Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11479, for Abel Smith, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Smith, Abel
Sarah
NUMBER
W. 11479
S born at Brookfield, Fairfield [illegible] May 20, 1757
died April 27, 1849 
[illegible] Brookfield
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28004 Councident
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Abel Smith
of Brookfield the State of Col
who was a private in the Conn commanded
by Captain
of the Regt commanded
by Col Silliman in the Conn Troops
line for 10 mo 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn
at the rate of 35 Dollars 53 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jan 
and sent Hon Y [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of Sept [18]33 $88.82
Semi-ant. allowance ending Mary 4 [18]34
$106.58
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book [illegible] Vol [illegible] Page 44
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5218
Connecticut
Sarah Smith
widow of Abel Smith
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
35 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on
the day of 27th of April, 1847.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Nov 1847 and sent
Bryant Smith
Brookfield
Connecticut
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 338 Vol 1
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in
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield,
Connecticut,
ss
On this 8th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
the County [illegible]  for the District of Danbury 
the [illegible] County and state, the being a
Court of Record
now sitting a Danbury in said District Abel Smith aa resident
of Brookfield
---
in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 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 7, 1832.
I That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
that in the month of March 1776 he belonged to the Connecticut Militia in the Company and by his Father Joseph Smith [illegible] did serve one month [illegible] as a Private [illegible] in the Regiment commanded
by Genl Gold S Silliman: In this term of service he performed garrison duty -
II That or about the 1st day of June 1776 he enlisted for the term of eight months as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Reuben Bostick in the Regiment of Connecticut state troops commanded by said Colonel S. Silliman - Said Colonel Sillman
had been in the month of May previously appointed [illegible] Legislature of Connecticut
to command said Regiment.   And he the said Abel in the [illegible] from the time he so enlisted eight months [illegible]
and was discharged at North Castle in the State of New York.
Wherein he had been garrisoned -
[illegible] Brigadier General Montgomery to the [illegible] under [illegible] discharged
[illegible] said Regiment [illegible]
the head of the Regiment
[illegible] who been Brigade major and he [illegible] the
the 25th day December 1776
In this campaign he served in the City of [illegible] to time until his time [illegible]
in said regiment [illegible] Long Island
Parliament in the Battle of Flatbush in the Battle at Harlaam Heights in the retreat [illegible] and [illegible] the Battle of White Plains.   After the Battle of White Plains at Peekskill [illegible] said other places on the lines [illegible] aforementioned [illegible] on the 25th of December 1776.
III That in the month April 1777 when an expedition of British Troops [illegible] and been [illegible] that [illegible] Continental [illegible]
he belonged to the Continental Militia
British so much as you man had and was a Private Solder in the company commanded by Captain Richards [illegible] in the Regiment
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commanded by Colonel Joseph P. Cook and served in the said Company one week the Said Ranking at said Danbury and in here [illegible]
through Ridgefield to Fairfield in said State where the enemy came back. he was engaged in the battle at Ridgefield [illegible] for when
General Wooster was killed.
IV That in the month of October 1777 when the British troops advanced the River Hudson from New York for the purpose to relieve General Burgoyne the Regiment
Continental Militia commanded by said Colonel Cooke he was ordered into the service 
one month.   We belonged to the Company commanded by said Captain Richards
in the said Regiment said Richard [illegible]at home place in the have long Island and Company
on this expedition was commanded by the
had fall on him on said Regiment marched
from said renting or kill them up the Hudson
lives then South
Will be and with said Regimen in the
Company into die during the Expedition
and was in the sum if On arriving at
Be still, the said legitees behind the
derson Pitman and act under his cider
during the whole term. The whole regiment was
Smith Will Barracks he believe in
on November 1777 -
In the year 1779 he belonged to have any
commanded by Captain Richard and is Bute
in Colonel Notanal Bond by the part of said
nel Cook at the end of said
Regiment. In the Summer in 1779 to
the mandate one of the son is the month
me in that you are now
along that skill and his
and heir of Bell
Frederick, burgh in the sale of any but enanted
there and proveth and said the
the day and was in a
the 7th day of July 1779, the Godsburgh. & the worth of
August the same to the Registrar again in
the said the United States, and one large drops
and the command of Gongal Wadsworth Crump
in the County witness to put
the 18th of August and remained named here
there had attetour of the hands
Allison is an
any nine the
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VI In the month of April 1781, he was
a Private Soldier in the Militia of
Connecticut and was then drafted to serve
the term one month in a guard the
stationed in Hartford in Connecticut - He
served at said Stamford one month, in the
company commanded by Captain Pardy in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Canfield

