Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,685, Isaac Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Clark, Isaac Polly
NUMBER _____
W. 6685
B.L. No. 36,241-160-55
CONTENTS
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Isaac P. Clark June 13/1855 " " " July, 20/55
3,279
Massachusetts.
Jolly Clark, widow of Maj Isaac Clark who served in the Revolutionary war, as a priv: T. Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 th day of Dec r 1853 and sent to
C. Warriner Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 38. Vol. 4
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Massachusetts 15309
Isaac Clark
of Worcester in the State of Mass ts who was a Pri: Serg t in the company commanded by Captain Woodbury of the _____ by _____ in the Mass ts line for 9 months
Miller
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 35 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of June '33 and sent Geo. Folsom Worcester Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 - 70 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " - 17.50 $ 87.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 12
Little S. Clark 17 May 1851
Isaac Clark Mary Clark - got 75- 135.21- Waterbury 29.33 - hust. dist in 1842 Mass ts Mass ts -

214.039 At Mar 3
Sept 23
} 57 16
Polly Clark (wid)
Isaac Clark (wid)
Capt Woodbury
Capt Livermore
per Aug 1 1778 bis 30
Rev. War
Pensioner Act 1832
July 58- 3279
AD: 16000 per 28 1856 W. H. Allen
W.H.A.
Isaac P. Clarke Boston Mass
Vol 6-1-154

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this Fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty Three personally appeared in open Court, before NATHL Paine Judge of Probate in the County of Worcester  Isaac Clark a resident of Hubbardston and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That in the part of June or the first of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, a number of men were called for from said Hubbardston to go to Rutland and said County to guard Burgoyne's troops in the Barracks, that he marched forthwith to the Barracks, and there enlisted as a Soldier under Capt. Bloodbury of Templeton for one year, that he staid there till the latter part of November, and then was taken to Manchester under Capt. Jewett who had been his lieutenant at said Rutland, to defend the Barracks at Manchester, Mass. which he staid till his term of service was over, when he was dismissed on the latter part of December or the first of January, that at Rutland aforesaid, there was another company stationed there and left there when he returned to his home, commanded by one Boomer, a Captain, and Lieut. Bellows, that he was dismissed at his home by Capt. Jewett after he had served his time as aforesaid. That on or about the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one he again entered the service of the United States, being called for to go and guard the Barracks and stores at the Barracks in said Rutland, that he then marched there being under the command of Capt. Billings of Gardner, and enlisted as a Soldier under Capt. Joseph Livermore of Spencer, Mass. Capt. Livermore appointed him Clerk of said company, and that he kept the books and did the duty of all the said company till the time till his service was over, and he was dismissed by said Capt. Livermore on the first of October next after his enlistment aforesaid. There was no other company to guard the Barracks at said Rutland during his term of service. said Boomer in said company this year also. That he was born at Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex, Mass. Jan. 14, 1761 and has always resided in a house with the Record of most of his father's. That at the time of the Revolution he was living in said Hubbardston, and some of the Revolutionary War has lived and now lives there. That he volunteered as a Soldier when called into the service aforesaid, both times. That there were no regular Officers, who were with the troops to which he belonged at said Rutland or Winter Hill, except said Boomer, and said Capt. Jewett a few times at Rutland. That his employment at Rutland was to guard the prisoners, barracks and stores there and Winter Hill the Barracks and property there. That he received no discharge either time from the service. That he received no commission or warrant as a Clerk of the company. That the last time more than he served, but was appointed as a forward and did the duties as such during that time. That the Rev. Samuel Gay, Justice of the Peace and several other officers and living in his neighborhood knew him and can testify as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Isaac Clark
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.
Isaac Clark
Before NATHL Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester.

We a Clergyman residing in the a residing in here Certify that anted with who has subscribed and sw- to the above declaration, that we believe him to be years of age , that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Gay who signed the annexed preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Hubbardston and that Justus Almon and Ebenezer Warner who also signed the same are residents in the the same town and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. M. Dames Judge Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Clark made, in a petition for a pension. That Samuel Swan before whom the annexed affidavit was made, is a justice of the peace for the County of Worcester & that his signature is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Nineteenth day of January  in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three
Theoph. Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for Worcester County in Mass. Massachusetts

