Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,668, David Cook, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Cook, David Polly
N. 17668
CONTENTS

Reported
Smith Dunning March 8/57-
New York. city Polly Cook widow of David Cook.
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private & Hospital Matr
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 45.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec r 1850 and sent to
Hon. S. P. Waldo. House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 347 Vol. 2

3779
State City and County of New York ss On this 14 day of June 1849 personally appeared before me Cornelius H. Dimpson Police Justice & Justice of the Peace Polly Cook of said City the widow of the late David Cook formerly of Haverly, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and who was a Revolutionary Soldier. And who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say she makes the following declaration for the purpose of availing herself of the benefits of the Act of the U.S. passed July 4th 1836 granting pensions to the widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army who were married prior to the first of January 1794. And she further deposes that she is advised that her claimed under the aforesaid Act. And that she respectfully requests the Sec. of State of the State of Mass to to examine the Revolutionary Records of Military Service remaining in the Archives of Mass and under his control for proof of Military Service, Credited to David Cook as a private at some periods of his service and as a Corporal or a non- commissioned officer at some periods of said War And she further requests that the records of Military Service rendered in 1775 in the Province of S. Canada and at the City of Quebec in said Province may be examined as her said husband as she has frequently been informed by him was in said Service and was in the battle at Quebec in said year. And that he also was in the battle fought at Bunker Hill in Chestova Mass. and was at the battle fought at

at Monmouth New Jersey and at various other places and engagements. And that her said husband joined the Service Served under different Regiments, and at different periods of said War. And at one period served under Capt N Fronard in a Colonel Woodbridge Regiment as a private and joined at that time at Smithfield Mass, which was in the early period of the War. And at one period she knows also that in the War Served under a Capt Hawkins in Col Woodbridge Regiment and at which time she believed he was ordered into the State of New York And this deponent further saith that she has been informed by her said husband that she served under Col Porter as was attached to his Regiment & joined the same in Hampshire County. And various other officers whose names she does not distinctly recollect as her said husband has been dead more than thirty years, and whose account of his military services has in a great measure gone from her mind.
Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year first above written C. D. Timpson
Dolly Cook
Is Police Office Exempt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 30 th 1849.
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 on an abstract of the travel due capt. Reuben Dickinson Co. in Col. Woodbridge's Reg't. to Ticonderoga and home, is the name of David Cook, of Hadley, private - £2. 4. 5. no service stated - in 1776. _____
Also on a roll of advance pay due capt Oliver Smith's Company, who marched to the relief of Bennington, Aug. 17. 1777 - in Col. Porter's Reg't - 4 days service. _____
On a pay roll of capt. Kellogg's Co. in Col. Porter's Reg't. marched to reinforce northern army under Gen. Gates, is the name of David Cook, Corporal, from Sept. 23. 1777. 32 days, at £2. pr. mo. due £2. 16. 6. _____
On a roll of eight months men, in capt. Noadiah Leonard's Co. in Col. Woodbridge's Reg't. in 1775. is the name of David Cook. of S. Hadley _____

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. L. D. A. G. Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, James Conner, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, also CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That G. W. Simpson before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court and County, the 30 th day of Oct 184 9
James Conner Clerk.

State of New York City and County of New York, S.S. On this 30 th day of October A.D. 1849, personally appeared before me Thomas J. O'Callaghan Chief Justice of the Superior Court in the City & County of New York
Mrs Polly Cook a resident of the State City and County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law, deposes and saith she is now rising of eighty years of age, but that she does not know her exact age. And that she is the widow of the late David Cook and who died about 30 years ago, and she makes this declaration in order to obtain a pension under the act of 1838, in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her said husband David Cook deceased to whom she was married in the year A.D. 1770 in the township of Stephen Town, Rensselaer County and State of New York by one Moses Moffet a Justice of the Peace in said Town and where she and her said husband resided at that time and several years there after and where three of her first children were born. When she and her said husband removed from said place to the Town of Schuylerville on the North River. And she further saith that she stated and set forth to the best of her ability the facts as to her said husband's services in the Revolutionary War, in a previous declaration made and herewith attached, for the purpose of obtaining search and avoiding herself of record evidence of her husband's revolutionary military services which might yet exist in the Archives of the State of Massachusetts, and which evidence of her husband's services she produces as the only record evidence that she is able to produce in support of her claim for a pension, and she respectfully requests that the records of revolutionary military services of the different officers and commands as set forth in her previous declaration, and which may be under the control of the Department of the Interior at Washington may be examined for proof of her said husband's revolutionary services and particularly those rendered in the northern expedition to Canada in the year 1775. - And she further saith that she herewith