Said Colonel Canfield and then stationed
at [illegible]- After serving in said
guard as a Private Soldier at Stamford 
he was dismissed about the 1st day of May
1781
Sworn to and subscribed
Abel Smith
day & year aforesaid
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
and said Court do hereby declare the
opinion and other and
of
after writing the interrogatories [illegible] that the above named Applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
I Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of
Probate do hereby certify that foregoing
contains the original [illegible] of said
Court in the matter [illegible] 
Abel Smith for [illegible]
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and & affixed Seal of [illegible] this 8th day August
AD 1832
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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State of Connectient
Fairfield County
ss
I Reuben Booth
Danbury in the said County Judge
the Court of Probate within the District of Danbury in the said County and
State to the certify that Edward Taylor
Esquire who hath signed and certified the
going proceeding of Said [illegible]
and the [illegible] of the annexed Deposition,
is Clerk of the said Court of Probate and
Clerk, and [illegible] duly appointed and
at the time the [illegible] purport to have
Signed by him - that all the said signatures
porting to be the signatures of the said
Eward Taylor are in his own hand writing
And that full faith & credit are due to his
attestation as such Clerk
In testimony whereof and
hereunto set my hand
Danbury aforesaid the 8th
day of August AD 1832
Ruben Booth
Judge the Court of ┃
Plate in the District
of Danbury Connecticut
Abel Smith
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Joseph Bears of New Fairfield
the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut [illegible] aged seventy six years being duly Sworn do depose and say that I am
well acquainted with Able Smith of Brookfield
in said County, and have known
him more than fifty five years last past
In the Spring of the [illegible] of the year 1776
and I think in the month of March I [illegible]
the said Abel Smith in the [illegible] of that
state at the City of [illegible] are of the Connecticut militia I do [illegible]
know how long [served] nor do I distinctly recall  [illegible] what Regiment he served.
But I do [illegible] it been in a Regiment
but having it hear in a Regiment
commanded by Colonel Silliman
In the month of June of the same year 1776
his enlisted and served six months in the Connecticut State Troops in the regiment commanded by Captain Reuben [illegible]
company [illegible]
him and was dismissed in the month of December of that year,
He enlisted as a Private Soldier - I believe
he [illegible] campaigns in the [illegible] Regiment [illegible] company 
and I believe him while in the said service
In the year 1777, Said Abel [illegible] Private Soldier in the Regiment of Connecticut Militia
commanded by Colonel Joseph J Cooke and served in the said regiment [illegible] called [illegible] to Peekskill and the [illegible]
a little farther hence to Fishkill Barracks [illegible] I believed in the said town in the said Regiment [illegible] and will [illegible] the 
Abel Smith in the said service -
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Afterwards in the month of August
1779, the said Abel Smith again and
about [illegible] Private Soldier
in the said Regiment of Connecticut
militia at [illegible] in the County
[illegible] in State of New York.
The whole regiment being called out
think in the month of May under the command
of Colonel Beard [illegible]
and were stationed during said ten [illegible]
at said Command of Beard.   I [illegible] again 
at the said Regiment at the same time
with said line in [illegible] Company
I am not careful [illegible] about the length of time.  
think it more than a month.
being attested and subscribe [illegible]
Joseph
Beards
State of Connecticut

