Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,953, Samuel Churchill, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.         

Churchill, Samuel.        

NUMBER
R. 1.953

CONTENTS
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss. Berlin Aug 18t 1832
On this 18 day of Aug. AD. 1832
appeared, in open Court before the Court of Probate for Berlin
District in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, now
sitting. - Samuel Churchill a resident of Wehterfield (an adjoining
town to said Berlin), aged seventy-five years, who being first sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June
7th 1832. ! That he entered the service of the United States
under the following name Officers & served as herein stated, in
the Connecticut State service.
1st In the year 1776. I enlisted in the State troops and served in
the company commanded by Hezekiah Wells Capt. CHarles Churchill
Lieut. & Absalom Williams Ens.- On or about the first of
January we marched through the towns of East Hartford, Bolton,
Ashford, Pomfret, Dedham &c to Roxbury near Boston, we
fortified Dorchesterfield, & staid untill the British left Boston
I was sick, & had to stay about a week after the rest left.
I was out in this tour between three & four months. -
2d Tour of duty I performed was at Peekskill in the State of New York
in the spring of 1777, in Capt Chester Wells' company in Col. Smiths Regt. & under the command of Gen. McDougal. we 
were out this Tour two months. -
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3d Tour was in 1779. we called out on alarm to go to New Haven
we were out about one week.
4th Tour was in alarm to go to New London in the year 1781.
I think we were gone about three weeks. -
The whole time I served in the War of the Revolution was 
a little more than six months. My Brother Levi & 
myself in 1777 hired a substitute by the name of Frasier
during the War. -
I have no documentary evidence of my service. -
Interrogatory 1st - Answer In Wethersfield
      "               2d -     do -   In my Bible
      "               3d -     do -   In Wethersfield
      "              4th -     do -   In my declarations
      "              5th -     do -   In my do - do
      "              6th -     do -   I have none
      "              7th -     do     Abijah Porter Rev Joab Brace
                                           && Gen Martin Kellogg

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or
annuity, except the present: and declare that my name
is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Samuel Churchill [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. -
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin
District

Hartford County ss. Berlin Aug. 18th 1832
I Abijah Porter of Berlin aforesaid, being seventy-five years
of age. - Do herebly certify that. I have known & been acquainted
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with Mr. Samuel Churchill who has signed signed the foregoing
declarations. for sixty-years. that I was knowing to his being in
the Revolutionary service, especially in the year 1776 he served
in the State troops at Roxbury near Boston, in the same service
with me. - I saw him there frequently. - In 1777 the said
Churchill was in the same company with me, at Peekskill
under Capt. Chester Wells of Wethersfield. & commanded by Gen.
McDougal. - at the time the enemy burnt Danbury : we were
out this tour about two months. -
I have no doubt but he served the whole time he has stated
in his several declarations : I am satisified he sustains a good
moral character, a man of truth, and I think his testimony
is entitled to credit.
Abijah Porter [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. -
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin
District

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss. Berlin Aug. 18th 1832
We Joab Brace a Clergyman residing in Wethersfield
Hartford County and Martin Kellogg a magistrate residing in the
same Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr.
Samuel Churchill who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing
declarations. - That we believe him to be seventy-five years of
age: that we understand he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to be have been a Soldier of the Revolution
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and that we concur in that opinion. -
J Brace [signature]
M Kellogg [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Lee [signature] Judge of Probate Berlin District

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogavtives
prescribed by the War department, that the aforesaid named
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. -
And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them
that the Rev. Joab Bace who has signed the 
preceedingg certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of
Wethersfield Parish of Newington
and that Gen Martin Kellogg a magistrate
who has also signed the same, is a resident in
said Wethersfield and is a credible person, and that their
statement is entitled to credit. - And the Court further
certifies, that Abijah Porter of said Berlin who has signed
& sworn to the foregoing certificate, matching the former are all of them well known
to the Court as sustaining [sustaining crossed out] good moral
Characters, men of truth, and their statements are
entitled to credit. - Certified by me
Thomas Lee [signature] Judge Probate
Berlin District

[seal affixed] I George Washington Southworth Clerk of the
Court of Probate for the district of Berlin, do 
certify that the foregoing contains the original 
procedings of the said Court, in the matter of the
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Samuel Churchill
Wethersfield, Conn

Return was requested to be 
made to 22nd Ln New Britain
O office Hartford County Conn
7664

1953
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application of Samuel Churchill of Wethersfield for a pension
and I also certify that Thomas Lee Esq. who has affixed
his name in his own proper hand writing as above is Judge
of Probate for Berlin District. - In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of Office this 18th Day of August AD 1832
Geo. W. Southworth [signature] Clerk.

