Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,746, Benjamin Fuller, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE Conn.

Fuller, Benjamin 
Clarissa 

NUMBER W. 1746
B.L.WT.26626-160-55

CONTENTS (blank)
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17019 Connecticut
Benjamin Fuller
of Hampton in the State of Connecticut
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Ingalls, of the Regt commanded by Col. Williams in the Connecticut line for 22 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per Annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of July 1833 and sent Tho Gray Windham Con 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 - $146.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 36.66
(total) $183.52

Revolutionary Claim, Act 7, 1832.

Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 15
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Benj Fuller Hampton No. 4,486 
Admd 22 mo. pri 
$73.33
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State of Connecticut, County of Windham }ss Hampton On this 27th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, now sitting, Benjamin Fuller a resident of Hampton in the county of Windham and state of Connecticut, aged seventy four years, and 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 7, 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. 

1t. Campaign.  He served as a substitute for his brother John Fuller who was drafted Sept 2d, 1776 (John Fuller has been dead about 25 years) in Capt. Zebadiah Ingalls Company in Col Ebenezer Williams Regt. Mr. Daniels [on crossed out] was Lieut Col, Saml McClellan Major & served three months in New York & New Jersey -

2d. Campaign - He was drafted Decemr. 6t, 1776 in Capt Ingalls  Compy & Col. Williams Regt. & served in Providence R. Island one month, when sd (said) Regiment returnd home. He then enlisted for three months in Capt. Sessions' company & remained at [illegible] Providence not having returned with sd (said) Regiment - &served out said term. 

3d Campaign. He was drafted May 5th, 1777 & went to Groton, in Connecticut, in Capt. Ingalls Company, the draft was for one month; but at the end of one month he volunteered to remain, & did remain and served six months more making seven months. at & about the fort in Groton.  

4t Campaign.  He enlisted under Ensign Andrew Durkee & went to Newport, R. Island & served there five months & was dismissed, does not know of anyone one living who was in sd (said) Campaign with him - the enlistment was in the latter part of November or 1 December 1777 

5t Campaign - He was drafted in the spring of 1778 & served under Capt Cady at Muddy Fork at the north river five months, he was drafted from Capt Zeba. Ingalls Company, does not recollect which Col but thinks it was Col. Saml. McClellan - That he resided in the town of (?) when he entered the service, but has been set off to Town of Hampton where he now lives & has lived since the war that he has no documentary evidence & his discharge if he had any are lost. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is no on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  
Benjamin Fuller [signature] 

We, Daniel G Sprague a clergyman residing in the town of Hampton and Edmund Badger residing in said Hampton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Benj. Fuller who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy four 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 day and year aforesaid. 
Daniel G Sprague [signature] 
Edmund Badger [signature]
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Personally appeared in open Court Mr Thomas Lyon of Pomfret in Windham County aforesaid and after being sworn according to law says that the personally performed the first & second & the first part of the third
Company with Mr. Benj. Fuller. Having been with him in Captain Ingalls company & also was in the same regiment with him when he served in Captain Session company and that said Fullers statement relating to sd services is correct. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesd.
Thomas Lyon
dead

Personally appeared in open Court Mr. Jesse Fuller of Brooklyn in Windham County aforesd and after being sworn according to law says
that he was personally knowing to his brother Benjamin Fuller services in the Revolutionary war, that he was younger than his brother Benjamin & remained at home during the whole of sd period & that according to the best of his recollection, the services as stated in the foregoing declaration are correct- Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesd - I do not wish to be understood that I able to state particulars or that the particulars stated within are precisely as stated. My recollection is general neither am I able to state as to the particular campaigns.
Jesse Fuller

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 Daniel G. Sprague who has subscribed the foregoing certificate is a clergy man settled in sd Hampton and a credible person & that Edmund Badger Esqr who has subscribed the same is a resident of South Hampton & a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit & that Thomas Lyon & Jesse Fuller who have subscribed the foregoing deposition are persons well known to this court & are credible persons & their statements are entitled to full credit. 

