Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17972, Aaron Gunn, Mass.
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Service --------------------------Number
Mass -------Gunn, Aaron--------W17972
--------------------Betsy
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1572
Connecticut
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Betsy Gunn 
widow of Aaron Gunn
who was pensioner under the Act of 1878 and who died on the 8th of February 1833 of Fairfield Co. in the State of Ct. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt, commanded by Col. Sproat in the MS line for 2 years.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ct. 
at the rate of 80 Dollars-----Cents annual to commence on the 4th day of March 1836
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Certificate of Pension issued of the 8th day of 
January 1839 and sent ___ T.T. Whittlsey _______
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838---------$200.00
__ annual allowance ending 4 March 39---40.00
-------------------------------------------$240.00
{ACT JULY 7, 1839}
RECORDED BY D.D Addison, CLERK
Book A VOL 1ST Page 182
___________________________________________________right side of document 
1884 Feb 11: Joseph H & Mary Gunn for more description to identify & if a widow survived with name & residence of both 1884 Sept 17. Jos H. Gunn with personal and military history

penciled in: Date of death not ou aB
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2798
Connecticut 
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Aaron Gunn, private-
Massachusetts line-
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut- 
at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 23 of Sept 1818, and sent to the care of Danl B. Cooke Esq; Danbury, Fairfied Co: Connt
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Arrears to 4th Sept 1818 -----------------$41.32
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 March -----------$48.
5 mos  1/31  &  4/80---------------------$89.32

{Revolutionary claim
 Act 18th March 1818}

Continued - penciled in 

Danberry of Fairfied Co.

Penciled in on the left side o document vertically - Declaration sent October 7th 1820 to David Bury Fairfield County
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I Aaron Gunn of Danbury in the County Fairfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn ______ and say  that I was a soldier  in the United States  army in the revolutionary war in the second Regiment of Massachusetts under commanded by Col. Spought  in Captain Drecen Company for the term of three years  commencing in the year 1780 and ending July 1783 and was honorably discharged but h__  left
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 Number W17972

Gunn, Aaron
Betsey
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Aaron Gunn 17

Aaron Gunn 

Exd

2798

March 1819
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State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18th 1820

I David Burr, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do herby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is

six Dollars and forty one cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 18th day of July 1820.

[signed] David Burr [/signed]
Clerk of the County Court for said
County of Fairfield.

[black mark]
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District and State of Connecticut, ss. 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 18 day July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Aaron Gunn aged sixty nine years, resident in the Town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being [^] first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
as a private on the 2nd Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col. Sprought & in Capt Drews Company for April 1781 to July 1783
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At a County     Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18th 
day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of the laws of said State.
Personally Appeared, in open Court, Aaron Gunn a resident in the town of Danbury --- in the County of Fairfield - in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Solemn oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property,(necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.
1 old chest 100 @ 5 old chairs 125c ________$
1 (?) table 30c iron pot 75c small pot 12c - 1,,17
1 tin kettle 12c  Peal & Tongs 34c washing tub 50- " 96
6 Earthen Plates 18c 2 Bowls 8c 2 platters 16 " 75
6 old knives & forks 25 c 4 milk pans 5 a----75
4 pewter spoons 8c Wooden Bowl 6c            "24
1 Tea kettle & spider 20c                                50c
4 (?) Tea cups 12c                                      " 12
                                                                                                                                                                                 ____________
                                                     $6.41
                 
                      Aaron Gunn
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield A.D.
                 
