Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,539, Robert Hammond, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Hammond Robert Ruanah
NUMBER
R. 4539
CONTENTS

New York 27783
Robert Hammond Esq. in the State of New York was a private in the company commanded by Captain Reed of the regt. commanded by Col. Starr in the Connecticut line for 8 Mos. & 27 days service
Enscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 29 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Sept 1834 and sent to Pierson Viconderoga
Bears to the 14th of Sept 1834 103.83 Pension allowance ending March 35 14.83 $118.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Saml Boyd Clerk, Book 62 Vol. 4 Page 30

Robert Hammond Application for Pension
Ent d July 16 th disch Dec 16 th 5, 1
on rolls 5 mos 21 days only in '80
Comptroller certificates for 3 mos. 26 ds in '81
Alone
8 mos. 27 ds pri

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832— State of New York
County of Essex } Sir: On this 26 th day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex aforesaid now sitting Robert Hammond a resident of the town of Leondoro- gue in the County aforesaid aged 68 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 7. 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States on the first Monday of May in the year 1780 with
& served (as he verily believes) in the fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Line under the following named officers: Brigadier General Jedidiah Huntington, Colonel — Starr, Major — Darrow (he believes), Captain — Reed, Ensign — Benjamin, Adjutant — Avery. He recollects no other officers. He left the said service between the 15 th & 20 th of December the same year (1780). He resided when he entered the said service in the town of Mansfield in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut. He was engaged in no battle. He joined the said Regiment at Peekskill N.Y. immediately after enlisting. Marched from thence to Yellow Hill N.Y. lay there during the fore part of Summer & then crossed over Hudson river into the Jersey & lay at Pompton some time & then marched to Tappan, lay there till late in the Autumn, till the Regiment retired to winter quarters, at Fishkill N.Y. where he received a written discharge at the time he left the said service as aforesaid, which discharge was burnt 30 or 35 years since.

This applicant further states, that he served in the army of the United States a second term - he served as a substitute for one - Balcom - he entered this service in June 1781 & served in the same Regiment & Line & under the same officers as the year before - there had been no change in rank or name, unless by the promotion of - Benjamin to the rank of Lieutenant which he thinks was so but is not positive - he was a resident of the same place as when he entered the service the year before - He joined the said Regiment at Yellow Hill N.Y., lay there till the troops went to the South, then marched to Singling N.Y. thence to Bedford towards New-York City remained here one day moved back a short distance & lay about three days returned to Yellow Hill & was there when the troops returned from the taking of Cornwallis after which they had a day of rejoicing - he remained here till the Army retired to winter quarters at Fishkill N.Y. some time in the last of December some year (1781) when & where he received a written discharge which was destroyed with the first - by my father having been burnt on a farm by fire in which place he then lived
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & he hereby declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any state -
Sworn to & subscribed the day of my appearance in person Robert Hammond I now Clerk of the court of common Pleas of said County

And the said board do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states -
Signed by order of the court Leonard Stow clerk of Essex Co. Pa.
I Leonard Stow clerk of the board of common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Hammond for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this twenty-seventh day of September 1882
Leonard Stow clerk
State of New York
County of Essex
§ 88: Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of Essex common Pleas, Robert Hammond who being duly sworn deposes & states that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he cannot now positively say to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private not less than six months during the first term in his above declaration mentioned & not less than six months, or says in his second term therein mentioned & for such service he claims a pension.
Subscribed this 28th
Robert Hammond
day of October 1883 before me
Joseph W. Alled a Judge of Essex County Court
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that the above named Robert Hammond is a person of undoubted veracity & full reliance may be placed on his statements. Oct. 28th 1883.
Joseph W. Alled a Judge of Essex County Court