produces the best evidence in her power in support of her marriage and that the records of the birth of her children as herewith produced borne on the abstract leaf of a Testament is all the record evidence that she has or can produce of her marriage with the said David Cook, and she further saith that the record of the birth of her children is correct as far as her recollection goes, and that the same was transcribed from an old bible of her own some thirty years ago which bible became quite worn and dilapidated which was the reason reason, and since the leaf bearing said record has been accidentally torn out of her testament and which she has been allowed by her solicitor to send accompanying her other papers to Washington, that the Dept may have what weight in support of her claim that the Department may deem it entitled to under the circumstances.
And she herewith constitutes and appoints M c K Hays of New York as her attorney and solicitor in asserting and prosecuting her claim for a pension in virtue of the military services of her said husband deceased as heretofore set forth and she further saith that
from to before me on the 30 th of Oct 1849
day and year first above
written - Thos J Oakley Esq. of the S. C. in the City of N.Y.
Delly Cook
STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
D. R. Floyd Jones I, JESSE OAKLEY ,
Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of
New-York, a Court of Record, having a Clerk and Seal, DO CERTIFY,
That Thos. J. Oakley whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, is The Chief Justice
of the said Court duly commissioned and sworn.
And I do Further Certify, That the said name, so subscribed, is the genuine signature of the said Thos J. Oakley
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said Court, the thirteenth day of
October 1849.
D. R. Floyd Jones CLERK.

Sally Ann Cooke Born November 2 nd 1790
Abigail Cooke Born January 7 th 1793
Polly Cooke Born February 11 th 1797
David Cooke Born September 20 th 1799
Joseph Cooke Born February 25 th 1802
Ebenezer Cooke Born May 20 th 1805
And which she has been authorized by her Solicitor to send accompanying her other papers to Washington, that the State may have what weight in support of her claim that the Department may deem it entitled to under the circumstances.
And she herewith constitutes and appoints M rs H. Hays of New York as her Attorney and Solicitor in asserting and prosecuting her claim for a pension in virtue of the act.

State City & County of New York ss On this twenty third day of February AD 1850 Personally appeared Mrs. Dolly Cook whom Mrs. Dolly Cook of said State City & County being duly sworn, deposes the reason why she did not make application for her pension under the act of 1838 sooner has been owing to her poverty and inability to avail herself of the services of a lawyer or any competent man to institute her claim for her. She having resided in quite a remote part of the Country City in the Western part of Pennsylvania where she knew of no person experienced in or accustomed to such business - And since she came to New York, she has made several efforts to avail herself of the services of gentlemen to assist her in preparing & prosecuting her claim for a pension, but for want of pecuniary means has not until quite recently been able to obtain the services of any person in her behalf - The above are the reasons and the only reasons defendant has to offer why she did not sooner make application for her pension - For which she has recently asserted her claim for in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her late husband deceased sworn before me
on the day and year first above written
sworn before me 23 rd Feby 1850 D. P. Ingraham Fifth Judge Markham
Dolly Cook

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Daniel P. Ingraham before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a First Judge of said Court for said City and County, duly appointed and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 23 day of July 185 0
Geo W Riblet Clerk.
of your Clerk has no service the re Why Pens for 600.
on the written sworn

City of New York
ss
This is to certify I have appointed and authorized Smith Dunning Esq. my lawful Attorney and Agent to attend to and conduct the correspondence in the matters of my claim against the U. S. Government for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary military services of my late husband David Cook deceased Sworn to and subscribed before me _____
On this 24 th day of Oct 1850
Polly Cook
J. Woodruff
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of New York

on this day of Oct 1850 } notary public
State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That L. B. Woodruff whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the City & County of New-York dwelling in the said City, elected and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the 25 th day of October 185 0
Geo. W. Ribblet Clerk.

