Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 2492, James Crocker, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
brocker James Mary
R 2492
CONTENTS

State of Vermont } On this 26 th day of March Orange County ss D 1839. Personally appeared before me Simon Root one of the judges of Orange County Court within for said Orange County Mary Brooke a resident of Westford in said Orange County widow of James Brooke formerly James Brooke jun late of said Westford deceased aged 77 years she the said Mary Brooke by reason of her great age & infirm health being unable to travel & attend at the sitting of any Court of record who being first duly sworn cloth 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 & pension to certain widows. That she is the widow of James Brooke, formerly James Brooke jun who was a private in the Army of the revolution, & who to the best of her knowledge & belief enlisted & served one whole year General Huntington's Brigade, & Col Nixons Regt though she is not so confident about the Regt she has no means of ascertaining the company. that the service was performed in whole or in part in the year 1778 in the Connecticut line - That her said husband, served a considerable time in the Continental Army as a teamster but at what period of the war, the length of time or to what corps, he belonged she has no means of ascertaining. She further states, that her said husband belonged to Lebanon in the State of Connecticut at the time he performed these services. She also declares that she was married to the said James Brooke jun. in Lebanon in the State of Connecticut in the month of April, fourth day in the year AD 1782 as she only believes.

That her maiden name was Mary Beckingham and the marriage ceremony was performed by Thomas Brookway then the settled Minister of said Lebanon who as she understands has been several years dead That she was not married to the said Crocker prior to leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Scventeen hundred & ninety four and at the time above stated that her husband the said James Crocker died at said Thetford on the 19 th day of March A D 1825 That she has since then still remains his widow
W. L. 7.8.11
Mary Crocker
Subscribed & sworn to, Before me, on the day & year first above stated & I certify that I am of opinion that the said James Crocker, hus- band of the applicant informed service as a soldier in the army of the Revolution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Rutland in said Orange County, the day & year aforesaid
Simson Root Judge of Orange County Court
State of Vermont } I, Robin Dinsmore, Clerk of Orange County Court Orange County } do hereby certify that from the first day of December A D 1838 till the first day of December A D 1839 Simson Root was one of the Judges of Orange County Court duly commis- sioned & qualified, & as such was duly empowered to administer oaths, and that his signature above written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this
21 st day of June A D 1841
Robin Dinsmore County Clerk

Mary Brooks
A. Hylant

I Mary Crocker beg to represent to the Commn of pensions, that my late husband James Crocker of Hittford Orange County Vermont deceased, performed service during some three years in the revolutionary war, some part of the time as a teamster at other as a soldier - That soon after the first pension act in 1818 or 19 my husband made application for the benefit of said act of longness but his application was unsuccessful on account as I then understood of his not having served nine months at any one time - After the passage of the Act of 1833 I made application for pension thro Judge Kimball of Barton Vermont - That my declaration and several affidavits were forwarded to the pension office by said Kimball - That said Kimball has since died and as upon petition to him has left his papers in the pension office in an unfinished and incomplete condition and that I am now eighty five years of age - That if my declaration and the evidence accompanying the same will not entitle me to a pension, it is my wish that all the papers both my husband's & my own may be returned to me. And for this purpose the hereby constitutes and appoints John Davis Esquire of Northfield Vermont my legal attorney to apply for and receive the said papers and do any other business in relation to the same as he might do were I present personally, hereby ratifying & confirming the same in winter of these presents - In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this ninth day of January Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Six
In presence of us Mary Crocker William Swett Jehovah Crocker

Mary Crocker Revolutionary Claim of Lt. Crocker's heirs
Revolutionary  Claim  of  Lt. Crocker's  heirs
Connecticut
Vermont Supr Act 7 July 1838
Revolutionary  Claim  of  Lt. Crocker's  heirs
Mr. May
Filed 3 rd March 1833
T. C. Hassler Washington
Revolutionary  Claim  of  Lt. Crocker's  heirs

