Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,615, Timothy Barker, Conn.
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Conn.
Barker, Timothy
S. 16615

carded
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28181 
Connecticut 
Timothy Barker Decd. 
[unreadable]  in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Douglass of the regt commanded by Col. Douglass in the Connecticut line for 16 mos and 15 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut the rate of 55 Dollars -  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the day of 1 day of April 1834 and sent to N. Darling New Haven
Arrears to the 2 Octr 1833 the time of his death $141 70/100
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk 
Book E Vol. 7  Page 3
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 
State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven } ss . Branford July 17th 1832    
On this 17th day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling Chief Judge of the County Court for said County of New Haven Timothy Barker a resident of Branford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 82 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.   
That his memory is very much impaired, and that he cannot state but a few events. 
That he enlisted in the State troops of Connecticut under Capt Douglass,  Samuel Barker 1st Lieut,  in March or April 1775.  Barker was afterwards Capt of the Company and Capt Douglass was Major and Col of the Regiment. We went first to Horseneck from there to Kingsbridge & thence up the North river to Lake Champlain,  served there during the summer principally on board Genl Montgomerys barge. We were several weeks before St. Johns, before it surrendered. He remembers Genl Wooster was there. Attempted one night, under Cheeseman to pass the enemy’s fort; told Cheeseman the Indians were there, for Declarant smelt them plain. A Schooner of the enemy, with brass guns, was sunk, and he sent fortnight breaking the ice and raising the schooner. Some of the troops went to Quebec, the rest returned home. He was gone this campaign eight or nine months; did not get home till after Christmas. Was not allowed to come down in the schooner which we raised, but was put aboard an old crazy thing, full of men & lice. Our pay 17 or 40 shillings a month. Declarant has rowed old Ethan Allen many a mile in the barge.   
That afterwards in 1776, the month he cannot state, when the Connecticut Militia were called out to go to New York, Declarant chose to enlist he staid at home a
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fortnight, and then enlisted into the Company under Col Edward Russel, Saml Baldwin Lieut. We went to Long Island, and was there when we retreated under Genl Washington,  the Lieut. gave him charge of the boats, as the Lieut knew nothing about it,   was discharged Christmas day.
He cannot state how long he served, but supposes about 6 months.  Pay 40 shillings a month. 
He was born in Branford, in Connecticut the 5th (16th) of April 1750. His age is recorded on the records of said Branford, agreeable to the certificate hereto annexed,   Has lived in said Branford from a child,  He never had any written discharge, and has no documentary evidence,   
Mason Hobart was with me in the Campaign on Lake Champlain, and Heman Rogers in that on Long Island,   Timothy P. Gillet, Clergyman and Timothy Johnson residents of said Branford, will attest to my veracity and their belief of my services. 
Declarant also served about 7 months as guard in Branford, but cannot remember his officer, & cannot at present furnish full proof.   
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.   
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Timothy Barker x his mark
In presence of  
Timothy P. Gillett 
Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court  
We Timothy P. Gillet a clergyman, residing in said town of Branford, and Timothy Johnson residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Barker, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 82 years of age; that he is reported and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid  
Timothy P. Gillett
Tim Johnson
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court
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Mason Hobart, residing in said town of Branford hereby certify that I was with the above named Timothy Barker, who has signed the above declaration, during the campaign  on lake Champlain, and know that he served the manner and for the time therein stated. Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Mason Hobart
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court  
I Heman Rogers, residing in said town of Branford hereby certify that I was with the said Timothy Barker who has signed the above declaration, and know that he joined the Company and Regiment, above named to which I belonged, on Long Island before the retreat, & that he continued with the company as a soldier, till discharged Christmas day, sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   
Heman Rogers 
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court 
And the said Judge hereby declares his opinion after  the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was revolutionary soldier, and served as his states. And the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Timothy P. Gillet, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said town of Branford and that Timothy Johnson, who has signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit; and that said applicant Timothy Barker cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court.   
Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for New Haven county
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State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss New Haven. New Haven Aug 15 1832 
I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in for New Haven County Certify that Hon Noyes Darling whose name is above written & subscribed, is & was on the 7 day of July 1832. Judge of the County Court for New Haven County duly qualified to administer Oaths.   
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written 
Attest Jno Beach Clerk
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Timothy Barker, son of Timothy Barker, by his wife Hannah born at Branford Aprill 5th 1750 – 
A true copy from the Record of Births &c. in Branford – 
Attest. Samuel Frisbie, Town Clerk 
(July 17th 1832)
[unreadable] late of Branford deceased.
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State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven } ss  Branford February 18th 1834. 
On this 18th day of February 1834 personally appeared before me Noyes Darling, Chief Judge of the County Court for said County of New Haven, Irene Barker a resident of Branford in said County, aged 77 years, and known to me to be the widow of Timothy Barker deceased, who made and signed the annexed declaration, dated the 17th day of July 1832, and the 4th day of June 1833; and said Irene, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration.  