State City County of New York, ss:
I do hereby authorise & empower Smith Dunning Esq. of New York my lawful attorney & agent to attend to & prosecute my claim for a pension aforesaid under the act of 1838, in virtue of the military services, of my late husband David Cook, now deceased, who served in the revolutionary war, and I do by these presents revoke all former powers of attorney given to William H. Hoyt or any other person, to attend to the matters of my said claim as herein set forth. And the said Dunning is fully empowered to do whatever matters & things he may consider just lawful & expedient with full powers of substitution or revocation & to make & receive whatever communication shall or may be deemed in the premises having my full approbation therein. Subscribed and acknowledged before me the 18 th day of December 1850. William Fairman Cumanapine of Leeds.
Polly Cook

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss.
I, GEORGE W. RIBLET , CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That William Garman whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Commissioner of Deeds for said City and County, dwelling in the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Commissioner, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. I further certify, that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State, as appears by said certificate.
In Testimony Whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the
18, day of Dec 185 a Geo W Riblet Clerk.
communication approbation -

New York November 18 th 1855
Sir
I sent you on the 24 th October last the required evidence in the case of Polly Cook a claimant for a pension under the act of 1838. And since which time I have had no report on the case. Will you please let me hear from the same at your earliest convenience and oblige yours &c
Smith Dunning
To James L Edwards Esq r

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Washington D.C. Nov 25 th 1849
Sir I herewith enclose to you the claim of Mrs Mary Cook for a pension under the act of 1838 who claims the benefits of the law for that purpose in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her late husband David Cook deceased. We furnish no evidence of service except the certificate of the Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts. Which we trust in accordance with her declaration and application for the same may be deemed satisfactory evidence of the identity and services of her husband. And we respectfully request her claim may be taken up and acted upon at the earliest convenience of the Commission of Pensions
I am
Very respectfully Your humble Servant
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
W. M. [?] H. Noyes

City. Polly Cook, mid 7 David - A. M.
Acc 7 th July - 1838 - Ad 2 Pri. 8 m. $26.66 2 / 3 Cap 102 d. 3.78  $30.44 2 / 3
for ann. from L th Mch 1836: exct 2 yrs -
Cert. sent to Hon. L. P. Waldo By Reps -

Stephentown Rensselaer County State of New York To All whom it shall come to know that I the subscriber am the Town Clerk in for the Town of Stephentown aforesaid and hold in my possession now all the Town Records that has ever been kept in said Town to my knowledge or belief including the Records of Marriages Solemnized by the Justices of the Peace and also by Clergymen. and I do further certify that I have no Records of Marriages Solemnized by the late Hon. Moffat of said Town who was reputed to have been a Justice of the Peace and to have solemnized the Marriage of one David Cook to Mary or Polly Statin and that there are now no Records of Marriages as Early as the year 1790 and that I have referred to the records in my possession and find no Records of the Marriages of the said individuals or of any Marriages Solemnized by the said Moffat and that I do not believe there is any Records except what I have in my possession kept in or belonging to the Town of any Marriages Solemnized by the said Moffat and the present Justice said not
Given to this the 22 nd day of Oct 1880 done me
Joseph B Reynolds Town Clerk
In Witness whereof the Seal

STATE OF NEW YORK, RENSSELAER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, AMBROSE H. SHELTON, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Ira L. Osborn before whom the annexed Affidavit was made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this Twenty third day of October 18 50
A. H. Sheldon clerk

New York Oct 25 th 1850
Sir
I herewith send you the Certificate of the Clerk of Stephentown Rensselaer County N. York in the case of Polly Cook widow of David Cook a claimant for a pension under the act of July 1838 That there are no records of the marriage solemnized by Hosea Maffet or by any other person at or near the period of the reputed marriage of the said claimant now existing in the said town which evidence I trust will be deemed satisfactory and to which your early answer is respectfully requested
From your humble Servant
Smith Dunning
No 64 Courtlandt St New York

Feb 25/50
Stadler can
May Cook
James L. Blackwell Esq.
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

