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David Samuel
Baldwin's
Deposition 1844
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• Nov. 5, 1844 deposition of David S. Baldwin in support of Sally Webster pension efforts. • Repository: No. W18329, Webster, Asa/Sally, cover Page Continental NH/VT, National Archives, Washington, D.C. |
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• Transcribed by D. Esarey/S. Santure, Feb. 2000 |
| • Comments: Sally's brother David, who had been raised in Elizabethtown from a young age (about 6 years old), moved further west circa 1823, when he was middle aged. In November 1844, he was living in Howard Township of Canada West when he filed this deposition across the border in Detroit to support Sally's effort to obtain her widow's pension. David's deposition was for the purpose of verifying Sally's age and marriage to Asa, since she could not provide documentary evidence of either. |
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• Items in the document which are presentd in square brackets, e.g., [?], are editorial insertions for clarity and are not found in the original. |
State of Michigan
County of Wayne
David S. Baldwin of the township of Howard in the Western District in Canada West being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say that he is sixty five years of age, That he is a brother of Sally Webster, widow of Asa Webster Deceased, That he this deponent resided in the same house with the said Sally Webster (then Sally Baldwin) from infancy until the year 1791, at which time they resided in the town of Elizabethtown in the county of Leeds in the Province aforesaid. That the said Sally was then about 16 years of age and deponent about 12.
This deponent further saith that the said Sally Webster (then Sally Baldwin) was, in the month of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and ninety one, Married to Asa Webster by & before Thomas Sherwood, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace then & there acting as such & reputed & recognized as such Justice. That the said Marriage was solemnized at Elizabethtown aforesaid, where the said Asa & the said Sally then resided, in deponent's presence.
Deponent further says that the said Asa Webster was reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution.
Deponent further says that he last saw the said Sally Webster in the month of February in the year, 1823 [?] that she was then residing with her said husband Asa Webster in the township of Augusta in the county of Grenville in the Province aforesaid.
Deponent further says that since the time last mentioned he has resided at a great distance from the said Sally Webster, but has heard from her frequently & has written to her as often as once or twice a year. And deponent verily believes she is still living & that she is now residing in the town of Augusta in the county of Grenville in the Province aforesaid.
Subscribed & Sworn this fifth David.
S. Baldwin
day of November 1844, before me
at Detroit in the county
of Wayne aforesaid
Hugh O'Beirne [?]
Justice of the Peace Wayne County Michigan
I certify that David S. Baldwin who hath subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me, is known to me to be a person of good character & a credible witness.
Given under my hand at Detroit in the county of Wayne in the State of Michigan this fifth day of November A. D. 1844.
Hugh O'Beirne [?]
Justice of the Peace
Wayne County
Mich.
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