Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10886, Joel Hubbard, Conn. Continental Privateer

SERVICE
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Hubbard Joel
S. 10886
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Privateer
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24. 119 New York Voel Hubbard
Haddam in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Arnold of the Regt. commanded by Col. — " — in the New York line for 2 years — " — " —
★ Conn. & Continental & Privateer! Records corrected. Apr. 3, 1905. R.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Nov. 1833 — and to Mrs. Keeler South Scituate
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 M th 40 $240
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. } Job Bates Clerk,
Recorded by Book E. Vol. 4. Page 104

14753
Joel Hubbard.
e.
Admitted
Private 2 years
Martin Steele
So. Kortright B

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Aug. 7 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined 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 Joel Hubbard
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     in the year 75- 6 - Apr Capt Arnold 76 yrs Haban boat. Traditionary certificate with self   — 76 discharged 25 Nov Capt Lloyd   Spring 77 2 Ripley - Tracy Phillips no col. present?  
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.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry 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, deposes 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 years , the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York
County of Delaware County ss.
I Granford B. Sheldon Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do certify that Martin Keeler before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn and who has signed the annexed Certificates — was at the date of
each of them one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware (it being a Court of records) and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits and Certificates to be his proper hand writings and Signature —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 10 th day of June 1893
G B Sheldon Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th . 1832
On this 27 th day of August 1832
State of New York } ss
County of Delaware } ss
Personally appeared before me Martin Keller one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Delaware aforesaid Abel Spulebaid a resident of the town of Harpursfield in the County of Delaware and State of New York aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated I entered the service under Captain James Arnold who commanded a company of Connecticut State Militia Troops and I served under him Six months in the year 1775 I commenced the same in the month of May or June and served until November I then resided in the town of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut at the time I entered the service during the above term of six months I was stationed at a place called Horn Neck one month Then to Har- lem & stayed at Harlem until mid summer from thence were ordered & went to the east end of Long Island and from thence returned to Harlem and remained there until September then we were ordered & marched to Rensselaer Albany up Lake George to Ticonderoga and Sackett's and was present at the Taking of the fort Geyt. About -January had the command & from thence went to Montreal — I then returned home Then in the year 1776 I entered the service under Captain Cornelius Higgens at Haddam and from thence went to New York & from thence to Long Island This was in the summer of 1776 from thence I went to Harlem Heights and was stationed there for some time from thence I was ordered to the White Plains in the County of Westchester where I was in the Battle at that place I saw General Washington at that time he had the command

from there I went with the company to North Castle and was discharged on the 25 th day of December
In the Spring of 1777 I went to Danbury and was there at the time the British Army came there and burnt the stores and provisions I then entered the service under Captain Loydmore after him Captain Ripley Captain Tracy and Captain Phillips I served under the above named Officers for the term of two years until the year 1779 I was then discharged and returned to Bar- -ram In the fall of 1779 I went on board the Sloop Revenge a Privateer commanded by Captain Parker and served with him about one month at which time I was taken a prisoner by the British Ships Robert & Romulus on the south side of Long Island in September of this year I was bawled to New York and put on board the British Prison Ship Good Hope when there was about three hundred prisoners about the half of which died during the winter In the month of March the ship took fire and was burnt in the harbour of New York at which time I was on board said ship and I was taken from there to the City & put in to the Old Stone Jail in that City & remained there a prisoner until the fall of the year I was taken out of the prison and put on board the British Ship Triumph Captain Affleck then laying in the harbour of New York I sailed in said ship to the West Indies and was on that station and in the harbour of Kingston on the Island of Jamaica and continued to do duty on board said ship until the fall of the year 1782 The said ship being then lying at Port Royal near Kingston and being an old man belonging to the barge was in the habit of going on shore at one of those times in the month of September while on shore I deserted and left there and went on board of an English Merchant Ship then

laying in the harbour bound to New York and sailed for New York and on the passage the ship was cast away on Cape Hatteras and went ashore I was then furnished by a Colonel with a pass to go to Norfolk in Virginia I then went on board of a vessel & went to Baltimore from there to Philadelphia from there to Trenton & Elizabeth town in New Jersey from there to Fishkill in the State of New York from there through Danbury in the State of Connecticut to Haddam and arrived at home after an absence of about three years my sufferings can better be imagined than described this closed the campaign of my services making in the whole about seven years service.
The following Interrogatories were by me propounded and answered as follows
Ques - 1 Where and in what year was you born
Answer 1. In the town of Haddam State of Connecticut in the year 1756
Q. 2 - Have you any records of your age and if so what is it
A. 2. In the family Bible which was produced which showed that he was born in the year 1756
Q. 3. Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since and where do you now live
A. 3. At the time I entered the service I lived in the town of Haddam in the State of Connecticut I have lived since the Revolutionary war the first thirteen years in the town of Haddam and the last thirty seven years in the town of Harpersfield in the County of Delaware and State of New York where I now live
4 State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service

