Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,653, for Isaac Spencer, Connecticut
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Service Conn.
Spencer, Isaac
Number S.15.653

CONTENTS

carded
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28,032
Connecticut
Isaac Spencer
Hartford in the State of Con
who was a Pri in the conn commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded
by Col Wyllis in the war Troops
line for 9 mo. 8 days Conn
13 mo. 28. Secretary
1 mo 4 aid de camp

Inscribed on the Roll of Con 
rate of 407 Dollars 42 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Jany 1834
and Senr Isaac
Spence Treasurer of Con Hartford

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832..............$1017.55
Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar. 24.........283.71
.............................................................................$1221.26

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol 3 Page 44

Died Oct 16, 1840
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ⎬ ss August

On this 15th day of August, Personally appeared in open Court,
before the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford
now sitting, Isaac Spencer a resident of Hartford in the
County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, now in the Seventy
third year of his age, who being first duly 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
7th 1832. viz)
That on the ninth day of May 1775, being then resident in
the Town of East Haddam, and State of Connecticut, he enlisted
as a Soldier in the Regiment of State Troops raised by the then
Colony of Connecticut, known by the name of General Spencer,
Regiment, and commanded by Lieut. Col. Samuel Wyllys in the
Company called Genl. Spencer Company, and commanded by
Capt. Lieut. John Willey, and served at Roxbury, in the then
Colony of Massachusetts Bay, Seven Months and Eight days,
when he was discharged on the Seventeenth day of December
D. 1775 with the rest of said Regiment, for further proof of which
service, he refers to the accompanying deposition of Doct John R Watious
Surgeons mate in the aforesaid Regiment; and the Certificate of
the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut-

That in December AD 1776, when Major Genl Joseph Spencer
was ordered by Genl George Washington, to take the command of
the Troops, assembled, and assembling in the State of Rhode Island
to defend the Country against the British forces, then in possession
of the Island of Rhode Island, and as he the said Genl. Spencer
was passing from the Army in the State of New York to his command 
he agreed with him the said Isaac Spencer, then being resident
in the Town of East Haddam, and State of Connecticut that he
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should enlist in the Company of Capt. Elijah Smith of Chatham in
said State, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thaddeus Cook,
which was then raising by the State of Connecticut, agreeable to
Act of Assembly at their session in November 1776, to serve until
the 15th day of March then next unless sooner discharged, when
viz in December 1776 aforesaid, he the said Isaac Spencer immediately
did Enlist, and the said Maj Genl. Spencer then gave
an Order to the aforesaid Capt. Smith, to detach him the said
Isaac Spencer from the Company, to serve as a Clerk in the
family of the said General Spencer, according to which order,
he the said Isaac Spencer did go directly on to Providence in the
State of Rhode Island, and there did duty as a Clerk to said General
Spencer, until the later part of February, or the first part of March
1777 according to his best recollection; when he was appointed
Secretary to the said Genl. Spencer, who was then commander of
that department, and received a commission with the Ranks
of Major, signed by John Hancock President of Congress, which
Commission by being carried in his pocket while in service, was
so worn at the edges, that it came to pieces and was afterwards
lost. That soon after his appointment as Secretary with the
Rank of Major, as aforesaid; and agreeable to a Resolution of
Congress, recommending that all continental Troops should be
Inoculated with the Small Pox, he went with others to the
Hospital provided for that purpose, in the now town of Montville
in New London and State of Connecticut, and was inoculated
with many others belonging to the Army, on the Eleventh day
of March AD 1777, and as soon as pronounced fit for service, by
the Surgeons, he returned with others who survived, to his duty
at Rhode Island, and continued in service, in his said capacity
and Rank, until the resignation of the said Maj Genl. Spencer,
and to the time that Major Gen John Sullivan arrived, and
relieved him, which he the said Isaac Spencer believes was about
the last days of April 1778, when all the Staff Officers of
the family, and attached to the command of the said Major
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Genl. Spencer, were by his Orders, dismissed from the service of
the United States. For further proof of the aforesaid service he
refers to the accompanying depositions duly authenticated, of
Colonel Ephraim Bowen now of Warrick in Rhode Island, who
was Deputy Quarter Master General, for the Rhode Island Department,
of Mr. Joseph Peck, Zacheus Waldo and Roger Huntington Esq. who
were attached to the family of Maj. Genl. Spencer at Providence.
That he the said Isaac Spencer was in after the services
aforementioned, viz, in the year 1779 appointed an Aid de Camp
to Genl. Joseph Spencer who was then Major General of the Division of
the Militia of Connecticut, that he had the rank of Major
under which appointment, he did several short tours of duty,
with the said Maj "Genl. Spencer, one of which was in the months
of November and December AD 1779, along the shore of the State of
Connecticut from Greenwich to Stonington Point, inspecting
the Guards at the various posts along the Court, and revoking
[left side written sideways: 3 Service]
the Commissions which had been granted to commander of armed
Boats along the sound, by the Governor of Connecticut, and was
about one month. Also that he was in service in said capacity
of Aid de Camp, at sundry alarms on the coast, particularly at
the time the enemy landed and burnt the Town of New London
in 1781, at which last mentioned alarm he was in service
several days. For further proof of which services he refers to the
accompanying Copy of a preamble and Resolve of the Governor
and Council of Safety of Connecticut, passed November 25th 1779
duly certified by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of
Connecticut, and the depositions duly authenticated of
Mr. Nathaniel Lord, Daniel S Emmons and Jon Moseley Esq.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or
annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on
the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.-
Isaac Spencer
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I William Hungerford now of Hartford in the State of Connecticut
formerly of East Haddam in said State, do hereby certify that
I have been for many years, well acquainted with Isaac
Spencer Esq. who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that I believe him to be in the 73d year of his age;
that in the neighbourhood in which he formerly resided,
in said Town of East Haddam during my residence there, which
continued until about three years since, he was reputed and
believed, and to the best of my knowledge, and belief is there
still reputed, and believed to have been a soldier of the Revolution,
and I concur in that opinion & furthermore y is a person
of fair character for veracity -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Wm Hungerford

