Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,371, Turney Bulkley, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Bulkley, Turney
Esther

NUMBER
W. 17,371
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Connecticut 935
Esther Bulkley
widow of Turney Bulkley
who died on the 2 December 1826
of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a Sergeant in the command
by Captain ____ of the Regt. command
by Col. Dirson in the Com. t
Conn
line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn [torn off]
at the rate of $70 Dollars _____ Cents per[torn off]
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension paid the 29th day of May 1837 and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson, Present
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 $420.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. $35.00
$455.00
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3 -}
Recorded by D. Brown        Clerk
Book A. Vol 1. Page 87
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Esther Bulkley
830.3. sec

CL
3 Sec
1836

married. 15 march '75.

14 mo. Sergt..
$70 per ann.

Hon. G. Tomlinson
Hno G. Tomlinson [signature]
Senate US [crossed out]
Piercet
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County  Ss

On this 22d day of November 1836 Pennally appeared before a Court 
of Probate held at Fairfield in and for the District of Fairfield 
in 1º [first] State of Connecticut and now sitting widow Esther Bulkley 
of said Fairfield in 1o [first] District and State who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration 
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of 
Congress passed July 4, 1836.

That Turney Bulkley formerly of 
said Fairfield now deceased performed services in the war of
the Revolution as a Sergeant and Ensign. That said Turney 
Bulkley in the year 1776 Enlisted in the Company of Lieut John 
Mills ysº [ this abbreviation means of or the] Fairfield and served in his company at Black Rock 
on 1º[the] Coast of Fairfield and assisted in Building a Fort at 
that place and that at that time he served as a Sergeant in  
1º  Company [1st Company] and  served not less than six months and I should 
say a considerable longer, as I recollect that he was absent
from home on  1º service more than one half of that year
I recollect he did not enlist at that time
less them six
months-That in the year following Court 1777, he the said
Turney Bulkley lived in guarding  ysº [the} sea coast of ye
Fairfield at the Fort at sd [said] Black Rock as a Sergeant for
a quater [quarter] part of that year, that he was Enlisted and I am
confident he served under One Lieut Bron at the Fort aforesaid
and I am confident he did not serve during that year
less than nine months as he was from home most of the
year, I believe that in 1777 he belonged to Col Waterbury,
Col Dinius Regt but dont distinctly remember and the
Declarant further says that she recollects his serving as
an Ensign at the time Fairfield and Norwalk were burned
by the British, and belonged as she believes to the company of Capt
Hill, Col Dineris Regt but is not certain of the  1º [1st] Superior
officer and the Declarant says that from her best recollections ┃
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previous to owning and immediately after sd [said] towns were burned
he the sd [said]Turney Bulkly as Ensign aforesaid served for one
or two months, but is not positive of the time, and that
afterwards he was occasionally out on service on said
Coast of Fairfield during alarms till the close of the
war, but the times or duration of each she dont recollect
and that she is confident that during the Revolutionary 
War in the sd Bulkly served not less than Twenty
months and she believes more but is unable from
old age and consequent loss of memory to particularly
remember or describe other services them before stated
that she is the widow of said Turney Bulkley deceased
who at the time of the commencement ofº [of said] services lived in 1º  [said] Fairfield and lived in the same place till
his decease, that she was legally married to sd Bulkley
on the 15th day of March 1775 by the Reverend William
Tennent and that the sd Turney Bulkley died at
sd Fairfield December 2d 1826 and that she has remained
his widow ever since that period. That she is in her
Eightieth year of her age, and that she has no documentary
evidence of her sd husbands Services or if there ever were
and they are long since lost by time or accident, that
she knows of no other evidence than what is hereunto
annexed of sd Bulkleys Service and that said services of
sd Bulkley were continuous, that is to say, he was
precluded from attending to his ordinary business
and that his time was devoted to his duties as an
officer.


Esther Bulkley [signature]

Sworn and Subscribed the day and
year on the other side here of before
Thomas Robinson Judge of Probate
for the District of Fairfield
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We Nathaniel Freeman a Clergyman residing in the town of Fairfield in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut and Gershom Wakeman residing in the same place do hereby certify that Turney Bulkly late of said Fairfield decd is commonly reported in the neighbor hood where he resided previous to his death to have been in service in the War of the Revolution as a Sergeant and ensigner and that we are well acquainted with Ester Bulkley who subscribed the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same in our presence and that she is a person of fair moral character and that her statements may be relied upon and we further certify that we know her to be the widow of sad Turney Bulkly decd and that she has never been married to any other person.

Nath Freeman
Gershom Wakeman

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before

Thomas Robinson Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield

I Gershom Wakeman aforesaid do hereby depose and say that I have perfect recollection that Turney Bulkley named in the foregoing declaration and on whose account for service by him rendered the aforsd Esther Bulkley has made her sd declaration to obtain a pension, served as a Sergeant and Ensigner in the war of the Revolution. I recollect that he served in 1776 & 1777 as a Sergt at Black Rock at the building of the Fort there, and after it was built. I was occasionally there in those two years and saw him on duty the first year under Lieut Mills, the other year under Lieut Burr, but I don't know how long he served but should say he served a long time during those years. I recollect afterwards he served as Ensigner but when or how long I don't recollect. I am seventy four years of age.

Gershom Wakeman

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before

Thomas Robinson Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield
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I Nathl Freeman Paster of the 2nd Ecclesiastical  Society of Fairfield in the county of Fairfield & state of Connecticut do hereby certify that it appears from the records kept by the Rev Milton McTennent in 1775 & who was Paster of the sd society the Turney Buckley & Ester Johnson were legally married by sd William McTennent on the 15th day of March 1775 which sd records of sd Pater are now in my possession.

