Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20952, Humphrey Davenport, Conn. Continental

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Conn. Continental
Davenport, Humphrey Jerusha
N. 20952
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10.639 New-York
Humphrey Davenport of Albany in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Coont. line, for the term of one year -
scribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 22 d of June 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of May 1822 and sent to Estel Howes Esq. Albany N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1822 - 371.43 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1822. 48.00
3 yrs 8 mo 9 4/30 31 $419.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
21 May 1820
Albany - Est.

State of New York Albany County } ss
On this twenty second day of June in the year 1818, before me the said Scribe, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Albany & State of New York, personally appeared Humphrey Davenport, aged sixty seven years of the Town of Bethlehem in said County of Albany, who being by me first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on 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 and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war". That he the said Humphrey Davenport having completed a term of duty in the militia, did on the first day of April in the year 1778 at Rensselaer in the State of New York then and there enlist for the term of nine months into a company commanded by Capt Sedekiah Waterman in a Regt under the command of Col. John Durky of the Connecticut Line on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said works, or in the service of the United States until the first day of January in the year 1779 when he was discharged from service at Trenton State of New Jersey. - That he was in the Battle at the taking of the Hessians at Trenton aforesaid - and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no

other evidence now in his power of his said services - Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year aforesaid
Estus Hooke Judge } Humphrey Davenport Albany Co. N.Y.
Estus Hooke Judge &c as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Humphrey Davenport did serve in the revolution as was stated in the preceding declaration, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, & that he is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for sup- port; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pur- suant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress. Albany June 22. 1818. Estus Hooke
State of New York Albany County } ss - I George Michael Clerk of the Court for the County of Albany & State of New York do hereby certify that Estus Hooke is a Judge of the Albany County Common Pleas duly appointed & qualified, & that his signa- ture above is true & genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this twenty second day of June A.D. 1818 - George Michael Clerk

State of New York Albany County } ss
Origin of claim
At a court of common pleas begun and held, within & for the County of Albany at the Capitol in the City of Albany this thirteenth day of June 1821.
In this thirteenth day of June 1821. Personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the County of Albany, Francis Humphrey Davenport aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March, 1818, and the 3 rd May, 1820. That he the ind Humphrey Davenport entitled, for the term of his months on the first day of March in the year 1776. in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Jedediah Hates in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Durdick in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the first day of January 1777. when he was discharged from the said service in Trenton in the state of New Jersey. That he was in the battle of taking the Hessians at Trenton and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except such as have been annexed connected with his former declaration -
And, in pursuance of the act of the 18 th May, 1820. Does solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift sale, or in any manner, disposed of any property, or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to being my within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any

person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed — Schedule . to wit — Real Estate None, Personal Estate None, Real or personal. None — That he has a wife who lives with a son in the western part of this State, and that he lives in Albany with two of his daughters, who are single and are dependents, who with the kind charity of others, come to his support; — that he has no employment or trade, being brought up to farming, and that he is now so infirm & broken down, that it is im- possible for him to do any labour
Sworn to & subscribed in the Court on the 13 th day of June 1821.
Henry Davenport
Merchant
Dep. Clerk
I, Horatio Merchant, Dep. Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Albany do hereby certify that the foregoing petition and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is worth nothing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 13 th day of June 1821
Horatio Merchant Dep. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany

8508 New York - alby
Jerusha Davenport, dec d widow of Humphrey Davenport Conn.
who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 2 May, 1824
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, and ending 8th July, 1844, when she
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of March '49 and sent to
Hon C. Blackman M.C.
Reported
Letter Hon. M. T. Jackson 23 Mar 1850
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 83 Payable to Jerusha C. Thompson Son only child surviving

B732
2033
Jerusha Davenport widow of Humphrey N.Y.
act 4 July '36
Rejected & Adm'd under 1838

