Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,479, Joseph Clark, Conn. Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Mass
Clark, Joseph or Clarke,
No. 14.479
Judith
CONTENTS

Reported
171 Increase.
Massachusetts.
Judith Clark dec d widow of Joseph Clark who was a Conduct. Military Store in the Mass a Line
Increased from $468:33.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
& end 22 March 1844 when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Feby 1837 and sent to
Mrs. A. Fowler Nourse of Ripe
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 27
Payable to her only surviving child, to wit,

Judith Clark.
1706 declaration.
Mass.
act 7. July 38.
paid commutation for county land as Ensign returned in 1784 as Ensign
Adm l 2 years ensign
240 £
reduction
Hon. Rich d Fletcher
W.R.

United States of America Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Dist. Ct. - County of Suffolk ss!
On this third day of August in the year eighteen hundred & thirty eight — Personally appeared before the Judge of the District Court of the U. S. Massachusetts District now sitting, Judith Clark of the city of Boston in said County of Suffolk now resident there, aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July seventh A.D. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows; — That she is the widow of Joseph Clark late of said City of Boston deceased, who was a Lieutenant in in the army of the United States as she believes a Captain by brevet, when peace took place — He died on the thirty first day of July A.D. eighteen hun- dred & fourteen & her knowledge of his services , is very slight so far as regards, the Regiment, or Regiments to which he belonged, or the officers under whom he served — She knows he was in the army in the service of

Service of the United States from about the beginning until the close of the revolutionary war - He was a native of Boston. She & her family were intimately acquainted with her family, who were also of Boston. She I recollect seeing him in Cambridge, then with the Army in May or about that time in the year 1775. Whenever he came home on furlough he used always to come visit her  our family - She I cannot state under what of ficers he served or in what Regiments, but according to her my recollection he was a commissioned officer for about five years of the last of his service - & as She I had always understood, was in the Connecticut cut line in the Infantry - He was also as She I believe from what he said often, in the paymasters & commis- sary department - as she recollects his saying often that at some time he received the pay of three officers for what length of time she does not recollect - She always understood he came out of the army a Captain, as he was always called Captain, but she is induced from circumstances to suppose that he must have been Captain by Brevet - He was an original member of the Cincinnati Society in Connecticut as she be- lieves, & as soon as he returned to Boston, which was in less than two years after the peace, or some time in 1784, became a member of the Cincinnati

She also refers to evidence accompanying her declaration from the records of Connecticut to his service - etc.
of Massachusetts & continued a member thereof till his death - She has no documents to prove his service - she had for many years after his death a commission, which she thinks was that of Captain, but cannot be positive, as she gave it, with his diploma as member of the Cincinnati, to her son Joseph H Clark, fifteen or twenty years ago - Her said son, was at that time a merchant & much in foreign countries - was at one time Consul at Lubec. He died in Washington in January 1832. Was well known to Judge Wilson at that time Secretary of the Treasury, as appears by a note of her son written a few weeks before his death. Her son was brought up as a merchant in Savannah & afterwards was concerned in trade in Cuba & Hamburg - She recollects her husband going to Connecticut soon after their marriage to get certain public securities due him which he sold for 2/6 in the pound, & she has heard him speak of bounty lands in Ohio, which he was entitled to for his services in the army, which he sold for a trifle - From the facts above stated, she presumes it will be easy to find in the files of the War Department the evidence of his services & she must refer to them to supply her own defect of memory - A She further declares that she was married to said Clark on the seventeenth day of March seventeen hundred & eighty five her maiden name being Judith Howard - That her said husband died on the thirty first day of July A.D. eighteen hundred & fourteen, at said Boston & that she has lived a widow ever since - That she was not married

married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794 viz at the time above stated — The documents, which she gave to her son as aforesaid, the family have not been able to find among his effects since his death — Judith Clark
United States
Massachusetts Dist. Ct.
August 3 d 1830
Then personally appeared the above named Judith Clark, and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by her subscribed before me
Davis Judge of U.S. District Court Mass. Dist.
Judith Clark. 1706 declaration Mass. act 7. July 38. paid commutation for unitary stand as Ensign forfeited in 1784 as Ensign
Admiral 24 years service 240
Reduction Hon. Richd. P. Ketchum J.H.R.
86.96

I Chandler Robbins of the city of Boston, do depose & say, that I am the settled minister or pastor, of the Second Congregational Church & Society in said city, of which the Rev d D r J o . Lathrop was formerly the pastor, and that the records of the marriages of the mem- bers of said Society, solemnized by the pastor thereof are in my custody, and that I find in said records, an original entry, in the hand writing of D r Lathrop, under the date of March seventeenth A D one thousand seven hundred eighty five (he being the minister of said Church at that time) the entry of the marriage of Mr Joseph Clark with Miss Judith Howard. - Said date is written in plain legible figures & the following is an exact copy - - W.B.
" 1785. "
" 185 " March 17. Married Mr Joseph Clark " & Miss Judith Howard L 0.13.4 "
The number 185 on the left being probably the number of the marriage & the figures at the right the fee received by D r Lathrop - and as Pastor of said Society & the keeper of the marriage records thereof I do certify, that the foregoing is a true extract therefrom -
Chandler Robbins.
State of Massachusetts - Suffolk ss. City of Boston. August 25 th 1838 - Then the above named Chandler Robbins, well known to be the present Pastor of said church and Society in Boston aforesaid, made oath

