Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10458, William Clark, Conn.

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Clark, William
S. 10458
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9052
Connecticut
William Clark
Chaplain in the State of Connecticut who was a Pri- in the Conn commanded by Captain Wright of the Reg commanded by Col Storrs in the Conn time for 10 mos Sept 4 mo
Helen Gaylord 5th Jan'y: 1854.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 53 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of March 1833 and sent Thomas Gray. Wingham Conn
Arrears to the 4th of March '33: $106 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 32.. 26 66 $133, 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by C. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 — Page 7

William Clark
Chaplain No 1221.
A. M. G. C. wanted
Given, and witnessed the day and year aforesaid.
dict of the resolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
That it is requested that the following resolution be adopted, to wit: That the said resolution be referred to the proper authorities for their consideration, and that the said authorities be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the General Assembly.
That the said resolution be referred to the proper authorities for their consideration, and that the said authorities be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the General Assembly.
That the said resolution be referred to the proper authorities for their consideration, and that the said authorities be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the General Assembly.
That the said resolution be referred to the proper authorities for their consideration, and that the said authorities be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the General Assembly.
and declares that the name is not on the position of the General Assembly, and that the said authorities be requested to report thereon to the next meeting of the General Assembly.

William Clark
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Windham
} ss. Hampton
On this 27 th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the district of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, now sitting, Mr William Clark a resident of Chaplin in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, aged Eighty years, and who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832—That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated
1 st Campaign - That he volunteered in the Service, April 22 nd 1775 and marched to Cambridge Mass. & was in Gen Putnam's Reg t in Experience Storms was Lieut Col. Lieut Johnson & John Durkee were Majors, served about three weeks & then enlisted under said Storms, who as Lieut Col. had charge of the Company and served until the forepart of December following, and was in the battle of Bunker hill & was wounded -
2 nd Campaign - He was drafted in August 1776 & was in Capt. El z Huntington Company & Col. Storms Regiment & marched to East Chester & then to Fort Washington then back to Westchester & then to White Plains & was in the battle at White Plains & after the battle we retired to North Castle & was there discharged verbally - in the month of December following
3 rd Campaign - He enlisted immediately after returning home as Sergeant in Capt. Amariah Wrights Company in Col o Ennis Regiment & served about four months & was at New Rochelle, Westchester & White Plains & was verbally discharged
About two years after he was drafted & went to New London & was out about three weeks under Capt. Thompson He was born in Seaborn in S t State in August 25 th 1752 & that he lived in Mansfield in S t State when he entered the Service & has lived in the same place ever since, a part of S t Mansfield having been incorporated into the town of Chaplin
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William Clark
We, Lent S. Hough a clergyman residing in the town of Chaplin and Luther Ripley residing in said Chaplin hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr William Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Lent S. Hough Luther Ripley

Personally appeared in open Court Mr. Amos Geer of Chaplin & Mr. Thomas Farnham of Hampton in Windham County & after being sworn according to law, say that they personally performed the first campaign mentioned in the foregoing declaration with Mr. William Clark in 1775 in Cambridge Mass. in the same Regiment and that said Clark's statement relating to said services is correct - Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Amos Geer Thos. Farnham
Personally appeared in open Court Mr. William Durkee of Hampton aforesaid and after being sworn according to law, says that he personally performed the 2 d campaign mentioned in the foregoing declaration with Mr. William Clark in 1776 at Fort Washington & White Plains, in the same Regiment and that said Clark's statement relating to said services is correct - Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
William Durkee
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that Rev. G. North who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in S. Chaplin & that Rev. Nathl. Ripley Esq. who has signed the same is a resident of Chaplin & is a credible person & their statements are entitled to credit. This Court further certifies that Amos Geer, Thomas Farnham & Mr. Durkee who have subscribed & sworn to the foregoing deposition, are credible persons, known to this Court & their statements are entitled to credit.
I, Thomas Gray clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the county of Windham do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of William Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 27 th day of July
A. D. 1832.
Thomas Gray Clerk

