Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4415, Samuel Gray, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gray Samuel Hadley, Abigail
R. 4415
Former widow
CONTENTS
Widow's second husband, Joseph Hadley, also served in the Revolutionary war, see W. File 2615

Declaration of Abigail Hadley }
Act 7 th July 1838.

State of New York County of Monroe
On this 19 th day of November 1810 personally appeared before the Subsenior County Judge in & for said County Abigail Hadley formerly Abigail Gray aged eighty two years & resident of said County who being first duly sworn doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 7 th July 1838 & the acts subsequent thereto - This declarant states that she is the widow of Samuel Gray deceased - that the said Samuel Gray was a native of the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut & was a resident of that place at the time of the revolutionary war - that he was a soldier in said war as she has heard him say that he enlisted into the Connecticut Line for three years - that he served under Colonel Swift as she remembers to have heard him mention - & that Col Swift whom this de- -clarant knew resided only a short distance from the said Samuel Gray - that she remembers to have heard her said husband the said Samuel Gray speak of serving on a campaign at the Northwards & of being stationed at Montreal which town of service was before his enlistment under Colonel Swift and this declarant states her belief that the said Samuel Gray served three or four years in the revolutionary war - This declarant further states that her maiden name was Abigail Baker & that she was married to the said Samuel Gray at her at a place called Philips Patent

in the county of Dutchess and state of New York in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight. When she was twenty years of age - that her said husband was several years (some fourteen) older than herself - that she resided with her said husband at the place where she was married about three years & then removed to the town of Warren in the state of Connecticut and resided there about three years when her said husband died - that she had three children by the said Samuel Gray whose names were Samuel, John, & William all of whom died when young, and two of whom viz. Samuel & John died in the said town of Warren. This declarant further states that in about five years after the death of her husband the said Samuel Gray she married again a man by the name of Joseph Hadley & with whom she lived until his death which took place eighteen years ago the month of September last - that her last husband was a Pensioner of the United States, and died in the town of Penfield in the county of Monroe & state of New York.
This declarant further states that she has no record of her marriage with her first husband nor of the birth of her children - that she has two Brothers now living who were known to her marriage & whose names are Samuel Baker & Judah Baker -

And this declarant further states that since her last husband's death she has not again married but remains a widow - that no effort has ever been made by her to obtain a pension by reason of the services of her first husband until the present time - that several have applied to her in reference to her last husband but that nothing was ever said or done about applying for a pension on account of her first husband's services -
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written Before me } Abigail X Hadley her mark -
P. G. Buchanan Monroe Co. Judge
I hereby certify that by reason of old age & infirmity the above named declarant Abigail Hadley was unable to appear in to open court to make the above deposition Witness my hand this 19 th Nov 1850
P. G. Buchanan Judge of Monroe County Court -

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. }
I Certify that Patric G. Bushan Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, the County Judge
in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affi- davit is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, at Rochester, this 14 th day of Oct A. D. 185 /
John T. Lacey Clerk.

No 14.485
Abigail Hadley formerly widow of Samuel Gray New York. Oct 7 th July 1838.
Evans & Hunt Washington City.

State of New York County of Steuben
Samuel Baker of the town of Cameron in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that Abigail Hadley formerly Abigail Gray of the town of Webster County of Monroe & said State is his Sister and that she is about two years younger than this de- ponent.
This deponent states that he is a native of Dutchess County in said State & resided, when a boy, at a place called Philips Patent near Paterkill in said county where his said Sister and his father's family resided - that he was present at the marriage of his said Sister with Samuel Gray which took place in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred & eighty eight - at the place afore- said - This deponent states that he is able to state the time of the occurrence of the said marriage from the fact that in the winter following he left his father's residence in said County and removed to the State of Pennsylvania to reside - that in two years thereafter he returned again to Dutchess County and saw his said Sister & her husband the said Samuel Gray and that they were then living there together in the relation of husband & wife & that they then had one or two Children living as the fruits of their aforesaid marriage, and that they sustained the relation at that time of husband & wife and were reputed as such.
This deponent states that he knew the said Samuel Gray very well, both before & subsequent to his marriage to his said