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss Berlin June 12th 1833
On this 12th day of June 1833 Personally appeared in
open court before the Court of Probate for the District of
Berlin, Samuel Churchill of Wethersfield in said County, who
being first duly sweorn, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, as an amendment, and explanation,
of his former declaration, dated august 18th 1832.
first - he now remembers that in his 3d tour of duty at 
New Haven in 1779 that Martin Kellogg of Wethersfield was
his Captn & his Father Charles Churchill, served as
Lieutenant.
he now remembers that in his 4t Tour of duty in 1781
that his Father Charles Churchill was the Captn he do not 
remember the other officers
he further states that he cannot remember the exact
time her serviced in all his tours of duty, but remembers he
Served in all, over six months, & means to make his
affidavit that he served not less than six months and
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and two weeks. Samuel Churchill [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Lee [signature] Judge of Probate Berlin
District

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of 
the Court of Probate for Berlin District, Samuel Churchill
of Wethersfield, who being firstt duly sworn, deposeth, and
saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss
of memory, he cannt swear positively as to the prior
length of his service, but according to his last declaration-
he served not less than the periods mentioned therein, and
in the following grades. -
For the term of six months & two weeks in teh 
different tours of duty mentioned in by declarations,
I served as a private in the Revolutionary war, and
for such services I dersire a pension. -
Samuel Chuill [signature]

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. - 
[seal affixed] Thomas Lee Judge of Probate
Berlin District
I George W. Southworth Clerk of the Court of Probate
for Berlin District certify that the foregoing contains
the additional proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Samuel Churchill of
Wethersfield for a pension - In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand, & seal of Office, this 12th day
of June AD 1833. 
Geo. W. Southworth [signature] Clerk
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January 26, 1940.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mrs. J. F. Austin
1512 South Division Street
Spokane, Washington. 

BA-J/QC
Samuel Churchill
R.1953

Dear Madam;
     The data which follow were obtained from pension claim 
R.1953, based upon service of Samuel Churchill in the Revolutionary 
War.
     Samuel Churchill, the son of Charles Churchill, was born in 
Wethersfield, Connecticut, date of his birth and name of his
mother are not shown.
     Samuel Churchill made application for pension August 18, 
1832, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and a resident 
of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, and stated that 
while residing in said Wethersfield he enlisted about January 1, 
1776, served three or four months as private in Captain Hezekiah 
Wells' Connecticut company, of which his father, Charles Churchill 
was lieutenant; enlisted in the spring of 1777 served about two 
months as private in Captain Chester Wells’ company, Colonel Smith’s 
Connecticut regiment; that in 1779 he was called out on an alarm 
to New Haven and served about one week in Captain Martin Kellogg’s
 Connecticut company; his father, Charles Churchill was the lieutenant; 
that in 1781, he was called out on alarm to New London, served three 
weeks as private in Captain Charles Churchill’s (his father’s)
Connecticut company.
     His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of 
six months’ service as required by the pension laws.
     Soldier had a brother Levi, his age and place of residence are 
not shown. [arrow from the below line to this point "here" handwritten]
     No further family data are shown.
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     There is no claim for pension on file based upon service 
in the Revolutionary War of the Charles and [nor crossed out] Levi Churchill
cited above.
                         Very truly yours

                          A.D. HILLER
                          Executive Assistant
                          to the Administrator
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Connecticut
Samuel Churchill
rejected
[see letter to Thomas
Lee 20th Sept 1832 crossed out]
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O.C. September 20 1833
Thomas Lee
Re: vol II
pa 216
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Wash was Y
Washr
war Dep
Pension office
Sepr 20# 1833

hi

The claim of Samuel Churchill has been rejected.
he alleges that he entered Capt Well's company about the
first of Jany 1776 and marched to Boston Staid until the British
left Boston, having served between three & four months. All
the other servies stated do not at the colent go beyond
two months twenty eight days. As the fist term could not
as upon the facts stated have been three months as the
enemy evacuated Boston about the middle of March, the whole
time cannot be max up to six months. the papers
are placed on file

E

Thomas Lee Esq
New Britain
Ct
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Samuel Churchill
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Samuel Churchill which require 
further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where her resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension
he is entitled? [yes crossed out] NO See quere 5

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no
[not in all cases crossed out]

VII. Has he made a relinquishmentt of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of 
June 7, 1983? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

XX. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the genreal belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary 
service? yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [yes crossed out] No Vidr quere 16

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V. 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 ___ For ___ months
and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as 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 they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of th e
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. 
It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration 
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places wher ethe service was performed; that the
applicant served with an emodied 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.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.
+QUERE XVI. Mod of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who autenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereunto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
imder the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate
[hand icon] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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January 25, 1940.
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Mrs. J. F. Austin
1512 South Division Street,
Spokane, Washington.

