Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,715, Jonas Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Clark, Jonas
2 29,715
CONTENTS

6961-
Massachusetts
Jonas Clark
of Northampton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Lyman of the reg t commanded by Col. Fellows in the Mass line for 12 (one) 29 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 43 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Jan 1833 and sent from 16 Bates St of Reps
Arrears to the 4th of Jan 1833 $ 86.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 21.61
$108.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H No Blair Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 94.
81 Hampshire

Jonas Clark.
Militia
1 st Serm by Asahel Wright & Nathan Phelps application
3 d Serm by application of Tim. Edwards & Simon Clapp.
4 th By application of Simon Clapp.
No 2678

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court, before Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate for said County now sitting, a resident of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, and
State of Massachusetts, aged 80 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 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He enlisted as a minute man about the 1 st of June 1774 & was bound to military service doing military duty once a week & ready to obey the call of his country under Capt Barnard till the 21 st of April 1775. Then he marched to Cambridge in said service in the company of Capt Jonathan Allen, Lieut Oliver Lyman, 2 d Lieut Jonathan Stearnes. He enlisted again on reaching Cambridge, was in the same company, in the regiment of Col Fellows & in the brigade of Gen. Ward as he thinks. He was soon after his arrival stationed at Roxbury till into the month of August & then stationed at Dorchester. He continued in said service till 1 st February 1776, in actual service a little more than 9 months. He travelled the old "Bay Road" so called going & returning. He was at Roxbury during the battle of Bunker Hill. He assisted in building the fort at Roxbury Hill. He was a private in the service. Mr Nathaniel Phelps of Northampton was a private in the same service, the same company, the same length of time. Mr Thomas Lyman of Northampton was in the same service as a minute man & in actual service the fore part of the time, but I cannot say how long. He also recollects that Mr Asahel Wright was in the same service in the same company but cannot state the period of his service. He was also out as a volunteer a week or more on the alarm at Brimfield & assisted in guarding prisoners from Lancaster to Northampton. In 1777 in September the fore part of the month he enlisted as a volunteer to go to Stillwater on account of the alarm that Burgoyne had excited, in the company of Capt. Oliver Lyman, Seth Hunt, Lieutenant, & joined Col May's Regiment & served 6 weeks. He marched to Stillwater & was on the battle ground at the battle of Bemis Heights, but his regiment was not engaged. He was stationed there the whole term. Mr Simeon Bliss of Northampton & Mr Timothy Edwards of Westhampton were in the same service in the same company, the same period of time & served with me. In 1778 in the fore part of August he thinks, he enlisted in the company of Capt. Joseph Cook, Col Porter's Regiment, for 2 months & served said term & 8 days over. He marched through down Connecticut River to Long Meadow thence to Windham, Norwich, & to New London. There stationed & served. The enemy here in sight once but there was no engagement, though some firing from Fort M'Nutt. Eleazar Alvah & Simeon Bliss, both of Northampton & Thomas Smith of Hadley were in the same service, the same company, the same length of time as privates. Said Jonas was born in 1751 in said Northampton & has always belonged there & entered said service each time at said Northampton. He never received a written discharge. He can prove each term of service.
Jonas Clark
He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
Jonas Clark
We, residing in the town of and residing in 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 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  resident in  and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, Saml F Lyman 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 Jonas Clark for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Saml F Lyman Register
Before Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate

hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn, 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  resident in who has signed the preceding certificate, is  who has also signed the same, is a resident in and that  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Nickely Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman 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 Jonas Clark for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Samuel F. Lyman Register
Before Samuel H. Nickely Judge of Probate & the subscriber Jonas Clark who subscribed & made oath to the annexed application for a pension, in amendment & addition to said declaration do testify before I say that the first term stated in said application I enlisted as a private, the second term I volunteered, as a private, the third term I was a private & volunteer, the fourth term I enlisted as a private, as he has before stated . I have no record of my age
Rev Solomon Williams & Eli Edwards can testify as to belief of services & character for veracity. I am so lame & feeble as to be unable to attend in open court Nov 1832. Jonas Clark
Subscribed & sworn in open court before me this 4 th day of December 1832.
Before me Samuel H. Nickely Judge of Probate
Rev Solomon Williams clergyman of Northampton & Eli Edwards of said Northampton do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jonas Clark above named who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty years of age that he is respected & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Solomon Williams
Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid in open Eli Edwards
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 & served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Solomon Williams who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Northampton and that Eli Edwards who has signed the same is a resident in Northampton & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Samuel F. Lyman 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 Jonas Clark for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this fourth day of December A.D. 1832
Samuel F. Lyman Register

Simon Clarke Northampton Mass
No. 2678
No Clergymen Certified No were assigned why one cannot be obtained. The congregation not assured or advised or advised to his declaration has not paid his salary in any manner
12 Mo 29 days
rough
$43.22
No. 2678
Chas P. Huntington Northampton Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Jonas Clark  of  Northampton  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? eighty years 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 9 — Private Col. Fellows   75 0 7 " None  Stoddard Fellows   76 1 14 " Colt Oliver Lyman   78 2 8 " Col. Poets  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? no witness, proof or evidence, but he refers to the declaration of others, the names are on the back of the enclosed declaration - defective 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? as form. Dated Rockledge Dec 1832
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Addison Examining Clerk.

29 715 INVALID.
Ray
File No. 29,715
Jonas Clark Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Dana Clark Northampton Mass 2678
Copy Interrog
C. Pillsbury Northampton Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John A. Clarke which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? Yes
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes, in his favor
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes, with an inscription

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 111-2-4-7 not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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.
† QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

Asahel Wright for Jonas Clark
Asahel Wright for Jonas Clark.

I Asahel Wright of Northampton Mass. aged 76 do testify depose & say that I have known Jonas Clark of Northampton aforesaid from childhood - In 1775 April 20 th said Jonas enlisted as a private together with myself & others into the company of Capt Jonathan Allen, Lieut Oliver Lyman. 2 Lieut Stearns - to go to Cambridge & thence marched & there having again enlisted he served nine months in the Regiment of Col Fellows stationed at Roxbury & Dorchester - I myself returned to Northampton for 3 or 4 weeks in May & left said Jonas in said service & found him there again when I rejoined my company in June & have no doubt he served the whole period - I was knowing to it except the short time I was absent - Dec 11 th 1832. Asahel Wright his X mark
Hampshire ss Dec 11 th 1832
Then personally appeared the above named Asahel who is a credible person & who subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me by his mark & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Chas. P. Shurton 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 Charles P. Huntington 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 Seventh day of December A. D. 1832.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
Abel Wright for Clerk

Simeon Clapp for Jonas Clark
Simeon Clapp for Jonas Clark

I Simeon Clapp of Northampton Mass, aged 73 do testify depose & say that since I was a boy I have known Jonas Clark of said Northampton. In the fore part of September 1777 since Jonas & myself enlisted or volunteered as privates in Capt Oliver Lyman's Company, Col Mays regiment to go to Stillwater at the time of Burgoynes Descent & there we served six weeks. We were stationed at Bemis heights but not brought into action -
In 1778 the fore part of August since Jonas & myself served two months & eight days at New London in Capt Joseph Cook's company, Col Porters regiment as privates, in the militia service of the United States. We enlisted for 2 months & staid longer by the eight days, on request of the Colonel Dec 13 th 1832. Simeon Clapp
Subscribed Dec 13 th 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Simeon a credible person made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit instrument by him subscribed - before me Chas F. Huntington 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 Charles P. Huntington 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 Seventeenth day of December
A. D. 183 2
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.
Simpson Clapp for James Clark
Simpson Clapp for James Clark