Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1997, Ethan Clark, N.H.

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N. H.
Clark, Ethan Lucy
NUMBER
P 1997
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New York Sept. 25 th 1833
Ethan Clark
of Oneida in the State of New York who was a private in the Co. C. commanded by Captain Silah of the Regt commanded by Col. Trail in the N.Y. Line for 9 Mo.
Resp.
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1833 and letter H. Baker Whitstown
Arrears to the 4th of Dec. '32 $ 60 Semi-ant. allowance ending Dec. '32 15 $ 75
Revolutionary Claim, } As of June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. C. [unintelligible] Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 3, Page 52
Let. to Isaac Lawrence 20 Sept. 1833.

Ethan Clark (Ethan Clark)
14741
adm d
9 mo. per. Nelsons Comfy Warts Rest
30 $ p annum
perhaps to have been taken was at the date of the same a justice of the peace in the said County and duly authorized by law to act as such justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and will believe the signature of "Miles Stevens" to be his proper hand writing.
Witness my hand seal of office at the City of Utica this 21 st day of October May 1833.
For James Clark J. B. Rice Supt. M.

Declaration
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York } Is on this eleventh day of September County of Oneida } 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida State of New York, Now sitting Ethan Clark a resident of the town of Marcy in the County of Oneida aforesaid, aged sixty eight 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 & served as herein stated,
he was born in the town of Saybrook in the State of Connecticut on the eighth day of May in the year 1764 That he has no record of his age, he removed from Saybrook aforesaid to Claremont in the State of New Hampshire in the year 1768 he thinks it was in the winter the month he does not recollect,
he then removed to the town of Whitestown County of Oneida State of New York in the year 1789 in the forepart of the month of February resided there upwards of twenty years -
Then he removed to the town of Westmoreland in said County & resided there upwards of four years according to his best recollection then he removed back to the town of Whitestown aforesaid & resided there about ten years,
then removed to the then town of Marcy Deerfield in Oneida County now Marcy, where he has ever since resided still does reside

That he lived at in the State of New Hampshire Claremont, at all times when he entered the service,
He enlisted at Claremont aforesaid in the month of June 1780. in Captain Selah's Company, the Lieut's name was Smally he thinks they had no ensign if they did he did not know him in Col. Wait's Regiment. He thinks one Chittenden was there, he does not recollect whether he was Colonel or General. That the other officers he does not recollect. That he then marched from there to Bethel in the State of Vermont where he was stationed & was there out on scouting parties the most of his time & remained there during the full term of his enlistment which was three months & was there honorably discharged. & received a written discharge, but has since lost it, he thinks it was signed by Col. Wait but he cannot recollect with certainty & returned to Claremont aforesaid,
In the month of June 1781 the day of the month he cannot tell he thinks it was in the forepart of the month, he enlisted at Claremont aforesaid for the term of six months in Captain Nelson's Company. He thinks his given name was Jonathan but he does not distinctly recollect, there was two Lieutenants one's name as Gashurn York & the other was Carrier his given name he does not recollect, he thinks the ensign's name was Brewer but he cannot be certain, the orderly sergeant was Stephen Fisk & the drum major's name he does not recollect, the major's name was Sanford Kingsbury, Colonel Wait had the command of the regiment at that time, but Chittenden was there, what office he held he cannot remember, & was marched from there to Corinth Fort in the State of New Hampshire Vermont. That he was out on scouting parties & guarded the fort the most of the time,

was there honorably discharged after serving the full term of his enlistment which was six m- onths, That he received a written discharge but has since lost it, he thinks Major Sanford Kingsbury signed the discharge, that he then returned to Claremont aforesaid.
That he has no documentary evidence of his services that he knows of no person living whose testimony he can procure, except there may be some living in the State of New Hampshire or Vermont, That the whole time he was in the actual service of the United States amounts to about nine months
That the names of the persons to whom he is - known in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a revolutionary soldier are as follows - viz, David Nutt Farmer, residing in the town of - Marcy, Uriah Stevens Justice of the Peace, Elizer Moseley merchant, William Kimbal Blacksmith. Miriam Kimbal shoe maker residing in the - town of Whitestown county of Oneida -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever except the present to a Pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of my state. SKB Book Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Geo. Brown Clerk

