Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9220, for Isaac Peck, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                                NUMBER
Conn                                        Peck, Isaac                                            W 9220
                                                        Elizabeth                          B.L. Wt. 26.212-160-55
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d. Dec. 11, 1834 at Berlin
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                               785
Connecticut
Elizabeth Peck
widow of Isaac Peck
           Conn
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
(day of March, 1848.)
the 3d February 1853
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Certificate of Pension issued the
27th day of June 1853
and sent to
Philip Norton
              Berlin
                        Ct.
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 4 Vol. A
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1828     8058
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82794 Act may ? }
                Apl 20 }  '55
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Elizabeth Peck wid,
Isaac Peck   Priv
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Ent
Lou
No 26012 ifs
Rev War
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Revd Pensioner
Corn Feby 53-785
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All: 160 Acr July 20/56
                B R Boynton
R
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Henry Fowler
Hartford,  Conn.


Dir H. Fowler Nov 12 /55
Vol P. Page  55.
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Claim of
Elizabeth Peck Wd
of Isaac Peck dec'd
for a pension under the
2d Section Act Feb 3 1853
          returns to be made
to Mr Philip Norton
           Berlin
                 Conn
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County      ⎬ ss New Britain
    Know all men by these presents that I Elizabeth Peck of Berlin
in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut Widow of
Isaac Peck dec'd who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Philip Norton of
Berlin my true and lawful attorney to prosecute my claim
for a pension under any act of Congress authorizing the same
and I hereby give my said attorney full authority and
power to examine all papers in relation to my said claim in
Washington City Departments or elsewhere, and to
receive the Certificate which may be issued for said claim
which certificate I wish made payable to myself at
the United States Pension Agency in Hartford Connecticut
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes
herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or
could do were I personally present hereby declaring
this power irrevocable for one year from its date
and ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney
shall lawfully do in the premises                              her
Witness my hand and seal at                Elizabeth      X      Peck 
New Britan this 24 day of February 1853               mark
  
Signed and Sealed in presence of
Henry Fowler
Seth E Case

State of Connecticut}
     Hartford County } Ss.
             On this 24 day of February 1853 before me
Judge of Probate for the District of Berlin personally appeared
Elizabeth Peck above named and acknowledged the foregoing
power of attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned, and I certify that I am not directly or
indirectly interested therein      Seth E. Case
                                    Judge of Probate for
                                      Berlin District-
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County      Ss. New Britain  Berlin Probate District
    On this 24 day of February AD 1853 personally appeared
before the subscriber Judge of Probate for the District of
Berlin Elizabeth Peck a resident of Berlin in the
County of Hartford Aged Sixty 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed February 3
1853. under the 2d section of said Act. - That she is the
Widow of Isaac Peck who was a Private in the Army
of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States
on the roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of
18 March 1878 at Ninety six dollars per annum
    She further declares that she was married to the said
Isaac Peck on the tenth day of September in the year One
thousand eight hundred and twenty five, by the Revd
John Bisbee Jr then a resident clergyman in the City of
Hartford - That her husband the aforesaid Isaac Peck
died in the town of Berlin on the 11 day of December
in the year 1834. That his pension certificate was
surrendered by her to Enoch Parsons Esqr the Pension
Agent in Hartford and the arrears of Pension due
the time of his death were paid to her as his
Widow. She further swears that she is now
a Widow and that she has never before made
any application for a pension
Sworn to and subscribed on                                      her
the day & year above mentioned            Elizabeth     X   Peck
Before me                                                                 mark
                 ⎬
Seth E Case Judge of
the Court of Probate for the
District of Berlin
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    I John Stanley of New Britain
in the County of Hartford and State of
Connecticut being duly cautioned
and sworn according to law do depose
and say- That I well knew in his life
time Isaac Peck late of Berlin in said
County deceased a Revolutionary Soldier
    He was married to Mrs Elizabeth
Hubbard of Berlin aforesaid about
the year 1825.- I distinctly recollect
the ?????? as he was at that time
in the employment of my Father and it
was a matter of continual notoriety
in consequence of a great disparity of
age between the parties
    They lived together in the marriage
relation from that time until his death
which happened at said Belin about
Sixteen years ago as far as I can remember
    During this entire period while they
to lived together they were reputed to be
man and wife and had three children
born to them now living, two of whom
now reside in New Britain -
    I lived a near neighbor to said Isaac
& Elisabeth, being about an half mile
from them, and saw them almost daily
during the whole time. He worked more
or less for my father, with whom I lived
every year and had entire charge
of a part of his farm. After his decease
his widow lived seven years in a
tenement of my own in said New Britain
    The towns of New Britain and Belin until
                                              Notary Public
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within a few years formed one town
under the name of Berlin the present
line was near the Dwelling where
said parties lived--
    I am forty two years of age
said Isaac Peck was a Revolutionary
Pensioner
                                         John Stanley