The following interrogatories were propounded by the Court vis
1st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. In the Town of East Haddam County of Hartford now
County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut on the
12th day of October A. 1759.
2d Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it?
Answer. No other than family Records.

3d Where were you living when called into service? where have
lived since the Revolutionary War, and when do you now live?
Answer - At East Haddam Co of Hartford (since Co of Middlesex
and State of Connecticut where I resided from the period
of the Revolutionary war (except when occasionally absent on public
and private business, until the month of May AD 1818 when I
was appointed Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, since
which time, I have resided at Hartford in said State.
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4th How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you
Volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer. As I have before stated in the declaration.-
5th State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with
the Troops, when you served; such continental and Militia
Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances
of your service.
Answer - In 1775 while at Roxbury, Genl. Artemas Ward, had the
immediate command, subordinate to Genl. Geo. Washington who
was at Cambridge. The Regiment and Company to which I
belonged, and the commanding officers, were as I have before
stated in the declaration. I have also stated in the previous
declaration, the names of some of the Regular officers, and
the general circumstances of my services as an Office at Rhode
Island, and subsequently in the Militia on the court of
Connecticut-
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so,
by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer - In 1775. I recd no written discharge. my term of enlistment
having expired, I was discharged with the rest of the Regiment
in accordance with general orders.
Did you ever receive a Commission, and if so by whom was
it signed, and what has become of it?-
Answer. I received a Commission as Secretary with the
Rank of Major, signed by John Hancock President of
Congress, which was worn and lost in the service, & which
circumstance I have expressly stated in my declaration.
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for
veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of
the Revolution.
Answer.
William Hungerford Esquire
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the
above named applicant Isaac Spencer, was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and officer, and served as he states. And the Court
further certifies, that it appears to them that William Hungerford Esq
who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the
Town of Hartford, State of Connecticut, and is a credible person,
and that his statement is entitled to credit.-
Jared Griswold Clerk of the County Court, for the County
of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said
Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Spencer for a
Pension
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & seal of
office this fifteenth day of August
one thousand eight hundred &
thirty two
and Griswold Clerk Co Ct
Hartford Co Connecticut
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October 31, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/CC
Isaac Spencer
3. 15653

Miss Cleo Spencer
203 West Franklin Street,
Bloomfield, Iowa.