We John H Pool, Farmer of Wheelstown residing in the Town & County aforesaid and David Nutt, residing in the Town of Marcy County of Oneida do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Ethan Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be about sixty years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & that he is a man of truth.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Geo. Brown Clerk
David Nutt John H. Pool
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 that the court further Certifies that it appears to them that David Nutt who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of Marcy and that John H Pool who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Wheelstown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court C. Hayden, first judge
I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ethan Clark for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk

State of New York } ss: Ethan Clark of the Town of Mecklen County } Marcy County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is the person named in the foregoing declaration & who signed the same, that the reason this deponent did not procure a clergyman to testify as to his belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary services, was that there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood & there is none residing in the Town of Chazy to his knowledge, & that was the reason he did not procure one to certify for him, dated 20 May 1833
Ethan Clark
Subscribed & sworn before me & I certify that I am acquainted with said Ethan Clark & have been for some years & that he is a man of truth, this 20 May 1833
Uriah Stevens Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss: Ichabod C. Baker of the Town of Mecklen County } Marcy County aforesaid being duly affirmed de- poses & saith that he is well acquainted with Ethan Clark named in the annexed papers & who has subscribed & taken the foregoing affidavit that this deponent has known the said Ethan Clark for some years & was present in Court & saw him subscribe to & make oath to the annexed declaration & knows him to be the person intended to be described in & who executed the foregoing annexed papers and this deponent is pretty generally ac-

acquainted in said Town of Marcy where said Ethan Clarke resides being the adjoining town to Whitesboro where this deponent resides & this deponent knows believes the facts stated in said Clarke's affidavit are mostly true, dated 20 May 1833
Schabod C Baker
Subscribed & sworn before me this 20 May 1833 & I certify that the said Schabod C Baker is well known to me to be a man of truth & veracity
Uriah Stevens Justice of the Peace
State of New York } ss. I George Brown Clerk of Clerk's Office Mendon County } the Court of Common Pleas & of said County of Mendon do hereby certify that Uriah Stevens Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits purport to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the peace in & for said County and duly authorized by law to act as such Justice and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of "Uriah Stevens" to be his proper hand writing. Witness my hand & seal of Office at the City of Utica this 21 st day of October May 1833.
Geo Brown Clerk Jas B. Root Deputy

Devs Duroyville
Irad Loy Ovid Seneca Co New York

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" State of New York,
County of Onondaga ss. On this 18 th day of February 1845 personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the Court in and for said County, Lucy Clark, a resident of Whitesboro' in said County, aged Eighty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Ethan Clark, who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; and a revolutionary pensioner of the United States; -
She further declares, that she was married to the said Ethan Clark in Clarendon, New Hampshire, in the fall of the year 1785 or 1786, seventeen hundred and eighty five, or seventeen hundred and eighty six; by Againe Rice, of the selectmen, right; that her name before her marriage was Lucy Eager; that her husband, the aforesaid Ethan Clark, died on the 12 th day of September 1838, eighteen hundred and thirty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, N. S., at the time above stated; that this claimant made application for a pension some years since and then furnished proof of her marriage, and other facts, much the same as accompanied this declaration -
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Lucy Clark mark
Wm Roy Jones Judge of Onondaga County Court Wymam Kimball Witness
I certify that the above named Lucy Clark is a respectable person; that I consider her to be of the age represented by her; and that she cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court, to make her declaration; & also that she cannot write her name by reason of old age & consequent bodily infirmity.
Wm Roy Jones Judge of Onondaga Co. Court

State of New York Clerk's office Oneida County ss
I DeWitt Denny Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Pomeroy Jones Esq whose name is subscribed to the within instrument was at the date of the same a Judge of the County courts in and for the County of Oneida duly authorized to act as such & that the signature to the within purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of the Court of Com- mon pleas of said County this 18 th day of February 1825
DeWitt Denny Clerk

Abigail Kimball —
Revolutionary Wife of Lucy Clark Widow of Catharine Clark As per Pinon
Forwarded by A. C. Crary City of Utica N.Y. —