Fairfield County  S. S. Probate District
of Danbury
Probate Court.
August 7th 1832
Personally appeared the above named
deponent Joseph Beard, and in open
Court subscribed the foregoing Deposition
and made oath to the truth of the same
and the said Court hereby certifies
the deponent is a man of good character
and of truth and a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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I John Gregory of Danbury, in the
County of Fairfield State of Connecticut and n
aged seventy one years being duly Sworn
do depose and say that I am well
acquainted with Abel Smith of Brookfield, 
in the said County and that he served in the [illegible] of the Revolution as follows.
He serviced as a Private Soldier in the 
Company amended by Captain
Richard [illegible] in the Regiment
of Connecticut Militia commanded by
Colonel Joseph P Cooke six weeks
in the months of October and November
1777- said Regiment was called at
at the time the British troops ascended
the Hudson River with the supposed
intent to relieve General Burgoyne
and marched to Peekskill in from whence
it marked to Fishkill and as I state did 
[illegible] - 
I served the same terms of service in the same company with said Abel Smith.
In June 1779 he served three weeks at 
Fredericksburg in the State of New York
[illegible] the month of August and 
case and [illegible] Pond in the same State - On both tours the said regiment was called out again he served as a Private Solider with said Captain Richard [illegible] in the [illegible] same company with him.   
In the month of April 1781 the said Abel Smith has attested to [illegible]
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month as Private Soldier of the
Connecticut Militia Stamford in the State of Connecticut-- There was a guard
stationed at said Stamford and said
Abel Smith served the said terms of six months 
at said Stamford in the said guard, the Company commanded by
Captain [illegible] Pardy in the
all Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Canfield and was dismissed
sometime in the month of May -
I again served the term and I in the same
company, the whole of said term.
John Gregory

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County to wit
s.s. Probate District of Danbury
Probate Court August 7th 1832
Personally appeared John Gregory to
above mentioned deponent, and in [illegible]
subscribed Abel Smith the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the and Court certifies that the said Deponent
is a man of good character for truth and creditable witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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Abel Smith
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Nathan Smith Brookfield in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut
aged sixty four years being duly sworn to
depose and say that I am well acquainted with
Abel Smith of said Brookfield who
hath applied for a pension.   And I have been
and acquainted with him from my
earlier youth. He is my cousin and
and I since recollect that in the year 1776
about the month May or June he enlisted for
eight months in a Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Colonel Gold S. Silliman in the company commanded by Captain Bostwick.   He served the said service in [illegible] after his enlistment and marched from said Brookfield [illegilbe] about the 1st of January 1777.   And it was generally understood and I believe among his friends that he served in the said company from the time he do left Brookfield until his [illegible]
He enlisted as a Private Soldier.  
In the month of October 1777, said Abel Smith [illegible] to the Connecticut Militia
in the company of Captain Richard [illegible]
The whole regiment as order to Peekskill a short time before of the capture of General Burgoyne.  I do not recollect who commanded [illegible] the said Regiment at the time.  The said Able enlisted at the said service and marched in said company from Brookfield and 
[illegible] - and further the Department [illegible] not.   - May [illegible] on both [illegible] above mentioned [illegible] said Abel Smith
Nathan Smith
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August 7th 1832-
[illegible] and [illegible] 
by Nathan Smith, the within named deponent
in open Court. And said Court certified
that the Deponent is a man good
character for truth and veracity, and 
is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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PO
[illegible]
141
No 6256
Please direct to
Edward Taylor Esq Clerk
of Probate Danbury
CT
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The Joseph S Covell a Clergyman residing
in the town of Brookfield in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut  residing in the house nearby John Beck 
certify that we are well acquainted
with Abel Smith who both sworn and attested [illegible]foregoing declaration that we believe him [illegible] seventy six years age; that he is
reputed and he lived in the neighborhood
we he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that [illegible].
Joseph S. Covell
John Beck
Sworn [illegible]
this 24th June 1833
before me

Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace,
State of Connecticut
[Illegible]  Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Bryant Smith Esquire is [illegible] for more than one year last has been a Justice of
the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the Bryant Smith Esquire verily believe the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I
have hereto set my name, in the seal
said County Court in Fairfield this 25th
day of June AD 1833
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
said County Court
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
on this 25th day of June
1833 before the Cour tof Probate within and
for the District of Danbury in the said County and State the same being a Court heard
and have sitting personally appeared Abel
Smith a resident of Brookfield in the
said County, age seventy six years who
who being duly sworn [llegible]to [illegible]
doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain [illegible]
of  the Act of Congress
Connell June 7 1832 [illegible] 
his original declaration rendered before said 
court the 8th day of August 1832
and in amendment thereof
that he was born in said Brookfield
and has all his time to reside there and did
did leave there at the [illegible]
entered the service of the United States.  
In his said original declaration that in each term of service stated in said declaration  he  [illegible] drafted [illegible] the 
term eight months in 1776. and served altogether [illegible] that he [illegible] of his age [illegible] in the hand writing of Jonathan Smith stating the [illegible] of his birth to [illegible] on the 20th of May 1757.  
The said Abel Smith hereby [illegible] to a pension except the [illegible] of said declarer that his [illegible] is just in the [illegible] of the Agency of any State [illegible]

Sworn & Subscribed

Abel Smith

Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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and the said Court of Probate to hereby declare the opinion after an investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and serves as he states in this his supplemental Declaration and
in original declaration had [illegible] on the 8th day of August 1832; And the Court further certifies that is appears to them that Joseph
S. Connell who had signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the Town of Brookfield  and that John Peck who also signed the same is a resident in the town of Brookfield and is a credible person and that their Statement is certified to [illegible]

I Edward Taylor Clerk the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Smith for a Pension.   In testimony whereof I have subscribed my hand and Seal of Office the Seal of said Court this 25th day of June.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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I Joseph Beele of Danbury in
the County of Fairfield and State of
Connecticut aged Seventy nine years
being duly sworn do depose and say
that in the month of April 1777 Abel Smith of Brookfield in the said County who hath have
applied for a pension volunteered in the Connecticut Militia and under the command of Captain Richard Smith on also [illegible] at the time the British under General Tyron marched to Danbury & [illegible] that Town.  He was in the said service in the presence of the British Troops until they embarked on board.
Then [illegible] at Goshen in County of Fairfield.
I served at the same time both in another Company of Militia I well knew the said Smith in the said Service.
Joseph Beele.

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
Ss. Probate District of Danbury
Probate Court Aug 18 1832-
Personally appeared Joseph as to the
above named deponent did in open Court
[illegible] subscribed the foregoing deposition and affirmed the truth of the same Also said Court do thus certify that the Deponent is a 
is a person of good character for truth & a creditable witness.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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I Prudence Hull of Brookfield in the County
of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, aged Eighty years who first being duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that I am the widow of Eliphalet Hall deceased, and am the only child of my fathers family now living
& was the youngest sister of Abel Smith who died in said Brookfield on the 27th day of April 1849, the said Abel Smith was about twelve years older than myself I do not recollect the time he was married to his wife Sarah Dunning, and was not present at the marriage, but I do recollect, that they came & lived
with us, as man & wife in my fathers house
during the winter, next after Danbury was burnt.  I also know that they have lived together as man & wife ever since [illegible] until the death of the sd Abel Smith - they have had ten children, five
sons & five daughters -
Prudence Hull
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
[illegible] Brookfield October 10th 1849
Personally appeared before me the
Subscribing authority duly authorized by law to administer oaths Prudence Hull & subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the foregoing
Deposition - And I certify that the same
Prudence Hull sustains a good character for truth & is a credible witness
Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace
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I Clarina Northrop of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged Eighty eight years who first being duly sworn according to law depose & say that I am the widow of Andrew Northrop deceased  I am a Pensioner of the United States, that I have always been acquainted with Abel Smith & Sarah Smith his wife from my childhood, that the sd Abel & Sarah are both first cousins to me, I have always lived in the same Town with them, the sd Sarah maiden name before she was married to said Abel was Sarah Denning, I was married when I was Eighteen years old & they  said Abel & Sarah at that time had Two
children, I do not know the year they
were married, but I do know that they
have lived together as man & wife [illegible]
they were married & have had the children
five sons fine daughters