State of Connecticut}
County of Hartford  } Ss.  New Britain
    On this 5th day of March AD 1853
personally appeared before me Seth E Case
Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of
Berlin within said County John Stanley
signer of the foregoing deposition and
having been duly examined & sworn
subscribed and made oath to the same
that the contents therein contained
are  true - and I hereby certify that
I am well acquainted with said
deponent and that he is of unimpeachable
integrity of Character
    In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Office of
New Britain aforesaid the
day and year above written
Seth E Case Judge
of the Court of Probate for Berlin District
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    I Jeremiah Fowler of Hartford in the County of
Hartford and State of Connecticut being duly cautioned
and sworn according to law do depose and say that
I am Clerk and Librarian of the 1st Independent Universalist
Society in the City of Hartford that having been applied to
for evidence of the marriage of Isaac Peck and Elizabeth Hubbard  
I have searched the records of said society and find that
they do not contain any records of Marriages prior to the
year one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven -- I
further depose that John Risbe Jr. was the Pastor of said Univers-
alist Society for the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty
five, that he removed from this City of Portland in the
State of Maine in the year 1827 and soon after died there
and that no records of his are known to exist.  I further
depose that in my search for proof of said marriage I find
in the Library of said Society a bound volume of the
Religious Inquirer a weekly paper published in said
Hartford of whish the above named Rev'd John Risbe Jr.
was Editor being Volume four of said paper, Number
twenty three bearing date as issued Saturday Sept. 24
1825 under the head of Marriages the following Viz
            Married
In this city on the 10th Inst by the Rev. J. Risbe Jr.
Mr Isaac Peck to Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard, both of Berlin
                                               Jeremiah Fowler
Witness my hand at Hartford this 11th day of March 1833
State of Connecticut }
Hartford County       } Ss.  Hartford  On this 11' day of March 1833
before me a Notary Public in & for said State personally appeared
    Jeremiah Fowler above named and signed the foregoing
    deposition in my presence and made oath in due 
    form of law that he contents contained therein are
    true and I certify that the Deponant is a respectable    
    & credible Witness.    Witness my hand & official seal at Hartford
    the day & year above written          B. F. Bowles
                                                              Notary Public
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State of Connecticut
                    ____________________

By his Excellency THOMAS H. SEYMOUR, Governor of said State
                     TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That B.F. Bowles, was at the
time of subscribing the within attestation
and now is a Notary Public
in the said State, 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;
that the within attestation is in due form and by the
proper officer, and that I believe the signature of said
Thos H. Seymour --   B.F. Bowles, thereto, to be genuine
In testimony whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto
affixed this 11th day of March A.D. 1853, and in the seventy
serventh year of the Independence of the United States of America

By his Excellency the Governor
                                                    Jno. P.C. Mather,
                                                         Secretary of State

                               day of February 1853 before me
Judge of Probate for the District of Berlin personally appeared
Elizabeth Peck above named and acknowledged the foregoing
power of attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned, and I certify that I am not directly or 
indirectly interested therein   Seth E Case
                                      Judge of Probate for
                                             Berlin District
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                                82794

Bounty land claim of
Elizabeth Peck
widow of Isaac Peck dc'd
(Revolutionary Service)
under Act 3d March 1855
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State of Connecticut}
County of Hartford  } Ss.  Berlin
    On this seventeenth day of April One thousand eight hundred
and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the 
Peace in & for the County aforesaid Elizabeth Peck
aged sixty two years, a resident of Berlin in the 
County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn
according to law Declares that she is the Widow
of Isaac Peck who was a private in the Army
of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United
States under the Act 18 March 1838 at Eight dollars
per month.
     She further states that she is now a pensioner
as his Widow on the roll of the Connecticut Agency
under the 2d Section of the Act 3 February 1853 at the
rate of Ninety six dollars per annum. That her pension
Certificate under saud act is dated at the Department
of the Interior the 27th day of June 1853 and she refers
to her application for a pension now on file in the
Pension Office in Washington for proof of her
husbands service and death and of their marriage.    She further declares that her said husband
died in the Town of Berlin aforesaid on the 11th day
of December 1834 and that she has ever since
remained and now is his Widow.
    She makes this declaration for the purpose
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of obtaining the bounty land to which she may
be entitled under the Act approved March 3 1833
                                                        her
                                        Elizabeth   X   Peck
                                                       mark