State of New York County of Onida, ss;
On this tenth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty two - personally appeared before the Records Court of the City of Utica - in and for said County (said Court being a Court of Record by Statute) - Abigail Kimball - aged fifty four years - who being first duly sworn according to law saith that she is the daughter of Cathas Clarke, late of the Town of Manlius in said County deceased - and of Lucy his wife, late of the Town of Whitestown deceased That she the deponent is a resident of said Town of Whitestown - And this deponent further says that the said Cathas Clarke was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the time of his decease, and drew under the Act of Congress passed June 6 th 1832 - a pension of thirty dollars per Annum - that he drew the last payment of his pension on the fourth of September eighteen hundred and thirty nine, and that the said Cathas Clarke died at Manlius aforesaid, on the twelfth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty nine at the Town of Manlius aforesaid - That the Pension Certificate issued to said Cathas Clarke was as this deponent believes, returned to the Agent for paying pensions, by whom the payment due said Cathas Clarke at his decease was made - That said Cathas Clarke was never but once married and that he left at his decease three children Abigail, this deponent, Cathas Clarke whose residence is unknown to this deponent & Betsey Pende wife of Samuel Pende - place of residence
I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the deponent to Pension Money - and that I am not retained or in any way employed thereby or indirectly in the prosecution thereof - Cathas Clarke Resides in the City of Utica

not known that said Betsey Rude, and her husband left Fabius in the county of Onondaga and State of New York three places of residence till that time to wit; on the tenth of June (as near as this deponent can recollect) 1837 - and went to Illinois; and that said Samuel Rude, and Betsey have not since been heard from, and that this deponent is unable to state further concerning said Samuel and Betsey - That said Catharine Clarke the mother of this deponent has as she has ever been informed and verily believes to be true married to the mother of this deponent - went at Clarmont - in the county of Sullivan - in the State New Hampshire, and that said Clarke lived at Mary in the county of Onondaga aforesaid during the time he drew a Pension - That the mother of this deponent had the necessary papers in making her application for a Pension as the widow of said Catharine Clarke written and intend to prosecute her said claim to a pension - in 1846 - but (as this deponent believes) was unable to prove her marriage and discontinued those proceedings - and that she believes said papers are now on file in the pension office - Oliggil Kimball Subscribed and sworn before me at the City of Utica in said county of Onondaga the day and year first above written - in open court -
Erasmus Clarke
Recorder of the City of Utica

State of New York } Oneida County } Ethan A. Clark of Whitestown in said County, being first duly sworn before me, Morris Wilcox Esquire, a justice of the peace in & for said County, duly authorized by Law to administer oaths, Deposes & says, That he is Sixty four years of age, that he was well acquainted with Ethan Clark formerly of Clairmont in the State of New Hampshire who was a Soldier in the revolutionary army, and drew a pension of Thirty three dollars & thirty three cents per year for five or six years previous to his death, and that said Ethan Clark died in the Town of Marcy in said County of Oneida on the twelfth day of September A D 1837 aged 77 years; This deponent further says, that he was present & saw the said Ethan Clark draw his last breath, and also saw him buried; and that said Ethan Clark's Wife's name before her Marriage to said Ethan Clark, was Lucy Ager, and that said Ethan & Lucy were married at Clairmont aforesaid in the year 1787 by Esquire Rice, as appears from the family record, and that said Lucy lived with, & remained the lawful wife of said Ethan till the day of his death, and that the said Lucy never married any other person, and that the said Lucy died at Whitestown aforesaid on the 17 th day of November 1848 in the 90 th year of her age; This deponent further says, that he can well recollect the aforesaid Ethan Clark and Lucy his wife, as husband & wife, for the term of sixty years past;
Witnesses present } Ethan A. his Clark } Morris Wilcox justice } mark } G. George Kimball } Subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of } May 1852 before me } Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace }

And I do hereby certify that the name (Lucy) written on the left hand margin, was so written before signing this affidavit by the Deponent, and also that the deponent does not, & cannot write his name, in consequence of defective eye sight; Morris Mileox justice of the peace and I further certify that the within named Ethan A. Clark, who was duly sworn, & who subscribed his name by his mark as aforesaid, is a man of respectability, and that his statements herein, are entitled to full credit; Whitestown May 21 st 1852. Morris Mileox justice of the peace of said County
Ethan A. Clark's affidavit