That she is the widow of said Timothy Barker, and that her said husband Timothy Barker, died the 2d day of October 1833,  that she claims the pension to which he would have been entitled, if living, for the following terms of service performed by said Timothy during the revolutionary war - viz – 
1st for service as a private by enlistment, in 1775, from some time in May till the 28th of November, believed to be a term of 6 ½  months. For proof of  this service she refers to his declaration of July 17th 1832, to Mason Hobart’s deposition of the same date, & to the Certificate of Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of said State, dated November 19th 1833. 
2d for like service in 1776 from some time in June till the 25th day of December, believed to be a term of  6 months. For proof of this service she refers to his declaration of July 17th 1832, Heman Rogers deposition of the same date, and to the Certificate of said Elisha Phelps, Comptroller, dated November 19th 1833 
3d for service in guarding the Row Galley while building in Branford, in 1779, for the term of 4 months. The said Irene declares from her own knowledge, that she knows & well recollects that her said husband, Timothy Barker, served as one of the guards, raised by Capt. Samuel Barker, the agent for building a Row Galley at Branford, and did duty
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as one of said guard for a term of four months. The guard quartered at her husbands house, Said Row Galley was rigged & fitted for a cruize by the State of Connecticut. She was a Brig & called the “Defence” commanded by Capt. Charles Pond, & went to sea from Branford. For further proof she refers to said Timothy’s declaration of July 17th 1832 & to the Certificate of said Elisha Phelps, Comptroller, dated the 20th January 1834. 
Irene Barker
Sworn to and described the day & year first aforesaid 
Noyes Darling, Judge of New Haven County Court 
I Noyes Darling, Judge of the County Court for the County of New Haven, State of Connecticut certify that Irene Barker, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, cannot from infirmity attend the Court; and that it is proved to me  that she is a person of veracity & entitled to credit.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of February 1834 
Noyes Darling Judge of New Haven County Court
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New Haven County ss. Branford June A.D. 1833 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven Timothy Parker who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods below mentioned and in the following grades – 
In 1775 for nine months and 
In 1776 for six months - in the whole, for fifteen months, I served as a private; and for such service I claim a pension. 
Sworn & ascribed the day and year first aforesaid 
Timothy  Barker x his mark
Chadler Barker Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven } ss New Haven June 20th 1833. 
I Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify that Mason Hobart and Heman Rogers, who have subscribed and sworn, before me, to the deposition annexed to the Declaration of Timothy Barker made the 17th day of July 1832, and herewith returned to the War Department, are severally persons of credibility, & that their statements are entitled to belief 
Noyes Darling Judge of the County Court for New Haven County
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss New Haven June 20th 1833  I Jno Beach Clerk of the County Court in & for New Haven County hereby certify that Noyes Darling in & for more than one year last past has  been Judge of the County Court for New Haven County, duly qualified to administer oaths & that his name by him written & subscribed to the above foregoing papers [unreadable], is his genuine official Signature.   I also Certify that Chandler Barker is was on the 13th June 1833 a Justice of the peace in & for said New Haven County duly qualified to administer  Oaths & that his name by him written & subscribed to the deposition of Chandler Barker & Timothy Barker unto annexed is his genuine official Signature. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of said County Court the day & date above written 
Jno Beach Clerk
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5529
Timothy Barker
Ct. Dec’d
From 1775 for 16 ½ mos
$55
Amount due Irene Barker the widow up to time of death 2 Oct 1833 
$141 70/100
N. Darling 
New Haven Ct.
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WAR DEPARTMENT 
Pension Office, 
183
Sir. 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the Service of   Timothy Barker Ct.
Period when the service was rendered.  State troops Ct 1775 enlisted    Duration of Claimant’s Service. 8 or 9 Months  Rank of the claimant.   Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Douglass after was Col.   Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service.  82 born in Ct., Branford, and entered in said place and lives there still.   Proof by which the declaration is supported. 
Period when the service was rendered.  1776    Duration of Claimant’s Service. was out 6 Months   Rank of the claimant.   Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served.  Capt Russell, Lieut Baldwin
Period when the service was rendered.  He also served about 7 Months as Guard     but does not remember his officers
First tour of service proved by two surviving Witnesses
Certificate of Clergyman and two Citizens  
6.15
6
4
16.15
I am respectfully 
Your obedient servant 
JAMES L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.              
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]            
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has 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 year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
As the service in 1775 are stated to have commenced at a period earlier than the usual Connt service a certificate from the rolls of the Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts Connt be produced Henry Wiseman
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.            
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.    
1. Where and in what year were you born?                
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?          
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year - months , and days , I served as a - months and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."   
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.  