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of February 1853.
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. On this twenty first day of October 1853 personally appeared before the Subscriber, Judge of the Courts of Probate for said County of Worcester, Polly Clark of said County aged seventy two years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 3 rd February 1853, That she is the Widow of Isaac Clark who was a Pensioner of the United States, and she further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Clark on the 15 th day of July 1804 by Rev. James Thompson in Barre, that her name before marriage was Gates daughter of Nehemiah Gates, that her Husband the aforesaid Isaac Clark died on the 11 th day of June 1836, and that she is now a Widow.
Subscribed before us the day and year above mentioned as witnesses Lyman Sibley Dud. G. Brewster.
Polly me X Clark Mark
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court the day & year above written before me, who further certify that I am not a line not line of counsel for the above named declarant & have no interest in the result of the above application
Thos. Minnie. Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Brewster, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Thomas Kimball is the Judge of said Court of Probate, duly commissioned and qualified - and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty first day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. G. Brewster, Register.

214039

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester } S. S.
In this eleventh day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Rev. William Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Widow Polly Clark aged seventy- four years a resident of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to Law, declares that she is the Widow of Isaac Clark deceased who was a private in the company commanded by Capt Woodbury, and a Sergeant in Capt Livermore's company in the War of the Revolution and that her said husband, as she believes, enlisted July 1. 1778 and continued in actual service in said War for the term of nine months and was honorably discharged, and for further evidence she refers to the declaration now on file in the Pension Department upon which she received a pension under the Act June 7. 1832 & upon the declaration and evidences on file upon which she is now drawing a pension under the Act of February 3. 1853. She further states that she was married to the said Isaac Clark in Byrne on the fifteenth day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and four by one James Thompson a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Gates that her said husband died at Hubbards- ton on the 11th day of June A.D. 1836 and that she is now a Widow She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- ing the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March third Eighteen hundred & fifty five. Polly Clark

A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty one James Thompson a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Polly Gates That her said Husband died at Hubbards- ton on the 11 th day of June A.D. 1836 and that she is now a Widow She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- ing the bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March third Eighteen hundred & fifty five. Polly Clark
We Ephraim Willard, Abigail Willard residents of Hubbardston in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Polly Clark in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. Ephraim Willard. Abigail Willard
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no in- terest in this claim.
W m Bennett Jr. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss
The subscriber William G Clark of said County hereby testify that I am the son of Isaac & Polly Clark of said County and that said Isaac Clark deceased on the 11 th day of June 1834 as appears by the affidavit of William Bennett Jr dated the 19 day of October 1853 and that said Isaac & Polly Clark were married on the 15 day of July 1804 as appears by Simon Sibley's affidavit dated October 19 1853 and further testify that the said Isaac & Polly always lived together as man & wife from the date of their marriage up to the day of the decease of said Isaac and that said Polly has remained a widow ever since the decease of said Isaac and is now a widow and is the identical same Polly who signed the petition for a pension on the twenty first day of October 1853 before his honor Thomas Kennicutt Judge of Probate, and that the said Polly is the daughter of the late Mahopack Gates of said County and is the identical widow of said Isaac Clark a Revolutionary pensioner —
December the 7 1853
Subscribed before us the day — (and year above mentioned or witnesses)
B. L. Phelps
D. H. Hovey
December the 8, 1853. Then personally appeared the above
Wm. G. Clark
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I,
Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Wm Bennett Jr on the eighth day of December instant was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath of William G. Clark hereunto annexed is genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this twelfth day of December , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
J. Mason Clerk.

Barn Sept 10 th 1855 This is to certify that Isaac Clark of Hubbardston and Polly Gates of Barn were joined in Wedlock by Rev James Thompson July 15 th 1804 and the same is recorded in the Registry of Marriages at Barn
Henry J Shattuck Town Clerk Worcester Sept 10 th 1855 Personally appeared before me, the above named Henry J Shattuck and made Oath, to the truth of the foregoing statement David Lee Justice of the peace

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Isaac Clark
Map
Admiral Lenoir pri 20 3 a. long 15 35
Geo. Tolson Worcester

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Clark  of Worcester  in the State of  Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July 1 st In 1778, enlisted 6 private Gen. Woodbury.   " 1779 " 3 Sergt Gen. Livermore   1  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George D. Smith
Examining Clerk.

