Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10453, Jacob Clark, Conn.

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S. 10453
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Connecticut 9452.
Jacob Clark
Lebanon in the State of Conn. who was a Sifer in the Company commanded by Captain J. Clark of the Regt. commanded by Col. Putnam in the Conn. line for
Sifer 21. months
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 77. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of May 1833. and delivered John Fowler, present,
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 154. 00. Pens-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 38. 50
$ 192. 50.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Francis Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 d Page 7

State of Connecticut New London County } ss. Lebanon Private District
On this 30 th of July 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before Deacon Nathaniel Ingalls Judge of Probate in said District now sitting, Jacob Clark a resident in Lebanon in the County & State aforesaid, aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. (Viz) that he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers & served as herein stated, on or about 1 st day of April 1775. I Enlisted as a piper into a Company of Connecticut State Troops raised by authority of the State of Connecticut, under (my father) Capt. James Clark, then of Lebanon (late Col. Jas Clark. Sen r ). James Clark after was Col. David Fielden 1 st Lieut. Andrew Fitch 2 nd Lieut. and Bill Ensign after the Company were raised & Equipped, we were ordered to March immediately to Cambridge in Massachusetts - We March thro' Pom- -pet in Connecticut on the most direct road to Boston, & arrived at said Cambridge in about six days after we began our March, from Leba- -non; we were stationed at said Cambridge with the Regiment to which the Company were attached, the Reg t was called Putnam's Regiment. Gen d Israel Putnam then acted as our Col o no other was then appointed. Experience Storrs was 1 st Col o John Durkee was Major - We were stationed at said Cambridge till the Battle of Bunker's Hill which was fought on 17 th June 1775, I was in the Battle, on the left of the Redoubt. Capt. Knowl- -ton commanded the detachment I belonged to, he was afterwards Col o Knowl- -ton was killed at Haerlem Heights near New York; Gen d Putnam com- -manded all the Connecticut forces, & in the Battle. Gen d Artemas Ward was Commander in Chief. but was not in the action - Our party, which consisted of three Companies (Viz) Capt. Knowlton, after - Capt. Coit of New Lon- -don, & my father's we made a Breastwork of two Rail fences placed near each other & the space between was filled with new Mower grass, which then laid on the ground, after the action, the Company was again sta- -tioned at Cambridge, till we were discharged which was on (or near) 1 st Dec 1775

On the 1 st day of Jan y 1776 (if I recollect right) I Enlisted into a Company of Connecticut Militia as a fifer for four Months. Under Capt Jeremiah Mason of Lebanon (late Col o Mason's) Andrew Waterman 1 st Lieut Elias Bliss 2 nd Lieut & Thos Bille Ensign, the Company were ordered to Rendezvous at Windham in Connecticut, & early in Feb y 1776 we March d from S d Windham to Brooklyn in Massachusetts (near Boston) we were stationed all the while (until the British evacuated Boston) at S d Brooklyn. The Enemy evacuated Boston (if I remember right) in March 1776, after that we were stationed in Dorchester, & on the last of Apr il 1776 we were discharged.
In the Month of July 1776. about the 15 th day I volunteered as a fifer in a Company of Volunteers, commanded by Capt o Walter Hyde, Lieut o Fuller was Lieut o & John Vaughan was Ensign. The Company were raised in Lebanon great haste & March d to defend New York, we Rendezvoused at New London, from there we sailed to Milford in Conn t but the superior force of the Enemy in the Sound; obliged us to land at said Milford, from there we March d thro' Fairfield County, in Conn t to New York on the Sea Shore Road, when in the City, we were ordered to Join, Genl Putnam's Division; we remained in New York until Genl Washington ordered the City to be evacuated. We Retreated off York Island, under Genl Putnam's command, with difficulty; but made good our Retreat - while in New York our Capt o Hyde, died I was discharged the middle of Dec r 1776, as near as I now recollect.
On 1 st Jan y 1777 immediately after retiring from last Campaign I Enlisted as a fifer, into a Company of Connecticut Militia. Under Capt o W m Huntington. And o Huntington was Lieut. Josiah Buel Ensign, we were ordered immediately to Fort Griswold in Groton Conn t where we were stationed all the time, under the command of Col o W m Sedg o and who was afterwards killed in the fort; & did Garrison Duty until we were discharged, which was on 1 st May 1777 - I did no further duty except at New London when it was burnt by Arnold, - I know of no person living who served with me at Brooklyn, or at New London - but Iabez Clark of Windham Conn t & Jas. F. Mason of Lebanon knew of my services in S d Fort & W m Asahel Gay of Lebanon knew of my serving at New London but neither of them served with me - their Depositions I herewith transmit.

