Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1976, Samuel Clark, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Clark, Samuel Hannah
NUMBER
P 1976
CONTENTS
Res. at enl. Middletown Conn. d. at Lenox, Berkshire Co. Mass Dec. 29, 1829 -
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I Jonathan Clark of Holland in the County of Hampshire aged Eighty one years testify & say that Samuel Clark late of Lenox in the County of Berkshire deceased was a brother of mine I lived in the time of the Revolutionary War in Middletown Connecticut where my brother lived at the time of his enlistment as a soldier in the War of the Revolution I know of his being in the service of the United States about the year 1777 should think he commenced his term of service early in the year 1777 how long he continued in the service as a soldier I cannot state - My brother Samuel Clark married Hannah Way who then lived in Middletown Connect- icut I was present at the Marriage - soon after the Marriage the said Samuel & his wife moved to Lenox in the County of Berkshire where they lived together until the death of my brother who died about nine or ten years ago in Lenox his widow the said Hannah has remained a widow since his decease & now lives in said Lenox -
Jonathan Clark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss July 27 th 1839
Then the said Jonathan Clark made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed and I certify that I am acquainted with the said Jonathan & that he is a credible witness
Before me Lester F. Folsom Notary Public
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire do certify that

Ister Gilly Esqr. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice of the Peace within the said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate of oath is his genu- ine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty nine.
Henry W. Bishop Regr. Probate
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V. H. Clark 5922
Hannah Clark widow of Sam!
(Mass.)
Act 7. July 38.
1976

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. On this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Hon William P. Walker, Judge of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid Hannah Clark, a resident of Brimfield in the said County of Berkshire, aged Eighty three years who, being first duly sworn, at her place of residence (she being unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity) according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows!" That she is the Widow of Samuel Clark late of said Brimfield deceased, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution: She cannot state particularly the details of his services, as they took place prior to their marriage, but for proof thereof she refers to the accompanying documents & dispositions which contain the details of his said services. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Clark on the eleventh day of November Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, at Meriden in the State of Con- necticut, at her father's house, by the Rev. John Hubbard, who was the Presbyterian Clergyman settled in the Parish of Walling- ford in said Town. Her maiden name was Hannah Way. She is unable to find any record evidence of their marriage, but refers to the accompanying dispositions of persons who were present when the ceremony was performed. Her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Clark died, at said Brimfield on the

Twenty ninth day of December Eighteen hun- dred and twenty nine: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place pre- vious to the first of January Eighteen hundred and thirty four, viz: at the time alone I stated, she has not intermarried since his deaths, but still continues his on the day and year above } Widow written before me } Hannah X Clark maid.
William P. Walker Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Henry M. Bishop. Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Judge of said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Clark for a pension. That the Hon. William P. Walker is the Judge of said Court, duly com- missioned and qualified and that the annexed signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. Henry M. Bishop. Register Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss
On this fourth day of February A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty one, personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate Joseph H. Clark a Resident of Lenox in the County of Berkshire & State aforesaid, aged Sixty Six years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, on his oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain (for himself & the other Children of Hannah Clark late of Lenox Deceased, who was the Widow of Samuel Clark, deceased) the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows, — That the said Joseph Clark, Catharine Hower the Wife of Benjamin Hower, Olive Babcock the Wife of Joseph Babcock all of Lenox Berkshire County Mass. and Eunice Hinckley the Wife of Thomas Hinckley of Poughkeepsie County New York, The above named are the only Children now living of the said Hannah Clark late of S d Lenox deceased, who died on the 27 th day of December 1837 and who was the Widow of Samuel Clark late of S d Lenox, deceased, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and Enlisted from Middletown, Connecticut, in the Company commanded by Captain Riley and Colonel Matthew Talcott in May 1 st 1775 and served till the last of July making three Months when he was discharged in the town Brookline Long Island, And he Enlisted again in July 1776 from the Town of Middletown under Captain Jonathan Johnson, and Colonel Roodley, That he continued to serve in the United States Service until about the first of December when he

taken prisoner at Fort Washington where he remained a prisoner as he thinks between one and two years and that he would have escaped from them as he thinks, but may have remained longer in Prison than the time above specified at all events he staid till most of his Comrades were Poisoned and starved to death by the British before he got exchanged. The said Samuel Clark died December 31 st 1829 and before his death in the A.D. 1818 he made a Declaration setting forth the facts in the case & that he was poor and in need of assistance from his Country &c. The said Hannah Clark made a Declaration in 1838 or 39 and in that Declaration she set forth the time of her Marriage which is on file in the War Department which this declaration refers to for the particulars of her Marriage.
Subscribed & sworn to,
Joseph M Clark
Daniel S Dewey, Judge of Probate.

