Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19665, Jonah Halladay, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Halladay, Jonah Halliday or
W 19665
Patience
CONTENTS
Del

14085
14159
New York
Jonah Walladay
of Onondaga Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pomeroy of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pomeroy in the Mass. Militia une for 24 mos.
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 6 day of May 1833 and sent to Lowell Johnson Palerm
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 39

2666
New York Albany Patience Halliday widow of Jonah Halliday who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Reported Dec. 28/48
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Dec. 1848. and sent to
Hon W. Dyer Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 84 Vol. 4,

In the Matter of Sarah Walladay Application For Pension 14159

State of New York Oswege County ss
On this fifteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared before me Lowell Johnson one of the Judges of Oswege Common Pleas being a court of Record Jonah Wallasay a resident of the town of New Haven in the County of Oswege and State of New York aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he was born in the Town of Simsbury (cannot tell what County) in the State of Connecticut on the fifteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and fifty one that when he was four years old his Father removed to Suffield in the same State in which town is a record of his age in the Town Clerks office (as he is informed) That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in May 1775 while living in Westfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and after he was twenty four years old he went and joined Captain Penroy's Company of Southampton as a volunteer and marched immediately to Boston. That the British lay in Boston when he arrived. That the Company to which he belonged joined a regiment but was immediately after detached and stationed at a place then called Prison Point on the south side of the Bay nearly opposite to Castle William (Now Fort Independence). The duty of the Company being to keep a guard on said Point where they lay at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The name of the Lieutenant was Leathin and he remembers the name of the Major in the regiment which he joined as before stated was Sargent. That he remained at this place until he had completed a term of eight months from the time he joined the Company when the whole Company was dismissed he thinks in January and went home to Westfield. That the enemy still lay in Boston when he was dismissed - he received no written discharge at this time.
That in April 1776 he enlisted in a Company commanded by Captain Shepard to go to Quebec. The Company marched immediately to Tienderaga in the State of New York on Lake Champlain where they joined a Regiment commanded by Colonel Pomeroy and proceeded to Quebec some of the way by water and some of the way by land. That this enlistment was for one year and their duty was to make preparation by constructing ladders and otherwise preparing to attack the fort. That some time in May Burgoyne came in with his army and the and English Americans were forced to retreat and leave the place. They returned to Montreal where they laid a few days and then to Tienderaga (as he believes in June) where the whole Regiment had the small Pox and General Thomas who was first in command died of the small Pox.
They staid at Tienderaga till late in the fall when they marched to Albany and thence to Battle Hill where they worked building Barracks until when they wintered in and lay here until their term expired in April when they were dismissed and returned home.

That in September of 1777 he was called on a foray to oppose the progress of Burgoyne who with an army was marching down the Hudson river toward Albany. He volunteered and went they got together in Westfield afterward and marched by the way of Bennington to Stillwater where he arrived a week or more before the general battle and was in the general battle and was there when Burgoyne with his army surrendered and saw them march out and soon after was dismissed and went home to Westfield having been out about a month at the time.
That some time he believes in the year 1789 he and his brother Zerhus agreed between them to furnish a man for eighteen months. That his brother first hired a man for nine months being his part of the term when he the said Zerhus went and hired the army near West Point on the east side of the Hudson river and was there when Arnold made the arrangement to give up West Point. At that time the troops he was in were ordered across the river and stationed down a little toward New York and when the treachery was discovered and Washington arrived and took command they were ordered back again to the east side of the river. He was near West Point when Andre was executed in October of 1780 but did not go to see him hung. That he lay there until his term of nine months had expired which with what had been done by the man hired by his brother made the eighteen months for which they had engaged when he was dismissed and went home but received no written discharge. That in this term he was in Captain Sperry's company in Colonel Vickers Regiment & General Vickers Regimental Brigade.
That about two years but he cannot say certainly he went another term of nine months (he believes) under the same officers and lay along down toward New York on the east side of the Hudson river. That during this term there was a guard was sent out and while in a house they were surrounded by a company of British light horse and all taken without firing a gun. That when his term was expired he was dismissed.
That he had also been a term of three months to New London and another term of three months to P'keepsie which he cannot particularly specify.
That in none of these terms did he receive any written discharge nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove his services.
That he is known to some still Zerhus Peckham or Elmer Snow John Kinyon Isaac Smith Isaac Kuler and many others in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services.
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 or territory.