                     On this 10th day of
August 1838, before the court of  _____ ______ at Danbury written and for the  of Danbury in said county and state ,the ________ _______ court of record, personally appeared Betsey Gunn a resident of said Danbury aged sixty nine years , who being duly ___________,according to ___________ _________ _ __ oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the  pension ___________ by the let of Congress,passed July 7,1838 created "An Act
granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Aaron Gunn,who was a soldier in  the Army of the Revolution the death that as he _________ with the war
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield       ).  on the 10th day of

August in the year 1838 before the Court of
Probate written and for the District of ________________ in the said county and state ,personally appeared Betsey Gunn above
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Ephraim Benedict of Danbury in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy three
years, being duly sworn doth depose and say that
forty seven years ago Aaron Gunn and Betsey
Gunn removed from Wilton in said County to
said Danbury and within a few weeks afterwards
they came and resided in the house with this
deponent six or seven months. They then
removed into another house; and that from the
time of their first removal into said Town of
Danbury, as above stated, until the death of
said Aaron, they always lived together as
husband and wife, and were received and respected
in the community and sustaining that relation
to each other; and although the Deponent did
not see them married he has no doubt they
were husband and wife the said Aaron died
four or five years ago; and for many years before
and after the time of his death he was a
Pensioner of the United States
During the time they so lived together said
Aaron and Betsey had a large family of
children
Ephraim Benedict
State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield
Probate District of Danbury
S.S.
on this 11th day of August
1838, before the Court of Probate with and
for the said District, personally appeared
Ephraim Benedict above named well
known to the said Court as a person of
good character for truth and credible
witness who subscribed the foregoing
Deposition and being duly sworn, made
solemn oath to the truth of the same -
Gilead G Taylor Clerk
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Samuel Stewart of Wilton in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged
ninety two years, being duly sworn, doth
depose and say that he is the Father of Betsey
Gunn of Danbury, the widow of Aaron Gunn
deceased. That soon after the Revolutionary War
the said Betsey Gunn, became acquainted
with said Aaron, and contrary to the advice
of her parents and against their wishes was
married to him.  For this reason
they were not married at Deponents
house, nor was deponent present when
they were married. But the Deponent
understood and was informed by her and
by others, that they were married by Rev.
David Belcher now deceased then an
Episcopal Clergyman. Immediately after
they were so said to be married they commenced
housekeeping, and lived together is
husband and wife in the neighborhood of
the Deponent, and where they had one child
born. After about one year they removed
Danbury in said County of Fairfield
where they resided and lived together as husband and wife until the death of said Aaron about four years ago. They had a large
family of children, and after their
marriage as well as he can know any fact which he did not witness personally -the deponent has been at some trouble to ascertain the date of their said marriage having made no entry or record of it but from the age of the first child of said Aaron and Betsey and other
circumstances he is enabled to say they
married forty nine years ago-
Deponent had ever been acquainted with
or known said Aaron Gunn before the
said marriage
---
his
Samuel Stuart
mark
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Section A
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Sc.
On this 9th day of August 1838, before
the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within
and for the said County of Fairfield personally
appeared Samuel Stewart known to me as a
man of good character for truth and a 
credible witness who subscribed the foregoing
Deposition, and being duly sworn declared
solemn oath to the truth of the same
George Andrews Justice of Peace
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Mary Hurlburt of Wilton in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged sixty
three years, being duly sworn doth depose and say that she knows and is acquainted with Betsey Gunn
of Danbury in said County, and
has known her from a friend for since her 
marriage with Aaron Gunn her late
husband. This Deponent knew husband said Aaron the said Betsey whose name was Betsey Stewart and a Daughter of Samuel Stewart of said Wilton-) married to the 
said Aaron Gunn. They were married in said Wilton in the house of one Azer Filler by the Reverend David Belden then  or thereabout [illegible- The said Belden [illegible] was just re-settled over said Parish. [illegible] and was then residing in said Wilton and is since dead . As the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]. [illegible] [illegible]understood to be [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]friend [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]was [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]was [illegible] their family home [illegible]
The said marriage took place forty nine years ago. The [illegible] of the [illegible] was the [illegible] of [illegible], on [illegible] in [illegible]
The [illegible] of said Betsey [illegible] before [illegible]
Mary Hurlburt
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield
Did on this 9th day of August 1838, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace [illegible] in said County, personally appeared Mary Hurlburt above named who is a person of good character for truth, and a credible witness, and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly sworn made statement to the truth of the same. George Andrews
Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County
Court within and for the County of
Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify
that George Andrews Esquire is now and was on the
9th day of Just. August a Justice of the Peace within
and for said Fairfield County duly commissioned
and duly authorized to administer oaths and take Depositions
and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of
the said George Andrews Esquire and verily
believe the signature to the Certificate annexed
to the foregoing Deposition of Samuel Stuart
and Mary Hurlburt and purporting to be
the signatures of the said George Andrews Esquire
are genuine. Given under my hand and the
Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14th
day of August AD 1838.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
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900 900 
Betsey Gunn
 Widow of Aaron 
Connecticut AD July 7 1838 March 1789 died 1833 
Allow 2 years private
$80 per annum 
Honorable F Whittlesy 
House of  Representatives
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June 9, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
Aaron Gunn-W.17972

