Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2615, Joseph Hadley, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Hadley, Joseph Abigail
N. 2615 B.L. Mt. 5442-X60-55
CONTENTS
Widow's first husband Samuel Gray, also served in the Revolutionary war. See R. 4415.

Reported
New York 32454 Joseph Headley, dec d of Monroe Co in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the Comp y commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by  in the Revolution time for 1 year 10 mos 11 days Sergeant. New York time
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany, at the rate of 111 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. to and incl September, 1832, the day on which he died Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Decem r 1846 and sent to Hon. Sec. J. P. Benton, 763 4th St.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending Dec r 1832 which was paid him at the rate of $96 per annum under the Act of 1818 for the same time. Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Th. Rumpshun Clerk. Book E 2 Vol. 4. Page 32
Payable to his widow Abigail Headley

3074
New York. A
Abigail Hadley widow of Joseph Hadley who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
New York State
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 111 Dollars 53 Cents
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Decem r 1853. and sent to
Alfred G. Mudge Rochester N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 76 Vol. A
Date of death not on A.B.
[Handwritten initials or mark]

44869 { Act - Mar 3/53 { Aprio 6/53
Abigail Hadley mrs
Joseph Hadley Bergt. Pension
Pension certiff date 1 st Decr 1853. Records see a pay 76 Col. Conland's N. Y. Contl. Regt.
Revolution War
No: 160 ac, Sept 4/53,
Bryton
Bryton
No. 11.
5442 ip Sept 5/55
Charles W Littles Rochester NY
no July 53 - no 3074
Vol. H. 1-6. 2

State of New York Ontario County S c
On this 2 nd day of May 1813 - before me Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the said County and State personally appears Joseph Hadley aged 62 years resident in the town of Rush in said County and State who being by me first duly sworn according to law - doth on oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Joseph Hadley enlisted in February 1777 in the town of Rochester in the County of Orange and State of New York in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Pell in the 2 nd New York Regiment commanded by Col. Philip Van Kortland - That he continued to serve in said Corp until the month of February 1780 when he was honorably dischar- ged from service at Valley Forge in the State of Pennsylvania that he was at the capture of Burgoyne and at the Battle of Monmouth and that he is in need- -uced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support and that having lost his discharge he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service - Joseph Hadley

organizing declaration affirms and declares the day and year aforesaid before me Stephen Phelps
Ontario County ss.
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Hadley did serve in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress Canandaigua May 2 nd 1818 Stephen Phelps
32 18 18 18 State of New York ss Ontario County ss. I Stephen Phelps a Judge of Ontario Common pleas do certify by Satisfactory Proof that Joseph Hadley the aforesaid Applicant is in the United States and in need of assistance from his country for support Canandaigua Sept r 26 th 1818 Stephen Phelps

Case of Joseph Hadley
Rush Ontario 60
3581
Mar 19

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this eleventh day of November 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Joseph Hadley aged sixty three years, resident in the town of Rush in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
that he enlisted in 1777 in Captain Samuel Bell's Company in Col. Philip Courtlandt's Regiment, New-York line, and served three years, & was discharged at Valley Forge after serving his time out
and that he made application for a Pension on the second day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 3581 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  one plough $2.50 -  1 harrow $3  5.50    two chains $3 -  one axe & two hoes $2.25  5.25    one cupboard and small articles $1   1.00    one weaver's loom $3 -  1 spinning wheel $2  5.00    eight sheep   8.00  
Joseph Hadley $ 24.75
And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a blacksmith, but that having lost my sight, I am unable to labor, & that my family consists of my wife aged fifty years, and my daughter Mahala aged 14 years
Joseph Hadley

Sworn to and declared in Open Court this 11 th day of November 1820 before me
Moses Akers a Judge of Ontario Com. Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Hosen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court; that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Twenty four dollars and 75 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 14 day of November 182 a
J. Van Hosen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Pension claim of Abigail Hadley Widow of Joseph Hadley deceased Act Feby 3. 1833.
Alfred G. Mudge Attorney Rochester N. Y.