Free
Official Business
Mr. Hon. [unclear]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
L.C.
214038

No 3644
Massachusetts Polly Clark wid of Isaac
1853
Nov. 21. Little C. Warren
Admitted of 35 n. pr ann. born 31 February 1853
Act 3 February 1853

36.241
160-acre

214038 Hon. [unclear]
Commissioner of Pensions by Washington D.C.

Boston Sept 22 d 1855
Sir
I enclose you herewith the Declaration of Polly Clark of Hubbardston Worcester County, for the benefit of the Bounty Act approved March third Eighteen hundred fifty five, with the accompanying proofs annexed, which is true to the best of my knowledge in conformity with your printed instructions.
Please forward to my care her certificate of bounty, when duly signed & obliged Your Obed Servt
To the Hon d
Isaac P. Clark
Commissioner of Pension Washington D. C.
Justice of the Peace Norfolk County
N.B. I have no personal interest in this claim.
Isaac P. Clark

Boston June 9. 1855
Sir
Under cover please find the memorial of Polly Clark, Widow of Isaac Clark. Please to communicate to me, all action taken upon it.
I am
Very respectfully Isaac Clark
Office 113 Washington St
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Act 3 Feb. '83

Brief in the case of
olly Clark, widow of Isaac, County and State of Massachusetts act February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband pensioned under act 7. June 1832, at $30 per annum
Marriage & death of husband proved from Town record.
Death of husband & Identity of the widow also proved by affidavit of William G. Clark the son who is certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Warriner Esq Present.
M c Na Examining Clerk.

22214 Isaac Clarke
certifying officer, should accompany the papers. When the certificate of a member of congress, bearing the official character and signature of the officer, is every case where the clerk of the court or other certifying officer has no public seal of office, the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any fraud, being improperly attached to the certificate. Under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any fraud, being improperly attached to the certificate. written on the same sheet of paper, which contains the affidavit, or other paper, submitted to the court. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer, who certifies the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper, the papers must be certified by the proper officer, unless the seal of office is attached to the certificate.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Woon
Boston July 17. 1855
J. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Your favor of 13 th ulto was duly recd. We thank you for the prompt attention given to the memorial & petition of Widow Polly Clark, regretting upon our part that it was not decided more favorable to her. You state "the Service of 2 months & 7 days was rendered by a man from Worcester. He claimed to have entered the service from Hubbardston."
The document found you, stated Worcester Co. Hubbardston is a town in Worcester County.
In the memorial I had the honor to found you, Widow Polly Clark also applied for the benefit of the bounty act, passed at the last session of Congress. is she not entitled to the benefit of that act. this part of her memorial not having been referred to. in your reply. I take this liberty, and remain
Yours very for Sir
Polly Clark 11 Washington St

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that Wm Bennett Jr. David Lee and Samuel Swan Esquires, whose signatures are affixed to the Certificates on the paper hereunto annexed, were  was at the date thereof Justices of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to their  his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that their  his  SIGNATURES to said CERTIFICATES are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this twelfth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five .
J. Mason
Clerk.

"Saint Isaac Clarke, a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner died June 11. 1836."
I, W m Bennett of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I am the Clerk of said town, having in my possession the Records of said town, that the foregoing extract is a true copy from said Records of said town.
W m Bennett, Town Clerk.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss. Hubbardston, Sept. 11. 1855.
Subscribed and sworn to before me; and I hereby certify that the said W m Bennett is a credible witness.
Samuel Swan
Samuel Swan, Justice of the Peace.

I, Boudyff Livermore of Paxton in the County of Worcester, Esquire, of lawful age, do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Lieut. Isaac Clark of Hardwick in said County, that I met him at the Barracks in Rutland on or about the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, that he came there as a Soldier, and he with me and others formed a Company of Grenadiers the prisoners and stores in the barracks aforesaid under Capt. Joseph Livermore of Spencer, who then took the command of said Company; that he the said Clark was appointed the orderly sergeant of said Company and kept the roll thereof and acted as such, that he served with me then a Officer under said Capt. Joseph Livermore the term of three months as an orderly sergeant, and was then dismissed with me by said Captain on the third day of October then next following. See the roll  list of Hardwick was the only other Officer of said Company, and no other Company was there during said term of three months, and the reason of my recollecting the time, were dismissed is, because I was sixteen years old the day after Furthermore the Deponent saith not.
Boudyff Livermore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Worcester. On the twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, the aforesaid Deponent was examined, cautioned and sworn agreeable to law, to the Deponent aforesaid by him subscribed; taken at the request of said Isaac Clark, and to be used in his application for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the United States passed June 7, 1832, before a Court of Records in and for said County, the expense and inconvenience of the Deponent in attending Court is the cause of taking this Deposition. I further certify, that I consider the aforesaid Deponent as to his testimony to be entitled to full credit.
Samuel Severn, Justice of the Peace