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file
in pension claim, S. 15653, based upon service of Isaac Spencer
in the Revolutionary War.
Isaac Spencer was born in East Haddam, Hartford (later Middlesex )
County, Connecticut, October 12, 1759. He was the son of General
Joseph Spencer. The name of his mother is not shown.
While residing at said East Haddam, Isaac Spencer enlisted
May 9, 1775, served as a private in Captains Spencer's and John
Willey's companies, General Joseph Spencer's (soldier's father's
and Colonel Samuel Wyllys Connecticut Regiment and marched to Roxbury,
Massachusetts, where he served until December 17, 1775; he enlisted
again in December, 1776, as a private in Captain Elijah Smith's
company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Connecticut regiment, and his father,
Major General Joseph Spencer, having been ordered by General Washington
to take command of the troops on Rhode Island, obtained the consent
of Captain Smith and Colonel Cook that Isaac be detached which was
accordingly done and he was appointed clerk to his father and went
with him to Rhode Island and continued to serve as said clerk until
about March 1, 1777, when he was appointed secretary to his father,
with the rank of major and served in this capacity until April 28,
1778, when he left the service; in 1779, General Spencer having been
appointed major general of Connecticut Militia, Isaac Spencer was
appointed aide-de-camp, with the rank of major, to his father, and
continued to serve in this capacity until 1781; he stated that he
served at various times on alarms, generally along the coast and was
at New London when it was burned in September, 1781; entire length
of this service not shown.
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Isaac Spencer stated that after the Revolution he continued
to reside in East Haddam, Connecticut, until May, 1818, when he
was appointed Treasurer of the State of Connecticut and moved to
Hartford, that state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August
15, 1832, while residing in Hartford, Connecticut. There is no
claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon the service
in the Revolutionary War of Major General Joseph Spencer.
Isaac Spencer died October 16, 1840.
There are no data as to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and
the name and address of person paid you should address the
Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,
this city and cite the following data:
Isaac Spencer
Certificate #28032
Issued January 20, 1834
$407.42 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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BY HIS EXCELLENCE
Lemuel H Arnold
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of
Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
Be it known that the name "HENRY BOWEN."" to the aforewritten
attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry
Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to
law. Wherefore unto his said attestation full faith and credit
are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of said State to be affixed, at Providence, this twenty sixth day of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
and of Independence the Seventh
Lemuel H Arnold
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen
Secry
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State of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantations
Secretary's Office July 26 AD 1832
Certify that Charles F Tillinghast whose
signature is annexed to the foregoing certificate
is a Justice of the Peace within the town of
Providence duly elected and commissioned;
as appears of record in this office
Witness
them
Henry Bowen Secry
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I Ephraim Bowen of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island,
do testify & declare, That in the early part of February 1777. 1777
Being then appointed a Captain of a Company in the Rhode
Island Regt Commanded by Colo Daniel Hitchcock, left
The Head Quarter of the American Army at Morristown for
Providence, the place of my nativity, and arrived there about
the tenth of sd month, where I found Major General Joseph
Spencer in command of the Troops of that Department, & where
he continued until he was relieved by General John Sullivan
in April 1778. I further Testify that I well recollect, that his
Son Mr Isaac Spencer was with his Father and was
attached to the Family of his Father, Genl Spencer, & acting
as an aid de Camp & Secretary to him the said General
During the time, after my return to Providence, until
the said General was relieved as aforesaid. I have a
perfect recollection of the aforementioned acts. For having
Resigned the command of my company to
my Lieut Shaw who fell in the Defence of Red Bank,
I remained in Rhode Island, acting as an assistant to
General Miflin, the then 2nd Mr. Genl of the Army until
General Greens succeeded him, as 2nd Mr. Genl. whom I 
thereafter served by his Deputation as long as he sustained
That appointment as his D. 2nd. Mr. General for the R Island Department.
Ephraim Bowen
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence  So. 
In Providence this twenty sixth day of July
AD 1832, the above named Ephraim Bowen
appeared before me and made oath to the truth
of the above statement subscribed by him
Charles F. Tillinghast
Justice of the Peace
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300
  76
   1.66
 26.66
   3.10
_________
407.42

5081-
Isaac Spencer

7 mo 8 days 1775
2 mo            1766

6
3.10
1862
15,02
8.28

28 day 1775
2 in
1776
16.28 Secretary
1 [illegible] dc canto
_________
7 mo 8 days fervert
2 mo    do
13 mo 28 secretary
1 mo 4 aid de camp
$407.42
Isaac Spencer
Treasurer of Ct
Hartford
Rev. J. L. Spencer
Ct
Present
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office,
May 28 1833

Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed
before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of

Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service Years. Months. Days. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

I am, respectfully,
To obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions

Isaac Spencer
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and the
Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. ┃The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Ste, Territory of
County of } ss.

On this     day of       personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of      in the county of         and State, Territory or District of       aged (c)      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)      , with        and served in the     (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 

Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers; the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B. 

And then will follow the certificate of the Court.}

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.

I                                   of the Court of     do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of           for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this    day of     & c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:

(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman residing in the       hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with        and C. D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
          of office, this        day of      & c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained,
the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected
therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be for the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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S. &
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be exexpected
. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
Casc.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it givren
, and what has become of it?
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
Office has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will for
low the rule laid down for his guidance.
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for a
confirming to the
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the person or persons of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
Every element must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a -. For - months and - days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four monthe
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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
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 place 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.
a law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 conin
the affidavit, or other papers 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 a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the department, he must prove his service by two credible witness
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and time to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness
, and the other character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
are all equally applicable to the cases of Miltia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
does not appear from the evidence
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adduced to prove his services that Claimant
enlisted as a soldier and was taken from
the company, which he alleges to have belonged
and served as a clerk to Maj. Spencer.
it must distinctly appear that he enlisted as
a soldier and was detached - Claimant
must state with precision the length of
different made of his service.
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Comptrollers Office
July 16th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public
Accounts of the State of Connecticut do
certify, that there is charged to the
United States, upon the journal of the
Pay Table, under date February 26th ┃
1780, "To order on Treasurer Genl.
"Joseph Spencer, service on Sea Coast
"L427.76", & that this charges contained
in the abstract of the time of this State
against the United State, the vouchers
for which, were delivered to receipt bal.
by C. Haskell Conel.

E. Phelps
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State of Connecticut, County Hartford, Probate
District of Harford, in said County,