 Transmit I have no documentary Evidence, my Discharges are lost, not thinking them of any value I took no special care of them - The Evidence of My services I herewith Transmit the whole time I served was one Year nine Months - I was a fifer, during all the Four I performed; I was then in Lebanon as recorded on the 27 th of Jan'y 1759, have always lived in S d Leba- non where I now reside, I have no record of my age, my father always informed me My birth day, was on 27 th of Jan'y 1759 as aforesaid - amongst my fathers Pa- pers I found an old Receipt that was dated 25 th May 1775. which I herewith Transmit, it was for our Bounty or first Months pay - it is signed by more or all of his Company that were in the Battle of Bunker's Hill, all but about eight or nine are dead I am well acquainted with the Rev d Edward Bull of Lebanon a Clergyman & to W m Williams of S d Lebanon I am also acquainted with Rev d Strong Esq. of Haddam & John Grafton Esq. of Lebanon.  I hereby request my commission I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pensioned roll of the agency of any State known to me and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Jacob Colarth ce

Rev. Edward Bull a clergyman residing in the town and district of Lebanon aforesaid and William J Williams residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted with Isaac Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a sol- dier of the revolutionary war that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edward Bull W Williams
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the Court depart- ing that the above new applicant was a re- volutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to said Court that Edward Bull who has signed the preceding certifi- cate is a clergyman residing in said Lebanon and that William J Williams Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in said town and district of Lebanon and is a cred- ible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I John Nettles Clerk Pro Tem of the Court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application application of Isaac Clark for a pension by testimony of his friends who were present at the time and place of the said proceedings. John Nettles Clerk Pro Tem

State of Connecticut } New London County } ss t Lebanon
On this 22 nd day of April 1833 - personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in S p s o County & Notary Publick, in S p s o State of Connecticut - Jacob Clark a resident in S p Lebanon, who being duly sworn, Deposeth, & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his Recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below - and in the following grades. viz for Eight Months I served as a fifer in Capt Jas. Clark's Company of Connecticut State Troops - For four Months I served in Capt Jeremiah Mason's Company of Connecticut Militia, as a fifer - For five Months I served, as a fifer, in Capt Walter Ayres Company of Volunteers - the Company was accepted by the State of Connecticut, & served there as Aquis - for four Months I served in Capt William Huntington's Company of Connecticut Militia, as a fifer. The whole term of time was, one Year & Nine Months ; as a Musician, during all the time as aforesaid, for which services I claim a pension
Jacob Clark
State of Connecticut } New London County } ss t
On the Day of the Year last April Jacob Clark afore-mentioned personally appeared before me & made solemn oath to the truth of the above. Attest W. Williams, Just Peace & Notary Public

I Zaber Clark of Windham in Windham County and State of Connecticut Aged Seventy Nine Years, first being sworn as the Law Directs. do on my Oath testify & say that I am well acquainted with Isaac Clark then & now of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut. (my native place was Lebanon Agra where I lived until the year 1777. when I joined the Continental Army at Peeks Kill & continued with the Army until the year 1782) since then I have lived in said Windham. In the summer of 1775. about one fort night before the Battle of Bunker's Hill, I was at Cambridge in Massachusetts, I was requested by Col. Joseph Trumbull then Commissions General of the Army, to go to Cambridge with him - at the time I was at Cambridge Agra - My Uncle the late Col. James Clark now deceased, was then a Captain at Cambridge & I well recollect seeing his son Isaac Clark, at Cambridge with his father's Company at that time - I know, Isaac was there was informed by his father that in 1775 Isaac was in the Battle of Bunker's Hill, he continued with the Army at Cambridge till his father returned from the Can- -hans. The time I do not recollect - I also further say that I belonged to a Company of Volunteers in Lebanon in the Month of July 1776. I recollect that

That P. Lord took my place in P. Company, as a Volunteer, & I gave him a knapsack, I had prepared for myself - The reason of my remaining, was, I was engaged in the manu- facture of Walt Peter - & as I was well acquainted with the process: I remained at home, as P. Lord volunteered in my room, Capt Walter Hyde was Capt of P. Company Sam Fuller was Lt. and Vandyke was Ensign of P. Company. P. Lord & I staid with the troops til they were discharged. P. Walter Hyde died at New York, when P. Company marched - the length of time P. Lord staid was about four months, but I am not certain as to the time - as to the time, but believe it as I state - as to P. Lord or the others I was about & am { of within said list not acquainted with them yet by hearsay }
Saber Clark
State of Connecticut } ss - Windham County }
On the 16 th Day of April A D 1833 Saber Clark Esq. the Within Deponent personally appeared before me, & made solemn oaths to the truth of the deposition by him subscribed - & I do certify that the P. Saber Clark Esq. is well known to me & that he is a man of truth & veracity and a credible witness
Sworn to the day & year last aforesaid In testimony I have here to set my hand this 16 th day of April
W. Mathews Noty Publick in the P. State of Connecticut

