Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20981, Josiah Dewey, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Dewey, Josiah Lydia
W. 20981
CONTENTS

24-576
New York
Josiah Dewey Lewis Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Warford in the _____ line for 9 mos 29 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 33 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Janu. 1834 and sent to Capt. Leyden
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $83.05 Pension allowance ending March 4 '34 16.61 $99.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 96

2251 Albany
Lydia Dewey widow of Josiah Dewey Con who was a Private in the Revolution
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of Dec r 1843 and sent to Z. Knox Louvillle, N.Y.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 117

Low New York
Low's Canoe Type
On the Eleventh day of
September in the Year One thousand Eight-hundred and thirty two - personally appeared before me Daniel Goff a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Lewis - Jasiah Dewey a resident of the Town of Lysander in the County of Lewis and State of New York Aged Seventy four Years to me known as a man of truth and veracity 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 th 1832. -
-12 In the year 1775 in August entered the Service as a Subaltern for Abraham Dewey and served twelve days under the Command of General Putnam, a Continental Officer in the Connecticut line -
In the Year 1776 about the first of September entered the Service under Colonel Warfield and Capt. James Pinck in the Connecticut line 2.15 and served two and a half Months 7.27 This Service was at Fort Chester and Fort Garrison - etc -

2.27
Also in the year 1777 entered the services under the command of Colonel Ely (Bryant) & Capt Waterman (Company) Served this tour in the State of Rhode Island - at Providence in the State Service as an enlisted soldier and this tour about two months and a half.
Also in the year 1778 in the month of January about the 3 rd entered the service under the command of Col n  Abiah Johnson - and Captain Dewey Company - marched to Rhode Island and served two months and eight days at Providence - in the Connected Militia
Also in the year 1779 entered the service December 3 rd under the command of Colonel Eli Wells and Captain Daniel Tilden went to New London and Fairfield and this tour two months and nine days in the State service

9.29 That all the above services he rendered as a Volunteer and enlisted soldier in the Militia and State troops of the State of Connecticut
That he befitted at the several times of entering the service above specified in the town of Lebanon in the state of Connecticut
That he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can certify to his services except - the person whose affidavit is annexed to this declaration
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except - the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State or if any such an that of the Agency of the State of New York
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid - Josiah Dewey before me -
Daniel Goff a Judge of Lewis County Court

And the said Judge now hereby declares his 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 war soldier and served as he states - And further I certify that said Applicant is in my opinion unable from bodily infirmity to attend before a Court of Record to make this Declaration
Daniel Goff a Judge of Louisiana Court
Clerk's Office Louisiana Court
I certify that Daniel Goff whose name appears above as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Louisiana was on all the duties mentioned herein as such a Judge of said Court at Common Pleas residing in said County duly commissioned and sworn and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe the signature "Daniel Goff" subscribed above to be his own proper hand Witness my hand & seal at my office this 20th day of September 1832
Carlos D. L. Smith Clerk

State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss Mansfield Probate District -
February 8 th 1839
I Moses Davis of Mansfield in the County and State aforesaid, being Seventy Two years of age, do testify and say - That Mrs Lydia Dewey of Lyndon in the County of Lewis and State of New York, is my Sister. She is now the Widow of Josiah Dewey late of said Lyndon deceased - She was born and brought up in this Town. The said Josiah Dewey was a native of Lebanon in this State - I further testify that the said Josiah and Lydia were married at the house of my Father in Mansfield by Constant Southwick Esq r a Justice of the Peace. I was present and saw them married. They were married in the Spring of the year, when I was Thirteen years of age - which would make it 1788 - The precise day I do not recollect - They lived several years in said Lebanon and then removed into the State of New York - He has been here several times since his removal to the State of New York - And further say asst -
Moses Davis

Sworn to and subscribed before me John Fitch Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut on the day and year as this is written.
I further certify that the within Deposition Moses Davis is a credible person and his testimony is entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand officially and caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
John Fitch Judge of Probate
Attest - Edmund Freeman Clerk