On this 17th day of July AD 1833 personally
appeared before the Court of Probate within and
for said district, in open Court, Isaac Spencer
a resident of the City & Town of Hartford
in said district in the seventy fourth year of
age, who being duly sworn according to line
doth on his oath make the following explanatory
& supplemental application, in order to others
the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, on
that he enlisted into & served, as a private
in the first Company & second Regiment
of troops raised by the then Colony of Connecticut●
in May 1775 & that he served therein seven
months and eight days, or from
the 9th of May to the 17th of December 1775
as is more particularly stated in his
original application
That in the month of December
1776 he is confident, but the day of the month
he cannot now pertain or recollect, he
entered into a company commanded by
Capt. Elijah Smith, & Regiment by Cook
Thaddeus Cook, to serve therein until the
15th day of March 1777; & that immediately
after his enlistment he was taken from
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said Company by the said Genl Joseph
Spencer, who was his father, and ordered to
serve as his his clerk, & that he continued to
serve in that capacity during the month of
January 1777, & he believes, during the whole
that he served in that capacity not less
than two months; and that as early as the
first day of March 1777, the said General
Spencer appointed him, Secretary with the
rank of Major; & that he received a commission for said office, signed by John Hancock President of Congress, which was worn out and lost, as has been more fully mentioned
in his preceeding application, & there is no
other proof of its existence & loss within his
knowledge & that he continued to hold
said appointment of Secretary to said
General Spencer, until the 28th day of
April 1778 as he verily believes; and
that he continued to serve in that capacity
and rank from said first day of March
1777 until said 28th day of April 1778, except
a few weeks where he had the small
pose & that this tour of duty from the time of
was not less than sixteen months, & that he
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knows of no witnesses or other evidence by which
he can prove this service & his rank then
what now accompanies this application
original & supplemental
said Gen. Spencer was appointed a Major General of the Militia of this State and appointed
him, the applicant, his aid de bones with
the land of Major, & that in this capacity he
performed several tours of duty. In the month
of November and December 1779 he performed
one upon the east from Stonington, the
Southeastern part of the State, to Greenwich
the Southwestern which was not less than
one month in duration another of at
last four days, in September 1781 when
New London was burnt, & at that place
He does not now recollect any person by
whom he can prove his service than what he
had already said.

Sworn & subscribed to the day & year
aforesaid
Isaac Spencer
We Joel Hawes , a Clergyman residing
in the City of Hartford, & William Hungerford
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residing in the same hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Isaac Spencer
who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration, that we believe him to be more than
seventy years of age; that he is respected
and believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the revolution
that we concur in that opinions
Joel Hawes
Wm Hungerford

Sworn and subscribed the day & year

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter & after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And
the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the
said Joel Hawes & Willing
who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the City of Hartford, that
William Hungerford Esq who has also signed the same
is also a resident of said City, & is a credible
person, & that their statement is entitled to credit
I Henry Belden Clerk of the Court of Probate for the
district of Hartford do certify that I have attached to the
original proceedings of said Court the documentary
evidence of land from Rhode Island in the matter of
the application of Isaac Spencer Esqr for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
Seal of Office this 17th day of July 1833
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Col Chutin C
21 June

Isaac Spencer Esqr
to Kingman of
of
Hartford
Ct

[bottom of the page upside down]
Dov J Co Vatron Dept to prove service at Roxbury 1775
No. 1
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Dov J Co Vatron Dept to prove service at Roxbury 1775
No. 1

[bottom of the page upside down]

Col Chutin C
21 June

Isaac Spencer Esqr
to Kingman of
of
Hartford
Ct
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I John R Watrous of Colchester, in the County of
New London, State of Connecticut, do testify and say
that in the year 1775, was in the army of the Revolution, in capacity of Surgeons mate, attached to a
Regiment of which Samuel Wyllys was Colonel Commandant, stationed at Roxbury, near Boston that I then
and there well knew Isaac Spencer, who was, I believe
a Soldier in a Company of which John Willey was
Capt Lieutenant, in said Regiment - The Regiment
was denominated. General Spencer's Regiment, from
the fact that Brigadier General at that time, from
Connecticut, had the commanded of Regiments
the aforesaid Isaac Spencer, according to my under
standing & belief, enlisted for, and served seven months
in sd Regiment, being the term for which the Army
at that time was raised, viz from May 1775 to December
of January 1776 - Colchester June 7 1832

John Watrous, Surgeons Mate
to a Regiment in the
Army of the Revolution
commanded by Samuel
Wyllys as Colo. Command
in the year 1775

State of Connecticut New London County
Colchester June 21th AD 1832
Personally appeared John R. Watrous age and made
on oath that the above affidavit or deposition)
by him subscribed contains the truth the whole truth
nothing but the South Sworn before me
Samuel A. Peters Justice of the
Peace for New London County
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Colchester June 21st 1832
Isaac Spencer Esq

Sir

I herewith, agreeably to your
request, send you a statement of my knowledge
of your being in the army of the Revolution in the
year 1775 I have stated according to my best
recollection-- if there is any thing in imminent,
if you will state it to one, I will endeavor to
certify it of your being in service afterwards
conclude you have other evidence
I am Sir

respectfully yours

John Watrous

N.B. If I had not been much engaged. I would
have transcribed the deposition and had it a
little more systematic
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Comptroller Certificate
to prove service at Roxbury 1775
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Comptrollers Office Aug3rd 1832
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts
for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it
appears by the copy of a pay roll, of the first
Company of the 2nd Regiment raised by order
of the General Assembly Colony of Connecticut
May A 1775, now remaining in this Office that
Peace Spencer belonged to said Company; and
enlisted into it on the 9th day of May 1775, was
discharged therefrom on the 17th day of December
1775, being seven months and eight days, & that upon
the copy of said pay roll, is a certificate, signed by
This Seymour E. Williams & C. Ellsworth as
Committee of Pay Table, that the same is a true
copy of B. Geo Spencer's original pay roll & settlement
with him thereon made, except an error of 39 /6 over cast in the original.
Elisha Phelps
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Joseph Pecks. deposition to 
from service in Rhode Island
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I Joseph Peck of Lyme in the County of New London and
State of Connecticut, now in the Seventy Seventh year of
my age, do testify and say that I joined the Army of
the United States at Providence in Rhode Island, under the
command of Major General Joseph Spencer, in the early part of
the month of January 1777 and served as a waiter
to the said General Spencer until his resignation of the
command of said Army, which I believe was sometime in
the month of April 1778, and that while in said
service, I was well acquainted with Isaac Spencer Esq
of East Haddam in the State of Connecticut but now of
Hartford and Treasure of said State, and know that he
was secretary to his Father the said General Spencer and
had the rank of Major, and that he served in said
capacity and Rank during the whole of the aforementioned
period
Lyme August Joseph Perk