To the 5. I answer as follows
At the White Plains I saw Genl. Washington he had the Command Genl. Lee was there there was at that time there Regiments of Wadsworth Brigade together with others that I cannot recollect. At St Johns Genl. Montgomery had the Command and also at Montreal I marched from New York to Albany St Johns Montreal etc.
Q. 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it
A. 6. I had no written discharge
7 State the names of some persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and the belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution
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
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and I am of the opinion that the Statement of the applicant is true
God Sturbard
Martin Keller One of the Judges of the Court aforesaid

We Stephen Fenn a Clugman residing in the Town of Jefferson and Samuel Stevens residing in the Town of Harpersfield hereby Certify That we are well acquai- -nted with Joel Hurlburt who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy six years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that Opinion
Stephen Fenn -
Sworn and subscribed the 8th day of October Samuel Stevens 1832 before me
Martin Kelcey Judge
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my 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 died as he states And I further Certify that it appe- -ars to me that Stephen Fenn who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clugman resident in the town of Jefferson and that Samuel Stevens who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Harpersfield and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

State of New York
County
Delaware ss.
I Beauford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Del- aware do Certify that Martin Keeler Esquire before whom the foregoing and annexed proceedings and affi- davits purports to have been taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware and the same being a Court of Record and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing proceedings and the annexed affidavits to be his proper handwriting & Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Tenth day of October 1832 B Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York
County of Delaware ss.
I Bradford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Del- aware do Certify that Martin Keeler Esquire before whom the foregoing and annexed proceedings and affi- davits purports to have been taken was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware and the same being a Court of Record and that I am well acquainted with the hands writing of the said Judge and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing proceedings and the annexed affidavits to be his proper handwriting & Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court the Tenth day of October 1832 B Sheldon Clerk.

State of New York } ss County of Delaware } P
Personally came before me Frederick Smith of the town of Jefferson in the County of Schoharie and State of New York who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he is ap- -pointed with Joel Hubbard who is now making application for a pension that he the deponent was with the said Joel Hubbard in the army of the Revolution and that he served with him for the term of seven months during the year 1776 that they were in a Regi- -ment of State Troops of the State of Connecticut said Regiment was commanded by Colonel William Douglass and Lieutenant Colonel James Arnold under Major Porter the Comp- -any was commanded by Captain Cornelius Higgans That we were in New York on Long Is- -land at Harlem Heights and White Plains and we were both in the Battle at White Plains at that time I saw Genl Washington there he had the command we went from there to North -Castle and on the 25 th day of December we were both discharged In the Spring of the year 1777 The said Hubbard still remained in the army and was at Danbury in the State of Connecticut at the time the British were there and burnt that place the stores and provision I also know that he the said Hubbard was a prisoner three years and after that he returned to Haddam where he formerly lived and I knew him before the war and have known him ever since I know that he served three years and one month in the army of the Revolution and I know that he was a prisoner on board ship & also in the old stone Jail in New York
(Frederick Smith)
Sworn and subscribed this 27 th day of August 1832 before me and I certify that the said Frederick Smith is a credible witness
Martin Keely a Judge of said County

State of New York } Delaware County }
I Anthony M. Paine Deputy Clerk of the said county do certify that Martin Kuhn before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed thereto to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 4 th day of October 1832.
Auth: M Paine Deputy Clerk

In the matter of Joel Harkness 14/7/53.
Privateer service Captivity disall d
16- Privateer service Captivity disall d