State of New York On the 19th - day of June in the year 1832 Isaac Parsons Seventy eight
That she is the widow of Isaac Parsons who was a resident in the town of ... his name inscribed on the ... York at the rate of thirty three dollars and 83 cents per annum under the act of Congress of June 1832. and in return to the maintenance of her late husband the said Isaac Parsons for services of his services
declares that she was married to the said Isaac Parsons on the 20th - day of April - in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty. That the husband the above said Isaac Parsons died on the 14th - day of January in the year 1835. That she was not married to any other person at the time of his death but at the time of his death was residing in the state of New York. That she has no children of her own and that the said Isaac Parsons bequeathed the residuary of her estate to her brother Isaac Davis which is now him to be subscribed on the day
Lydia Dewey
Isaac Parsons
that the above named Lydia Dewey is answerable to appear in the court of Common Pleas Isaac Parsons

The declaration of the substance of the letter to the General Conference is unable to be given as the original is still in my hands and I am unable to make a declaration.
Isaac Parsons } Feb. 20 at his residence
Isaac Parsons

State of New York County of Nassau 3/11
On the 19 th day of May June - 1837 personally appeared before me the undersigned an officer of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Essex  of Middlesex of the County of Middlesex aforesaid who being duly sworn with respect to the said that Agnes Dewey of said County of Middlesex widow of Joseph Dewey, is the mother that the father of said Joseph Dewey died on the 14 th day of January in the year 1838 and that his mother the said Agnes Dewey has received a widow ever since that period and further that the said Joseph Dewey was a prisoner of the United States in the year 1832.
Joshua D. Denny
Then discovered on the day of your departure before me
I believe that the above statement is to read: "I believe that the above statement his testimony entitled to credit."
Isaac Parsons } Judge } Lewis Am. Poet

State of New York Berkshire County ss
I Carlos P. Scoville Clerk of said County & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Isaac Parsons Esquire before whom the within declaration affidavit purports to have been taken was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Commissioned and duly qualified And further that I am well acquaint- ed with the handwriting of said Judge and my believe his signature subscribed to said declaration affidavit is genuine Given under my hand and seal of said County & Court this 25 th day of June 1839 Carlos P. Scoville Clerk
5857 The undersigned of Tipton County in a Business with a copy of
John D. [?] [?] [?] [?]

State of Connecticut County of Tolland ss ss
Columbia August 29 th 1832
Dear Sir
I received your letter July 19 th requesting me to make some effort to procure several depositions for your own personal interest. I have complied with your request but owing to my negligence have delayed sending you the desired certificates. I have not been able to procure a deposition for your services in 1778. Capt. West has lost all recollection of being with you except at N. York. Mr. Silas Woodworth left Columbia a year or two since for a residence in the same State where you reside. — Capt. Merrill requests you to send him two dollars for his services provided you are successful in your efforts to obtain a pension, if not he has no charge against you — I have spent but am not in procuring what information you say on this subject. Fair Dear Brother. 25 cts for his trouble, I make no charge for my trouble and expense, it is all due to friendship. Myself and family are well — It is a general time of health in Columbia. The pestilence which has swept thousands from our once healthful shores into the boundless ocean of eternity, has not visited our town or County — Neither has it made great ravages in any part of our State — I have to inform you that your brother Abram and his wife are in a low state of health and have been for a number of months past. — Remember me to all inquiring friends — I remain Yours in much friendship
Eleazer Dyer
Mr. Jonah Dyer
[Heavily scribbled out text block]

I Samuel West of Columbia in Tolland County and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that in the part of the year 1876 I was at New York in a company of militia commanded by Colpt James Dineen and I well remember that Josiah Dewey then of Lebanon in Windham County and State of Connecticut was in said Company and served in said Company the full time for which said Company was called out into Service which I think was about three months and then received an honorable Discharge by having done his full tour of Duty for which said Company was called out and I understand that the said Dewey now lives in the Town of Lynden County of Lewis and State of New York and further the Deponent saith not
Samuel West
Tolland County ss State of Connecticut Columbia August 2 nd 1882 Personally appeared Samuel West Signer of the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the same as being strictly true according to his best knowledge and belief
Before me Anheast Sowell Justice of the Peace
The above Deponent is well known to me and is a respectable witness and a man of strict truth and veracity. Attest Anheast Sowell Justice of the Peace