BA-J/CC
Samuel Churchill
R.1953

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Cramer, of the 6" Albany 
County militia, Albert Mabie, Albany Committee of Correspondence,
Record Franklin of Massachusetts, Samuel Churchill of Wethersfield
Connecticut, Abijah North born October 1743, at Farmington Connecticut,
died in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Captain John Nelson of Norton,
Massachusetts and Lyme New Hampshire, born in 1750 and married Rachel
Franklin.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in 
the Revolutionary War of the Jacob Cramer, Abijah North, nor John Nelson described by you, nor of any Albert Mabie nor Record Franklin.
You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War pension record of 
Samuel Churchill.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
R. F. 1953  BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. , ...., 19 ....

In reply to your request of ....., received ....
for a statement of the military history of Samuel Churchill
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [(or his widow's crossed out)] application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

[table is transcribed by column]

DATES OF 
ENLISTMENT OR 
APPONTMENT.

Jan 1776
Spg. 1777
1779
1781

LENGTH OF 
SERVICE.

nearly 3 mos
2 mos.
1 week
3 week

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN              COLONEL.
Hezekiah Wells
Chester Wells       Smith
Martin Kellogg     [checkmark]
*Charles Churchill [checkmark]
*soldier's father

STATE.

Conn.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wethersfield Conn
Date of application for pension, Aug. 18. 1832 [erased][checkmark]
Residence at date of application, Wethersfield, Conn.
Age at date of application, 75 years; born in Wethersfield Conn.
Remarks, There is no other data on file as to his family

His claim was not allowed as he did not render
6 mos military service as required by the
pension laws
Respectfully, 
had a brother Levi
Commissioner
British evacuated Boston Mar 17, 1776.

O-285G
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Officers and Directors
L. C. STOCKING PRESIDENT
H. A. MUSSELMAN VICE-PRESIDENT
W. J. HOBBS SECRETARY
E. P. ALLEN TREASURER
W. E. WILSON DIRECTOR ORGANIZATION AFFARIS
L. O. RICE DIRECTOR INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS
CHAS. J. EBNER DIRECTOR CIVIC AFFAIRS
M. D. BRYANT DIRECTOR AT LARGE
WM. A. MCCOOL DIRECTOR AT LARGE

The Chamber of Commerce
Traverse City, Michican

[handwritten Rev W]

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

MARKHAM BUILDING
129 EAST FRONT STREET

MEMBER OF 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
RIGGS BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.

May 25, 1920

Pension Office, 
WASHINGTON D C.

Gentlemen: 
In order to complete records for 
application to the Daughters of the American
Revolution, it is necessary that I have a copy
of application for pension by Samuel Churchill
and I have been advised by the Connecticut State
Library that you will furnish same on receipt of
the following entry:

Draper Index, Connecticut Revolutionary Pensioners.
Churchill, Samuel R 1953.

[stamp US. PENSION OFFICE D MAY 28 1920]

May I ask that you give this your 
immediate attention? Thanking you in advance for
your courtesy, I am,
Very truly yours,
Thelma S Taylor [signature]

Thelma S. Taylor
Traverse City, Mich.
c/o Chamber of Commerce.
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Revolutionary war record and any other information availalbe
wanted by
Mrs. J. F. Austin
1512 So. Division St.
Spokane 
Wash

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Spokane, Washington

1. Jacob Cramer [o]- 6th Albany Co. Militia
2. Albert Mabie [o] - Albany committee of Correspondence
p 299.
Private in the 17th Regt - N. Y. militia
3. Record Franklin [o] - of Swansea Massachusetts
Correspondence commissioner
[check mark] 4. Samuel Churchill [o] of Hubbardton VT - a
patriot in border warfare from Wethersfield
Conn
5. Abijah North [o] - born Oct 1743 - at Farmington Ct.
died Bridport - Conn.
served in Continental artillery under
Capt Wm Barton -
6. Capt. John Nelson [o] of Norton Mass & Lyme, N. H.
born 1750 - wife was Rachel Franklin of 
Swansea Mass.
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Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Spokane, Washington

January 9, 1940.