Clarina Northrop
X
In mark
State of Connecticut
Fairfield County
the
S. Brookfield October 12. 1849
Personally appeared before me the
subscribing authority duly authorized by law to
administer oaths, Clarina Northrop & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition And I certify that the sd Clarina Northrop sustains a good charter for truth, and is a credible witness
Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace
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I Northrop Running of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged Sixty three years who first being sworn according to Law depose & say that I am the Eldest son of Liverus Dunning deceased that I have always been acquainted with Abel Smith late of Brookfield deceased & Sarah Smith his wife
from my childhood, as I have always lived in the same Town with them-- She said Sarah Smith was my Fathers sister. That the said Abel & Sarah have had ten children five sons & five Daughters with whom I am personally acquainted. In former days I have often heard the said Abel & Sarah say that they were married by the Rev. Thomas Brooks at
his house then Pastor of Congregational Church in said Brookfield - I have also often heard my Father say they were married by the said Mr. Brooks at his house-
Northrup Dunning

State of Connecticut
the
Fairfield County S. Brookfield Oct 15 1849
Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority duly authorizedby law to administer oaths, Northrop Dunning and subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition - And I certify that the Northrop Dunning sustains a good character
for truth, and is a credible witness-
Bryant Smith Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut

Fairfield County ⎬ SS. Brookfield October 15th 1849
This certifies that I have carefully examined the Town Records of the sd Town of Brookfield of which I am Town Clerk for the purpose of finding the Record of the marriage of Abel Smith to Sarah Dunning and do not find their marriage Recorded in said Records
Bryant Smith Town Clerk
of the Town of Brookfield

State of Connecticut

Fairfield County ⎬ S S. Brookfield October 15 1849
Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Bryant Smith and subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate, who I certify is a credible witness-
Charles Henley Justice of the Peace in
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ⎬ S. S. Brookfield October 12th 1849
This certifies that I am the present officiating Clergyman of the Congregational Church in sd Brookfield, and having been more than six years resident Pastor in this [illegible] I do confidently believe that there are no church
Records previous to the year 1807 and that the
Society Records containing no Record of marriages and consequently nothing from these Records can be obtained concerning the marriage of Abel Smith to Sarah Dunning
Dan C. Curtiss

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County W. Brookfield October 12th 1849
Personally appeared Rev. Dan Curtiss 
ents and subscribed & made oath to the above
Certificate before me who I certify is a credible
Witness
Bryant Smith Junior of the Peace