I, Jerusha Davenport a native of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut But now residing in Albany in the State of New York, aged seventy one years. Depose and say that my maiden name was Jerusha Taylor. That on the ninth of January 1781 I was married by Ephraim Root Esq. then a justice of peace in said Litchfield in the county of Litchfield to Humphrey Davenport of said Litchfield and that I continued the wife of the said Humphrey Davenport until his decease on the second day of May 1827. That the said deponent had by her said husband nine chil- dren. That the said Humphrey Davenport served in the war of the Revolution both before and after her said marriage with him. That the said Humphrey made application to the govern- ment of the United States for a pension, ac- cording to the best of deponent's recollection on or about the year 1820 or 1821 - which was granted and that he continued to draw and receive the same until the time of his decease. That about the year 1815 or 1816 deponent with her said husband and family removed to Albany aforesaid, and some time afterwards removed to Troy in the county of Rensselaer in said state where her said husband died. That after his decease she returned to this place, and that she has remained here since and still remains a widow
Jerusha her Davenport
State of New York } ss. County of Albany }
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 12th of June 1837 J. S. Holiday a Judge of Court Pleas Albany County -

I, Jerusha Thompson of Albany in the county of Albany and state of New York, thirty four years of age depose and say that to the best of my knowledge and belief I am the daughter of Humphrey Davenport and of Jerusha Davenport his wife, both formerly of Canterbury in the County of Tolland and state of Connecticut. That I lived with my said parents in said Canterbury until in my fifteenth year and then removed with them to the state of New York. That I have resided in the house or in the neighborhood with my said mother ever since the decease of my said father and that she has never been married to any one since my said father's decease but that she still remains a widow.
State of New York } ss County of Albany } ss Subscribed and sworn before me this 12 th day of June 1837 Jeh. Holiday as Judge of Common Pleas
Jerusha Thompson
State of New York } ss Albany County } ss I, Bernard A. True Eyck Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James Holiday before whom the three preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn & subscribed was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the said County of Albany and that his signature to each is genuine. Given under my hand & the Seal of the said County this 14 th day of June 1837. B. A. True Eyck Clerk

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1816.

Births
Humphrey Davenport was born May 5. 175 th Jerusha Davenport was born June 2. 1766 Nathan Davenport was born April 15. 1781 Minerva Davenport was born Sept 1. 1783 William Davenport was born April 11. 1785 Harmony Davenport was born Nov. 1. 1787 Amelia F. Davenport was born Oct. 1. 1790 David S. Davenport was born Dec. 6. 1793 Augustus C. Davenport was born April 13. 1795 Jerusha C. Davenport was born June 20. 1800 Mary Ann Davenport was born Sept 7. 1801 Amanda M. Davenport was born Oct. 2. 1801
Deaths
Nathan died August 6. 1800

State of New York, County of Albany } S. Amanda Wilson whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that she has known the attached family record for twenty five years, that it is in the hand writing of Humphry Davenport late a pensioner and the late husband of Jerusha Davenport (deceased), an applicant for a pension as the widow of the said Humphry Davenport that she was well acquainted with the said record and with the hand writing of the said Humphry Davenport and that she is sure it is in his own hand writing and that he has been dead more than twenty five years having died 1 may 1827
Sworn & Subscribed before me Amanda Wilson this 8 th day Feb. 1849
Samuel W. Mills Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
County of Albany (ss I Anthony Mauchand) the Surrogate of the said County of Albany do hereby Certify that at a Surrogate's court held before me at my office in the City of Albany in said County on the fifth day of April 1847 satis- factory evidence was adduced before the said Surrogate that Jerusha Davenport who had applied for a pension as the widow of Rufus Davenport, died in said County on the 8th day of July 1844 leaving at her death an child her surviving, being her only child her surviving & that she is over the age of twenty one years, viz, Jerusha E Thompson of said County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal and subscribed my name this fifth day of April 1847
A. Mauchand Surrogate

Sept. 24. 1904 Dist to E. S. Ingraham, Seattle, Wash C
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 20,952
Jemima Davenport wid of Humphrey Davenport Prio Rec. War.
Act: March 3 rd 1843
Index:—Vol. 18 , Page 172
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jerusha Davenport of New York of Marias From Hon E. Blackmar m p

Humphrey Davenport Albany N.Y. act 1878 when last paid?
G.W.C.
b. May '41 Died 2 nd May 1827 p st . H. H. Speed
H.H.