As the service in 1775 are stated to have commenced at a period earlier than the usual Connt service a certificate from the rolls of the Office of Comptroller of Public Accounts Connt be produced Henry Wiseman
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January 27, 1932    
BA-J/AWF
Mr. F. G. Foster 
109 W. Hillsdale Street 
Lansing, Michigan. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter relative to Timothy Barker, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16615, based upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of Timothy Barker. 
He was the son of Timothy and Hannah Barker and was born, April 5, 1750 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut. 
He enlisted, while residing in said Branford, and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows - from in the spring of 1775 in Captain William Douglass ' company, who was soon promoted to Major, then under Captain Samuel Barker and under said Major William Douglass, was in the siege of St. Johns, and was discharged, November 28, 1775, but did not reach home until after Christmas Day, he stated that while in this service he rowed Ethan Allen many a mile in General Montgomery's barge; from sometime in June 1776, six months in Captain Edward Russell's company, and was in the retreat from Long Island. He also served four months as a guard in Branford, at the time the brig "Defence" was being built, this brig was commanded by Captain Charles Pond and sailed from Brandon, this service was in 1779. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed, July 17, 1832, then a resident of Branford, Connecticut. 
He died October 2, 1833. 
The soldier's widow, Irene Barker, in 1834 was a
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resident of Branford, Connecticut and was aged seventy-seven years.
In 1833 one Chandler Barker was Justice of the
Peace in New Haven County, Connecticut. No relationship to soldier or his widow is shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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16.615 
INVALID.
File No. 16,615
Timothy Barker
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7” 32” 
Index : --Vol. 1, Page 433 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1932 – June 26 – Hist to Mr. T. Y. Foster AWF
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I  Irene Barker wife of Timothy  Barker who kept guard over the Brig that was built here called the Rowgally [Row Galley] or Branford Brig Command by Capt Pond.  She was built for a Privateer,  the gard [guard] quartered at our house fore months and my Husband was one of the guard four months Irene Barker
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Branford June 13th 1833 
Personally appeared Irene Barker and made Oath to the within Certifficate to be true and just Before me Chandler Barker Justice Peace 
This may certify that this Irene Barton is the wife of the within named Timothy Barker is a woman of truth and veracity  
Chandler Barker Justice of Peace
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Comptrollers Office Novr 19th 1833 
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears from the documents in the office that the first Connecticut Regiment commanded by Genl Wooster, was raised in May 1775, & that William Douglass was the Captain of the sixth company belonging thereto, that no roll of this company has been found in this office but a list of discharged soldiers belonging to Wooster’s regiment and Captain Douglass company in 1775 remains here.  Upon this, I find the name Timothy Barker. The time of his inlistment does not appear, but he was discharged the 28 of November 1975 by Genl Schuyler.  
It appears by the State records that the General Assembly in June 1776 ordered six collations to be raised to join the continental army at New York & to serve until the 25th day of December 1776. William Douglass was appointed Col.,   James Arnold Lt. Col, & Phineas
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Porter Major of the fifth Collation, & Edward Russell one of the Captains) 
I further certify that under date May16th 1777 Capt. Edward Russell,  Colo Wm Douglass Regt is credited for the amount of his company & the same is charged to the United States. 
No roll of Capt. Russell's company has been found, or other evidence of the duration of it service. 
E. Phelps
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Comptrollers Office January 20th 1834 
I  Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut do certify, that, upon the journal of the Council of Safety under date March 4th 1779 there is the following note viz, 
"On the  representation of Capt. Samuel Barker that the town of Sanford are about setting up a Row Galley for the defence of said town, and State have asked some assistance from this board, and also for a guard to protect said Galley while in building. Voted that they  have a guard of one Sergeant one Corporal  & twelve men to protect said Galley while in building.” 
And that the pay roll of Sergt Samuel Baldwins Guard at Branford is charged to
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the United States on the book of the Pay Table under date Aug 24th 1779, as well as the pay rolls of other guards.   
No roll of this guard has been found or evidence of the duration of their service. 
E. Phelps
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J.B. BRANCH CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
G.C. HOUSE PRESIDENT 
F B LUCE VICE PRESIDENT 
W E MAYNARD VICE PRESIDENT
R S DUNCOMBE SECRETARY
ANCHOR INSURANCE COMPANY 
PROVIDENCE R.I. 
WESTERN DEPARTMENT 
INSURANCE EXCHANGE CHICAGO 
J R CASHEL MANAGER 
FRED W RANSOM, ASST MANAGER 
HARRY CLARK, SUPT OF AGENCIES 
THEODORE G. FOSTER, AGENT 
116½ N. WASHINGTON AVE. LANSING, MICH. 
Dec – 8 - 31 
Dear Sirs:
Would like pension record of TIMOTHY BARKER, of Conn. Belive his pension number is S. 16615.   
Birth date 
Length of service etc
Sincerely
F. G. Foster 
109 W.  Hillsdale St Lansing Mich