That the statement & declaration within by him subscribed in my presence is just & true - & I further certify that the said Chandler Rob- bins is a highly credible person, & in all respects respectable as a man & a Clergymen - Before me
Alden Bradford Justice of Peace for said County
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seymour Office. Oct. 11. 1830
I hereby certify that the above Alden Bradford was a Justice of the Peace at the date of his above attestation. Witness the Seal of the State.
John P. Bigelow Seal of the Commonwealth
52
Chandler Robbins depon.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM De...
July 17, 1929.
Mr. James E. Clark, 3541 Third Avenue, Sacramento, California.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 14479, it appears that Joseph Clark was born in Boston, Massachusetts, date not given.
He served as conductor of military stores, having been appointed as such December 1, 1776 in Massachusetts and resigned March 10, 1781. He was commissioned ensign June 1, 1779, served as such in Colonels Josiah Starr's and Isaac Sherman's Connecticut Regiments and was made brevet captain in 1783.
He was an original member of the Society of Cincinnati.
He died July 31, 1814 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The soldier married March 17, 1785, in Boston, Massachusetts, Judith Howard.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1838, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts.
She died March 22, 1844, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Her only surviving child was Eliza Shaffer who was fifty-one years of age in 1843. A son, Joseph H. Clark was Consul at Quebec. He died in Washington in January 1832.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

Massachusetts - 1706
Judith Clark widow of Joseph Clark, dead -
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 21 st of July, 1814 of Suffolk co. in the State of Mass ts - who was a Ensign in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the _____ time for 2 years Ensign.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 240 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Jan- uary 1839 and sent to Hon. Richard Fletcher, N.H.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1838 - $600:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th M. '39 - 120
$720:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by S. D. Elliot Clerk Book 4, Vol. 1 Page 79.

1706 Massachusetts
Sarah Clark widow of Joseph Clarke who died on the 27 July 1834 of Suffolk in the State of Mass. a who was a _____ in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Co. commanded by _____ in the Conn. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. a at the rate of 168 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 Increased from $240. pr Ann.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept. 1841 and sent to J Ballard Lane, Boston Mass. a
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Act of July 7. 1838.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 Section 4th }
J. L. Swann Clerk,
Recorded by Book D Vol. 1 Page 55

Rep.
170.
Massachusetts.
Judith Clark
widow of Joseph Clark.
who was an Ensign
in the Massachusetts line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of May 1843. and sent to
J. Ballard Lane Boston Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book Vol. 1. Page 39.

Certificate of Henry Kilbourne Compt d of Coombe. trust. —

I certify that on application for evidence for the service of Joseph Clark - I have examined the records of settlement made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and find his name in a settlement with the 6th Connecticut Regiment. Return I Merig's Engr Col. before Jan'y 1780 where he is entered as a Corporal and commenced service Feb'y 1777 Time of settlement Jan'y 1 1780 Making 2 nd 11 th 0 th Amt of Wages £33.0.0 Again same Regiment Joseph Clark entered as Sergeant and commenced service Jan'y 1 1780 Time of settlement Jan'y 1 1781 Making 12 months Amt Wages £28.15.0 Again in Col. Isaac Sherman's Regiment Joseph Clark entered as Ensign Jan'y 1 1781 Expiration of Service Dec'r 31 1781 Making 12 months Amt of Wages £32.0.0  Comptroller's Office Hartford Conn't Aug 13 1838  Henry Kilbourne Compt
Mem d . In a letter to the subscriber, enclosing the foregoing certificate, Mr. Kilbourne, states - "We have no later records of service than 1781 - "Up to this date the troops were paid by the Colony "of Connecticut - after that time by the United "States & commissions granted by Gen l Washington "Ton" -  Mr. Kilbourne is Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, & has the custody of the records of the State connected with the service of the Connecticut troops in the service of the United States during the first six years of the Revolutionary war
J. P. P. May