Rochester New York November 14 th 1833.
Sir:
I herewith send you the Declaration Proofs in support of the claim of Abigail Hadley to a Pension, under the Act of February 3 rd 1833.
The applicant made a declaration in the case in February last, since which time an effort has been made to procure proof of marriage, conformable to the requirements of the Pension Office - It has resulted that there is no Record evidence of the marriage and only one living witness of the fact - I have accordingly taken his affidavit and also affidavits of cohabitation and reputed marriage, which I hope may be deemed satisfactory. If it is desired, any number of witnesses can be easily obtained to prove the latter facts.
Her former declaration made in February last having become lost or mislaid , the one herewith sent has been taken in its place. Respectfully Yours.
To Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Alfred H. Mudge Attorney

State of New York
County of Monroe ss. On this 4 th day of November 1853. personally appeared
before the Monroe County Court, Abigail Hadley a resident of the town of Webster in said County aged 87 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth, in open court, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853. That she is the widow of Joseph Hadley, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, who received an annual pension as aforesaid of Ninety six dollars per annum. That at the time of his death he resided at Newfield in the said County of Monroe and had resided there for the space of between two and three years prior thereto. That his pension was payable at Albany or New York but which this deponent cannot now state.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Hadley on the 17 th day of August A.D. 1801, in the town of Milton now Geneva in Cayuga County in the State of New York by one Tillotson a Justice of the Peace. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph Hadley died on the 9 th day of September 1832 in the town of Webster in said County of Monroe.
She also swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act aforesaid and is still a widow and has never been married since the death of her said husband. She further says that she has never before made application for a pension except that in February 1853

She made a declaration like the foregoing & which has become lost. her Abigail X Hadley mark
Subscribed and sworn to in open court before me, on the day & year first above written. J. H. Humphrey Monroe County Judge
Know all men by these presents that I Abigail Hadley a resident of the town of Webster in the county of Monroe, and State of New York, Widow of Joseph Hadley, deceased, do hereby make, con- stitute and appoint Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester New York, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the proper department of the United States my Pension certificate and to prosecute my claim to a pension in all proper ways. I hereby revoking any and all other powers of Attorney or other authority I may have given for any such purpose and vest the same solely in my said Attorney said Alfred G. Mudge Witness my hand and Seal this 24 th day of November 1833.
attest.
her Abigail X Hadley mark

State of New York Monroe County ss:
On this 4 th day of November 1853. before me personally appeared Abigail Hadley and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be her act and deed. She being to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing power - At Humphrey of attorney -
Caleb Ingers

State of New York
Monroe County ss. On this 4 th day of October 1833, before the undersigned a commissioner of records in said county personally appeared Benjamin Hamilton a resident of Webster in said county aged 44 years also being duly sworn, deposed and saith: That Abigail Hadley of Webster, is the widow of Joseph Hadley, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and who as such pensioner drew the Annual sum of Sixty Six Dollars.
That this deponent was well acquainted with the said Joseph Hadley in his life time and had been acquainted with him ever since deponent was a boy also with his wife the aforesaid Abigail Hadley and knew them to live together as husband & wife and that they were reputed to be married and that he never heard the fact of their marriage questioned.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness.
Depos. G. Mudget Pro M o Wilson
Benjamin his + Hamilton Mark
Subscribed Sworn to before me this day of year first above written. And I certify that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.
Geo Wilson Commissioner (Sealed)