State of New York County of Onondaga, ss;
Moses M Smart of Whitestown - aged forty years - years - and James W Bowers of Whitestown aforesaid - in said county aged forty five - years - being each duly sworn according to law say that they were well acquainted with Lucy Clark deceased the widow of Cathban Clark - late of Mary - in the county of Onondaga - deceased That the said Lucy Clark - died at Whitestown on the seventeenth day of November eighteen hundred and forty eight - That these depts attended the burial of the said Lucy - and saw her before
Moses M Smart James W Bowers
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 26 th day of October 1852 - And
I hereby certify that the said Moses M Smart and James W Bowers are persons well known to me that they are reputable persons and that their statements are entitled to the fullest credit - Morris Niles justice of the peace of said county
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sign of greenhorn Onondaga County ss: Lucy Porter of The Town of Whitestown in said County aged Seventy years, being duly sworn according to Law says That She was well acquainted with Ethan Clark and Lucy his wife of Whitestown deceased, and that it is more than fifty two years, since this Deponent first became acquainted with said Ethan & Lucy Clark, That the said Ethan & Lucy were then living together as husband & wife, & that the said Ethan & Lucy at the time this Deponent first became acquainted with them had three Children, to wit Ethan Clark, Betsey Clark, & Abigail Clark, and that the said Ethan Clark last mentioned, (if now living) is more than sixty years of age, That the said Ethan Clark & Lucy his wife and family resided within one half mile of the residence of this Deponent, and that the said Ethan & Lucy were reputed to be Husband & wife, and that this deponent never heard the marriage of the said Ethan & Lucy spec- ified, and from this Deponents knowledge of the said Ethan & Lucy & their family, this Deponent has no hesitation in saying that the said Ethan & Lucy were husband & wife, & That the said Ethan, Betsey & Abigail, she believes to be the children of the said Ethan & Lucy Clark, and that she has no interest in the Event of this Claim: Subscribed and sworn to this Lucy Porter 3 d day of February A D 1853 before me Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of said County;

And I hereby certify That I am acquainted with the foregoing named Lucy Porter, and have known her Many years, and also That I am acquainted with Mehetael Morrill, The Deponent whose name appears on the following Sheet, and that they are both of them , persons of Undoubted respectability & Truth, and that their Statements in their affidavits are Entitled to the fullest Credit, And I further certify That I have no Interest whatever in the Event of this Claim, Dated at Whitestown Oneida County & State of New York, This 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853 Morris Wilcox Justice of the peace of said County;

Oneida County p; Mehitable Morrill of the Town of Westmoreland in said County aged Sixty two years, being duly sworn according to Law Deposes & Says, That in the year (1799) Seventeen hundred and Ninety nine her Father John Hill removed from Cambridge Washington County & State of New York To the town of Whitestown in the County of Oneida and that this deponent Then a child accompanied him To the town of Whitestown aforesaid, and settled in the immediate neighborhood of Ethan Clark & Lucy his Wife Who then resided in the said Town of Whitestown and were living together as Husband and Wife; and That the said Ethan & Lucy Then had three children To-wit, Ethan Clark, Betsey Clark & Abigail Clark, That The said children of the said Ethan & Lucy Clark attended the same school with this Deponent for a long time, and that this Deponent has been well acquainted with the said Abigail to the present time, and this Deponent says that she has no hesitation in stating that the said Ethan & Lucy Clark were Husband & Wife; as this Deponent recollects an anecd- ote of their marriage, To wit That a Friend of the said Lucy, who was absent at the time of the marriage, and on her return home was informed of the said marriage, & observed to the said Lucy That she had always understood that Matches were made in Heaven; but if so the said Lucy could have but few friends there; That this Deponent heard this Anecdote soon after becoming acquainted with said family, & often repeated since, and this Deponent further says, That the said Ethan, son of said Ethan & Lucy, if now living, must be over Sixty years of age { Mehitable Morrill & that she has no interest in this claim }
Subscribed & sworn to this 3d day of February A.D. 1853 before me C. Morris, Mile of Justice of the peace of Oneida County;
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State of New York
Oneida County ss: Beulah Tyler of the Town of Westmoreland in said County aged Sixty two Years, being duly Sworn according to Law Says, That She was well acquainted with Ethan and Lucy Clark named in the foregoing affidavit and knew them as long ago as the year Seventeen hundred and Ninety Eight, or Ninety Nine, and that they were then living together as Husband and Wife at Whitestown in the County of Oneida and continued so to live together as husband & wife till the decease of said Ethan Clark, That the said Ethan Clark & Lucy his wife had Three Children, to wit Ethan Clark, Betsy Clark & Abigail Clark, and that this deponent attended school at Whitestown aforesaid with the said Ethan, Betsy & Abigail, & that the said Ethan Clark (if living) would be now over sixty years of age, That this deponent has been well acquainted with the said Abigail to the present time, That she has never heard the marriage of the said Ethan and Lucy Clark questioned & that this deponent has no hesitation in stating that they were husband & wife, and that she has heard the foregoing affidavit of Mehelabab Morrell read and knows the same to be true, and that she has no interest in the event of this claim.
Beulah Tyler
Subscribed & Sworn This 3 d day of February 1853 before me
Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of the County of Oneida. And I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the above named Beulah Tyler for thirty years past, and that she is a Woman of respectability, and that her statements & affidavit are entitled to the fullest credit. Morris Wilcox justice of the peace. And I further certify that that I have no interest whatever in the event of this claim; Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of Oneida County.