2528 Oct 16. M rs J. 7 July 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esquire Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Cambridge Oct. 10 th 1838
The documents which accompany the application are the Depositions of Joseph Austin Standish Robbins & the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut - J. P. P. Gay
Sir. Enclosed is the application of Mrs Judith Clark of Boston, for a pension under the late law, for "granting half pay Pensions to certain widows". I did not obtain the Clerk of the District Court, authentication of the judge's official character & signature, as I was informed by him, that it was unnecessary & had not been required in other cases. The declaration was made & sworn to in my presence. It will be perceived by that, that Mrs C. is unable to state with certainty her husband's rank, or in what Regiment, or under what officers, he served. She remembers only that he was in the service from the beginning to the end of the war - that he was in the Connecticut line & was an officer when peace took place & several years before - that she was married to him &c, as stated in her application.
The annexed certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut shows that he was an officer in 1781 - & a noncommissioned officer for four years previous & in what Regiment - It is presumed that the rolls or records in the War department will show his rank & services during the residue of the service - that is, after 1781 - & may be found with little trouble - If not so found I should be glad to be informed, as Mrs Clark & her friends expect, that she is entitled to a pension as the widow of an officer. I act for her in this matter as a friend & to save her the expense of employing a stranger. She is quite poor -
Yr. Obedt. Servt
J. P. P. Gay
To J. L. Edwards as g. Commr of Pensions &c

Clark
In at Jan 24.
Map
J. E. Caldwell
Commission of survey
H. R. Fletcher
Washington
D.C.

Hous. of Rep. Jan. 22 d . 1839
Dear Sir,
I am requested to make inquiry of you in relation to the application of Mrs. Judith Clark for a pension under the law of July 1838. The papers in which case were forwarded to you by Judge Fry of Cambridge Massachusetts, some months since, you would oblige me by communicating to me the situation of the case —
Very respectfully
Richard Fletcher
J. L. Edwards Esq

I Joseph Austin aged seventy four years do depose & say that I was for many years well acquainted with Joseph Clark formerly of Boston, who died in the city about twenty four years ago, according to the best of my recol- lection. He was always reputed to have been an officer in the revolutionary war, & I have no doubt of that fact. I was also well acquainted with his wife before she was married to him. Her maiden name was Judith Howard. I have lived in the same part of the city ever since they were married & now live in the same street opposite to where she lives. She has never been married since the death of her husband the said Joseph Clark. & I have known that she has received for several years gratuities from the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts as the widow of an original member. She has always been & still is a very respectable woman. —
Joseph Austin
State of Massachusetts. Suffolk ss. City of Boston Augt. 2 d 1838 Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Austin, well known to me for twenty five years, a credible & very respectable man, a citizen of said

Boston, many years a Representative from said Boston in the General Court of this State & a magistrate in & for said County, & made solemn oath that the deposition within by him subscribed is true — Before me
Alden Bradford Justice of Peace for said County —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office Octo. 11. 1838.
I hereby certify that the abovenamed Alden Bradford is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk and was such at the time of the above attestation.
Witness the Great Seal of the State.
John B. Bigelow
Secy of the Council

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 3 d 1843
I hereby Certify, That George H. Adams is now and has been a Justice of the Peace for the County of Sul- folk; for the month of March
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. H. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838, and the amended act of 23d August, 1842.
State of Massachusetts } ss. County of Suffolk , }
On this twentieth day of March , in the year eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Subscriber , a justice of the Peace in the County aforesaid , Judith Clark a resident of Boston , in the County of Suffolk aged eighty one 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph Clark who was an Ensign in the War of the Revolution , and that for his services she received a Pension under the Act of July 1838 , of the amount of Two hundred and Forty dollars per annum .
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Judith Clark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Witness to the signature of Judith Clark . J. Ballard Lane
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk ss. Boston March 20 th 1843. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me. George M. Adams Justice of the Peace within & for said County.

I, Eliza Schaffer of Boston in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts aged fifty one years, do, on my oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with Judith Clark within named, and know her to be the widow of Joseph Clark, and that she is the identical Judith Clark who received a pension under the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, as stated in the within declaration. Witness.
J. Ballard Sam,
Eliza Schaffer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Suffolk, ss. Boston March 20 th 1843.
Then personally appeared the above named Eliza Schaffer and made oath that the above statement by her subscribed is true.
Before me, George W. Mound
Justice of the Peace within & for said County.

Boston April 5 th 1843.
Sir,
I herewith forward to you the Declarations of Mrs Judith Clark and Mrs Elizabeth Smallidge, wherein they claim the benefit of the Act of March 3, 1843. The printed regulations require that the magistrate should certify that the declarant is personally known to him, which in these cases, is impossible; but I have obtained the depositions of individuals, which I presume will answer the same purpose.
Very Respectfully, Yr W th Serv t J. Ballard Lane.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Washington City.

Oct 16. 44.
Mr Ames
James M. [?] Dept of State Washington D.C.
✓

Boston, Mass, Oct 14, 1844.
Sir,
In the declaration of Mrs. Judith Clark made on the 8 th of February 1844, she claims an increase of Pension to the full amount to which she is entitled for the service of her husband Joseph Clark, in the line, and in the Field Commissary of Military Road Department, for which his pay exceeded $50 per month.
In support of the claim I would respectfully ask leave to refer to the evidence forwarded in support of her claim under the Act of July 7, 1838, and to the Certificate of the Secretary of this State, forwarded with her declaration of Feb y 8 th 1844.
Yours, Respectfully, J. Ballard Spence.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Washington. D.C.