I Thomas Gray Clerk of the Court of Probate for the county of WIndham do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Fuller for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 27 day of July AD 1832.

Thomas Gray Clerk
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[Two columns. Left column:]
51432 Act 3 March/55
April 6/55
Clarissa Fuller widow
Benjamin Fuller private
Connecticut
Revolutionary War
Pensioner
Connecticut Feb 53 no 2333
Ad: 160 [illegible] May 16 /56
Boynton
M
Horace Gaylord
Ashford Conn.

[Written on slant] Number 26626 iss May 2 of 56

[Right column:]
His to H. Gaylord, September 13/55

Vol. F. 163.
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51431
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Form of a declaration to be made by the WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER WHO HAS NOT had a Land Warrant

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
COUNTY OF Windham }SS.
On this 28th day of March{handwritten] A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Clarrisa Fuller aged seventy four years, a resident of Hampton in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Fuller deceased, who
was a private in the Company commanded by[crossed out] Revolutionary War in the ________regiment of_______ commanded by______ in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States of the 18th day of June 1812, [crossed out]
that her said husband was a pensioner of the United States at the
rate of Seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum on, or about the[crossed out] day of[crossed out] A.D.[crossed out] for the term of [crossed out]
under the Act of June 7th 1832 that she is a and was honorably discharged at[crossed out]
at the same rate under the 2 section of the Act of Feb. 3 1835[handwritten]
on, or about the[crossed out] day of[crossed out]A.D.  for the term of[crossed out]
that her pension certificate is dated the seventh day of October
1853 She further states that she was married
to the said Benjamin Fuller in Hampton
on the sixteenth day of April A.D. 1823 by one Ludovicus Wela a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was
that her said husband died at
Hampton on the twenty sixth
day of March A.D. 1840 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has
not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made
any other application therefor:  for proof of her husband's service of her marriage and her husbands death reference may be had.
to the evidence on file with her application for pe[crossed out] pension under the Act of February 3d 1853 and desires that the Warrant when issued be sent to Horace Gaylord of Ashford Clarissa Fuller

We, Lester Holt and Abby L. Holt residents of Hampton in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Clarissa Fuller
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant
that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Lester Holt
Abby L Holt 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons,
that the claim in the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public.
 H. B. see my Notarial commission on file
with the Commissioner of Pensions
Dated March 25th 1854
Expires March 25th 1856
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2333,
Connecticut
Clarissa Fuller [handwritten] widow of Benjamin Fuller [handwritten] who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private Conn line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of October 1853 [handwritten] and sent to A. H. Burnham Hampton Cr [handwritten].