Jerusha Davenport wid of Humphrey Pun. Law '38 N.Y. See if not due Law 36 old case of mine from
Abad Joy

To J L Edwards Com d of Pensions Washington D r I have appointed Arad Joy of Ovid N. York my agent to investigate my claim to the pension due to Jerusha Dumford, late an applicant from New York dated Dec 1846 Jerusha E Thompson

I assign my agency to N. Leake Esq Aran Jay

State of New-York, CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY, CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I, L. Van Deusen Clerk of the City and County of Albany aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that Daniel M. Mills was on the day of the date of the annexed Affidavit and Certificate, a Commissioner of deeds in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn, and that the signatures to the Jurat of said Affidavit and to the said Certificate purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of the said County, this eighth day of February 1849.
L. Van Deusen Clerk.

ms. 20,952
Humphrey Davenport
June 22 1813 - 67 - Bethlehem
Albany Co. NY
Cemetery in Tolland Co. Conn.
Roxbury
Feb 1, 76 Pm Capt Jedediah Waterman
9m
Col. John Burke
Conn. line Cont 21 Est
dis Janu. 1, 77. Trenton
fat. Trenton
(1781
at New London
3m
mar. Jerusha Taylor Janu 9-81
Tolland Co. Conn.
Sol. S. May 2, 1827 Troy (9 ch.)
nr. S. July 8, 1844
and

E. S. INGRAHAM
501 15TH AVE. NORTH SEATTLE, - WASH.
SEP 20 1904
FILES.
SEP 12 1904
To - the Com. of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: I have reason to believe that my grandfather and great-grandfather, Daven- port by name, fought side by side at the battle of Bunker Hill.
My grandfather, Phillip Davenport was wounded in the leg and drew a pension. At his death, the pension passed to my grandmother Hannah D.

I want to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
Will you kindly furnish me the necessary proof of the foregoing to entitle me to admission to the above society?
Respectfully,
E. S. Ingraham
E. S. INGRAHAM.
501 15TH AVE. NORTH SEATTLE, - - WASH.

To the Hon. J. S. Hangerman enclosing family record Augst 10. '48
Lt. Gen. C. P. Hackman Oct. 12th '48
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Nat T. O'Neil
Jennifer Davenport
Suspended - Let to
J. Bayard - June 19. '37 to same Nov 16, 1837 to L. Jenkins 2. March 1839 to B. F. Gibbs May 10. 1841 to Nat. Leake Mar 17-47 and J. O'Neil April 30. 1847. A. July 1837
W. B. P. S. Feb. 2. '48
Payne

Spald
10602
New York
Verusha Davenport, decd.
Widow of Humphrey Davenport who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 2nd May 1827 of Albany in the State of New York who was a fri. in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Durkee in the Revolution for one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March, 1848, and sent to Hon. E. Blackmar,
Total amount, $ _____
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. Davenport Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 1. Page 539 Payable to Verusha E. Thompson only child.

The Deposition of Tho Grosvenor of Connecticut in the State of Connecticut who testifies that he was well acquainted with the Bearer Humphrey Davenport formerly of Coventry in said State now of the City of Albany in the State of New York that he knows said Humphrey served as a Soldier in Capt Jedediah Waterman Company in twentieth Regiment of the Continental Army commanded by Col John Durkee the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Seventy five and that he was discharged the first of January AD 1777 The deponent can not say the time of his enlistment in said Com y & Regiment but that he was enlisted before the evacuation of Boston by the British Troops; the deponent remembers his being on duty there & further saith not. Dated Pamfret the 10 th day of January AD 1821.
Tho Grosvenor Grey to Capt in fact
State of Connecticut Windham County ss Pamfret January the 10 th AD 1821 Personally appeared Tho. Grosvenor Subscribed to the above deposition and made solemn Oath to the truth of the Facts therein stated. Lem. Grosvenor Justice of the Peace
David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Lemuel Grosvenor Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit hath been made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Windham aforesaid, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing & full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Publick Seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 11 th day of January AD 1821 - David C. Bolles

