Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20667, Ichabod Bailey, Conn.
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3-1776

SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Conn           Bailey, Ichabod             W20667
                              Patience
CONTENTS
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Connecticut  6887
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Patience Bailey dec'd 
widow of Conn.
Ichabod Bailey dec'd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 16 May 1838 
Hartford in the State of Conn 
who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain ~~~~~~ of the 
Regt commanded by Col. Wolcott in 
the Conn line for 13 mos
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Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of 113 Dollars 33 
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 & ending 28 July 1839
=======================
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of 
Dec, 1842 and sent to Edward 
Wilcox Esq. Berlin, Conn.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1834,   129.99 
[crossed out: Simi-annual] 
allowance ending 28 July             ___17.32___ 
                                                        147.21

                                         [Act July 7, 1838]
Recorded by Theo Smoody Clerk
Book A Vol 1 Page  17
[illegible line of text]
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[on left side]
Connecticut 28.481
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Ichabod Bailey 
of Middlesex in the State of C't 
who was a pvt in the _____ commanded 
by Captain ______ of the Rg't commanded
by Col. Wolcott in the Con't. 
line for 13 mos
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Inscribed on the roll of Conn't 
at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
==========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of June 34 
and sent to Hon.  Noyes 
Barber, H.R.
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Arrears to the 4th of March. 34        130.00
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept.  __21.66__
                                                        $151.66

                                  {Revolutionary Claim,} 
                                  {   Act June 7, 1832    }
Recorded by [signed] Nathan Rice, Clerk
Book E Vol. 2 Page 3 

[on right side]
Dead

Paid at the Treasury under 
the Act of the 6th of April 1835 
from 4th March 1838 to the 16 
of May 1838 the day of his 
death. Agt Notified 11
 Sept 1839
Let to Melzan Gardner, Guardian June 29, 1841
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State of Connecticut}
Middlesex County, } ss.

   On this 28 day of January A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open court, 
before the Court of Probate for the District of Chatham now sitting, Ichabod 
Bailey a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex
and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy Two 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 7, 1832. 
    That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers 
and served as herein stated:--
1. That he belonged to the Militia Company of East Hampton
in said Chatham, that in Sept. or Oct. 1777 the said Company 
was called into service of the United States that he with 
said company, under the command of Sergeant James Bill, 
there being no commissioned officers to the company, marched from 
said Chatham through Danbury in Connecticut to Fishkill 
in the State of New York and from there up the Hudson River
to Red Hook and back to said Fishkill, Col Brown commanded 
the Regiment to which he belonged that at this time he performed 
his duty as a private for not less than two months this 
was the year Gen. Burgoyne and his army surrendered and while 
at Rhinebeck or Red Hook he heard the news. 

2. That some of the first days of March 1777 he enlisted into the 
company commanded by Lieutenant Daniel Smith in the regiment 
commanded by Col. Wolcott state troops for the term of 
three months as a private. Joseph Saye was the Ensign that he 
with the company was stationed at Peekskill in the state of 
New York and Danbury in Connecticut While he was at Peekskill, 
Danbury was burnt that he with about three thousand 
troops marched down to Bedford to cut off the
retreating British but did not succeed that at this time he performed
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not less than three months service as a private.

3. That in the year 1778 he was drafted to perform a a tour of 
duty as a private at New Haven Connecticut under 
Capt George Hubbard the other officers of the company he does 
not recollect that he continued there on duty not less than two 
months as a private.

4. That in the summer of the year 1779 he performed a tour 
of duty at New London Connecticut that he was there on duty 
not less than four months as a private, the officers of the 
company were Captain Daniel Stuart, Lieut Marcus Cole and
Ensign Hezekial Banks

5. That he was drafted to perform a tour of duty at Guilford 
Connecticut the year he does not recollect and performed 
duty as a private not less than two months. The Officers of 
the company were Capt Amos Whitmore Lieut Bidwell and the 
Ensign he does not remember Col Penfield commanded the 
regiment. 

6. [4 lines crossed out]
[2 crossed out] [inserted: That in the several] tours of duty heretofore stated, [3 crossed out]
[2 crossed out] he performed not less than thirteen months as 
a private for which he claims a pension. 
     That he has no documentary evidence of service and knows of no person living who can testify to the service except 
the persons whose affidavits are hereto annexed. 
    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 the agency of any state.
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In answer to the interrogations he says.