State of New York County of Essex SS: We Joseph B. Baldwin a clergyman residing in the town of Ticonderoga in the county of Essex aforesaid & Stephen P. Bullard residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Hammond who has submitted & sworn to the within declaration & affidavit, that we believe him to be 68 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbor- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day of Joseph B. Baldwin. your last day in before me Stephen P. Bullard Joseph S. Alled a Judge of Essex County Court
And I the said Judge do hereby certify that Joseph B. B. Baldwin - who has signed the preceding certificate is a cler- gyman resident in the town of Ticonderoga aforesaid & that Stephen P. Bullard who has also signed the same is a resident of the same town & is a credible person & that this statement is entitled to credit - Joseph S. Alled a Judge of Essex County Court
13.022 Robert Hammond Pension Papers
I Leonard Stow clerk of the court of common Pleas of the said county of Essex do hereby certify that Joseph S. Alled was a Judge of said court on the 28 th day of October 1833 & that the above signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14 th day of November 1833 Leonard Stow clerk

State of New York County of Essex
On this Seventeenth day of June 1847 personally appeared before the Subordinate a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for said County, Ruamy Hammond a resident of the town of P'keepsie in said County aged Seventy Seven years & upwards, and she being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oaths make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions made by an act of Congress passed the 17 th of June 1844 — That she is the widow of Robert Hammond who was a Soldier in the Connecticut Line — and served in the manner and for the term stated in his papers on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the matter of his application for a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7 th of June 1832 according to declarant's last testimony — That he received under said act last named a Pension of twenty nine dollars 66 cents per annum — That he died on the First — day of June One Thousand Eight hundred and forty six — That her maiden name was Ruamy Ferris — That she was married by One Esquire Waters — in the town of Stamford in the County of Dutchess — State of New York on the Twenty Second day of February 1787 One thousand seven hundred & Eighty Seven — That since the decease of her said husband she has remained a single and unmarried and is still a Widow And this declarant further saith that her said husband did not perform any military service after her marriage to him according to the best of her recollection That the annexed leaf here to attached contains a true record of her marriage, that said leaf has been taken out of her family Bible & has been in her possession for more than thirty years past — That the entries on said leaf including the record of her marriage as aforesaid was made according to the best of her recollection as early as the year 1817 — and is in the hand writing of her husband the said Rob=

est Hammond -
Subscribed and sworn
this 17 th day of June
1847 before me -
In presence of
J. G. Hammond
Ruamy her Hammond mark
Moses W. Clough
Supreme Court Commissioner
I hereby certify that the Declaration - above named is unable to attend court by reason of bodily infirmity, is also unable to write her name - I further certify that the words "One Thousand Seven hundred & Eighty Seven" in the foregoing Declaration were interlined before signing & execution, also an Erasure between the words "Hutchens & Co" made before Execution
Moses W. Clough
Supreme Court Commissioner

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Asa Hammond was born March 5 th 1812
Priscilla Hammond was born April 12 th 1808
Silas Clark Canfield Born July the 8 th 1814 on Thursday
Robert Hammond Was born December 24 th 1763 Priscilla Hammond wife of Robert Hammond was Born February 29 1769 Jedediah Hammond was born January 5 th 1778 Mother Hammond was born October 12 th 1779 Priscilla Hammond was born November 25 1791 David Ha monde was born Celia Hamn to her 16: 1791 mon born February 9 th 1791
Monday Seneca Canfield born July 26 th 1811 Friday

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
309 1189 1198 94
Robert Hammond and Ruthah Hammond Was Married Feb 22 1787
Robert Hammond Ruthah Hammond Was Married Feb 22 1837
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

12,222 About Kammama Office 6:00 Yak
5.11.16
P. 383
May 23
8 Pensen Ticonderoga NY

BRIEF in the case of  Robert Harnmond  of Essex Co  in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? on a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     1 May In 1780 — 15 or 20th Dec 1781 — 2nd about — 7 — Private Col Breese Col Harn   6 — " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wincham Co Court  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? His own declarations  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attach d as regn d 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Cloutier  Examining Clerk.