Recorded on roll of pensioners under the act February 3, 1853, Page 59 Vol. A
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(Printed) 3-1776
(Printed) Service Number
(Handwritten) Conn.
(Handwritten) Fuller, Benjamin
(Handwritten) Clarissa
(Handwritten) W. 1,746
(Handwritten) B. L. Wt. 26626 - 160 - 55
(Printed) Contents
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On the 16th day of April 1823 Mr Benjamin Fuller and Miss Clarissa Utley were united in marriage by Ludovicus Weld. 
The above and foregoing is a true copy from the Records of Marriages in the town of Hampton Hampton [word repeated] June 1st, 1853. 
Attest Dyer Hughes Town Clerk
I Ebenezer Griffin of Hampton Windham County Connecticut affirm and say that I was acquainted with Benjamin Fuller above named and was knowing to his death and that as near as I can recollect he died on the day and year above named and also that the above named Clarissa Fuller was his wife and now remains his widow.  
Ebenezer Griffin
State of Connecticut Windham County Ss: Hampton June 1st 1853 personally appeared Ebenezer Griffin and made [illegible] oath to the truth of the above statement by him.
Signed 
Before Mr. Henry G. Fainter Justice of the Peace Windham County of Hampton September 23 1853. 
Personally appeared Dyer Hughes Town Clerk for the town of Hampton, and made oath to the truth of the above copy of record by him certifier and signer.
Before me Henry G. Fainter Justice of the Peace
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section [handwritten initials on right corner]
October 5, 1927
Mrs. Florence Fuller Wetlaufer
15- Sixth Ave. E
Oelwein, Iowa
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1746, it appears that Benjamin Fuller was born June 16, 1758 at Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Pomfret, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows-
From September 1776 (as substitute for his brother, John), three months in Captain Zebediah Ingalls' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Williams' Regiment; from December 6, 1776, one month in Captain Ingalls' Company, Colonel Williams' Regiment; immediately after, three months in Captain Holbrooks' Company, Colonel McClellan's Regiment; from May 5, 1777, seven months in Captain Ingalls' Company, under Major Samuel McClellan; from December 1777, five months
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in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Company; from the spring of 1778, five months in Captain Cady's Company, Colonel Samuel McClellan's Regiment.  He was in a battle near Newport.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, while a resident of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut.  He died there March 26, 1840.
He married April 26, 1823 at Hampton, Connecticut, Miss Clarissa Utley.  She was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1853, while a resident of said Hampton, and aged seventy-three years.
She was also allowed 160 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 266267 [last 2 numbers appear overtyped or corrected].
There are no data as to children. 
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Widow, Etc.
File Number 1746
Clarrisa Fuller widow Benjamin Fuller
Private Revolutionary War
February 5, 1853
Index: Volume A page 258

1913 Sept 5, Hist. to Mr. T.H. Fuller
1913 Nov 1, Hist to C. C. Fuller
1921 Feb 28, Hist to Mrs. Irving L Cary
1927 Apr 5, hist to Irving L Cary [illegible]
1927 Apr 5, hist to Mrs. Florence Fuller
[illegible]
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~
26,626
Mrs Cary
No 2294
Mrs Clarissa Fuller
widow benjamin
let Feb 6 '53
Cary
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Pension Office
24 Aug 53
This case is respectfully referred to 3 Aug for date of death of pensioner and of last payment

Very respectfully
S Cole
Chief (illegible)
D. M. C.
( see other side )

Benjamin Fuller, Act 32 $73.33 per annum. Died 26th March 1840, paid to his death

F Burt
Auditor
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Hampton Disct(district) Connecticut
Probate Count
30 April 1853
Marriage 16 April 1823 Aar

Death 26 March 1840 Aar
E Griffin Swear to death
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4,486
Benja Fuller
admd
5,6 63 16 17
Th Gray
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Benjamin Fuller which require
further proof or explanation.

1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? Not in sufficient detail.

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VII. Has the Court given their opinion

VIII: Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X: Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguish from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
It is not stated whether there are survivors
of cache term
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
no
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? None
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, Being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the period 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."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as
well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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State of Connecticut, Windham county ss. County Clerk's Office
I Uriel Fuller Clerk of the county court for the county of Windham and keeper of the seal thereof, do hereby verify and make known to whom it doth or may concern. That Henry G Smith is and since the 20th of June 1852 hath been a justice of the peace within and for the county of Windham in said state to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of courts, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations.

And I further certify that I believe the foregoing signature of the said Henry G Smith to be genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Brooklyn this 4th day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

Uriel Fuller, Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham
W. Hampton April 10 1833