1. That he was born in the year 1760 at Chatham in the 
county of Middlesex & State of Connecticut where he has 
since and still lives.
2. That he has no record of his age.
3. That at the time he was called into the service he lived at Chatham where he still resides.
4. That he was called into the service in the manner
stated in this declaration.
5. That he knows Gen. McDougal who was with the troops 
with whom he served.
6. That he never had a written discharge.
7. That he is known to Rev. Samuel I Curtiss and Samuel Brown in his present neighborhood who can testify to his  
character for veracity and their belief of his services as a 
soldier of the revolution.
     Sworn to and Subscribed the and year aforsaid.  
                                 [signed] Ichabod Bailey
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County}ss     Berlin

On this 3rd day of September 1842 personally appeared 
before the Court of Probate for the district of Berlin 
in Said County Julia Dickenson a resident of said 
Berlin of the age of Forty Six who first being duly 
Sworn according to law doth on her oath make 
the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits 
of the Act of July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
Viz--
     That her Father Ichabod Bailey of Chatham
in Middlesex County Connecticut was a pensioner 
of the United States under the Connecticut Agency 
under act of June 7th 1832- That he died at said
Berlin May 16th 1838- That he left at the time
of his death a widow Patience Bailey to whom
he was married in the month of June 1783
by Father Fenn of said Berlin and that 
she the said widow Patience Bailey died at
the said Berlin on the 28th day of July 1839
leaving Two Children  and no more Viz Julia Dickenson 
& Ruth  Graham and that she the said Julia
 Dickenson  now makes this application in her
own name and in the name of her said 
Sister Ruth Graham - That the Amount of the pension to which their said Mother was 
entitled, as they claim - viz [1 illegible]16th 
day of May 1838 to the 28th day of July 1839 at the 
rate of Forty Three Dollars and Thirty Three cents 
per annum may be granted to herself & 
her said Sister Ruth Graham
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Sworn to and Subscribed before Said Probate
Court, on the day and year first named; 
And I do hereby Certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceeding before the said Court this day in the matter of the
application of Julia Dickenson above described.

In testimony whereof I do hereinto 
Subscribe my name and affix the 
Seal of said Court at Said Berlin
 in the County of Hartford aforesaid 
on this 3rd day of September 1842

                      [signed] Ira E Smith Judge
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I Stephen Wilcox of Berlin in Hartford County & State of 
Connecticut being now Ninety-two years of age. 
Do depose & say that I was well acquainted with Ichabod 
Bailey of Chatham in Middlesex County in said state of 
Connecticut, who was a pensioner of the Revolutionary Army. 
That I was present at his wedding when he married 
Patience Kelsey a sister of my late wife,- That said 
Ichabod Bailey was married to said Patience Kelsey in 
the month of July 1783 by Nathan Fenn our former 
Pastor of the Church in Worthington in Berlin aforesaid 
That said Ichabod died in May 1838 and 
his widow remained unmarried since. 

                        [signed] Stephen Wilcox 

State of Connecticut }
Hartford county } ss     On this 20th day of October 
1838. Personally appeared Mr. Stephen Wilcox
to me well known as a man of truth & strict
veracity who subscribed the foregoing affidavit in my presence and made Solemn Oath to
the truth of the same Before me
    [signed] Luther Berkley Just. of the Peace

I hereby certify & depose that I have not found any Church 
Record of marriages made by Rev. Nathan Fenn a former 
Pastor of the Church of Worthington, Parish town of Berlin in 
Hartford County State of Connecticut over which Church I
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now preside as Pastor-But I understand that said Records 
have long since been destroyed and wholly lost.                             
                              [signed] Joseph Whittlesey


State of Connecticut}
County of Hartford} ss     Berlin
            On this 30th day of November 
1838 before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace duly 
commissioned and sworn residing in said Berlin personally 
appeared Rev, Joseph Whittlesey above named, known to 
me to be the Pastor of said Church:-- and made oath in 
due form of law to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him 
subscribed in my presence.-- I further certify that the 
said Joseph Whittlesey is a respectable & credible witness
       [signed] Luther Berkley Just. of the Peace 

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County }     I James H Holcomb clerk of the County Court 
of said county of Hartford do certify that
Luther Berkley Esq is a justice of the peace within and for said 
county of Hartford as per commissions on file in my office 
and that his name subscribed to the certificates herein is his
proper Hand Writing & signature;--
In testimony whereof I have hereto set 
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this 31st day of December A.D. 1838
                     [signed] James H Holcomb Clerk