Veterans Administration
Washington DC.

[stamp JAN 13 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No 23 VETS ADM]

Gentlemen: -
Will you kindly send me 
the Revolutionary war record and any other
information you may have about
the enclosed list of ancestors
of mine.
Very truly yours,
[recd 6 pm]

Ruth C Austin [signature]
(Mrs. J. F. Austin}
1512 So Division St.
Spokane 
Wash.
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(left side)
Feby 6-1900
Miss Martha M Pier
Flint, Mich.

1920 June 21 Hist. to Thelma S. Tayor.

1940 - Jan 26 - Hist to Mrs. J. F. Austin cc

(right side)
(stamp)
REJECTED

1953
P.O. ____________
Samuel Churchill
Service: _______
Enlisted: ________, 18
Discharged: ___, 18
Alleged: List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause of rejection as follows: "He did not serve 6 months."
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ___
___ Recognized.  ___ Contract.
___ Cert. of Dis.    Searched for ___, 18
Application filed: ___, 18
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SERVICE
Mass. 

Churchill, Samuel
Deborah

NUMBER
W 14473

CONTENTS
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6399
---
Massachusetts
Deborah Churchill
widow of Samuel Churchill
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line
Mass.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
35 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 14th day of June, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
25 day of November, 1844
and sent to J.H. Lord
Plymouth
Massachusetts

Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A
2 - Page 27-

(right side)
1892 Jany 12 Hist to F D
Seymour New Haven Conn
f.s..

see letter to Hon W. Parmenter
March 7. 1845.

April 18th 1845
No. 144
certif incd under a Joint Reso
of Jany 23. 1845 at $35.88
per annum Commg 4th
March
1843 & ending 3rd Feby 1844
& sent to
Hon W. Parmenter
East Cambridge Mass

Reported
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10355
Massachusetts
Saml Churchill
of Plymouth in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cooper
of the Reg commanded
by Col Cushing in the Mass
line for 16 months
State

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of-53-- Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Apl
1035 and sent to J. B. Thomas Plymouth Mass

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $106.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833
26.67
$133.33

 Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D.D. Addison clerk, 
Book E Vol 2d Page 10
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Samuel Churchill
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, SS.
On this thirteenth
day of August -- 1832, personally appeared
in open Court, before the Court of 
Common Pleas
now sitting at Plymouth, Samuel Churchill
resident of Haliforin
in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, 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. 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. That is to say, that
he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated.
That I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Richard
Cooper for three months from November 1775 to the First of February
1776 and [illegible] a guard along the sea shore Town Plymouth Town to Eller
in Massachusetts
I know of no person living that was in said
Company at the time I was there
That I enlisted in company commanded by Col Nathaniel Shaw
Colo Seth Cushing Regiment for the term of four months from October
1777 to Later part of January or February 1778 and was stationed at Bristol in the
State of Rhode Island guarding the sea shore I think the English on the Island
at the time
That I enlisted in company commanded by Capt Washbourn and in Colo
Brooks Regiment five month stationed at Cambridge Massachusetts in the year
1778 guarding Bremer Cout Recollect the time of your
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I enlisted in Company COmmande by Capt. Sam [illegible] and Colo Collins Regiment on an Exhibition to Rhode Island and served one month J [illegible] general [illegible] commanded at the time of this expidition.
1 Month
I enlisted and went to Cambridge found Company commanded
by Capt Sargent Stationed at Cambridge to guard Mager Brown
who was [illegible] in the Sumer 1780 and served three months.
3 months
I went to Rhode island and took my Brother Joseph Churchill place
For one month in the Folloster Sullwon that rest court under what offer
other Lord Month My Brother Concord took my place
in the above Enlistment I served seventeen Months and then lived in
the town of Plympton Massachuseth until a few years his
I have resided for My Berthwarin Plympton 1760
and Recorded in the Town Records of Plympton I Never Reid any
written Discharg Fransand Compains which I believe was in the
States Service I am known to Lodock Thompson Town Clerk in the
Town of Hobson and William Perkins Blackman in the town of Plympton
Samuel Churchill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and aforesaid in
the same Court of Common
West Chinock
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We, Elijah Dexter, a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Lewis Bradford Town Clerk, residing in the town of Plympton Mass, hereby certify, that we ae well acquainted with the said Samual Churchill 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 we concur in that opinion.
Elijah Dexter
Lewis Bradford
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
in the Court of Common Please
Attest Jono B Thomas, clerk