Send Certs: to W Ballard by direction of Richd Randolph H
Judith Clark Mass.
Act 7 July 38 &
March '43 increased
Conducting at $30 per 77 - rec'd $40 from Jany 80 to 1 aug 80 & 45¢ from 1 aug 80 to 10 mar 81 when he resigned 9 mo. 10 d s at 30¢ Tip. 10. 40 45 $408.33.
Deduct what has been paid —
Richd Randolph Present

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb 22 1811
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Clark is borne upon the Continental army Books from Jan 1 1777 to Dec 31 1780, as Conductor of Military Stores at 95. per cent an additional pay of the year 1780 of Twenty, a 100 and 50 cents, a 90 c. per month. The name of Joseph Clark is also borne upon "Abstract of the 5 th of Military Stores Department" appointment & discharge to a of Military Stores, app d 1776. "Belonging to B with the 5 th Connecticut Similar return at a
10.10 / 4.00 14.10 / 29.00

Joseph Clark resigned March 10. 1781. Showing 14 years 3 mos & 10 days service. By another return it appears that his pay was $10 per month from Jan 1. to Aug 1. 1780. and $15 per month from Aug 1. 1780 to January 1. 1781. in Specie
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who ren- dered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Paine,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

M rs Judith Clark, widow of Joseph of Mass: was originally pensioned, for the services of her husband, as Ensign, in the Connecticut Continental line, at the rate of $240 per an. and afterwards, upon application, her claim was allowed for his services, as Conductor of Military Stores , at the rate of $468.33. Thus it appears that the evidence exhibited established to the full satisfaction of the office, the fact that the service in both capacities, was performed by the claimant's husband; But now, for the first time, (when it is shown that the service in both grades was rendered at the same period,) objection is made on the ground that the service performed could not have been rendered by one and the same person. In reply to this, I would remark, that it is an established fact, which I supposed was known to the office, that nearly all the Conductors, & officers holding similar appointments in the Staff, were also officers in the line & received pay for service in both capacities.
It is further objected that M r Clark, being an Ensign in the Connecticut

line, could not have belonged to the Staff in Massachusetts. Now if you will again refer to the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass. on file in the Pension Office, you will find that it is there expressly stated, that he was Quartermaster of Military Stores to the 2 d Connecticut Brigade ; showing, that, altho' the Head Quarters of the "Military Stores Department," was Stationed in Mass s and its officers paid in that State, its operations, including appointments of officers, were not confined to that State but in fact extended throughout the whole Northern Division of the Army .
You will likewise observe by referring to Mrs. Clark's declaration, made in 1838 , that she expressly declares that her husband often told her that he performed, and received pay, for two distinct services rendered at the same time. If this was not the fact, what object could she have had in making such a statement? for at that time no staff service of an officer of the line was taken into consideration in computing the amount of pension, nor was it until four years thereafter.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 23 d 1821,
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation George W. Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts. } ss. County of Suffolk. }
On this Eighth day of February in the year 1844, personally appeared before me George W. Adams, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Judith Clark a resident of Boston in said County, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain an increase of her Pension under the Act of March 3, 1843, and that which she formerly received under the Act of July 7, 1838, to which she believes herself entitled; viz; That she is the widow of Joseph Clark of Boston aforesaid, who was a "Captain in the Army of the Revolution," as appears by an original Certificate in her possession, admitting him as a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, dated May 15, 1783, signed by George Washington, President, and countersigned by Henry Knox, Secretary. That during a part if not all of his Service he was attached to the Connecticut Line; that he performed some service in the Department of the Commissary of Military Stores; that she well recollects having heard him say that he received pay for two descriptions of service at the same time, viz; as an Officer of the Line, and for service in the Department above mentioned.
She further declares that the amount of Pension which

She now receives is equal only to the pay of an Ensign in the Service; that she believes herself entitled to, and hereby claims a higher rate of Pension, on account of the lineal rank of her husband, the said Joseph Clark, and for his service in the Commissary's Department. Judith Clark Witness.
J. B. Spence.
Sworn and Subscribed on this Eighth day of February 1844. Before me, George W. Adams Justice of the Peace within & for said County

Comptroller's Office
Hartford Conn t 28 Octo. 1841.
On application for evidence of the service of Joseph Clark in the war of the revolution, I have examined the record of settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and find his services stated as follows—
In settlements made with the 6 th Reg t Return J. Meigs Colonel, for service "before January 1780," & "for service" in 1780,"—     Names.  Rank  Commencement of Service.  Time of this Settlement.  Term    Years  Months  Days.      Joseph Clark  Corps t  February 1. '77  January 1. '80  2  11  0."    Joseph Clark  Sergeant  January 1. '80  January 1. '81  1  0  0."   
Also, in a settlement made with the 5 th Reg t Isaac Sherman, Colonel, for service "for the year 1781,"—
   Names.  Rank  Commencement of Service.  Expiration of Service.  Term.    Months  Days      Joseph Clark  Ensign  January 1. 1781  Decem r 31. '81  12  0."   
I certify that the above extracts and statements are correct. And also, that there are no subsequent records of settlements made with the Conn t Line in this office. And that after the year 1781, I am informed and believe that settlements were made with it by the Army Pay Master.
D. Harrington, Comptroller

increased from $468.33 to $609 per ann on 4 th March 1836 to 4 March 1841, from 4 March 1843 22 nd March 1844, when she died, payable to only child Eliza Shaeffer — under acts 7 July 1838 & 2 nd March 1843 & 17 June 1844, deducting what has heretofore been paid.
Hon: C. Howles N.R.

