Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28754, Abram Harrington, New York

SERVICE
New York
Harrington, Abram or Abraham
NUMBER
S. 28 754
CONTENTS

28813 New York
Abraham Harrington of Rensselaer Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Magee of the Regt. commander by Col Courtlandt in the New York line for 7 months & 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of June 1834 and sent Hon J Plessor Ho: Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '34 - $ 71.14 Pens-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep '34 - 11.94 $ 83 58
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo Cromwell Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 112

Abraham Harrington Declaration for a Pension
19883
3 mos. in Van Renville
3 mos. Magee
21 ds. Brees
14 ds. Perry
7.5-
The enlargement of supplemental deposit in admissible
ABH
4 mos 5 ds. per
Mr. J. Pierson
2 nd N.Y. Regt. Benjamin Harrington enlisted 5 May '78 deserted 20 Aug '78

State of New York County of Rensselaer
On this Fifth day of October 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Abraham Harrington a resident of Greenbush County of Rensselaer and state of New York aged sixty eight 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 was a substitute in his brother Benjamin Harrington's place. that his brother enlisted in the Spring of the year 1778. in Colonel Courtlands Regiment, that his brother served 4 weeks and returned home sick & he went from Greenbush aforesaid where he then resided to West Point and took his brother's place & served out the time for which his brother enlisted which was nine months making 8. months service for him. that they were stationed at West Point a short time marched from there up the River Hudson and crossed over between Rhinebeck & Poughkeepsie & went to a place called Manumbarke and staid there until they were discharged. (he does not recollect any more of the officers) that on the first of May 1780 or 1781 he enlisted in Captain Magee's Company Lieutenant Bloodgood for three months & served his time out. that he marched from Greenbush or rather went by water from Greenbush where he then resided to West Point staid there about three weeks and went from there by water to Albany. from Albany to Troy. from Troy to Half moon from there to Fort Miller. from there to Fort George & Fort Edward and was stationed thereabouts during the time. before they were discharged they were drove off from Fort George by the Enemy & went to Saratoga Barracks at that place they were discharged. that he was called out on an alarm in the month of October or November (does not recollect the year) he thinks under Captain Brees marched from Greenbush aforesaid where he then resided to Stillwater was gone there three weeks and discharged. that he was called out in the militia under Captain Perry as near as he can recollect & marched from Greenbush aforesaid where he then resided to Beaver dam and the Halla barracks was gone two weeks and then discharged. that he never had any written discharge from service as he can remember. that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person except the following who can testify to his service or any part thereof. he does not recollect

lect any more of the principal Officers in the Revolution than what he has related. he was born in the year 1764 in the Town of Pough- keepsie County of Dutchess and state of New York that he has a Rec- ord of his age that came from his father to him in the family Bible that he moved from Poughkeepsie aforesaid to Greenbush in the Coun- ty of Albany now County of Rensselaer at the time he was four years old and has lived there ever since, he knows all the principal men in Rensselaer County, that have been inhabitants of said County for any length of time, and thinks that any of them if called upon could give a favorable account of his character for truth & veracity that there is no Clergyman living near him, that has resided in the neighborhood long or that he is much acquainted with. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity ex- cept the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Abraham Harrington Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid  Archibald Bull Clerk
Rensselaer County ss. John Folliard of the City of Troy in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was a sol- dier in Captain Samuel P. Pells Company in Colonel Courtlands Regiment in the year 1778. and that he was well acquainted with Abraham Harrington above named at that time, that Harring- ton was in Captain Magees Company (as he thinks) and was in Colonel Courtlands Regiment. they were both in one Regiment & were together often before Harrington went away from West Point that they was stationed at West Point. Snake hill and thereabouts, that he has always understood after Harrington left them the Company that he was with went to Maudabarkus or a place that went by that name at that time, which was 9 or 10 miles from Esopus in Ulster County. and that he has always been acquainted with the said Abraham Harrington from that time to the present Sworn & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid  Archibald Bull Clerk  John Folliard his mark
We Jacob Brinkerhoff of the Town of Grafton John T. Vansalisbury of the City of Troy in the County of Rensselaer State of New York - hereby certify that we are

well acquainted with Abraham Harrington who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Sixty Eight 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 & subscribed the _____ day and year aforesaid Archibald Full Clerk John his  mark T. Van Salisbury
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 Jacob Brinkerhoff & John T. Van Salisbury — — — — — who have signed the preceding Certificate are residents the said Jacob Brinkerhoff in the Town of Greenburgh and the said John T. Van Salisbury in the City of Troy. — — — — — and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit that there is no clergyman resident in his neighborhood who is sufficiently acquainted with the applicant to testify in his behalf Archibald Full Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Rensselaer do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Harrington for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of October 1832. Archibald Full Clerk
I certify that John Folliard named in the affidavit hereto annexed and who was sworn by me in open court, is a credible person, and his statement is entitled to credit — May 29. 1833. Archibald Full

