Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23882, Jonathan Crain, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Crain, Jonathan Sybil
N 23882
CONTENTS

13.034
New York
Jonathan Crain
of Chenango Coy. in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wyllys of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of July 1819 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of July 1819 and sent to Lt Clark, Dist. Chenango - N. York.
Amount to full of Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 3 mos. 24. a
$24.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Chenango Coy.

State of New York Chenango County } ss.
In the fifth day of July 1819 before me the Subscribers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Chenango County per- sonally appears Jonathan Crane aged sixty one years resident in said County who being first sworn according to law  affirmed  deposeth & saith according to Law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That the said Jonathan Crane enlisted in the Revolutionary army of the United States in the State of Connecticut in the company of Capt. Willis Clift (Ranked as Major) in the Regiment com- manded by Col. Samuel Willis in Brigadier General's Brigade of the Connecticut Line. On May 1777 for the term of three years to serve in the said Company Regiment & Brigade under the said Officers in the said War until the month of October 1777 When he was honorably discharged at Westfield in New Jersey By the above named Major Clift That he was at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton That he was one of the 200. sur- rounded by the enemy at Princeton at the capture of Fort Montgomery besides several other actions And further that he is in indigent circumstances & knows the importance of his country for support sworn before me this 5 th day of July 1819 Roger C. Jonathan Crane
John Noyes Judge of Chenango Common Pleas

Chautauqua County ss Jacob Reynolds being duly sworn upon oath & saith that he served in the Company Regiment & Brigade mentioned in the within Declaration of Jonathan Crane & that he knows personally that the said Jonathan Crane served two years in the said Company of the time within stated and that he understood at that time & now verily believes that he served the whole three years as therein stated
Sworn & subscribed before me July 7th 1819
John Noyes Judge
I John Noyes Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said Co do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Crane did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in the preceding declaration And it also appears to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan is in indigent circumstances & needs the assistance of his country for support And I now transmit the Proceedings & testimony taken before me to the War Department pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress
John Noyes Judge
July 7th 1819
Jonathan Crane Connect. line Col. Wyllys Regt May 22-1773 3 yrs May 22-1780 3 yrs
State of New York. Chautauqua County Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that John Noyes Esq. before whom the above affidavits appear to have been taken was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to act as such, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature to the above mentioned affidavits to be in his proper hand writing
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 8th day of July 1819
Over Wendell Clerk

State of New York Chenango County
Roger Crane Being sworn that he the Deponent is the Brother of Jonathan Crane mentioned in the annexed affidavit that he this Deponent is fifty seven years of age that he knows that the said Jonathan entitled as stated in the annexed affidavit declaration that he lived in his father's family at the time & during the service therein stated that he frequently received letters from the said Jonathan during the period of service therein stated that it was well understood that he was in the army at that period that the letters received from him purported to be written at the quarters of the Brigade therein mentioned that he at one time visited him in the army & Regt. aforesaid that in said Regiment & Company & Regiment he has whilst in the Company has heard his name called on the rolls of the Company that he has seen his discharge from said Company that he this deponent knows that at that time & during the three years he was generally reputed to be in the Army & in short this deponent verily believes & has no doubt that the said Jonathan did serve in the Regiment & Company all the time as stated in his Declaration. And further this deponent saith the said Jonathan is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support.
Roger Crane
Sworn & subscribed before Me July 5th 1819
John Noyes Judge of Chenango Common Pleas

Reported
Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883. No. 5.
Date of death not on a R
517 New York, Albany Sybil Crain
widow of Jonathan Crain who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of — 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of June 1843 and sent to Edgcomb Cortland Village, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 104.

2673 3107
Sybil Crane
At 27 July 64
and before 1920
Adm. 1920
Private 2 years
E. W. Edgcomb Esq. Cortland Village N. Y.