Humphrey Davenport priv:
Col: Durkee's Conn. Reg. 1776 1 year -
22 June 1810.
Admitted -
Albany -

13732
V2033
17 June 1837 Pension Office
Jenusha Dawson

Honorable Joel R. Paintsett, Secretary of War of the United States,
Sir,
Enclosed herein are sundry affidavits in evidence of the claims of Priscilla Davenport widow of Humphrey Davenport, late a revolu- tionary pensioner, but now deceased, to the pro- vision made by several acts of congress, to that effect for the widows of revolutionary pensioners. — If the enclosed documents are sufficient to entitle said widow to the relief provided by said acts. Your honor will have the goodness to give orders accordingly or if any thing is wrong or deficient to give me such information as will enable me to rectify it, and much oblige his Obedient Serv t
Samuel Blydenburgh

To any one who will comply with the law
refr
Hon. Joel R. Poinsett Secretary of War of the U.S. Washington D.C.

I Nathaniel Root of Coventry in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that in the year 1776 I was in the Continental service in the Regiment command- ed by Col. John Durkee in Capt Thomas Dyer's Company that while I was in the service in that Regiment I repeatedly saw Humphrey Davenport then of sd Coventry now residing in Albany in the State of New York - he belonged to Durkee's Regiment & I think to Capt Water- mans Company but as the Company to which I was several times detach'd from the Regim- ent and several times sent to posts and places different from where the Regiment generally was I cannot tell whether he was there Nine months at one time or not in the continental service - But Mr Nathaniel Brown of Mansfield in Windham County Connecticut was there at the same time & in the same Company with sd Davenport and his Testimony I consider to be such as may be relied on as I have long been acquainted with him and he has ever sustain'd a fair charac- ter for truth and veracity - & further the deponent saith not -
Coventry April 4 th 1820
Nath l Root

Tolland County ss Coventry April 4 th 1820 -
Personally appeared Capt Nathaniel Root signer of the within Deposition and made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Sworn before me
Jeremiah Parish Justice of Peace
I further certify that Capt Nathaniel Root (the aforesaid deponent) is a man who sustains a fair good character for truth & veracity
Jeremiah Parish Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Tolland County - I Jeremiah Parish, Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that Jeremiah Parish Esq. the above named is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly qualified and authorized to act as such and that his name, or two signatures above, are his own proper hand writing
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at Tolland this 25 th day of March 1822. Jer. Parish Clerk
I certify that Jeremiah Parish Esq. is Clerk of the County Court for the County of Tolland Sylvester Gilbert Chief Judge of said Court Tolland March 25 th 1822

Coventry March 28 th 1820 -
I Nathaniel Brown of Mansfield in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that about the  in the year  1 st of April 1776 I was an enlisted soldier in the United States Army on the Continental establishment in the company of Capt. Jedediah Waterman in the Regiment under Colo. John Durkee, p command that about the 1 st of April in the year p service and about the 1 st of April in sd year our company went to New York, and immediately on our arriving there Humphrey Davenport then of Coventry in Tolland County Connecticut joined the Company which I belonged to, and continued in sd service Company in the United States, untill the end of the year 1776. the day on which he enlisted I do not know, but at that time I understood & was so informed from the officers &c that Davenport had for sometime previous to his joining our company, been in the service of the united states; that from about the 1 st of April aforesaid he was constantly in the company to which I belonged, and was my messmate to the end of the year when he was honorably discharged, & was in the service nine months at least & I think more at that time. Davenport resided in sd Coventry for a number of years after that, then removed from there & as I am informed, at present lives in the City of Albany in the State of New York. — Nathaniel Brown further the Deponent saith not.