[illegible seal affixed to the left of signature]
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Ichabod Bealey [Bailey] merr'd on the 23rd y'r of his age the July 2
in the ye'r 1783
Ruth Bealy [Bailey] Born
July the 25 AD 1783
Carlotta  Bailey Born
April 27 AD 1786.
Ichabod Bailey Jr
Born September 20
1769
Patience Baley [Bailey] born
[1 illegible] 8th AD 1792
Ichabod Baley [Bailey] yr died
January the 27 AD 1794
in the 58 year of his age

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford       I certify that
[the text is so light that few words are legible]
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Connecticut
Suspended for further
Proof - See letter
to W. G. Comstock
June 29 1833

an'r Hon.S.A. Tate
Apl 4th 1834
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No. 8414
Let to Edward Wilcox }
              Sep 14 1842 }
same Sep. 26 '42
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Rev Widow, &c.
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File No. 20667
Patience Bailey 
wid of 
Ichabod Bailey 
Priv Rev. war
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Act July 7th 1838
Index: Vol. A Page 38

[Arrangement of 1870]
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                       Treasury Department, 
                    Second Comptrollers Office 
                           August 28th 1839
Sir
       Under the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An 
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the 
Treasury 
of the United States," The widow of Ichabod Bai [letters missing, assume Bailey] 
a Pensioner on the roll of the Connecticut Agency at 
the rate of Forty Three Dollars and Thirty three 
Cents 
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1838, has 
been paid at this department from the 4th of March 1838, 
to the 16th May 1838, the day of his death.
                               Respectfully yours,
                     [signed] Albion K Parris
                                    Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present
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[upside down]
  [top right]
    129.99
  ___21.67___
     151.66

Admit as prviate
1 mo at $43.33

[vertically over above words]
  [2 illegible] P Barba
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[verticle at top right] 
          Bailey

[vertical at left]
Nov. 26 1842 
for D [1 illegible]
Patience Bailey 
Con

[postmark over above words]
      BERLIN
[certer illegible]
         CT

[horizontal]
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington 
DC
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                            Berlin Connecticut  
                            Hartford County Nov 24 1842
J L Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions
                   Sir Enclosed please find 
such documents as I understand you to require
to Substantiate the claim of the heirs of Patience
Bailey widow of the late pensioner Ichabod Bailey
 to the pension due to their late mother
 (after some difficulty I have found the papers
returned to Luther Beckley Esquire deceased [1 illegible] which is the old Bible Leaf) the old
documents I also enclose. 
                 Respectfully your Ob't Servant
                [signed] Edward Wilcox
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[envelope]

Ichabod Bailey

     [postmark]
 Middle Hadden
       Mar 29
          CT
 
J. L .Edwards 
Commissioner of pensions
         Washington 
                        DC
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Middle Haddam March 27th 1834

Sir, 
                   I am requested by Mr 
Ichabod Bailey of Chatham Conn. who 
is an applicant for a pension under the 
act of congress of June 7th 1832 to write 
to you to ascertain if  possible why it is, that 
his certificate has not been forwarded- Mr Baileys 
pension papers were sent to the pension office 
by F G Comstock Esq something more than 
a year ago & were sent back on account of 
some defect or informality. They are said 
to have been returned to the Office, however many months ago, and yet Mr. Bailey heard nothing 
from them. This applicant is a poor man and 
is in need of the little provision which the law
has made for his support. Will you have the 
goodness to inform me without delay whether 
his papers are among the files of the office. 
If so whether they have been 
acted on & if there is no objection to his application  
I no good [sic] reason for longer delay 
to send on his certificate for such 
as he is entitled to & obliged. 
        Your Ob't Serv't
         [signed] Horace Foote
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    [envelope]
    [postmark] 
Middle Haddam 
       June 14
          CT 

Hon. Noyes Barbour
Washington
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Middle Haddam June 13th 1834