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elijah Dexter who had signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton and the Lewis Bradford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Bu order of the Court
Attest
Jno B Thomas

I
Jno B Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Please do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Churchill for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and set of office, this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Jno B Thomas
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth Ss
On this thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Honorable Aaron Hobart, Judge of Probate for said County of Plymouth Deborah Churchill a resident of Halifax in said County, widow, aged Eighty -two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain "Widows| and a Joint Resolution passed August 16 1842"
That she is the widow of Samue Churchill late of said Halifax deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier and served as set forth in his declaration now on file in the Pension Office at Washington, for which services he obtained a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 to which she begs leave to refer.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Churchill on the twenty second day of March in the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty by the Rev. Ezra Sampson; and that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Churchill died on the fourteenth day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty three; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Deborah (her X mark) Churchill
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
====================================
Secretary's Office, Boston November 20th 1843

I hereby Certify, that at the date of the annexed attestation Aaron Hobart was Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned ; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written

Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed on the day & year herein first before written, before me and I certify that the said Deborah Churchill from bodily infirmity is unable to attend Court to make the foregoing declaration

Aaron Hobard J Probate
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"The following Marriages consummated by Rev. Ezra Sampson.
Samuel Churchill to Deborah Wright March ye twenty second one thousand seven hundred and eighty."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from Book 2d Page 640 of the Records of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record as follows, March ye 22. 1780.
Plympton|
Oct. 28. 1843|     Lewis Bradford (Town Clerk of the said town of Plympton

I, Lewis Bradford, above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the Town Records of said Town are in my custody, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me. I further depose and say that above named Samuel Churchill died in the border of Halifax in the aforesaid County, June 14, 1843, aged 82 years, 11 months and 15 days, and was buried in Plympton among his deceased relatives; he being formerly of said Plympton, Also that the aforesaid Deborah Wright is now the identical widow of the aforesaid Samuel Churchill, and is still living in said Halifax.
Plympton|
October 28, 1843| Lewis Bradford {Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton

State of Massachusetts Plymouth County SS Plympton October 28th 1843 be it known that before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Plymouth Personally appeared Lewis Bradford Town Clerk in Plympton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true said deponent is well known by me and ins a man of truth 
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand the day and year above written
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County SS

I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn, was on the day of the caption of the same & now is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth & duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oath & deposition and that his signature to the Jurat? thereof is genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fourteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Jno B Thomas Clerk
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Samuel Churchill
Massachusetts
No 6181
Private 16 month


53.33
       2
_______
106.66
 26.63
________
133.33

J B Thomas E
Plymouth 
Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Churchill of Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  72 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: Nov In 1775 Enlisted
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank: Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Richard Cooper

Period: 1777 enlisted
Duration of Service: 4 months 
Rank: "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col Seth Cushing Regmt, Capt Nathnl Show

Period: 1777 enlisted
Duration of Service: 1 month
Rank: "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col Cottery Regt, Capt Sampsons Compy

Period: 1778 enlisted
Duration of Service: 5 months
Rank: "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Col Brooks, Capt Washburns compy

Period: 1780 enlisted
Duration of Service: 3 months
Rank: "
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Sampsons Compy

Duration of Service Total 16 months

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Plymouth County Mass

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  one surviving witness & traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Charles Litle Examining Clerk
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RECORD DIVISION
W. F. 14473

3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C.,                        ,19

In reply to your request of                  , received                      for a statement of the military history of Samuel Churchill a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Nov. 1775
Length of service: 3 mos.
Rank: Private
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Richard Cooper 
State: Mass.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Oct. 1777
Length of service: 4 mos.
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Nathaniel Show, Colonel Seth Cushing
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 1. Sept. 25, 1777
Length of service: Oct. 30, 1777
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Thos. Samson, Colonel Cotton
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 5" Nov. 7, 1777
Length of service: Apr. 3, 1778
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Ebenz Washbourne, Colonel E. Brooks
State:

Dates of enlistment of appointment: 3  Feby 3, 1779
Length of service: May 3, 1779
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Sargent
State:

Dates of enlistment or appointment: 1.17  July 19, 1779
Length of service: 1 mos. 17 days
Rank:
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Roswell Downing, Colonel Powell
State:

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plympton, Plymouth Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 13, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Halifax, Plymouth Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, b. at Plympton, Mass. in 1760, Died June 14, 1843, on border of Halifax, Mass.
Remarks: He married at Plympton, Mass. Mch 22, 1780 Deborah Wright. She was al. pens. on an application executed Nov. 13, 1843 while a resident of Halifax, Mass. aged 82 years.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

*buried at Plympton, Mass.