State of New York } County of Delaware }
Personally came before me James Smith a resident of the town of Haverburg in the County of Delaware and State of New York and who being first duly sworn according to law does depose and say that he is acquainted with Joel Hubbard who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that himself and the said Hubbard were both born and lived in the town of Haddam during the Revolutionary War and I well know that in the year 1776 the said Hubbard was in the Army and also know that he was taken a prisoner by the British and was absent from Haddam for a term of not less than three years that during the time his property was divided amongst his friends and after that he returned to Haddam again a man by the name of Aaron Smith told me that he was in the same with Hubbard and that he Smith was wounded at White Plains and that said Hubbard carried him off the field wounded & he Smith recovered and returned to Haddam & made this statement to me
Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 th day of October 1832 James Smith
Martin Hedus

State of New York } County of Delaware } ss
Amended destruction of Joel Heubner
Personally appears before me Nathan Peckin the undersigned a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Delaware and State of New York Joel Heubner who being duly sworn deposes and says that in consequence of a mistake and misunderstanding at the time his former declaration was made in that part of it which details the terms of his leaving a passage taken on board of the privateer Revenge not being applicable to his case and that no claim could be made for that time and yet state the other terms of same with that provision that the regulations of the war department require and now in order to comply with those regulations I make the foregoing declaration in order to amend the former one and during the time herein mentioned he was not in the army of the Revolution.
That in the year 1775 in the month of May as near as I can recollect I entered the service in a Company of Connecticut State Military commanded by Captain James Anson. Entered his company as a volunteer and as a private soldier. I first underwent and joined his company at a place called Durham in the State of Connecticut. Marched from Durham to New Haven and from there to Greenwich in the County of Westchester in the State of New York and was there about one month from there to Harlem and held there and held there until the middle of the year - from there we were marched to the north end of Long Island and was there about one month from there we were ordered back to Harlem and held there until the September from there

and was stationed at St Johns near a Mouth and was there at the time that fort was taken from the British by the Americans I was one of the American Soldiers that stormed and took that fort General St. Gomer had the command of the American troops the Colonel's name I don't now recollect but I think it was Douglas I was stationed at St Johns about two weeks before the fort was taken and about one week after from there we crossed the river to Lawrence with the American Army & was marched to Monhagle which place was deserted by the British we took poss- -ession of the fort under the command of General Montgomery I was stationed there but a short time and in the latter part of November or first part of December I was discharged after a service of over six months and returned home.
In the month of May in the year 1776 I think about the middle of May I again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in a company of Penn- -sylvania State Militia commanded by Captain Sam- -uel Haggins and in a Regiment commanded by Colonel William Douglas Lieutenant Colonel James Arnold and Major Parton I first joined the Company and was encamped at Hadson in the State of Connecticut and was marched from there to the City of New York and was there about one month from there we were surrounded and forced to retreat to Long Island and was there about a short time and myself with the whole of the American Army under General Wash- -ington recrossed back to New Jersey and was march- -ed to Harlem Heights and was there about a month and from there we were marched to the White Plains in the County of Westchester and was in the Battle of White Plains Colonel Arnold had the command of the Regiment to which I belonged this day General Washington was there & had the command of the American Army from there I was marched to New Castle & was

Stationed there until the 25 th day of December on which day I was discharged after a service of seven months
In the month of March I think the 15 th day in the year 1777 I again entered the service as a volunteer in a company of Connecticut State Militia Commanded by Captain Lyman and I first joined his company at Danbury in the month of March and was stationed there until the British came to that place and left it General Wadsworth had the command of the army and was killed in preserving the British Army on their retreat from Danbury I was stationed here at this place for two years Captain Lyman had the command eight months Captain Ripley had the command first seven months Captain Tracy seven months Captain Phillips two months I served under all of the above named Captains the time above stated as near as I can recollect Colonel Wadsworth had the command the name of any other General Officer I do not recollect Wadsworth belonged to Hartford in the State of Connecticut all of which two years I was stationed at Danbury in the State of Connecticut and did duty as a private soldier in the army of the revolution making in the whole in this my service since the war I served three years and one month without any allowance of time for or during the time I was a prisoner and I was discharged on or about the first of April in the year 1779
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5 th day of September 1833
J. B. B. D.
Morton Phelps a Judge of said County

State of New York
County of Delaware ss.
I Granford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, do certify that Martin Kosha Esq. before whom on the aforesaid declaration which is annexed hereto has been sworn over the date of the same
and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and the said County have said I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Esq. and that his name subscribed to the said declaration or affidavit is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Ninth day of September 1833
G B Sheldon Clerk

Rev. h
10886 INVALID.
No. 10,886
Joel Hubbard Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 87
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[Arrangement of 1870.]