No 19883 Abraham Harrington New York
L. J.
Rejectus
Benjamin Harrington distrust
adm d
Archibald Fullerton Rensselaer County New York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 Abraham Harrington  No 99 Vern Selac
   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. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Subst 1778. 8 Private Capt Cols None N.Y. Age 66 Greenbush N.Y. Living Witnes Traditionary   1780-1 May 1 st Enlisted 3 " Magee None N.Y.   Act as Mus 21 14 " Greene Perry  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ of the Court 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) _____, who has 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 he 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 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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their services. 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.
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 is note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
not copied Greeley amended
Dyer Austin Exam of Clerk

28 754 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,754
Abraham Harrington
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]

28 757 Rev INVALID.
File No. 28,757
Abraham Harrington
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
Rev. C.
Abraham Harrington
Rejected
See letter to
Archibald Bull
13 August 1833.
let to Hon. J. Pierson
May 6 1834.
let to Hon. J. Pierson May 30. 1834.
Act 7. June '82

War Department Pension Office 13. August '33.
Sir,
The papers in support of the claim of Abraham Harrington for a pension have again been examined. It appears on examining the rolls of Col. Van Cortlandt's Regiment that Benjamin Harrington, for whom the applicant declares he served as a substitute, deserted. The claim is, therefore, rejected; and the papers are placed on file.
I am, respectfully Your ob st serv t J L Edwards
Archibald Bull, Esq re (Troy, N.Y.)

Troy May 29 th 1833.
Dear Sir
Enclosed I return you the papers of Abraham Harrington, amended. From the character and standing of the applicant & the witnesses introduced by him, we consider this application one of the most meritorious of any one presented, from this county — Should be pleased to have it attached to soon
Respectfully Yours &c Archibald Full

Warrington Abraham Harrington
Mr. Purson

Study of New York Albany Co.
Adam Ostrander of the City of Albany aged Seventy eight years being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Abraham Harrington of Greenbush Rensselaer County and since a near neighbor to him during the Revolutionary War at Greenbush. That said Harrington is in this document lying about seventy years of age.
That this deponent was a soldier in the revolutionary war and did duty as such in the Regiment commanded by Col. Van Cortlandt. That he was at the battle at Monmouth in the summer of 1778. That after that battle he was marched into the State of New York and went to the White Plains in Dutchess County, and then to Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County. That he well recollects that beside Abraham Harrington joined his regiment at Poughkeepsie in the latter part of the summer, but cannot tell at what particular time. That said Abraham Harrington continued with the Regiment and crossed the river Hudson then called Esopus and went back about 8 or 10 miles to a place called Manackack, where he and said Harrington were discharged after the battle of the Battle of Dunderberg. That said Harrington went directly home and

Deponent went to Bennington and staid a few days with a relation and then went home and found said Harrington there they lived within half a mile of each other This deponent distinctly recollects that he and said Abraham Harrington often took grass together during the time they were together in New Boston as Megerant That deponent was in a different company in the regiment from that in which said Harrington served. And further this deponent saith not Sworn this 9 th day of June 1834. before me Samuel Cheever First Judge Albany County Court
Adam S. Dederer
Abner James Wood of the town of Greenfield in the County of Rensselaer and one of the Judges of said County being duly sworn - says that he is acquainted with Adam Dederer named in the foregoing affidavit and has known him more than twenty years. He formerly lived in Greenfield aforesaid, that he is a person of truth and veracity and and entitled to full credit under oaths and further saith not Sworn - this 13 th June 1834. before me Samuel Cheever Many County Court who know said Wood to be the person described above
James Woods