On this 10th day of April 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham in the County of Windham State of Connecticut Now sitting Mr Benjamin Fuller a resident of Hampton in Windham County and State aforsd aged Seventy four years and being Sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration addition to What he has heretofore made on the 27th day of July 1832 Viz [namely] that he entered the Service of the United Sates as a Substitute for his brother John Fuller who was drafted, that he was in Capt. Jebediah Ingals Company in Colonel Williams Regiment. William Danielson was Lieutenant, Colonel Samuel McClellen major, that our Regiment  and company marched thro Ashford to Hartford and New Haven & Fairfield & Stanford to Kingsbridge and to New York, that General Green had the principal command, that the Regiment started on the 4th day of September 1776  andhe next day after we arrived in New York we were ordered down to Powly Hook and were fired upon by the ships  and we retreated once back behind the hill — that in the campaign he served three months, and our regiment returned home that Mr. Thomas Lyon who was in the same company Regiment with him is dead, and that he knows of no one except Lemuel Ingalls Esquire and Mr. Joshua Grosvenor who were with him in the campaign whose testimony can be obtained that on the 6th of December 1776 said Company and
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Regiment was ordered to Providence, & all who were able to go, went & marched to Providence & I went in the same Company & Regt. a part of us were stationed in the College & a part at the Sign of the Buck. We continued in the campaign one month when our Regt. returned home_  I did not return home with them but enlisted into Capt Holbrooks company for three months & remained at Providence in Col. McClellans Regiment & served out my three months and returned. that he knows of no one now living who was with him in this campaign except Joshua Grosvenor.
3rd Campaign  He was drafted May 5, 1777 & went to Groton in Connecticut & was in Capt Ingals Compy. he was drafted for one month & at the expiration of sd (said) term he volunteered to remain in the service, & did remain & served six months more, making seven months, at the fort in Groton; _ Col. Saml. McClellan was major & had command at Groton _ [crossed out] [crossed out] He knows of no one by whom he can prove his service in this campaign
4th Campaign. He enlisted under Ensign Andrew Durkee, Capt. Benj. Durkee was our Capt. & Thomas Hodgkin was Lieut. on or about the 1st of December 1777. & we went to Newport R. Island & were on the Island, we had a battle with the enemy near Newport. The French army was a part of this with us & the French Genl had the command _ this battle was in the Spring of 1778. In this campaign I served at least five months & was dismissed. he knows of no one living by whom he can prove sd(said) campaign
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5th Campaign_ He was drafted in May or about the first of June 1778 & served under Capt Cady at Muddy fort on its North side for five months he was taken out of Capt. Ingalls company & marched to the port & there under Continental officer, the Col.s name he does not recollect. He was out in service in this campaign five months & knows of no one now living by whom he can prove this campaign.

[entire phrase crossed out] That he was born in the town of Pomfret in said Windham County on the 16th day of June 1758 that he has no record evidence of his age — that he resided where he now lives when he entered the service & has lived there ever since — that he is known to Joseph Eaton & Ebenr. Griffin Esq. Judges of the County Court in Windham County, to Philip Pearl [illegible] Esq., Hon. Ebenr. Young member of Congress who will testify as to his credibility & his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution
Benjamin Fuller

Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesd. And the sd(said) Court hereby declares their opinion that the written named applicant Benj. Fuller was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that Deacn. [?] Joshua Grosvenor who subscribed and sworn to the annexed deposition in open Court is a person well known to this Court & is a credible person & his statements are entitled to credit _ I Thomas Gray Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Windham hereby certify that the foregoing & hereto annexed contains the original proceedings of the sd. Court in the application of Benjamin Fuller for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Office this 10th day of April A.D. 1833
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Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Windham Mr. Joshua Grosvenor of Pomfret in Windham County on the 10th day of April 1833 & after being sworn according to law deposes & says, that on or about the first of September 1776 he was detached with Col. Williams Regiment of Militia he being in Capt. Lyons Company & march'd to Hartford & New Haven & on to Fort Washington & crossed the North River into the Jersies & down to Boston where he was first fired at by the enemy _ he returned to Fort Lee & English neighborhood. we were under the command of Gen. Green. That Benjamin Fuller of Hampton was in the same Regiment with him in the campaign, that he knew him well & has known him ever since, that they were out in that campaign three months; that the whole Regiment returned home & in about two weeks being in the month of December sd(said) Regiment was again called out & ordered to Providence, & we were stationed in Providence about six weeks when we were discharged & returned home — In this campaign Mr Benj. Fuller was with us & served all the time that I was in this campaign— & he further states the he is seventy four years of age
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year afores'd.
Joshua Grosvenor
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Windham Sept 24. 1853