I was born in the year 1742 in the town of Lebanon County of New Hampshire my father's name when I was three years old to Mansfield a number of years after we were married to Hopkinton in the County of New Hampshire Since moved to a town called Contoocook where I now live and my age is Eighty years old
a history of the Secret Campaign where I served in the the war on the twentieth of April in the year 1775 there came an express order for me to repair to Concord for the British troops had been to Concord and destroyed a large quantity of things stored there and returned back to Lexington where a number of the militia were collected and they had a bloody battle numbers were killed on both sides and some men must go to their relief I turned out volunteer and on the twenty second of of April set off for Cambridge at Woodstock where from there went to Sutton so made there through the night from thence to Cambridge under the command of Captain William Lieut Colonel James Prentiss Staid over half month then there came writing orders from Connecticut to let men for Seven months and I left under command of Colonel Prescott for a party of men by and on the twenty first of June for a secret expedition I turned out volunteer and at night march to Charlestown from there to Bunker's Hill worked all night til day like when the enemy began to Cannonade us to escape rate and no relief came to take our place we continued to labor in a shower of balls and bombs til noon with out provision or drink except water about two o'clock when the enemy landed and came upon us with double our number after a bloody battle we gave way to superior force I received a small wound but got off myself then staid the town out til the fore part of December making seven and had no meat when I did not

a gain in the month of August 1796 order came that our Regiment must march to New York accordingly I set off under the command of Capt. Eleazar Huntington lieutenant Samuel Clark and Col. Experience Scott the latter end of August marched to Country Road all right from thence to Wiltonfield Road from thence to North Haven from thence to Stratford from thence to New Breck from thence to New Britain from thence to East Chester Staid there a number of weeks from thence to Fort Washington Staid there some weeks then back to West Chester Staid there but a short time then removed to White Plains and in a few days the enemy came upon us and we had a battle but we kept the hill three or four days then moved back to a place called North Castle where we Staid over time out the fore part of December then dismissed making little more than three months
a gain in the beginning of December 1796 then came listing orders to list men for four months & accordingly listed as the first Sargent under Capt. Amariah Wright and my warrant is to the said Sargent for the Col. lieutenant Ephraim Ginglebury lieutenant Rushmore David Eldridge Ensign Ephraim Coder Proger Enns lieutenant Col. Gallop Major Wilcockes marched immediately ahead at Boston thence to Danvers from thence to Milford to Wrentham to New Bedford from thence to New Bedford from thence back to New Bedford from thence to the Edge of White Plains from thence back to New Britain living upon our money some times destitute and nothing to be got thus through a cold winter Staid over time out Dismissed fore part of April making four months to go from 28th less money than we had when we came from home

again Some time in the month of august 1778 the British Shipping ahead of New
London there was a draft of a few men.
I was one to march immediately to New London under Capt Samuel Henson marcht down kept under Command a little more than half month then Dismissed
William Clark
when at Cambridge open to General Washington and several Genl sent to his hand General put him under Command of our Regiment in the P. Magasine was Capt Ebenezer Mosley Capt James Clark Capt Knollen Capt Ellis Some I cannot recollect the Second Company we had our Agent held held at next Claster by a striking party when the under guard Second Campaign Capt Biffle Capt Tomson of Mansfield Lieutenant Josiah Hammond who had the Command of the Company of Campaign Officers Capt Blackman they being all Strangers and all dead I cannot recalled their names - I have no record of my age unless my age is recorded in the Records of the Town of Lebanon. I never had a written discharge, the State troops were verbally discharged generally by companies. That he is personally known to the Rev. S. D. Hays Capt & Chaplains Henry D. John Ross Esq. & Luther Ripley Esq. & all of Chaplin in S. County. Danl Griffin Esq. Rev Philip Root Jr of Hampton in S. County Rev John Beekman. Rev. P. Gray & Rev. L. Ripley Esq. of the Town of Windham. Who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of Revolution - Sworn to and subscribed the 4th day of Decr 1832 in open Court &c William Clark