State of Connecticut
New Loutlon County} ss Lyme August 4th AD 1832
Personally appeared Joseph Peck signer
of the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same
Before me
Henry M. Waite Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally and
well acquainted with the above named Joseph Peck
and that he is a credible witness
Henry M. Waite Justice of Peace
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Z Waldos A Huntingtons
Depo
to prove service in State of 
Rhode Island
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I Zacheus Waldo
of Windham in Windham
County and State of
Connecticut Testify and
say that in the year 
1777 in the month of April 
April I enlisted into Col. Durkeys Regiment and
Capt Jedediah Hydes Company - while in service
I was transferred to Genl Spensor's family and served
as a waiter to Major Sanford Kingsbury who
then was an all to General Spencer, at which
time major Isaac Spencer lived in a family
and acted as a Secretary to General Spencer
I served under Major Kingsbury 8 months & the
P. Isaac Spencer while I lived in sd Service
Continued to serve as secretary to sd General Spencer
and when my time was out which was in
the month of December the sd Isaac was continued
in said office
Windham July 23d 1832

ZacheusWaldo

State of Connecticut } ss Windham July 23d 1832
Personally appeared Zacheus Waldo and made
oath to the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me John Baldwin Justice Peace
I certify that the above Zacheus Waldo is
well known to me and is a credible witness
John Baldwin Justice Peace
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I Zacheus Waldo of Windham in Windham County and State of
Connecticut

I Testify and
say that in the year 1777 in the mouth
April I enlisted into Col. Durkey's Regiment and
Capt Jedediah Hydes Company - while in service
I was transferred to Genl Spens family and served
as a waiter to Major Sanford Kingsbury, who
then was an All to General Spencer, at which
time major Isaac Spencer lived in a family
and acted as a Secretary to General Spencer
I served under Major Kingsbury & months & the
Isaac Spencer while I lived in sd Service
Continued to serve as secretary to sd General Spencer
and when my time was out which was in
the month of December the sd Isaac was continued
in said office
Windham July 23d 1832
Zacheus Waldo
-
State of Connecticut
County of Windham} ss  F Windham July 23d 1832
Personally appeared Zacheus Waldo and made
oath to the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me John Baldwin Justice Peace
I certify that the above Lanes Waldo is
well known to me and is a credible witness
John Baldwin Justice Peace
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I Zacheus Waldo of Windham in Windham County and State of
Connecticut