State of New York Onondaga County } ss: George Paden of the Town of Marcy in Said County Aged forty five years, — being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and Says, I was acquainted with Ethan Clark who lived in the Town of Marcy aforesaid, I saw Said Ethan Clark when he died, which occurred four teen years ago last fall at Marcy aforesaid, and I helped to Lay him out and I shaved him the Said Ethan Clark after his death, and I dug his Grave and Saw him Buried at Marcy Aforesaid, and I have often heard Said Ethan Clark, say that Abigail Kimball was his daughter, and that Ethan Clark was his son; and I further say, that I have no Interest whatever in the event of this Claim, Subscribed & Sworn to This 12 th day of March, 1853 before me
George Paden
Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of said County And I further Certify That I know the above named George Paden To be a man of truth & veracity, and much respected in his Town, and that his Statements in the foregoing affidavit are entitled To full Credit; and I further Certify That I — have No Interest whatever in the Event of this Claim, Dated at Whitestown March 12 th 1853 Morris Wilcox justice of the peace of Said County of Onondaga
wife of Samuel Paden — place of residence

State of New York 3 rd County Clerk's Office County of Onondaga ss -
Dr Richard Hubert -
Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Gratias Clark, Esq o before whom the foregoing declaration purporting to be signed by Abigail Hemball - was subscribed and deposed to, was at the time said Declara- -tion bears date the Recorder of the City of Utica - and that the Recorders Court of said City, is a Court of Records, by Statute - That the handwriting of said Recorder, is well known to me - And that the signature of said Judge, to said Decla- -ration, is his the said Recorder's proper handwriting and genuine -
And I further certify that Upon my Will of Esq o before whom the foregoing affidavits - were subscribed and deposed to, was at the several times, which said affidavits bear date was a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes - That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Will - That the signatures to the jurats of said affidavits, are the proper hand writing of said Justice - and his genuine signatures - I further certify that I have no interest in the event of the application aforesaid for Pension Money, and that I am not retained, or employed, in the prosecution thereof.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal Richard Hubert of said County this day of April 1853 - Clerk wife of said side - place of residence

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BRIEF in the case of Ethan Clark of Oneida Co. in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 60 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.     June In 1780 3 Private Gen. Capt. Selah Col. Wait   June 1781 — 6 " Gen. Capt. Wilson Col. Wait  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Claremont N Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Lott Examining Clerk.

Arad Joy, April 21 st 1845.
(See "Itv in Clin R 5028 of Wm Hobart
to # Same Oct 14. '45
C. C. Gray, July 22/53.
1838