I Alnane Dewey of Hebron in Tolland County and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that my Brother Josiah Dewey then of Lebanon in Windham County and State of Connecticut now of Lynden County of Lewis and State of New York when I was at home on a furlow in the month of December in the year 1779 was into Capt. Daniel Titcomb's Company for three months and was stationed at New London and he went there with me and he served the full time for which he enlisted and but the regiment while at New London was broken up and one company was sent to one place and another to an other place but the company to which he belonged was sent to Fairfield and to Stratford where he received an honorable Discharge all of which Service was done in the State of Connecticut and further the Deponent saith not
Alnane his Dewey mark
Tolland County ss Columbia August 2 nd 1832 Personally appeared Alnane Dewey Signer of the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the same oath to the same as being strictly true according to his best knowl- edge and belief before me
Asahel Scovell Justice of the Peace
The above Deponent is well known to me and is a respectable witness and a man of strict truth and veracity. Asahel Scovell Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Barstow of Columbia in Tolland County, and State of Connecticut of Lawful age do Testify and say that the in part of the year 1776 I was at Newpork in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt James Fines and I well remember that Josiah Dewey then of Lebanon in Windham County and State aforesaid was in said Company and Served in said Company the full term for which said Company was called into Service which I think was about three months and then received an honourable Discharge by having done his full Tower of Duty and I understand that the said Dewey now lives in the Town of Lyden in the County of Litch and State of Newpork and further the Deponant saith not. Samuel Barstow
Tolland County ss Columbia August 2 nd 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Barstow Signer of the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the same as being strictly true according to his best knowledge and belief before me Amherst Sewell Justice of the Peace
The above Deponant is well known to me and is a respectable witness and a man of strict truth and veracity attest Amherst Sewell Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss Tolland November 20 th 1832 Tolland County } ss I Novatus Chapman Clerk of the County Court for said Tolland County do certify that Amherst Sewell Esquire before whom the Depositions of Samuel Barstow Abram Dewey & Samuel West were taken and whose Certificate is annexed thereto was on the 2 nd day of August 1832 a Justice of Peace within and for said Tolland County duly qualified and legally authorized to administer Oaths and take Depositions and that the signature to said Certificate purporting to be his is genuine and I believe the same to be his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Tolland the day and year above written - Novatus Chapman Clerk

Clerks office Lewis County
I Carlos P. Lewis Clerk of Lewis County do hereby certify that the within affidavit prepared before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for Lewis County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and truly believe that the signature subscribed to said affidavit is his own proper handwriting Given under my hand and seal this 15 day of June 1833
Carlos P. Lewis Clerk

State of New York
Lewis County } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County Josiah Dewey of Fryden in said County aged Twenty five years the 26 th of February last who being duly sworn doth depose and say that he served in the Connietical State Troops and Militia not less than the periods mentioned below and under the officers mentioned in his Declaration hereto annexed and that he intend and left the service at the several dates mentioned below as near as he can recollect the same
From the 10 th to the 22 nd of September in the year 1775 he served in the Connietical Militia as a private
From the first of September to the 17 th of November in the year 1776 he served in the Connietical Militia as a private
From the 5 th of January 1777 to the 14 th of March of the same year he served in the Connietical State Troops as a private soldier
From about the 5 th of January to the 15 th of March in the year 1778 he served in the Connietical Militia as a private
That in the year 1779 he entered the service Dec r 5 and served Two months and nine days left the service the 14 th March in the Connietical State Troops Making in all Nine months and Twenty nine days service —
Connetical
Josiah Dewey
I certify that on the fourteenth day of June 1833 personally appeared before me Josiah Dewey who subscribed the above affidavit in my presence, and was by me then duly sworn to the truth of the same.
H. Collins Justice of the peace. Lewis County.