REJECTED
1.976
O.
Hannah Clark
Service: Samuel
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: The printed list of 185-2 gives cause of
re-enlisted: suspension as:
"Proof of identity by a recital of the officers under which he served to distinguish him
Attorney: among six
P. O. Samuel Clarkes
of the Connecticut Line "
Recognized.
Cor
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
1

Comptroller Office Hartford July 13 1839
I Certify that On Application for evidence of the services of Samuel Clark I have examined the Records of settlement made with the Connecticut Line, of the Continental Army, and find his name in a settlement with the 3 rd Connecticut Regt Samuel Wyllys Esq Colonel before January 1780 where he is entered as a private and commenced service Feb 22 1777 time of settlement Aug 1 1780 having served Two Years Ten Months & Seven days, — A. 10.7
Henry Kirkbride Comptroller
  Col Holmy 1 Regt  Saml Clark  — Corp - 10 Jan'y 79. 3 years    Richard " "  "  Sergt 20 " "    Belcher " "  "  prv - 12 May 77 "    Lacy Bradley " "  "  " 8 Feb'y 77. War &    Child " "  "  was priv? ret'd & deserted    Don Mays " "  "  prv 29 Feb'y 77. 3 yrs. disch Jan'y 79     "  " 2 May 77. 3 yrs.  

I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Benajah Andrews Esq.
and for more than ten days last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certifi- cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Andrews
in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 16th day
of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
And I certify that the signature of said Andrews hereunto annexed is genuine.
R. R. Hinman
Secretary.

I hereby certify that I have examined the records of this office and do not find any records of marriage recorded between Daniel Clark and Hannah Gray -
Henry A Cooke
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } I Henry A Cooke } above named depose and say that I hold the office of Assistant Town Clerk in the county, town, and state aforesaid and that the above is a true statement.
Henry A Cooke Assistant Clerk of the Town of Wallingford -
Sworn before me
Elisha M Pomeroy Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Probate District of New Haven County } Wallingford
I Ebenezer H. Root, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford, hereby certify that Elisha M. Pomeroy, Esq. whose name is subscribed to the above deposition, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven, duly commissioned & sworn, & that his signature thereto is in his original genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this Court this 15th day of July A.D. 1839
Ebenezer H Root Wallingford Probate Court

1 I, Eunice Day of Meriden in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years, depose here that I was married on the twenty eighth day of December Seven hundred & eighty; and Samuel Clark and Hannah Day were married one year after that; I was present at the marriage; and why I know the time of their marriage is that I lived in the house with the said Hannah at the time of the marriage with said Clark the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Hubbell the regular clergy man of the Presbyterian Society in Meriden, then a Parish of Walling- ford and further say not. Signed in presence of Joseph M. Clark Benjamin Andrews here Eunice Day mark
State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss. Meriden On this 15 th day of July A.D. 1839- personally appeared Eunice Day and made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me subscribed, and testify that the Deposition is a credible juron - Before me Benjamin Andrews Justice of Peace

Abner Day of Meriden in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut aged eighty six years, do hereby certify that I was present at the marriage of Samuel Clark & Hannah Day; they were married at my Father's House in Meriden (then) at Parish of Wallingford, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one; the marriage was performed by the Rev. John Hubbard, then the Clergyman of the Presbyterian Society in said Meriden and further the deponent saith and signed in presence of ——— Abner Day Joseph W. Clark Benedict Andrews
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } ss Meriden
On this 15 th day of July A.D. 1839 personally appeared Abner Day and made solemn oaths to the truth of the facts in the above Depositions by him subscribed, and certify that the said Abner Day is a credible person Before me ——— Benedict Andrews Justice of Peace