I Testify and
say that in the year 1777 in the mouth
April I enlisted into Col. Durkey's Regiment and
Capt Jedediah Hydes Company - while in service
I was transferred to Genl Spens family and served
as a waiter to Major Sanford Kingsbury, who
then was an All to General Spencer, at which
time major Isaac Spencer lived in a family
and acted as a Secretary to General Spencer
I served under Major Kingsbury & months & the
Isaac Spencer while I lived in sd Service
Continued to serve as secretary to sd General Spencer
and when my time was out which was in
the month of December the sd Isaac was continued
in said office
Windham July 23d 1832
Zacheus Waldo
-
State of Connecticut
County of Windham} ss  F Windham July 23d 1832
Personally appeared Zacheus Waldo and made
oath to the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me John Baldwin Justice Peace
I certify that the above Lanes Waldo is
well known to me and is a credible witness
John Baldwin Justice Peace
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I Roger Huntington of Windham in the County
of Windham and State of Connecticut Testify and
say that while I was in Providence in the State of Rhode
and doing duty in the militia from Connecticut I
was taken from the regiment and company I was
drafted to serve in by Col. Herekiah Bissell who
was then a deputy Adjutant Genl to Gen. Spencer &
came into the family of sd General Spencer- The honoreth 
Isaac Spencer the non Treasurer of the State of Connecticut
was in the family of General Joseph Spencer and was
in the service of the United States and under the command
of General Spencer and served as a Secretary or did to
him all the time I was there which was two
three months & when I left the family also left
him in the service under the capacity and name of
Major Spencer -- I left the service and returned
home to Windham about the middle of March or a little
time after in the year 1778
Windham July 23, 1832
Roger Huntington
State of Connecticut
County of Wendham ⎬ss  Windham July 23rd AD 1832
Personally appeared Roger Huntington
and made oath to the above certificate
by him subscribed before me
John Baldwin Justice Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Roger Huntington and
that he is a credible witness
John Baldwin Justice Peace
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Capt Nathl Lords depr
general proof
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 I Nathaniel Lord of East Haddam in the County of Middlesex
and State of Connecticut, now in the Seventy Seventh year of my age,
do testify and say, that I have always lived in said East Haddam,
and brought up near to Isaac Spencer Esq formerly of said East Haddam
now of Hartford, and Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, and that I
well remember of his being in the Army at Roxbury, Massachusetts in
the year AD 1775, and as I supposed served the term of seven months
as I understood the Regiment and Company to which he belonged, engaged
for that time, and I understood he served the whole term, I also
remember that when his Father Maj Gen. Spencer came on from
the Army at New York to take the command of the Army at Rhode
Island in the later part of December 1776 or forepart of January
AD 1777 (according to my best recollection) his son the said Isaac Spencer
went on with him or soon after, and joined the Army under his command,
and I understood acted in the capacity of Secretary or Aidde Camp
to said General Spencer, until the said Genl Spencer resignation
about the last part of April or the first part of May 1775, and
that he had the rank and title of Major during that period upon
retirement from the Army of the United States the said Genl Spencer
was appointed a Major General in the 1st Division of Militia of
the State of Connecticut and the said Isaac Spencer served as
his Aid de Camp and did duty as such whenever said Genl Spencer
was called out on alarms on the court on special service, and
as I believe, it was well known and understood by all acquainted
in the Town at that time, that the said Isaac Spencer rank
and services were as aforesaid.-
Nathaniel Lord
East Haddam August 1832
State of Connecticut East Haddam Aug 1832
County of Middlesex
Personally appeared Nathaniel Lord Signer of the
above statement
and made Solemn oath to the
truth of the same Before me
Thomas C Bordman Justice of the peace
of East Haddam Any 1832
hereby certify that I am personally and well
acquainted with the above named Nathaniel Lord
and believe him to be a credible witness
Tho. C. Bordman Justice of the peace
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Daniel L Emmons
Depot
general proof
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Daniel S Emmons of East Haddam in the County of
Middlesex and State of Connecticut, now in the Seventy fifth
year of my age do testify and say that I have always lived in
said East Haddam ^except occasional absence, and near to Isaac Spencer Esq formerly
of said East Haddam  now of Hartford and Treasury of the State of
Connecticut, and that I well remember of his being in
the Army at Roxbury Massachusetts in the understood
supposed served the term of Seven months at the Regiment
and Company to which he belonged engaged for that time,
and I understood he served the whole term, and I also
remember that when his Father Master Gen Spencer came
on from the Army at New York to take the command of
the Army at those Island in the latter part of November
or beginning of December AD 1776 (according to my best recollection)
his son the said Isaac Spencer soon went on and joined
the Army under his command, and I understood acted
in the capacity of Secretary or Aid de Camp to said General
Spencer until the said General or resignation about
the last part of April of the first part of May 1778, and
that he had the rank and title of Major at that time;
After his retirement from the Army of the United States
, the said General Spencer was appointed a Major Genl
in the Division of Militia of the State of Connecticut and
the said Isaac Spencer served as his Aid de Camp and did
duty, as such whenever said Genl Spencer was called out or
Alarms on the coast on special service, and ^I believe that it was
well known and understood by all acquainted in the Town
that time that 
the said Isaac Spencer rank and service
was as foresaid
East Haddam July 23d 1832
Daniel S Emmon

State of Connecticut Middlesex County of East Haddam July 22d 1832
Personally appeared Daniel S Emmons, signer of the above
Statement and made solemn oath to the same before me
Aron C. Palmer Justice of peace
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I hereby certify that I am personally and will
acquainted with the within named Daniel S Emmons
and believe him to be a credible witness.-
Aron C. Palmer Justice of Peace
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Jona O'Moseby
Depo
general proof
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I Jonathan O. Moseley of Lehman, in the County of In
son and State of Pennsylvania now in the seventy first
year of my age testify and say that I formerly and until
about ten or eleven years since lived in the town of East
Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, from early life I was well acquainted with Isaac Spencer Esq. formerly of said East Haddam, now
of Hartford in the County of Hartford in said State of
Connecticut & hearer of the same- that in the
early part of the Revolutionary war, or, in the year 1775
in the summer season visited Roxbury in the State of
Massachusetts at the time the American army was at
that place when I spent several days while I was then
Jane the said Isaac Spencer, knew that he was then in
connected with the army the said Isaac was therein
the army at the time I went to at the time I left Roxbury
as suppose, I have generally understood that he
remained there during the continuance of the Connect
troops at that place. I further testify that I knew
by common report that in the following year the said
Isaac Spencer served in the character of an aid as Treasurer
to his Father, Major General Joseph Spencer, in the
State of Rhode Island understood at the time such
was the common reputation that he so served in the
army in the State of Rhode Island, & that he continued 
to serve in the character of such Treasury or
aid from the time his father was appointed
in the of the
until he took command of the troops
in the State of Rhode Island until his Father
resigned his commission as Major General in
the army of the United States & was relieved by
Gen. Sullivan that after the said Joseph Spencer
had resigned his commission in the army of the
United States he had command of the first divison
the Militia of Connecticut, that he was
in several instances called into service, while in
the command of the militia aforesaid in how many
instances cannot state that where so called
into service I have ever understood that it was
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a matter of common reputation that the
Isaac Spencer rested in the character of an aid
Delamp to his Father when as called out in militia
service
Hartford July 25, 1832
for A. Moseley
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Hartford July 25 1832
Personally appeared Jonathan O Moseley signer of the statements and made solemn oath to the same before me
Thomas Day Chief Judge of the
County Court of Hartford County
I hereby Certify that I am personally and well acquainted with
the above named Jon Moseley and know that
he is a credible witness.

