Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14490, Jacob Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Clark Jacob Clarke or
N. 14490
Susannah
CONTENTS

21.2176  Massachusetts  Jacob Clark
of Hampshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Reed of the Regt. commanded by Col. Daylin in the Mass line for 20 mos.
{ Claimant died 16 July 1832 - Certificate to Susannah Clark widow Cattle & Milk }
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug 1833 and sent to C. S. Huntington Northampton
Arrears to the 4th day 6th July 1832 $ 111.24 Pensions allowance ending $ 89.28  $ 200.52
Recorded by G. O. Atles Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2. Page 13.  { Revolutionary Claim } Rcd June 7, 1832 {
Died 16 July 1832
76 Hampshire
1096 long 6 May 1818
1016 sq 1818

Massachusetts - 2,690
Susannah Clark, widow of Jacob Clark,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7: June '32 and who died on the 16: July 1832 of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts who was a P. in the County commanded by Captain Root of the Regt. commanded by Baylies in the Mass. line for 20 man's
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May '39, and sent to E. Park and Cummings, Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March - $199.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 33.33 $233.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. B. D. Book Vol. 1.
Clerk,

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 Twentieth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate in open court Susannah Clark a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged sixty six years
Massachusetts, aged sixty six years ¶ Jacob Clark of said Plainfield aged thirty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law do make on their oaths the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress June 7 th 1832 for the estate of Jacob Clark deceased late of said Plainfield. They declare on oath that said Jacob deceased, died on the sixteenth of July 1832 since the passing of the Act aforesaid & previous to making any declaration to obtain the benefit thereof, that during the last sickness of said deceased, he produced from among his papers the certificate of his having been a pensioner & notice of his having been stricken off on account of property, herewith forwarded, preparatory to making an application under the late act & that said deceased was prevented from prosecuting the business by insanity & subsequent death, that said papers have been in the keeping of said Susannah since his decease, Susannah aforesaid being the widow & said Jacob the son of said Jacob deceased. The ¶ service of said deceased so much as entitled him to his certificate was formerly proved amounting to one year, & the evidence thereof is supposed to be at the Department. The applicants aforesaid are interested in said deceased's estate as widow & eldest brother & no administration has been taken upon said estate. They expect to prove eight months service of deceased in addition to the aforesaid years service, which eight months service was performed at Roxbury in 1775 as they expect to prove. Said Jacob deceased lived at Plainfield aforesaid when he made previous application & has since was up to the time of his decease resided there, & there died. They hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & declare that the name of the deceased is not on the pension roll of any state. Said Jacob died aged 76
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
By me the Same Witness my hand of Probate } J. W. R. PLANK
Focus Clark Hampshire Co. on this 20 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court Nathan Know of Cummington in said County aged 81 who being duly sworn make, & subscribes the following deposition. That in 1775 said Nathan & Jacob Clark late of Plainfield deceased in the month of April (27 th day) they enlisted at Marshfield Mass. for 8 months into the Massachusetts state service & served said eight months stationed at Roxbury in the company of Capt William Reed Col. John Baylies Regiment Lieut. Samuel Brown 2 d Lieut David Lobb. They went down to Marshfield after some regulars & there enlisted, having been previously at Roxbury in the service a few days. Said Nathan also testifies that said Jacob deceased was in the service the whole of the year 1776, in Capt William Reed's company, Col. Baylies Regiment.