State of New York
County of Monroe ss. On this 28 th day of October 1853. before the under
signed a commissioner of records duly authorized by law to administer oaths within said County personally appeared Joseph Hadley aged 65 years a resident of the County of Winnebago County in the State of Wisconsin who being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith: That Abigail Hadley is the widow of the identical Joseph Hadley deceased. Who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and who drew an annual Pension of Sixty Six dollars.
That the said Joseph Hadley pensioner afore- said was married to the said Abigail Hadley in the then town of Milton in the County of Cayuga in the State of New York in the summer of 1801. by one John Tilton a Justice of the Peace and that the name of the said Abigail was Abigail Grey before her said marriage. That the ceremony of marriage was performed at the house of the said Joseph Hadley pensioner aforesaid. That this deponent was present at such marriage and witnessed the ceremony of marriage. That being young at that time and so many years having since elapsed. deponent cannot state the precise month or day of the month of said marriage but remembers it was in the warm weather and from deponent's best recollection it was about the month of August in said year. The further swears that this deponent is the son of the Joseph Hadley Pensioner aforesaid. and

at the time of the marriage lived at home with his father aforesaid.
That the father of this deponent aforesaid, died in the absence of this deponent about 1832. And he swears that he is a disinterested witness Joseph Hadley
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written And I certify that the said Joseph Hadley is a credible witness, and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution
P. M. Randall Commissioner of Seals

State of New York
County of Monroe ss: On this 4 th day of October, 1833. before the
undersigned a commissioner of seeds duly au- thorized by law to administer oaths within & for the County. aforesaid. personally appeared Peter Johnston a resident of the town of Webster in said County aged 65 years. Who being duly sworn according to law deposes & saith: That Abigail Hadley of Webster afore- said is the widow of the identical Joseph Hadley. Deceased. who was a Revolutionary War- rior of the United States and who drew the Annual Sum of Twenty Six dollars. That the said Joseph Hadley died at the town of Webster in said County of Monroe on the 9 th day of September 1832. and that the aforesaid Abigail Hadley has ever since remained his widow and has never since mar- ried and is now unmarried.
He further. says, that the said Joseph Hadley and Abigail Hadley lived together as husband & wife and were reputed to be married in the community where they lived and that they said had one child and that he never heard the fact of their marriage questioned.
He further. says. That this deponent was present when the said Joseph Hadley died and helped lay him out after his death.
And he swears that he is a disinterested witness. Deponent was acquainted with them well for several years before his death & ever since with said Abigail
Peter Johnston Subscribed sworn to before me this day of your first

above written And I certify that the said Peter Johnston is a credible witness and that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.
M c Grandell Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York
County of Monroe: On this 4 th day of October
1853. personally appeared
before me a Commissioner of said within for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Eunice Johnston a resident of the town of Webster in said County aged 65 years who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That Abigail Hadley of Webster aforesaid is the wid- ow of the identical Joseph Hadley, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States and who drew the annual sum of Sixty Six dollars: That the said Joseph Hadley died in the said town of Webster on the 9 th day of September 1832, and that the aforesaid Abigail Hadley has ever since remained his widow and has never since married and is now unmarried.
She further says, that deponent was at the house & saw the said Joseph Hadley after his death as aforesaid.
That the said Joseph Hadley & Abigail Hadley lived together as husband & wife & were reputed to be married and had one child by marriage & that deponent never heard the fact of their marriage questioned. That deponent was acquainted with them for several years prior to his death aforesaid.
And she swears that she is a disinterested witness. witness, Alfred G. Mudge
Eunice Johnston her mark
Subscribed sworn to before me the day & year first above written and I certify that the

Abigail Hadley widow of Joseph Hadley. Pension Claim Act Feb 3. 1833.
Alfred A. Mudge Attorney Rochester N.Y.
State of New York Horne Committee: J. M. Danson Chairman.

said Eunice Johnston is a credible witness & that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution.
The foregoing affidavit was carefully read over to said Eunice Johnston in her presence before administering the oath
D. M. Randall
Commissioner of Deeds
Margaret Hadley Widow of Joseph Hadley.
Claim Jan 10 1st Febry 3. 1833.
Alfred A. Mudge Attorney Rochester N.Y.
State of New York
Herewith doth ss: I M Barron Williams,

State of New York
Monroe County ss: I W Barron Williams, Clerk of the County of Monroe and of the Monroe County Court, do hereby certify that Harvey Humphrey before whom the foregoing declaration & acknowledgment were made, taken and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, Judge of the Monroe County Court and that said Court is a Court of Record. And I further certify that Philander A. Brandall and John Nelson will whose genuine Signatures appear to the foregoing affidavits were at the time of so doing, each of them commissioners of peace, in for said County duly commissioned and that all of their official acts as such are entitled to full faith & credit -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at Official Rochester this 15 th day of November 1853.
W. Barron Williams Clerk

wh 44,869
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
March 3, 1855 ACT OF SEPT. 22, 1850.
Claim of Abigail Wadley
Widow of Joseph Wadley
Revolutionary Claim
Chas. W. Lott
Attorney, Rochester, N. Y.

