Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Benjamin Weed, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn

Weed, Benjamin

NUMBER
Dis

CONTENTS
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Oct. 27. 1915
To the Dept. of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sirs;
I am writing to ask for a copy of the 
record of Benjamin Weed of Stamford, Conn,
who is said to have been wounded during the
Rev. War and to have been pensioned
Also, to ask if Peter of Isaac Reed of said
town of Stamford all on the pension rolls?-
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Peter was from June 22. 1738,_____Isaac, Sept
10, 173

Thanking you in advance for the search and the record which will definitely place the 
Benjamins and others on a large family [illegible]
the name of Weed and present any acceptance
of the ancestor in a Revolutionary society. 

I am, very truly yours-
E. E. R. Cairns
Addresse:  Mrs Jasper Cairns
264 West 57th St. N. Y. City, N.Y.
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1 - 2 ct  Stamp & Returned Dec, 7, 1921

Ashland, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Would you kindly let me know if you have anything on your
files relative to Benjamin Weed, who went in defense of New York, from
the town of Stamford, Conn, who served as sergeant 170 days in the
year 1775 in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the
Ridgefield skirmish, and was a pensioner. I would like to know the
names of his wife and children, and the date of his death particularly.

Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Ellen Sharick
206 Center St.

If there is anything else you
could give me about him, I
should be glad

[UA Pension Office imprint of stamp dated Nov 25 1921]
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June 5, 1933
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
A-TEL
Benjamin Weed.3986
Benjamin Weed-No papers.

Mr. Thurlow W. Buxton
823 E. 15th Street
Brooklyn, New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information
in regard to Jonathan Buxton and three soldiers named Benjamin
Weed, who served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made
in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension having been
the source of the data furnished by this office. The records of two
soldiers named Benjamin Weed are given below.

Benjamin Weed
W.8986

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.8986, based upon the military
service of Benjamin Wood in that war.

Benjamin Weed was born December 18, 1759, in Stamford (that part
which was later Darien), Connecticut.

While residing in Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted in December,
1775, served as a private in Captain Eli Leavenworth's Company, Colonel
Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment, was in the retreat from New York
, the battles of White Plains, Trenton and Princeton, length of
service one year and one months he enlisted in March, 1777, served
in Captain Stephen Betts' Company, Colonel Joseph Hait's Connecticut
Regiment, and was discharged in January, 1780, at which time he was
serving as waiter to Colonel Holdridge.
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Benjamin Weed was allowed pension on his application executed
August 31, 1832, while residing in Darien, Connecticut.

He died January 11, 1846, in said Darien, Connecticut.

The soldier married September 17, 1820, at Stamford, Connecticut,
Hannah Hoyt. He was then of Darien and she of Stamford, Connecticut.

Soldier's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her applicatio
executed February 26, 1853, while residing in Darien, Connecticut.
In 1869, it was stated that she was aged ninety-one years.

The only name of a child that is given is son Isaac, who, in
resided in Darien, Connecticut.

In 1855, one Smith Weed resided in Fairfield County, Connecticut,
and in 1868, one Alvah Weed resided in Darien, Connecticut: no relationship of either of the above named persons with surname Weed to
the soldier and his wife was stated.
. . . . . . 
Benjamin Weed
See letter in case
No papers
Disability pension

See letter in case Ben,. Weed. W.8986

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Benjamin
Weed, Junior, served as a private in the 9"\th Connecticut Regiment during
the Revolutionary War.

He was allowed pension from November 24, 1788, under the Act of
June 7, 1785, on account of disability incurred in service, the nature
of which is not shown. He was then residing in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

There are no further data relative to his service and none whatever
in regard to his family because of the destruction of the papers
in such early applications for pension when the War Office was burned
in 1800.

The foregoing histories are those of the only soldiers named
Benjamin Weed, who served from Connecticut, that are found on the Revolutionary
War records of this office.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
ASSISTANT to Administrator.
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November 4, 1915
Mrs. Jasper Cairns,
West 57th Street,
New York City.

[illegible]
In reply to your letter dated the 27 ultimo.
you are advised that on the list of Invalid Pensioners residing in Fairfield County, Connecticut, appears
the name Benjamin Weed, private of the 9th Connecticut Militia, who was allowed 
 $36 per annum from November
1766, under the Act of June 7, 1785. (crossed out:  increased to $48 per annum 
and under Act of April 24, 1816)

Owing to the destruction or records when the British
burned Washington in 1814, there are no papers on file
relative to said claim.

The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail
to afford any information in regard to Peter of Isaac
Weed described by you.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzberger
Commissioner

[Note on left : Same letter to Miss Ellen Sharick Dec 7, 1921]
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Commissioner,