We, Samuel Gay, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Hubbardston, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Justus Ellinwood and Warner Hinds Esqrs. both residing in the same Town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Clark of said Hubbardston, that we believe said Clark to be of the age of seventy three years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and are concur in that opinion. And we further certify, that said Clark maintains a good character for veracity and is a respectable person in said Town.
Samuel Gay Justus Ellinwood Warner Hinds
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester. January 9. 1833. Then the above named Samuel Gay, Justus Ellinwood, and Warner Hinds personally appeared and made oath, that the foregoing certificate by them subscribed is true. Taken at the request of the above named Isaac Clark and to be used in an application for a pension under the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 before any Court of Record within and for said County of Worcester. The inconsideration and expense of said Deponents, attending said Court are the cause of taking the above Certificate. And I further certify, that the characters of said Deponents and Applicant for veracity are good, and full credit should be given to their testimony.
Samuel Green, Justice of Peace.
I Daniel Woodward of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, of seventy three years of age do testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Isaac Clark of said Hubbardston, and know that he was a Soldier in the service of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight and belonged to a company at Rutland in said County to guard the Prisoners then in the Barracks there. That I belonged to a Company of guards then previous to his coming there, and my company was dismissed on the first of July of that year. That before my company was dismissed, the said Clark and others from said Hubbardston joined another company and as soon as his Company was formed, my company was dismissed. The said Clark was absent at this time of service from said Hubbardston, I believe six months, as one Ezekiel Pond then of said Hubbardston I know belonged to the same company, and he was absent in the service that time of time. That I live in the neighborhood of said Clark and have ever considered him a man of veracity, and that his declaration under Oath should be entitled to full credit.
Furthermore the Deponent saith not.
Daniel Woodward
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. January 9. 1833. Then the above named
Daniel

Daniel Woodward personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him so Taken at the request of the witness named Isaac Clarke to be used in his Application for a pension under the Act of Congress of the United States, passed June 7. 1832, before any Court of Records within and for said County of Worcester. The expense and inconvenience of the Deponent attending such Court are the cause of taking this Deposition. I further certify that said Deponent is a person of undoubted veracity and his testimony is entitled to full credit. Samuel Swan Justice of the Peace.
Geo Folsom atty.
Isaac Clarke 22214

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 6685.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 27, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of Moses Whiting has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Isaac Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made an application for pension on January 15, 1833, at which time he was 73 years of age and residing at Hubbardston, Mass., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private and sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Jewett and Capt. Joseph Livermore. He enlisted at Hubbardston, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Marianne Clarke,
356 Third Ave., South,
St. Cloud, Minn.

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C. W. 6685.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17, 1896.
Madam:
In response to your request for the military record of Isaac Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on January 15, 1833, at which time he was residing in Hubbardston, Mass., and seventy-three years of age, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private and sergeant in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Jewett and Capt. Joseph Livermore. Enlisted from Hubbardston, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. A. B. Clark, 82 South Walker St., Lowell, Mass.

A
H. Bond Main Dec. 8/99
H. Clay Evans Dear Sir Will you kindly do me the favor to send me a certificate of military service of Lieut. Isaac Clark of Hubbardston Massachusetts in the Revolutionary war - Such certificate to be used by me his grand- daughter in making application papers for

admission to the D. A. E. When send as promptly as possible and greatly oblige
Yours truly Mary Elizabeth (Clarke) Pearle

Dear Sir;
Will you kindly give me a statement of the Military record of Isaac Clark of Hardwick, Mass a soldier of the Revolution .
Very Respectfully,
Isabel S. Clark
Adress
Mrs A. B. Clark
182 South Falken St.
Lowell, Mass.

St Cloud Minn 356 Third Ave South Jan. 16 th 1898
H. Clay Evans Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir,
Kindly send me two (2) certificates of military service of Lieut. Isaac Clark - of Hubbardston, Mass. who served in the Revolutionary War and was a life pensioner. These certificates to be used by Mary Elizabeth (Clark) Searle his grand-daughter, and Marianne Clarke, his great, great grand-daughter in making application for member- -ship to the D. A. R. Also send certificate showing service in Revolutionary War

(if he was a Pioneer) of Moses Whiting of Dedham Mass. the great, great grand- father of Marianne Clarke.
Send to and oblige
Miss
Marianne Clarke.