Tolland County ss Coventry March 28 th 1822 Personally appeared Nathaniel Brown signee of the within & foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth Given before me Jeremiah Parish Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that Nathaniel Brown the within deponent is a man who sustains a fair char- acter for truth and veracity and whose integrity may be strictly relied on
Jeremiah Parish Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, Tolland County, I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court for said County, certify, that Jeremiah Parish Esq r the above named is a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly & lawfully authorized to act as such Justice of the Peace, and that his hereunto subscribed signature are his free act and deed.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, at Tolland this 25 th day of March 1822—
Jer h Parish Clerk
I certify that Jeremiah Parish Esq r is Clerk of the County Court for the County of Tolland Sylvester Gilbert Chief Judge of said Court Tolland March 25 th 1822

State of New York Albany County ss
Humphrey Davenport of the City of Albany being sworn, says, that for the last number of years he has been very in firm, & that his mind & body have been more or less affected, & that he is sensible that he has made a mistake in the annexed Declaration as to the time he enlisted, and that he positively knows that at the time the British lay in Boston, Massachusetts and when preparations were made upon Dorchester Heights by our Army, he then was a soldier in Capt. Leduc's Water Company belonging to Col. John Durkee's Regiment, and that it must have been the first day of March 1776. When he enlisted these facts he distinctly recollects. & knows to be true & hopes this explanation may be satisfactory. —
Humphrey Davenport.
State of New York ss Albany County ss On this thirtieth day of Jan 1821. came before me the above named Humphrey Davenport to me well known, as entitled to full confidence & belief, (being known on oath & very in firm mind) and known in much esteem by his neighbours for his integrity & uprightness) made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true — Humphrey Davenport Albany Co. N.Y.

I Nathan Howard of Coventry in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 77 years do depose and say That I was well acquainted with Humphrey Davenport & Jerusha Taylor in the year 1780 That as near as I can recollect some time in 1780 or 1781 it was understood in the neighbourhood that the s d Humphrey Davenport & Jerusha Taylor were married and generally believed in s d neighbourhood and that they were married by Ephraim Root Esq then a Justice of the Peace in s d Coventry and the deponent further says that at s d time the deponent was then and now is a practising Physician and that he finds by his books that on the 26 th day of Dec r 1781 he visited a sick child of the s d Humphrey Davenport & Jerusha his wife & that there are sundry other visits charged for the same subsequent to the above date that the s d Humphrey Davenport & Jerusha lived together as man & wife & it was then understood and believed & always has been believed that they were legally married.
And the deponent further says that he is Town Clerk and Register of the s d town of Coventry that he has examined the ancient records of s d town but the s d Davenport marriage cannot be found recorded, that before the year 1780 and for a long time after that date there are but few marriages recorded.
Nathan Howard Town Clerk & register
State of Connecticut } Hebron Probate District County of Tolland } ss.
Personally appeared in open court Nathan Howard Esquire, signer of the above affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth and this court further certifies that the said Nathan Howard Esquire is a person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit and this court further certifies that the said Nathan Howard Esq r is Town Clerk and Register of the Town of Coventry in said Hebron Probate District and is also a practising Physician in said Town — and this court certifies that Ephraim Root Esquire mentioned in the above affidavit has been dead more than twenty years.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand

set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2 nd day of June 1837 —
Simon Houde Clerk

Sep 1872. Adolphe 2033 V. Jenika Davenport,
Gen. Joel R. Poinsett Secretary of War of the U.S. Washington Col.

S. J. Ewards Esq
Albany, Sep. 8, 1837
Sir
I send enclosed herein two affidavits in addition to those now in your office in the case of the widow of Humphrey Davenport a deceased pensioner. It appears by your favor of June 19. that there is no evidence in the pension office that the deceased served after his marriage — The reason of this was that his longest tour, which was sufficient to obtain his was before his marriage pension and of course nothing further was necessary. But though no one can be found surviving who was in actual service with him yet abundant testimony can be had that it was understood and ever has been that he was in the army after his marriage. That he performed a tour of duty at New London in the latter part of 1781. There are several in the neighborhood who remember that he was paraded with the soldiers and went away with them and also remember his return in soldiers uniform after his marriage.
The soldiers who did duty with him and all dead, or at least cannot be found, but it is as fully believed by the survivors who were acquainted with him at the time that he served after his marriage marriage as they believe their own existence — at any rate he went away with the soldiers as one of them and returned at the end of the tour in uniform.
There cannot be a case of greater need as the widow is in a state of helpless destitution.
Respectfully,
J. H. Hildesburgh

