Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10795, Nathaniel Havens, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Havens, Nathaniel
S. 10 795
CONTENTS
Carded

New York 20978 Nathaniel Wavens of Otsego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Coop company by Captain Bullen of the Regt commanded by Col. Ames in the Mass line for 16 months and 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Rev. Col. at the rate of 54 Dollars 87 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct  1833 and Levitt A. Beach  Unadilla
Arrears to the 1st of Sep. 33 $137.17 Permanent allowance ending 4-24-34  27.43  2 Mar. 26-1840. $164.60
Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832 Col. J. Bates Clerk Recorded By Book Eq. Vol. 1 Page 10.1/2

St. Havers.
22/25
6/- 3/ Paid

State of New York / 3 Otsago County / 15 1791
On this 25 th day of January in the year 1833 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the County Courts in and for the County of Otsago and State of New York being Courts of Record having a seal & Clerk Nathaniel Havens a resident of the Town of Unadilla in the County of Otsago and State of New York aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7 th of June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated - to wit - That he enlisted at Dumies Town in the State of Vermont in the spring of the year 1775 for the term of eight months in the Company commanded by Capt n Bullen in the Regiment commanded by Col o Brewer - that Sergeant Joseph Miller and several others enlisted at the same time & place with him - that they were enlisted by Lieut n Boyden and march d under his command to the Neighborhood of Boston where they joined the Regiment - that on their march to Boston they halted at the House of Major Ward who joined them and was Major of the Regiment - that they were employed in digging Entrenchments and masonry Fortifications in various places at Bunker's Hill Breed's Hill &c and performing other duties until the said term of eight months expired when they were discharged by Company by Col o Brewer - that he served the most of said term as a waiter to Lieutenant Boyden - that he saw the Battle at Bunker's Hill but was not in it - that he had not then drawn his arms &c and was ordered to remain and take care of the baggage &c - but soon after the battle he was ordered to go with Sergeant Miller & others and assist in bringing off the wounded Men and that he then saw Major Ward who had his Nose shot off at the battle of Bunker's Hill - that Gen l Putnam was a principal Officer there - that Gen l Washington arrived at Boston and took the Command while he was there and that he remained there with said Company until the beginning of Winter when they were discharged as aforesaid That he said Havens enlisted again at Bellows falls early in the spring of the year 1776 for the term of nine months in the Company then commanded by Lieut n Kelley in Col o Drapers Regiment of Massachusetts State Troops that he was enlisted & Mustered by said Lieut n Kelley as a Substitute for a Man whose Name he cannot recollect not being acquainted with him that said Company was raised in or near Boston and was then on their March to the Northward - when he joined them at Bellows falls that Lieut n Kelley lured in Boston - that he marched with said Company from Bellows falls to Pycatawaga & there joined the other forces under the Command of Col o Arnold Allen Warner & others Commanders through the Campaign of that year at various

places and in various expeditions until Winter when the Army was mostly dispersed by reason of sickness expiration of service &c - That he was employed some time with a detached party in cutting wood & timber on what was called Winter Hill and that he was discharged near Winter Hill - That he had no written discharge - and does not recollect the precise time but it was late in the fall or beginning of Winter.
That in the summer of 1777 he said Platts Volunteered at Pownal in Vermont in the Militia under the command of Lieut. Bixby and went with him to Bennington in the month of August - and joined the other Militia under Genl. Starks and remained there until about 4 or 5 days after the Battle there - when he being sick & slightly wounded was put into the Church at Bennington which was at that time made use of as a Hospital that he lay in said Hospital about five weeks unable to go with said Company to Stillwater to meet Burgoyne's Army but soon after that Army Surrendered he said Platts had so far recovered that he was taken home to his Father's House in Pownal on horseback he being unable to travel on foot after being on duty of in the Hospital about 3 months this last tour and in all about 20 months that he has no Documentary evidence and knows of no person now living whose testimony he can procure to prove his services aforesaid that he hereby relinquishes all 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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
his Nathaniel X Havers mark
Sub. Page One of the Judges of the County Courts for Otsego County
Then the several Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department being put by the said Judge to the said applicant under oath to answer such questions as he should put to him relative to his application for a pension - to which he gave the several following answers to wit That he was born in Hopkinton near Boston in the year 1756 - that he has no record of his age but from the information of his Parents and the Family he believes the above is correct - That he lived with his Father at Pownal in Vermont when called into the service - that he lived in Vermont some years after the Revolutionary War - that he has lived in Unadilla in Otsego County about forty eight years last past - and that he lives there now - that he entered into the service twice and volunteered once - that he has no Documentary Evidence of his services but refers to Col. Johnson - Alexander Arnold - Col. Cune - Moses Foster