Thomas Day Ch Judge County Co
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Copy of a Preast & Resolve of
the Gov & Council of Safety of
Connecticut Nov 25, 1779.
divesting duties to be performed by
Maj Genl Spencer
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a General Assembly of the Governor & Company of the State of Connecticut
in America
holden at Hartford on the second Thursday of May being the 13th day of said
Month and continued by adjournment, until the Eighteenth day of June
next following Annoq Domini 1779
This Assembly do appoint Joseph Spencer Esquire to be first
Major General of the Militia of this State, in the room of Major General
Huntington Esq resigned 

A true copy of record, examined and
certified under the Seal of the State, by
Thomas Day Secretary.
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State of Connecticut Comptrollers Office August 7th 1832
I certify that in the Journal of the Governor & Council of Safety of the State of Connecticut
at lodged in this Office I find the following Preamble & Resolve passed at the
Session on the 25th day of November 1779-
(viz)
much evil, Frank & Plunder having been complained to have unto
committed by Whale Boats on that several other accounts, the following
Vote and Resolve is passed viz
Resolved that His Excellency be & he is hereby requested to call on Major
General Spencer to wait on his Excellency without delay to give his
Excellency orders for reconnecting the several Post on the Sea Courts of this
State, inspecting the several Goods and Company of men stationed
for Defense, give every necessary order for the common Safety, detect every
species of communication & correspondence with the enemy, take
effectual measures for putting a stop to and preventing the mischievous
practices of the Commissioned & other Boats along the Courts, with
every direction his Excellency may think necessary to give herein
for the safety and will being of the State
A true copy of a processable &
resolve in the journal of the
Committee of Safety
Elisha Phelps Comptroller
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Secretary Days Certificate
Page 49

I, THOMAS DAY, 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 Elisha Phelps, Esquire,
is, and for more than one year last
past, has been, Comptroller of Public Accounts
for said State, duly appointed and qualified; that Thomas Day
Esq is Chief Judge of the County Court within and for the County
of Hartford, that John Baldwin Esq is a Justice of the Peace
within and for the County of Windham, that Samuel A. Peters
and Henry M. Waite Esqr are Justices of the Peace within and
for the County of New London, that Aaron C. Palmer and Thomas
C. Boardman are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of
Middlesex all duly appoints commission and qualified.
and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the
official acts and attestations of the said Officers respectively
in Court and Country.


In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secre
tary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in
said State, the ninth day of August
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two.
Thomas Day
I further certify that I verily believe that the
foregoing signatures, purporting to be the signatures
of said Comptroller, Judge and Justices, respectively are genuine
Certified under my hand, and the seal of said State, the 18th day of July 1833.

Thomas Day
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15.653
INVALID.
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15.653
Isaac Spencer
Pri & C  Rev War
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Act June 7" 32
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 354
[Arrangement of 1870.]

25 Hist to Roger F. Williams
25 Tombstone Data to Chas
See letter Carbon in
Clapp S. 16718. and
Jan 7. Hist to Violet
Spencer Ackart - ER
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Oct 31 Hist to
Cleo Spencer cr
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Isaac
Spencer Pensioner age 84 1840
Eliphas Spencer settled in Maryland 1790
N. Y.
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DeKalb Junction, N.Y.
March 7, 1913
Rev Sec
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.                Rev Serice
Dear Sir,
I would like the Military record
and what information is recorded about the
following Revolutionary Pensioners and their
families: I. Isaac Spencer born in 1760 and
living in 1840 in the City of Hartford, Hartford Co.
Conn. II. Theodore Spencer born in 1759 and
living in 1840 just outside the city limits
of Hartford, Hartford Co. Conn. III. Hannan Spencer
born in 1755 living in 1840 with Oliver Spencer
in Lyme, Nell London Co., Conn. IV. David
Spencer born in 1762 living in 1840 in 
Hampton, Windham Co., Conn. V. Thomas
Spencer born in 1756 living in 1840 with
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Eleazer Austin in Moira, Franklin Co. N.Y.
VI. Asa Driscoll born in 1750 living in 1840
with Henry Spencer in Stonington, New
London, Conn. I do not expect that
all of these records will be looked up at once
but as soon as possible and sent as they are
found. I send these because I am unable
to come to Washington, D.C. and I have
no one to send so am willing to pay for
the trouble that it takes to get the records
if you will send me the bill. Hoping to
let the record as soon as possible
I am, very Truly Yours,
Roger F Williams
DeKalb Junction
New York

[seal]
Pension US Office
Mar 9 1918
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Bloomfield, Iowa
October 11, 1939
Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pension)
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir

Could you give me
the pension record of
the Revolutionary War
for the following Spencers,
all son of Genral Joseph
Spencer of Haddam
can would like the
place of birth and service
record and which served on
the general staff and
what one (if any) was rider 
de Camp to George Washington
Isaac Spencer
Israel Spencer
Joseph Spencer none) com
Gerard Spencer
one Jared W
Seth Spencer
Robert Speer
and you will greatly oblige
Miss Cler Spencer
203 -West Franklin
Bloomfield, Iowa
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Veterans Administration.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you kindly send me information in regard
to Isaac Spenser pensioner. I have recently heard from relative
in the west saying that I should have ask you for Isaac as this
is the branch of the family that is incomplete and is the
one that I am most likely to find the correct information
from

I am sending a paper that I jotted down information
at the Library.