State of New York
County of Oneida } ss Personally appeared before the sub- scribed a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, Judge Truman Eno of the town of Westmoreland in said County aged sixty four years, who being first duly sworn, accor- ding to law, deposeth & saith, that he is personally acquainted with Lucy Clark, of Whitesboro, who applied for a pension as the widow of Ethan Clark a pensioner of the United States. That he was personally acquainted with said Ethan & Lucy Clark forty or more years since as he knows that he was acquainted with them some years previous to the great eclipse of 1806. That he frequently visited the house of said Ethan Clark & Lucy Clark his present widow, and that at the time of this de- ponent's first acquaintance - they were living together as husband & wife and that they then had a family of children - the eldest of which must have been at least twelve or sixteen years of age - and that this deponent has known said Ethan & Lucy Clark from that time until the decease of said Ethan Clark, and knows that they lived together as man and wife, and that they were reputed such by all that knew them - & that from his personal acquaintance with widow Lucy Clark in applying for a pension, he should place the most implicit confidence in her statements respecting her marriage,
Subscribed and sworn before me this 25th day of July 1844
Truman Eno
Asa Doolittle, Justice
I certify that the above named Judge Truman Eno, is a highly respectable person - and in whose statements, we can, & should place the most implicit confidence -
Asa Doolittle, Justice
State of New York
County of Oneida } ss Personally appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace, in & for said County - Lucy Porter of Whitestown in said County, aged sixty one years, who after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith that she was acquainted with Lucy Clark, who made applica- -tion for a pension, as the widow of Ethan Clark a Revolution- ary pensioner, for forty four years since, or in the year.

of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred. This fact she is confident of, as she was married, (according to the record of her marriage - in the family Bible, which she certifies is a true record of the same) on the Eighth day of January A One thousand Eight hundred and one, That she was acquainted previous to her marriage, and knows that at that time they were living together as husband & wife, and that at the time of this deponents first acquaintance, said Lucy Clark the applicant for a pension, and Ethan Clark for whose revolutionary services she claims a pension, had a family of children the eldest of which was ten or twelve years of age. That at the time of this deponents marriage as above stated in the year A D 1801, she was living with said Ethan & Lucy Clark, near neighbor, and that as to the above particulars, she is confident, that she has resided in the Town of Whitestown from that time until the present, and that from her personal acquaintance with the aforesaid Ethan and Lucy Clark from the year 1800, she knows that they have been reputed & believed to have been lawfully married, and that from her intimate acquaintance with said Lucy Clark, who is the identical person & widow, who was the wife of said Ethan Clark, at this deponents first acquaintance, she believes her to be a person of undoubted truth & veracity, whose statements ought not to be questioned as to the truth of the same, -
Subscribed & sworn before me This 25 th day of July 1844
Lucy Porter
Amzi (Doolittle Justice)
I certify that the above named Lucy Porter is a highly respectable person, whose statements under oath, are not to be doubted, and further I certify that the following is a true copy of the record of her marriage as it is recorded in her family Bible "Elias Porter & Lucy Ballard were married in Whitestown, by Rev Bethuel Dodd. Jan 8 th A.D. 1801,"
Amzi Doolittle Justice
State of New York
Onida County Clerk's office
I, DeLoach Duroy Clerk of said County aforesaid do hereby certify that Amzi Doolittle Esq whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit & certificate was at the time of taking such affidavit and making such certificate a justice of the peace in and for said County dwelling in said County and known and duly authorized to act as such And further the I am

well acquainted with the handwriting of such person and verily believe that the signatures purporting to be his to such affidavits & certificates are genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas in said County this 27 th day of July 1844
Dever Denny of Me

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Adad day Eog Orid. Seneca Co N.Y.
This is erroneously transmitted as evidence in the case of Schabod, blank whose services were in the Mass. militia -
Effie

State of Vermont
Secretary of States Office
Burlington. May 5. 1845
I J. M c Shafer, Secretary of State of Vermont hereby certify that upon an original Pay Roll of Capt. Charles Nelson's Company. Col. M c Intosh's Reg t , for Revolutionary service now on record in this Office occurs the name of Ethan Clark, with an allowance to him of £1.2.8. for service from the commence- 124. ment of the campaign of 1781, to June 30. of that year.
I also certify that the name of the said Ethan Clark, occurs upon another like Pay Roll of the said Capt. Nelson, with an allowance to him for service from July 1- 1781, to the commence- ment of another certain Roll, of said company for said year 1781, for seventy three days.
2. 13 I also certify that the name of the said Ethan Clark occurs upon another like Pay Roll 2. 25 of the said Capt. Nelson with an allowance

to him for service for one month & twenty 2.25 seven days commencing Sept 14. 1781. 1.20
4:15 I also further certify that each of the foregoing Pay Rolls were audited & allowed by the com- -mittee appointed by, and acting under the authority of this state & that the same have been paid by this state as appears of records in this office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this office this 5 th day of May AD 1845.
D. Mc M Shapley Secretary of State of Vermont

Essex Co. N.Y.
1833
This is erroneously transmitted as evidence in the case of Ichabod g Clark whose services were in the Mass. militia -
G. H. [Signature]

War Department Pension Office
May 11 1833
Sir,
I herewith enclose you the papers of a claim, in which, the name of the applicant cannot be satisfactorily decyphered.
I am Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. J L Edward
J. C. Baker Esq. J.P. Whitestown N.Y.