Isa? lone — C. D. Tiller and J. Hays who reside in the neighborhood and have long been acquainted with him to prove his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier in the revolution as above set forth —
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel his Haws Mark
S. Page one of the Index of the
We Otsugo County Courts  3 residents of the Town of Unadilla Abijah H. Beach & David Newton in the County of Otsugo do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Haws who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration in our presence — that we believe him to be about seven or eight years of age — that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion —
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Abijah H. Beach
David Newton
Sherriff Page one of the Index of the County Courts for Otsugo County
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states — And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Abijah H. Beach & David Newton who have subscribed and sworn to the preceding certificate are residents of Unadilla in Otsugo County and are credible persons — and that their statement is entitled to credit — And also that in the said Haws appears to be unable to attend the Court by reason bodily infirmity
Sherriff Page one of the Index of Otsugo County Courts

State of New York § I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said Court, Otsego County ss: of Otsego, do hereby certify, that Sherman Page, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mathias Bravens, and affidavits of Abijah St. Beach, & David Newton, purports to have been severally sworn, and whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate, was, at the date of the same, and still is, one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly appointed, and sworn as such; And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Declaration, Affidavits & Certificate, to be his proper hand writing & signature. Given under my hand, and seal of Office this 27 th day of January A.D. 1833.
 Horace Lathrop, Clerk. 
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 29 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Nathaniel Hovey Esq. County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1775 Enlisted 11 8 11 priv Capt Bullen Colo Brewer Maj Hard Lieut Nicholson Draper Boston Barnes Hills Turners Vermont   do 1776 Discharged 11 9 11 priv Ticonderoga   1777 Volunteered about 3 months priv St Boydon Gen Stark = ton Bunker Hill Bernings = ton age a 77 years In a action  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
a claim founded upon so much service ought to be sustained by every government required to provide the best evidence in their power.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn 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 that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

January 8, 1938.
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Colonel Mark L. Ireland, U.S. Army 8 Military Plaza Manila, P. I.
BA-J/adv Br Nathaniel Havens S.10795
Dear Sir:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.10795, based upon the military service of Nathaniel Havens in that war.
Nathaniel Havens was born in Hopkinton, near Boston, in 1756, day, month, and the names of his parents are not shown.
Nathaniel Havens enlisted in the spring of 1775 in Dummerston, Vermont, and served eight months as a private in Captain Bullen's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted early in the spring of 1776, and served nine months as a private in Colonel Draper's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in the summer of 1777 in Dummerston, Vermont, served about three months under Lieutenant Boydson and was in the battle of Bennington where he was slightly wounded.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 25, 1833, while a resident of Unadilla, Otsego County, New York, where he had lived for forty-eight years.
Soldier died March 26, 1840, place not stated.
There are no family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 6, 1938.
Colonel Mark L. Ireland, U.S. Army 8 Military Plaza Manila, P. I.
BA-J/ILL Nathaniel Havens S. 10795
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Ireland, Sr., Thomas Ireland, Jr., Stephen Ireland, Job Ireland, Solomon Smith, born August 21, 1749 at Ashford, Connecticut, and died September 22, 1831 at Rutland, Vermont, Nathaniel Havens, Sr., and Nathaniel Havens, Jr., 1762-18.
A search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no claim for pension or bounty land found which was made to the United States based upon service of the Solomon Smith cited by you, nor of any Thomas, Stephen, or Job Ireland. The claim has been found of only one Nathaniel Havens who served in the Revolutionary War. His record is furnished herewith.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Wars Section.
January 20, 1930.
Dwight C. Haven, 40 Carolina Apartments, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dear Sir:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10795, it appears that Nathaniel Havens was born in Hopkinton, near Boston in 1756, day and month not stated.
He enlisted in the spring of 1775 in Dummerston, Vermont, and served eight months as a private in Captain Bullen's Company, Colonel Nathaniel Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted early in the spring of 1776, and served nine months as a private in Colonel Draper's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in the summer of 1777 in Dummerston, Vermont, served about three months under Lieutenant Boydson and was in the battle of Bennington where he was slightly wounded.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 25, 1833, while a resident of Unadilla, Otsego County, New York, where he had lived for forty-eight years.
Soldier died March 28, 1840, place not stated.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