1674.185 Sister and that his acquaintance with him be- -gan about two years prior to that same event - that she said Gray was a native of the State of Connecticut, County of Sharon Litchfield & State town of Sharon. That he was regarded & reputed where he was known as a revolutionary soldier & no doubt was entertained as this deponent was aware of, of the fact - that this deponent has often himself conversed with the said Gray about his revolutionary ser- -vices & heard him relate incidents con- -nected therewith - that he stated as this deponent remembers that he served in the early part of the war on a campaign at the Northward & was stationed at Mon- -treal for a time - that he served as a three years man and was under Col. Swift of the Connecticut Line - that this deponent had himself been a sol- -dier in the war though not with the said Gray & from this fact was led to converse with him in relation to his ser- -vices and to remember more particularly some of the events of the said Gray's ser- -vices -
This deponent further states that after his return to the State of Pennsylvania from his visit to his father's family & to that of the said Gray, in about two years there- from - the said Gray made him a visit & remained with him some little time that he returned again to the east &

went into the State of Connecticut to reside, and after residing there a short time he died - that he was the husband of this deponent's said Sister about six years - that in a few years after the death of the said Samuel Bray this deponent's said Sister married again a man by the name of Joseph Hadley with whom she lived until the time of his death which occurred eighteen or twenty years ago - and that she has not again married - as this deponent believes -
Sworn & subscribed to 8 th Samuel Baker day of January 1851
Before me Wm H Smith J.P.
State of New York County of Steubenville
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Baker & have been for many years that he is a man of high respectability of character, of good mind & memory and in my opinion the fullest confidence may be reposed in his statement above made.
Wm H Smith J.P. 11
by the name of ...

Steuben County State of New York ss I, Philo L. Hubbell, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Wm. A. Smith Esqr before whom the foregoing declaration was made was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, and duly authorized to administer oaths for general purposes In Witness Whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of said County at Bath this 11 th day of October A.D. 1837
P. L. Hubbell Clerk of the County Court

Schoharie County ss Lydia Ercum being duly sworn deposes and says that she is a resident of the town of Esopus County of Schoharie that she formerly resided in Dutchess County that she was seventy three years old of last July that she has a sister by the name of Abigail she was married to Samuel Gray don't remember the year she was married and that she the said Abigail was married at or near Peshkill in Dutchess county N.Y. she she distinctly recollects to have been the common understanding at the time and never heard the truth thereof called in question And that her sister Abigail and Samuel Gray subsequently lived together as husband and wife for a number of years during which time they moved away but the deponent does not remember to what place they moved Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of November 1850
Amos Miller Judge of the peace
Schoharie County ss Eniah Baker being duly sworn deposes and says that he is a resident of the town of Esopus County of Schoharie State of New York and that he was Eighty seven years of age last February and that he the deponent draws a pension from the Government of the United States for revolutionary services and the deponent further says that he has a sister by the name of Abigail - that she was

Married to Samuel Gray about the year 1788 or 1789 near Peekskill Dutchess County N.Y. This deponent says that he did not attend the marriage as it took place some 8 or 10 miles from where he resided at the time And that the said Samuel Gray and the said Abigail lived together as husband and wife for some years and that they had two children and during the time they lived together they moved away from Dutchess County to some place not now in the recollection of this deponent And this deponent further says that he distinctly remembers of hearing Samuel Gray talk about his Revolutionary Services Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of November 1850 Amos Miller Lydia Green Judah Baker mark of the peace
I do hereby certify that the above named Lydia Green and Judah Baker have been personally known to me for the last eleven years and that their character for truth and veracity is decidedly good beyond all question Amos Miller S. C. P.

State of New-York.
Tompkins County Clerk's Office.
ss.
I, HORACE MACK, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said County, do hereby certify, that Amos Meller Esquire, before whom the preceding deposition  depositions were subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurats thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same; and further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and verily believe that the signatures to the pending Jurats are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said County and Courts, at Ithaca, this Eleventh day of October 1851
H Mack Clerk.

November 28, 1932
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Joseph Hadley, W. 2615 Samuel Gray, R. 4415 RA-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 Fell's company, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's 2 d New York Regiment, was at the capture of Burgoyne, the battle of Bournemouth, 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.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator
Did not include service under Capt David Drown and Col. Chas Russell as it may not be established that there for service Samuel Gray received the pension. There is another Samuel Gray who received pension for service under Capt David Drown and Col. Chas Russell.
M. B.

C O P Y
December 29, 1851
Messers Evans & Fant
Present
Sirs:
The evidence identifying the former husband of "Abagail" Hadley with the soldier named in the certificate annexed to her declaration is entirely insufficient. It must be done by some one having personal knowledge of his service.
(Triplett)
J. W.