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF Vermont
COUNTY OF Lamoille
J. H. Bennett
James D.
a Justice of the Peace personally appeared James D. Crocker of Stowe aged 64 years, who being duly cautioned and
then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son and heir of James Crocker who was a revolutionary Soldier in the State of Connecticut
and that he died on the 20 day of March 18 25 and that his mother, named Mary Crocker died on the 5 th day of June 18 52 and that they were married on the  day of  in the year 17  and that they were residents of Shelburne
in the State of Vermont and that they resided there 23 years, and that he resides in  and that furthermore he BY THESE
PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers my rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due me as heir of Mary Crocker  James Crocker who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law I may be entitled.
In witness whereof, I have on this 2 nd day of November 18 52 , hereunto signed my name, and affixed my seal.
J. H. Bennett
J. D. Crocker
Witness: W. H. H. Bingham } for and on behalf of himself & the remaining heirs, -
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that has always by the community been known as the son of Mary & James Crocker .
Dated on this 2 day of Novr 18 52
J. H. Bennett Justice of Peace
State of Vermont
COUNTY of Lamoille
} to wit:
I hereby certify, That J. H. Bennett Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Lamoille County Court, this 13 th day of Decr. one thousand eight hundred and 52 .
Carlos S. Hoyes Clerk.
How applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." Under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Rev Rev. War Section.
aw July 24, 1923.
Miss A. L. Chamberlin, 135 W. Hansbury St. Germantown, Phila. Penn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim R. 2492, it appears that James Crocker was a resident of Lebanon, Conn. at the time of the Revolution, and that he married April 4, 1782, at that place Mary Buckingham. He died at Thetford, Vt. Mar. 19, or 20, 1825, and she applied for pension March 26, 1839, while living at Thetford, Vt. aged 77 years and alleged that her husband James Crocker served some years during the Revolution as a Teamster for the Conn. Troops, but her claim was not allowed, as such service did not come within the provisions of the pension laws.
She died June 5, 1852. Their son James D. was a resident of Stowe, Vt. aged 64 years in 1852.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
I omitted about service under Mason, they must have been married up about that and he probably did some leave service for him

REJECTED
2492
1863 July 24. Recd. to Mrs. A. S. Chamberlin. Recd
P. O. Mary Cook
Service: wid. of James
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 1851 gives cause of suspension ds.
Re-enlisted: "Not on any rolls - team service."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contr
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Eliz W.H. Sylvester Jan 29/50
MS 8270 Crocker James Gaspard Letter to Gaspard May 10/182
act 7. July 38

Jan 9 May 10 th 42
Sir
To the Comr. of Pensions.
In the case of Mrs Mary Resen- mady de. I under the act of 7. July 38 the proof of the date of the date of the marriage is satisfactory but the alleged service of 2 mo under Capt. Bailey - Col. Bellows in the early part of the war - 6 mo in 79 under a Capt. whose name cannot be satisfactorily deciphered but related as a guard at Bradford - 6 mo under Capt. Whittier of Col. Nichol's regt. at West Point in 1780 should be established by the certificate of the Secy of War. Eleven mo & 17 days served in Bedel's Regt. in 78-9 is duly established.
The Court should certify the day of Ream's death and the names of the children who survived her.
In the case of Mrs Mary Stickney some satisfac- tory evidence must be adduced to show that her late husband was the doctor of the Montgom- company of the Continental Regt. and the date of the marriage should be established by the best

attainable proof
In the case of Mrs Anna v  the  the evidence is satisfactory to show the date of the marriage - 3. mo. 10 d. service prior to 20 Aug 87. & 6 mo. out  out captivity subsequently to that date but before a certificate can be issued the court sh d certify her insanity & appoint a guardian whose qualification should be duly certified by the clerk No further allowance can be made to Nathan Barlow. His claim has been frequently examined when the N.H. rolls were in this office and the only proof they afforded was 1 m 17 d pri under Capt. Camm in '80 & 4 mo 23 as Ensign under Capt. Paine in '80 - The certificate of the Compt. refers to the service under Camm which the claimant sets forth in his declaration & to the service of a different man under Whitcomb & House - These certificates and the rolls, which have been searched in this office do not afford proof of as much service as was by compromise allowed him viz 6 mo. as Serjt. & 6 mo. as Ensign The additional widow in the case of Sarah Farnum dec? is not sufficient to identify her late