I, Mrs. Thompson of Mansfield in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, being Seventy - years of Age - last June - do testify and say - - That some time in the Month of June 1780 - not far from my birth day, which was the 18 th of June - I enlisted into the Continental Service as a private for the term of Six Months - I was then living in said Mansfield and enlisted in said Town. I was enlisted by one Serjeant Southard - - I further testify that Robert Hammond - then of said Mansfield - I was then well acquainted with, we were boys together, he being about my age - - I further testify that said Hammond - having enlisted in the same service, he and myself, with several others - belonging to said Mansfield - were assembled, in said Mansfield, soon after I enlisted - and we marched together to the Army and joined the Army at Peekskill on the North River in the State of New York - The said Hammond and myself - were attached to the same Company, which Company was commanded by Capt Reed - Benjamin Benjamin. the Lieutenant I do not recollect. We were in Col Storr's Regiment - in General Jedediah Huntington's Brigade - We were stationed in the Highlands for a while and then marched into New Jersey, and continued there until we were marched into winter Quarters at Tiptonkill New York. I further testify that said Hammond was in the service with me during the whole term of my enlistment, in the same company and in the same mess with me - until I was discharged which was according to my best recollection about the 20 th day of December 1780 - - The said Hammond was discharged at the same time I was according to my best recollection - - I was well acquainted with said Hammond - until he removed from said Mansfield, which was several years after the war - - Have frequently heard from him since

and know that he is the same person who is now present, here in Mansfield - And as I am informed and believe, he now lives in the Town of Scanderoga - in the State of New York.
Amos Thompson
State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss
Mansfield September 23 d 1839.
Personally appeared Amos Thompson, and made solemn oath that the within and foregoing deposition by him subscribed and  made solemn  oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before Me John. Tuttle Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Amos Thompson, that he sustains a good character for truth, and that his testimony is entitled to full credit -
John. Tuttle Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } ss. Tolland 30 th September A.D. 1833 Tolland County } Novatus Chapman Clerk of the county court within and for said Tolland county do certify that John Fitch Esquire before whom the within Deposition was taken and whom certificate is annexed thereto was on the 23 rd day of September 1833 a Justice of Peace within and for said County of Tolland duly qualified & legally authorized to administer Oaths and take Depositions and that the signa- ture to said certificate purporting to be his is genuine and I believe the same to be his own proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office at Tolland the 30 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1833 Novatus Chapman Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Tolland -

REJECTED
4539
P. O.
Ruamah Hammond
Service:
widow of Robert
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No 498
Ruany Hammond
NY
Lib. to Mary T. (rough)
July 28th 1847
Lib. to same August 23. '47
HN-39
act 17 June 1844

Act. 7. June 1832
Robert Hammond
Rejected
See letter to
E. Pierson
6. March 1834
Adm a

N o 198 —
July 10
Henry Hammond
Act June 17/44
1844
Ag n
J. E. Church
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C.
152

Dienderyn July 4. 1867
Dear —
Enclosed I forward the papers of Richard Hammond for a Portrait
Yours truly
Hon. S. Edwards
M. W. Clough

Viconderoyu Aug, 1847
Benjis -
Yours in relation to the application of Ruamy Hammond is received & in relation to which I beg leave to make a suggestion or two & first in relation to the declaration having been made before a Supreme Court  Commisioners -
By our Statute it is precisely the same thing as though it was made before a Judge of the County Court - A Sup. Court-Commr is authorized to perform out-of court - all the duties which a Judge can do - not only so but - to perform all the duties of the First-Judge of the degree of Councillor-at-Law in the Supreme Court - The Judges of the County Courts are by virtue of their offices, where they are of the degree of Councillor in the Supreme Court - Supreme Court-Commisioners A Sup. Court-Commr performs every act of the Judge except sitting upon the Bench & trying causes - The County Judges, in a country like ours covering a good deal of Territory cannot go 30 or 40 Miles to perform all his duties & therefore, Supreme Court-Commisioners are appointed & located to perform the very same duties & if your rules say that the declaration should be made before a County Judge, it is true in fact when made before a Sup.