State of New York
County of Monroe: ss: On this 13 day of March A.D.
1858. before the undersigned a Commissioner of seeds within for said County duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Abigail Hadley aged 88. years a resident of the town of Webster in the said County who being duly sworn deposes and says: That she is the widow of the identical Joseph Hadley deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner of the United States, who received an annual pension of about ninety six dollars as near as she can recollect payable in the city of Albany or New York:
That she is the identical Abigail Hadley, pensioner of the United States, who as such pensioner draws the annual sum of one hundred and eleven dollars and fifty three cents as the widow of said Joseph Hadley deceased: That her pension certificate bears date the 1 st day of December 1833. and was issued to her under Act of February 3, 1833. and is recorded in vol A page 76 of certificates issued under said Act:
That she is unable to state precisely what service her said husband performed or rendered in the Revolutionary war and refers to the papers of her said husband on file in the Pension Office for a more particular description thereof.
She further states that she was married to the said Joseph Hadley on the 17 th day of August 1801 in Milton now Geneva in Cayuga County in the State of New York by one Tilton a Justice of the Peace: That her said husband died at the town of Webster in said County on the 9 th day of September 1832 and that ever since the death of her said husband she has

Remained and continued the widow of the said deceased and is unmarried and still a widow That there is no public or private Record of her marriage to her knowledge or belief.
She applies for Pension and under Act March 3, 1835.
The presence of Chas. Smith
Abigail Hadley Mark
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year first above written and I certify that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution
D. M. Mondacl Commissioner of Deeds
State of New York
Monroe County ss. On this 13 day of March 1835
before me personally appeared Lydia M. Hamilton & Benjamin Hamilton residents of said County, who being duly sworn depose and say, that Abigail Hadley the above declarant is the widow of the identical Joseph Hadley who was a Revolutionary Pensioner Soldier & also she is the same Abigail Hadley who now receives the annual sum of one hundred and eleven dollars and fifty three cents as a pension That we knew said Joseph Hadley & Abigail Hadley aforesaid to live together as husband & wife, that they were reputed to be married and that we never heard the fact of marriage questioned; That said Joseph Hadley died at Webster Feb. 10th or 11th on the 9th day of September 1832 & that said Abigail has ever since remained a widow and is unmarried That deponents saw said Joseph Hadley after his death as aforesaid
And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses - Lydia M. Hamilton Mark Benjamin H. Hamilton Mark
D. M. Mondacl
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year first above written and I certify that Lydia M. Hamilton & Benjamin Hamilton are credible witnesses & that I am not interested in the result of this case nor concerned in its prosecution
D. M. Mondacl Commissioner of Deeds
Ms. A. 9. 2. 69

Know all Men by these Presents, That I Abigail Hadley of Webster County of Monroe NY do hereby irrevocably make, constitute and appoint Charles M. Little my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Department of the Interior of the United States, the Certificate or Warrant to which I am entitled for my husband's Military services, as mentioned in the foregoing declaration; and for good and sufficient reasons, do hereby revoke and countermand any and all other powers of attorney, or other authority, that may have been given by me for any such purposes, and vest the same solely and irrevocably in my said attorney, said Charles M. Little .
In Testimony Whereof, my hand and seal this 13 day of March 185 5 .
Attest, D. M. Lounsbury her Abigail Hadley mark
STATE OF New York } ss. COUNTY OF Monroe } On this 13 day of March , 185 5 , personally appeared before me, T. M. Brannall a commissioner of deeds duly authorized to take acknowledgements in and for the county aforesaid, Abigail Hadley subscriber to the foregoing, and acknowledged the same to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein described.
D. M. Lounsbury Commissioner of Deeds
STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Monroe } I W. B. Williams Clerk of the County Court in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that D. M. Lounsbury whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a commissioner of deeds in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Englewood this 4 day of April A. D. 185 5 .
W. B. Williams clg