State of Massachusetts, } County of Suffolk }
*I,
Geo. C. Wilde, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in & for said County of Suffolk
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that
33/100
Dollars per annum, was a resident of Boston in the County of Suffolk in the State of Massachusetts, and died at said Boston
on the twenty second day of March in the year 1844 that he left one child surviving
whose name is Eliza Schaeffer, who is the only child now surviving
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Boston this 26th day of December in the year of our Lord 1849.
Geo. C. Wilde, Clerk.

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford 10 Nov. 1845.
I certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Joseph Clark in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the record of Settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army remaining in this Office, and find under the head of "Settlement with 1 st Connecticut Regiment, Josiah Starr Esq. Colonel, for the year 1780", the name of Joseph Clark, who is there stated to have commenced service August 25. 1780, and to the time of that settlement, January 1. 1781, to have served 4 Months, & 6 days as an Ensign. His wages amounting to £25.4.0 ---
Also, under the head of "Settlement with the 5 th Connecticut Regiment, Isaac Sherman Esq. Colonel, for the year 1781", the name of Joseph Clark, who is there stated to have commenced service January 1 st , and to the time of that settlement, December 31. 1781, to have served 12 Months as an Ensign. His wages amounting to £72.0.0 ---
I further certify, that I do not find his name as Ensign or Commander in any other place than those above mentioned.
A. Harrington, Comptroller

Department of State, Washington, 18 th January, 1850.
Sir;
In answer to your letter of this date, I have to inform you, that, from a paper in this Department, entitled, "Return of the names, ranks and dates of the commissions of the officers in the 3 d Connecticut Regiment", signed by, "Samuel B. Webb Colonel", and dated, "West Point, April 16 th 1783," it appears that Joseph Clark was an Ensign in said Regiment, commissioned, June 1 st 1779.
I am, Sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, John M. Clayton
D. D. Addison, Esquire, Washington, D.C.

Payment to be made at Boston by Franklin Haven Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol- ume 6 Page by J. P. Chase Clerk.

Copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
Increase
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, the pension of Judith Clark dec d . widow of Joseph Clark, who was a Conducta of Military Stores in the Revolution and died has been increased from as now from $468. 33 to $600 per annum. Commencing 4 March 1836 & ending 4 March 1841.
The amount is due and payable to her only surviving child, to wit Eliza Shreffler, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $468. 33 per annum
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 20 day of Feby one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Aug 7. 1848.
Adopter case
South Clarke.
James H. Schwartz Esq. Am. H. of Delegates. Washington. D.C.
PAID
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Boston, July 3, 1845.
Sir,
Yours of the 28 th ult. relating to the claim of Mrs. Judith Clark, has been received.
The ground upon which the claim was made, (viz; for Service in the Line and in the Commissary's Department at the same time,) it was believed had been satisfactorily proved previous to the date of the Certificate allowing a pension of $468.33 per annum, for Service as Conductor, and deducting from that amount the sum which had been previously allowed for Service as Ensign.
The exact duration of Joseph Clark's Service as Ensign, I have never been able to ascertain, but now conclude that the amount of Service proved, for which the Pension of $240 per annum was allowed his widow, was performed after his resignation as Conductor in March 1804; Since, had any part of it been performed while he was in Service as Conductor, the evidence would now be sufficient to entitle Mrs. Clark to an increase of Pension.
In support of the claim I herewith enclose a certificate from the Comptroller of Connecticut, showing that Joseph Clark was in Service in the Conn. Line, at the same time that he was serving

as Conductor of Military Stores, as shewn by the Certificate of the Secretary of War, now in your office.
Very Respectfully,
W. W. Stewart.
J. Ballard Lane.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Washington. D. C.

Nov 17. 1845
Adelae L. com Judith Clark
PAID
Rev. S. Richards Esq. Comm. of Philanth. Washington D.C.
Phil.