That he lived at Suffolk in the state of Connecticut until he was 14 years old when he went to Winsted in the same state and lived there till he was twenty one. Thence to Westport where he lived till the commencement of the war and made his home during the war when not in actual service and till the year 1792 when he removed to Sheffield in the same state and continued there five years when he removed to Paris in the county of Onondaga & state of New York where he lived till the year 1806 when he removed to New Haven Orange where he now lives
Subscribed and sworn this 15 th day of September 1832 before me Lowell Johnson a Judge of Orange Common Pleas
Isaac Halladay
We Isaac Smith a clergyman residing in of New Haven county of Orange & state of New York and Gershon Richardson residing in the same place certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Halladay who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that he is reported and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution. That we never heard or doubted since that we concur in that opinion and that the said Isaac sustains a good character for truth and veracity Sept the 15 th 1832
Subscribed & sworn this 15 th day of September 1832 before me Lowell Johnson a Judge of Orange Common Pleas
Isaac Smith
Gershon Richardson
And I the said Judge before whom the foregoing declaration was made and examination had do declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the foregoing named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and that it appears to me that Isaac Smith who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of New Haven Orange and that Gershon Richardson who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
And I further certify that the said Isaac Halladay through bodily infirmity is unable to appear in court dated September the 15 th 1832
Lowell Johnson a Judge of Orange Common Pleas

State of New York Oswego County
I Eric Poor Clerk of the said County of Oswego do certify that Lawrence Johnson before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made was at the time a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Lawrence Johnson and readily believe his name in the first of the foregoing declaration & his signature and also his signature to the foregoing certificate by him made to be the proper hand writing of the said Lawrence Johnson
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty fourth day of September 1832
Eric Poor Clerk By D. H. Johnson Deputy

V
4643
Patience Hallady
NY
act 4 July 36
Rejected

State of New York
Oswego County
before me
On this 21 st Day of June 1839 Personally appeared
Patience Walladay a resident of New Haven in the County of Oswego and State of New York aged seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in Order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the widow of Jonah Walladay who was a private held in the revolutionary army for years according to the best of her recollection the names of the Officers of the Field or Company have gone from her memory but she recollects his being with General Montgomery at Montreal and Quebec but at what time he volunteered his services or when discharged does not remember but for a more particular description of his services the place of his residence when he enlisted the country through which he marched she would refer you to his declaration which he made previous to his obtaining a pension which you still have in possession she further states she is the Mother of five Children the Oldest is fifty and lives in Manlius Onondaga County N.Y. the next is forty eight and lives in New Haven the next is forty six and lives in New Haven Oswego County N.Y. the next is forty four and resides in Manlius Onondaga County N.Y. the last is forty and lives in New Haven Oswego County with whom she now resides. She further declares she was married to the said Jonah Walladay on the seventh of December Seventeen hundred and eighty eight and her husband the aforesaid Jonah Walladay died on the 16 th day of May 1838 and that she still remains a widow as will more fully appear.
By reference to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me
Patience Walladay mark
Elias Brewster
Judge of County Court Oswego County
I hereby certify that Patience Walladay the person who subscribed the foregoing affidavit is unable to attend any Court of Record in said County on account bodily infirmity & that the reason of her making her mark was inability to write from blindness & other causes
Elias Brewster Judge Os. Co. Court