November 28, 1932
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Joseph Hadley, W. 2615 Samuel Gray, R. 4415 BA-J/MLB
Mr. Kingston G. Hadley 426 South Avenue Media, Pennsylvania
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of November 14, in which you request information relative to Joseph Hadley, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herein two records, the data of which may be of interest to you.
JOSEPH HADLEY, W. 2615
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 2615, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Hadley; the date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
He enlisted in February, 1777, in Rochester, Orange County, New York, and served as sergeant, private and blacksmith in Captain Samuel Pell's company, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's 2" New York Regiment, was at the capture of Burgoyne, the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged in February, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and residing in Rush, Ontario County, New York.
In 1832, the soldier was living in Penfield, Monroe County, New York.
He died September 11, 1832, in Webster, Monroe County, New York.

Joseph Hadley married August 17, 1801, in Milton (later Geneva), Cayuga County, New York, Abigail Gray or Grey.
Soldier's widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on her application executed November 4, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty-seven years and a resident of Webster, Monroe County, New York.
It was stated that Joseph and Abigail Hadley had one child. In 1820 the soldier referred to a daughter, Mahala, fourteen years old, and stated that his wife was aged fifty years; no explanation made of the discrepancy in his wife's age.
Soldier's son, Joseph Hadley, who in 1853 was sixty-five years old and living in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, stated that at the time his father married Abigail Gray, he was living with him; the name of mother of soldier's son, Joseph, was not given.
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SAMUEL GRAY, R. 4415
The following data also appear in the papers on file in pension claim R. 4415, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Gray; said papers do not show the date of his birth nor the names of his parents.
Samuel Gray married in the fall of 1788, in Philips Patent, Dutchess County, New York, which was near Peekskill, New York, Abigail Baker, who was then twenty years old, and he was "some fourteen years older". They resided in Philips Patent, New York, about three years, then moved to Warren, Connecticut, where they resided about three years, when he died; exact date of death not shown.
About five years after the death of Samuel Gray, his widow, Abigail, married Joseph Hadley, who died in September, 1832, in Penfield, Monroe County, New York.
On November 19, 1850, while living in Monroe County, New York, Abigail Hadley, aged eighty-two years, (formerly the widow of Samuel Gray), applied for pension that may have been due her as the widow of Samuel Gray.

It was alleged that Samuel Gray was a native of Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and was living there when he enlisted, that he enlisted early in the Revolution and went on a campaign to the north and was stationed at Montreal, that he subsequently served with Connecticut troops under Colonel Swift, and that he served three or four years in all.
Her claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of the alleged service as required by the pension law.
The following children of Samuel Gray and his wife, Abigail, are shown in the claim: Samuel, John and William, all of whom died young, and of whom Samuel and John died in Warren, Connecticut.
Samuel Baker, brother of the widow, Abigail, and two years younger, who was living in Cameron, Steuben County, New York, in 1851, stated that when a boy he lived at Philips Patent, Dutchess County, New York, and that in the winter of 1788 he left his father's residence and moved to Pennsylvania.
Judah Baker, brother of the widow, Abigail, in 1850 was living in Enfield, Tompkins County, New York, and stated that he was eighty-seven years old in February of that year.
In 1850, Lydia Erwin, who was born in July, 1777, a sister of the soldier's widow, Abigail, was residing in Enfield, New York, but had formerly lived in Dutchess County, in that state.
Did not include service under Capt David Downs and Col. Chas. Burrall, as it was not established that this particular Samuel Gray rendered this service. Very truly yours D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator There is another Samuel Gray in files who received pension for service under Capt. David Downs and Col. Chas. Burrall. ms B.