State of New York Cortland County ss.
On the Twelfth day of October One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight Personally appeared before the Subscribed William Bartlett one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cortland and State of New York this being a Court of Record. Sybil Brain a resident of Cortlandville in said County of Cortland aged Twenty Three Years - Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 - entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is Widow of Jonathan Brain who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 - She further declares that she was married to the said Jonathan Brain on the Twenty Ninth day of July Seventeen Hundred and Eighty four (1784) That her husband the above said Jonathan Brain died on the Thirteenth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Twenty That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the First of January Nineteen Hundred and Ninety for- ty at the time above stated -
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written before me
William Bartlett } Sybil Brain Judge of Cortland } County Courts }
I hereby certify that the above named Sybil Brain from bodily infirmity cannot attend the Court
William Bartlett Judge

State of New York Cortland County
vs I, Orin Thompson Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William Bartlett Esq before whom the affidavits of Richard Crandall & Sybil Crain purports to have been rendered was at the dates of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County duly
commissioned and qualified & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signatures within purports to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 31st day of October A.D. 1838
Orin Thompson Clerk

Octo 29 th
Free & Fuge Mr Barnesville Pa
E. W. Edgcomb Esq 2 Cortland Village Cortland Co N York

Town Clerk's Office Blanford Octo 22 d 1838
I Orin Sage Clerk of the Town of Blanford do hereby certify that the following are true copies of the records of said Town - In Book B. page 55 is the following -
"This certifies that the banns of matrimony between Jonathan Brain of London & Libbel Ranney of Blanford was published June 20 1784"
Among other marriages recorded in the same, page 74 is the following -
"Jonathan Brain of London & Libbel Ranney of Blanford July 29 1784"
Attest Orin Sage Town Clerk
I Orin Sage above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk in the Town of Blanford, County of Hampshire since the commencement of Massachusetts, and that the above two extracts are true from the records of said Town - Orin Sage Clerk of
said Town of Blanford Sworn before me this 22 d day of October 1838 -
Emas Baise Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampden do certify that Enos Baise Esqr whose signature is affixed to the certificate on this paper was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within aforesaid County duly Commissioned & Acting under the Authority of this Commonwealth; And that full faith & credit are sought to be given to his Acts and Attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Enos Baise and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Springfield this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty eight
John Ingersoll Clerk

Blancfacc Octo 25 1838
Dr Sir
Annexed you will receive the copies of Town Records and certificate of the Court to the signature of the Magistrate as requested.
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January 7, 1937
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Jonathan Crain-W23882
Florence J. Hale Norwich New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Jonathan Crain, who received a pension in Chenango County, New York.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23882, based upon the military service in that war of Jonathan Crain.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Jonathan Crain are not shown.
h Samuel Willis Jonathan Crain enlisted in the state of Connecticut, and was at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton and in the battle of Princeton. He enlisted in May, 1777, served as a private in Captain Wills Clift's Company, Colonel Wylllys' Connecticut Regiment, was at the capture of Fort Montgomery and was discharged in May, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 5, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-one years and resided in Chenango County, New York.
He died April 13, 1820, place not shown.
The soldier married July 29, 1784, Sybil or Sibbel Ranney. He was then of London, state not given and she of Blandford, Massachusetts. Their marriage was recorded on the town records of said Blandford.
Soldier's widow, Sybil, was allowed pension on her application executed October 12, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-three years and resided in Cortlandville, Cortland County, New York.

No reference was made to any children of Jonathan and Sybil Crain.
In 1819, Roger Crain, a brother of the soldier, was aged fifty-seven years and made affidavit in Chenango County, New York, in support of his brother's claim for pension.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1844 Jan 31 - Hist to R L Ford
Pen off.
1907 Oct 28. Hist to Nelly M. Bancroft 1837-Jan 7/Hist to Florence J. Hale Etah
Ref WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23882
Sybil Brain
Wid of
Jonathan Brain
Phil Rev was.
Act: March 3 d 1843.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 156
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Cortland County - ss.
On this Twelfth day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Eight personally appeared before the Subscriber William Bartlett a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Cortland and State of New York the same being a Court of Records - Richard Crandall Resident of Cortland Village said County aged Forty Nine years - Who being first duly - Sworn according to Law doth depose and Say that he was acquainted with Jon- athan Crane and Sybil Crane his Wife and that Jonathan Crane died on the Thirteenth day of April Eighteen Hundred and Twenty - and at the time of his death he was a person of the United States and he further says that Sybil Crane is the Widow of the aforesaid Jonathan Crane and has remained the Widow of the said Jonathan Crane since his death - and still continues the Widow of the said Jonathan Crane and further the deponent saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year last above written before William Bartlett Richard Crandall Judge of Cortland County Court
I hereby certify that the above named Richard Crandall sustains a good character for truth and veracity in this neighborhood where he resides William Bartlett Judge