I Sumner Bush of Meriden in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut of lawful age, depose & say, that I am the Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in Meriden and the Keeper of the marriage Records, kept by the Rev. John Hubbard late Pastor of said Church, and have carefully examined said Marriage Record to find the marriage of Samuel Clark, and Hannah Day and can find no Record of their marriage and I untruthfully say there is no record of their marriage on said Church Records.
Sumner Bush Clerk
State of Connecticut } New Haven County } ss Meriden
On this 15 th day of July A.D. 1839, Personally appeared Sumner Bush, and made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the above Deposition. He here subscribed, and Certifies that the said Sumner Bush is the Clerk as above said, and that he is a credible Juror.
Before me Benjamin Andrews Justices of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I Joseph B. Clark of Brewster in Berkshire County & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid, aged fifty four years, do testify that I am the Son of Samuel Clark late of a d Brewster, deceased & Hannah Clark his Widow; that I was present at the time of his death, which took place in a d Brewster aforesaid on the twenty ninth day of December eighteen hundred and thirty nine, and attended his funeral, and that the said Hannah Clark has not intermarried since his death but still continues the Widow of the said Samuel Clark, deceased, and further I say not. The word "thirty" being first erased. Joseph B. Clark
Berkshire ss. July 29 th 1839. Then the above named Joseph B. Clark say  being  induced made on oath the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed before me. And I certify that I am well acquainted with said Samuel Joseph B. Clark & that he is a man of truth and a credible witness. The word "by him subscribed" & the word "Samuel" being first erased. Geo. S. Ficklin, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry M. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire do certify that George S. Ficklin Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition was taken was at the time of the taking thereof a Justice

of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified. And that the signature subscribed to the foregoing certificate of oath purporting to be his is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this seventh day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine. Henry W. Bishop Reg d Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Daniel N Dewey judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Berkshire hereby certify that at a court of Probate held at Lenox in said County on the 7 th day of February A.D. 1851. it was proved to the satisfaction of said court that Hannah Clark, the Widow Samuel Clark late of Lenox Massachusetts, died on the 29 th day of December A.D. 1839, and that the fol- lowing are the only children now living namely Joseph Clark, Catherine Hawes, Olive Babcock and Eunice Hinckley of Panama in the County of Chautauque County and State of New York. The above named are the only children now living of the said Hannah Clark late of said Lenox deceased,
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the said Court this
Daniel N. Dewey Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss
on this first day of February A.D. 1857. personally appeared before me William S. Tucker a justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Chauncy Isbell of Lenox who being duly sworn according to Law, on his oath without he is forty five years of age; That he was well acquainted with Samuel Clark and Hannah Clark his Widow in their life time, and his family; The s d Samuel Clark died December 31 st A.D. 1829, - and his Widow Hannah, died December 29 th A.D. 1839, - he was not present at her death but attended her funeral which took place in a day or two after her death; The said Hannah Clark left the following named Children at the time of her death, to wit, Joseph; Catherine, Oliver and Eunice, The above named are all the children now living as he verily believes
Chauncy Isbell Pittsfield February 1. 1857. Then Chauncy Isbell affirmed and made oath to the truth of the above named Affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Wm S. Tucker Justice of the Peace I certify that the said Chauncy Isbell is a Credible Witness.
Wm S. Tucker Justice of the Peace

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maps, —
Requested  Deserted
Maps: Rolls, Bradley's PR
act- 7- July, 38

J. B. Edwards Esq
Sir,
Enclosed I forward the Prussian Declarations of Mrs Esther Clark, and Mrs Hannah Clark. — The result please communicate to me.
Very Resp y Yrs
Geo. S. Tucker
Conway, Berks. Co.,
Mps. Augt. 8.
1839.

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Mass.
Aug 12.
July 7. 1838
Hannah Clark
Miss Samuel
Esther Clark
Miss Samuel
J. B. Colburn Esq.
Committee on Business
Station Office
Washington.
FREE

See rolls of Capt Lacy's Company for 1778
and the Major's Company for 1779-
for March 1779
"bick at — since Mar 25-
for April "deserted Mar 25th".