Soldier pensioned B. Clark, Lowell, W. El.
98. miss - m - St. Cloud. Minn.
29-1900 Heirs to Mrs Elizabeth Clark St Cloud Minn
Ex by Mrs Johnston.
Ray WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6685
Betty Clark "Wid"
Isaac Clark Sergt Rev War
Act: Feb. 27 1855
Index: -Vol. 84 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr! 17/96 Mrs. A. Mans. Jan 27. Clark.
Jay mail May 2

Nov. 17, 1853.
Appl. of Polly Clark, widow of Israel,
Worcester Co.,
15309 Mass.
Act Feb 3 d 1833 Section.
Rev.
Chauncy Wainwright Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 8 th 1853.
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 Isaac Clarke is borne on Muster roll of Capt Simon Hastings (Comp. of Minute men who marched April 19. 1775. 12. days from Huddwick. Also on Muster roll of Peter Woodbury's (Comp. Col. Jacob Gerish's Regt. from July 6 to Nov. 9. 1778. 4 Mos. 4 days as private at Sandwich Also on Muster roll of Capt David Sewell (Comp. Col. Jacob Gerish's Regt. from Nov. 10. to Dec. 12. 1778. 1 month 6 days as private. Also on pay roll of Capt Josiah Simonds (Comp. who served in the Barracks at Rutland from July 1. to Oct. 2. 1779. 3 Mos. And two days as Sgt. Paid Same Dec. 3. 1779. Also on pay roll of Capt Abel Mason (Comp. Col. Jacob Davis Regt. R. Island Service, at Kingston from July 30. 1779. 13 days

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.
E. N. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for a certificate of revolutionary services made by the daughter of the party who tendered the service,
State of Massachusetts County of Norfolk City of Roxbury
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office, of the service of Isaac Clark in the War of the Revolution —
He was a native of the State of Massachusetts in the County of Worcester of said State, He enlisted from the said County in said State — in the year 17 as a in the Company Commanded by Captain
in —
Regiment
and he served as follows
He served during the said War and was in the regular Army, after as an officer —
I wish to learn under what capacity said Isaac Clark served, time and amount of pay per month in each service —
I am now years old and my memory does not enable me to state the service more fully than above stated
Witness my hand the 24 day of November 1853.
Signed in my presence
Roxanna C. Whiting.
Isaac D. Whiting Roxbury. Massachusetts,

Isaac Clark of Worcester Ho Mass was allowed a Pension Under the act of 7 June 1882 at the rate of 30 00 per Annum for his Revolutionary Services. His Pension Commenced March 4 1881 & continued for life -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
Joseph Mason
Clerk of the
Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Seth Caldwell on the nineteenth day of October A.D. 1853 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of Lyman Sibley
hereunto annexed is genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this twenty second day of October , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
J. Mason Clerk.

"Isaac Clark of Hubbardston and Polly Gates of Barre were joined in wedlock by Rev. James Thompson July 15th. 1804".
I Lyman Sibley of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in said town of Barre and that the above is a true copy from the Records of said town. Lyman Sibley
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. October 19th. 1853 Then personally appeared the above named Lyman Sibley, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him — and I further certify that said Sibley is a person of truth and veracity.
Seth Caldwell Justice of the Peace

"Lieut. Isaac Clark a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner died June 11. 1836."
I W m Bennett Jr. of Hubbardston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the said Town of Hubbards- ton, and that the above is a true copy of an extract from the Records of said town
W m Bennett Jr.
State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. October 19. 1833.
Personally appeared the above named W m Bennett Jr. and made oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him, and I hereby certify that the said W m Bennett Jr. is a credible witness
George D. Swan Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George Swan on the nineteenth day of October A.D. 1853 was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of William
Bennett Jr
hereunto annexed
genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Coventry , this twenty second day of October , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
Jo. Mason Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 8 th 1855.
W EREBY CERTIFY, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, Thomas Kinnicutt was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, and that Isaac P. Clark was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, also that Thomas Kinnicutt was Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wren Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Haybury, Norfolk Is Mass June 7. 1855
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Noah H. Clark and that he is a credible person, and have been acquainted with the claimant Polly Clark about thirty years and she is the person she represents herself to be and the widow of my Grandfather Isaac Clark who drew a pension as within stated, and further that I have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application.
Isaac P. Clark Justice of the Peace