I Urbane Hart of Albany in the County of Albany and State of New York, Forty years of age depose and say that I have been personally acquainted with Eunice Davenport, widow of Humphrey Davenport deceased - late a revolutionary pensioner. That I have lived constantly in the neighbourhood and much of the time in the same house with the said Eunice and that to the best of my knowledge she has never been married to any one but the said Humphrey Davenport, but that she still remains his widow
Urbane Hart
State of New York } ss County of Albany } ss Sueden before me this 13th of June 1859 J. L. Holiday a Judge of Com Pleas

I Susannah James of Coventry in Tolland County State of Connecticut aged 77 years do dispose and say that I have been acquainted with Jerusha Davenport Widow of Humphrey Davenport late of Troy in the State of New York since from my childhood that her maiden name was Jerusha Taylor That according to my best recollection they  she was married to the s c Humphrey Davenport sometime in the year 1780 or 1781 that after they were married they the s c Humphrey Davenport & his wife Jerusha lived in the neighbourhood with the deponent until about the year 1815 when they removed, that while they resided in the neighbourhood with the deponent they lived together as man & wife and had a large family of children that it has always been believed in the neighbourhood that the s c Humphrey Davenport was married to the s c Jerusha Taylor about the year 1780 or 1781 by Ephraim Root Esq then a Justice of the Peace in the s c County Susannah James
State of Connecticut } Hebron Probate District County of Tolland }
Personally appeared in open court Susannah James signer of the above affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth, and this court further certifies that the said Susannah James is a person of truth and her statement entitled to credit —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 2 nd day of June 1837
Simon House Clerk

I Don C. Brigham of Coventry Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 73 years a Prisoner of the United States do hereby say that during the Revolutionary war I was well acquainted with Humphrey Davenport then of Coventry more Dec r that in the year 1781 at the time New London was burnt I belonged to the army and was stationed near Stanford that at the close of the year I returned home on a furlough and I will remember that I saw the said Humphrey Davenport and heard him and others say that the said Davenport did do a tour of duty at New London at that time of three months that I heard him converse upon what had taken place during his stay there and others to say what had been done between him & others at that time and I believe he did perform a tour of duty at said place soon after New London was burnt and it is generally believed in this neighborhood where he used to reside that he did do a tour of duty at New London in Sept r 1781 and I will remember that the said Davenport was previously married to his said Widow some time in January or about that time
Sworn & subscribed the 22 nd Don C. Brigham day of July 1837
State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hartford Probate District
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District Don C. Brigham signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath in due form of law that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that the said Don C. Brigham is a man of truth & his statements entitled to credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22 nd day of July AD 1837 Cyrus M. Allen Judge

I Lydia Manning of Coventry in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 84 years do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Humphrey Davenport formerly of Coventry now de- ceased my youth that during the Revolutionary war I know him to leave home often to join the Army that at the time he was married to Frances Taylor now his widow my husband was keeping Tavern or house of public entertainment in said Town of Coventry & state of presence - and I well remember the s d Humphrey Davenport was at s d Tavern with other soldiers in uniform that I believe and always have believed and under- stood that the said Davenport was in the service after his s d marriage. That I well remember his returning home in his uniform after his marriage
Lydia Manning
State of Connecticut - Tolland County } ss Hicken Probate District
Personally appeared Lydia Manning signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath in open form of law that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that the s d Lydia Manning is a person of truth and her statement entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of s d Court this 22 nd day of July AD 1837
Cyrus McCormick Judge

I hereby certify that Ephraim Root Esq was a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham in this State during the years of 1780 and 1781, as recorded in the Books of record in this Office, and commissions record- ing
In testimony of which I have affixed the Seal of this State at the Office of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut June 3 rd 1837
Royal A. Kimball Secretary