Court Communion - as he performs the duties of Judge - In relation to the Proof of Marriage . I sup- posed it was sufficient inasmuch as they were married so long be- fore 1844 & had a number of chil- dren previous to that time
Yours truly
M. W. Burleigh
Hon J. S. Edwards

No 2498
July 10
Phoebe Hammond
wid. of Robert
N.Y. Act June 17 1844
Phoebe Hammond
July 10
Phoebe Hammond
wid. of Robert
N.Y.
Act June 17 1844
Phoebe Hammond
July 10
Phoebe Hammond
wid. of Robert
N.Y.
Act June 17 1844
Phoebe Hammond
July 10

State of New York County of Essex } ss. Moses M c Clough of Newen- dergon in said County aged 32 years & upwards being duly sworn, says that he was well acquainted with Robert Hammond in his lifetime, and is also well acquainted with his widow Ruamy Hammond, that the said Robert Hammond was a Pensioner of the United States, that the said Ruamy his widow is still liv- ing and is the identical person men- tioned in the annexed application for a Pension - that the annexed leaf con- taining a record of their marriage &c. this deponent himself cut out of their Fam- ily Bible, now in the possession of the said Ruamy Hammond, & further says not subscribed and sworn This 26 th day of June 1847 } before me } L. C. Larrabee Justice }
M c Clough
I certify that the above named Moses M c Clough is a credible witness - L. C. Larrabee Justice

State of New York County of Essex ss, I Edmund F. Williams Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do Certify that Moses T. Blough Esqr. was on the day of the date of the annexed a Supreme Court Com- missioner in and for said County duly ap- pointed and qualified according to law in the said County and authorized to act as such. Also that Lucius C. Sarabee Esqr. was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified residing within the said County and authorized to act as such, and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand- writing of the said Supreme Court Com- missioner and Justice and believe their respective official signatures to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this 29th day of June A. D. 1827.
E. F. Williams Clerk

State of New York County of Essex } I, Jacob G. Hammond of Piscataway in said County aged 45 years & upwards being duly sworn say that he is a Son of Robert Hammond & Ruth Hammond that the said Robert Hammond was a Pensioner of the United States & died on the first day of June 1846. that he left a Widow who is still living & is the identical person mentioned in the annexed application for a Pension - that this deponent saw the annexed leaf cut out of their family Bible now in the possession of said Widow - that the record of his Father and Mother's Marriage thereon is in the hand writing of his said Father as deponent believes and made and written by him thereon more than thirty years ago - that said record was made & the same has been their only fami- ly record ever since deponent's earliest recollection - that the reason of the names of Lewis Canfield & others of his family being also thereon is, that said Bible was once owned by said Canfield & purchased by this deponent's Father of his heirs, the same having been previously used by said Canfield for their family record also -
Subscribed & sworn this 26 th day of June 1847 before me
J. G. Hammond
Moses W. Cough, Supreme Court - Commissioner
I certify that the above named Official is personally known to me & is a credible person on oath -
Moses W. Cough, Su- preme Court Commissioner

I certify that the words "as deponent believes" in the foregoing affidavit - between the words "Fathers" & "And" are interlined before execution -
Moses W. Clough Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York County of Essex } I, William Wilson of Wadsworth aged 82 years of sound being duly sworn says that he is per- sonally acquainted with Ruth Hammond the Annexed Applicant - for a Pension that he was also well acquainted with her husband Robert Hammond in his life time - that he was a Pensioner of the United States, that this deponent has known the said Robert & Ruth his wid- ow & had resided in the same town with them for more than 55 years - that they always lived together as Man & Wife & were respected and esteemed as such. That they were married & had a number of children born previous to the first day of January 1794 - & further that this deponent was well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Robert Hammond and that the Annexed record of Mar- riage of the said Robert & Ruth is in the own proper hand writing of the said Robert Hammond - He further says not -
Subscribed and sworn } William Wilson this 26 th day of June } 1847 before me - } J. C. Larrabee Justice }
I certify that the above Annexed Affidavit is a credible statement & is personally known to me - J. C. Larrabee Justice

