Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37654, Isaac Allen, Continental
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Continental
Allen, Isaac - S37654
Conn - residence and agency
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5914
Connecticut
Isaac Allen of Norfolk in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hazen, Congressman for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th of January 1814 and sent to Augustus Pettibone, Esq. Litchfield, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of Spet. 1818 - 4 -10/30 $34.66
Semi-anl.all'ce ending march 1818 - $48.00
$82.66
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County is on this day 25th day of April 1818 before me Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of the County Court for said Litchfield County which is a court of record personally approved  Isaac Allen of Norfolk in Litchfield County and State aforesaid aged sixty three years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the  maximum mad by the ? ? Act of Congress instilled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war - That the said Isaac Allen enlisted at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River in the state of New York (? he then was a soldier) in the month of March 1777 for ? the war was in the Company Commanded by Jeremiah Parmelee in the Continental regiment ? Commanded by Colonel Moses Hazen. Captain Parmelee soon died and the Company was commanded by Capt James Duncan in which Company and regiment divided until the close of the war in the service of the United States which he was honorably discharged in the State of New Jersey. He was in Brandewine battle, Germantown battle, and battle on Moreton Island was at Yorktown at the taking of Cornwallis and his army. He was in the service of his country before he enlisted as above. One year and seven months and when he received his  ? at the close of the war he was honored with the Badge of Honor for his years ? for his service - which discharge is left or
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that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Allen did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding affidavit on declaration against the common enemy and that he stands in need of [?] from his county for support. and I now transmit those ]?] and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the war Department in  [?] of the directions of the Act of Congress - Dated this 28th of April 1818. Augustus Pettibone - Chief Judge.
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March 5, 1934
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BA-J/AWF
Isaac Allen-S.37654

Mrs. Leslie O. Campbell
401 North Green Street
Georgetown, Ohio

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Allen in Colonel Hazen's regiment, a pensioner from Connecticut.

The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 37654, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Isaac Allen.

The date and place of his birth are not stated, nor are the names of his parents given.

Isaac Allen enlisted in March, 1777 at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River in the state of New York "where he then was a soldier" and served as a private in Captans Jeremiah Parmelee's and James Duncan's companies in colonel Moses Hazen's Continental Regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and the taking of Cornwallis; prior to this service he had served one year and seven months (no details given), length of all his service six years.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 25, 1818, then aged sixty-three years and living in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Isaac Allen.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of the pensioner, Isaac Allen, you should apply to  The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:

Isaac Allen
Certificate No. 5914
Issued January 28, 1819
Rate $8.00 per month
To commence April 25, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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37654 Revy INVALID
File No. 37654
Isaac Allen
Priv Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: -Vol. 2, Page 8
Arrangement of 1870

1906 December 5 History to Miss Calista Allen. M.B.H.
1934 M??? lists to Mrs. Leslie O. Campbell
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Isaac Allen 
Private
Hazen's Company Reg't
1777 war
6 years
25th April 1818
Admitted
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Pension 
H 
Nov 
21 
1906
Office
U.S.
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O.W.&N. Div
Nov 
21
1906 
Files

New Brunswick N.J. Nov. 1906
Record & Pension Office
Can you tell me if Isaac Alling or Allen who died at Norfolk Conn in 1818 and fought through the whole of the Revolutionary war ever ??? a pension. This is for the benefit of the D.A.R. Any information will be thankfully rec'd.
(Miss) Calista Allen.
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Mrs. Leslie Osburn Campbell
401 North Green Street
Georgetown, Ohio
February 13, 1934

STAMP: Received Feb 14, 1934

Pension Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have been directed to ask you for a copy of the information, furnished by Isaac Allen, pensioned in Connnecticut for service in the Revolutionary War in the Col Hazen Regiment. T his regiment was partially recruited in Pennsylvania where the over-lapping territory was disputed by both states. 
One reference states Daniel (father) and Isaac (son) Allen appear as taxables in1776 and 1778 in Pittstown, Westmoreland Co. Connecticut.
On p. 1280, vol 3 Harvey's History of Wilkes-Barre is a copy of the petition to the Assembly at Hartford Connecticut, showing the bill of losses sustained by the inhabitants
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of Westmoreland Co., July 1778 to May 1780 (July 1778 - occured the Massacre of Wyoming). Upon this list appears the name of Isaac Allen , L 103, 64 shillings. It is evident Isaac Allen was a patriot and his loss would not be included.
I am led t believe the service of Isaac Allen in a Connecticut Company will be proven since another ancestor from the same neighborhood is credited with Connecticut service - (Rudolph Fox, Ensign in 9th Upper River Company, 24th Connecticut Militia, who also was taken prisoner to Quebec by Indians Mar. 1777, prisoner by Indians May 1778, and in Oct. 1778 joined Hartley's Expedition to disperse Indians . 
Isaac Allen was the son of Daniel Allen and Sarah Sprague, born in Rhode Island born Dec 18, 1753, near Cumberland R.I. married to Betsy Miller. The Allen family moved from R.I. to Dutchess Co, N.Y. then to Wyoming Valley, were included in the capitulation. In 1796 after war Isaac, David & Stephen started a mill near Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa. Thanking you, Mrs. L. O. Campbell.
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In reply to request for a satement of the military history of Isaac Allen File: 37654, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as continued in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in the Bureau.
Date of Enlistment or APPT - March 1777 - Close of war

Length of Service - 1 year 7 mos
Captain - Jeremiah Parmelee - James Duncan
Colonel - Moes Hazen
State - Continental
Battles engaged in Brandywine, Germantown, Staten Island Taking of Cornwallis.
Residence of soldier at enlistment at Fort Stanwix on the Mohawk River in N.Y. Then???
Residence at date of application, Norfolk, Litchfield Co, Conn
Age at date of application 63 years
Remarks: He died Oct 8, 1818 (See printed list of Pensioners)