Feb 11. 1847
Rev. d. Allery
con
Southport,
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J. L. Edwards Committee of Pensions
Present

Washington Feby. 15 th 1847.
Sir
I send herewith the papers of allowance sent to me in the case of the application of Mrs. Jerusha Davenport dec d . of N.H.S., who died in July 1844, & whose husband was a pensioner under the law of 1818 as I am told. Her application was made under the law of 1836, I should like a full report of the case as permission to examine her papers already filed. Very Respectfully
Your obed t Servant Nathan Scammon
Wm G. L. Edward Secy of Pensions Present,

Feb 4,
Inat Jerusalem Grayson
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissaire of Pensions War Dept City of Washington

Albany January 30. 1839.
James L. Edwards Esquire Commission of Pensions,
Sir,
I am requested by Mrs. Sarah Davenport Widow of Humphrey Davenport, to inquire whether her application for a pension under the act of July 4. 1836, has been and received by you, and if so what has been done in relation to it. She employed a Mr. Blydenburgh as her agent to attend to her claim, some time last summer, but has heard nothing from him since, and can get no satisfactory information on the subject from him - You will do her a favor by an immediate answer to this inquiry - I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your obed. Servt
Samuel Jenkins.

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } S.S. Coventry
Lucy Wheeler, whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is sixty three years of age, that her first Hus- -bands name was Manerva Davenport, son of the late Humphrey and Jerusha Davenport of the City of Albany that the said Humphrey Davenport was a pensioner, that this deponents first Husband, the the said Manerva Davenport was the second child of the above named parties and that he was born in 1783 that this deponent was married to him in 1805 the year before the Great Schism, that all of the above named persons are now deceased; that the eldest child of the above named Humphrey & Jerusha Davenport, was born in April 1781 - of the age of this deponents first Husband, Manerva Davenport, there can be no doubt or mistake that he was born in September 1783 and that he was the second child of Humphrey and Jerusha Davenport above named
Subscribed and Sworn before me } this 23 rd day of November 1848 }
Lucy Wheeler
Eleazer Hunt Justice of Peace
I believe the above to be the hand writing and Genuine signature of Eleazar Hunt, and that he is a Justice of the Peace.
Alvan Dixon
Representative from Ct.

Ovid April 9. 1847
Dear Sir
I enclose the Surrogates Certificate & an old family record & the Town Clerks letter, all in the case of Jerusha Davenport who applied from New York under law of 1836, they with me "this record had been in use about thirty years" I know nothing as to the antiquity or genuineness of the record, after you have carefully judged of it, if you pronounce it to be genuine, will it not be sufficient to prove the marriage in 1780 if so is there not a pension due - I want no pension, unless you are satisfied it is justly due
Respectfully Your Ob d Servt Abad Joy
Hon J L Edwards Comm ee of Pensions Washington DC

Jan'y 24 48
up s Care of Miss Mary Davenport
Washington D.C.
of Vernon
J. P. Schenck Esq
Parcel 10.

Albany Jan y 19. 1848
Mr S. J. Edwards
Sir
Mrs Sarah Thompson the only surviving heir of Mr Umphrey Deavenport a Revolutionary soldier and subseque- ntly a Pensioner some two years since gave a power of attorney to Abel Joy Esq of Orick N.H. to obtain from the Genl Government the amt of Claims due the widow of said Deavenport now deceased who since the death of her husband has received nothing. She survived him (Deavenport) about 17 years. Mr Joy being furnished with satisfactory evidence and the necessary papers gave her (Sarah Thompson) every reason to expect success. Mrs Thompson is now very feeble in health & feels a great anxiety about the subject for the reason of not being satisfactorily informed or not hearing anything from him relative to it. You will confer a great favor if you will inform her if Mr Joy has drawn it or made application to the department and the objections if any to not granting it and the proof necessary.

to obtain her claims she has produced in the opinion of Lawyers satisfactory to establish her claims. Her anxiety & the delicate state of health is all the apology for troubling you in this request
For Jerusha Thompson.
P.D. Lyon
Please direct to P.D. Lyon Albany N.Y.