Reuben
10453
INVALID.
File No. 10453
Jacob Clark Lila Reuben
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 69
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Copy of Appointment of W m Williams as a Just Peace & Noty Publick in & for the State of Connecticut

I, THOMAS DAY , 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 William T. Williams, Esquire, is, and for more than one year last past, has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of New London in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn; also a Notary Public, residing at Lebanon in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn;
and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Williams, in said capacities, 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 twenty-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty thirty-three.
Thomas Day

I James Fitch Mason of Lebanon in the County of New London & State of Connecticut aged seventy two years. being sworn first according to Law. Do on oath Testify & say, that I am the son of the late Col o Jeremiah Mason late of Lebanon Dec d , that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War. my father was a Captain, & as such commanded a Company of Connecticut Militia; And the Waterman, then of said Lebanon (but since Dec d .) was 1 st Lieut. Elias Bliss also then of Lebanon was 2 nd Lieut. & a Mr. Biles Ensign, his first name I have forgotten — The Com- pany was raised in Lebanon & was a Company of Con- necticut Militia: The Company March d for Boston & were stationed at Brooklyn near Boston as I have heard my father often say — I went with the Company as far as Milford in Connecticut, where the Company rendezvoused. When the Company were Collected. I went about one mile with the Company & then returned home by my father's order. I was then about fifteen years of age. & my business was to take back one of my father's horses — I will Recollect, that Jacob Clark then & now of Lebanon commanded one of the Company — he was a fifer; there were two fi- — fers. The other fifer was Simon Gray, (I pay it was dead.) so Jacob Clark marched with the Company. I will Recollect the time the Company marched from Milford was in Feby 1776. What length of time so Jacob enlisted for, I know not; as I did not belong to the Company. James F. Mason

State of Connecticut New London County } ss
On the 20 th day of April 1899 - James Fitch Mason the within Deponent personally appeared before me & made Oath to the truth of the within Deposition by him subscribed - & I do Certify that I am well acquainted with said Jas. F. Mason & that he is a Man of truth & veracity, & a Credible Witness
In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the day & year last aforesaid
W. Williams Notary Public in & for the State of Connecticut

I reach William of Lebanon in New London County & State of Connecticut do testify & say, first being duly sworn, & on oath — making oath before that in July 1776 I was for Capt. James Clark (late Col. James Clark Col.) & while I was at S d place, Clark, his son Jacob Clark now living at Lebanon named to New York in a company commanded by Capt. Walter Hyde of S d Lebanon now deceased. S d Clark was a s r in S d Co. I was down at New York in Sept following as a soldier, in Capt. Andrew Waterbury's company — & saw said Jacob at a place called Valentines hill or called some miles from Kings Bridge. How long said Jacob Clark staid I do not know, as I did not see S d Jacob after Sept. after —  Yours the faith not
Vease Williams
State of Connecticut } ss New London County }
On this 30 th July 1832 Vease Williams Afor d personally appeared before me & made oath that the above deposition to him subscribed contains the truth, taken at request of Jacob Clark. to be improved before the Hon ble Lewis C. G. S. as war in S d Jacob Clark's application for a pension. Before me W t Williams Not Public in & for S d County & State

State of Vermont New London County }
I hereby that I am well acquainted with the within named Frank Williams and know him to be a man of truth & integrity & a reliable
Witness P attit Williamstown Feb 18th

Jacob Clark's Application for a Pension
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Annatut Musician - Fifer - 21 months Canat Line
Dr. Fowler Esq. 2 d Pension

I Gary Pratt now of the City of Washington but formerly the Town of Lebanon now in Rockland County & State of Connecticut do hereby first swear according to Law on oath testify I say that on or about the 20 th of April 1775 I enlisted into a Company under the Command of Capt James Clark (late Col James Clark of Lebanon Co) & was in said Company all the time the said Company was stationed at Cambridge & Roxbury Massachusetts, I was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, & when I was in said Company I will remember a soldier in said Company by the name of Jacob Clark a fifer in said Company. He was the son of said Capt James Clark of said - said Jacob Clark was in said Company all the while I was there, & we were discharged in the month of Dec r 1775, I have seen said Clark this day, & recognize him to be the same Jacob Clark that was with me at the Battle of Bunker Hill, I saw him frequently at Lebanon after said Battle, but have not seen him for many years last past until this day.
Gary Pratt
I the said Gary Pratt do on oath further testify & say that while I was stationed at Cambridge & Roxbury April - I will recollect that I saw at Roxbury a person Gary of Lebanon in said State of Connecticut said Mr Gary was of the Town of Lebanon said, & belonged to Capt John Ripley's Company & was a drummer in said Company, but did not belong to the Company I did, but being of the same town I will remember him. I was acquainted with him & further saith not
Gary Pratt