State of New York Oscego County } ss John Doolittle Being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Patience Walladay the applicant in the annexed declaration and has been from her childhood and has been likewise acquainted with her husband Jonah Walladay ever since Before the war of the revolution and that he was the husband of Patience Walladay he the said Deponent being present at the time of their Marriage which which was December 17 th 1768 and to further state he is well acquainted with the children of said Patience Walladay and that she has given their ages and places of Residence correct and that she still remains a widow and lives with her youngest son in the town of New Haven and the other facts set forth in her declaration he believes to be correct knowing them to have been a soldier of the revolution for about 4 years John B. Doolittle Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8 th day of December 1838 4 th line from the top interlined the words Jonah Walladay Witness John B. Doolittle Woman Rowe L P
State of New York Oscego County } ss Jared Doolittle being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with Patience Walladay the applicant in the annexed declaration and has been for above 50 years and has been likewise with her husband (Jonah Walladay deceased) for the same length of time and he well knows that they were legally married in December 1768 for the said Deponent being present at their marriage and likewise that he is well acquainted with the children of the aforesaid applicant that she has given their ages and places of Residence correct and that the said Jonah Walladay was soldier of the revolution and that he died in may 1838 that she still remains a widow and lives with her youngest son in the town of New Haven and the facts set forth in her declaration  affidavit he believes to be correct Jared Doolittle Sworn and subscribed before me this 8 th day of December 1838 Woman Rowe Witness John B. Doolittle Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Lard and John Doolittle whose names are subscribed to the above affidavits and have been for fifteen or twenty years and that they sustain fair and unimpeachable character for truth and morality July 19 th 1839 Woman Rowe Justice Peace

Oswego county ss. I Daniel A. Marsh Clerk of the county of Oswego do hereby certify that Elias Brewster whose name is subscribed to the jurat of the within Declaration of Patience Halladay, was at the date of said jurat a Judge of the County Courts of said County duly qualified and authorized to administer the oaths to the said Patience Halladay. And further that I am well ac- quainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature of Elias Brewster to said Jurat is the genuine signature of the said Judge And I further certify that Norman Rowe whose signature is attached to the the jurats of the two within affida- vits of John Doolittle and Sarah Doolittle was at the date of such jurats a Justice of the Peace of said County residing within the same duly sworn and authorized to take such affidavits. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe that the signature of Norman Rowe to the said jurats is the genuine signature of said Justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county This twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord 1839
D. A. Marsh Clerk

14. 159
A
French Walladus
Oswego. C. N. York
Rolls
Jan 1, '80 dis. May 15, '80 July 5 — 6 mo. Dis Dec. 6.
admitted.
24 mo. Private.
Lowell Johnson C.M. Palermo.

BRIEF in the case of  Isaac Heablauey  of  stage 8  in the State of  Nyuk  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ut  3. How old is he? 81  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. As a Gen.     may In 1775 vol 15-95 in 8 Private Col Pomeroy Maj Tappan   april 1776 1 " Col Shepard Col Pomeroy   Sept 1777 1 "   1779 9 " Col Spence Col Nickerson   4 " Col Spence Col Nickerson   1780 (4-257) 3 " officer at Saratoga   officer at Saratoga  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillwater  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wulford Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers all attested 
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Lott  Examining Clerk.

October 12, 1939
BA-J/MCS Jonah Halladay, W.19665
Mr. Roger F. Williams 2 Rock Street Alexandria Bay, New York
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Jonah Halladay, a Revolutionary War soldier who served from Massachusetts and was pensioned while living in New Haven, New York.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, W.19665, based on the military service of Jonah Halladay.
He was born March 15, 1751, in Simsbury, Connecticut. When he was four years of age he moved with his father (names of parents not given) to Suffield, Connecticut, and he stated that his age was recorded in the town clerk's office there. He lived at Suffield until he was fourteen years of age when he moved to "Winterbury" (?) in Connecticut and lived there until he was twenty-one when he moved to Westfield, Massachusetts.
He enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from May, 1775, eight months in Captain Pomeroy's company; from April, 1776, one year in Captain Shepard's company in Colonel Pomeroy's regiment; from September, 1777, one month and was in the battle of Stillwater and at the capture of Burgoyne, names of officers not given; in 1779 or 1780 he served nine months in Captain Spurr's company in Colonel Nixon's regiment; he afterwards served nine months in Captain Spurr's company in Colonel Nixon's regiment; he served two other tours of three months each, no details given.
Jonah Halladay lived in Westfield, Massachusetts, until 1792 when he moved to Sheffield, Massachusetts, and five years later he moved to Paris, Oneida County, New York, and lived there until 1806 when he moved to New Haven, Oswego County, New York.