Miss Myrtle M. Jillson
56 Montgomery Street
Waterbury, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you
are compiling the genealogy of the Gunn family and desire the Revolutionary War records of Aaron Gunn, Abel Gunn, Betsey Gunn, Samuel
Gurn (Gunn), Moses Gunn, and Drummer___Gunn, all recorded in
"Connecticut men in the Revolution."
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and
the limited clerical force available for furnishing such information,
it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to
soldiers of that war. The record of Aaron Gunn is given herein as
found in the pension claim, W.17972, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of
Aaron Gunn are not shown.
Aaron Gunn enlisted, place not stated, in 1780 or in April,
1781, served as a private in Captain Drew's Company, Colonel Sprout’s Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged in July, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, while a resident of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 1820,
he gave his age as sixty-nine years.
He died February 8, 1833, place not shown.
The soldier married February 24, 1789, in Wilton, Fairfield County
Connecticut, Betsey, daughter of Samuel Stewart or Stuart, of said
Wilton. The date and place of birth of Betsey are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Betsey, was allowed pension on her application
executed August 10, 1838, at which time she was aged sixty-nine years
and resided in Danbury, Connecticut.
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Aaron and Betsey Gunn had a large family of children, only names given are son Aaron, born December 6, 1790, and in 1838 residing in Danbury, Connecticut; and sons Smith and George, who, in 1820, were aged respectively thirteen and eleven years. 

In 1838, Samuel Stewart or Stuart, the father of Betsey Gunn, was living in Wilton, Connecticut, and was aged ninety-two years. The name of his wife was not given. 

In 1818 Alexander Gunn lived in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts: no relationship to the soldier was shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Betsey Gunn, widow of Aaron Gunn (W.17972), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:

Betsey Gunn, widow of Aaron Gunn, Certificate No.1572, issued January 8, 1839, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1836, Act of July 7, 1838, Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Aaron Gunn of Danbury in the County
of Fairfield 
and State of Connecticut being
duly sworn doth depose and say that he
is the Son of Aaron Gunn late of Danbury
deceased and of Betsey Gunn his wife
that he became forty eight years of age
on the sixth day of December 1838, and
is in his forty ninth
and further the deponent saith not
Aaron Gunn-his mark
State of Connection
County of Fairfield
Probate District of Danbury
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On this 8th day of
December 1838 before the Court of Probate
within and for the District of Danbury in the said
County and State, the same being a Court of Record
personally appeared Aaron Gunn above named
and subscribed the foregoing Deposition
and being duly sworn made solemn oath
the truth of the same__ witness my
hand and seal of office
Gilead G Taylor
Clerk
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Martha Belden of Newtown in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged
sixty four years being duly sworn doth depose and
say, that she is the widow of the Reverend David
Belden formerly an Episcopal Clergyman
residing at Wilton in said County to whom
she was married in the month of December
1794. That the said David Bolden died
in the the month of March 1832, and after
his death his papers came into the hands of
this deponent, and now remain in
possession - that her said Husband never
after her intermarriage with him kept
any record of memorandums of the marriages
celebrated by him nor as he has frequently informed her did he do so during any service of his ministry.That she has however by request of Betsey Gunn of Danbury in said
County Gently made diligent search
among all his papers in her hands and
accessible to her for a record or entry or
memorandum of the marriage of said Betsey to Aaron Gunn
but could find none.
this Deponent further
saith, that has known the said Betsy
personally for a period of fifteen years and
more, that by reputation, has known he
ever since her intermarriage with said
David Belden. Said Betsey was the
Daughter of Samuel Stewart, who was a near
neighbor of the witness while she resided in
said Wilton. The witness has frequently
heard her husband the said David Belden
in his life time say that he married the
said Betsy to Aaron Gunn, Six or Seven
years before the marriage of the Deponent 
the said Aaron Gunn was often at the house
of said Beldens, and the part of the marriage
ceremony between the said Aaron and Betsey
having been performed by him, was
frequently the subject of conversation.
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between the Deponent and her husband-said
Betsey is still a widow having never 
been married  since the death of said Aaron
Martha Belden