NOV 14 1932 426 South Avenue, Media, Penna., November 14th, 1932.
The Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.,
Gentlemen:
Much to my great regret, I am really forced to call upon you again to see if you will be so good and kind as to aid me further. I more than appreciate your most extreme kindness in trying to aid me, several months ago, by sending me the Revolutionary War Service of a Frederick Hadley, and as I feel you must be kept quite busy with requests of my kind, I sincerely trust that you will please pardon me.
My father was never interested in his Hadley ancestry, and his brothers and sisters were never interested in same. My grandmother and grandfather Hadley passed away when I was a mere child. I have had no end of trouble and expense in trying to trace my Hadley ancestry due to so many complications. Just recently, through the kindness of a distant cousin, I found that I traced my Hadley ancestry to the above mentioned Frederick Hadley, in error. It seems that he was a first cousin of my great-great-grandfather, and my great-great-grandfather was a Joseph Hadley .
According to this distant cousin, my great-great-grandfather, Joseph Hadley, served as a sergeant in Captain Williams' Company - Colonel Graham's Regiment, New York State Militia. It also seems that this Joseph Hadley spend his remaining years in Livingston and Ontario Counties, N. Y.
I am most anxious to obtain a complete record of the Revolutionary War service of this Joseph Hadley and any further data which you may have relative to him, for the purpose of trying to join a patriotic society, and if you will please excuse my stupidity, and aid me again, if possible, mere words could not even begin to express my most deep gratitude to you for your most extreme kindness.
Sincerely trusting that you will pardon my audacity; sincerely trusting that you will grant me this additional favor, if possible; again thanking you for your most extreme kindness, and with every good wish, I beg to remain
Most respectfully and gratefully yours,
Kingston L. Hadley

2615
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
2615
Abigail Hadley Widow
Joseph Hadley Sgt. Rev War
Act:
Feb 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol.
A
Page
302
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan'y 9-1962
Geo. H. Hadley - Hop. Valley R.C.
1932 Nov 28 - Hst to Mr. Kingston J. Hadley - MSB.

No. 44869
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 6, 1875.
Joseph Hadley Revolutionary War
Warrant No. 5442-160-55
Charles H. Littles Rochester N.Y.

3581.
New York Roll
Joseph Hadley, 4
Sergeant New York Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N. York —
Arrears to 4th of Sept r — 1818 32.80 Semi-ann l all ee ending 4 th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 3 Mo 30/31 $80.80 4/30
Revolutionary claim, } Act 18th March, 1818. }
born Oct 3 rd 1770 Van Kortlandt Bush, Ontario Nov 18 th 1818
Not n sent Dec r 13 th 1820 to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua N.Y.

Elizabeth Hadley Abigail Joseph
July 11 1833
Albany N.Y.
New York
from 33 Delancey St.
NEW
ON the return of Thomas Washington S. C.

Ph. 153, W.Y.
BD Upst.

(Company, regiment, and State.)
Additional service, _____ _____
If unable to furnish service, give names of officers of company. _____ _____
J. P. Lockhorn
Commissioner.
14080 b-10 m
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
_____, 189___
Respectfully returned. The data fur- nished does not identify claim.
Please return _____ with this slip.
◆◆◆◆◆ MEMORANDUM.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Name of claimant, _____
Name of soldier, _____
Service, _____

7615
Bureau of Pensions.
Joseph Hadley
May 2, 1818 - 62
Rush Ontano Co. N.Y.
Feb 27 - Rochester N.Y.
Capt. Samuel Pell
Col. Phil. Van Cortland
Sept. 6 Feb 4 80
Resided at Valley Forge
Captain Buzzyn - Monmouth
with John Shocraft
Dr. Austin
Wid. app. Nov. 4, 1853
rebt. June 2, '83, - 87
Abigail Grey
Aug 17, 1801 Milton N.Y.
died Sept. 11, 1832
Penfied Monroe Co. N.Y.