We Linsley Austin and Philip North residents
of Berlin in the County of Hartford in said State
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed and acknowledged by
Elizabeth Peck in our presence and that we believe
from the Appearance and Statements of the Applicant
that she is the identical person she represents herself
to be
                                         Linsley Austin
                                          Philip North

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn
to and subscribed before me on the day and year
above written, and I certify that I know the
affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant
is th person she represents herself to be and that
I have no interest in this claim
                  Alfred North  Justice of the Peace
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                               State of Connecticut
                                              ---
    I, Oliver H Perry Secretary of the State of Connecticul, and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Alfred North was from the fourth day of July, A. D
1854, to the fourth day of July A.D. 1856, a Justice of the Peace, within and
for the County of Hartford  in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full
power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of court, and to give Certifi-
cates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
   And I further Certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said
Alfred North - to be genuine
    In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
my hand and affixed the Seal of said
State, at Harford, this 18th day of
April - in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five
                                                          O H Perry
                                                          Secretary of State.
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              8058                    R

Isaac Peck act 1818 of Con
He was allowed a Pension under
Act 1818 then suspended & the
admitted papers are lost - See
widow Elizabeth Admt 9.220 & an
endorsement on her papers of above
fact of papers mislaid

REJECTED
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              √
 26.312



Also revy
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Peck
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Brief in the case of Elizabeth Peck
Hartford County and State of Connecticut
           act 3 Feb 1838
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    Claim  ( "original" )

    Proof exhibited, ( if original. )

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
    Husband was a pensioner at $96 per annum
        Record proof of marriage

( If for increase.)
    Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?



Name and Residence of Agent                          L Coles
  Philip Norton                                                  Examining Clerk.
    Berlin
          CT
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Revy    WIDOW,  &c.
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File No.   9220
Elizabeth Peck
Wid
Isaac Peck
Privt  Rev  War
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Act: July 29th   1848
Index:- Vol.  M,   Page   120
[ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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                                              Berlin Conn. June 14. 1853
Sir
    On the 11th March last at my request
Mr. H. Fowler of Hartford forwarded to your
Office in seperate envelopes the Declarations of
Mrs Elizabeth Peck and Lydia Cole claiming
Revy Pensions under act 3 Feb 1853. The pension
Certificate of Mrs Cole was issued on the 20th
of May and has been received by me. I have
heard nothing relative to the other case and
as their papers were both sent by the same mail
leads me to infer that Mrs Pecks papers have been
overlooked or mislaid and I trust will be
sufficient apology for calling your attention
to the subject
                     Respectfully
                            Your Ob Ser
                                  Philip Norton
L P Waldo Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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                                                    Hartford
                                                       March 1th 1833
Sir
    By request of Mr. Philip Norton
I transmit the enclosed papers of Mrs
Elizabeth Peck widow of Isaac Peck dec'd
late a Revolutionary Pensioner per act 1818
claiming a pension under the 2d Section of
the Act of February 3d 1853
    Please make returns to Mr Norton
directed to him at Berlin Connecticut
                        I am Very Respectfully
                         Your Obt Servant
                             Henry Fowler

J. E. Heath Esq
     Commissioner of Pensions
                     Washington
                                DC
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    Conn. Agency Book Revolutionary War shows Ctf 11.090,
Isaac Peck, Private $8 per month, Ctf issued May 24, 1819, pension
commenced Apr. 28. 1818


                   Copy                              War Dept. Feb. 9. 1821.
Please to suspend payment of any sum whatever that may
remain due to Isaac Peck whose name is placed on the list of
Rev. Pensioners of your agency- a report having been made to this
Dept. that his statement both as to his service and circumstances
are not true                   J. L. E.
(see a letter in the claim of
Lodwick Hotchkiss Conn. 836583
which refers to this Isaac Peck
as not entitled, etc. it is from
Wm Hooker of Berlin, Jan 29, 1821.
it refers to both claims
Pres. U. S. B. Bank &
Middletown, Conn.
                                                  War Dept. Pension of
                                                                    Aug. 17. 1821
Sir:
    In answer to your letter of the 12 inst I have to state that the
case of Isaac Peck has been suspended for six months past and will
remain so until he shall have exhibited unquestionable proof of his
service and needy circumstances
                                        I am &
Mr. William Hooker                           J. L. E.
Berlin, Conn