Albany June 13 th 1834.
Rev. J. Purdie.
In Sir Amos I handed you an affidavit of Adam Ostrander, a person lately thought of and searched out by Capt. Michael Harrington, you perceive he swears he was in service with Harrington from latter part of Summer to beginning of winter in 1778, and was discharged at same time with him.
The two old soldiers were together before me, and I am well satisfied from their mutual recurrence to facts that took place while they were in the service at that time, that they were together as Ostrander has stated.
This proven by corroboration, the three and a half months service in 1778, which with 5 or 6 months service by Williams, makes an amount of time, actually served by disinterested and credible witnesses sufficient to entitle him to a place upon the pension list.
The Captain says that the claim of 8 months, as made out in his original debenture for service under Col. Van Cortland, was so inserted from misapprehension or a misunderstanding between him and Mr. Bull who acted the paymaster. I have the fullest confidence that Capt. Harrington is entitled to pension for service rendered in the revolutionary war. I have drawn his statement and the affidavits which have been made before me with great

Canton, I shall regret it extremely if his claim shall be ultimately rejected. There is already on file with his papers a certificate of the clerk of this County of my official capacity. I consider it unnecessary to subject this old soldier to further and unnecessary expense for duplicate certificates. Will you be good enough to hand this affidavit of Mr. Osterlund and of his credibility by James Wood, Esq., over to the pension office.
Very Respectfully Yours
L. Nelson

Abraham Harrington
Mr. Pierson
As the explanatory affidavit does not contradict the roll & is supported by testimony - three months may be allowed - which added to the 4 mo. 5 d. makes an aggregate of 7 mo. & 15 days -

State of Indiana Sullivan County ss. James Williams of the County and State aforesaid, aged seventy years, being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that he enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, in the fall of 1779 in the company commanded by Captain James Magee, 1st Pennt James Bloodgood, & that in the spring of 1780 He found an Abraham Harrington in the same company at the Town of Greenbush Albany County State of New York (said Harrington & this deponent were both privates) and soon after embarked on board a sloop at Albany & then proceeded to Fishkill where they landed, from thence they marched to West Point, thence to Stony Point thence to Albany, thence to Fort Edward thence to Fort George, staid at Fort George one night & then marched back to Fort Edward thence to Saratoga where they were discharged about the last of October 1780 and after being discharged said Harrington & this deponent traveled together on their way homeward some distance & separated & that he did not know that said Harrington was living until he sent a number of names which belonged to the service to the town of Green- bush State of New York to obtain proof to his papers when he applied for a Pension among which was found the aff. Harrington the only one who survived as this deponent was informed & believes & further this deponent saith not
James his Williams mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of May 1834 by James Williams who is as I believe a person of

truth and verity is so reputed in the neighborhood where he lives and the same person who is described in the foregoing affidavit A. Wilkins Jr. P. Peace
State of Indiana Sullivan County Set:
I Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for the said County of Sullivan, in the State of Indiana, hereby certify, that Andrew Wilkins Jr. Esq. whose name appears, to the preceding, Certificate, was at the date thereof (and still is) an Acting Just- -ice of the Peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned and Qualified as such; and that the foregoing Signature, purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Meroson this 2 nd day of May A. Eighteen hundred and Thirty four.
Benjamin Wolfe Clerk of Sullivan Circuit Court

State of New York, Albany, Abraham Harrington of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer and State of New York. The way of affirmation of his declarations made for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of the 17th June 1832 says that his brother Benjamin Harrington enlisted into a company in Col. Van Courtland's Regiment in the service of the Revolution- ary war in the Spring of the year 1777 or 1778. but he now thinks it was in the year 1778. for this deponent now distinctly recollects that at the time of the battle at Saratoga when Genl. Burgoyne surrendered his army to Genl. Gates, this deponent was at home at Greenbush and his brother Benjamin was also at home and his enlistment into Col. Van Courtland's Regiment was the Spring following the surrender of Burgoyne and he also recollects that his brother Benjamin was in the service at the time of the battle at Monmouth. That during the same summer of the battle at Monmouth his said brother Benjamin came home in bad health having had the small pox by inocula- tion at a place called Valley Forge in his said brother's station. He ever since his return and Col. Courtland's right to the father of this deponent with whom he was acquainted, that Benjamin never return if able to come back or since or