Boston, Mass. Nov. 14, 1845.
Sir,
In your letter of the 15 th ult. in the case of Mrs. Judith Clark, it is stated that the records filed by me showed his (Joseph Clark's) pay for the whole period of his service. By this I presume is meant the full pay for both capacities in which he served. I do not think there is sufficient ambiguity in the evidence to admit of such a statement. The certificate from the Secretary of this State showed his pay for his service as Conductor only , as proved in part from the accounts of the Field Commissary's Department, and from the accounts of depreciation allowed officers belonging to this State.
The certificate now forwarded shows his pay for a part of his service as Ensign as proved by settlements made with the regiments in which he served in that capacity, made by the proper regimental officer. Your very positive statement that his whole monthly pay was made in one payment, is now controverted by record evidence .
You have now record evidence that he received, during a part of the years 1780 and 1781, Forty-five dollars per month as Conductor and Seventy dollars per month as Ensign . Is there any room to

10012_00101 doubt that the last mentioned sum was paid him for his service as Ensign , so long as he served in that capacity, in addition to the amount paid him as Conductor , varying from 30 to $45 per month?
I have no fear that the pressure of business in your office will prevent any part of that business from receiving proper attention, and trust that you may now see the impropriety of withholding any longer from this claimant the full amount to which her title is so clearly proved.
Very Respectfully, W. D. C. Stur.
J. Ballard (Spence)
J. P. Edwards Esq. Washington, D.C.

House Reps,
Washington Feb. 13 th 1850
Sir,
I herewith enclose a statement in the case of Judith Clark, of Mass. widow of Joseph, and have to ask that a reexamination be made of the papers in this case, at your earliest possible convenience, and the result communicated to Mr. D. D. Addison of this city.
Very Respectfully Your obed Servt Orin Fowler
Hon. J. L. Edwards Chair. of Judiciary

10 march 8 resigned
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40 - 1/2 mo - 20
30 - 1/4 mo - 10
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19 15 95 19
285. 9 mo. 15%
100 100% mo. 20
140 - 1/2 mo. 20
157.50 3/4 mo at 22:50
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The Commissioner of Pensions, will please acknowledge Richard Randolph Esq of Washington, D.C. as my Agent; and all communications in relation to this claim, will be addressed to him. Boston Feb. 8, 1844. Judith Clark

May 26. 1843
W way Mr. James H. Edwards. Comt te of Finance. Washington. D.C.
[Handwritten flourish or signature]

Boston May 21 st 1843.
Sir,
Having had no return from the Pension Office for some length of time, and believing that sufficient time has elapsed, I am induced to request that a decision may be made in those cases, now pending which were forwarded by me, viz; Judith Clark and Elizabeth Smallledge, forwarded April 5 th ; Thankful Porter, forwarded April 17 th ; and Bulah Parks, forwarded April 29 th .
I am informed that the Secretary of this State has visited Washington for the purpose of withdrawing the Massachusetts documents loaned to the War Department, and cannot refrain from expressing a hope that he may be induced to suffer them to remain for the present, not only because the regulations which he has adopted in his office, are so arbitrary as to preclude the possibility of obtaining from it evidence sufficient to establish a claim, but that I believe the presence of the original documents in the Pension Office to be absolutely necessary for the impartial adjustment of claims at this late day.
Very Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t J. Ballard Gane.
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Washington City.
Ans. May 26 43

June 26, 1848.
Recd
Isaac Clark.
James F. Edwards Esq. County Treasurer. Washington D.C.
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262

Boston, June 24 th 1845.
Sir,
I regret exceedingly that anything contained in my letter of the 14 th inst, should have seemed to require the remarks made in yours of the 18 th , while I am grateful for the early opportunity afforded for an explanation. And first, allow me to disclaim any intention or desire to embarrass the business of your office, or to trouble you any more than is absolutely necessary to obtain justice for those by whom I am employed.
On a review of my letter, I find that a fear of troubling you with too long a letter, caused me to fall into the opposite extreme, and I neglected to refer to the supplemental declaration of Judith Clark, made February 8, 1844, wherein she "claims a higher rate of Pension, on account of the lineal rank of her husband , and for his services in the Commissary General's Department." For the latter service a Pension was allowed her at the rate of $468,33 per annum, but from that amount the sum which she had previously received under the Acts of July 6, 1838, and March 3, 1843, on account of his rank in the line, was deducted. This sum ($24,00 per annum,) of course would not have been allowed, had there not been evidence that she was entitled to it for the service of her husband as Ensign . As pay in the

line, ($20 per month,) with the lowest rate, which he received as conductor ($30 per month,) equals the highest rate of Pension. As satisfactory proof of these facts has already been produced, I trust, we shall not be subjected to the trouble and expense of obtaining additional evidence. From the closing sentence of your letter it might be supposed that a new application is necessary, but I can not believe that it will be required, while the grounds of the claim so distinctly appear in the declaration on file in your office.
Very Respectfully, Yr W th Serv t . J. Bullard (Name)
J. A. Edwards Esq. Washington, D.C.