Dear sir

I herewith return two applications for pension with record duly authenticated
Your servt
A.A. Burnham
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Brief in the case of Mrs Clarissa Fuller widow of Benjamin
Hampton County and State of Connecticut
act of Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase."
Proof exhibited, (if original.) 
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832 at $73 33/100 per annum
Private and served 22 months
22/24 = 11/12 $80 = $73 33/100
paid to his death
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death " " auditor's report
Identity credible witnesses

Name and residence of Agent
A. A. Bainham
Hampton Ct.

Examining Clerk J L Gray
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W. File 1746
Benjamin Fuller and wife Carissa and William fuller of Hampton Connecticut in the revolutionary war. Are they on the pension rolls?

If yes, are any genealogical or family data given?

Miss Chamberlin

Please let me know as to the above sent letter to Mr. T H Fuller
1615 F [?} Ave HW City
T F Dennis

Bureau of Pensions
Sep 3 1913
Commissioner
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Rev War Sec
[illegible]
u.s. pension office D Oct 28 1913
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                                        Telephone
                             C.C. Fuller & Company
                               Hartford, Conn October 26 1913

Bureau of Pensions
       Dept Interior
                Gentleman
                  Will you please give me what information you may have regarding Benjamin Fuller of Windham, Windham CO Connecticut - who was a pensioner of Revolutionary war and was drawing a pension in 1832. also if he had a wife and her name. A prompt reply will be appreciated.
              Yours,
                  C.C. Fuller
                    61 Burton St
                                      Hartford Conn
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[stamp] Record Division
Feb 26, 1921
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Com of Pensions
Washington
Dear Sir-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary records of Benjamin Fuller of Pomfret and Hampton, Conn.
 of Jedidiah Brewster of Canterbury Conn
of William Lester of Norwich and Canterbury Conn.
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and greatly oblige
Yours Truly
Mrs. Irving L. Cary
774 Asylum Ave.
Hartford Conn
Feb 20, 1921

[circle stamp]
PENSION OFFICE U S
FEB 23 1921
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Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:
Please send to me a copy of the pension application and whatever family data you have of Benjamin Fuller and Amasa Clark both Revolutionary soldiers of Hampton, Conn.
Thanking you in advance.
I am yours truly
Irving L. Cary
Hartford Conn
752 Asylum Ave
Jan 21, 1927

(stamp) U.S. PENSION OFFICE
FEB 23 1927
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Oelwein Iowa
May 20, 1927
Pension Dept.
Wash. D.C.
I am enclosing a copy of a letter that I received from the curator of the Historical library of Iowa at Des Moines. 
This letter refers to a Benjamin Fuller and a pension that his wife received in 1853 for services in the Revolutionary War.
Pension was Warrant No 26626 for 160 acres of land issued May 20, 1856.
As I am seeking a membership in the D.A.R. as a descendant of said Benjamin Fuller I'd like to know the regiment and company that he served with and also the month and year he served, also just what the service was that he rendered. 
Any information regarding this will be gratefully received. Over
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Resp.
Mrs. Florence Fuller Wetlaufer
15 Sixth Ave N.E.
Oelwein Iowa
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[Handwritten] 
To Mr. C.C. Fuller, 61 Burton St., Hartford, Ct
Nov 1, 1913
Com Paper
for Mr. T.F. Dennis
Don't send this way again

