Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,719, David Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark, David
W. 1,719
Mehitable
or
Mahetable
CONTENTS

Connect.
17.739
Sam Lake Mch 25/53
David Clark.
of Woodstock in the State of Connect. who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Richardson of the Reg t . commanded by Col o Cary in the Mass line for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connect. at the rate of 26 Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18. day of Sept. 1833. and sent to John Posler 2 o North Woodstock, C.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 - 66.65 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1834. 13.33
$79.98
Revolutionary Claim, bet June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm. Palmer Clerk Book Vol. three Page 9.

2317 Connecticut Mahetable Clark widow of David, Clark who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv Mass Sene
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66,
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Oct 1853, and sent to Saml. Lake Buffalo N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 58 Vol. A,

David Clark
13.430
 59.99  62.21  22.51  144.71 
adm d  8 mo pri $26.66

State of Connecticut } Windham County } Is Town of Woodstock }
on this 21 st day of August 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Hon. John Paine Esq. Judge of Probate for Woodstock District now sitting David Clark a resident of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged 77 - years who first being 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 -
I entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
In July 1776 I enlisted under Capt. Caleb Richardson for six months and Belonged to Col. Crary Regiment -
I marched from East Haddam Massachusetts to New Haven and there I went to New York by water I went from New York at the time the army retreated from that place - marched to White Plains
and from there to New Jersey after staying a short time I returned to White Plains where I served the remainder of the six months as a private and was then discharged -
In Sept 1778 I enlisted under Capt. Israel Trask
for two months as a private Do not remember the Col name - served said two months at Red Bank and Warwicks Rhode Island - was in the battle with General Sullivan -

and at the expiration of the two months was discharged —
I was born in 1755
I do not know that there is any record of my age I lived at Easttown Massachusetts when called in the Service — Since the war I have lived in Woodstock and now live there
I enlisted —
General Lee and Washington —
I never had no written discharge
Reference
To John Fox. Abraham Moray I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
David Clark
"We W. M. Connell a clergyman residing in the town of Woodstock and John Fox — residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Clark — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. M. Connell { Clergyman of Woodstock
John Fox
water.

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 the court further certifies that it appears to them that Will Cornell who has signed the preceding certificate is a gentleman resident in the town of Woodstock and that John Fox who also has signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the court further certifies that in their opinion the statement of the applicant is true and entitled to credit.
I George Bower Clerk of the court of Probate for Woodstock District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Clark for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 21 st day of August A 1832.
George Bower Clerk of Probate for Woodstock District

Mahitah Clark Widows Pension Revolutionary Claim
Samuel Lake Atty Buffalo NY

State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex } Chatham Jan. 30, 1853.
I Betsey West of Chatham County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut Aged Seventy eight years, who being duly sworn, depose and say, that I have in my possession the records of marriages and deaths, of my deceased Husband Joel West who was a Congregational Minister in the Society of East Hampton in said Chatham and do find on said records that David Clark and Mahitable Hubbard were married on the second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and I certify that it 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; Married May 2 - 1813. David Clark Esq. & Mahitable Hubbard Chatham,
I Betsey West, depose & say that I have the custody of the aforesaid records, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Joel West deceased with the exception above named, as certified by me,
Betsey West
Nathl. C. Smith Notary Public

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. On this 2 nd day of July A D . 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Chatham and of the State of Connecticut Mahetable Clark a resident of Chatham in the County of Middlesex in said State, aged 71 years who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of David Clark, who was a revolutionary Soldier and a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Twenty Six dollars 66 Cents per Annum. That her said husband was not allowed for the full amount of service performed by him when his pension was granted. That he served in the team service, being detached or enlisted for that purpose, as she has been informed and believes; which will appear on reference to his papers on file and his pension Certificate, which the deponent thinks was granted to him under the act of the 7 th of June 1832. —
She further declares that she was married to the said David Clark on the 2 nd day of May in the year (1813) eighteen hundred and thirteen. That her said husband died on the 8 th day of January A D 1839. That she was married in the town of Chatham County of Middlesex in the said State of Connecticut, and that her

name previous to her said marriage was Mahitable Hubbard. That she was not married to him prior to the Second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow and that she was paid at the Agency of the United States at Hartford Connecticut the balance due her husband at his death.
Sworn and subscribed on the Mahitable Clark day and year above written.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 2 d day of July 1883.
Edward A. Penfield
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Chatham.
I wish my pension made payable at the Albany New York Agency, and hereby appoint Samuel Lake of Buffalo my lawful Attorney to obtain my pension Certificate
Witness
Mahitable Clark
Mary Clark Elijah Clark