New York February 23 rd 1858
Sir
We herewith inclose the required additional evidence in the matter of the claim of Mrs Mary Cook for a pension under the act of 1838 in virtue of the revolutionary military service of her late husband David Cook deceased.
We trust that the accurate description of Claimants husband's service given by herself and so nearly corresponding with the record evidence furnished by the Secretary of Massachusetts together with the private evidence of the aged people residing in South Hadley at the time of said war of the fact of the said David Cook being out in service at that time will be satisfactory proof of the identity of the man and may be deemed sufficient to justify the Department in allowing this claim.
I am Very respectfully Your humble servant
M c H. Hayt.
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
September 30. 1854.
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 David Cook is borne on rolls of 8 mos. Service in 1775, in Capt. Noadiah Leonard's Co. Col. Woodbridge's Regt. as a private of So. Hadley, enlisted May 9. is on returns of Aug. 1. & Oct. —
Also on a roll of travel of Capt. Reuben Dickinson's Co. Col. Woodbridge's Regt. from Hadley to Ticonderoga & back, 296 miles - paid $2. 4. 5. —
Most of the rolls for Service in 1776 are missing. —

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 within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
W m H. Suits Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

5155. Report of Pollybocks Case February 19 th 1850 Copy of solution with the Colon Clark's College eastern the above case sent March 8 th 1850 to the Commission of Pensions

Pension Office, February 19 th 1850.
Sir:
The papers in the case of Polly Cook, widow of David Cook, who now for the first time presents an application for a pension, under the Act of 7 th July 1838, have been examined and filed.
The only evidence of the service of Mrs Cooks husband, now presented is the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which shows a number of towns credited to the name of David Cook. We are not satisfied that the service credited to that name, was rendered by her husband, but should his identity be established, some proof showing the amount of service that certificate will cover, is required. It should be made clearly to appear that Applicant's husband, belonged to the Town of Hadley, or South Hadley, in order to identify him with the Soldier of Col. Woodbridge's Regiment in 1775, and 1776. Of the eight months service for which Cook engaged in 1775, was rendered, he should be found upon the August, and October returns. And the period for which the enlistment in 1776, should also be shown, by the records of Massachusetts.
Some reason for having delayed this application until this late day, should be given. And the certificate of the Town Clerk and Register of the Church in the Town in which the marriage ceremony was performed, showing whether there be any evidence of a higher grade, must be produced, before the testimony, as to the date of the marriage of these parties now filed, can be received. The entries upon the paper purporting to be a copy of Mrs Cooks family record, does not bear that evidence of a genuine and ancient record, which would make it conclusive evidence of the date of the marriage, of these parties.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t . J L Edwards
William H. Hoyt, Esq. New York.

New York March 8 th 1850
Sir
We herewith enclose to you the Certificate of our town Clerk of the town of Stephentown Rensselaer County N.Y. in accordance with the requirements of the Pension Department in the matter of the claim of Mrs. Polly Cook which was presented on the 25 th of November last under the act of 1838, for a pension in virtue of the Revolutionary Military Services of David Cook the reputed husband of the said Claimant now deceased The above claim was rejected on the 19 th of February last, and in compliance with the requirements the Certificate of the town Clerk where the said Claimant was reported to have been married to the said Cook was demanded and which we herewith furnish, hoping it may be satisfactory.
I am Sir
Very respectfully Yours honorable Lord and
Wm. H. Hays
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Send on the above note

New York Oct-2 nd 1850
Sir
I am authorized to transmit to your Department the within Certificate of the Com th of Bds bearing some further required particulars as to the Military services of David Cook and would here add as you have proof on file in your office that there are now no records existing either Church or Town of Marriages Solemnized in the Town of Susan Town Rensselaer County N.Y. as early as on or before the year 1794. And the evidence on file in this case show the above facts. Hence the inconsistency of requiring any additional evidence in support of the above fact.
We respectfully request your early attention to this case.
Respectfully Yours M rs M rs Smith & C o Smith Dunning 64 Courtland St N.Y.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 17668
Dolly Cook Widow of David Cook Coop New Mar.
Act: Feb 24 48
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 26/50 Rusps Can Polly Cook Capt. J. S. D. B.
Mrs L Richards Esq. Camp of Pioneers Washington D.C.