Boston, June 1, 1854
This may certify to all whom it may concern, that in the 15 th volume and document No 87 of the Trumbull Papers, in the Massachusetts Historical Society Library, there is the following record; namely; — The petition of New Haven Committee to Governor Trumbull, dated Sept 1, 1781, that he would use his endeavors for the release of the subsequent prisoners, taken from their Town by a British force, — to wit;
corp t N t Timberley Samuel Clark Thomas Beenham Deliverance Painter David Crowbridge Samuel Crowbridge James Alling David Johnson Thaddeus Smith Andrew Smith Alling Smith, all of whom were soldiers in State Service according to the aforesaid document.
Witness my hand, Joseph B. Felt Librarian.

Commonwealth of 2 District Massachusetts, Suffolk ss. June 1. A.D. 1887. Then personally appeared the said Joseph B. Holt made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me.
Elias Merrill
U. S. Commissioner for Mass District.
Journal Charge

I John M. Brewster of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Clark late of Lenox in said County & State aforesaid in his lifetime and frequently called at his Residence & more particularly in his last sick- ness I attended upon him; and at different times I have heard him say he was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and that he served from Middletown in the state of Connecticut, and that he was taken Prisoner by the British and carried to New York and kept for a long length of time by the British either on board of the Prison Ship or in the Sugar-house so called, and whilst there his Comrades some of them were starved & poisoned to death, and he was poisoned with the others and said poison remained in his system to all appearances to his death, and in my opinion with many others that was the main cause of his death  long indisposition before his death which took place about the year 1829.
John M. Brewster M.D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. June 10. 1834.
Then personally appeared the within John M. Brewster the signer of the within instrument and made oath that the same is true, and the said John M. Brewster is a credible witness, and I certify that the words, "long indisposition before his death" were inserted before signing.
Before me Lorenzo H. Gannett Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, CHARLES SEDGWICK, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Lorenzo H. Garriwell Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth,
and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Garriwell and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

J Hannah Clark
Map ous 38
Cal

Washington.
13 July 1857
Sir,
Enclosed I have the honour of presenting to you additional evidence in support of the claim of Hannah Clark widow of Samuel, under the act 7 July 1838.
Respectfully Francis A. Dickinson.
To The
Commissioner of Pensions.

W. H. Dickens
July 15/74

207 Pension Office July 15, 1854
Sir
The additional proofs in support of the claim of Hannah Clark, deceased, widow of Samuel, of Mass., under the act of July 7, 1838, have been examined.
The Samuel Clark mentioned by Dr Brewster in his affidavit, and whose services and imprisonment are set forth in the declaration of his son, Joseph R. Clark, made in February 1851, as having served in Col Bradley's regiment of the St Line, appears on the muster rolls of that regiment to have deserted the service March 25 th 1779. It appears from the rolls that he was sick most of the time after his imprisonment, and at the time he was entered as deserted; and it is not improbable that his sickness rendered him unable to return to duty. The entry of "deserted", on the rolls, is fatal to the claim; and it is rejected.
F. A. Dickinson Esq Present.

War Dep
Per: H
Sep 30 38
Sir
The claim of Mrs Esther Clark R1973 widow of Comfort Clark due under the act of 7 July 38 has been examined and disallowed - That act provides those only who were at the date of its enactment the widows of deceased officers or soldiers and it appears that her late husband died within the present.
In the case of Mrs Hannah Clark no service is set forth either in her declaration or the depositions of her witnesses as the regulations require - The certificate of the Compt. avails nothing since there are 6 Saml. Clarks among the 3 years & War's men of the Conn t Line - she cannot claim service merely on the ground that it is credited to one bearing the name of her

late husband. She must show by satisfactory proof , in what company & regt her late husband served and he can be easily identified by the company & regimental rolls in this office.
The date of the marriage or the relation of husband & wife prior to Jan'y 94 should be proved by that grade of evidence which the records of towns, churches & families almost universally afford.
Geo. J. Tucker Sept 30-39
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Geo. J. Tucker Esq. Lenox Mass.