[typed]
September 4, 1923
Mr. T.H. Fuller
1615 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Sir:
In response to a personal inquiry of the 3" instant. relative to the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin and William Fuller of Hampton, Connecticut, you are furnished the military history of the former and advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to any William Fuller of the Connecticut troops.
W. File No. 1.746. Benjamin Fuller was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, at which time he was seventy years of age and a resident of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, formerly a part of Pomfret where he was born, June 6, 1758, and where he resided at enlistment.
He stated that he served as a substitute for his brother John Fuller (deceased about 1807) who was drafted September 2, 1776 in Captain Zebadiah Ingalls' company, Colonel Ebenezer Williams' regiment, and served in New York and New Jersey, three months.
He was drafted December 6, 1776, and served in Captain Ingalls' company, Colonel Williams' regiment for one month at Providence, Rhode Island, when the regiment returned home and he enlisted in Captain Holbrook's company, and remained at
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Providence, three months.
Drafted May 5, 1777, in Captain Ingalls' company, and served at and about Fort Groton under Major Samuel McClellan, seven months.
Enlisted the first of December 1777, under Captain Benjamin Durkee and was in battle near Newport, Rhode Island, five months. 
Drafted from Captain Ingalls' company, Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment in May or June 1778, and served under Captain Cady at Muddy Fort on North River, five months.
He was married by Rev. Lodovicus Weld at Hampton, Connecticut, on April 16, 1823, to Miss Clarissa Utley; he died March 26, 1840, at Hampton, Connecticut, where she resided and was pensioned in 1853, aged seventy-three years. On May 20, 1856 Warrant No. 26,626 for 160 acres of bounty land issued to the widow on account of her husband's services. 
In 1832, Jesse Fuller of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, (age not stated) testified to his brother's services and stated that he remained at home during the whole period because he was younger than his brother Benjamin Fuller. 
There is no other family data on file.
Very respectfully
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

April 15, 1927
Irving L. Cary
Hartford, Conn

Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1746, it appears that Benjamin Fuller was born June 16, 1758 at Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
While residing at said Pamfret, he enlisted and served as a private in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From September 1776, (the substitute for brother John), three months in Captain Zebediah Ingalls' Company, Colonel Ebenezer Williams' Regiment; from December 6, 1776, one month in Captain Ingalls' Company, Colonel Williams' Regiment; immediately after, three months in Captain Holbrooks' Company, Colonel McClellan's Regiment; from May 5, 1777, seven months in Captain Ingalls' Company, under Major Samuel McClellan; from December 1, 1777, five
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months in Captain Benjamin Durkee's Company; from the spring of 1778, five months in Captain Cady's Company, Colonel Samuel McClellan's Regiment. He was in a battle near Newport. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832, while a resident of Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut. He died there March 26, 1840. 
He married April 16, 1823 at Hampton, Connecticut, Miss Clarissa Utley. She was allowed pension on her application executed April 30, 1853, while a resident of Hampton, Connecticut, aged seventy-three years. 
There is no data on file as to children.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner.
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3-525
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
W. F. 1746. Washington, D.C., 19____
In reply to your request of ___, received____,
for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Fuller a 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
Sep. 1776 | 3 mos. | Prt | Zebediah Ingalls | Ebenezer Williams | Conn. | Dec. 6, 1776 | 1 mo. | Ingalls | Williams | 1777 | 3 mos. | Holbrooks | McClellan | May 5, 1777 | 7 mos. | Ingalls | Major
Daniel McClellan | Nov. or Dec. 1777 | 5 mos. | Benjamin Durken |  May or June 1778 | 5 mos. | Cady | Samuel McClellan
Battles engaged in, near Newport R. I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pomfret Conn
Date of application for pension, July 27, 1832 
His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Hampton Windham Co. Conn
Age at date of application, born June 16 1758 at Pomfret Windham Co. Conn died March 26 1840 at Hampton, Conn
Remarks: He was Apr. 16 1823 at Hampton
Conn. Clarissa Utley she was al. pension on her
app executed Apr. 30 1853 while a resident of Hampton, Conn. aged 73 years. 
brother John and Jesse Respectfully, Commissioner