Brother Joseph
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9210
Massachusetts

Deborah Churchill
widow of Saml. Churchill
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 14th June, 1843
of Plymouth in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the compy
commanded by captain Cooper of the 
Regt commanded by Col Cushing in
the Mass line for 16 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Boston
at the rate of 35 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of
April, 1845 and sent to Hon W Parmenter, Esq Cambl. Mass.

Total amount $179.40

[Act July 7, 1838]

Recorded by Tho. Lumpkin Clerk,
Book D  Vol. 1  Page 55


No 144
Joint Reso. of Jany 23 1843
Rep.
Page 40

sent Jany 28, 1845
W. Parmenter

Deborah Churchill,
under joint resolution of 23d
Jany: 1845 & act of
7 July, 1838

Admd @ $35.88 per ann
from 4 March 1836 to
4 March 1841
&
act 3d March 1843
from 4 March 1843
to 14 June 1843

Hon: W. Parmenter
East Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss.
On this sixteenth day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty five before me Jonathan Parker Esq a Justice of the peace in & for said County, personally came Deborah Churchill of Halifax in said County, widow aged eighty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, to wit, that she is the widow of Samuel Churchill late of said Halifax deceased who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States; that she made application for a Pension under the Act of July 7, 1838 & also under the Act of March 3, 1843; that her said applications were filed in the Pension Office at Washington prior to the 30th day of April 1844; that a pension was refused her under the Act of July 7, 1838 by reason of the passage of the Act of April 30, 1844 & that she was pensioned under the Act of March 3, 1843 at the rate of thirty five dollars & eighty eight cents per year commencing on the fourteenth day of June 1843.

She now claims the amount due her under the Act of July 7, 1838 & under the Act of March 3, 1843 up to the time of the commencement of her former pension by virtue of a joint Resolve recently passed.

And she further avers that she has never been married since the decease of her said husband the said Samuel Churchill but still
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office Boston March 28, 1845

I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Jonathan Parker was a Justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
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continues his widow.

Deborah Churchill her mark X

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me & I certify that said Deborah Churchill is well known to me to be the same person who is described in the within affidavit & that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, Samuel Churchill.

Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
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Plymouth ss. Be it known that on this twenty second day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty five before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth personally came Deborah Churchill of Halifax in said County, widow, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath declare that she is the identical person named in the preceding affidavit by her subscribed, that at the time of making the forgoing affidavit she was advised & believed that a joint resolution has been passed by Congress such as was passed on the twenty third day of January now last past.
She now prays that the same may be considered as amended by this supplementary affidavit so as to entitle her to the benefits of said joint resolution of the 23d January 1845.
She further alleges that she still continues the widow of said Samuel Churchill deceased and has never been married since his decease.

Deborah Churchill her mark X

Sworn & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written & I certify that said Deborah Churchill is well known to me to be the same person who subscribed & made oath to the first affidavit contained on this Sheet & that she is the same person described therein.

Jonathan Parker J. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Nov. 21, 1843

I Hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the same of Stephen Churchill is borne upon the pay rolls of Capt Ebenz Washburn, Col E Brooks from Nov. 7, 1777 to April 3, 1778, including travel 5 months.
The name of Stephen Churchill is also borne upon that pay rolls of Capt Thos Samson, Col Cotton from Sept. 25 to Oct. 30, 1777.
There are no rolls of Capt Nathl Shaw, or of Capt Richard Cooper, of the service alledged in the application
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Deborah Churchill widow of Samuel Churchill late of Halifax in the County of Plymouth deceased do testify and say that I was married unto the said Samuel Churchill March the twenty second 1780 and he died June 14th 1843. My late husband Samuel Churchill was in the war of the Revolution and was pensioned under the act of Congress of 1832 and was in the war as follows as near as I can get any information five months, at Boston or Cambridge, in Capt Ebenezer Washborns Company Colo Brooks regiment one month at Rhode Island in Capt Sampson company and Colo Cottens Regiment
three months at Cambridge, Capt Sergeants company
Four months at Bristol in Capt Nathaniel Shaws company Colo Seth Cushing Regiment
three months at Plymouth in Capt Richard Coopers company