Boston, Oct. 7 th 1845.
Sir,
Yours of the 21 st ult. in the case of Judith Clark, has been received. The statement therein referred to, as contained in my letter of the 28 th ult. "that it has been proved that her husband, Joseph Clark was paid for a part of his service $45 per month, exclusive of his pay as Ensign," is fully supported by the Certificate of the Secretary of War, dated Feb. 22, 1844, which shews his service and pay as Conductor alone. From the records containing the evidence therein given, it appears that the pay which he received at each of the dates mentioned, was the regular pay of a Conductor at that time. It has no connection whatever with his service as Ensign.
You have misconstrued my reference to your letter of Oct. 8, 1844. I referred to that letter as a general regulation of your office, under which an increase of Mrs. Clark's pension was claimed, and made no such statement as you have mentioned. The meaning of my remark was that if that regulation was adhered to, the deduction was improperly made, inasmuch as it had been proved that Clark's pay as Ensign and Conductor exceeded $50 per month. At that time I never suspected that you would assume the ground that Clark served as Ensign more than four years without pay.

I cannot forbear a few remarks on the injustice so manifestly shown in this claim, by demanding so much stronger proof than it is customary to require. After having allowed that Clark served as Ensign long enough to entitle his widow to a Pension equal to an Ensign's pay, and paying her that amount regularly for five years, it is now required to prove that his service was not performed gratis . Not content with this, you require that this proof should be "by a certificate from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts ", although his service as Ensign was performed in the Connecticut Line ; and then add, as if in defiance, that "no increase will be allowed without such proof."
Although by the authority of your office, you can require such evidence as you see fit, I shall take the liberty to demonstrate against the demands made in your last letter, for the following reasons; 1 st . I cannot learn that it has ever been required in any other case in which the proof of Service has been deemed sufficient, that proof should be exhibited to show that the service was paid for .
2 d . I hold that the fact of his having performed service as Ensign, was sufficient to entitle him to pay for such service , and the question whether he ever received his pay should not affect this claim. What says the law? Under the Act of June 7, 1832, the soldier who served as therein specified, is to receive a Pension equal to "the amount of his full pay in the said line, according to his rank ." If it so happened that the sum to which he was entitled according to his lineal rank , and time

of service, was not paid him, (although in this case there is not the remotest reason for such a supposition), what authority have you for deducting from his pension, or that of his widow, a sum equal to the amount left unpaid at the close of his service.
3 d . I contend that, by deciding that he was not paid for his service as Ensign, and consequently, that his widow is not entitled to a pension for that service, you decide that the $240 per annum allowed her for his service in that capacity was improperly allowed, and by the law, you have no right to replace an over-payment not claimed by fraud, by deducting the amount from payments afterwards due. (See Pension Laws, p. 107.) On this ground alone I would request that the deduction should be replaced, were it not that in so doing I should necessarily admit that the $240 per annum was improperly allowed, and therefore I prefer to urge the claim on the ground which I have so often repeated, that his pay in both capacities, according to his rank, exceeded $50 per month.
I ask for a candid and impartial consideration of these objections to your decision, hoping that it may result in an allowance of the claim, which is not for an increase of Pension, but for the payment of the amount deducted from the annual allowance for the service as Conductor.
Very Respectfully, Y r Ob t Serv t . J. Ballard Lane. J. W. Edwards Esq.

June 16, 1845.
Recd
Judith Clark
Mrs. H. Richardson Esq. Am. Ex. of Philada. Washington. D.C.
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Boston, June 14, 1845.
Sir,
In your letter of October 8, 1844, in reply to my enquiry concerning the pension of Mrs. Judith Clark widow of Joseph Clark, I am informed "that if the pay in the line and the staff at the same time is shown to equal or exceed $50 per month, it affords the highest rate of pension;" and in yours of Oct. 17, 1844, that "the claim of Judith Clark was adjusted agreeably to the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts;" also that "it does not appear from the Certificate of the Secretary that Joseph Clark received as much as fifty dollars per month at any time during his service." Notwithstanding this, I have good reason to believe that Joseph Clark performed service at the same time as Ensign and as Conductor and that the rate of pay which he received for both services exceeded $50 per month.
I have now to request that the claim of Mrs. Clark may be adjusted agreeably to all the evidence which has been forwarded in support of it, or which is now on file in the War Department, and particularly that used in support of her original claim, which was sufficient to entitle her to a pension under the Act of July 7, 1838, for her husband's service as Ensign .
Very Respectfully,

W. A. S. S. J. Ballard Spence.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Washington. D. C.

Cam Sept 28 118
Judith Clark Mass St Hill
James St Schuvald City New York Washington D.C.
11

Boston, Sept. 23, 1845.
Sir,
Your letter of Aug. 12, in the case of Judith Clark affords such (to me) conclusive evidence in behalf of her claim that I cannot consent to abandon it, notwithstanding you state that "there is no possible opening through which an increase can be obtained." From your letter I learn that Joseph Clark was an Ensign in the Line during the War. It has also been satisfactorily proved that he served more than two years as Conductor, and that the lowest rate of pay which he received for this service was $30 per month, making with his pay for service as Ensign at the same time, $50 per month, equal to the highest rate of Pension. It has also been proved that during part of his service as Conductor he received as much as $45 per month, exclusive of his pay as Ensign.
In your letter of October 8, 1844, I am informed that "if the pay in the line and the staff at the same time is shown to equal or exceed $50 per month, it affords the highest rate of Pension authorized by the Act of June, 1832, and its supplements in favor of Widows."
In your last letter I am informed that "the allowance above that of an Ensign's full pension, was adjusted by the record evidence of the length of service and