So. Coventry V Feb 28
10
Friend Joy Esq. Ovid N.Y.
Via Oswego

Coventry Feb. 22 nd 1849
Amasa Joy Esq.
Dr. Sir
Having examined the Town Records and also the Church Records, I am not able to find the Marriage of Humphrey Davenport and Jerusha Taylor on record any where.
Yours
R. B. Belknap Town Clerk
que, et la.

Paid 5
Town Clerk South Coventry Island Co CH
Via Owezo

Ovid N.Y. Feby. 2 o 1849
Dear Sir
Pardon me for respectfully asking you to please inform me if the marriage of Humphry Damm foot to Serusha Taylor about 1780 is recorded on your town or church records, please make your answer upon this page, & please turn this sheet inside out & direct it to me, that this sheet may shew the postage of your place & ours - please direct to me at Ovid New York, Via Oswego -
Oblige Most Respectfully Abad Loyo
Town Clerk South Coventry - Ct

Jerusalem Dampfbath Ae 38. aa ° NY
Mr. Love
Feb 22 1857
62 Joseph H. ... Feb 57

Whereas I, the subscriber, am the only child now living, of Humphrey & Jerusha Davenport both now deceased. And whereas my said Mother was a Pensioner, at $8 per annum. It is believed that she was entitled to a larger annual allowance of pension than she received.
Now therefore I hereby constitute and appoint Henry H. Sylvester of the City of Washington, my true & lawful Attorney to present and prosecute my claim, as such child, for an increase of my said Mother's pension.
Witness my hand this 17 th day of Feby. 1851.
Executed in presence of John H. Sylvester
Jerusha C. Thompson mark
State of New York City & County of Albany
ss. On this 17 th day of Feby. 1851, before the subscriber, a Notary Public in the said City & County, personally appeared Jerusha C. Thompson, above named & acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her act & deed.
John H. Sylvester Not Public

No Marriage
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St. Anthony St Jan 20
Brad Joy Esq.
Orad N.Y.
Via Owego

Jan 25
Coventry Jan. 20 th 1827
H. Joy Esq.
Sir,
I can not find the marriage of Umphrey Davenport upon the Town Records or any other, not to Jerusha Taylor
Yours
H. Belknap
Town Clerk

ms 45 p 95 92
No 13786
Jemima Davenport mo of Christopher
NY
act 7 July 1838
Married before 1754
husband died 1825
mo died 8 May 44
Adm 12th in $40 00 per m
from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 Payable to Jemima E Thompson only during her life
Contract 3 March 43/17 m 44 $40 - per m from 4 March 1843 to 8 May 44 the sum of the debts, payable to the only child alive named
Ann E Blackman M.C.

State of New York } County of Albany } } Jerusha E Thompson whom I certify is a respectable person after being sworn according to Law deposes and says that she is a daughter of the late Jerusha Davenport late an applicant for a pension as the widow of Humphrey Davenport late a pensioner that this deponent hereby makes a supplemental ap- plication and declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7th July 1838 and asks a pension under that Law for and in behalf of the said Widow deceased Sworn & subscribed before me } Jerusha E Thompson this 8th day of February 1849 } Samuel W Mills Commissioner of deeds

State of New York } County of Albany } H. Luasha E Thompson whom I certify is a respectable person after being duly sworn according to Law de- poses and says that she has known the Old family record which is attached for twenty five years that the said record has been in use all of twenty five years that it was written by and is in the hand writing of Humphrey Davenport late a pensioner and late husband of the late Luasha Davenport an applicant for a pension both now deceased and that the person who wrote the said family record as above stated died on the first day of May 1827 leaving his widow the said Luasha Davenport who died on the eighth day of July 1844 and died a widow
Subscribed & sworn before { Luasha E. Thompson On this 8 th day of February 1849
Charles W. Mills Commission of deeds