I wish the records may be thoroughly searched in order to enable me to be pensioned under the act of 1838 & 1843.
Halifax October 28th 1843

Deborah Churchill her mark X

attest Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, July 16, 1844

I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Churchill is borne upon the pay rolls of Capt Eben Washborne, Col E. Brooks from Nov 7, 1777 to April 3, 1778, 5 mos, upon the pay rolls of Capt Thos Sampson Col Cotton from Sept 25 to Oct 30 1777; upon a pay roll from of Capt Sargeant at Cambridge from Feb 3 to May 3 1779 & upon a pay roll of Capt Roswell Downings, Col Powell from July 1 1779 1 mos & 17 days as a private.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Pension Office
May 20, 1844

Sir,
The papers in the case of Deborah Churchill, widow of Samuel Churchill, claiming a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, have been examined and filed. The evidence of the date of the marriage is satisfactory, but there is no proof of identity. The Comptroller's certificate gives the services of Stephen Churchill and not Samuel Churchill, which would indicate some other individual as the person who performed them. In addition to the above, the proviso of the appropiation act passed on the 30th ulto enacts that "no pension shall be hereafter granted to a widow for the same time that her husband has received one." Samuel Churchill received a pension until he died, on the 14th June 1843, consequently the above claim cannot be allowed, the act under which it is urged having expired on the 3 of March 1841.

I am respectfully your obt servt
J L Edwards

Samuel instead of Stephen

J. H. Loud, Esq.
Plymouth,
Massachusetts
Page 50

I Gideon Sampson formerly of Plymouth now of Holeson in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged seventy three years testify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the following companies four months at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island Capt Shaws company Colo Seth Cushing Regiment in the year 1776 Five months at Cambridge in the year 1778 Capt Washborn company Colo Brooks Regiment or three months at Cambridge Capt Sergeant Company to guard the stores and Major [unk] I believe in the year 1780
in [unk] at Rhode Island Capt Sampson company Colo Cotten Regiment in the year 1777. I further testify and say Samuel Churchill formerly of Plympton now of Halifax was a solider in the above described companys and served the time of enlistment above described and now resides in Halifax

Gideon Sampson
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
July 28th 1832 then personally appeared the within named Gideon Sampson before the subscriber and made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true. I certify said Sampson to be a man of truth.

Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. John B Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record in the County of Plymouth, testify that Jonathan Parker Esquire before who the above affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth- and that his name thereto subscribed is his true & proper signature.

Jno B Thomas


Samuel Churchill
Gideon Sampson
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9928
Deborah Churchill
Mass.
act 7th July 38
d 431
rejected

act 3 March 43
admd
10 mo 23 as pri
35.88 from 14 June 43 the day of her husbands death

J H Loud Esq
Plymouth 
Mass
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Plymouth Mass
Nov 14, 1843

Sir
I enclose the application of Mrs. Deborah Churchill for a pension under the act of July 7, 1838 & the joint resolve of Aug 16, 1842.
Please send her certificate to me & oblige.

yours &c.
J. H. Loud

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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Probate Office
Plymouth Mass
Oct 14, 1844

Dear Sir
I send you a certificate from the Secretary's Office in this Commonwealth of the service of Samuel Churchill viz:
Capt Washburns Co. Col Brooks Regt. from Nov. 7, 1777 to April 3, 1778} 2 mos, 27 days
Capt Sampsons Co. Col Cotton Regt. from Sep 25 to Oct 30, 1777} 1 mos, 5 days
Capt Sargeants Co at Cambridge Feb 3 to May 3, 1779} 3 mos, 0 days
Capt Downing Col Powell July 19, 1779} 1 mo, 17 days
--------------
10 mos, 19 days
You say in your letter that there is no evidence of her identity. I think you must be mistaken for Deacon Bradford the Town Clerk of Plymouth is an old man & knows every body & I am quite sure if you will read his affidavit through you will evidence not only of her marriage &c but of her identity.
If you are satisfied please send a certificate for the balance from 14 June 1843 under act of March 3, 1843 & for the 4 years under the act of June 1844
Page 55

How soon will the pensioners under the act of 1844 be able to draw their pensions.