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County 
Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court and for the County aforesaid & keeper of the seal thereof, and 
of the Certificates of the Justices of the Peace for said County do certify that Bryant Smith & Charles Henley Esq are and were at the dates of the foregoing Depositions by them respecting there & hereto attached, Justices
of the Peace for said certify duly commissioned
acting as such & duly authorized by the power this State to administer oaths And I also certify that
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the signatures annexed to said Deposition respecting purporting to be theirs are known to me to be their genuine signatures. That the respective [illegible] are dated June 20th 1849 and will expire with the third day of July 1850
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 11th day
of October 1849
Thomas Robinson Clerk
and "third & figures" 1850, duly written by me
Thomas Robinson Clerk
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No 13988
Sarah Smith
[illegible] of Abel
[illegible]
Act 7 July 1838
married before 1794
Rejected, husband
died 27 April 49
[illegible] act 2 Feby 18
$35.53 per annum
[illegible] 27 April 49
Bryant Smith
Brookfield
Conn
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ⎬ ss. Probate District of Newtown
On this 8th day of October
1849 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within District of Newtown in said
County & State, the same being a Court of Record
Sarah Smith a Resident of Brookfield in said
District, aged ninety years and being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the several acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838. August 23rd 1842 - March 3rd 1843 June 7th 1844 & February 2d 1848, and all other acts & resolutions relative to granting Pensions
to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary war That she is the widow of
Abel Smith late of So Brookfield deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution, & served in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier in the militia of the State of Connecticut under the command of the officers specified and named in the original Declaration of the P Abel Smith now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the war Department, and further
several terms & periods of time mentioned in the said Declaration, and in as much as she has no personal knowledge of the various particulars relative to his said service of the several times when his term
of service commenced and ended, or the names of the officers under whom he served, of the County through which he marched, or of the battles in which he was engaged, she refers to the original Declaration for a more particular description thereof
that the said Abel Smith was a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States from the 8th [illegible]
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of January 1834 to the time of his death, which
said Pension was granted to him for the service aforesaid, and she refers for the proof of such service to the evidence accompanying his original Declaration also on fill in the office of said Commissioner of
Pension- she further declares that she was
married to the said Abel Smith in October 1777 that her husband the aforesaid Abel Smith died on the 27th day of April 1849 and that she has never intermarried with any other person since the death of the said Abel Smith, that she was married to him prior to his leaving the service and that the marriage took place previous to the
first of January 1794, Viz, at the time above stated-
She further states that her maiden name before she was married to the said Abel Smith was Sarah Dunning, and that she was married to the said Abel Smith by the Rev. Thomas Brooks who was at that time the Pastor of the Congregational Church in
So Brookfield, at the house of said Mr Brooks in presence of three persons, viz, Hannah Brooks, Hepsibah Brooks & John Bostwick, who are all dead - The
ason why we went to the house of the said Mr Brooks was that my parents were not at that time in circumstances to make a welding - She further states that the following is the family Record of our Births & the births of our children entered on a leaf of the prayer Book between the [illegible] & the Psalms-
Levi Smith born April 17 1778
Lyman Smith born October 4 1720
Died March 20 1814
McPherson Smith born November 25 1782
Hubbell Smith born April 11 1785
Sally Smith born June 2 1787
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Ammiillous Smith born November 5, 1789
Polly Smith born January 30. 1792
Lucy Smith born March 13, 1794
Winthrop Smith born Sept 13 -1796
Phobe Smith born Sept 20, 1799
Abel Smith born 1757 May 20
Sarah Smith born 1759 Jan 28
The foregoing family Record is in the hand writing of my late husband the said Abel Smith She further states, that there has been no family Record of my marriage to Abel Smith 
Abel Smith until a few years since the foregoing family Record was copied on to a page of the Bible between the old & new Testament by my grand daughter Sophia Hawley now Sophia [illegible] who resides in Syracuse in the State of New York, and the marriage was at that time
entered on said leaf by the said Sophia, & is in her hand writing, and it was then & there entered by the request of my said husband shel Smith, the marriage there entered as aforesaid, hear the same date as above, Viz. October 1777-
Sarah Smith

Sworn to and subscribed on the day &
year above mentioned before the said
Court of Probate for the District of Newtown
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of Court this 8th day of
October 1849
Certified by Monroe Judson Clerk
of the Court of Probate for the District
Newtown
the words "my sealed the words my seal erased and of said County interlined
and duly written by me
Monroe Judson Clerk
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I Jacob Beers 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 said County & State, do hereby
certify that Monroe Judson who hath signed
& certified the foregoing affidavit is Clerk
of the said Court of Probate Lawfully
appointed & sworn and that the signature
above written purporting to be his, is the
genuine hand writing of the said Monroe
Judson and that the seal affixed to
said Certificate is the seal of said Courts.
 Given under my hand at Newtown
this 8th day of October 1849-
Jacob Beers Judge
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Levi Smith born April 19, 1778
Lynn Smith born December 1780 died March 20, 1814
McPherson born November 25, 1782
Hubbell Smith born April 11, 1785
Sally Smith born June 2, 1787
Ammirillous born November 5, 1789
Polly born January 30, 1782
Lucy born March 13, 1794
Winthrop born September 13, 1796
Phebe Smith born September 20, 1799
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Abel Smith Born 1757 May 20
Sarah Smith Born 1759 January 20
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OPY.
L. M. H.
June 26, 1906
Miss J. M. Coleman,
Oriskany, New York.
Madam: --
In reply to your letter dated the 18th instant, received the 19th, relative to two soldiers of the War of the Revolution, you are advised that a careful search of the records
of this Bureau fails to show any claim filed on account of the services of John Hollister, Connecticut troops who died in the year 1827.
From the papers in the claim, Widow's File No. 11479, it appears that Abel Smith enlisted in the Connecticut troops and served various terms as follows: (the first being in his
father's company)
Mar. 1776, Priv. Capt. Joseph Smith's Co. Col. Gold S. Silliman's regiment; one month.
June 1, 1776, Capt. Reuben Bostwick's Co., Col. Gold S. Silliman's regiment; eight months.
April 1777, Capt. Richard Smith's Co., Col. Joseph P. Cook regiment; one week.
Oct. 1777, Capt. Richard Smith's Co., Col. Joseph P. Cook's regiment; six weeks.
June 1779, Capt. Richard Smith's Co., Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment; three weeks.
Aug. 1779, Capt. Richard Smith's Co., Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment six weeks.
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J. M. Coleman.
-2-
April 1781, Capt. Stephen Pardy's Co., Col. Samuel Canfield's regiment; one month.
He was in the battles of Flatbush, Harlem Heights, White Plains, and Ridgefield.
He was born at Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, where he enlisted, was married, and resided when allowed pension in 1832. He died April 27, 1849, and his widow was
allowed pension in that year, as a resident of the aforesaid Brookfield.