Robt Hammond
Second trip on Nov. 21
J. L. Edmond Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Ticonderoga Nov. 21. 1834
Dear Sir.
I recd. from you Mr. Mear's last stating that the claim of Robert Hammond for a Pension was rejected & his names struck on file - I was subsequently informed that evidence of the Service of Rev. Soldiers existed in the Compt. office Conn. I lately wrote there & have obtained a cer- tificate of Mr. H. service which I enclose to you - you say his claim was rejected but I have I think known of such names being reconsider- ed or I should not have troubled you with it again. I sent you all the affidavit or evidence which Mr. Levi Ladd was able to procure of his services - also a certificate of Mr. John Cunkle's names together with his application - I have not heard from them since - Yours very respectfully E. Pearson -
J. L. Darrow Esq. -

State of Connecticut Comptroller's office Hartford 11 th November 1834
On examination of the Books & Files of this office, it appears, That on the pay roll of the short levies, that joined the first Connecticut regiment, commanded by Colonel Josiah Starr for the year 1780, in the company, commanded by Captain Enoch Reed is entered the name of Robert Hammond of Mansfield, as a private in service from the 15 th day of July to the 16 th day of December 5 months, and was paid ten pounds-
That on the list of persons who joined the first regiment as short levies in the year 1781, is entered the name of Robert Hammond, as a private in service from the 5 th day of September, to the 31 st day of December, 3 months & 26 days, and was paid, Seven pounds, fourteen Shillings & Eight Pence -
Certified by
Roger Huntington Comptroller of Public Accounts

I Benjamin Pierce of Brooklyn in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged twenty one years do depose and say that in the year 1780 while living in the town of Mansfield in Connecticut in the month of June of said year, I enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of six months into a Comp y commanded by Capt. Shumway in the Reg t commanded by Col. Starr & we were in Genl. Huntington's Brigade. I marched from Mansfield through Hartford and Danbury in Connecticut & from thence to Nelson's Point in the State of New York, where I joined said Col. Starr's Reg t and from thence we marched to Peekskill, and afterwards crossed the river, at Kings Ferry, and went into the State of New Jersey, to the English neighborhood, Paramus, and thence to Tottenville &c. and afterwards we returned to the State of New York, and went into winter quarters at Fishkill Mountains in said State of New York, and after the term of my said enlistment had expired I was discharged from the said service at said Fishkill in the month of December, in 1780.
I well recollect that Mr. Robert Hammond of Scituate in the State of New York, now here present, was a private soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Read in Col. Starr's Reg t aforesaid. That we both left Mansfield aforesaid at the same time, and joined said Reg t commanded by Col. Starr at said Nelson's Point aforesaid together, and we continued to serve in said Reg t until our said enlistment had expired and we were then discharged from said service at said Fishkill in the month of December, in 1780 -
Benj. Pierce
Brooklyn September, 25 th 1833 -

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } Brooklyn September 25 th 1833
Then Capt. Benjamin Pierce signer of the foregoing affidavit personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - before me - I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Pierce and know him to be a man of the pure respectability, and a credible witness -
Armin Bolles Justice of the Peace
I Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Armin Bolles before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signature of his name is in his hand writing in due form -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 25 th day of September A.D. 1833 -
Armin Bolles Clerk

Nov. Nov. 20th
Ticonderoga N York Nov. 20.
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
26.66 3.00

Union du pays Nov. 18. 1833-
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are Mr. Etienne's papers which were returned some time since. He has moved a off. of one of his terms of service. The old gentleman his name must be on the rolls. others of the same mess were on the rolls & one of them whose off. is listed sent was found on them - There is no doubt it is to his performing the mission for he would not waver fidelity for his right hand - if any more certificates of his leaving a man of truth & sincerity are necessary he can procure them from all who know him - Yours very respectfully C. Pearson
J. L. Boudet Esq.