Nathl Freeman, Paster of sd Society

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid and the interlineation of the name Esther Johnson was duly made before said certificate was sworn to.

Thomas Robinson Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said Turney Bulkley served in the War of the Revolution as stated by the declarant and that said Esther Bulkley is the widow of sd Turney Bulkley and that she was married to him as she states and that he died on the 2d day of December 1836, and the Court further certifies that Nathaniel Freeman who has subscribed the two foregoing certificates is a Clergyman residing in said Town of Fairfield and is known to this Court to be the present Paster of the 2nd Ecclesiastical Society of sd Fairfield and that Gershom Wakeman who subscribed one of sd certificates with sd Nathl Freeman and after the foregoing deposition is a resident in the same place and is a credible person and that their statements
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are entitled to credit.

Thomas Robinson Judge of Probate for the District of Fairfield

I Jeremiah Stinger Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield do hereby certify that the foregoing on the original proceedings had before said Court in the matter of the application of Esther Bulkley for a pension for services rendered by her deceased husband Turney Bulkley in the Revolutionary War and I do hereby certify that Thomas Robinson Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings was had as Judge of said Court is now and [unk] the 20th day of June last part has been Judge of the said Court duly commssioned and acting as such and the signatures purporting to be his are genuine and I do further certify that said Thomas Robinson before whom the annexed deposition of Nathan Bradley was taken is now and for more than one year last part has been a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut, duly commissioned and acting as such and duly authorized to take depositions and administer oaths and the signature purporting to be his is genuine, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court in Fairfield this 22nd day of November 1836.

Jeremiah Stinger Clerk
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I Nathan Bradley of Fairfield in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged eighty eight years, being duly cautioned and sworn do depose and say that I have knowledge that Turney Bulkley formerly of Fairfield aforesaid now deceased, performed service in the War of the Revolution, that in the year 1776, I recollect he enlisted for the term of six months under Lieutenant John Mills and served in said Mills Company in building a Fort at Black Rock on the coast of said Fairfield and that he the said Bulkley served by virtue of said enlistment the full term of the same tour of six months in the year aforesaid and I believe he served at said Black Rock after the term of said enlistment had expired but how long I cannot tell and that he the said Turney Bulkley at the time of and during the aforesaid service, served as a Sergeant and in that capacity enlisted and that he belonged at that time to Col Waterbury Regt and I further depose and say that in the  year 1777 he the sd Bulkley enlisted under Lieut Isaac Burr (and I believe) of Col Dennis Regiment and that he served under enlistment as aforesaid during that year as a Sergeant under the said Isaac Burr not less than nine months at the said Fort at Black Rock in sd Fairfield in guarding said court of Fairfield and whether he served under and by virtue of one enlistment of nine months or two separate enlistments I don't distinctly remember but I am [unk] & that during that year 1777 he served as aforesd not less than sd term of nine months, I recollect that he was serving at the time Fairfield and Norwalk were burned in 1779, but
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how long I cannot recollect and I believe that at the time [illegible] Towns were burned he was serving in the capacity of an Ensign - and the deponent further says, that sd Turney Bulkley was a near neighbour of his and that during his service at Black Rock at the time of the building of said Fort and also his service at said Fort for the year following to wit 1777 he the deponent was frequently present and saw sd Turney Bulkley there on duty and that he had personal knowledge of said Establishments which are his reasons of being acquainted with said Services and further the deponent saith not Dated at Fairfield the 22nd day of November 1836
Nathan Bradley
State of Connecticut )
County of Fairfield    ) [illegible] Fairfield November 22d 1836
Then Personally appeared Nathan Bradley who subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made solemn oat the the truth of the same, and I hereby certify that said Nathan Bradly is well known to me and that he is a credible person and that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Thomas Robinson Just. Peace
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I Nathan Bulkley of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy nine years being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was Brother of Turney Bulkley late of Fairfield in this Fairfield County deceased, that in the year 1776 I and said Turney Bulkley about the first of April in said year enlisted in the company of Lieutenant John Mills, for the purpose of building a fort at Blackrock in said Fairfield, we enlisted for the term of six months, and served the whole of said term, about which time the fort was completed, there being no regular troops to guard said fort, at the earnest solicitation of Lieutenant Mills we continued and served in said fort two months longer.
I was with him the whole said Term and am confident he served the whole of the time above mentioned, said Turney Bulkly was a Sergeant, and performed the duties of a Sergeant the whole of the above term.
At the time of the Burning of the Towns of Fairfield, Norwalk and Danbury said Turney Bulkley olunteered as an Ensign and at those times he had command of a company, and at those times he served in the whole a month and a half.

In the year 1777 he enlisted in the Company commanded by Lieu Isaac Burr, and I believe he served in that company at the fort in Blackrock through the whole of the summer, and to my knowledge he was in the service of the Country most of the time during the revolutionary war. 

Nathan Bulkley
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State of Connecticut)
Fairfield County        ) at Danbury November 16th 1836

There personally appeared the above named Nathan Bulkley and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me. I further certify that I am wwell acquainted with the above named deponent, and that he sustains a fair. character for truth and is a credible witness.

Edward Taylor Justice of Peace
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Oct 23 1901
Esther L Patchen
Walton N Y

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Ren WIDOW, &c
File No. 17371
Esther Bulkley
Widow of 
Turney Bulkley
Srgt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index: - Vol 1 Page 104

Arrangement of 1870