin Gorton's Company in the State of Rhode Island in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Waterman in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental establishment - that he continued to serve in said Corps until the close of the war and was discharged by Col Waterman in Providence in said State and have lost the discharge - that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That his name is not on the roll of any State except Rhode Island and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a Pension - I made application in 1818 but was denied a pension on the ground of want of proof of service in the Continental establishment and until now he has been unable to find such proof - And in pursuance of the act of 1 st May 1820 I do hereby swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that 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 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 18 th 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 is contained in the Schedule hereto Annexed and by me subscribed.

Schedule
1/2 Set Knives & Forks 3 Spoons 1 See Loaf Dishes 1 old chest 1 Testament 1 Hymn Book 1 Bake Kettle 1 Sew Kettle
Benedick Cory
That since the 18th March 1818 there have been no changes in my property for I then had none of any consequence My occupation is that of a Farmer have a wife 84 years old no children under age. Was in Bunker Hill Battle and in Sullivan's Retreat at Newport where I received a wound
Benedick Cory
Sworn to and declared in open court this day and year first above mentioned before the Judges thereof. S. Burroughs I Deleg. Burroughs Clerk of the County of Dafferson do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Benedick Cory did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule sheets annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Ten Dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 2 d day of March 1832
S. Burroughs Clerk

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P. H. H. H. Watson N.Y.

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BRIEF in the case of  Benedick Corey  of  Champion  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 83
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 May entered the service for 8 mo. Served 0 9 0 Sergt Cap Clift Col Parsons Brig   About 1st April 1776 Enlisted for during the war was discharged at the close of the war - Served indefinitely Sergt Cap Benjaminudin Col Whittemans Brig Gen Sullivan  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? don't state
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? -
He refers to the evidence of Elias Jackson and Archibald Jackson - "heretofore furnished"
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. Reinzel
Examining Clerk.

New York Rev.
Benedict Corey Suspended
let. to Hungerford 10 Sep '33. Do. to same 6 Nov: '33
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Watertown N. York. Sep. 17 1832
In I enclose the application of Benedict bony for a Pension. He made application last winter through Judge Ward- well of the House of Reps. - see your letter of Mar. 14th to him. Mr Wardwell informs me he took the paper from your office with a view of presenting his claim to Congress, but finally returned them to you, where the evidence of his service will be found.
Yours Respectfully
Humphrey D. A. L. Edwards Esq Pension office

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Benedict boy. N York
March 26. 1832
ref. to the Committee on Rev. Pensions -
Nov. 28 "1832 - Com "dutch" -
The story of losses conflicts with the deposition of Lester on the testimony is too untenable as to survive -
Brief Dec. 10. 32
Wandsworth

22d Congress. 1st Session.
Congress of the United States In the House of Representatives
March 26, 1832
On motion of Mr. Wardwell
Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to enquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Benedict Long, of the State of New York.
Wirt M. S. Clarke Clerk

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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P.O. Benedict Orey Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: REJECTED , 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Discharges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Home of Pups. July 6 1832
Dear Sir
I herewith transmit the pension papers of Benedict Cory & Reserved Redway, which are taken from your office
Respectfully yours B. Wardwell
J. L. Edwards Esq.

State of New York } ss. Benedict Corey being duly sworn deposes Jefferson County } and saith that he now is a resident of the Town of Champlen in the County of Jefferson and State of New- York, and that he enlisted as a Soldier for nine months into Capt Cliffs Company in Col o Parsons Regiment Connecticut troops in the revolution of the war of the United States of America, about the first of may 1775. -
about the first of April following he enlisted into Capt o Benj- -amen Gortons Company and Col o Watermans Regiment in the Rhode Island troops in the Revolutionary war of the United of States of America and continued in the war to the end, as a Sergeant in the War of the Revolution of the United States of America I have lost my discharg therefore I cannot tell the day I was discharged aged eighty one June Benedict Corey
Signed & sworn to before me this 15 th day of June 1829
I certify that the above named Elliot Synnell Just ice of the peace Benedict Corey is a credible person by information Elliot Synnell Just ice of the peace State of New York } ss Elias Jackson being duly sworn Jefferson County } deposes and saith that he was personally known to the subscribers rendered as above stated in the Deposition of Benedict Corey and that the whol of said statement is substantially true Elias Jackson
Signed and sworn To before me this 15 th day of June 1829
Elliott Synnell Just ice of the peace
I certify that the above named Elias Jackson is a credible person Elliott Synnell Just ice of the peace

