Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,330, Benanuel Bonfoy, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Bonfoy, Benanuel
or Bonfoey, Concurrence

NUMBER
W. 17,330

CONTENTS
[Remainder of form is blank]
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1841
Connecticut
Consequence Bonfoey decd
widow of Bemanuel Bonfoey who died on the 14 Augt 1825 of Middlesex in the State of Connt who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Pond of the Regt commanded by Col. Douglass, in the Connt line for Conn.

Incr from $80

Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the first day of July 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of January 1851 and sent to Hon. W. Booth House of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of ~~ 
Semi-annual allowance ending ~~
Incr 12th Nov 1849
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by H. R. Weightman Clerk,
Book L Vol. 2 Page 352

admd with orig. Roll
Aug 8. act
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443
Connecticut Roll
Benanuel Bonfoy
Private
4
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of May 1818 and sent to S. T. Hosmer Esqr
Middletown, Con.

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818
4 months 19/30   $37.6

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818)
1 May .77 until 29 March .80

[illegible] Middletown

See letter 18 Nov 1836 L. Parmeler
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I Benamuel Bonfoy of Haddam, in the County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify and say; That i belonged in the army during the War of the Revolution and served therein the space of the three years; That I enlisted in the company of Capt. Charles Pond, in the Regiment commanded by Williams Douglass Esq, afterwards commanded by [unk] Jonathan Meigs Esq; in the Brigade of Genl Samuel H Parsons, & in the Connecticut line, that I joined the army about the first of May one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, & served therein in the aforesaid Regiment, untill the twenty ninth day of March one thousand seven hundred & eighty, when I was discharged by writing under the hand of Ebenezer Gray Lt. Col. Connt. of the 6th Regiment having faithfully served three years the term of my engagement, which discharge I now possess, and have exhibited to the Judge who takes this Deposition.
I furthermore testify; that I am sixty two years of age, and afflicted with the Rheumatism so as to be incapable of labor; that I have a family consisting of myself, wife, brother, & three small children. That I own property worth almost twelve hundred dollars, and that Iowe about two hundred dollars, having about a thousand

BONFOY, BENAMUEL  W. 17330
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dollars in labor while in the property I have & that by reason of my infirmity & reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support, & pray that I may obtain the provision made by the last act of Congress for Revolutionary soldier.
[unk] March 21st 1818
Benanuel Bonfoy

State of Connecticut, Middlesex County ss Middletown March 21st 1818
Personally came Benanuel Bonfoy of Haddam in sd County, signer of the preceding deposition, before Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State aforementioned, & made solemn oath to the truth thereof.
S. Titis Hosmer

I Jim Smith of Haddam, in the County of Middlesex, & State of Connecticut do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Benanuel Bonfoy of said Haddam, & have been so from before the commencement of the War of the Revolution; That I was in the said army, with a little internal of that service then a year, from the beginning to the end thereof as a soldier; That I have heard the preceding deposition of the said Benanuel Bonfoy, & do know & declare the facts therein state to be true; That the said Benanuel served in the Regiments of William Douglass Esq afterwards commanded by Return Jonathan Meigs Esq from the Spring of the year one thousand
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seven hundred & seventy seven to the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, when, at the expiration of his service of three years, he was discharged.
I further testify; that I lived within about a quarter of a mile of the said Benanuel Bonfoy; that he has a family of six persons; that he is infirm with the rheumatism and unable to labor; that his property is worth, in my opinion, about twelve hundred dollars, & he is so [unk], as to need assistance from his country for support, further saith not.
John Smith