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
pounds
Probate District of Deny


State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Probate District of Newtown S.C. (scilicet)
-
On this 28th day
of November 1830 before the Court of Probate
within and for the District of Newtown in the
said County and State the same being a Court of
Record and holden at Newtown in the said
District, personally appeared Martha Belden
well known to the said Court, as a person of
good character for truth and a credible witness
and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and
being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth
the same -
In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the
seal of said Court this
twenty eighth day of
November 1838
Cyrenius H. Booth Clerk of
Probate for the District of Newtown Connecticut
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I Theophilus Nichols of Newtown in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Judge of the Court
of Probate within and for the District of Newtown in the
said County and State do hereby certify to all whom
it may concern, that Cyrenius H Booth, who hath
certified the caption of the foregoing Deposition is
Clerk of the said Court of Probate and was such Clerk
at the time the same purports to have been
signed by him, duly appointed and
and that the foregoing signature purporting
be his is in the genuine hand writing of the
said Cyrenius H Booth

In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand this
28th day of November 1838
Theophilus Nichols Judge of Said Court
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Danbury Connecticut
September 8
Free
The Honorable
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
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Free
C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington
Admitted
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Alexander Gunn of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age testifies and says, that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army, belonging to the Third Regiment of the Massachusetts line, in the company commanded by Captain Woodbridge that he started into the service in the spring of 1782 and was discharged in the fall of 1783 having served the full period of at least eighteen months. that during all that time I was well acquainted with Aaron Gunn of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and do know that he was a soldier and was thus attached to the Second Regiment of Massachusetts line commanded by Captain Sprought, that during all the time aforesaid and well knew that this Aaron did duty as a soldier in the regiment aforesaid and for any thing that I know, was a faithful soldier during the
period aforesaid. I do not know the time or place he was discharged
I further say not
Alexander Gunn

Berkshire SS. August 31st 1818-
Personally appeared Alexander Gunn signer
of the foregoing affidavit and having subscribed the same in
my presence, was sworn to the truth of the same in due process 
of law-- I further certify that the afore[said] deponent is a
man of integrity and truth and his declaration entitled to full
credit-
Robert Barnard Justice of Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County
I the undersigned Joseph Herring Clerk
of the Judicial Court within and for the County
of Berkshire do certify that Robert F. Barnard
Esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken
is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County
duly commissioned and qualified to take such
affidavits; and that the within is his signature
with which I am well acquainted
In testimony whereof, I have hereto affixed the Seal of the said
Court  the thirty first day of August A.D. 1818
---
J Woodbridge Clerk
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The Honorable John C. Calhoun
Sir
I herewith enclose the affidavits of
Aaron Gunn and Samuel Smith applicants
for pensions which were originally taken before me and
Returned for further evidence with such additional
Evidence as by your circular was required in such
cases.
the
The additional testimony is such as I trust
be satisfactory of their services. I have been a
acquainted with both of the applicants for many years and have the  fullest confidence in the justness of their claims
Mr. Smith by my advice, went to Hartford after his
discharge as the best evidence he could forward. He would
have obtained the testimony of persons aforesaid
were with him in the army but I thought after he obtained his discharge and enlistment, further evidence
would be unnecessary-
With high consideration and respect
Your obedient and humble Servant
Daniel B. Cook
Danbury September 9th 1818