8 Military Plaza, Manila, P I,
5 December 1936.
The Veterans Administration, Washington, D C.
Gentlemen:-
Subject: Pension records of Thomas Ireland, Sr; Thomas Ireland, Jr; Stephen Ireland; Job Ireland; Solomon Smith; and Nathaniel Havens, Sr, and Nathaniel Havens, Jr, Rev War.
Having failed after much effort to establish the relationship of the above parties by other means, a succinct statement of their pension records or pension records of their widows is sought.
Ireland, Thomas, Sr , p 264, N Y in the Rev, J A Roberts, 1898: "Ulster Co Militia (Land Bounty Rights) - 4th Regt.... Enlisted Men.... Ireland, Thomas, Sr; Ireland, Thomas, Jr;" Hist of Orange Co, Ruttenber and Clark: "April 30, 1778 and 1779. List of Exempts: Capt Samuel Clark's Co.... Thomas Ireland, Thomas Ireland, Jr...." Residence, Newburgh. 1790 Census: Thomas Ireland and Job Ireland at Newburgh; Thomas Ireland, Jr, at Schaghticoke, N Y; Stephen Ireland at Stillwater, Albany Co, (same locality now called Malta, Saratoga Co), N Y. Newburgh was in Ulster Co until 1798, thereafter in Orange Co.
Ireland, Thomas, Jr : as above, also p 197, N Y in the Rev, J A Roberts, 1898: "Ulster Co Militia - Third Regt.... Enlisted Men... Ireland, Thomas..."
Ireland, Job : as above, apparently the prisoner of war in Gen Richard Montgomery's N Y force, captured at Quebec, 31 Dec 1775.
Ireland, Stephen : as above, also p 11, Record of Marriages, Presbyterian Church of New Windsor, NY: "1775, Oct 31, Stephen Ireland and Mary Cosman, both of N B (Newburgh); p 276, Hist of Orange Co, Ruttenber, Newburgh, 1875: "A List of Capt Arthur Smith's Co of Militia of Col (Jonathan) Hasbrouck's (4th Ulster Co) Regt, Newburgh, April 24, 1779: .... Jonathan Cosman, corporal, ... Stephen Ireland." (Thomas, Jr, Job, and Stephen Ireland are supposed to be sons of Thomas Ireland, Sr.)
Smith, Solomon , 6th child of John Smith, Jr, and Sarah Yeomans Smith; b 21 Aug 1749 at Ashford, Conn; d 22 Sept 1831 at Rutland, Vt, age 81 yrs (7:57, City Records of Rutland, Vt), m 28 Oct 1773, (Ashford Vital Records), to Rebecca Crane; m 2d, 1805, Samone Chapman; m 3d, 26 Jan 1806 Laura Mead, (City Rec of Rutland), b 1750; d after 8 Oct 1838, if she is the surviving "Grandma" mentioned in a letter of that date in my possession. Solomon appears to have served in the company of Capt Thomas Knowlton of Ashford in Col Israel Putnam's regt on the Lexington alarm and at Bunker Hill; later he belonged to Knowlton's Rangers, "Congress Own" Regt, at Long Island, 27 Aug, and Harlem, 16 Sept 1776. Col Knowlton d of wounds 16 Sept after sending Capt Nathan Hale on his fatal mission about 36 hours before. 2:168, Hist of Windham Co, Conn, Larned, quotes 20 Sept 1776 letter by Thomas Dike from Westchester, N Y, saying: "Solomon Smith and John Barret must stop here or return back." Does this substantiate family tradition that he lost a leg in the Rev and wore a wooden one thereafter? Solomon served on Vt militia call 6 days from 20 March 1781. Was Solomon the father of Elias Smith, b 6 Dec 1775 at Ashford? V R say so, but family tradition and certain Rutland records indicate the father of Elias Smith was Elias Smith, a Conn veteran who had moved to Rutland by 1783 and d there intestate before 16 July 1787, when inventory of estate was ordered taken.
Havens, Nathaniel , 1736-1815, m 24 Aug 1761 at South Lyme, Conn, to Esther Graves, b 20 Dec 1734 at Lyme; resided 1790 at Hillsdale, Columbia Co, N Y, d at Oxford, Chenango Co, N Y; by tradition a Baptist minister and Rev soldier.
Havens, Nathaniel, Jr , 1762-18 ; b probably at Lyme; m 17 Clarissa Wise; resided at Hillsdale, Oxford, and probably at Havens Hill, near Utica, N Y. The 8th child of Nathaniel, the father, by tradition was Amos Champlin Havens, was b at Lyme. His Bible record shows he was b 6 June 1777. Birth records of the 10 children have not been found at Lyme. That may mean that the family moved to eastern Conn before the Rev and then to Hillsdale, N Y before 1790. By tradition the parents could hear the battle of Bunker Hill in which 3 eldest sons, Nathaniel, Wm, and Richardson participated. The father probably served in the militia.
Very sincerely, Mark L Ireland
Mark L Ireland, Col, Q M C, U S Army.