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss
On this 16 th day of July 1832 personally appears before me the within named Gary Pratt (now in Lebanon in said County & State aforesaid) (but a Resident in the City of Washington) Who being first Duly Sworn made Oath, that the within Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth, (the said Gary Pratt was unknown to me, but was on said day recognized by a Member of the Revolutionary Soldier then present with said Gary, then present at my office in said Lebanon in said County & State April 1 st 1832) said soldier recognized said Gary Pratt as their old acquaintance & fellow soldier in the Revolutionary War.
Given under my hand this day of year last aforesaid Before me William D. Pease in & for said County & State & notary Public in & for said State of Connecticut
In the Am d Lewis cap. Supt at War
The within Deposition of Gary Pratt within named was taken on April 1 st at the request of Jacob Clark of said Lebanon & Asahel Gay also of said Lebanon to be used before the War Department in the application of said Jacob Clark & Asahel Gay for Pensions After W m Pease

I Asahel Gay of Lebanon in New London County & State of Connecticut, being first duly sworn do on Oath testify I say that about the 1 st May 1775 I Enlisted for Six Months in Capt John Ripley's Company (late May 1775) (see Ripley's order) I marched to Cambridge in Mass ts with the Col o - I was Six Months in the Col o - I did not know where the Col o was located at the Post the head Quarters of the Reg t - I believe the Col o was at Roxbury Mass ts - I will remember that Dea o Clark (son of Capt James Clark) was a fifer in his father's Company, Bro Roger Strong was also a fifer in the same Company, they were both boys about Seventeen years of age - I have always been and am now, a near neighbor to the Dea o Clark I marched to Cambridge, about the same time I did, I came from Roxbury in Dec r 1775, at that time I was discharged - when I came away the Dea o Clark still remained at Cambridge, how long he staid after I came away I do not know -
I also further testify I say that in May 1776 I Enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt James Clark for Six Months, the Company went to New London & sailed from thence to New York - Dea o Clark also, Lebanon in July 1776, came down to New York in Capt Walter Hyde's Company of Connecticut Militia. Dea o Clark was
there

Then a fiper in s p Hydes company - s p Capt Walter Hyde also from s p Lebanon County. s p Jacob Clark had been from s p Capt Hyde to visit his father and at that time I saw him, I continued in the service seven months, s p Jacob, about four months, in this Fort of Duty - I further I do not remember, & I also well re- member that s p Jacob Clark performed a tour of duty at New London, under Capt W m Huntington,
Asahel Gay
State of Connecticut } New London County }
On the 30 th of July 1832 Asahel Gay being personally appeared before me & made oath first being sworn according to law that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth Taken to be true before me the Hon Lewis Cap S p at New in Jacob Clark Application for a Pension & Certify that s p Asahel is a credible witness sworn to before me
William Smith Notary Public in & for s p County of Hartford
I also Certify that I am well acquainted with Asahel Gay the above deponent & do certify that he is a man of truth & veracity & a credible witness Attest W m Smith Notary Public in & for s p State

City, County, and State of New York } ss. Roger Strong of said City, Counsellor at Law, Maketh Oath and saith, that he is a native of the Town of Lebanon, New London, (late Windham) County, and State of Connecticut, now in the seventy first year of his Age — This Deponent further saith that in April Seventeen hundred and seventy five, at the commencement of the War, of the American Revolution, at Lexington, this Deponent, entered the American Army of that time, as a Musician, in Captain James Clark's Company, in a Regiment commanded by Col: John Durkee, (called Putnam's) Regi- ment. — That Jacob Clark, a son of the said Captain, then and now belonging to the said Town of Lebanon, entered the said Army in said Company and Regiment as a Musician also, and continued to serve, together with this Deponent as Musicians in said Company and Regiment, from about the twentieth of April, Seventeen hun- dred and seventy five, until the first of January Seventeen hundred and seventy six. That shortly after Deponent entered said Army anew; But whether the said Jacob, did, or did not Depo- nent cannot from his own recollection and knowledge say. — Deponent further saith, that he hath seen and conversed with said Jacob, at Lebanon, aforesaid within two years last past. — and further Deponent saith not. —
Sworn the 25 th day of July 1832. — Before me. {
Roger Strong. — (Signature)
R. P. Piker
Recorder of the City of New York