deposition. That in 1775 said Nathan & Jacob Clark late of Plainfield deceased in the month of April (27 th day) they enlisted at Marshfield Mass for 8 months into the Massachusetts state service & served said eight months stationed at Roxbury in the company of Capt William Reed Col. John Baylies Regiment Lieut. Samuel Brown 2 d Lieut David Cobb. They went down to Marshfield after some regulars & there enlisted, having been previously at Roxbury in the service a few days. Said Nathan also testifies that said Jacob deceased was in the service the whole of the year 1776, in Capt William Reed's company, Col Baylies Regiment stationed at Roxbury till the first day of April then went to New York City, thence a mile or a mile & half north of the city, thence repulsed by the British to White Plains - Discharged at Peekskill. Said Jacob He knows received a certificate under the act of 1818 & died July 16 th on three hours A.D. 1832. He has always known him from a child.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before
Samuel Winckley Judge of Probate Nathan Snow
We the Subscribers Rev Moses Hallock of Plainfield Mass, John Shaw of said Plainfield, Joseph Lloyd of said Plainfield hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Jacob Clark deceased of Plainfield aforesaid, whose widow & eldest son are Susannah Clark & Jacob Clark who have signed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe said Jacob was a soldier of the revolution & we certify that he died the sixteenth of July 1832 or within two or three days of that time. said John said him out & attended the funeral. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Winckley Judge of Probate Joseph Moses Hallock Obed Shaw
Obed Shaw of Farmington Massachusetts do hereby testify & say that Jacob Clark late of Plainfield aforesaid was in the service of the United States in 1775 at Roxbury in Capt Reed's Company Col. Baylies Regiment. said Obed was well acquainted with said Jacob & saw him frequently in the service from April to the last of December but did not belong to the same company. Sworn to & subscribed Aug 20 th 1832.
Before me Samuel Winckley Judge of Probate
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 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.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant Jacob deceased was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he stated that he died since the passing of the act of June 17 th 1832. & that those interested in his estate should receive for the claims aforesaid his pension.
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 Susannah Clark widow of for a pension Jacob Clark for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Sam F. Lyman Register Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts At a police p. April 19 th 1833
I Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate of Wills &c in & for the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the within named Susannah Clark & Jacob Clark, Nathan Snow & Obed Shaw who made oath to the within affidavits before me are credible persons. Also that it appears to the Court that said Moses Wallock within named who has signed the within certificate is a clergyman resident in said Plainfield & that Joseph Gloyd & John Shaw who have also signed said certificate are credible persons both of said Plainfield & that their statement is entitled to credit. also that the opinion of the Court is Jacob Clark, deceased, within named served twenty months in the revolutionary war as within stated, that he died on the 16 th of July 1832 since the passing of the act under which he claimed & that the within named Susannah is his widow & entitled to receive said pension to the time of his decease.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
Joseph Clark Susannah Clark
9876
I Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the within and the foregoing contain the original and amended proceedings of said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Susannah Clark for the pension of her deceased husband Jacob Clark and that the papers here- unto annexed were so annexed pursuant to affixing the seal of said Court in August last.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty-fourth day of April Anno Domini 1833.
Sam. F. Lyman Register

2836.
J. Clark Mass. act 17 July 38
m 82. a 32 -
adm'd
20 moths
$66.66 2/3
No deduction
E. Packard Cummington Mass.
2836. Susannah Clark Declaration
m 82 a 32 -

State of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County }
On this Sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Hon. Athanas Cooksey Judge of Probate within and for said County Susannah Clark a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy Three 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 Jacob Clark who was a soldier of the Revolution and served as she believes in Col. Bailey Regiment and Capt. Reeds Company. on one tour she is unable to state the place where said service was performed but must rely on the evidence forwarded to the department in the fall of 1832 after her said husbands decease for which a pension was granted
She further declares that she was married to the said Jacob Clark on the twentieth day of September seventeen hundred and eighty two that her husband the aforesaid Jacob Clark died on the sixteenth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty two that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written
Susannah Clark
Before Athanas Cooksey Judge of Probate
I, Sam. H. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Susannah Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Seal of office this 16 th day of October 1838
Sam. H. Lyman Reg. of Probate

I Jacob Clark of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say Jacob Clark late of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts deceased for whom service in the war of the Revolution his widow Susannah Clark obtained a pension from the United States. And to my certain knowledge on the sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two and that he left Susannah Clark his widow now resident in said Plainfield who has ever since the death of her said husband remained his widow Jacob Clark Cummington Oct 12 1838
State of Massachusetts } ss Hampshire County }
On this _____ day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me Jacob Clark who is a credible person and subscribed and swore to the truth of the foregoing affidavit
Eliphalet Packard 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 Eliphalet Packard 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 sixteenth day of October A. D. 1838
Sam. F. Lyman Register of Probate.

