Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5782, for Reuben Judd, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
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SERVICE
Conn
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Judd, Reuben
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NUMBER
R. 5782
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CONTENTS
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Connecticut
No 3001
Reuben Judd
Rejected
See Letter to Claimant
July 19th 1833
5782
act. 7th June 1832
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5782
P.O.
Reuben Judd
1070
Service:
[word "REJECTED" stamped across page]
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Judd
Recognized. ____________ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for

[written at top of right page]
Exam-d with orig. Rolls
Aug. 1883. C. S. P.
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I Samuel Fayerweather of the Town of Weston on Fairfield County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn Depose & say that I am well acquainted with Mr. Reuben Judd of Said Weston who is an applicant for a Pension - I was in the Continental Army in the American Revolution & served during the War  I know the said Reuben Judd & Saw him While he served in the Service once at a ..... in New Jersey/  & once at the Highlands in the State of New York - He was an enlisted Soldier in the Connecticut State Troops & Land army And he was in the Service for Six Months [last two words underlined]   -  I know of no shorter period of Enlistment than for Six Months [again underlined] & I know from the time when the said Judd left the Service that he staid [sic] his time out -The said Judd has for forty years past resided near me. He does not belong to the same Brigade with me but [illegible two words] Genl. Huntington now command of the Brigade in which the said Judd served which was the 2nd Connecticut Brigade      -

I recollect perfectly the time when the said Judd was discharged & my regret that He was about to leave
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the Service & was enlisted during the War. I am now Seventy one years of age (& further this deponent Saith not _________

I further say that I also saw the Said Reuben Judd [name inserted] at Tappan When Major Andre was executed &  in Stating before that I saw Him at Lataway & at the Highlands   I mean that we were both Stationed at those places - I saw him every day at Morse Plains ________


I was acquainted with one Captain Hinckley & my impression is that he was Captain of the Company in I think the said Judd served
              [Signed] Saml. Fayerweather

The foregoing Deposition Subscribed & sworn to in open Court by the Sd Samuel Fairweather [sic] -  The same being the testimony of Said Fayerweather on the application of Reuben Judd [name underlined] for a Pension - & part of the original proceedings in Said  lade before the Court of Probate for Stratford District  Fairfield and Connecticut.

   Attest ..........  R.S. Nichols  Clerk
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The said Reuben Judd hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name does not appear on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
      Attest    R. S. Nichols Clerk      
       [Signed[ Reuben Judd

We, Andrew Leavenworth residing in the town of Monroe adjoining and Stephen Blackman [sic] residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Reuben Judd - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 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 day and years aforesaid.
    [Signed]  Andrew Leavenworth
                   Stephen Blakeman
           Attest:   R. S. Nichols

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogation prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier. and served as he states.  And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Andrew Leavenworth who has signed the preceding certificate is resident in the town of Monroe adjoining Sd Weston - Stephen Blackman who has also signed the same, is a resident of the town of Monroe - and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
  [Signed]  Fitch Wheeler  Judge
    Attest:  R. S. Nichols  Clerk

I, R. S. Nichols Clerk of the aforesaid Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Reuben Judd - for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of July  1882.

Seal                          [Signed] R.S. Nichols
affixed 
here


I Fitch Wheeler Judge of the Court of Probate in & for Said District of Stratford Do Hereby Certify that R. S. Nichols is Clerk of Said Court  That the before is his signature together with the Seal of the said Court hereto annexed _
                     [Signed] Fitch Wheeler Judge
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Reuben Judd
  Weston. Conn,
6 Months Service
  No. 3001


[Written vertically on page]

April 1833

Reuben Judd
Attest - R.S. Nicholds  Clerk

Enld  15 July 1780
discharged Dec 1780
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} SS.       Bridgeport 

On this 28th day of July personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stratford in Said County now sitting, Reuben Judd - a resident of Weston on the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, age 71 years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated,  .... enlisted into the Service into the Continental Troops at Danbury in Connecticut the last of June or first of July 1780 for Six Months [last two words underlined] under Captain Ottin Niley went to Nelsons Point New York State & joined the Continental Army  and was Stationed at Tappan Newjersey [sic] & front of the line at Talaway in Newjersey  I served out the whole period of my Enlistment & received my discharge at the Highlands in the State of New York  which Discharge I have lost - I returned to Danbury aforesaid after Said Service & lived in Weston aforesaid - I think Genl. Huntington had command of the Brigade in which I Served -  Mr. Samuel Fayerweather of the Town of Weston is now present in court to prove that period of service  -  I was born in the Town of Danbury before mentioned in the year 1761- January 5th - I have not any Record of my age - I do not know  of any other Witness to prove my Service except Samuel Fayerweather   I am well know to Andrew Leavenworth & Stephen Blackman [last name underlined] who both reside in my Neighborhood but in the [illegible]  of the Town if Monroe who can testify to my character - for truth & to my expectations as a Soldier & their belief in my services ...............
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State of Connecticut  Fairfield County
District of Stratford April 13th 1833}

The Said Reuben Judd the within named Applicant now in Court before the Court of Probate for Said District of Stratford further Declares - that the Name of the Colonel of the Regiment in which he served in the Continental Army as set forth in said former Declaration was Hoyt  -  The name of the Adjutant was Robinson the Majors name  He cannot recollect
He further declares that He thinks [word underlined] He served in the 4th Regiment &  that said Regiment always lay on the left & adjoining Col. Swift's Regiment - ....... Colonels Hoyt Dingy & Swift the 4th Colonel Solo not recalled nor the name of my other Regimental officers - Capt. Hinckley  was generally absent & Capt. Parsons being the next [word inserted] 
[illegible word] Captain marched in Front of our Company which was the first Company of the Regiment - Capt Hinckley was Pay Master which occasioned his absence - Mr. Wildman  the clergyman  living in the Town of Weston has been settled  but a short time & is not acquainted with my reputation as a soldier of the Revolution -  I am perfectly certain that [next two words are illegible]  & served Six Months as I stated in my former Declaration made July 2_ th1832. Sworn & Subcribed in Court on Sd 13th of