Family Record:
Abel Smith, born May 20, 1757.
Sarah Dunning, born Jan. 28, 1759.
Abel Smith and Sarah Dunning, married October - 1777.
Their children were;
Levi, born Apr. 19, 1778.
Lynn, born Dec. -- 1780, died March 20, 1814
McPherson, born Nov. 25, 1782
Hubbell, born Apr. 11, 1785.
Sally, born June 2, 1787.
Ammirillous, born Nov. 5, 1789.
Polly, born Jan. 30, 1792.
Lucy, born Mar. 13, 1794.
Winthrop, born Sep. 13, 1796.
Phebe, born Sep. 20, 1799.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18479
Sarah Smith
Wid
Abel Smith
[Illegible] Rev War

Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: -- Vol. [illegible] Page 22
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apr. 21. 1897 - History to
Miss Julia Horton 14
Library Place, Danbury
June 28 - 1902
Chas. E. Haman
Naples
N.Y.
1906 June 25. History to
Miss J. W. Coleman
1916 May 16 Hist to J.B. Capshaw 
letter in S. 37656 Daniel Allen,
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O W. & H
C
[illegible], N. Y.
June 18 1906.
The Honorable
Commissioner of Pensions
We have been directed
to apply to you for information in regard to one Able Smith, a revolutionary
soldier of Conn. he received
a pension from the Government. Can you tell me to what town in Conn. this pension was sent, Ibid John Hollister also a soldier
from Corn, and who died
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in 1827 at Ellisburg, N.Y.
receive a pension
Yours respectfully
[illegible] J M Coleman
Oriskany P.O.
N. Y.
US Pension Office
A
Jun 19 1906
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Old War & Navy
Mar 25 1897
Files
US Pension Office
Mar 23 1897
53-18
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Danbury March 20th 97
Pension Bureaus Washington D.C.
Will you kindly
send us all information you
have concerning Abel Smith
Brookfield, Fairfield Co Conn
a soldier of the Revolution, on
the pension lists.
Address
Miss Julia Horton
14 Library Place
Danbury
Conn
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Rev. War Section.
May 16, 1916.
Miss C. B. Capshaw,
137 South Street,
Morristown, N. J.
Madam: --
In addition to the military history of Abel Smith
W. File No. 11,478 Rev. War, you are furnished the names of his children as found in the papers on file.
Levi born April 18, 1778
Lyman born December 1780
died March 20, 1814
McPherson born November 25, 1782
Hubbell born April 11, 1785
Sally born June 2, 1787
Ammirillous born November 5, 1789
Polly born January 30, 1792
Lucy born March 13, 1794
Winthrop born September 13, 1796
Phebe born September 20, 1799