State of Connecticut, Middlesex County ss Middletown March 21st 1818
Personally came John Smith of Haddam in said County, signer of the preceding deposition, before me Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made solemn oath to the truth thereof.
S. Titus Hosmer
I Stephen Titus Hosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Benanuel Bonfoy the signer of the first deposition above, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as
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in said Deposition he has testified; I, therefore, transmit the preceding testimony.
S. Titus Hosmer
[unk] County March 21st 1818
To the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify that the Honorable Stephen Titus Hosmer of Middletown in the State aforesaid, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding certificates marked A. B. C. is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid on this 18th day of April 1818.
Jno Fisk Clerk
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A.
David Bonfoey born November the 21, 1779
Hannah Bonfoey born Sept the 13 1781
Concurrance Bonfoey born June the     1783
Asabel Bonfoey brn May the 12 178?
Anson Bonfoey born Sept the 15 1787
Lydia Bonfoey born Feb the    1789
Matilda Bonfoey born April the 10 1791
Horrace Bonfoey born June the 10 1793
Lucinda Bonfoey born June 4, 1797
Clarinda Bonfoey born March the 18 1780
Benanuel Bonfoey born Sept the 18 1802
Richard Bonfoey born Sept the 14 1803
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State of Connecticut, Middlesex County ss Haddam November 29th 1836
Court of Probate
District of Haddam} November 29th 1836
Present Simon Shailor Esq Judge 
On this 29th day of November 1836 personally appeared before this Court Concurrance Bonfoey a resident of the town of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged seventy six 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 4th 1836- that she is the widow of Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution- that he performed sundry services in the capacity aforesaid, both before and after the marriage herein, after specified, for the particulars of which sd services, referance may be had to the documents already in the Pension Office- That by virtue of the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 he drew and received a pension for a certain period of time, but in virtue of a subsequent act of Congress, his name was with many others stricken from the pension list.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benanuel Bonfoy some time in the month of July seventeen
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hundred and seventy nine- that her husband the aforesaid Benanuel Bonfoey died on the 14th day of August AD 1825, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by refferance to the proofs hereto annexed or contained in my original declaration.
Concurrance Bonfoey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before this Court, and this Court doth find & certify that that the said Concurrance Bonfoey is a person of credibility, and that she is the widow of the said Bernanuel Bonfoey & that she was married to the said Benanuel Bonfoey at the time set forth in her declaration.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 29th day of November 1836.
Linus Parmelee, Clerk
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Incd to $96


claim for pension under joint
resolution 1st July 1848
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State of Connecticut
Middlesex County} ss.
I Isaac Arnold Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of Haddam do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exibited to said said Court that Concurrence Bonfoey widow of Benanuel Bonfoey a pensioner of the United States at the rate or Eighty dollars per annum was a resident of Haddam in the County & State aforesaid and died in said Haddam in the year 1849 on the 12th day of November leaving nine children whose names are Concurrence, David, Hannah, Lydia, Anson, Matilda, Horace, Lucinda & Benanuel who are the only surviving children of said Concurrence deceased.
And I further certify that Benanuel Bonfoey is administrator on the estate of said Concurrence Bonfoey, duly appointed by this Court and authorized to act in that capacity.
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Haddam this 2nd day of Nov 1850.
Attest, Isaac Arnold- Judge
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V582
Concurrence Bonfoey
wid of Benanuel dec
Cont
alld pn 2 yr $80 per
ann comd 4 March 1831
Cont. Conl line
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I Christopher Bailey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut aged eighty years, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased from his youth to the day of his death. That the sd Bernanuel Bonfoey enlisted into the army of the Revolution under Capt Charles Pond on the 2nd day of April 1777 and that he served in the army of the Revolution untill the 29th day of March 1780 when he was discharged at Westfield in New Jersey. I was in the same company with the sd Bonfoey and was discharged at the same time. I do further depose and say that some time int he summer of 1779 the sd Bonfoey obtained permission to leave the army & return to Haddam his native place and was as I understood married to Concurrence Smith now his widow with whom he lived till the day of his death, and by whom he had twelve children, six sons and six daughters. The oldest David Bonfoey was born on the 21st day of November 1779 while his father was in the service of the United States in the same company with myself as appears from an entry made in the family Bible which I have examined. The sd Bonfoey served some time & after the birth of his oldest child. The sd Benanuel Bonfoey died at Haddam aforesaid some time in the year 1825 having his widow Concurrence Bonfoey who is still living and has ever since remained a widow.
Christopher Bailey