husband with Saml. Varnum on the rolls of Capt. Stevens Company. In the case of Abigail Dole a letter has been addressed to the Town Clerk of Holliston Mass. for evidence of her marriage before Jan'y 1774.
In the case of Susanna (Now the proof of the alleged date of the marriage & of 6 mos & 19 days service in 81 under Lt. Bailey is satisfactory but the length of the alleged service in 82 under the same Officer for which her late husband was paid £17.4 should be shewn by the act of the Genl Assembly of Feby 82 raising the corps - The sum paid may include bounty - or other allowances besides monthly pay. There are no means of examining Hovey's regt. but the separate Company rolls which are indexed by the Capt's names - Unless therefore the name of the Capt. under whom her late husband served in that regt. is furnished no examination can be made of that term.
Mary Crocker claims for 12 mos service of her late husband under Col. Nixon of the Connecticut Line in '78 - His name is not

on the roll of Col. Nixon who belonged to the Mass s , nor is it found upon any list of the Connietical Line — The service of Teamsters in transporting supplies from the Depots in Conn t at Danbury to other places in Conn t to the Army on the Hudson was under civil contract — None of the enlisted Continental corps of Teamsters were detached for that service and no other Teamsters are entitled to Pensions —
Some More satisfactory evidence of the alleged date of the marriage should be adduced. The certificate of the Comp n of son t in the case of Mrs. Lucretia Prentiss, dated showing that 7 mo. 6 days is credited to Serg t Sam l . Prentiss in Eldridge company of Prentiss's Reg t in 75, must relate to a different person from her late husband as it is not to be supposed that he would become a private waiter in the same Reg t in 76 when he had been a Serg t in the previous year — It does not appear that she was entitled —
In the application of Mrs. Molly Brown a pensioner under the act of 7 July 38, for the benefit of the act 4 July 36 under which she originally asserted a claim, it is necessary

to shew conclusively that she was married prior to the fall of 1780 when the last term of the service of her late husband terminated. — The family record of her father shewing the birth of "Natt 2 oct. 77" & "Saul 10 march 1780" written at one time & "Solomon Brown 10 march 1780" written subsequently who se she asserts are her two children, altho affording with the depo- sition of Solomon Brown the date of her strong testimony in support of the alleged marriage, is not conclusive — Some evidence might be adduced to shew that the entries "Saul" & "Solomon" mean the same one person and that he had Brother Natt older than himself I have addressed a letter to the Clerk of the Town of Lee for further evidence
Jno Kimball Esq Present

John Amos May 10 th Dec.

Ms. B. 2. 70.
May 7. 1842
Ms.
July 7. 1838
Mary Crocka
James L. Ludwell Esq. Pension Office Washington

Washington City May 7 th 1842
James L. Belmar
Sir enclose is the Papers of Mary Crocker Widow of James Crocker for a pension I have had but little knowledge of the case - no doubt John Porter who has testified to one year service is a pensioner - by examining his declaration it will be seen whether it corresponds with his testimony - he is a man of whom I have no knowledge
J. P. Buckingham (now dead) who testifies as to the Marriage was a man of first standing - former Judge of Supreme Court -
If you have the names of the enlisted Connecticut who served from Connecticut and James Crocker's name is among them no doubt you will allow his widow for that service - I know not where it can be found -

State of Connecticut New London County ss
Town Clerks Office Lebanon November first one thousand eight hundred and forty one - I John Wattles Town Clerk of Lebanon do certify that I have faithfully and diligently examined the Town & Church records relative to the marriage of James Crocker and Mary Buckingham and do find that their marriage is not there recorded.
Attest John Wattles Town Clerk,
State of Connecticut New London County ss Lebanon November first one thousand eight hundred and forty one - I.
This may certify to whom it may concern that John Wattles Town Clerk of Lebanon signer of the above certificate made oath that he had examined the Town and Church records relative to the marriage of James Crocker and Mary Buckin- -gham and found that their marriage was not there recorded
Before me Henry H. Abel justice of the Peace