FREE
James L. Edwards Esqr Compt Pensions Washington D.C. Mr. Amer

Oct 26. 1850
Risky case
William Cook
widow of
James Cook
Dear Col. Lee
FREE
Wm & Elizabeth Page Conversing House Washington D.C.

No 14014 Policy book Ms
Setts Mrs. H. Hoyt 19 th Feb. 1850
" Smith Dunning 19 Oct 1850
cut May 1838

8922 City. New York.
Betsy Cook widow of David Cook who was a private Hospital in the Revolution 8 months private 32 days Corporal
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec 30 and sent to
M m . S. P. Waldo None of Rife
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 88 by J. P. Chase CR

11021
City
New York.
Polly Cook Widow of David Cook
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the year 1821 of New York in the State of New York who was a Pvt Capt in the Company commanded by Captain Leonard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Woodbridge the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of New York City at the rate of 30 Dollars 45 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Dec r 1830 and sent to Hon. L. P. Waldo, H.R.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by
Vol.
Clerk, Page 521.

State of Massachusetts
Town of South Hadley
County of Hampshire
Justin Alord of said State doth he is now rising of eighty six years of age and has always from his youth resided in the same place where he now resides. And he further saith that he was well acquainted with a family once residing in said South Hadley by the name of Cook. The head of the family was Joseph and he the said Cook had two sons one by the name of Giles Cook and the other named David Cook. Both of the sons of the said Cook were older than this deponent and he also well recalls Colonel Woodbridge who also resided in South Hadley in time of the Revolutionary war who was reported to have been in the American service in time of the war. And also the said David Cook but this deponent does not recollect in the service for which and therefore cannot say for service of which he had no personal knowledge. And he further saith that the said Giles Cook and David Cook both went away from South Hadley as much as sixty years ago and he does not now recollect where the said Cook removed to when they left this place. And the said Colonel Woodbridge spent his days in this place

And did here some time of twenty years since and third person for the state not Adorn to and subscribed
On this twenty first day of Justin Alvord of February 21 st 1850
South Hadley Feb 21 st 1850
Personally appeared before me Edwin Dickinson Esq. Justin of the town Justin Alvord & made oath to the foregoing statements that they were true according to his best knowledge & belief
Edwin Dickinson Justice of Peace
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. Justin Alvord & believe him to be a man of truth & veracity
Edwin Dickinson

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPshire ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Alvin Dikerson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Alvin Dikerson and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , for said Commonwealth, this Twenty second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Samuel Wells
Clerk.

South Hadley, Hampshire County State of Massachusetts ss. On this twenty first day of February A.D. 1876 D. personally appeared before me, Edwin Dickinson Justice of the Peace
Joel White of said town State and County and being duly sworn saith he is now seventy nine years of age and has always from his childhood resided in the same place where he now resides and he further saith that he well recollects many of the events of the revolutionary war and particularly those of the latter part. and that Deponent's father was out in that war. and he also was well acquainted with one David Cook of South Hadley though Deponent was but a lad at the time of the war yet he distinctly remembers said David Cook and his mother Cook's father and family. His father's Christian name was Joseph and the said Cook had a brother Giles Cook. The deponent further saith that he distinctly remembers the said David Cook was out in the Revolutionary war. and that he was a resident of South Hadley and a neighbor to Deponent's father and also Col Woodbridge resided in the same town & County. The deponent though but at that time young says he cannot be mistaken in his recollection of individuals and events that transpired which came to his knowledge in his youth. and according to his best recollection believes that said David Cook was out in the

the American Service thus years at one time, but he cannot vouch for facts which were only known to him by Report. But according to his best recollection the said book was reported to have been out at one time in the American Service thus years. But he can only state these facts from hearsay. And after the close of said war the said David Cook engaged principally in getting out lumber on the Connecticut River, before he left. Where did he and went to New York State? And since which time he has had no further knowledge of the said David Cook. But understands that the said Col. Woodbridge spent his days in this town, and died in March A.D. 1811. That he was a Revolutionary Officer. and I presume further South not  Adm to before me on the day and year above written  Joel his White mark
South Hadley Feb 21 st 1850 Personally appeared before me Edwin Dickinson Esq. Justice of the Peace and white & made oath to the foregoing statements that they were true, according to his best knowledge & belief  Edwin Dickinson Justice of the Peace  This is to certify that Mr Joel White can be relied on as a man of truth & veracity & that in consequence of being blind at present now write his name but hereafter his own as to the Rev. Edwin Dickinson