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam July 19th 1837
On this 19th day of July 1837 personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public within and for sd State & County, Christopher Bailey and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. And I do certify that the sd Christopher Bailey is a person of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day and year last aforesaid.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I David D. Field of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut Pastor of the first Church and Society in said Haddam depose and say that after diligent search & examination I am unable to find any where in the records of sd Church of the marriage of Mrs Concurrence Bonfoey to her late husband Benanuel Bonfoey. I further depose and say that I am acquainted with Mrs Bonfoey and that she is a person of credibility and that reliance is to placed on her representations & declarations.
David D. Field

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss Haddam July 20th 1837
On this 20th day of July 1837 personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public in and for said State & County Revd David D Field and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, and I do certify that the sd David D Field is a person of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year last aforesaid.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel

September 18, 1929

Mrs. A. Coe Carpenter
223 South Victor Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 17330, it appears that Benanuel Bonfoey was born in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, date not stated.
He enlisted April 2, 1777, and served as a private in Captain Charles Pond's Company, Colonels William Douglass and Return Jonathan Meig's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged March 29, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed march 21, 1818, at which time he was living in Haddam, Connecticut, aged sixty-three years.
He died there August 14, 1825.
The soldier married July, 1779, at said Haddam, Concurrence Smith.
She was allowed pension on her application executed November 29, 1836, at which time she was living in Haddam,
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Connecticut, aged seventy-six years.
She died November 12, 1849.
Children:
David born -----
Hannah born September 13, 1781
Concurrence " June --, 1783
Asahel " May 23, 1785
Anson : September 13, 1787
Lydia : February --, 1789
Matilda " April 10, 1791
Horrace " June 20, 1793
Clarinda " March 2?, 1796
Lucinda " June 4, 1797
Benanuel " September 28, 1802
Richard " September 18, 1808
The following children survived their mother: David, Hannah, Concurrence, Anson, Lydia, Matilda, Horace, Lucinda and Benanuel, whose wife's name was Eliza.
Very truly yours,

EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner
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Westfield March 29th 1780
Benanuel Bonfoy having faithfully served three years in the 6th Connecticut Regt the term of his engagement is now discharged and permitted to pass to Haddam in sd State. The Commissaries will issue provisions for his support to that place.
Ebenr Gray Lt. Col. 6th Compy Regt


BONFOY, BENANUEL W. 17330
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17330
Concurence Bonfoy
wid of
Benanuel Bonfoy
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1835
Index:- Vol. 1,  Page 75
{Arrangement of 1870]



Geo. P

July 8/95 Hist to Bonfoey, 207 [unk] Hartford, Conn.
1917 May 10 History to Ruth Bonfoey
1929 Sept. 9 Hist to Mrs A. Coe Carpenter- see letter in Benjamin Wheeler W. 6483
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Connecticut 1841
Concurrence Bonfoy
widow of Benanuel Bonfoy decd
who died on the 14th August 1825
of Middlesex in the State of Connt.
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Pond of the Regt commanded
by Col. Douglass in the Ct. line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents, per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1838 and sent Hon. S. Ingham Ho. of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838  $560.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept " 40.00
                                             --------------------
                                                     $600.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3d}
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 2d  Page 65
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Concurrence Bonfoey
wid of Benanuel decd
Cont
[unk] [unk] L. Parmelee
Augt 3d 1837
do do Hon. S. Ingram
2d Oct. 1837 Same
4 Jan 1838