Jonah Halladay was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, at which time he was living in New Haven, New York.
He died May 16, 1838.
This soldier married December 7 or 27, 1788, in Blandford, Massachusetts, Miss Patience Doolittle.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, at which time she was seventy-three years of age and was living in New Haven. She was living there in 1848.
Jonah and Patience Halladay had five children, names not given, whose ages and places of residence in 1839 were as follows: the eldest aged fifty years of Manlius, New York, next aged forty-eight of New Haven, New York, next aged forty-six of New Haven, next aged forty-four of Manlius, and the youngest was a son, aged forty, with whom the widow was living in New Haven in 1839.
The soldier had a brother, Zachaus, living during the Revolution.
In 1838, one John Doolittle stated he had known the widow since her childhood and one Jared Doolittle stated he was present when she was married but it was not shown that they were related to her. In that year one John B. Doolittle was living, relationship not shown. In 1848 one Jesse Halladay acted as witness for the widow, relationship not shown.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

October 16, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Jonah Halladay, W.19665
Mrs. Lee C. Loomis Mexico New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of October 9, 1935, requesting the Revolutionary War record of Jonah Halladay.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.19665, based upon the military service of Jonah Halladay, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born March 15, 1751, in Simsbury, Connecticut. When he was four years of age he moved with his father (names of parents not given) to Suffield, Connecticut, and he stated that his age was recorded in the town clerk's office there. He lived at Suffield until he was fourteen years of age when he moved to "Winterbury" (?) in Connecticut and lived there until he was twenty-one when he moved to Westfield, Massachusetts.
He enlisted and served as private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from May, 1775, eight months in Captain Pomeroy's company; from April, 1776, one year in Captain Shepard's company in Colonel Pomeroy's regiment; from September, 1777, one month and was in the battle of Stillwater and at the capture of Burgoyne, names of officers not given; in 1779 or 1780 he served nine months in Captain Spurr's company in Colonel Nixon's regiment; he afterwards served nine months in Captain Spurr's company in Colonel Nixon's regiment; he served two other tours of three months each, no details given.
He lived in Westfield, Massachusetts, until 1792 when he moved to Sheffield, Massachusetts, and five years later he moved to Paris, Oneida County, New York, and lived there until 1806 when he moved to New Haven, Oswego County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, at which time he was living in New Haven, New York.
Jonah Halladay died May 16, 1838.
Mrs He married December 7 or 27, 1788, in Blandford, Massachusetts, Patience Doolittle.
She was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, at which time she was seventy-three years of age and was living in New Haven, New York. She was living there in 1848.
Jonah and Patience Halladay had five children, names not given, whose age and place of residence in 1839 were as follows: the eldest aged fifty years of Manlius, New York, next aged forty-eight of New Haven, New York, next aged forty-six of New Haven, next aged forty-four of Manlius, and the youngest was a son, aged forty, with whom the widow was living in New Haven in 1839.
The soldier had a brother, Zachaeus, living during the Revolution.
In 1838 one John Doolittle stated he had known the widow since her childhood and one Jared Doolittle stated he was present when she was married but it was not shown that they were related to her. In that year one John B. Doolittle was living, relationship not shown. In 1848 one Jesse Halladay acted as witness for the widow, his relation to her not shown.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
Dale of widow's death not in Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
October 2, 1924
Mrs. W. W. Allen 1776 Dupont Ave., S. Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.19665, it appears that Jonah Halladay was born March 15, 1751, in Simsbury, Connecticut.
While a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, he enlisted in May, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Pomeroy's Company, Major Tupper's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in April, 1776, and served one year in Captain Shepard's Company, Colonel Pomeroy's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in September, 1777, served one month, officers not stated, was in the battle of Stillwater and at the capture of Burgoyne.
He enlisted in 1779 or 1780 and served nine months in Captain Spurr's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
He afterwards served nine months in Captain Spurr's Company, Colonel Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment.
He served two other tours of three months each, no details given.