Col Johnson furlow

Providence March 7 th 1878
With Dewey of Capt. Dewey's Company in my reg. Now in service in this Place is Permitted to be Absent from Camp Six Days On Furlough
Oladiah Johnson Col.
DEWEY, JOSIAH (CONN.) W 20981

To the Honorable Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington
I Flavel Clark of the town of Germanflats County of Herkimer and state of New York being duly sworn declare and say that Mr Josiah Dewey of the town of Leyden, County of Lewis and state of New York served as a soldier in the revolutionary war at Providence in the state of Rhode Island, with me, in Captain Watermans company in Colonel Ely's Regiment of Connecticut state troops from about the first of December in the year 1776 until the same time in March in the year 1777 making a period of three months, being the term for which we enlisted and further this deponent saith not
Subscribed & Sworn
Flavel Clark
the 31 st July 1832 before
me H. Herkimer. The Witness or deponent is known by me to be a credible Witness. Frederick Getman Justice
State of New York Herkimer Co.
I Francis E. Spinnin Deputy Clerk of the County of Herkimer do certify that Frederick Getman before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same
one of the justices of the peace in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of "Frederick Getman" subscribed thereto to be genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 31. day of July 1832
F. E. Spinnin

We Paul Kimball and Nathan Petton Residing in the town of Lyndon and County of Linn, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Denny who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed this Eleventh day of Sept 1832 before us
Paul Kimball along Belonging to Synod of Western Westmore - Presbytery Nathan Petton
Linn County - I hereby certify that the above named Paul Kimball is a clergyman residing Lyndon Linn County and that Nathan Petton who has also signed the same is a resident in said town and is a respectable person and his statement is entitled to credit
Daniel Goff A Judge of Linn County Iowa -

DEWEY, JOSIAH (CONN.) W-20981
Shattuck
Declaration
13.289 Volume 1 Page 1
Clerk's office Linn County, Ia
I Carlos Richard Clark of Linn County do hereby certify that Jane Goff my name appears within was read of the date of the within writing a Judge of Linn County and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and hereby claim that the said name subscribed within be his own proper hand writing given under my hand and seal of office this 15 th day of June 1833
Carlos Richard Clark

4392 New York
Lydia Dury
Ad July 7. 1838
Marr'd 20 Apr 1780
Husb died 14 Jan 1838
Col Ely - Capt Waterman
Canal Milia
Admuted
Private 9 mo & 29 days

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
over
6820
File No. 20981
Lydia Dewey Wid of Josiah Dewey Pris Rev. war
Act March 3 rd / 43
Index: Vol. 8 , Page 177
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Dewey
Adoption Private 9 mo & 29 days
Official character of Magistrate not certified
Sept. 26. '33
Certificate obtained
33. 22
66. 44
16. 05
83. 05
app st
Leyden N.Y.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Dewey 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? 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? The applicant is required to show the date, length and grade of each tour of service. 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? the Judge has IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? — Yes, but has not signed it 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

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?
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? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? In regard to Col. Mayes (no) he has
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?
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 shown 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.

4039
L. Dewey
$ 33. 22 per m
J. Knox Lowville N.Y.

State of New York County of Lewis } ss.
On this 19 day of May in 1843 personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County Lydia Dewey a resident of the town of Grygals in said County of Lewis aged Eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 d March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Joseph Dewey who was a private in the Revolutionay Army and was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832, and that she received five years pension under the act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents as near as she can recall; she further declares that she is still a widow
Lydia Dewey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before.
Ashbel Fox Justice of the Peace of Lewis County

State of New York Lewis County Clerk's Office I, Charles Orris Clerk of said County do hereby certify that the within  the within  signature  signature of the within declaration or affidavit - a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly appointed and qualified and that the signature within purporting to be his is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 1st day of September 1845 C. Orris Clerk

Albany 4.392
Lydia Dewey widow of Josiah Dewey
who was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832 and who died on the 14. January 1838 of Lewis Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Waterman of the reg't commanded by Col. Ely in the Pen. Militia here for 9 months & 29 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 33 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. 15. January 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Oct. 1839 and sent to Z. Knox Lowville, Lewis Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '39 54. 15 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '40 16. 61
$70.76
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 74.