act 4 July 1836
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State of Connecticut
I, JOHN P. C. MATHER, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Huntington Selden is, and since the fourth day of July last past hath been a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed and commissioned,- having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
AND I FURHTER CERTIFY, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Huntington Seldon to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal off said State, at Hartford, this second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Jno. P. C. Mather
Secretary of State
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Benanuel Bonfoey
Connt. ad 1818 when
pend last-
HHL
7 March 38
March
1820
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Hon. S. Ingham
HR
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I David Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut depose and say that I am a son of Bernanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased & Concurrence Bonfoey of sd Haddam. That I am their oldest child and am now fifty eight years of age & shall be fifty nine in November next. I was born on the 22nd day of November 1779. I have always understood that at the time of my birth my Father was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution. I have frequently heard it remarked by my parents & others that I was an infant in the hard winter of 1780.  I have frequently heard my father say that he endured many hardships in the service of his County in 1780 while I was a babe in the arms of my mother.
David Bonfoey
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss Haddam February 14th 1838
On this 14th day of February 1838 personally appeared David Bonfoey who subscribed the foregoing deposition before me Linus Parmelee Notary Public in and for sd State & County, and made oath in dure form of law to the truth of the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day & year last aforesaid. And I do certify that the sd David Bonfoey is a person of credibility.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I Asabel Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut depose and say that I am a son of Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased & Concurrence Bonfoey the widow of sd Benanuel. That I shall be fifty three years old sometime in May 1838. That I am the fourth child of my parents. That between me and my brother David the oldest of the family there were two daughters, Hannah & Concurrence. That my brother David is nor fifty eight years of age & will I think be fifty nine sometime in November next, and was, as I have always understood, born while my father was in the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution.
Asabel Bonfoey
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam February 14th 1838
Personally appeared Asabel Bonfoey and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public in and for sd State & County. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day & year last aforesaid, & I do certify that the sd Asabel Bonfoey is a person of credibility.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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We whose names are hereunto subscribed depose and say that we have been acquainted with Mrs. Concurrence Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex, widow of Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased, for more than fifty years past. That she sustains an impeachable character for truth, and is [unk] among her acquaintance as a person of strict integrity. That her declaration whether made under oath or not are entitled to the fullest confidence. That she is reputed to have been married to her late husband during the War of the Revolution and while he was a soldier in sd War. That she lived with him for a long course of years & untill his death, and had by him twelve children, six sons and six daughters. That her oldest child David Bonfoey of sd Haddam is nor fifty eight or nine years old, & is reputed to have been born while his father was in the service of his Country during the Revolutionary War.
Perez Woodford
Jemima Dickinson
Sarah Bailey her mark X
Jabez Bailey
Joseph Scovil
Noadiah Cone
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam February 14th 1838
On this 14th day of February 1838 personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public in and for said State and County, Perez Woodford
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Jemima Dickinson, Sarah Bailey, Jabez Bailey, Joseph Scovil Esq & Noadiah Cone, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by them subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year last aforesaid. And I do certify that the aforesaid, Perez Bradford, Jemima Dickinson, Sarah Bailey, Jabez bailey, Joseph Scovil Esq, & Noadiah Cone are persons of credibility.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I Eliza Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut do depose and say that eight or ten years since my oldest child then two or three years of age had access to the family bible of Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased, which sd bible has since the death of said Bernanurl Bonfoey been kept by his widow Concurrence Bonfoey in which was kept the family records, and so tore & mutilated the blank leaf on which said record was kept, that in order to preserve the family record it became necessary to put the pieces of sd leaf together & to copy it on to another blank lead in sd bible. My husband Bernanuel Bonfoey son of sd deceased put the pieces together and dictated to me & I copied sd record on to another blank leaf in sd bible. I am unable to say that this was done eight or ten years ago from the circumstances that my sd child is now twelve years old. The misfortune to the family record happened when she was two or three years old. It was our intention to preserve a correct copy of sd family record. If the copy made out by me & now in the possession of the Commissioner of Pensions has the appearance of having been altered, or of there are interlineations they must have been made at the time I transcribed it, to correct mistakes made in copying.  I can account for it in no other way. The Bible has been in the possession of Mrs Concurrence Bonfoey ever since the death of her husband Bernanuel Bonfoey.
I do further testify and say that David Bonfoey the oldest child of Mrs Concurence Bonfoey is a
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now fifty eight or nine years old & was born as I have always understood while his father was int he service of the United States in the war of the Revolution.
