Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,937, Aaron French, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn.  |  French, Aaron  |  W.22.937
              Dexter, Abigail
Former widow

CONTENTS
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Connecticut 1626
Abigail Dexter, formerly
widow of Aaron French, dead.
who died on the 8th of June, 1807;
of Tollard co in the state of Connecticut
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain W. Wilson of the - commanded
by - in the Connecticut usa.
line for 6 months private

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under
the act of the      1838
from 4th Sept 1839 to 2 Jan,
1840. agt notified 21. April
1841

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents, per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of De-
cember, 1837, and sent to Elisha
Stearns, Tolland, Connecticut.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept, 1837 = $130:00
Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 1838 = 10:00

$140:00

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836
Section the 5
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk,
Book A Vol. 2 Page 67.
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2184
Declaration of
Abigail Dexter

76 - 3 mo-
79 3 mo
81- no officer XeX

Aourd
Is mofur
20$
no deduction

Elisha Stearns
Tolland
Connecticut
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 3 section of the act of 4 July 1836 and of the 1 Section of the Act of 3 March 1837
State of Connecticut, 85 County of Tolland Town of Coventry
On this 13 day of Sept of 1837 personally appeared before Zelotes Long esq an associate judge of the County Circuit within and for said County of Tolland Abigail Dexter a resident of the Town of Coventry in said county of Tolland in State of Connecticut age 82
years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 and the Act explanatory of said Act passed March 3 1837 That she was married to Aaron French who was a private in the Militia in the Revolutionary war and performed the following service in said area in Militia
Conscription belonging to the state of Connecticut faculty (?), a service of three months in a company commanded by Capt William Wilson in the years 1776 commencing in the month of August another term of nine months on the year 1779 in a company commanded by Capt Amaziah Russ and another term of session at West Point towards the close of the war but I can not tell the length of the last war- that the first line of duty was performed at the New London & Groton, the second of New york and third at West point that the war drafted into said service and resided the whole time except while in the Revolutionary service in said Coventry that I know of no documentary evidence of said session.
She further declares that she was married to the said Aaron French on the 18 day of May 1775 that her husband the afore Aaron French died on the 8 day of June 1807 and that she was afterwards
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married to Jonathan Dexter who died on the
20th day of January 1816 and that she was a widow on the 4th day of July 1836 and still remains awidow as will more fully appear by letter proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
above written before me Zelotes Long Associate Judge of the County Court for Tolland County
Abigail X her mark Dexter

I also testify that the above applicant is a
credible person and that by reason of age &
bodily infirmity she is under to attend Court
Zelotes Long Associate Judge of the
County Court for Tolland County

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland| S.S. County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Court
in said Tolland County do hereby certify that Zelotes Long Esq. (before whom the Declarant Abigail Dexter made oath to the foregoing declaration by her subscribed)
is an associate Judge of the County Court for said Tolland County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn into sd office that his commission bears state the 7th day of June 1837 and will continue untill the 20th day of June 1838 that the signatures to the above certificate purporting to
be the signatures of sd Justice Long are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my name and official seal at Tolland
this 30th day of September 1837
Jeremiah Parish Clerk
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I Dan Loomis of Coventry in the County
of Tolland and State of Connecticut aged 79 years
that I entered the [illegible] in the Revolutionary 
war in the year 1776 in a Company of militia
commanded by Capt William Wilson of County
now deceased for the term of three months that
Aaron French of said Coventry had deceased
was a private in the same company with
me that hee entered the service in the month
of August and marched [illegible] to New York
where said service was performed and the
said French continued in said Company in
said herein till the expiration of said term
for which service & other duly performed by
me I now receive a pension
Dan Loomis


I James Dunham of Coventry in the County
of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged 74 years 
certify that Eleazer French of said Coventry told me [illegible] thirty years ago that he was out
three tours of [illegible] in the Revolutionary War
[crossed out text]
James Dunham

This may certify, that Aaron French and
Abigail Brown were married May 18th 1775, as 
appears on record in the Town of Coventry, also 
Aaron French died June 8th 1809. 