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Neotans

No. 37265 Joseph Hadley and N.Y.
act 7 July 1832
A sum of $111.83 per ann. from 4 th March 1831 to 11 th September 1832, the day of his death, payable to his widow Abigail Hadley after deducting what has been paid during the same time at the rate of $96. per ann t under the act of 18 March 1818.
Hon. C. S. Brewster House of Reps.

Brief in the case of Abigail Hadley , widow of Joseph Hadley Monroe County and State of New York act 3. Feb. 3, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Proof of marriage & identity, one witness present at marriage, & proof of identity, & reputation of marriage, 4 affidavits in turn.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed $111 \frac{53}{100} / Jan
Feb. 3. 1853
Name and residence of Agent
Alfred G. Mudge } • Rochester, N.Y. }
J. P. Adams Examining Clerk.

Joseph Headley Bend act 1818 2 act 7th June 32 New York
Ex by Mr Wade Dec - 27 - 1857

Webster, New York, 15 th September 1851.
Sir,
This is to show that W & Wade of Ruse, New York, is my attorney duly authorized to investigate any claim I may have against the United States on account of the Revolutionary services of my late husband Joseph H adley - dec d late a United States pensioner,
Very Respectfully Yours Affectionately
Witnessed by
Hughad his X Hadley mark
Lepe O. Wade
In the Com y of Pensions,

No 3 735
Will the 3 d Aud r please state the date of the death of Parnassus, & to what time paid -
F. Burt Esq. 3 d Aud r Nov. 26. 53.
Respectfully,
J. W. Wilson
Gen. Comm r
Joseph Hadley, dec d : Act 1832, $111.83 p. annu m Died 11 th Sept. 1832, Paid to his death.
Chas. G. Bird Asst. Auditor.

ch Joseph Hadley and Union of NV
act 7 June 1832

State of New York
Monroe County - ) p. Personally appeared before the subscriber, the Surveyor in and for said County, Abigail Hadley, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain an increase of pension, that was due her late husband Joseph Hadley dec d who was late this deponent's husband, and who was a pensioner of the United States under act of Congress of 18 th March 1818, - whose pension certificate bears date, the 13 th day of October 1818, which was inscribed on the New York Pension Roll at the rate of eight dollars per month commencing, on the 2 nd day of May 1818, for services done in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant and who died on the eleventh day of September 1832. That this statement is made to obtain the increase of pension due said Joseph Hadley under act of Congress of 9 th June 1832, -
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty six, Simeon B. Jewett for myalt      Abigail his Hadley wife

State of New York Monroe County)
Surrogates Office, ss. I Simeon B Jencks Surrogate
of said County, do hereby certify that at a Surrogates Court held at my Office in Rochester on the seventeenth of May 1846, satisfactory evidence was adduced before me in open court, that Joseph Headly was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, was a resident of the County of Monroe in said State and died in the County of Monroe in the aforesaid State, on the 11th  seventh day of September (1832) One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two, that he left him surviving a widow Viz. Abigail Headly who still remains his widow, whose disposition is hereto annexed,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and impressed my Seal of Office this 7 th day of May 1846, Simeon B Jencks Surrogate

Payment to be made at Albany by J. W. Oleson Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Albany New York
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E 2 Vol. 4 Page 32 by W. D. Dumpkin Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Wadley, dec d of New York, who was a Sergeant,
is entitled to receive One hundred & eleven dollars and eighty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually,  terminating on the 11th  September 1832, the day on which he died. The annuity  on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. The annuity due is payable to her widow Abigail Wadley. Diduct what he rec d under the act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per ann. for the same time. Given at the War Office of the United States, this 26th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Commissioner of Pensions.

Payable on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in each year, at the U. State Branch Bank in the City of New York.
Joseph Hadley
Recorded.