Sept. 15, 1845.
Recd of Sug. Clark
Hon. J. H. Edwards Com. of Commons Washington D.C.

Ovid N.Y. Sept 10. 45
Sir
Yours of the 11 th Ultimo, in the case of Lucy Clark - I beg leave very respectfully to suppose that there may have been an error in your decision in this case; if I read correctly, the Secy. of Vermont State, that Ethan Clark served from the commencement of the campaign of 1780 to 30 th of June of that year, I suppose this to be a 3 months tour, though the amt. of pay, may be balance of pay $1.2.8 if this is 3 months, the remainder is about 5 months, making 8 Months, receiving in this way, it does to me at least look like a clear case for over 6 Months Service - I ask justice only
Respectfully Your Ob st Servt Abad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards Com d . of Pensions Washington D.C.

June 26/45
Hon. A. L. Brown Supt. of Pensions Clarksburg W. Va.

Quid June 23 o 1845
Sir
I enclose Secy. cert t of Vermont for the Service of Ethan Clark, Supposed to be for the Service of the late husband of Lucy Clark, whose papers are on file & were answered by you on the 21. April
Respectfully Your Most Ob st Serv t Azad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Feb. 24, 1845.
Adultery case
Suz. Clarke.
Hon. J. P. Edwards Camp. d. Pavilion Washington D.C.

Ovid Feb 20th 1895
Dear Sir
I beg leave respectfully to enclose application & proof of Lucy Clark &c - I may be allowed respectfully to say that it appears in evidence of time, that the widow had long since filed her papers, I hope they may be found on file, possibly they may have got into some other Clarks bundle, I trust an examination will be made for them, & whether found or not, the department will treat the widow as to her pension as if they had have been filed, as the presumption is that they have - but as this world is full of deception you will judge of this matter, I believe her application must have been forwarded to you, & that it may be on file, let justice take place is all I ask. Respectfully,
Your Most Ob st Servt Abad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Comm d of Pensions Washington D. C.

Dec 23 rd 44
NY
Quay
Dear Dr. L. S. Edwards
Comm. of Pension Washington D. C.

Ovid Dec 18 th '44
Hon J. L. Edwards
Counl. of Pensions
Dear Sir
I have the case of Lucy Clark, I am informed by Willis Wade, that he forwarded to your address on the 8 th Aug t last further proof, may I be allowed respectfully to call your attention to the case, and report the same to me
Respectfully Your Mon Ab o Servt Isaac Irey

Louisa T. Waldo born of the parents City of Washington D.C.

City of Utica N York April 12 th 1853
Sir
Enclosed are the Declaration & evidence in the application of Mrs Abigail Kimball for the Pension Money due her Mother the widow of Nathan Clark, at her decease.
Mr Nathan Clark drew a Pension. Mrs Clark, his widow, as I am informed, applied and together with very many others to whom Congress granted Revolutionary Pensions were deprived of their just dues by the silly course pursued at the Pension Office. The Marriage of Mrs Clark to Nathan Clark, can only be proved (in this State) by the evidence of those who have known since 1790 of their living together as husband and wife. This in this State proves a Marriage in everything except an indictment for bigamy, and would always have been sufficient at the Pension Office - if
I am Sir Very Resp d Loren Waldo Esq d Arch d C. Crary Comm ee of Pensions

11,887 Lucy Clark 1 st NY.
act 7 July 38 m 85. d 38.
He died Sept. 12, 1838
She died Nov. 17, 1848.
1997