To the Honorable, Commissioner of Pensions
The memorial of the undersigned, the Widow of the late Isaac Clark who was a sergeant in the "War of the Revolution" and received a Pension from this Honorable Government at the date of his death June 11 th 1836 under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate of 35 $ per annum for Nine months services viz. Six months in Capt Woodburys Company as Private, and Three months service in Capt Livermores Company as Sergeant, which was the amount awarded to him according to his term of service "bearing such proportion to the annuity granted to the same rank for the service of Two Years as his term of service did to the term aforesaid" commencing at the 4 th of March 1831.
Your memorialist is now receiving a Pension under the Act of 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to all Widows of Officers, Soldiers & c who served Six Months during the War of the Revolution and who were married subsequent to January A.D. 1800, at the same rate, and believing that her proportion, as well as the amount he drew from the 4 th March 1831, up to the date of his death 11 th June 1836, viz 35 $ per annum is not enough pro rata according to his rank of service, prays that a reexamination may be made, and any arrearages now due said Isaac Clark (deceased) or herself may be paid to her. Also your memorialist annexes, Record, evidence herewith, that her late Husband Isaac Clark served in addition, to the service already proved and on record in the Pension Office, a prior service in the War of the Revolution of Two months and seven days, and which is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Christopher Bannisters Co. Col. Weeks Reg't as a Private.

from May 8. 1777, "and probably under a warrant of three months service", the pay roll not complete, and now on file in the Archives of this State, and your memorialist prays, that her present pension may be increased for the greater amount of the term of service proved, and the further amount of arrearages that may be due him, her deceased Husband Isaac Clark from the 4 th of March 1831 to the date of his death June 11 th 1836 for the said increase of service.
Your Memorialist further claims the benefit of the act of March 3 rd 1855 under section 8 th granting bounty lands to certain Officers and soldiers, who have been engaged in the military service of the United States &c. and prays that a warrant or certificate may be executed to her for One Hundred & Fifty acres of Land agreeably to said bounty act. and your memorialist says she has never received any bounty of Land from this Honorable Government for the services of her deceased Husband Isaac Clark, and neither does she know, or believe, that the said Isaac Clark ever received any portion of bounty Land from this Honorable Government for his services aforesaid. and prays that the evidence of service herewith, and that on file in the Pension Office granting him a Pension aforesaid, and your memorialist a subsequent pension aforesaid, may be used as the evidence of your memorialist under the said "bounty act". and your memorialist says, she is still a Widow and has remained as such since the decease of said Isaac Clark.
Hubbardston Worcester County State of Massachusetts, April 23 rd 1855
Mary Clark

We, Nathaniel Holland of Barn in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & Noah A Clark of Hubbardston in said County, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged in our presence, & that we know that Polly Clark is the person who represents herself to be, from an acquaintance with her of more than twenty years -
Nathaniel Holland Noah A Clark
Probate Court Worcester ss. May 18. 1855. } The foregoing declaration or statement and affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before me in open Court this day, & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, & that the claimant is the person who represents herself to be, & that I have no interest in the result of the above application. -
Rev. Simon Nichols Judge of Probate District of the Pines.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
June 5. 1857 .
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 Isaac Clark is borne on a payroll of Capt. Christopher Banister's Co. Col. Weeks' Regt. as a private, from May 8. 1777. 2 mo. 7 d. from Worcester Co.
On muster rolls of Capt. Peter Woodbury's Co. Col. Tyler's or Gerrish Regt. of guards, from July 6. 1778. 5 mos. 10 days. roll dated at Lancaster, service appears to have been at Rutland. rank not stated, wages £5 pr. mo.
On a pay roll of Capt. Joseph Livermore's Co. of guards at the barracks in Rutland, as a Sergeant, from July 1. 1779. 3 months 2 days. at £13 pr. month.
2 mo 7 dy 5 " 10 " 3 " 2 " 10 " 19 dy

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.
Francis Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Grandson of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts County of Suffolk Town of Boston
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Isaac Clark in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Hunhington in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of _____ in the County of _____ and State of _____ in the year 17 _____ as a _____ in the Company commanded by Captain _____ in _____ Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
He served through out the War and was in regular army after as an Officer
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served.

Just Rhea made what capacity said Grace Clark served - time - and amount pay per month in each service
I am now                      years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this 21 st day of May A. D. 1847
Signed by said in my presence,
John D. Lord } JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. County of Suffolk
Grace S. Clark No 113 Washington St Boston

Boston May 12 th 1851
Sir
Will you please inform me under what acts, Isaac Clark of Haverston Worcester County Massachusetts (deceased) in 1836) drew a pension - & for what services - what amount he drew per annum & when he commenced drawing said pensions - Your reply will very much oblige
Yours S ir &c
Isaac Clark was a Revolutionary Pensioner
Isaac S. Clark
113 Washington St
To the Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington D.C.