State of New York Jefferson County ss Archibald Jackson of the city of Hudson Columbia County & State of New York being duly sworn before Nathan S. Johnson one of the Justices of the Peace of said County. Says that he is Seventy three years old, & that he has been acquainted with Benedick Corey the within deponent for sixty years, and that he has been in the army of the Revolution with him. The said Benedick at several times & that he believes the within affidavit of Benedick Corey & Elias Jackson to be substantially true.
Subscribed & sworn this 4th day of June 1861 before me
Archd. Jackson
I certify that the above named Archibald Jackson is a credible person to the best of my knowledge of him at least State of New York ss Jefferson County ss. I Philip Burckhard clerk of the said county do certify that Nathan S. Johnson and Elliott Lynde before me the preceding affidavits have been taken before me at the seat of the said Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with their hand writing and verily believe their names subscribed to the said affidavits to be their proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 11 day of February 1832 P. Burckhard clerk

State of New York Jefferson County
Benevolent being Duly Deposeth that He enlisted in West Greenwich in the State of Rhode Island in the month of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy six under Captain Waterman Clift in Colonel Dyer's Regiment Connecticut Troops, as a private, for eight or nine Months, and was stationed at New London until after the Battle of Bunkerhill and was Marched to Roxbury in Massachusetts and Remained there until His time expired and then returned to his Home in Rhode Island, and was after in the Militia Line and served three Months under Capt Job Angel in Col Nathaniel Brown Regiment
the ensuing Spring He again enlisted as Orderly Sergeant as He thinks during the War under Capt Benjamin Gorton in Colonel John Waterman's Regt and Moved from South Kingston to various other places on the sea coast, that He was Ordered on to Rhode Island Under General Spencer but the expedition failed as was said for want of carriage or shell in Spencer by which He after wards obtained the title of Granny Spencer — and that Captain Gorton's company then returned to their station at North Kingston and Remained there till they were March to Tiverton under General Sullivan and Remained there until all his forces were collected and were landed on Newport Island to meet the British Who Fled to Newport City and that they Pursued them and they Left the City and fortified on a place called Tenny Hill — and that the Americans Were then compelled to Retreat by the arrival of the Fleet of the enemy in the Bay, He thinks this was in the month of August 1778 from this time they was Marched from one station to another on the sea shore until peace was declared in which time said Deponent performed the duty of Orderly Sergeant and was Discharged at Providence from Captain Gorton's company by a Written Discharge which He has since lost

and said Deponent further states that Elias Jackson a Material Witness is now dead that that died in the Town of Spafford in the State of New York and that Archibald Jackson also a Material witness to prove the forgoing statements, has gone to parts unknown to said Deponent, and that He now knows of no other Persons now living whom He can call in the premises aforesaid and further Deponent saith not
Benedict Lacey
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15 th Day of October 1833
M c Grath, Justice of the Peace
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Benedict Lacey

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Jefferson County Clerk's Office, }
I, PELEG BURCHARD , Clerk of said County, do hereby Certify, that William Coffin Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit purports to have been sworn, —
was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.—And further, that I am well ac- quainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the same, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
WITNESS my hand and Seal of said County, this November 14 day of October in the year 1833.
Peleg Burchard Clerk By David. Finlay Deputy Clerk.
Peleg Burchard William Coffin Esq.