Sir
Rome Aug st 8 th 1822
I beg leave to present the Dispositum, herewith transmitted, in support of Mrs Lucy Clark's application for a pension, which was made from this (Cuenca) county sometime since & suspended for further proof of marriage, - I hope, after examining the affidavits of Judge Cuenca Mrs Clark & others, all respectable people as certified by Justices - you will be pleased to consider this case more favorably - This appears to be the best available proof possible - After an exam- ination of the papers in support of said claim - please favor me with the decision
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Willis Wade
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
1997
REJECTED
P. O. _____
Lucy Clark
Service: widow of Ethan
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Wages: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of New York
County of Onondaga ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Abigail Kimball of Whitesboro in said County - aged forty six years at the time of making her affidavit on the 10th day of December 1843. Eighteen hundred forty three - who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and saith, that she is a child of Ephraim Clark who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States from Onondaga County and who died on the Twelfth day of September eight hundred & thirty eight - in said County leaving as his widow Lucy Clark who is this deponent's Mother and who made application for a pension from Onondaga County as such widow of Ephraim Clark a Pensioner of the United States - and to whom a pension was at first granted but whose application was suspended for further proof of marriage - that this deponent is the fifth child of said Ephraim Clark & Lucy Clark - all now brothers and sisters to this deponent -
That this deponent has not a record of her age at present - but has had a record which she has kept as the true record of her age marriages & ages of her children for more than twenty years - which record was destroyed some five or six years since - that her Mother the above said Lucy Clark has not any record of her marriage - nor has she ever kept any that this deponent has seen - That her eldest brother if living must be, and is between fifty five and sixty years of age -
Sworn & subscribed before me This 10th day of July 1844) Abigail Kimball W. Wetmore
I certify that the above named person is entitled to full credit to all statements made under oath. Signed - Kimball
State of New York W. Wetmore Justice
County of Onondaga ss Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County Daniel Garrison of Whitesboro in said County aged sixty years and upwards, who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he has been personally acquainted with for forty five years Ephraim Clark who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States from Onondaga County NY. and who died in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight on the 12th day of September. That said Ephraim Clark left at his death a widow - Viz - Lucy Clark who applied for a pension under the law of 1838 - as such widow of

Said Ephraim Clark a pensioner - and whose application was suspended for further proof of her marriage - that this deponent distinctly recollects of his being acquainted with said Ephraim Clark, & his present widow Lucy Clark the applicant for a pension. Previous to the great Eclipse of Jan 1806, and knowing that this applicant for a pension viz - widow Lucy Clark, is the very identical person & widow, who was at that time the wife of said Ephraim Clark for whose Revolutionary Services she is claiming a pension - and further this deponent knows, that at the time of said Eclipse in the year 1806 - they were living together as man and wife - and that they had at that time, they have a family of children the eldest of which was a young man grown and near twenty years of age - that said widow Lucy Clark has not married but remains the widow of said Ephraim Clark the pensioner - and that from his long acquaintance with the said Lucy Clark the applicant for a pension - he considers her a person of undoubted truth & veracity - and should believe any statements she should make respecting her marriage - to be true -
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 10 th day of July 1844
Daniel Furgeson
To Justice
Justice
I certify that Daniel Furgeson above named is a person in whose statements we can & should place implicit confidence - and further certify that the words "for forty five to fifty years" interlined upon the opposite page of this sheet - was so done before execution - also that the word " Ephraim " in the two foregoing affidavits were written upon erasures before execution -
To Justice
Justice
State of New York.
Clerks Office
Onondaga County
I. Delos Dewolf Clerk of the said County certify that W. S. Wetmore Esquire was on the 10 th day of July A.D. 1844 a justice of the peace in and for the said County, duly elected and qualified to act as such, and that the signatures purporting to be those of the said justice, subscribed to the authentication of the foregoing depositions are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and subscribed my name July 12 th 1844. Delos Dewolf Clerk In James Edgar Dep. Clk

State of New York (County of Oneida) ss Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for said county Enoch Story of Whit- town in said county aged Eighty Six years - who after being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Ethan Clark who was a pensioner from the County of Oneida N.Y. State and who died in the year 1838 on the twelfth day of September - that for the space of forty or fifty years, that he was also acquainted with Lucy Clark whom he left as his widow at his death - that this widow Lucy Clark, the applicant for a pension under the act of 1838, is the identical person and widow, who was the wife of said Ethan Clark, at the deponents first acquaintance - and at the time of the great battle they had a family of children the eldest a young man who was near twenty years of age at that time. Subscribed and sworn to before me This 10 th day of July 1844. Enoch his Story mark W. Melun Justice