Very truly yours
J. H. Loud

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 56

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Churchill which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declarant in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  yes

V. *Has he mentioned 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?  yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes

VII. Has he made relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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2
XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  one living witness

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  yes 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES
*QUERE V. 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 ------ days, I served as a ------. For ------ months and ------days, I served as a ------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as 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.

+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.

++QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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V 9928
Deborah Churchill
Mass
Rejected
Letter to J. H. Loud 20 May 1844

act July 7th 38
Page 60

You will please find below a statement of his service as con. service from Nov 1775 to 1776 a Priv in Capt Rich Cooper's Co (name of Col not given) 
served 4 mos from Oct 1777 to latter part of June 78 in Capt Nathaniel Shaws Co Col Seth Cushing
served 5 mos in the yr 1778 in Capt [unk] Co Col Brooks was [unk]
1 month in Capt Sampson's Regt Co Col Cottons Regt
3 mos in a company comd by Capt Sargeant 
name of Colonel not given

SEE REPORT (written over top of above)
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request.
asking for a statement of the mil. hist of an alleged soldier of the Rev War you are informed that a careful search has been made of the record of applications for pension for service rendered in that war but from dates given no record is found of any of the persons mentioned in yr letter but Samuel Churchill
Page 62

appld for pen from the town of Halifax Mass Aug 13 1832 aged 72 yrs
Both he and his widow Deborah Churchill were pensioners
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It is not known to be person is identical with
but is only one etc.
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Samuel Churchill
W 14473
Mass

July 16, 1813
Dear Mr. Merrifield,
If not too much trouble I want an exact copy of the enclosed but addressed and sent to my cousin, Mrs H E Thompson, South Attlebou Mass., who is also a great grand daughter of Saml Churchill.

Yours sincerely
Ada Rhodes

Return mine please.
my copy
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Wednesday July 2, 1813

Dear Mr. Merrifield,
This is what I want to get. The Pension record of Samuel Churchill of Plymouth Mass. a revolutionary soldier who served in Capt. Jesse Harlow's Co. of Minute Men on alarm in April 19, 1775 at the age of 21 years. In the annals of the "Churchill family in America" edited by Geo. M. Bodge, it says Samuel applied for a pension in 1831. Samuel was born July 10, 1754. Thanking you beforehand I am sincerely yrs.

Ada Rhode

To G. A. R. Merrifield
Falls Church
Va.
Page 66

At Serru Gables, Flint Mich, 1107 Beach Street:
Pension Office Dept.
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, My mother wishes to join the D.A.R. and had one side of her family record complete- she wishes to gain all information possible on the Churchill side.
Samuel Churchill was mother's great grandfather and was one of the settlers of Hubbarston, Vt, and served in the Rev. War. He had two sons John & Silas who served.
Can you send information that 

over
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Sams Churchill served, also Jesse Churchill? fr anything in regard to this direct family. Her papers are held for this information, and an immediate reply will be greatly appreciated.

Very respectfully,
Miss Martha M. Pier,
January the eighth,
nineteen hundred

Did Sams Churchill's father serve?
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John E. Earle, Expert in Patent Causes
George D. Seymour
Counselor-at-Law
Fred E. Earle

EARLE & SEYMOUR,
Solicitors of American and Foreign Patents
968 Chapel Street
New Haven, Conn.
July 15th 1891
The Commer. of Pensions,
Sir:
Kindly furnish me for my own personal case, the information contained in the records of your office of the services in the regular or militia troops during the Revolution of the following persons- all [unk] of mine.
Capt Charles Churchill of Wethersfield
Samuel "    "   "   " (his son)
Corpl Robert Wells "  "
Henry Spencer- I think he enlisted from Wallingford but am not sure. His name does not appear in the Connecticut book but I am sure of his service. He went to repel an invasion of New London. I have the year that he carried there. Family tradition says that Capt Robert Welles son considerable service but the Conn. book is very meagre in it record of him.

Very respectfully,
Geo Dudley Seymour
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Geo D Seymour  Conn
July 15 1894
Chas. Churchill son Conn
Capt Robert Wells  "
Henry Spencer    "
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Mass
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14473
Deborah Churchill
widow of
Samuel Churchill
Pri Rev War
Act: March 3d 43
Index:- Vol. a, Page 130
[Arrangement of 1870]


Feby 6 1900
History to Mrs
Martha M Pier
Flint Mich
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1913 July 3 Hst. to Ada Rhodes
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1913 July 17 Hist. to Mrs. H. E. Thompson