"amount of his pay as Conductor, in addition to his service as Ensign."
This statement is to me perfectly incomprehensible, except on the supposition that it has been taken for granted, in the adjustment of the claim, that the pay which, by the Secretary's Certificate, Clark is shewn to have received for his service as Conductor , was his full compensation for his service as Ensign also. I would not for a moment entertain such an idea, were it not the only manner in which I can reconcile the statements within quoted. If, however, such had been the case, a reference to the fact that the Secretary's Certificate refers to the service and pay as Conductor alone , will be all that is needfull to correct the error.
Mrs Clark first received a Pension for her husband's service as Ensign , at the rate of $240 per annum. She was afterwards allowed $468,33 per annum for his service as Conductor , but from this, payments at the rate of $240 per annum were deducted. By your letter of October 8. 1844, it would appear that this deduction was incorrectly made, and as it has been shewn that his pay exceeded $50 per month, she is entitled to the highest rate of Pension.
As I can discover no reason whatever for making her case an exception to the regulations of the War Department, I have to request that the increase necessary to afford the highest rate of Pension, may be allowed, in accordance with the evidence now

in the Pension Office.
Very Respectfully,
Mr. A. C. McLaughlin
J. Ballard Spence.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Washington. D.C.

Payment to be made at Boston by Franklin Warren Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol- ume 2 Page by J. P. Chase Clerk.

Copy
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
Increase
I certify that, in conformity with the laws of the United States, of the 3rd March 1843 and 17 June 1844, the pension of Judith Clark dec d , late of Mass. widow of Joseph Clark who was a Conductor of Military Stores in the Revolution, has been increased from $468. 33 to $600. 00 per annum, Commencing 4 th March 1843 and ending 22 March 1844, when she died.
The amount is due and payable to her only surviving child, to wit Eliza Shaeffer, after deducting what has been paid at the rate of $468. 33 per annum.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 20 day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Examined and Countersigned.
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Washington City D.C. Jany 19 th 1850.
Dr. Sir.
Enclosed I send you a Certificate from the Secretary of State, Shewing the service of Joseph Clark, as Ensign in the Line. The evidence of his service in the Staff, as Conductor of Military Stores, is on file in your Office. Mrs. Clark, his widow, was first allowed a pension of $240. per An. for his services as Ensign, and afterwards, upon application, her pension was increased to $468 33 / 100 . for his services as Conductor of Military Stores. Now, you will perceive, by reference to the enclosed Certificate, that Mr. Clark was an Ensign in the line at the time he performed the staff duties of Conductor of Military Stores , and that Mrs. Clark, was therefore justly entitled to $600 per An. I have to request that you will without delay cause a Certificate of pension to issue accordingly.
I also enclose the certificate of Court, shewing the date of Mrs. Clark's death, and the name of the only surviving Child, viz: Mrs. Eliza Schaeffer.
(By Request)
I am respectfully, Yo: ob: serv:
Col: S. L. Edwards Com: of Pensions
Daniel P. King.

1706.
1706. Increase.
Massachusetts.
Judith Clark dec'd
Widow of Joseph Clark who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 27 July 1814 of Suffolk in the State of Mass. who was a Conduct. in the Military Stores commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass. line for _____
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Feby. 1850 and sent to Mrs. A. Fowler, House of Reps
In Total amount, increased from $468. 33. Payable to only child Eliza Shaeffer. [Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by _____ Clerk, Book _____ Vol. _____ Page 535

171 Massachusetts.
Judith Clarke widow of Joseph Clarke who was a Colonel Military Stores in the Massa Line
Interest for $240. per ann.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 468 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Septem 1844 and sent to
J. Ballard Lane, Boston. Massachusetts
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 27 17 Jan 1844
Me: } 2 Certs. 1838. & 1843
ref: see Let to Pen. Agt. in both cases
Sept. 18. 1844
Let to J. Ballard Lane Esq. Oct 17. 1844
Let to same June 18. '45 " " same June 28. '45 " " same August 12. '45 " " same Sept. 29. 1845 " " same Oct 15. '45

St. of Paris Agent, No. 42. Falland Lane Dec 12th 45.
Let. to H. D. Addison Jan. 12/50 " " DP King Jany 20/50

1879 July 18, hist. to Jas. E. Clark. See case of Kalkania. Hayden 10. 12-75. N.C.?
Maps Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14479
Judith Clark
Widow of Joseph Clark
Rev Rev War
Act: March 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. a , Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]