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss. Chatham David Buel and D. B. West being duly sworn according to law on their oaths say, and each for himself says, that they were well acquainted with David Clark in his lifetime. That he died in the town of Chatham in the State of Connecticut, on or about the 8 th day of January 1839. That he was an aged man, and as the deponents understood and believe, was at the time of his death a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States. That at the time of his death he left Mahetable Clark his widow him surviving, who is yet a widow and now resides in the town of Chatham in said County and State.
Sworn and subscribed this 1 st day of July A.D. 1853 Before me & I certify deponents are credible witnesses.
David Buel D. B. West
Nathl. C. Smith Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss. I Arthur B. Califf Clerk of the County Court in and for said County (the same being a court of Records) do hereby certify that Nathaniel C Smith was at the date of the above affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly qualified according to law. That I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature signed to said affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court July 18 th 1853 Arthur B. Califf Clerk

Know ye that I William Clarke late of Woodstock in the State of Connecticut now of the Town of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts aged eighty one years do testify and say that I was a soldier in Capt Stephen Lyons company and Col o Chester Regiment of Connecticut State troops and enlisted for six months in the service of the united States in the revolutionary war in the year 1776 and was on was on Long Island and the White Plains and and other places adjacent to New York and I further testify and say I was knowing that my Brother David Clarke enlisting under the command of Col o Govey in Capt Caleb Steffens Richardson company in the Town of Easttown Massachusetts and when we retreated out of New York the Col o Chester Regiment & Col o Govey Regiment was near near together at the White Plains and I frequently saw my Brother David Clarke and was there  discharged there the twenty fifth of December 1776 and I was knowing to my Brother serving the full term of six months from the time he enlisted for further the deponent saith not William Clarke
Woodstock in Windham County State of Connecticut August 22 d 1832 Personally appeared William Clarke and made solemn oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth and nothing but the truth Wheeler Phillips Justice of Peace I do certify that the d William Clarke is a man of truth and veracity Wheeler Phillips Justice of Peace

I George Bowen Clerk of Probate for the District of Woodstock in the state of Connecticut do hereby certify that Wheeler Phillips Esq. before whom the within deposition was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County. that the within signature of his name is his hand writing and that full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Woodstock this 5 th day of September A D 1832
George Bowen Clerk of Probate for the District of Woodstock State of Connecticut

Know ye that I John Clark of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years do testify and say that I was knowing to David David Clark now of Woodstock being in the army of the Revolution and that he was with me on New Port Island in the year 1778 and that he was in the Battle with General Sullivan but how long he was out at that time cannot remember and I further say that I was knowing to his enlisting under Capt Isaac Trow but for how long cannot tell and further the Deponant saith not Woodstock Oct 1 st 1832
John Clark
State of Connecticut } Windham County } ss
Personally appeared in open court before the Hon John Laine Judge of Probate for Woodstock District John Clark who has subscribed the above Deposition and made solemn oath that it contains the truth according to the best of his knowledge and the court certifies that the Deponant is a credible witness — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said court this 1 st day of Oct 1832
George Bowen Clerk of Probate for the District of Woodstock

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

 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?  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?  Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 120    XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  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 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.

Brief in the case of Mahala Clark, widow of David , Middlesex County and State of Connecticut . act 3 rd Febry, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for interest.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of June 1832. Reconfirmation of Marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Sam l Lake Esq r . Buffalo N.Y. Name and residence of Agent
H. Boynton Examining Clerk.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1719
Nahatade Black
Widow
David Black
Br. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Off: 3 Oct. 1853.
Sir, Please certify the time to which the within named pension was paid, on the date of his death,
Yours Respectfully,
S. Hale
For the Commission, David Clark, act 1832 $26.66. p. an. — Died 8 th January 1839, Paid to his death,
F. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt A. Esq., Thos. Norton Secretary

Buffalo Oct 8 th 1852 J. E. Heath Esq Com r . of Pensions
Sir My Husband David Clark of Chatham Connecticut received a small pension for services in the Revolution as a Soldier, but he served longer in the team service of the United States, for which he was not allowed anything.
I am his widow, and wish to be informed what service he claimed to have performed as stated in his Declaration, and what part was allowed in granting the pension - I think he enlisted or served under Capt George Hubbard of Middletown in the same County, and while in the team service think he was under a conductor of teams by the name of Phelps, but may be mistaken - I make this inquiry with reference to an application for the increase of pension due to my Husband at the time of his death (provided proof can be found of the service - Please reply to Samuel Lake - Respectfully Yours
Mehitable Clark
P.S. The Heirs have been advised by some great Agent in Washington, of the suspension of the pension for team service, and very kindly offer to prosecute the same - Samuel Lake