Personally appeared in open Court on the 4 th day of Dec r 1832 Mr William Durkee aged 73 years a resident of Hampton aged. and after being sworn according to law says. That some time in the month of August 1776, he was drafted into the service in the militia of the State of Connecticut in Lieut. Hammond's Comp y . & Col o Experience Storrs Reg t and that the last of August or the 1 st of Sep r . they marched for New York & pass d thro Connect Scituate & Colchester & crossed Connecticut river at Woodbury-landing & then to New Haven & so on to New York, & joined the Reg t at or near New York, at East-Chester & staid there a few weeks & then went to Fort Washington where we were stationed a few weeks & then back to West-Chester upon them the march for White Plains & in a few days the enemy came out & we had a battle they fired briskly upon us on the hill but we kept the ground. Shortly after the battle we moved back to North castle & remained there until our terms expired in December. Gen l Lee's division was there & Gen l Washington was on the hill at the time of the battle I saw him a number of times.
Mr William Clark was there in this campaign in the same regiment with me, tho he was in Capt. Hunt- ington company, I knew him & was hoping to have been there in the service thro said campaign.
I was then & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court William Durkee

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. William Clark S.F. 1045-8
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 22. 1775 3 mos Pvt. Amariah Williams ✓ Conn.   Then re-enlisted 7 1/2 mos ✓ Col. Experience Starr   Aug. 1776 3 mos Col. Huntington Experience Starr   Dec. 1776 4 mos. Sgt Amariah Wright Roger Enos   Aug. 1778 3 mos Samuel Thompson  
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill when he was wounded. White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mansfield Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 27. 1832. Hessel. al.
Residence at date of application, Chaplin Windham Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, born at Lebanon Conn. Aug. 25. 1752
Remarks: died July 9. 1839

Hon. Loren O. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
Having a Power of Attorney from the heirs of William Clark late a Revolutionary Pensioner, of the U. States and belonging to the town of Chaplin and died July 9 th 1839
I wish to ascertain the terms and the dates of service for which said William Clark was pensioned — will it be within the rules of the Department to furnish the above information
I have the Honor to be Very Respectfully
Yours
Horace Gaylord
Ch. Ashford Dec 29, 1853

Wm Clark Con 1832
Upper Br River
June
Rev. Loren A. Waldo
Correspondence of Person Washington City D.C.

Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst.
Yours sincerely,
John J. [Signature]
John J. [Signature]
...the following is a list of the names of the persons who have been admitted to the benefits of the Act during the year 1911. The names are arranged in alphabetical order of surname, and in order of seniority within each surname. The names of the persons who have been admitted to the benefits of the Act during the year 1911 are as follows: [List of names and details, mostly illegible due to scan quality]
Respectfully,
John J. [Signature]
Respectfully,
Dec. 11, 1911

THE STANLEY RULE AND LEVEL CO. NEW BRITAIN, CONN., U.S.A.
December 8th, 1911.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:--
I am desirous of securing necessary information to prove my eligibility to become a member of the D. A. R. and will appreciate what information you can give me as regards the service of one - WILLIAM CLARK, who served in the Revolution under Lieut. Colo. Experience Storrs - The Lexington Alarm.
He apparently enlisted from Mansfield, Conn.- was born in Lebanon, Conn.
An early reply will greatly oblige -
Very truly yours,
Edna L. Clark.
Address-
Miss Edna L. Clark, c/o Stanley Rule & Level Co. New Britain, Conn.

Reorgan
10458 INVALID.
File No. 10,458
William Clark Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]
apl. 26, 1905. History to Mrs. Henry W. Lang, Norwich, Conn., letter of inquiry in Mid. 17629 John Clark
1911 Dec. 14 Hist. to Edna L. Clark V.P. Ill.