I am more than sorry that I am obliged to
trouble you again but bible records went into strange hands.

I would like to be included in the Maryland Spencer history
that is soon to be printed I have my grand mother death notice
and know I should be recognised with that groupe

I would like to thank you for formation you sent
about the Shellman family, I went to Albany and Miss Jocobson helped
me finish my work and I am very proud and happy as well.
I mailed the paper you sent me from the Babbitt records to
Tauton Historical Hall and have complete records from there.
Respectfully yours
Violet Spencer Ackart.
9. Oneida Street
Oneonta, N. Y.

[postage seal]
Received Jan 3 1938 
Mail due Vet Dept
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January 7, 1938
XXXXXXX
BA-J/HL
Isaac specer - S.15653

Violet Spencer Achart
9 Oneida Street
Oneonta, New York
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of Isaac Spencer, a pensioner, and
Eliphas Spencer, the latter of Maryland, New York, in 1790.

There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
upon the military service in the Revolutionary War of an Eliphas
Spencer or Spenser. You are furnished herein the record of
ease Spencer, the data for which were obtained from the papers
on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.18358, based upon
the service in that war of Isaac Spencer, the only soldier of
that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this
office.

Isaac Spencer was born in East Haddam, Hartford (later Middlesex) County, Connecticut, October 12, 1759. He was the son
of General Joseph Spencer. The name of his mother is not shown.

While residing at said East Haddam, Isaac Spencer enlisted
May 9, 1775, served as a private in the company known as Colonel
Spencer's Company in the regiment of Connecticut troops commands
by his father, Colonel Joseph Spencer, said company being under the
immediate command of Captain Lieutenant John Willey, the regiment
marched to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where sane Spencer serve
December 27, 1778 he enlisted again in December, 1776,
as a private in Captain Elijah Smith's Company, Colonel Thaddeus
Cook's Connecticut Regiment, and his father, Major General Joseph
Spenser, having been ordered by General Washington to take command of the troops on Rhode Island, obtained the consent of Captain Smith and Colonel Cook that Isaac be detached which was a
accordingly done and he was appointed clerk to his father and went
with him to Rhode Island and continued to serve as said Clerk
until February following when he was appointed secretary to his
father, with the rank of water and served in this capacity until

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April 28, 1778, when he left the services in 1779, General
Spencer having been appointed major general of Connecticut
Militia, Isaac Spenser was appointed aide-de-camp with the
rank of major, to his father, and continued to serve in this
capacity until 1781: he stated that he served at various
times on alarms, generally along the coast and was at New London when it was burned in 1781; entire length of this service not shown.

lease Spencer stated that after the Revolution he
continued to reside at East Haddam, Connecticut, until May, 1818, when he was appointed Treasurer of the State of Connecticut and moved to Hartford, that state.
was allowed pension on his application executed August
15, 1833, while residing in Hartford, Connecticut.
there is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based
on the service in the Revolutionary War of Major General
Joseph Spencer.
and Spencer died October 16, 1840.
There are no data as to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension
and the name and address of person paid in the case of the
address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Spencer (S.15868), you should

Isaac Spencer
Certificate No. 28032
Issued January 20, 1836
Rate, $407.42 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
received.
SF 15.653

In reply to your request of _____ received 
for a statement of the military history of Isaac Spencer
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT; LENGTH OF SERVICE; 
RANK; OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN| COLONEL); STATE.
1. May 9, 1775 and Dec 1776; 7 mos. 8 days; Pvt; in the co. & regt of Elijah Smith; Gen Joseph Spencer, Thaddeus Cook; Conn

and immediately detached as clerk and Secretary with General Joseph Spencer

1779 to 1781 Major & aid de camp to General Joseph Spencer

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Haddam, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug 15, 1832; This claim was all [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Hartford, Hartford Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, born Oct 13, 1759 at East Haddam, Conn., died Oct 16, 1840; from A. B.
Remarks: There is no further data on file as to his family
Soldier was the son of General Joseph Spencer

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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October 31, 1939.
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BA-J/CC
Israel Selden Spencer
W. 6154

Isaac Spencer
S. 15653

Miss Cleo Spencer
203 West Franklin Street,
Bloomfield, Iowa.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Isaac, Israel, Dr. Joseph, Gerard,
Seth and Robert Spencer of East Haddam, Connecticut.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service
in the Revolutionary War of a Joseph Spencer who served with
the Connecticut troops nor of any Hobart Spencer.

Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data
and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing
such information it is not possible to comply in full with each
request, pertaining to soldiers of that war.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War records
Israel Bolden Spencer and Isaac Spencer as found in the pension claims on file in this office.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.