Sign
in
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Danbury Dec 15th 1838
Dear Sir
Mrs Betsey Gunn the widow of
Aaron applied last summer for
Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838
the commissioner thought the proof of
the marriage unsatisfactory, and
having lodged papers on file
wrote to me, stating the objections
to wit that no record was produced and
that it should be shewn as there was none
such in existence. Also that he should
require evidence of the age of their children
I now advised the deposition of Aaron
her oldest child to prove that he is forty
eight consequently he was born
in 1790 - and the Deposition of Mrs
Belden the deceased widow of the Clergyman
by whom the marriage ceremony
was performed to prove there was no
record kept or ever made by him
of this or any other marriage celebrated 
by him
Will you take the trouble to present
the additional proofs to the Court and
perhaps you may be able to state facts
relative to the age of Aaron and her three
children within your own Mason Lodge. She is absolutely destitute, and a speedy
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decision is more desirable in her case than in that of any other applicant of whose claims I have any knowledge.  
Please communicate the result to me as soon as you are able.

Yours respectfully
R. Booth
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[Left side of document:]
Betsy Gunn
July 1838
[Right side:]
Payment to be made at Hartford Connecticut
by Samuel L. Pitkin Esquire
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Payable on the 4th March and 4th september in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Volume 1st
by D. D. Addison
clerk
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War Department.
Five years Pension 
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838
Betsey Gunn
widow of Aaron Gunn deceased
who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the 8th day of February 1833 is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of Eighty dollars and__Cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 8th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine 
J.R Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned J.L. Edwards
Commissioner Of Pensions.
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Betsy widow of Aaron Gunn.
See letter to R. Booth, October 28 1838
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Danbury Connecticut
August 28th 1838
Honorable J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
As the Agent of
Betsey Gunn of Danbury Fairfield
County Connecticut
I have the honor to transmit
her application for a Pension, and the
accompanying proofs, to your office and
I respectfully request that
your decision thereon may be
communicated to me, by mail at
this place-
Very Respectfully
Your obedient Servant
Reuben Booth
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Waterbury, Conn.
Mar. 28, 1936.

Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen : -

In the compilation of a genealogy of the Gunn family, I have discovered the following Revolutionary pensioners in "Connecticut Men In The Revolution, about which I would like full details, as to their birth, death, marriage, etc., parentage, or as much as your records reveal.

As this is the first time a genealogy of this family has been compiled, I feel that it will be of future benefit to many to obtain as full a record of this family as possible. 

And, I assure you, this courtesy will be very much appreciated. 

Connecticut Men In the Revolution:
Gunn, Aaron, Pro., Massachusetts --page 634
Gunn, Abel, Drummer, res. New York --642
Gunn, Betsey, Danbury, ae, 71--662
Gurn, Samuel, Milford, ae., 78--660

Then, also, in the same volume, the following Gunns appear. If this work is not done in your office, would appreciate if very much indeed if you would forward same to the proper authorities. 

Connecticut Men In The Revolution:
Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, Detached from Dunker's Regiment., Taken Prisoners at the Surrender of Fort Washington, New York Island, November 16, 1776.
Gunn, Moses, Private --p. 123
Captain Bostwick's Company., Charles Webb's Regiment., Who Crossed the River Delaware to Trenton, on the evening of December 25, 1776.
Drummer Gunn --P. 105

Thank You very much for any courtesy you may show this letter.
 