William Clark
S 10459
W. M. Clarke
Warrant
Charles
Clark
Hampton

Roger Enos Esq r Colonel of one of four Battalions Lately raised in the State of Connecticut to join the Army now near New York under the Command of His Excellency General Washington
To William Clark now in Capt. Amaziah Wrights Company in my Regiment Greeting I do by these Presents Constitute & Appoint you to be the first Sergeant in Said Company in Said Regiment. You are therefore Carefully & Diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Sergeant in Ordering & Exercising Said Company in the Service aforesaid Commanding them to Obey you as their Sergeant and yourself to Observe such Orders & Instructions as you shall from Time to Time Receive from me or other your Superior Officers according to Military Rules and Discipline Pursuant to the Trust Reposed in you For which this shall be your Sufficient Warrant Given under my Hand & Seal this 8 th Day of February 1777
Roger Enos Col o

Personally appeared in open Court Mr Thomas Farnham a resident of Hampton upon oath. After being sworn according to law says that on or about the first day of May 1775 he enlisted into the Service in Capt. Eben Mosely's Company in Col. Stone's Reg. t & marched to Cambridge & Roxbury where quarters at Sibley's Cambridge for a few weeks & afterward was encamped a little below Reed's House and at the time of the battle of Bunker hill we were not on the hill, our company had not got there, we got as far as Sechmore point - Most of our Regiment was in the engagement - Mr William Clark was then with us in the same Reg. t Tho' not in our company. He was on the hill in the battle, I know him well & know that he was there & served thro' the Campaign. I am on the Pension List Roll of Connecticut Agents under the act of March 18 th 1818 & therefore may be had to my application under that act for proof of my knowledge of the facts relating to this Service & if so then I could tell it better 15 years ago than I can now Thos Farnham
Wadsworth

At a Court of Probate held at Windham in the District of Windham on the 10 th day of December 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court Mr. Amos Gear aged 83 years and after being sworn according to law deposed & says, That he enlisted into the Service in Sient Melatiah Bingham Company on or about the first of May 1775. Never mustered at Windham & we chose officers there before we started. & Richard Abbe was made Serg. t & I was chosen a corporal at that time. I was march d thro Pompton & Haines at Grosvenor, the first night & then thro Douglas wood on to Roxbury & were in Roxbury a day or two & when there Sient. Brown had the command, we were quartered at Dennis' house in Little Cambridge about 3 weeks & while there Capt. Eben. Mowley took command, Col. o Ephraim Sloss was on Maj. r or Col. o & Gen. t Putnam had the chief command we had our tents pitched over east of Cambridge a little below Reed's house: , our company was not in the battle of Bunker hill but was a flanking party The battle was on the 17 th day of May - I never served out seven months - Mr. William Clark was then with us in the same Regiment & I knew him well served with us in the Campaign - I soon to Subscribed this 10 th day of Dec r 1832 in open Court Amos Gear

And the Court hereby declare their opinion that that the within named Applicant William Clark was a Revolutionary Soldier & served in the State of that his statements are entitled to credit, and the court further certifies that Messrs Amos Geer Thomas Farnham & William Durkee who have subscribed & sworn to the annexed depositions are well known to this Court and are credible persons & their statements are entitled to credit —
Thomas Gray Clerk of the Court of Ordinate for the District of Windham do hereby certify that the foregoing & annexed contains the original proceeding, in the matter of the applica- tion of William Clark for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 15 th day of December A.D. 1833 Thomas Gray Clerk  10 Mr. [unclear] 14 Mr. [unclear] 15 Mr. [unclear] 16 Mr. [unclear]  17 Mr. [unclear] 18 Mr. [unclear] 19 Mr. [unclear] 20 Mr. [unclear] 21 Mr. [unclear] 22 Mr. [unclear] 23 Mr. [unclear] 24 Mr. [unclear] 25 Mr. [unclear] 26 Mr. [unclear] 27 Mr. [unclear] 28 Mr. [unclear] 29 Mr. [unclear] 30 Mr. [unclear] 31 Mr. [unclear]