Eliza Bonfoey
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam February 14th 1838
On this 14th day of February 1838, personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee, a Notary Public in and for sd State & County, Eliza Bonfoey and made oath in due forn of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day & year last aforesaid.
And I do certify that the sd Eliza Bonfoey is a person of credibility.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I Benanuel Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that some time in August 1837 I gave my deposition stating the manner in which the family record of my late father Benanurl Bonfoey was torn & almost destroyed, and the course  taken to preserve a copy of sd record, and among other thins I testifies that a child of mine about eight or ten years since had assess to the old Bible which has been kept by my mother Concurrence Bonfoey ever since the decease of my Father and so torn and mutilated sd record, that in order to preserve it, it became necessary to copy it on to another blank leaf in the same bible. This was done by my wife. I put the pieces together so that it could be read & dictated to her & she transcribed it on another blank leaf of sd Bible. And I do now depose and say that sd copy was made for the sole purpose of preserving the record of the family. And if said copy (which is now as I understand in the possession of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington) has the appearance of having been made at the time of transcribing, to correct mistakes in copying, and making it conformable to the original. No one ever had any interest or temptation to alter sd copy for any other purpose than to make it in point of fact exactly like
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the original record. It was intended to be and I have no doubt is a correct copy with such alterations as were necessary to have it conform to the original. I am not thirty five years old, and am the eleventh child of my mother Concurrence Bonfoey by her late husband. My brother David Bonfoey of sd Haddam is the oldest child of the family and was born as I have always understood while my father was in the service of the U. S. in the war of the revolution. He is now upwards of fifty eight years of age. I ought here to say that in many instances the figures made by my wife are somewhat unintelligible , and it may have been the fact in transcribing this copy, I took the pen & so altered some of the figures made by her as to make them more intelligible & like the original. There could have been no possible inducement to have this copy in my manner different from the original record.
Benanuel Bonfoey
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam February 15th 1838
On this 15th day of February 1838 personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public in and for the State & County aforesaid Benanuel Bonfoey and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office the day & year last aforesaid.
and I so certify that the sd Benanuel Bonfoey is a person of credibility.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex County ss. Haddam July 25th 1837
Court of Probate
District of Haddam} July 27th 1837
Present Simon Shailor Esq Judge 
On this 25th day of July 1837 personally appeared before this Court, Concurrence Bonfoey, a resident of the town of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in addition to her declaration of the 29th of November 1835 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That my late husband Benanuel Bonfoey enlisted into the service of the United States during the war of the Revolution for the period of three years, that some time in the month of July 1779 he obtained permission to return home, & some time in that month & year I was married to him. That soon after the said [unk] he returned to the army and there remained in the service of the United States. I should think nearly a year before he returned. I do not now recollect when my deceased husband served nor in what company or regiment.
Concurrence Bonfoey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before this Court, and this Court doth find and certify that the sd Concurrence Bonfoey is a person of credibility and that she is the widow of the sd Benanuel Bonfoey & has been & remained a widow ever since the death of the sd Benanuel Bonfoey and that she was married to the sd Benanuel Bonfoey at the time set forth in her declaration & the Court further certifies that David D. Field, John Brainard, Christopher Bailey, David Smith, & Jedediah Hazelton & Benanuel Bonfoey are persons of credibility.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of sd Court this 25th day of July 1837.
Linus Pamelee, Notary Public
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I Benanuel Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut son of Benanuel Bonfoey late of sd Haddam deceased depose and say that from my birth, I have lived in the same house with my father & mother Concurrence Bonfoey untill the death of my father & since then with my mother to the present time. That about ten years ago a child of mine so tore and mutilated the leaf in the family Bible belonging to my mother on which was entered the time of the births of all the children of the family of my father made by him in his life time, that for the purpose of preserving this family record it became necessary to make a copy of it on another blank leaf in the same Bible. This was done by my wife immediately after the original was torn as aforesaid, in my presence. I put the pieces together so that I could read it and dictate to her and she made the entries on another blank leaf in the same Bible. After she had finished transcribing, it was carefully compared by her and myself with the original and found to be correct. The leaf enclosed in this deposition marked A. is the same on which my wife made, the entries from the original leaf and has remained in the family bible of my mother untill the present time & was taken therefrom by me this 14th day of August 1837. The leaf on which the entries were originally made was so torn by the child that it was not nor could it be conveniently preserved. I am confident that the leaf herein enclosed contains a correct copy of the entries on the leaf torn & almost destroyed as aforesaid. Upon this subject I think I cannot be mistaken. I am
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now nearly thirty five years of age and this copy was made soon after the accident happened to the original with no other view than to preserve the family records.
Benanuel Bonfoey