Very sincerely, 
Myrtle Jillson 
Genealogist 
Ballou Family Association
of America

Miss Myrtle M. Jillson
56 Montgomery Street
Waterbury, Connecticut

[stamp upside down] RECEIVED MAR 30 1936 Veteran's Administration 16 [illegible]
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Honorable J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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In accordance with your request of 12th instant for information of Aaron Gunn, who
Served in the war of the revolution , the following personal and military history is furnished
from his statement and that of his widow in their respective application for a pension
States in March 1818 that he resides in Danbury Connecticut and served in the Company
of Captain Drew in the command of Colonel Sprout commencing in 1780 and ending in July
1783. Alexander Gunn of Sheffield Massachusetts testifies to the service in the Revolutionary War.
In July 1820 Aaron then in Danbury gives his age as 69 years and his service from April 1781 to July 1783 and that his family consisted of his wife Betsey aged 52 years and 2 sons-- one named Smith aged 1 years and the other George aged16 years.
He was married at Wilton Connecticut February 24, 1789 to Betsey Stewart and died February 8 1833
In August 1838 his widow Betsey residing in Danbury Connecticut States her age as 69 years and that her acquaintance with her husband commenced after the close of the war. Ephraim Benedict of Danbury testified in 1838 that Aaron and his wife moved
from Wilton to Danbury 47 years ago and resided a few weeks after their arrival for four months with him before removing into another house and had a large family of
Children.
Samuel Stewart of Wilton aged 92 years, the father of Betsey testifies that her
Marriage to Aaron was contrary to their advice and against the wishes of her parents
and for that reason the marriage between was not celebrated at his house and why he was
not present when married by Rev David Belden an Episcopal Clergyman now deceased.
after their marriage they went to housekeeping in his neighborhood and then about a year later
removed to Danbury Connecticut.
Mary Hurlburt of Wilton who was present at the marriage states that the ceremony of their marriage was at the house of Azer Filler of Wilton but none of her family
were present
Martha Weldon of Newton Connecticut widow of Reverend David Belden States
she formerly resided in Wilton. Was married to him in 1794 and that her husband
told her that he did not keep any record or other memoranda of marriages performed by him
at any period of his ministry.
Aaron Gunn the oldest son of Aaron and Betsey States he was 48 years. Old December 6, 1838
Continental Service
The death of Widow is probably of record 3rd Audition [sic].
Perhaps he might learn the place of Enlistment at office of Secretary State Boston
He does not state the date of place of his birth, nor where residing other than above.
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Bridgeport September 12th 1884
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
Honorable William W. Dudley 
Would you furnish me with the information regarding one Aaron Gunn a solider of the Revolutionary War he enlisted from the state of Connecticut somewhere we think Danbury, he was wounded and his widow drew a pension (Betsey Gunn) we are trying to establish a line of antecedents to prove our right to property in England we cannot get the information only from the records head of the government any information would be very gratefully received. Respectfully, Joseph H. Gunn Bridgeport
101 Nichols St Fairfield County Connecticut
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17972 Betsey

Sonora County. Calif.
Healdsburg, January 30, 1884

Pension Agent, Sir:

I address your according to your office, wishing information of Aaron Gunn; when he enlisted in the Revolutionary war. 

All the points recorded concerning him, his birthplace, His Antecedents, everything concerning him, that you have on record,

by so doing you will greatly oblige your humble servants.
Respectfully

Joseph H. and Mary Gunn
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Address Joseph H. Gunn

Healdsburg Calif,
Sonoma Co.

care of M J Downing

P S Please answer as soon as convenient.
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1936 - June 9 ? [illigible] to Myrtle M. Jillson EL.

 Rev  WIDOW, Etc.

File No. 17972

Betsey Gunn
Widow of 
Aaron Gunn
Private Revolutionary War

Act: July 7th, 1838
Index: - Volume A, Page 298

[Arrangement of 1870]