Town Clerks Office, Nathan Howard Town Clk
Coventry Sept 11th 1837.
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Tolland County State of Connt
[illegible] Tolland Sept 28 1837
Personally appeared the deponents William
Coquill Amos Cogswill Elijah Morley
Eleazer French Irene Dexter Dan Loomis
& James Dunham who have signed the
within and foregoing depositions
and severally made oath that the
depositions by them respectively
signed are true
Before me Elisha Stearns Justice of Peace
I also certify that all of said deponents
are credible witnesses -
Elisha Stearns Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Tolland  County Clerks office
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County in said 
County of Tolland do hereby certify that Elisha Stearns
Esq is a Justice of Peace within the County of Tolland
aforesaid duly appointed and sworn that her commission 
bears date the 7th day of June 1897 and will continue
untill the 20th day of June 1898 that the above
signature purporting to be sd Justice Stearns, is genuine
and I further certify the the Certificate hereunto appeared 
by [illegible] purporting to be the certificate of Nathan
Howard Esq Town Clerk of the town of Coventry
in sd County with the signature purporting to be
said Howards signature as town Clerk is genuine
& that he is known to me to be town Clerk of
sd town of Coventry. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my name & official seal
at Tolland in sd County this 30th day of
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Tolland County, State of Conn't  
At Tolland, Sept 28th, 1837  

Personally appeared the deponents William Cogswill, Amos Cogswill, Elijah Morley, Eleazer French, Irene Dexter, Dan Loomis, & James Durham who have signed the within and foregoing depositions and severally made oath that the depositions by them respectively signed are true -  

Before me 
Elisha Stearns, Justice of Peace  

I also certify that all of said deponents are credible witnesses -  
Elisha Stearns, Justice of Peace  

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State of Connecticut }  
County of Tolland } County Clerk’s Office -

I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Courts in said County of Tolland do hereby certify that Elisha Stearns Esq is a Justice of Peace within the County of Tolland aforesaid duly appointed and sworn that his commission bears date the 7th day of June 1837 and will continue until the 20th day of June 1838 that the above signature purporting to be said Justice Stearns is genuine, and I further certify that the certificate hereunto appended by wafers purporting to be the certificate of Nathan Howard Esq Town Clerk of the Town of Coventry in said County with the signatures purporting to be said Howard’s signature as Town Clerk is genuine & that he is known to me to be Town Clerk of said Town of Coventry - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & official seal - at Tolland in said County this 30th day of September 1837.  

Jeremiah Parish, Clerk
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I William Cogswell of Tolland in the County
of land & State of Connecticut aged 72 years
testify that in the year 1779 according to the best
of my recollection I entered the service in the
Revolutionary war in a Militia Company in said
State commanded by Capt Amazieh Russ Lieut. Malin & ensign Ephraim Kingsbury for the term of [scratched out]
of
according to the best of my recollection
three months and marched with said
Company to New London and performed said
service in said Company at New Canton and
Eaton and was regularly discharged at the
expiration of said term but cannot tell the
precise time of the commencement or end
of said service and Aaron French of Coventry
in said County in which town then lived
and who is now deceased was a private in
the same Company and performed the same
tour of duty with me. Said French
was drafted into said service
William Cogswell

I Amos Cogswell of Coventry in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged 83 years to
that I was a member of the Company mentioned in the foregoing deposition of William Cogswell & entered the service for the term of three months with the said Aaron French then of said Coventry & marched with
said Company to New London with said French & that the said French performed the said service of three months in said Company at New London & Groton -
Amos Cogswell
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3-1776
SERVICE
Conn.

French, Aaron
Dexter, Abigail
 Former widow

NUMBER 
W. 22. 937
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 22937
Abigail Dexter
formerly widow of
Aaron French
Pri Rev War
Act: July 4th 36
Index:-Vol. A, Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
April 17th, 1841.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, "The children of Abigail Dexter
decd, a pensioner on the Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and cents
per annum, under the law of the 4th July 1836,
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1839. to the 2d January 1840.
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Respectfully yours,
Albion H. Park
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Tolland Ct.
Oct 2

Free
James L Edward, Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

2784 Oct. 5
Ct
4 July '26
B Lee
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Tolland, Conn, Oct 2 1834

Sir
     I enclose [illegible] the debt of Abigail Dexter pertaining a pension in right of her first husband Aaron French-

I have received your letters of the 22  re disallowing the applications of Deacon Elisha Ladd for a pension because the time he was held in readiness for service as a minute man was not embraced by the pension Act- Deacon Ladd was informed by Judge Mareis of Springfield, Mass, that it had been considered as serving within the Act and that pensions had been granted on that ground which was the reason of the application

Very Respectfully
Your Obed Serv
Elisha Stearns