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY
DWIGHT C. HAVEN, VALUATION ATTORNEY JAMES STEPHENSON, ENGINEER OF VALUATION
VALUATION DEPARTMENT
WILMINGTON, N. C. November 29, 1929-ht
Bureau of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you kindly give me what your records show as to Nathaniel Haven or Havens, a Revolutionary Soldier? His service was, I understand, in the Massachusetts Militia. He was residing in Otsego County in 1835 where he made affidavit he was then 79 years of age. I would like to obtain record of date and place of birth and death and such other data as you may have as to his service and children.
Yours very truly,
Dwight C. Haven
ADDRESS:
40 Carolina Apartments, Wilmington, N. C.

Rev. man
10795 INVALID.
1930 Jan. 20, Hist to Dwight C. Haven, A.P.O. 4. 1938 Jan. 8, Hist. to Col Marshall Island 9209.
No. 10795
Nathaniel Lease
His New War.
Act: June 19th 32
Ex: Vol. 2 , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

D. Newton
App t

State of New York Otsago County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned
a Judge of County Courts in & for the County of Otsago David Newton of Unadilla in the County of Herkfull age 87 being duly sworn according to Law Depose and saith that he is well acquainted with Nathaniel Harnes now applying for a pension - that he said Deponent was well acquainted with Col o Nathaniel Brewer in the time of the revolutionary War and knows that he said Col o Brewer did serve in said Capacity of Col o in that War at Boston and at Syracuse in the years 1775 and 1776 that he said Col o Brewer lived near Syracuse within two miles of the Fort and that he died there some years after the war - that he said Deponent was born at William Falls in Vermont and that he lived in the Family of said Col o Brewer in that war after and was well knowing to his services - and that from his personal knowledge and acquaintance with said Nathaniel Harnes and the events which he mentions which said Deponent knows took place at the time & place he so mentions - He has no doubt but that he well believes that he said Harnes did serve under Col o Brewer in the revolutionary war both at Boston and at the Northward of further said he did not
sworn & subscribed this 9 th day of July 1833 and I certify at the same time that the said David Newton is well known to me as a Man of Truth & veracity and as a creditable Unadilla Patriot
David Newton
Sworn before me
Thos P. Judge of the County Courts for Otsago County

State of New York Otsego County
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the County Courts in & for the County of Otsego State of New York Nathaniel Havens who being duly sworn Depreath and saith by reason of his age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in each term but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - for one year four months & fourteen days I served as a private soldier - and I think more but it is not in my power to prove it and from the length of time since cannot swear to it positively and I am certain that the two first terms of my service as stated in my original application hereto annexed I served at least 16 months in embodied corps and under the Officers then raised and called into the service by Competent Authority and that during that time I was not employed in any civil pursuit that in the 3 d term of service as aforesaid I volunteered without any particular organization or for any particular time - and served some time certainly not less than two weeks and was taken sick at Binghamton as aforesaid and served no more except on short expeditions expeditions on alarm that I am now some poor almost blind General afflicted with the Rheumatism and other bodily infirmities and cannot in all to attend the County Courts
Sworn to Subscribed this first day of July 1833- before me
Nathaniel Havens his mark
Shir Page Judge of the County Courts for Otsego County
We Daniel Gastwood a blacksmith residing in the town of Herkdale in the County of Otsego and Moses Foster - residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nathaniel Havens who has subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Subscribed the day of year aforesaid before me
Daniel Gastwood Moses Foster
Shir Page Judge of Otsego County Courts

And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the preceding affidavit and certificate was supplementary to the original proceedings had before me on the 25 th day of January 1833 in the matter of the application of Nathaniel Hovey for a pension — and also it appears to me that the Rev. Daniel Eastman who has signed the preceding certificate is a Congregational minister in the town of Canadella in Otsego County and that Moses Foster who has also signed the same is a resident of the town of Canadella aforesaid and is a Creditable person and that their statement is entitled to credit — and also I certify that it appears to me that the aforesaid Nathaniel Hovey is unable to attend Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmities.
John Page Judge of the County Court for Otsego County.
State of New York Otsego County —
ss: I Thomas Lathrop. Clerk of the said County. do hereby certify that Sherman Page, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of David Norton, Nathaniel Hovey, Daniel Eastman, & Moses Foster, purport to have been severally sworn, was at the date of the same a Judge of Otsego County Courts. And that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Affidavits, and to the above certificate to be his proper handwriting, and signature. Witness my hand, and seal of Office this 12 th day of July, 1833.
Thomas Lathrop. Clerk