I John Porter of Lime in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, now eighty years of age, do testify & say, that in the year 1774 & 1778, I was a Soldier in the American Army, & that in the year 1778 James Crocker Esq. then of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut, served as a Soldier during the whole year, in General Huntington's Brigade - I believe, he was in Colonel Vose's Regiment, but my memory does not serve to determine the Regiment or company, he belonged to - but as we both lived in the same Town, I was well acquainted with him & family - And I do further testify, that previous to the year 1778, or subsequent, I do not recollect certain, that the said Crocker served as a Teamster, to transport provision to supply the Continental Army, from the State of Connecticut but do not recollect the time he served as a Teamster - & further saith not -
John his Porter mark -
State of Vermont Orange County ss 26 th October 1838
Then John Porter, who has subscribed the above deposition by his mark, personally appeared before me, & made solemn oath, that the same contains, the truth the whole truth, & nothing but the truth -
Lyman Fitch
Judge of Orange County Court
This may certify that I am intimately acquainted with John Porter subscriber to the foregoing Deposition and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Lyman Fitch Judge of Orange County Court

I Jediah P. Buckingham of Thetford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont, now Eighty years of age, do testify & say, that at Lebanon in the state of Connecticut, I was present at the marriage of the Widow Mary Crocker, then Mary Buckingham, who was married to James Crocker Jun. then both living in Lebanon. They were married by the Rev. Thomas Brockway, who was the settled minister in the Society in Lebanon. They were married in the month of April or May in the year 1783 or 1783 . The Rev. Brockway & Crocker have been both dead several years. And I do further say, that I understood, that Crocker served as a Soldier in the Continental army, from two to three years, as a Turner & Soldier. His widow Mary is now living in Thetford poor & distressed — & further the deponent saith not —
J. P. Buckingham
Thetford 26 th October 1838
State of Vermont Orange 26 th October 1838
Then personally appeared before me, the above named J. P. Buckingham, subscriber to the above deposition, & made solemn oath, that the same contains the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth —
Symon Fitch
Judge of Orange County Court
This may certify that I am intimately acquainted with Jediah P. Buckingham and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
Symon Fitch Judge of Orange County Court
As I do not affirm the seal of Court at being twenty miles from this place with the Clerk

State of Vermont } I Robins Dinsmore, Clerk of Orange Orange County } County Court, hereby certify that Lyman Fitch was from the first day of December A D 1837 to the first day of December A D 1838, Lyman Fitch was one of the Judges of Orange County Court duly commissioned and qualified, and as such Judge duly empowered to all ministerial matters, and that his signature, within written, are, in opinion, genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 28th day of June A D 1841
Alton Robins Dinsmore County Clerk

I James D. Crocker of Methuen in the County of Orange State of Vermont - aged fifty two years, do testify say that I am the son of James & Mary Crocker of said Methuen That my father died the 19 th day of March 1825 - That my Mother Mary Crocker is still living & remains the widow of the said James Crocker - his now making applica- tion for a pension on account of the war- tillery services of my father. I further testify that I often heard my father say in his life time, that he served in all about four years in the war of the Revolution a considerable part of the time as a Teamster But was liable while a Teamster to be called to do duty under arms. & that in one instance, he complained with this requirement - which was at New London
James D. Crocker State of Vermont      Methuen June Orange County ss 15. 1841 Sworn to & Subscribed
Before me & I certify that James D Crocker the above named Deponent is a person of undoubted truth & veracity
Simon Root Justice Peace

State of Vermont } I Robins Dismore, Clerk of Orange County Orange County } Court hereby certify that Lyman  Stetson  from the friends of  Andrew Simeon Short is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission bears date the 29 th day of October A D 1840 and will expire on the 30 th day of November A D 1841 and that his signature within written is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 21 st day of June A D 1841
Robins Dismore County Clerk

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Mary Brooker
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act 7. Jany '38.
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