REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION, HOPE CARPENTER, STARKEY, YATES CO., NY Copyright (c) 1999 by Susan Austin(susanaustin@hotmail.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Hope Carpenter Pensioner July 16, 1832 16422 from J. Ferris, Tyrone, Steuben Court ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Revolutionary War Pension Application of Hope Carpenter, New Jersey, War #18850 Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7, 1832. State of New York County of Yates On this 28th day of September, 1832 personally appeared before the judges of the court of common pleas of the County of Yates now sitting Hope Carpenter a resident of the Town of Starkey in said county and state aforesaid aged seventy five years on the sixteenth day of March Last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein after stated. That in the month of February in the year 1775(as he believes) he was drafted in the Militia at Princeton in the county of Hunterdon in the State of New Jersey where he then resided and went out as a private under Captain Peter Gordon on to Long Island to disarm the Tories, and was out at that time before he returned about three or four weeks. That in the month of April thereafter he was again drafted while living at Princeton and went out again as a private in the Militia under said Captain Peter Gordon on to Staten Island to guard the Island, and was about one week as he believes. That in the month of June following, he was drafted again in the Militia and went out under Captain Gordon and when they got to New Brunswick he enlisted for five months under the said Captain Peter Gordon in Col. (David) Forman's Regiment and went with him to Long Island, and they remained there until after the battle on Long Island. That they marched from Long Island and went to Fort Washington and from there to White Plains and was in the battle at that place and it was a sore battle, from there we marched to the North River and crossed over into the State of New Jersey and was followed by the British until we arrived at Trenton that when he got to New Brunswick he was discharged from the Army but immediately volunteered and entered the service again - That Gen. Washington led the Army from the White Plains to Trenton and when we got to Trenton Gen'l Washington walked the streets all night and it was said and believed at the time that he wept, the next morning after we arrived there, the Army crossed over the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and laid there until the night of the 26th of December and then crossed over at Coryell's Ferry and went down to Trenton and there took the Hessians, that the night after New Years, the Army crossed over the Delaware again at Bordentown or Bollentown and marched up to Trenton again, and General Washington went in the night on to Mill Hill and placed in the street cannon to prevent the British from crossing over, and Gen'l. Washington fired upon them in the morning as they attempted to cross, and continued to fire upon them the whole day and prevented their crossing and killed many of them. That when night came on Gen'l. Washington ordered fires to be built up where they lay, and marched away from there about eight miles further up the Creek and crossed over and marched into Princeton and had a skirmish there, and marched to Rocky Hill, and there the main of the Army remained through the winter, and in the Spring this Deponent returned home, and after remaining at home about one week he was drafted again in the Militia of Princeton and went out into the service under one Captain John Mott, and kept guard down about Philadelphia and other places along the Delaware River on Jersey side of the River, and that he joined the main Army a short time before the battle at Monmouth, that the first attack was made upon the British by the Regiment he was in, which was place upon the right wing, Gen'ls. Washington, Green, Putman, and Lee were present at the battle. That he has thought more on the subject of late of what took place, and the probable length of time he was out and in actual service during the Revolutionary War, and is of opinion and verily believes that he must have been and was out in actual service of the United States as much as two years and he believes more. That he has no documentary evidence of his service, that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except Captain Peter Gordon who he served under who was living one year ago last Fall in the village of Geneva in the County of Ontario in the State of New York. That he has procured the Deposition of the said Captain Peter Gordon which is here unto annexed. That 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 any State. That he was born in the year 1757 in Hunterdon County in the State of New Jersey. That he has a Record of his age in his Bible at home taken from his Father's Bible. That he was called into service in the manner set forth above in this Declaration. That he knew Gen'ls. Washington, Green, Putman, and Lee. That he received a discharge from Captain Gordon at New Brunswick and does not know what has become of it. That he never received a commission always served as a private in the United States Service. That he is aquainted with Silvanus Arnold, Postmaster at Tyrone Steuben Co. New York. Gen'l. William Kirnan, Rev'd. Van Rensellaer Wall of the Town of Jersey in Steuben Co. N. Y., Rev'd. Edward W. Martin of Starkey, Deacon Ja-arus Ellis of Tyrone who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier of the Revolution. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid (signed) Hope Carpenter Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk Attached is concurring statements by Edward W. Martin and Thomas Roswell, and statement by T. J. Nevins, Clerk. Attached is 9FEB1846 Declaration by Phebe Carpenter stating that she married Hope Carpenter 24FEB1788, that he died 11MAY1840. Signed by David H. Buel, Clerk of Yates Co. Attached is John D. Carpenter statement 26NOV1845. Attached is Pension Record for 9NOV1848 for widow Phebe Carpenter. Attached are two Bible pages with births and deaths as recorded above. Note: The National Archives Pension Record on Microfilm does not contain the statement by Captain Peter Gordon referred to in the Declaration. Battles engaged in: Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Monmouth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" + subsequent acts State of New York In Yates County, Court of Common Pleas February 9, 1846 On this 9th day of February 1846 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of said Court Phebe Carpenter of Starkey in said county ages seventy two years who first being duly sworn accordingly to swear? oath? on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Hope Carpenter late a pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services performed by him. She further declares that she was married to the said Hope Carpenter 24th day of February 1788 seventeen hundred and eighty eight, that her husband the said Hope Carpenter died on the 4th day of May 1840 eighteen hundred + forty + 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 Sworn + substantiated | her in Open Court this | Phebe X Carpenter 9th day of Feb. 1846. | mark by the said Phebe Carpenter | David H. Buel clerk of Yates County | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I certify that the above named Phebe Carpenter is a respectable person + that she appeared in open court + made the foregoing declaration. A. Oliver First Judge ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State of New York Yates County Clerks Office S. S. I, David H. Buel Clerk of said county Do here by certify that the within declaration was made in open court by the declarant Phebe Carpenter, and further that Andrew Oliver Esq is first Judge of said County In testimony whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said County and the Courts these of this ninth day of February 1846 David H Buel clerk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State of New York | County of Yates | S. S. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in + for said county John D. Carpenter of Starkey in said county ages thirty three years, after being duly sworn according to law, dispose and says, that widow Phebe Carpenter who is applying for a pension, is the deponents mother, + that Hope Carpenter her late husband + a pensioner of the United States, was this deponents father, that this deponents said father died the 4th day of May 1840 eighteen hundred + forty, leaving as his widow, the said Phebe Carpenter this deponents mother, + who still remains a widow, that this deponent is the Eleventh child of his said father and mother, that the attached family record, is the original family record that was in use as the true record of the ages of this deponents said father + mother, + this deponents brothers + sisters + as containing the true date of the marriage of this deponents said father + mother, that his deponent can recollect the said ... record as being in use as the genuine ... record twenty five years -- Subscribed and Sworn before | John D Carpenter me this 26th day of November 1845 | James L Suly Justice | of the Peace Yates County | I certify that the above named John D. Carpenter is a respectable person James L Duly Justice of the Peace ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ State of New York | Ontario County S.S.| Peter Gordon of Geneva in said county being sworn doth depose and say that he this deponent was a Captain of a company in the New Jersey line of the Continental Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. That this deponent is personally well acquainted with Hope Carpenter, who now resides in the town of Starkey in the county of Yates in the State of New York. And this deponent further saith that the said Hope Carpenter in the fall of the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five, enlisted under the command of this deponent for a tour of militia duty, to disarm the tories of Long Island, and was engaged in that service under the command of this deponent four or five weeks with the troops commanded by Gen. Heard of Woodbridge and as this deponent understood and believes by the orders of Gen. Washington. And this deponent further saith that in seventeen hundred and seventy six the said Hope Carpenter enlisted under this deponent in the five months service and joined the continental army of the United States at New York, and that during this period of enlistment the said Hope Carpenter was engaged in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains and continued in the army until it retreated through New Jersey, and until he was discharged at New Brunswick, at the expiration of the term of his said enlistment, and that the Regiment in which said Carpenter rendered the said service was commanded by Col. David Foreman, and composed a part of the troops furnished by the said State of New Jersey for five months service in the line of the army of the United States. And further this deponent saith not. Sworn + Subscribed Peter Gordon this 12th day of February 1831. before me Robert W Haddard a commissioner of deeds + for Ontario County. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2228 Albany New York Phebe Carpenter widow of Hope Carpenter, N. J. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Nov. '48 and sent to Wm. H. S. Conger, Cortland Village, New York Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act of February 2, 1848, page 40 vol. 4 Reported