Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,840, Noah Green, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Green, Noah
S. 29,840
CONTENTS

21.253
Massachusetts Noah Green
of Dedham in the State of Mass. who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Keay of the Reg. commanded by Col. Ely in the Cont. time for 7 Mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Aug. 1831 and Sister H. W. Bishop Serof
Arrears to the 4th of Ma'31  $216.66 Sem-ant. allowance ending 1/1/31  16.66 $233.33
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by C. C. Hule Clerk Book E. Vol. 2. Page 29

This is to certify that I Henry Green of Williamstown in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Do certify and swear that I was in the Service of the State of Connecticut and that I was knowing that and served in the same Company with Wash Green Esq of Windsor in said County and Commonwealth offered the said Wash in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Month of May enlisted in the Company of which Capt John Keyes commanded in the Regiment of which Colonel Ely had the command and that the  he served in said Regiment the term of six months and was discharged honorably by his commanding officer
Windsor July 13 1832
Henry Green
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss Windsor July 13 1832
Personally appeared before me James Beals Esquire and of the above named Henry Green and made oath to the truth of the above James Beals Esquire of Peace
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Henry Green and so far as my acquaintance extends I do believe him to be a man of credibility
James Beals Esquire of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of Record, in the County of Berkshire do certify that Samuel D. Dyer Esq. before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken was on the 13 th day of July 182- a man is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire & that I believe his name thereto subscribed, (to s. Deposition & Certificate), to be his true & proper signature.
The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand suffered the seal of the said Court at Lenox on this 28 th day of May one thousand eight hundred thirty three Chas Sedgwick Clerk
Charles Sedgwick Esq.
James

Barnstable P
Worthing August 27 1772
To whom it may concern This may certify that I am personally acquainted with Nath Green Esq of Norton and was with him knowing of his being a Soldier in the Revolution war and was knowing of his being at New Haven in the State of Conn as a Soldier in said Revolution for the term of two Months in the Month of August 1779 under the command of Lieut Joseph Peene of the Massachusetts Militia
Alpheus Brown
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Barnstable ss on the twenty seventh Day of August 1772 1772 the above named Nath Green personally appeared the above named deponent before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County and being by me lawfully examined and acknowledged and sworn in due form of Law
James Brulls Justice of the Peace
This may certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent Alpheus Brown and believe him to be a Man of Credibility
James Brulls Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire. I Charles Seagrave Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Clerk of Record in the County of Berkshire do hereby Certify, That James D. D. Esq. before whom the above & foregoing affidavits were executed, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire, And that I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court at Lenox on this 20 th day of May A.D. 1833.
Chas. Seagrave Clerk
Declaration of Noah Green

9688 Noah Greene Windsor Mass Application for Pension Augt 28 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Nathan Green a resident of the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy One 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted into the service of the United States at Tillingly (now Thompson ) in the State of Connecticut, entered service with the Connecticut State Troops under Col. Coly in the Company of Capt. John Hays Lieut. Lyons & Lieut. Grosvenor & Ensign Benjamin  Carle for the term of six months in the month of August A.D. 1777 went to New London & from thence the Company was ordered to Fort Greene in Green Connecticut where they remained until the following August when they were ordered to David  Rea  Island at which time the British had possession of Newport Island after about two weeks they returned to Fort Greene where they remained two weeks longer when they were ordered to march to New Haven Conn. thence towards the City of New York they met the enemy near West Chester N. York where they retreated about ten miles & encamped here he remained a few days & was discharged the period of his enlistment having expired - In the Spring A.D. 1778 he moved with his father's family from Tillingly to Windsor Berkshire County Massachusetts in the month of August A.D. 1779 he entered on an enlistment at Windsor under Lieut. Joseph  Green to New Haven Conn. he with him he volunteered to go to Stillwater N.Y. was out a few weeks - He was here at Tillingly in the State of Connecticut A.D. 1761 was in his possession

his father's family Record in which the time of his birth is recorded. He lived in Killingly until about 1778, when he moved to Windsor where he has lived from that period to the present time.
That he has no other evidence of the foregoing declaration & the annexed affidavit.

He hereby relinquishes every 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
Noah Gree
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We Gordon Dorrance a Clergyman, residing in the town of Windsor  County of Berkshire and Isaiah Wright residing in Windsor hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Noah Green who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventyone 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. Gordon Dorrance
I Wright
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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 Gordon Dorrance who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Isaiah Wright who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Noah Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop. Register of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Berkshire.
On this ninth day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before The Hon. William D. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate within for the County of Berkshire Noah Green a resident of the town of Windsor in County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional declarations, in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he never received a discharge from the Army, never in writing in any other manner -
Noah Green
S. July 9.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I Henry W. Bishop. Register of the Court of Probate within for the County of Berkshire in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supple- mentary & additional proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Green for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office of said Court of Probate this Eleventh day of July A.D. 1833.
Henry W. Bishop. Register Probate.

9.688
Noah Green
Plate 7 Months
14-1606
May 7 1873
P 379
H. M. Bishop
Lenox
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Noah Green  County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts -  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court -  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years -  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted In 1777 6 - Private Gen. Col Ely   Enlisted 1779 1 - Capt. John Keys   Volunteered 1780 0 - Lieut. Joseph Pierce  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Killingly (now Thompson) Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Improperly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John L. Watson Examining Clerk.
21 st Feb -

9688
Noah Green
A. M. Bishop Seneca Map

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Noah Green which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Supported by living witnesses - XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 6th unanswered -
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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 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 shewn 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

INVALID.
Rev 29 840
File No. 29,840
Noah Green
P.S. Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]