State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam August 14th 1837
On this 14th day of August 1837 personally appeared Benanuel Bonfoey and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in due form of law and I do certify that the sd Benanuel Bonfoey is a person of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this day and  year last aforesaid.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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Incd to $96 per annum
dedg former payts at
$80 per annum comg
1 July 1848 & ending
12 Nov 1849 when
she died is payable
to Benanuel Bonfoey
Administrator for
the benefit of the
surviving children


Hon W Booth
H of R
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House of Reps
Washington Dec 5th 1850
To the Comr of Pension
Dear Sir
I enclose the claim of Benanuel Bonfoey, Administrator for increase pay as therein stated, will you please to examine the subject send report your decision to me.
Very respectfully yours &c
Walter Booth
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19 Dec 1850
Walter Booth
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House of Reps
Washington Dec 19th 1850
J E Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
Dear Sir
I left with you on the 5th inst the claim of C Bonfoey Administrator will you please permit me to call your attention to that subject,
Very respectfully yours
Walter Booth
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Haddam Conn July 25th 1837
Sir,
I herewith once more send you the application of Mrs Concurrence Bonfoey for apension under the act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836. It is so long since her first application was forwarded to the Commissioner of Pensions, that I hope to be excused for requesting in behalf of Mrs Bonfoey an early answer to this.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servt
Linus Parmelee

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Jan 3
In- at
Hon S. Ingham
HR


Rev file
J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Washington
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Washington H of R
Jan 2d 1838

Sir
I transmit to you a letter from Lynus Parmely Esq respecting the pens application of Mrs Bonfoey.
Will you have the kindness to inform me of the condition of that application.