14014 Poetry book ms of David NY aut 7 May 1838

STATE OF NEW YORK, Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, { ss. I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby certify, that Wm Bland
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace, of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said county; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument, is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 18 th day of October A. D. 1849
A. H. Sheldon Clerk.
14014 Petty Cash in y' hand NY C. 17 Aug 1838

State of New York Town and County and Town of Stephen Town. On this Sixteenth day of October A.D. 1849. personally appeared before me William Hand a justice of the peace in and for the said Town and County. I solemnly be the deponent of the state town and County as a result Who being first duly sworn, according to law doth on oath depose and say that he is now about thirty two years of age. And that he has always from his youth resided in this said town & County And that from Sixteen hundred and sixty to Sixteen hundred and ninety five he was well acquainted with David Cook and Polly Stater his wife or reputed wife at and subsequent to that time and the said Cook and Mary or Polly Stater as the name was generally pronounced. And reputed to have been married by Justus Halsey, Minister Who resided in this same neighborhood and with whom the said Polly was living as a servant in his family at that time. Which was about Sixteen hundred and ninety or ninety one which time he identified by the said Cook's making things for Deponent's father about the time of his marriage to Cordelia Shingle some buildings erected on the site where he now lives The said Cook lived on the opposite side of the road from his said father's residence and the said Cook lived on the same place for some time or so. And Deponent was quite young man at that time. But was well acquainted with the

Said Cook and wife who is the claimant for a pension in virtue of the revolutionary services of her said husband in the revolutionary war, and he further saith that he has frequently heard the said David Cook converse about the events of the revolutionary war and about his own personal services and about his services in Canada in 1775, and about his engagements or battles that he was in at different periods of the revolution, at Saratoga and at other places in Connecticut and in New York and Massachusetts. And deponent further saith that the records of the marriages solemnized by Ebenezer Hapgood have been lost or destroyed, and that they cannot be found and that the said Hapgood is now deceased. And deponent further saith that Mrs. Mary Cook who is now claiming a pension is the identical woman who was the wife of the said David Cook and who was a respectable woman and the said Cook and wife lived together in good and upright as husband and wife and they had children together whilst they lived in this place before they removed to Shadwell on the north side of the river which was reported to be his and some years subsequent to his death. Follows the testimony of the above and subscribed before me William Head on the day and year first above written Wm. Head Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally and well acquainted with the witness who has subscribed to the above statement of fact and that he is a man of truth and veracity and whose statement has entitled to full credit and that he is not now able to recall his name

Stephen Town Rensselaer County And State of New York
On this Seventeenth day of October A.D. 1846
Personally appeared before me M c W m H and a Justice of the peace in and for said town and County Benjamin Gardner of the town State and County aforesaid firstly known to me to be the person described in and who is now in his seventy eighth year of age and has always from his youth resided in the same place where he now resides, and that he well remembers men by the name of David Cook and Mary Maria or Polly Maria his wife or reputed wife who resided in the same neighborhood with this deponent, at or about seventeen hundred and ninety one and from thence onward until seventeen hundred and ninety four or thereabouts and who were reputed to have been married at the house of one Nodah Moffett and by him who was at that time a Justice of the peace and Magistrate, and duly qualified by the laws of this State to solemnize marriages, and he further deponent the said Mary Maria who was reputed to have been married to the said David Cook in the year 1791 was at that time living in the family of the said Nodah Moffett as a servant at that time and soon after their marriage began to keep as a near neighbor to this deponent, and he further deponent that the said Cook was reputed to have been a clerk or copy holding and that the widow who is now claiming