MS.A
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, while a resident of New Haven, Oswego County, New York. He died May, 16, 1838.
He married December 7 or 27, 1788, in Blandford, Massachusetts, Patience Doolittæ. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 21, 1839, while a resident of New Haven, New York, aged 73 years.
They had five children, names not stated, whose ages in 1839 were 50, 48, 46, 44, and 40 years, the youngest being a son with whom the widow then lived.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

Patience Halladay
N.Y.
Act 7. July '38
80P
from 4 March 38 to 16 May 38
O. H. Whitney Mexico N.Y.

On this Twenty second day of May 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Mexico in the county of Oswego Patience Halladay a resident of the Town of New Haven in the county of Oswego and State of New York aged Twenty Eight years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension which she claims from the 4 th of March 1836 to the sixteenth day of May 1838 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7 th July 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Donald Halladay who was a private during the revolutionary war that her pension was allowed at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum and was paid to her at the Agency in Albany in the State of New York and further she saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before Ezra C Mitchell Justice of the Peace
her Patience + Halladay Mark
I hereby certify that the above named Patience Halladay is personally known to me and that she subscribed the above declaration by making her mark being unable to write her name
Ezra C Mitchell Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
Deposition I, Andrew Z. McCarty, CLERK OF SAID COUNTY, Do hereby Certify , that at the date of the Certificate, of Proof or Acknowledgement , to which this is annexed, the said Ezra L. Mitchell Esq. was a "Justice of the Peace" in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same:— And further , That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said "Justice" and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this twenty third day of
May 1843
A. Z. McCarty Clerk.

8005
Patience Walladay
NY.
out 7. July '38
adm 2 yrs tri
80
Died. 16 May '38. Pen: Com: 17 May
Patience Walladay out 7 July 1838
Daniel Walladay New Haven Owego County NY

State of Newyork } Oswego County } ss On this 2 nd day of september one thousand eight hundred and forty one personally appeared before me Elias Brewster one of the Judges of the County Patience Halladay a resident of the town of New Haven in the County of Oswego aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision Made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows That she is the widow of Jonah Halladay who was a private in the revolutionary army for the time of four years as Volunteer the names of the officers she does not recol- = lect only General Montgomery whom he accompanied in his expedition into Canada the day month or year he entered or left the service does not recollect nor whether he fought many battles that previous to his entering the army he resided in the state of Massachusetts County of Hampshire town of Blanford she knows of no documentary evidence to support his claim but that he was a pene- = orer previous to his death and would refer you to his Declaration for further information on that subject that he kept no family record and that the eldest child is now fifty three years of age and the youngest with whom she now resides forty three She further Declares that she was married to the said Jonah Halladay on the twenty seventh of december in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight and that her husband the aforesaid Jonah Halladay died on the sixteenth of may Eighteen hundred and thirty eight that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated
Patience Halladay Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Elias Brewster Judge of Os. Co. Court

I hereby certify that the within named Patience Walladay by reason of age & bodily infirmity is unable to attend a Court of Record & also that she is unable to write - New Haven August 2 d 1841
Elias Brewster Judge of Cr. Co. Court
State of New York Oswego County. Clerk's Office of J. Andrew J. McCarty Clerk of the said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby certify that Elias Brewster Esq before whom the within deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same a Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned & sworn and authorized by the laws and statutes of said State to take and certify said deposition - And I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and that the signatures subscribed thereto purporting to be his is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 3 rd day of September A D 1841 A. J. McCarty Clerk

State of New York
On this Twenty second day of May 1843 Personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Mifflin in the county of Onondaga and state aforesaid Patience Halladay a resident of the Town of New Haven in the county and state aforesaid aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of Jonah Halladay who was a private during the revolutionary war that she cannot recollect the name of the regiment in which her husband served or who commanded the same but that he started from the Town of Hanford in the state of New Hampshire or from a place called by that name that her best recollection is that the name of the General in whose service he enlisted was Montgomery that the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7 1838 was Eighty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed her on the day and year } Patience Halladay above written before } mark Ezra C. Mitchell Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Patience Halladay is personally known to me and that she subscribed the above declaration by making her mark being unable to write her name Ezra C. Mitchell Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
Deposition { I, Andrew Z. McCarty, CLERK OF SAID COUNTY, Do hereby Certify , that at the date of the Certificate, of Proof or Acknowledgement , to which this is annexed, the said Ezra L. Mitchell Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same:— And further , That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature to the said Certificate of Proof or Acknowledgement to be genuine.
In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this twenty third day of
May
1843
A. Z. McCarty Clerk.

Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of congress of 2 d February 1848. entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows and sol rs of the Revo- lution"
State of New York } On this 12 th day of September 1848 person County of Oswego } ally appeared before the subscriber the county judge in and for said county Patience Halladay a resident of New Haven in the county of Oswego aged Eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 2 d Feb- -ruary 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war That she is the widow of Jonah Halladay who was a Revolutionary Pensioner & died in 1838 that she has rec d a pension in due the law of 17 th June 1844 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum She further declares that she is a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written before me }
Subscribed by the said Patience Halladay by making her mark she being unable to write her name Orla H. Whitney Co Judge of Oswego Co
John Halladay witness
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the same in all who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing af- -f d Orla H. Whitney Co Judge of Oswego Co

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Hon. Orla M. Whitney whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the date of said Certificate, County Judge of Oswego County in and for the said County, and duly authorized to take the  oath or affirmation . AND FURTHER, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, this 13 day of Sept 184 8 .
Jabez W. Gilbert Clerk.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampden, ss.
I, JOHN INGERSOLL, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that Orrin Sage — Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Orrin Sage — and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Courts Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
this twenty second day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  four forty
John Ingersoll Clerk.

I hereby certify that application has been made to me by Mr. Daniel Hall to furnish a copy from the records of the marriage of Mr. Jonah Halladay with Miss Patience Doolittle which marriage, it is said, took place in Blandford on the twenty seventh day of December seventeen hundred and eighty eight - - - - -
I further certify, that I have examined the books kept by this town for the purpose of recording marriages from the year seventeen hundred and forty to the year eighteen hundred & two inclusive and I cannot find any records of the marriage of Mr. Jonah Halladay with Miss Patience Doolittle Given under my hand at Blandford this twentieth day of February A.D. 1840
Attest
Enos Brise, Town Clerk of Blandford.
Hampden ss. February 20 th 1840
Then personally the above named appeared the above named Enos Brise & made solemn oath the above certificate by him subscribed is true - Before me Orion Dyer Justice of the Peace

1776 Dupont- Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Sept. 10 th 1924.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Madam,
While in Washington a few years ago, you showed me several articles in regard to one, Jonah Holladay, who was in some capacity, connected with Washington during the war of the Revolution - He used a pension - and his wife (Patience, I think) later rec d a pension after his death.

Now, I am anxious to join the D. A. R. and need all the in- formation I can get along that line
As I remember, you said that if at any time I wanted this information, I could get it by applying to you.
I cannot tell if there was any reference to his descendants, and if so, can you tell me just where I may apply for such information.
Any help which you may be able to give me will be very much appreciated.
Respectfully
Mrs. W. W. Allen.

Patience Halliday widow of Jeremiah Halliday
Mar 8 1840
Mr J. J. Schwenk
Secy Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
Yrs J. J. Schwenk

New Haven Oscega County - NY June 2 nd 1840
Sir
I have received Your letter of May 20 th from the Pension department in regard to Mrs. Patience Walladay (widow of Jonah Walladay) Declaring a new for the purpose of Obtaining a pension and Request that in her behalf that you would have the goodness to send back her Original Declaration together with Mr. Walladay's that her Memory might be the better assisted in Making a new Declaration
Yours Respectfully
Daniel Wall