Susannah Clark Proof of Marriage

"September twentieth one thousand seven hundred and eighty two Jacob Clark and Susannah Jones was Married By the Rev James Briggs"
This may certify that the above extract is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "September 20 1782"
Elizabeth Packard Clerk of the Town of Cummington
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cummington Hampshire County Oct 12 1838
I Elizabeth Packard above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Cummington with the exception above named as certified by me
Elizabeth Packard Clerk of the Town of Cummington
Sworn before me
Wm Packard
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 William Packard 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 Sixteenth day of October
A. D. 1838
Sam F Lyman Register of Probate.

9286
Jacob Clark dec?
Susannah Clark
widow
March 19
old case
Died 16 July 1832
14. 16 06
July 19 1833
P 339
Private 20 Months
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9286  BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Clark  by Susanna Clark widow of Hampshire Co in the State of Mass  + Jacob Clark Son of the (Act 7th June, 1832.) deceased Jacob Clark
 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? he died aged 76  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. Gen,     In 1775 Apr — 8 — Private Capt Reed Col Baylies   1776 — 1 — — " do do    For this service of 1 year they suppose proof to be in War Dept. - as deceased got a pension for the same under the act of 1818 it was strucken off on act of property
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Monument  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Marshfield Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? old pension Certificate 2 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication and if so, in what respect? The papers not properly authenticated 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Wm C Easton Examining Clerk. 16 Feby 1833

Map
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14490 Susannah Clark Widow of Jacob Clark Pri Rev War
Act: July 14 th 38
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 137
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(2318)
Massachusetts Roll
Jacob Clarke
Private
Mass t Line - 1 year 96
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 th of May 1818-
(1818)
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of September and sent to Somerville King'sley Esq. Plainfield Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of July 1818 - 3 mos. 24/31 4 3/30 31 76 semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 40
$ 79 76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Plainfield, Hampshire County
1.816 of July 19. 1833 C. P. Huntington
Notified hereon sent to Hon. J. C. Bates Northampton May 1829.

Samuel Hinckley, Esq.; Judge, Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
Jacob Clark, Massachusetts line - Revolutionary claim. Admitted.
The name of this applicant does not appear on the Massachusetts rolls. — The testimony of soldiers in the same company or regiment, where neither the applicants can be found on the rolls, cannot be admitted as sufficient evidence. —

Jacob Clark Payable - on the 1 st of .. March And 1 st Sept. Each Year At the U. S. Branch bank at Boston
Jacob Clark
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March 1810, Jacob Clarke ————— late a Private ————— in the Army of the Revolution —————
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency , at the rate of Eight ————— dollars ————— cents per month, to commence on the Sixth ————— day of May ————— one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 16 th ————— day of September one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire Town of Cummington
I Nathan Snow of said Cummington testify and say That Jacob Clark of Plainfield in the County, above said enlisted the first of January 1776 into a Company Commanded by Capt. William Reed Regiment Commanded by Col. Bayley for the term of one year as a private in the Revolutionary war in the Continental line and was knowing to his faithfully discharging his duty the term of his enlistment and until he was dismissed from service
Nathan Snow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire March 18th 1829 Personally appeared Nathan Snow above named and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him made and subscribed.
before me Nehemiah Richards one of the justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Hampshire
And I further certify that the above named Nathan Snow is a credible disinterested witness Nehemiah Richards Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, SOLOMON STODDARD, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Nehemiah Richards Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth—and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations done in that capacity—and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Richards .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, SOLOMON STODDARD, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Nehemiah Richards Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth—and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations done in that capacity—and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Richards .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
S Stoddard Clerk of the Courts

Israel Vining
Evidence For Jacob Clarke

I Israel Vining of Windsor in the State of Massachusetts testify and declare that I was personally knowing that Jacob Clark then of Abington in County of Plymouth in said State enlisted in the army of the revolution for one year in the latter part of the year 1775 and faithfully served the whole time for which he enlisted in Capt Reed's Company and Col Bailey's Regiment Israel Vining
Hampshire ss March 17 1829 then Israel Vining personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him. Subscribed before me Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Israel Vining above named is a credible and disinterested witness Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, SOLOMON STODDARD, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Eliphalet Packard, Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth—and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations done in that capacity—and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
S Stoddard Clerk of sd Courts

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
May 29, 1829.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Jacob Clarke, Care of Hon. J. C. Bates, Northampton, Mass:

Jacob Clarke,
Application for a Pension
Copy of Records
$679-50
not entitled
Hon. J. C. Bates
recd. May 16-1829
on Northampton
Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss March 16 th 1829
Seal
To Joseph Floyd, James Hayward and Isaac H. Lincoln of Plainfield Freeholders in said County, by the authority of the law of the United States of America you are hereby authorized and required to appraise the property real and personal of Sarah Clarke of said Plainfield under oath, on the twentieth instant to commence at One Clock after noon  Nehemiah Richards Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire Town of Plainfield March 20 th 1829
We whose names are here subscribed having received a warrant from Nehemiah Richards Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Hampshire aforesaid, directed us to appraise under Oath the Estate both real and personal of Sarah Clarke of said Plainfield and pursuant thereto do appraise the same as follows viz -
  One undivided half of seventy four acres of land with the building thereon  $518.00    The whole amount Household furniture  50    Stock of Cattle     Three Cows, two Heifers 4 years old, two Heifers 2 years old     nineteen sheep, one Horse, one undivided half of the value of which is the property of the said Sarah Clarke valued at  90.50    One single sleigh  11.00    One Pen in the meeting house  24.00    Hay valued at  13.00    Aggregate  $706.50    Deduct debts  27.00     679.50  
We further certify we do not think the net income of the above property is more than thirty nine Dollars by the year
Joseph Floyd James Hayward Isaac H. Lincoln
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Hampshire ss March 20 th 1829. Personally appeared the above named Joseph Floyd, James Hayward and Isaac H. Lincoln and made oath that they would appraise the above named estate according to their best skill & judgment. before me Nehemiah Richards Justice of Peace Hampshire ss. March 20 th 1829. I further certify the above appraisers are credible disinterested men and freeholders in said County.  Nehemiah Richards Just of Peace Sarah Clarke

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. On the 25 th day of March 1829 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Common Pleas and a Court of Record in and for said County Jacob Clarke of Plainfield in said County aged seventy three 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 first of May 1820 or any other Acts of Congress or rules established in the War Office since the last act of Congress aforesaid - that he the said Jacob Clarke enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year of our Lord 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt Reed in the Regiment commanded by Col John Bailey in the line of the State aforesaid on the Continental establishment that he continued in the service in said Corps until the end of the year & six weeks after when he was regularly discharged from the service in Chatham in the State of New Jersey he was placed on the pension list by his certificate N o 2318 in the War Office will appear but was dropped on account of his then having some property, he is now infirm & poor and in need of his pension and prays for a renewal thereof Jacob Clarke -
And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 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 so 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 of debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - Jacob Clarke
Hampshire ss.
Court of Common Pleas March term 1829
Sworn to and declared in Court this 25 day of March
J. Stockland Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I the subscriber Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now held at Northampton in and for said County do hereby certify that in my opinion the schedule hereto annexed contains the just  true estimate and value of the property of Sarah Paine as stated in the annexed schedule - and of the net yearly income thereof
Dummers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Sarah Paine did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding 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 thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is six hundred seventy nine Dollars and 67 1/2 cents - and that the net yearly income of the same is estimated at the sum of $39 67 1/2 And I do further certify that Nehemiah Richards Esq. whose signature is affixed to the paper copies of which are hereto annexed, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned &c. And that the signature to said Certificate is known by me to be the handwriting of the said Nehemiah Richards
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty fifth day of March A D 1829
S. Stoddard Clerk of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this sixth Day of May 1810
before me the subscriber Judge of Probate of Wills &c. in and for the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appears Jacob Clark aged sixtytwo years resident of the County and Commonwealth aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by 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 war of the Revolution. That he the said Jacob Clark enlisted at Roxbury in the said Commonwealth on the first day of January 1776. into a Company commanded by Capt. William Reed. Regiment commanded by Col. John Bayley in the Massachusetts line and on the Continental establishment and that he continued his service in said Corp under the same Capt. & Col. above named until the first day of January 1777, the term of his enlistment being then expired of General Washington continued his service six weeks at which time was discharged from service in a Village near Morristown in the State of New Jersey and that he was in the Battles of Harlem in the State of New York and at Trenton & Princeton in the State of New Jersey and other subsequent engagements generally employed in fatigue and guard duties and that he is reduced circumstances and has made of the assistance of his Country for support - and that he has never recd. pensions from the United States. Jacob Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 6. 1810 Jacob Clark came before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. being in Court at Record in & for said County and being carefully examined and cautioned to testify the whole truth made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - It appears to my satisfaction that the s. Jacob Clark served in the Revolutionary War as he has above stated. I have taken & sworn to before me - the testimony of the above named Jacob Clark to my hand and have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this day & year aforesaid. Daniel Hinckley