Dear Sir
            Mr. Ichabod Bailey of Chatham 
is an applicant for a pension under the Act 
of Congress of 7th June 1832. His application
which was prepared & forwarded to Washington by
F G Comstock Esq has been a long time on
file in the Pension office, waiting, as
I was
informed by the commissioner in answer to a
letter which I wrote him more than two months
ago at the Bailey's request for further proof
or explanation. The further proof consisting of
a certificate from the controller, tending to shew
that the companies in which the applicant
claims to have served, were regularly in the
service of the United States, I sent to the
office some ten weeks ago, accompanied with a
request that it might receive immediate
attention.  Since then I have heard nothing from
the office. Whether a decision upon his claim
is to be delayed till the poor old man is dead
I know not. If delayed much longer
that will
be the case. What renders the treatment of Mr
Bailey's claim at the office peculiarly unsatisfactory 
is the fact, that other applications
prepared by the same hand and, proved by the same
kind of evidence, in favour of persons
who served
in the same companies with him & who have
testified to his service, have long since been granted
without any call for the proof or explanation
asked for in this case So I am advised under these
circumstances. I hope you will excuse me for requesting
you to call at the office as early as  convenent and
if possible, get his certificate & forward it to me,
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advise me if any new difficulty has arisen. By
so doing you will much oblige
                         Your Obt Serv't
                           [signed] Horace Toote

[signed] Hon. N. Barber

[verticle on lower left]
            free

[postmark]
MIDDLE HADDAM
     JUNE 14
         CT

Hon. Noyes Barbour
Washington

[transcriber's note: Noyes Barbour was also known as Noyes Barber (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_America/Barber,_Noyes)]
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[envelope]
free

[postmark]                  J L Edwards
MIDDLE HADDAM     Commissioner of Pensions
    MAY 6                            Washington
       CT
 
[vertical on left side}
add'l evidence for
Ichabod Bailey
of Conn't
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                        Middle Haddam May 6th 1834
Sir        I send you herewith a certificate
from the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Connecticut containing all the Evidence
to be had from his Office relating to the
claim of Mr Ichabod Bailey for a Pension
under the act of 1832. I do not understand
that any evidence other than what is in your
possession, is deemed necessary by the Department
except so far as relates to the alleged services
of the claimant at New Haven under Capt
Hubbard, at Branford or Guilford under Capt
Wetmore & at New London under Capt Stewart
And I cannot but hope that the accompanynig
certificate will obviate every objection
to the allowance of his claim. Mr Bailey is a
poor old man & [1 illegible] in want of his Pension
money to make his old age comfortable. Why
he should be obliged to wait so long he coun'd
understand, especially as his associates in the
public service no more meritorious than himself
& whose depositions are attached to his application
have been for months in the possession & enjoyment
of the public County. Allow me to express a
wish that his certificate may be forwarded without
delay, which will much relieve him & oblige
                                Your Obt Servt
                                     Horace Toote
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                                  Comptrollers Office
                                    May 3 1834
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public
Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify
that under date August 24th 1779 the payroll
of Capt George Hubbards company at New
Haven is charged to the United States
upon the books of the Pay Table, & that no roll of
his company has been found, or evidence
showing when or how long they served.
     That the pay roll of Capt. A. Wetmore's
company at Branford is charged also to the
United States under date September 7th 1779
the pay abstract of Col. J. Penfields field & staff is
so charged under date September 4th 1779.
No roll of this company or regiment has been
found or evidence showing when, or how
long they served.
      And that it appears by the books of
the Pay Table, that the payroll of Capt. D
Stewart Col. H. Wyllys Regiment raised for three
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months in consequence of a requisition by Gen'l
Washington in June 1780, is charged to the United 
States under date January 10th 1782. But no roll
of the regiment or company has been found, or
evidence showing how long they served.
                                [signed] E Skelps
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[vertical on the left]
Sept 12. 1842
[illegilble postmark]
Ct
Bailey

[horizontal]
[crossed out:  1 1/4 oz    93 3/4]

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
                       Washington
                                D.C.
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Berlin Connecticut
Hartford County Sept 9. 18 [illegible]
J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

        Sir Enclosed I forward you a new declaration
made by Mrs Julia Dickenson, asking for herself
and her sister Ruth Graham the pension due her
late mother Patience Bailey Widow of Ichabod Bailey
The papers of Luther Beckley Esq her former Agent
who is now deceased are scattered in various places
and many of them lost, which makes it difficult
or impossible to find the old Bible leaf containing
the family record
I have therefore obtained the Deposition of Mrs Dickenson
that there was such a record &c and also of Stephen Wilcox Esq
an old Gentleman who lives, and always has, in the immediate 
neighbourhood when the marriage was performed & well
recollects seeing them married and the more distinctly
from the unfortunate circumstance of her being at the
time Enciente which circumstance caused him to go to
Chatham after the said Bailey to have them married as soon
as possible
I have further learned since the Church Certificate
was given that the Books & papers of Rev Nathan Finn
who married them were destroyed by fire
                          I am Sir Very Respectfully
                          Your Ob't Sev't 
                     [signed] Edward Wilcox
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[envelope]
[vertical on left side]
Sept 26  '42
ctz
Patience Barley