Oscego (County) ss Be it known that before me Daniel Hall a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared Miss Patience Walladay Widow of Jonah Walladay in due form of Law made Oath (in addition to her former declaration) that she was married by the Rev. Mr. Catlin on the twenty seventh day of December 1788 and likewise that there is no Family Record and likewise she thinks no Record in the town where she was Married as Mr. Catlin belonged in some Other part of the County and she never saw him before that time nor since neither does she know his given name
Patience Her Walladay mark
Sworn and subscribed before Me this 10th day of March 1840 Daniel Hall J P
I hereby Certify that I have been personally acquainted with Mrs. P. Walladay for the space of thirty years and believe her to be a person of a good moral character whose word may be fully credited as to truth and veracity D Hall J P
State of New York Oscego County Clarks Office ss } I Daniel H. Marsh Clerk of Said County do hereby Certify that Daniel Hall is a Justice of the Peace in and for Said County duly Com- -missioned and Qualified that his Commission is dated on 1 st day of January 1839. and will expire on the 31 st day of December 1842 and that his Signature to the above Oath and Certificate is genuine In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Said County this 13 th day of March 1840 D. H. Marsh Clerk

1703
June 5. 1843
My M rs 1843 Patience Halladay
$80 per am J. H. Whitney Mexico, N. York O. H. Morton Esq (cousin of Patience) Washington D. C.
FREE

J L Edwards Esq. Sir
Enclosed I send you the papers of Patience Walladay for a pension under the act of March 3 rd 1843. When determined you will please write me the result.
I am Sir Yours &c
O. H. Whitney city at Laub
(Mifflin (Harris Co) May 31. 1843

Mar 20 1840
Pension Departm- ent addl proof Patience Halladay Washington
D. C.
Two Worms March 13 1840
2/2

New Haven March 13 th 1840
Sir I Herewith forward the additional testimony of Mrs. Patena Walladay to establish her Claims to a Pension from the United States. Enclosed in this letter you will find all the testimony required in your Letter to me of October last. You will find from the accompanying affidavits of the Claimant that there is no family Record that a Certificate of their Record of their Marriage is not to be found but the fact of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Walladay appears to be firmly Established on the veracity of two respectable witnesses (viz the Messrs. Doolittle) which was sent to the pension Department with the claimants Declaration which you still have in possession. And If her her request should be granted Immediately you would confer a favor on a needy woman and the worthy Widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Yours Respectfully
D. Hall

Washington Dec 23
Sir,
You will oblige me by giving me the information requested in the within letter -
Yrs so good as to return in the letter with your answer
Respectfully your servant.
W Dill

May 29 1825
NY
Patience Halliday!
Annars.
Miss Deborah G. Daughter of General Washington Esq.
Miss

J. L. Edwards Esq Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration of Patience Waite -day for Pension. Please advise me of the decision at your earliest convenience.
I am Sir Yours &c.
Thos H. Hartley atty at Law Mays May 24, 1843

P. P. Tenn. Department
Washington
Resid. of both  both
Hans: Hall - Declaration of Patience Halladay New-York act July, 1838 -
Deed See
Sept 10 - 1848
Chas Warren Sept 10 1848

To the honorable Commissioner of Pensions
Dear sir. After so long Delay we again present you with Mrs. Walladays Declaration for a pension (which Delay was occasioned by circumstances unavoidable) the proof is the best the circumstance will admit as Mrs. Walladay has become very infirm by reason of age which makes her need the bounty of her country so much the more as no documentary Evidence can be found nor any family Register. We have recourse to parole testimony which amounts to positive proof by two good substantial witnesses viz. the Messrs. Doolittles who were both present at the time of her marriage with Mr. Jonah Walladay at the time specified in her Declaration which testimony you have with the papers formerly sent to the Pension Department. As we do not wish to write long letters we would come directly to the point within you will find her written Declaration and amongst the former papers the testimony spoken of above and by granting her petition will give her her just due from her country and afford relief to a needy and virtuous matron who actually needs the fostering care of her country whose independence the valor of her husband helped to gain.
Yours Respectfully Daniel Wall of St. Lawrence Essex County N.Y.