Oct 21 st 1877
Abigail Hadley, formerly widow of Samuel Gray.
New York. Oct 7 th July 1838.
Evans & Hunt
No Kirby
of
E. H. H. Esq Barnes of New York

No. 14. 485
Abigail Hadley formerly widow of
Samuel Gray
N.Y.
Act 7. July (See copy (partial insufficient) 1851 To Court Jan. Dec 29/ Same June 8/53
H 415

Evans & Grant
June 3/53

Pension Office June 3 1853
Gentlemen
A greatly to your request I have re-examined the case of Abigail Hadley widow of Sam l Gray of NY, and would refer you to the report made to you by my predecessor, Dec 29 1851, as containing the proper objections to its admission.
Agents would better serve the interests of their clients by directly a compliance with the requisitions of the Office, than by filing letters without any additional testimony.
Miles Evans & Hunt Present

Feb. 12. 1853
Re: to case of Abigail Hadley formerly wid. of Samuel Gray.
Mays
Evans & Faut Present

Washington, Feby 11. 1852
Sir
In your letter of the 3 d Jany 1852, in the case of Abigail Hadley (formerly widow of Samuel Gray) you require the testimony of some person having knowledge of his service. We think upon a revision of this case, you may come to the conclusion that the claim should be allowed.
Very respectfully Ebenezer D. Hunt.
James E. Asaith Esq. Chair of Pensions.

1932, Nov. 25. Stat. to Mr. Hampton S. Hadley (Rev. etc. in law. W. 2615 Joseph Valley) mkt. B.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872.
REJECTED.
4415
P. O. _____
Abigail Hadley
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Com.

State of Connecticut Hartford May 6 th 1831
I, Charles Hosmer, Recording Secretary of the Connecticut Historical Society, and having the custody of the documents & papers belonging to said Society, do certify that among the documents deposited with said society there is an original Pay Roll under the following heading vis, "A Pay Roll of Capt. David Downes's Comp y being the 1 st Comp y , in Colo rs . Charles Burrell's Battallion!" "We the subscribers whose names are underwritten having entered and enlisted ourselves into the Connecticut Battallion rais d by virtue of y s Governor, Proclamation dated the 29 th of Jan y , 1776 under the Command of Col o Charles Burrell, to reinforce the Northern Army ack d to have rec d . of Chap l Bull deputy Pay Master to s d Battallion, the sums affix d to our names, who have signed hereunto, for our first months pay, Bount y , Pay for Blankets, & Knapsacks, as carried out in the column of amt. Witness our hands March 7 th 1776. Among the names subscribed to the aforesaid document is that of Samuel Gray , a private, and opposite his name are the following entries vis. | First enlisted. Feb y . 6 | First months pay & Bount y £3. 4. | Premium for arms &c. £0. 16. | For Blankets & Knapsack £0. 19—
(over)

Amount to each man $4.19.1
Chas. Hosner, Rec. Secy, Connecticut Historical Society
State of Connecticut Hartford County J. B. Hartford May 6 th 1831
Personally appeared Charles Hosner signer of the foregoing document, and made oath that the allegations set forth therein are true, before me,
Geo. Robinson Notary Public,

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford May 6 th 1851
I certify, that on application for evidence of the services of Samuel Gray in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the Books, and documents remaining in this office, and find on a Pay Table Ledger, an account with Col. Burrells Regt, under the following heading, viz. "Col. Charles Burrells Regt. rais d in Jan y . 1776, for one year ". Among many entries in this account, I find one to Capt. Downs as follows. "For equipping £1.8.31 Hospital expense £48.3.5. (Arms & Baggage taken or destroyed £201.13.31 Repairs of Arms 12/ Total £ 251. 16. 11/
I find the name of Samuel Gray in a document under the following heading viz. "A list of soldiers that went for Sharon into the Continental service, and bounties and donations as each officer and soldier has had, as prefixed to their names except Continental & State Bounties". A column opposite the names of the soldiers has the following heading, "Town gave Decembe r 1778 to each soldier 20 Dollars". The following is a copy of a certificate on the back of said document, "This Certifies that the within is a true account of sums paid to officers and soldiers belonging to the town of Sharon in the Cont l Army by the town April 3 rd 1779
Ebenezer Gay David Downy Joseph Landers Amos Marchant Silas St John Select Men of Sharon.

I find the name of Samuel Gray also in a document under the following heading, Settlement with the "2 d Connecticut Regiment Heman Swift Esq r Colonel for the year 1781," and opposite said name are the following entries / Rank Private / Commencement of service, July 10 th 1781 / Expiration of service Dec 31 st 1781 / Term 5 mo s 21 ds. Amt. of wages £11. 8. / Amt. of Reb s Rations etc, £0. 8. 5 / Amt. of debt, 11. 16. 5, Balance £11. 16. 5
R. G. Peasey Crompton by Geo. Robinson Clerk