Substitute, or he would be returned and treated as a deserter. When which an older brother of the Regiment named Zachariah went to Col. Cauntless to inform him of the state of Benjamin's health, and Zachariah brought word back that Benjamin must immediately join the regiment or be a Substitute. This Regiment then went to Poughkeepsie on the north river about 80 miles where New York and took the place of Benjamin his brother in Col. Van Keuren's Regiment, then stationed at that place. That the time he so joined said Regiment was on or about the first of September 1793. as near as he can recollect and he says the time from his recollection that it was directly after the wheat harvest.
That he marched with a part of said regiment from Poughkeepsie to nearly opposite a place then called Esopus, now Kingston, crossed the river to the west side, marched up and crossed Esopus Creek in a small boat then marched to a place then called Munkhookus or Corns south westerly from Esopus. This was after Esopus was burnt for desertion recollecting seeing the chimneys of the houses, which had been burnt, still standing. That he remained in the service until December of that year when he was discharged at Munkhookus and went home. That he served at that time full three and a half months. That he had no

he served at that time full three and a half months. That he had no written discharge, that he was not engaged in any battle during that term of service.
That he was again in service in the year 1879 under Capt. John A. Lansing of Schoharie three weeks three weeks went to a place called Beaver Dam and Schoharie took several Tories and brought them to Albany and lodged them in jail.
That he was also in service during the same year under Capt. Perry marching from Greenbush to Still Water, Saratoga and was on duty at the same last time three weeks.
That he was drafted for both the last term of service as a militia man.
That in the Spring of 1880 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. W. J. Smith Bloacgood. Went on board a boat at Albany and sailed down the river to Fish Kill where they landed them close to the river to opposite West Point. Crossed over to West Point and went from there to Stony Point then back to West Point, then to Albany then to Fort Edward and Fort George then came back to Fort Edward and to Saratoga where he was discharged in the fall of the year thirty latter part of October. He now recollects that he was on duty under that enlistment more than five months.
That he doesn't suppose all the members of the company by whom he could prove

then services dead until he learned last winter that James Williams who was a private with him in the same company was still living in the county of Sullivan in the state of Indiana whose affidavit is hereto annexed. Sworn and subscribed to this 21 st day of May Abram Harrington 1834 before me Sam l Cheever First Judge Albany County Court.
I do hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Capt. Abraham Harrington who made the foregoing disposition before me and have known him for the last twenty years, and his reputation in Greenbush where he resides is good and his declaration under oath entitled to full credit. He has to my knowledge often held the office of assessor and other town offices in said town and been a militia officer there.
Sam l Cheever First Judge Albany County Court.

I Nicholas Van Rensselaer of the town of Greenbush in the County of Rensselaer do certify that I was a captain in the revolutionary war and under Genl. Montgomery at the battle at Bennington. I have been also that I am well acquainted with Abraham Harrington named in and who signed the annexed deposition. That I have resided in the same town with him since we were boys. That I know him at the time of the Revolution and understand then and it is reported in the town where we both reside that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war That the said Harrington is a man of fair reputation and his statement under oath is entitled to full credit
Dated May 22 1834
Nich. Van Rensselaer
The word "captain" written on an erasure before question In presence of S. Cheever

I James Woods one of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Rensselaer and State of New York - residing in the town of Greenbush in said County do certify that I am well acquainted with Abraham Harrington who made the annexed deposition and have known him for the last twenty years. That he is reputed in the town and neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war. I know he has holden the military commission of Lieutenant and of Captain in the Militia of said town of Greenbush and commanded a company there for many years. That he is a man of truth and veracity and his statement under Oath entitled to full credit. Dated at Greenbush 21 May 1834. James Woods.
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Col. Nicholas Van Rensselaer whose genuine signature is set to the annexed certificate. That he is reputed to have been an officer in the Revolutionary war and now holds a pension as such and is a man of fair character and his certificate entitled to full credit. Also that James Woods whose genuine signature is set to the above certificate is an acting Judge of the County Courts in his County and a Presidential Elector at the last election, and his certificate entitled to full credit. May 22 1834 Sam l C. Wheeler Judge Albany County Courts.

State of New York County of Albany
I Conrad A. Ten Eyck clerk of the said county Do hereby certify. That Samuel Chaver Esqr whose name is subscribed to the preceding cer- tificate of the credibility of Col Nicholas VanRuyse- laer, and Francis Woods Esqr. is First Judge of the county Courts in said County. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said certificate is his proper hand writing and Signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the said County this 22 d day of May A. D. 1834.
C A Ten Eyck Clerk