[horizontal in center]
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
           Washington
                          D.C.
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                                         Berlin Connecticut
                                         Hartford County
                                         September 23d 1842
Sir your communication of the 16th Just, is at hand
stating that in the case of Patience Bailey deceased
the Court should certify that she was the widow
of the late Pensioner Ichabod Bailey deceased
the day of her death, and the names of the children
who survived her, the relation of husband and wife
prior to January 1794 should be established by record
or documentary evidence, by indicating the case
in which the family record was sent to this office,
it may readily be found and would probably afford
the required proof.
In reply I beg to state that as I understand it all
of the above information is to be found in the papers
forwarded by me to your office the 7th July
1'st the declaration as expressly that she was the widow of Ichobod Bailey
2'nd it states the day of her death viz on the 28th day of July 1839
3'rd that he left two children & no more by Julia Dickenson & Ruth Graham
4'th the Declaration of Stephen Wilcox a credible witness that they were
married in June 1783 by Rev. Nathan Fenn and also the Deposition of
Julia Dickenson that there was formerly a family record to that effect
which was sent to your office by Luther Beckley a former Agent to
obtain this pension, and further information that is needed please
inform me     I remain with much respect your Ob't Serv't
                                      [signed] Edward Wilcox
[signed] J. L.E. Edwards Esquire
Pension Com't Washington
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Selah Savage of Berlin in Hartford County
Connecticut being of the age of Eighty three
years - Do depose & say that I was acquainted 
with the late Pensioner Ichabod Bailey and
with his late Widow Patience Bailey, whose
maiden name was Patience Kelsey - That I
knew them both before their marriage & know of
their living together as Husband & wife, prior
to January 1794 knew at the time of his death,
& know that his widow never after married,
that she died at the House of her daughter
Julia Dickenson (within 3/4 of a mile from my
residence) in July 1839 leaving Two Children
viz Julia Dickenson & Ruth Graham, both
living near & with whom I am personally acquainted 
                                      [signed] Selah Savage 
Witnesses {Selah Savage
                 {Edward Wilcox

State of Connecticut} ss 
    Hartford County  }    Berline 24th November
                   On this Twenty first day of November
1842, personally appeared before me Benjamin
Wilcox one of the Justices of the Peace for said County
of Hartford, Selah Savage, and made Solemn
Oath to the truth of the above certificate
by
him subscribed, and he is a credible person
Well known to me, aged Eighty three years
         [signed] Benjn Wilcox Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut} ss
Probate Court of Berlin}   Berlin Nov 23. 1842
                      I, J Smith Judge of said Court of
Probate, do hereby certify, that satisfactory proof
has this day been produced in open Court, by the testimoy
of credible witnesses that Patience Bailey
died in s'd Berlin on the 28th day of July AD 1839 & that she was the
widow of the late pensioner Ichabod Bailey, and that
she left two children living at her decease viz Julia
Dickinson and Ruth Graham, and no more.
                       In testimony whereof I have
                       hereunto signed my name, and
                       affixed the seal of this Court
                       the day and year first above
                       written
                                 [signed] Ira E. Smith Judge
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[vertica on left edge]
[1-2 lines cut off from the below]
the Signature of said Wilcox is his signature

 No 8414
Patience Bailey dec'd
Conn't
Act 7 July 38

Aom'd
13 mo pri
43 33 pnsn
4 March 36 to 28 July
39, the day of her death
to Julia Dickinson
& Ruth Graham
only surviving children
 of Patience
Bailey dec'd
Edw'd Wilcox
Berlin
Conn't
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I, Edward Wilcox Clerk of the 3rd Congregational
Church in Berlin Worthington Society, County
of Hartford & State of Connecticut, hereby
certify that I do not find any record of the
Marriage of Ichabod Bailey & Patience Kelsey
on the record of said Church of which the Rev
Nathan Finn was former Pastor (as appears from record).