4643 July 24. N.Y.
Pahokee Hall
Act 4 July 1836
Mrs. J. Fonda
Henry James July 20th 36
Washington
A. Jenison

To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
I herewith present you with the Claims of Mrs. McHaday for a Pension in hopes that you will condesend to give an immediate hearing as she is circumstances that need the fostering care of that government for which her deceased Companion for the space of forty years did so faithfully contend
New Haven County of Oswego N.Y.
Daniel Wall
New Haven July 13th 1839
If the enclosed Declaration is not sufficient I wish you to send me a copy of the different acts passed since the 4th of July 1836 and Oblige Yours &c
Daniel Wall

D. 10 1558 Mr Cole NY
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington D.C.

Hon J. Edmonds Comm of Pensions Dr Sir
Enclosed is since your affidavit or declaration of Pension Halladay of New Haven for pension under the act of Febry 2 d 1848. Please send me certificate if correct by mail
I am Sir Yours &c
O. A. Whitney
Mexico Sept 13. 1848 —

12 May 1843
do 6.
Patricia H. H. H.
annual
J. B. Edwards senior J. B. Washington
(Muscadine) May 8

John L Edwards Esq
Dir Sir
Will you do me the favor to inform me whether Mrs Patience Walladay of the Town of New Haven Oswego Co N.Y. would be entitled to a pension under the act of March 3. 1873 on presenting the receipt proof - she has forgotten under what act she drew and also what amount per year she has drawn or pension since her husband died - she probably drew under the 5 Year act. She is quite an old Lady and needs one if entitled to it. Do me the favor to let me know at your earliest convenience.
I am Sir Yours &c
J. H. Whitney atty at Law Mexico Oswego Co N.Y. May 6. 1873.

New York
Patience Halladay
Act. July 4. 1831
Marr. 7. Dec 1788
Husband died 14 May
1838 -
Re. Daul. Hall 8. Oct. 1839
to same 20. May 1840
to same 17. June 1840

Isaac Halladay. Albany. at 1 June 22 last p. 22 25 Sep '41 Died 16 th May 1838 / 50 th that p.m. JH

Rep June 7
New York 6388
Patience Halliday widow of Jonah Halladay who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16th: May 1838 - of Oswego Co in the State of N. Y. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pomeroy of the Regt commanded by Col: Pomeroy in the N.Y. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Vending 16th: May 1838 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th — day of June 1843 and sent to O.H. Whitney Mexico, N.Y.
Total amount, $187.99
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by William — Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 83 —

6388
12c
Albany New York Patience Halladay widow of Jonah Halladay
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 th May 1838 of Oswego Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pomeroy of the Regt. commanded by Col o Pomeroy in the Mass s line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. 16 th May 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Sept. 1841 and sent to and received by New Haven Oswego Co. N.Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1841 $224.22
Continued allowance ending
$224.22
{ Act July 7, }
1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 12 Vol. 26 Page 83

Jan 27-1903 Am E. S. Holliday H.R. 1924 Oct. 1 Hush. to Mrs. W. W. Allen 1935 Oct. 14 Hush. to Mrs. L. C. Loomis 1939 Oct. 12 Hush. to Roger F. Williams
Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19665  Patience Holliday wid. of  Jonah Holliday Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 1/48
Index:—Vol. Q4 Page 313

Repr.
1558
New York, Albany
Patience Halliday
widow of Jonah Halliday who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26, day of August 1843 and sent to B. H. Whitney Mexico, New York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 118

OSWEGO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
LEE C. LOOMIS, COMMISSIONER
MEXICO, N. Y. October 9, 1935
Bureau of War Records, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,-
Would it be possible for you to furnish me with the Revolutionary War record of Jonah Halladay ? Your efforts will be appreciated as I am anxious to make application for membership in the Daughters of American Revolution.
Very truly yours,
Margaret T. Loomis.
(Mrs. Lee C.)

2 Rock St.
Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
September 20, 1939
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: —
If the Revolutionary Records of your office show a record of Jonah Halladay pensioned for services in American Revolution I would greatly appreciate an abstract of the records.
Jonah Halladay resided in New Haven, Oswego co. N.Y. He enlisted from Massachusetts and was placed on the Pension Rolls March 4, 1831.
I wish the War Record of Jonah Halladay with any family data etc. I trust I may hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Roger F. Williams
me.s-