I have the honor to be your obt servt
Samuel Ingham


Hon'ble
J. L. Edwards
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Haddam Feby 15th 1838
Dear Sir,
I have taken the liberty once more to trouble you with the application of Mrs Concurrence Bonfoey & herewith send you several deposition the object which you will discover. The testimonyuregarding the character of Mrs Bonfoey & the time of the birth of her eldest child, comes from person who have always lived in her neighborhood & have been acquainted with her from early life & know the age of her children. David himself has testified in regard to his age & all acquainted with him know that he is as old as he says is. I wish you would if you think it advisable present these deposition to the Commissioner & also the deposition of the persons who transmitted the copy of the family record. Benanuel Bonfoey & his wife Eliza have given all the explanation that can be given relative to the apparent alterations of that document. No one ever had any interest or temptation to alter any part of it unless it was to convert errors made in transcribing it & to make it correspond in regard to facts with the original. I have conversed with both these witnesses separately relative to the copying of the original family record & its destruction & they have both told the same story; I think that they called both of them testify in person before the Commissioner. I think he would be perfectly satisfied that nothing wrong has been done or attempted to be done relative to this record. Will you attend to the business as early
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as you can conveniently. I have not procured an additional deposition of David Smith because I did not think it necessary & because he resides in Wethersfield some distance from me.
The great objection seems to be that the copy of the family record appears to have been altered, I hope this objection is now alleviated.   It is important for me to anticipate further objection. Should the commissioner reject the application it will I think be best to get the opinion of the Secretary of War, unless you can think of further testimony which will prove available before the Commissioner.
Your friend in haste
Linus Parmelee
Hon Samuel Ingham
City of Washington
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I Jedediah Hazelton of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut, aged seventy two years depose and say I have been acquainted with Mrs Concurrence Bonfoey the widow of the late Benanuel Bonfoey from her childhood. That Mr Benanuel Bonfoey from her late husband became acquainted with her before he went into the army of the Revolution. That while he was in the army Mrs Bonfoey found herself in the situation that unmarried females sometimes are and Mr Bonfoey was sent for and apprised of her situation, He ontained permission to leave the army, returned home and was as I suppose married to Mrs Bonfoey then Concurrence Smith. I do not recollect the time when this marriage took place but am confident it was during the Revolutionary War. Mrs Bonfoey lived with her husband untill the day of his death which happened ten or twelve years since. They has a large family of children. It is my impression that Mr Bonfoey after the marriage returned to the army. Mrs Bonfoey is now and ever has since the death of her husband been a widow.
Jedediah Hazelton
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam July 20th 1837
On this 20th day of July 1837 personally appeared before me Linus Parmelee a Notary Public in and for sd State & County, Jedediah Hazelton and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by her subscribed and I do certify that the sd Jedediah Hazelton is a person of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office the say & year last aforesaid.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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582
Concurrence Bonfoey
Connt
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No. 582
3 Sec.
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State of Connecticut
Middlesex County  Ss
Court of Probate
District of Hartford     October 25th 1830
[illegible] Esqr Judge
On this 25th day of October AD 1838 personally
appeared before this Court Concurrence Benfoey 
a resident of the town of Haddam County of
Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged seventy
six 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 the act of Congress passed
Feb 4th 1830 - that she is the widow of
Benanuel Bonfoey late of said Haddam decd
who was a private in the army the Revolution
that he performed [illegible] services in the
capacity aforesaid both before and after the
marriage hereinafter specified for the particulars
of which services [illegible] may be had [illegible] the
Documents already in the Pension Office-that
by virtue of the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818
he died & received a pension for a certain
period of time but in virtue of a subsequent
act of Congress his name was with many
others struck from in the Pension List
She further declares that she was married
to the said Benanuel Bonfoey sometime in the
month of July Seventeen hundred & Seventy nine
that her husband the aforesaid Benanuel Bonfoey
died on the 14th day of August AD 1825 and
that she has remained a widow ever since
that period as will more fully appear by
reference to the proof hereto annexed-
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before this Court.
N. B. The interlineation "to the proof: was made before signing.
Concurrence Bonfoey
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25th day of October AD 1835.
Linus Parmelee, Clerk