I Nathan Snow of Cummington in The County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that I served in the Reg t commanded by Col o Bailey within men- tioned until Nov r . 1776 when I was taken sick and was placed in a Hospital, and I was knowing to the within named Jacob Clark's serving as a Soldier in the Company I Reg t within mentioned until I was taken sick - I know he enlisted for a year and had no doubt but he served out his term of enlistment as he has stated in his declaration on the other side - May 6. 1810
Nathan Snow
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 6. 1810 Nathan Snow personally appeared before me & made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, and he is a credible & disinterested witness - Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate etc.
I George Vining of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that I was in the same Reg t with Jacob Clark with in mentioned during the year 1776 & I know he served as a soldier during the whole of the year as he has stated in his declaration on the other side - May 6. 1810 george vining
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss May 6. 1810 George Vining personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true, and he is a credible & disinterested witness - Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate etc.

Jacob Clark's Application for a Pension.
If the Pension is granted it is requested the certificate may be transferred to S. Hunsley Houston Miss.

I Ichabod Watkins of Tene in the County of Berkshire in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Of lawful age testify that I was a Lieut. in the Company of Col. Jacobs in the Regt. of Col. John Bailey from Jan'y 1776 to Jan'y 1778 in the Revolutionary war and I know that Jacob Clark whose application for a pension is hereto annexed served as a soldier in the Company commanded by Col. Wil m Reed in the same Regt. aforesaid from January 1776 untill Nov r . 1776 being ten months in continuation and in Nov r . aforesaid I was ordered by said Bailey to take the charge of the Invalid Hospital of the same Regt. for the remainder of the year's service, and I left said Jacob Clark then in the Company & Regt. aforesaid acting & doing duty as a soldier and have no doubt but he continued in service until Jan'y 1777 when his enlistment expired - and further saith not Sept. 2. 1810
Ichabod Watkins
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept. 2 d . 1810 Lieut. Ichabod Watkins above named known to me to be a respectable, Disinterested & Credible witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth - Before me Samuel H. Nickels Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c. and a Justice of the Peace within & for said County
Lt. Watkins says his Commission is forwarded to The Secretary in his application for a Pension &

I Luke Packard of Easthampton in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that I enlisted in Jan'y 1776 at Roxbury near Boston into the Company commanded by Jacob Allen and in the Reg't commanded by Col. John Bailey as a soldier, and the same Reg't marched to the State of New York soon after, and I know that Jacob Clarke whose application for a Pension is hereto annexed was a soldier in the Company commanded by Mr. Reed in the same Reg't aforesaid from the first of Feb'y 1776 until the month of December 1776 when the company I belonged to was ordered to Fish-Kill and I did not see him until after we returned home - I have no doubt but he served out the time of his enlistment - he served ten months in continuation in the Reg't and company aforesaid - and further saith not Sept. 2. 1810 Luke Packard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept. 2. 1810 Luke Packard above named known to me to be a credible Witness to the truth, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me Samuel Brinsley Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills, etc. and a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss Clerk's Office Northampton
I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Hinckley Esq r is Judge of the Probate of wills &c in & for said County & that his signature to the Certificate hereto annexed was his own proper hand writing — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Josiah Dwight

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Jacob Clark Dec?
The certificate of the Judge & magistrate as on the back of the application to state, the credibility of the witnesses, day of death, widow's right &c with precision
It seems to have been overlooked by the Clerk - a ribbon has been fixed to comply with 2 d dependency, C. P. Huntington
C. P. Huntington Northampton Mass

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Y II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Y 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? — IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Y 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? Y VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Y VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Y VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Y IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Y 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? Y

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 ? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
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 ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service ? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses ? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct ? Yes
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 ? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? Yes
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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
The Court must certify the day of his death. Jacob Clark Died, & that Susannah Clark is his widow. The exact day of his death must be stated