Joseph Hadley died on or about the 11. of September 1832,
Widow must be married before Jan'y 1794.
Hadley Certificate

Capt Bell New York WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY. That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the 18 th of March 1818
Joseph Hadley late a Serjeant in the Army of the Revolution.
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars  cents per month, to commence on the Second day of May — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the UNITED STATES,
this thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War

Effectant of John Austin in favor of Joseph Hadley

New York State Ontario County ss
Beit Remembered that On the 22 d Day of Septemr 1818 At My Office in Penfield Came personly before Me Brooks Mason Esq One of the justices of the Peace in And for said County John Austin of Penfield aforesaid being Duly sworn saith that he was Acquainted with Joseph Hadley as a sergeant in Captain Samuel Pell's Company in the 2 d Regtmen of New York Troops Commanded by --- Courtland in the years 1777 and 1778 and in the year 1779 the Deponent saith he saw the above named Joseph Hadley in the same Regtment as a privet soldier and Blacksmith and that he the Deponent Deponent at that time under stood and very likely believes that the said Joseph Hadley was a three years man And further the Deponent saith
John Austin
Subscribed and sworn to before me the Day and year first above mentioned
Brooks Mason JP
I Do certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Austin and that he is a man of credibility truth and veracity
Brooks Mason JP

State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks Office
In testimony that Brooks Mason whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and certificates was on the days of the dates of the same, a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ontario acting under the authority of said State, and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 28 th day of September 1818
Geo M c Naire
Effectant of John Austin in favor of Joseph Hasley

John Shoecraft's Effedwit for Joseph Hadley

New York State Ontario County ss 3
Beit he remembered that on the twenty first Day of September in the year of our Lord 1818 At My office in Penfield Came Personally before Me Brooks Mason Esq re One of the justices Assigned to keep the Peace in and for said County John Shoecraft to Me Well Known Whose Credibility in this place is well Established And is who is Esteemed by his Neigh bours as a Man of truth and veracity being Duly Sworn saith that he was Acquired With Joseph Hadley as a Sergeant in Captain Samuel Pells Company 2 d Regiment of New York Troops Commanded by General Philip Van Courtland in the years 1777 and 1778 and in the year 1779 As a privet soldier and black smith and that he the Deponant knew the said Joseph Hadley was on the Muster Role as a three years Man and he the Deponant saith that the Deponant was Discharged from the Above mentioned Regiment on or about the twenty second Day of December in the year 1779 and at that time the said Joseph Hadley belonged to the Above Company and Regiment And further this Deponant saith not
John Shoecraft Subscribed And Sworn to before Me the Day and Date Above mentioned Brooks Mason J P

Stephen Phelps, Esq; Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
Joseph Hadley, New-York line, Revolutionary claim.
Not found on the New-York rolls.
Admitted
For testimony in relative to service, and reduced circum- -stances, see endorse- -ment in the cases of Jeremiah Battles, and Noah U: Norton.

2 d Reg t NY
Capt. Pell
Syracuse 6 July 1777
Red Bank Penna 1777
Lebanon 1778 - died
5 July 1780 -

The Honorable The Secretary for the department of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq r of Canandaigua who is my agent - May 28 th 1818 Joseph Hadley
State of New York Ontario County ss Clerks Office In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, dated September 26 th 1818 - was on the day of the date of the same a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas, and that the same is his signature I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the County Seal at Canandaigua this 28 th day of September 1818 A. M c Nair Clerk
Stephen Phelps, Esq r ; Judge, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New-York.
Joseph Hadley, New-York Line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the New-York rolls.
For testimony in relation to service, and reduced circum- -stances, see endorse- -ment in the cases of Jeremiah Battles, and Noah W. Norton.
2 Reg t NY
Capt - Bell
Sept. 1818 - 6 July 1777
Brown's Point 1776
Decem 1778 - and
5 July 1780 -

Declaration of Joseph Nally
May 2 d 1815

Declaration of Joseph Wadsworth May 2, 1818
State of New York } In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose Ontario County } ss. name is subscribed to the foregoing certifi- Clerk's office } cation was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I herunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 7 th day of May A D 1818
Thos. M c Naughton