J. L. Edwards Esq. Counsel of Summons Washington

Cortland Village Cortland County (New York) Nov 3 rd 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Sybil Brain Widow of Jonathan Brain for a Pension -
The claimant alleges that her husband was a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - and his pension commenced April 5, 1818 - and his husband's pension was at the rate of $8 - per month - You will find by Examination that the Jonathan Brain died the 13 th April 1820 - She says her husband did not draw all of his pay - up to the time of his death - I find by Examining the list of Pensioners furnished to the State of New York - that Jonathan Brain of Chenango Co. was placed on the Roll July 28, 1819 - Amount of Pension April 5, 1818 - at $96 - and only drawn $63.99 - What would have been his husband's $130 - yet due him - I wish you would examine the papers and find whether or not there is anything his due - and let me know as soon as possible if there is anything then belonging to him. She is very much in want of it and would

like to draw it. She says the old certificate is not able to find - perhaps it has been surrendered to the pension office -
I remain Sir, Your obedient servant E. W. Edgcomb

364
Amis private $80.
Albany Agency
Send to
E. H. Edgcomb
Portland Village
N. Y.

State of New York Cortlands County 32.
On this Thirty first day of March 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber John N White Esqr a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cortlands Sybil Crain a Resident of the Town of Cortlandville in said County aged Sixty 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 Pension 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 Jonathan Crain Who was a Private in the Connecticut line - That she was a Pensioner under the act of July 7 th 1838 - and received a Pension of Eighty Dollars Per annum for Five years under said act - She further declaring that she is still a Widow - Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above Written before me
John N. White Justice of the Peace
Sybil Crain
I Certify that the above named Sybil Crain is Personally known to me
John N White I Peace

State of New York Cattaraugus County
I Midean C. Babcock Clerk of said County do hereby Certify, that John H. White Esq. before whom the within Deposition was taken to have been taken was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in for said County, duly elected & qualified as such. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & verify herein his signature thereto is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 7th day of April 1843
G. C. Babcock Clerk

3107 No. 12 N.Y. 7 July 1838
Sister Ann
From James & Edward Day Commission of Friends Washington
He

Albany N.Y.
Is Jonathan Crane on roll act 1818 to what time paid?
W
John Hany Esq.
Seal & Furn. dist in 1820
Pd. to March 4. 1820

Albany 2673
Sybil Crain widow of Jonathan Crain
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 13 th April 1820 of Cortland Co, in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't, commander by Col. Wyllys in the Com. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May 1839 and sent to E.W. Edgecomb Cortland Village, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of March '39 240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sp. 11 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 72

n. 23882

Clinton Dec 6 5 Oneida New York
Clinton NY Oct 21 1907
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir -
Will you kindly tell me if Jonathan Craine of Cortland Cortland County who fought in the Revolutionary War in 1777, 1778 received a Pension. The name Craine was spelt several different ways I have reason to believe that it was originally spelt Crane or Brain.
Sincerely Yours Nellie M Bancroft

Hawick, Chen Co NY Oct. 19-1936
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen
I wish the Revolutionary war service and any family data of Jonathan Brien who served in Conn. line and received a pension in Chenango County, New York.
Very truly yours, Florence J. Hale

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Jan 31, 1894
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Crane, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 77 3yrs. priv Willis Clift Sam Willis Conn.  
Battles engaged in, Trenton.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not given  Date of application for pension, July 5-1819  Residence at date of application, Chenango County N.Y.  Age at date of application, 61 years.  Remarks: His pension was allowed
Very respectfully,
R L Ford Esq Prof B Pen Officer
Deputy Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Jonathan Crain a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Mid. File 23.882
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 77 dis at Westfield N.J. May 1780. 3yrs. Wills Clift Samuel Wyllys Conn.         
Battles engaged in, Trenton Princeton Ft. Montgomery
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enl. Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 5. 1819.
Residence at date of application, Chenango Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, 61 yrs. died Apr. 13. 1820
Remarks: Sol. mar. Blandford, Mass. July 29. 1784 Sybil Ranney  Mid. appl. Oct. 20, 1838 ae 73 res. Cortlandville, Cortland Co., N.Y.
1819 bro. Roger Crain ae 57 yrs. testified.
Very respectfully v.