I further certify that there does not appear
upon the records of said Church the Solemnization
of any marriage prior to the year 1831
and I further certify that I have the Custody
of the original records & hold the Office of Clerk as aforesaid
                                      [signed] Edward Wilcox

State of Connecticut} ss Berlin
     Hartford County }
On this Third day of September 1842 personally appeared
before me Benjamin Wilcox Esquire one of the Justices
of the peace for said Hartford County, Edward Wilcox who
is Clerk of the 3d Congregational Church in Said Berlin and
made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above by him subscribed
and he is a credible person well known to me aged Twenty Seven 
years before me. 
       [signed] Benj'n Wilcox Justice of the peace
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I Julia Dickenson a resident of Berlin
in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut
being of lawful age do depose and say -
That my Father Ichabod Bailey formerly
kept a family record on a blank leaf in
the family Bible, that on said record was
the time of his marriage to Patiense Kelsey
that, that leaf containing said record was
several years since tom from the Book & given
to Luther Beckley Esq for the purpose of being
forwarded to the pension Office - Since which
time I have neither seen or known anything
in relation to it         [signed] Julia Dickenson

State of Connecticut} ss    Berlin
    Hartford County  }
On this Third day of September 1842 personally appeared
before me Benjamin Wilcox one of the Justices of the Peace for
said Hartford County Julia Dickenson of the Town of Berlin
aforesaid a credible person well known to me aged
Forty Six years, who made Solemn Oath to the truth of
the above by her subscribed before me-
        [signed] Benj'n Wilcox Justice of the Peace
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I, James B Carpenter, Clerk & Register of the 
Town of Berlin in the County of Hartford & State 
of Connecticut, hereby certify that I do not find 
the marriage of Ichabod Bailey & Patience Kelsey 
in the Town Records.
And I further certify that previous to the year 
1820 the number of marriages recorded were very few.
                        [signed] James B. Carpenter


State of Connecticut
Hartford County
}[connecting the two lines above] [illegible]s Berlin September 5th 1842
On this Fifth day of September 1842 personally appeared before me Benjamin Wilcox Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for said Hartford County James B Carpenter who is Town Clerk & Register of the Town of Berlin aforesaid a credible person well known to me aged 3[inkblot] years who made solemn oath to the truth of the above by him subscribed
before me
Benjm Wilcox Justice of the Peace
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[vertically on left side]
No 8414
Patience Bailey dec'd
Conn't
act 7 July 38
aom'd
13 mo pri
43 33 from
 4 March 36 to 20 July 
39. the day of her death 
to Julia Dickenson 
& Ruth Graham only surviving children 
of Patience 
Bailey dec'd
Edw'd Wilcox 
Berlin
Conn't

[horizontal on right side]
State of Connecticut} ss   Hartford
     Hartford County  }
I, Thomas Seymour Clerk of the County 
Court for said Hartford County, hereby certify 
that Benjamin Wilcox Esquire before whom the annexed
Certificates were taken is at this time and has 
been for Thirty days last part a Lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County and that 
the Signature of said Wilcox is his signature. 
In witness hereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of 
Office at Hartford this 8th day of  September 1842.
             [signed] Thos. H. Seymour Clerk of the 
                                                    County Court
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I Stephen Wilcox a resident of Berlin in the County 
of Hartford and state of Connecticut aged ninety 
four years do hereby depose and say that I 
was well acquainted with the late Ichabod Bailey and with his wife Patience Bailey. I knew 
them both before their marriage which took place 
some time in the month of June 1783 according 
to the best of my recollections. I was born and brought 
up in the town of Berlin and well knew 
Patience Bailey whose maiden name was 
Patience Kelsey. Ichabod Bailey came here from Chatham. I went over after him to get him 
[crossed out: Mrs Bailey] to come and marry Patience Kelsey 
in consequence of her situation at that time which
brings the circumstances more forcibly to my
mind. I was present at the marriage which 
took place at the house of Ezekiel Kelsey 
the father of Patience Bailey; they were married 
by Rev Nathan Fenn then Pastor of the 3rd
Ecclessastcul [Ecclesiastical] Church in said Berlin. I well 
recollect that the father of Ichabod Baily came 
over with his son to attend the marriage; they 
stopped at my house before they went. I do 
not now recollect of any person living who 
was present. Ichabod Bailey and his wife Patience are both deceased ; I lived near them for many years and knew them well to the time 
of their death and know their children Julia Dickenson and Ruth Graham.
                        [signed] Stephen Wilcox

State of Connecticut} ss 
   Hartford County   } Berlin.      On this 20th 
day of September AD 1841 personally appeared 
before me Thos H Seymour Esq one of the 
Justices of the peace for said County. 
[signed] Stephen Wilcox
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a resident of said Berlin a credible person well 
known to me and then and there made solemn 
oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by 
hand subscribed. 
      Before me [signed] Thos H. Seymour Justice of the peace.