I David Smith of Wethersfield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut aged seventy eight years depose and say that I am a brother of Concurrence Bonfoey, that she was married to Benanuel Bonfoey late of Haddam in the County of Middlesex some time in the months of July 1779 the precise day of the month I cannot recollect. I was present at her marriage and further this deponent saith not.
David Smith
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss. Wethersfield November 8th 1836
Personally appeared David Smith and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed and I do certify that sd David Smith is a person of credibility. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this eighth day of November 1836.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I Benanuel Bonfoey of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the Stat of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am a son of Benanuel Bonfoey late of said Haddam deceased- that my father died at said Haddam on the 14th day of August AD 1825 leaving my mother Concurrence Bonfoey his widow. That the said Concurrence Bonfoey is now and ever has been since the decease of my father a widow and further this deponent saith not.
Benanuel Bonfoey
State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex ss. Haddam November 8th 1835
Personally appeared Benanuel Banfoey and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and I do certify that the sd Benanuel Bonfoey is a person of credibility. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this eighth day of November one thousand and eight hundred and thirty six.
Linus Parmelee, Notary Public
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I John Brainerd of Haddam in the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut, Clerk of the Town of Haddam aforesaid & of the first Eccliseastical Society in said town, testify and say that after diligent search, I have been unable to find any record of the marriage of Concurrance Bonfoey to Benanuel Bonfoey late of said Haddam dicceased in the records of [illeg] Town or Parish --
[signed] John Brainerd
Sworn to in open Court this 29th day of November 1836 & also subscribed on [symbol meaning ?this?] day in open Court & this court certifies that the [symbol meaning ?said?] John Brainerd is a person of credibility
Linus Parmelee, Clerk
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I Benanawel Bonfoey Administrator in the estate of Concurrence Bonfoey deceased declare that Concurrence Bonfoey was the widow of Benanawel Bonfoey who was a pensioner of the United States under aut. 18th March 1818 at the rate of 96 dollars per annum, that said Banawel died in the year 1825 on the 14th day of August, that Concurrence Bonfoey was the identical person named in the pension Certificate [herewith struck through] surrendered, and she died on the 1th day of Nov 1849. That I belieave an increase of pension is due in her- case and I respectfully ask the Commissioner of Pensions to examine her claim and allow what may be found to be her due. Subscribed & Sworn to on this  2nd day of November 1850 Bonanawel Bonfoey, admin
In presence of J Kelsey
J. T. Kelsey

State of Connecticut}
Middlesex County}ss On this 2nd day of November 1850 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County Benanawel Bonfoey above named and made oath that the declaration signed by him is tru and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the Declarant and am full satisfied of the truth of his statements.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name the day & year above written
Huntington Selden Justice of the Peace

over
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To the Commissioner of Pensions Sir Huntington Selden Esquire Postmaster at Middle Haddam Ct is hereby authorised and empowered to act as my attorney in establishing my claim to an increase of pension on the estate of Concurrence Bonfoey deceased the amt which may be found due herewith payable to myself by the United States pension Agent in Hartford Connecticut Signed in the presence of J. Kelsey J.T. Kelsey Benanawel Bonfoey
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Middletown, Conn., May 3 1917
Bought of Clarence P. Bonfoey Meats, Groceries and Provisions Telephone 366-2 181 Court Street
[handwritten]  Will you kindly send me a copy of the Pension Papers of Benanuel Bonfoey. He was a Pensioner of 1818. I shall appreciale an early reply. Yours truly, Ruth Bonfoey Middletown Conn
box 1095
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Hartford, Conn., June 25, 1895
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:--Please send me a copy of the services of Benanuel Bonfoey, of Haddam, Conn., in the War of the Revolution. I want it for genealogical purposes. Yours very truly [signature] Geo. P. Bonfoey 207 Ashley Street.

P[handwritten]
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In reply to your request of _______________,
received _________________________
for a statement of the military history of Benanuel Bonfoy a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
M. F. 17,330

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Apr. 2. 1777 to Mch 9. '80

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OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN Charles Pond 
COLONEL
 Wm Douglass
Return Jonathan Meigs
=
STATE.
Conn.

Battles engaged in, [a check mark is inserted on the line]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated. 
Date of application for pension, Mch 21 1818. His cl. [illegible] al.
Residence at date of application, Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, (62 yro. He was born at Haddam, Conn. He died Aug. 14, 1825 there.

Remarks: He mar in July 1779, Concurrence Smith & she was [illegible] [illegible] on her ap. ex, Nov 29, 1836, while a resident of Haddam, Conn, aged 76 yrs. She died Nov 12, 1849. Children: David, Hannah, Concurrence, Asabel, Anson, Lydia, Matilda, Horace, Lucinda, Clarinda, Benanuel, and Richard.
Respectfully, [illegible sentence] Commissioner

I have omitted dates of birth as
eldest child was born in Nov. 1779.