Deposition in virtue of the services of David Cook is the iden- tical person whom this defendant knew at that time as Mary Stetson and as having been reported to have been married by Rev. David Cook and as having ever after as living together in good reputation as husband and wife. And that he never heard the respectability of the parties called in question and he firmly believes they were married, and were considered respectable people, and knows that the parties herein set forth are the identical individuals referred to as the claimants. And the defendant therefore he cannot be mistaken in the identity of the parties or of the date of their marriage according to his own age, and events that transpired at that time. And he further saith that the said David Cook was struggling in his occupation a great part of the time, and that he removed from this place to Philadelphia in the North before in this State.
Sworn to and subscribed on the _____ day of _____ 18____ day and year first above written before me Wm Hand Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Benjamin Gardner and that his character is good and that his statements in all are consistent with confidence. Wm Hand Justice of the Peace

Herkelsen County Town of Schoharie ss. On this Second day of State of New York. November 11 th 1849 personally appeared before me A Buckman Justice of the peace in and for said town.
Abraham C Huerke a resident of the State County and Township aforesaid and who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath depose and say he is now between Seventy and Eighty Years of age and was born and brought up from a child in the same place where he now resides. And he further saith that he was formerly well acquainted with one David Cook and Polly Cook his wife and that the said Cook and wife came to this place to live between fifty and sixty years ago he thinks about fifty five years. Which time he depose by his own marriage and the birth of his and age of his own children, and he further saith that ac- cording to his best recollection he the said Cook lived in this his own neigh- borhood some fifteen years. And he further saith the said Cook and wife had then children when they came to this place and that they always lived together in good repute as husband and wife. And that they were good Citizens and worthy people and he this deponent has frequently heard the said Cook talk about being out in the Revolutionary war, and relate events that transpired during said war. That he himself was in the service. And that he this deponent well recollects of hearing said Cook speak of his former place of residence at the time he went into the service being in South Hadley Massachusetts. And this deponent now identifies the widow of the said David Cook as being the same woman as who was formerly the reputed wife of the said Cook and whom this deponent is informed is now claiming a pension in virtue of the revolutionary military services of her said husband deceased.

And deponent further saith that it has been many years since his personal acquaintance with the said Cook and wife but he knows he is not mistaken in the identity of the persons. And deponent further saith that I do hereby certify that the above is true to the best of my knowledge On the day and year first above written before me A. B. Buckman and a Justice of the Peace
I certify I have always been personally acquainted with the subscriber to the above affidavit and know him to be a man of good character and that he always makes his mark and that his statement are entitled to full credit A. B. Buckman and a Justice of the Peace

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STATE OF NEW YORK, Rensselaer County Clerk's Office, { ss. I, AMBROSE H. SHELDON, Clerk of the County of Rensselaer, do hereby certify, that A. Buckman whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace, of the County of Rensselaer, dwelling in said county; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that his sig- nature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument, is ex- ecuted and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said County, this third day of November A. D. 18 49 A. H. Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York Rensselaer County Town Township of Schenectady ss On this Second day of November A.D. 1849. Personally appeared before me A. Buckman Justice of the Peace in said County
John I Schermerhorn a resident of the State town and County aforesaid. And who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say he is now rising of Seventy Eight Years of age. And was born and brought up from a child in the same place where he now resides. And he further saith he well recollects the man by the name of David Cook and Polly Cook his wife who resided in this said place from the year 1795 or thereabouts until 1810 or 1811. When they the said Cook and family removed from this place And deponent further saith that he himself was formerly in the mercantile business. And was in the habit of employing the said David Cook, to get out lumber for deponent such as shingle staves etc. And that the said Cook & wife lived together in good repute as husband and wife. And that both Cook and wife were reputable people. And deponent further saith. that he has been informed that the said Cook has been deceased for quite a number of years and that his widow is now claiming a pension in virtue of the revolutionary military services of the said David Cook her late husband deceased. And whose representations deponent believes are worthy of credence according to deponent's personal knowledge of the parties. With whom he was in the in this place. And he further saith that sworn to and subscribed on this day and year first above written
A. Buckman a Justice of the Peace
I do certify the subscriber to the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity and whose statement is entitled to confidence
A. Buckman Justice of the Peace