State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss Hartford
I Richard D. Hubbard assistant Clerk of 
the County Court in for said court do hereby certify 
that Thomas H. Seymour Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition
 of Stephen Wilcox was taken was at the 
time of taking said deposition a justice of the 
peace in and for said Hartford County duly 
commissioned and qualified and that full 
credit may be given to his official acts.
         In testimony whereof I have 
         hereto affixed my hand and 
         the seal of said Court this 
         eighth day of September A.D. 1842
                                 Rich'd D. Hubbard
                                   Assistant Clerk
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      We Samuel I. Curtiss a Clergyman residing in the town of Chatham 
and Samuel Brown residing in the same town hereby certify that we are 
well acquainted with Ichabod Bailey who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two 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, 
           [signed] Samuel I. Curtiss
           [signed] Samuel Brown

      And the said court do. hereby declare their opinion after 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 Rev. Samuel I. Curtiss 
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the town of _________
and Samuel Brown who has also signed the same is a resident 
in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to 
credit.
      I William G. Comstock Clerk of the court of probate for the District of 
Chatham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of
the court in the matter of the application of Ichabod Bailey 
for a pension.
         In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office 
this 28 day of January A. D. 1833
           [signed] W. G. Comstock clk
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I Samuel Brown of Chatham in the County of Middlesex & 
state of Connecticut aged seventy one years depose and say 
that in September or October 1777 the militia company of
East Hampton in the town of Chatham county and state aforesaid 
was called into the service of the United States, that 
said company was commanded by Sergeant James Bill, and 
marched from said town of Chatham, through Danbury in 
Connecticut to Fishkill in the state of New Yak and from 
there up the Hudson River to Red Hook and back to said 
Fishkill, that I was a private soldier in said company and 
was out in service for the term of two months. And further
the deponent says that Ichabod Bailey now and then living 
in said town of Chatham was a private in said company 
and performed two months service therein as aforesaid.
     I further depose and say that I enlisted into the company 
company [sic] by Lieutenant Daniel Smith in the Regiment 
commanded by Col Wolcott state troops some of the first days 
of March 1777 for the term of three months, that Ichabod Bailey 
aforesaid enlisted into said company the same day and 
continued therein until discharged a period of three months.
                [signed] Samuel Brown

Middlesex County ss    Chatham 28th January A.D 1833.
Personally appeared Samuel Brown, a person well known to 
me and in all respects a competent a credible witness, and 
made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition 
by his [1 illegible].
      Before me
      [signed] Franklin G. Comstock, Justice of the Peace
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I Elijah Abell of Chatham in the county of Middlesex and 
State of Connecticut aged seventy five years depose and 
say that I was on a tour of duty at New London
in Connecticut 
in the summer of 1774, that I remained at said New London 
for the term of about four months, that Ichabod Bailey now 
and then living in said Chatham, was a private Soldier in 
said Company and remained at New London during said 
term of about four months. That the officers of the company 
were Capt Daniel Stewart, Liut Marcus Cole and Ensign Hezekiah 
Banks.
                [signed] Elijah Abell

Middlesex County ss    Chatham 28th January A.D. 1833.
Personally appeared Elijah Abell, a person well known to me 
and in all respects a competent and credible witness, 
and make solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition 
by him.      Subscribed 
                           Before me
        [signed]  Franklin G. Comstock Justice of the Peace
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I Amos Clark of Chatham in the County of
Middlesex and state of Connecticut of Lawful age 
depose and say that in the year 1778 I was on a 
tour of duty at New Haven in Connecticut under 
Capt George Hubbard and continued there about 
two months. I further depose and say that Ichabod 
Bailey now living in said town of Chatham was 
a private in said company and performed a
tour of duty of two months. I further depose and 
say that I was on a tour of duty at Guilford 
Connecticut the year I do not recollect, and 
that the said Ichabod Bailey was a private there 
and performed about two months duty.