Very respectfully,
[illegible]
Commissioner.
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CT Sept 21, 1840
J L Edwards
Commissioner pensions
Washington
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Pardon me for trouble you with these lines I am one of these old men that took an active part in the Revolutionary war in 1776. my father put me in the Co of Lieutenant S 
Hubbell to learn the at
exercise the exercise and
was will and Day in a week as minute men and in the the Spring of Seventy Six I enlisted in the army in the Colonel Gold Silliman Regiment and Cap R Bastwick Company
for eight monts which time I served out and then I returned home and joined my company of minute men.   I that Company I served during the war Lieutenant S
Hubbell [illegible] his farm and went to the west and I was with that Company put under of the Committee of safety and was always the first is [illegible] upon 
now had no
knowleg of was [illegible] in the Company and two months that I was in the service in the 
the State of N York that the men that was with me [illegible] asks no [illegible] of that [illegible] that I should have pay for my [illegible] in most [illegible] I am eight 88 and shall [illegible] be [illegible] with my old company.

Brookfield
Fairfield County Co
Abiel Smith
PS sir that book that you have in your office might be [illegible] to as soon as possible.
A Smith
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that when the British and tories was come upon the town this side of the Long island is the tories that went from the town of Newtown was the [illegible] of
the Shabtants was [illegible] and they were our worst enemies they were constantly plundering our stores and
the minute men were constantly on the guard by night or Day and the time that I was in the service for [illegible] time that I have get pay for my Father Last the Land that he was [illegible] to by one of the Loyalist that was employed at the [illegible] of I [illegible] thirty five dollars and there is one month I got in c
he was employed to do the care of I got at
thirty five Dollar and there is one month that I got in Colonal J. L. Rigment that I [illegible] by the [illegible] of R [illegible] I was taken [illegible] after I this Rigemond [illegible] I was taken back and lost all my papers and had no knowleg of was done in the company and two months I was was in the serve i the State of N York that the men that was with me are [illegible] the [illegible] of that [illegible] that I should have pay for [illegible] in most [illegible] I am eight 88 and shall be [illegible] with my old company.

Brookfield
Fairfield County  Co
Abel Smith
PS Sir that book that you have in or
Office might be [illegible] to soon as [illegible] to me
A Smith
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13988
Oct 22/49
Decl of proof
Sarah Smith
and
Able Smith
Conn
[illegible]
x838
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Brookfield October 19th 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm of Pensions
Sir
I inclose & forward to you
the Declaration & Depositions of
Sarah Smith in order to obtain a Pension - 
yours Respectfully
Bryant Smith
Brookfield
Conn
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.Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. May 14. 1902
Madam-
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that this Bureau is unable to furnish a history of the service of any soldier of the Revolutionary war or of the war of 1812 unless he or his widow was a pensioner or an applicant for pension or bounty land; and that under the rules such
a history is furnished only to the soldier's descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
The large number of inquiries made on this subject, and the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, will not permit of information being given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, you are
requested to furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Abel Smith

Very respectfully.
[Illegible]
Commissioner.

Mrs. C.E. Hamlin
Naples New York

Full name of soldier, Abel Smith
Where did he enter service? Connecticut
Under what officers did he serve? Capt. Bostwick, Col Silliman
Place of residence after service? Brookfield, Fairfield Co, Conn.
Approximate date of date.
Given name of widow. Sarah
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension?  Both received a pension.
Additional information  I desire this information for genealogical purposes and be very grateful for all the information received.
Signature, Mrs. Charles E Hamlin
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and state
Naples, Ontario Co,
NY
14554b4m5-1900
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U.S. Pension Office
D
Jun 6 1902
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Abel Smith Con. act 7 June 32 $35.33 per annum
To what time was he last paid 
MGA
Pension Office
March 22 1849 Paid to 4th March 1849.
W.T.
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Abel Smith
10 [illegible] 20 dg
private
Hon. S. Tweedy
HR
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Abel Smith further proof or explanation.
1. 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 he 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 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 a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? no
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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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?

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

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
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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?

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 ---, 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 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 the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied 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.
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 authenticates 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 ends 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.
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.