Sworn to and Subscribed
this 9th day of August A.D. 1832
                        [signed] Amos Clark
Before me
[signed] F. G. Comstock Just. Peace
I Certify that the above deponent is well known to me and is a competent and credible witness.
[signed] Franklin G. Comstock  Just. of the Peace
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I Abel Penfield of Chatham in the County of 
Middlesex and state of Connecticut of lawful 
age depose and say that in the year 1779
I was engaged in the term service of the United 
States for about four months the most of
the time at Fishkill in New York. And the 
deponent further saith that Ichabod Bailey 
now living in said town of Chatham was in 
the term service of the United States at the 
same time and performed about four months 
duty as aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed 
this 13th day August AD 1832
                               [signed] Abel Penfield
Before me 
F. G. Comstock Justice of the Peace
I Certify that the above deponent is well known to me and is a competent
and creditable witness.
        [signed]  Franklin G. Comstock Justice of the Peace
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[Vertical]
Able Penfield affidavit
in the care of Ich'd Bailey

[horizontal]
I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and 
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to 
whom it doth or may concern, 
That Franklin G. Comstock Esquire, before whom 
the foregoing Affidavit of Samuel Brown, Elijah Abell, Amos Clark, Abel Penfield were
taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the 
Peace within and for the County of Middlesex        
in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full 
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and 
to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature 
purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due 
to his official acts and attestation.:
[3 cut off] of said State, in the city of Hartford, in said State, the second 
day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand, 
eight hundred and thirty-three.
                     [signed] Thomas Clay
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No 1587. 
Ichabod Bailey
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State of Connecticut}
County of Middlesex} ss

On this 15th day of August AD. 1832 personally 
appeared in open court before the court of
Probate for the District of Chatham, now sitting 
Ichabod Bailey a resident of Chatham in 
the county of Middlesex and state of 
Connecticut, aged Seventy two years who being 
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 he entered 
the service of tlhe United States under the  following named officers and served 
as herein stated
1. That he belonged to the militia company of East Hampton 
in said Chatham, that in Sept or Oct 1777 the said company 
was called into the service of the United States, that he with 
said said company under the command of Sergeant  James 
Bill, march from said Chatham through Danbury in Connecticut 
to Fishkill in the state of New York, and from there 
up the Hudson River to Red Hook, and back to said Fishkill, 
that said company was out in service the term of 
two months, all of which time [3 crossed out] he was with
said company and performed duty therein
2. That some of the first days of March 1777 he enlisted into the 
company commanded by Lieut Daniel Smith in the Regiment 
commanded by Col Wolcott state troops for the term of three 
months, that the company was stationed at Peekskill in the 
state of New York, and Danbury Connecticut, that he was in 
said company and performed duty therein for the term of three 
months.
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3. That in the year 1778 he was drafted to perform a tour of duty at New Haven Connecticut under the command of Capt. George Hubbard 
and continued there about two months.
4. That he was drafted to perform a tour of duty at Guildford 
Connecticut, the year he does not recollect, and performed duty 
at that place, about two months. 
4. That in the summer of the year 1779 he performed a tour of 
duty at New London Connecticut, that he was there on duty 
about four months, the officers of the Company were Capt Daniel 
Stuart, Liut Marcus Cole & Ensign Hezekiah Banks.
5. That in the year 1779 he enlisted into the term service 
under Capt John Johnson, and continued therein for about 
four months, most of the time at Fishkill in the State of 
New York, that he has no documentary evidence of his 
service in the war of the revolution,and knows  of no persons 
living who can testify to the same except Samuel Brown, 
Amos Clark, Abel Penfield, & Hendrick Cole whose affadavits 
are hereto annexed.
     He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension 
or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is
not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
In anser to the interigations he says.
1. That he was born in the year 1760, at Chatham in the County 
of Middlesex & State of Connecticut, where he has ever since 
and still resides.
2. That he has no record of his age
3. That at the time he was called into service,
he was living at Chathum aforesaid, where he still resides
4. That he was called into the service in the manner stated 
in this declaration.
5. Gen MacDougal was with the troops when he  served
6. That he never had a written discharge
7. That he is known to Abner Hall & Nathanial G Cane in his present  
neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity on this belife
of his service as a soldier of the revolution, 
and the day and year of Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year foresaid,
                                 [signed] Ichabod Bailey
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I William G. Comstock Clerk of the Court 
of Probate for the District of Chathaw, do 
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the 
original proceedings of said court in the 
matter of the application of Ichabod Bailey 
for a pension
     In testimony whereof I 
     have hereunto set my hand 
     and seal of office this 17th 
    day of August A.D. 1832
           [signed] W. G. Comstock Clerk.