Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W.17,280, Ezekiel Porter Belden, Continental. Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE | [blank] | NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) | Belden, Ezekiel Porter | W.17.280
[blank] | Mary | [blank]

CONTENTS
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7011
Connecticutt | [illegible]

Ezekiel Porter Belden of Hartford [illegible] in the state of Connecticutt who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticutt line, for the term of 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticutt at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27[th] of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Mar 1819 and sent to Hon. T. S. Williams
Off. of Rep.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 9mo 9/31 | - 185.80
Semi·anl. all'ce ending [illegible] Sep 1819 | - 120
[blank] | $305.80

{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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[Handwritten note on left side]

Payment to be made to E. F. Cook over-seer to M. Belden

[illegible faded script]

[end of handwritten note] 

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1521
Connecticut

Mary Belden widow of Ezekiel Porter Belden who was a Capt of Dragoonsin the Conn. line Continental for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 600 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of August, 1843 and sent to Mr. Fowler
Hartford, Conn.

[Act of March 3, 1843]. 
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1. Page 62
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Ezekiel Belden [illegible]

Ezekiel P Belden
Cap. 
April 1777 to 1779
Shelden's Connecticuts
2nd Reg. Light Dragoons
[illegible]

[crossed out text]
[illegible] certificate [illegible] the claimants circumstances is wanted
[end of crossed out text]

Hon. T. S. Williams
H.R.
dated 5 March 1819
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DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT--ss---HARTFORD

On this 27 day of May, 1818, before me the subscriber, Judge of the County Court or the County of Hartford in said district, personally appeared Ezekiel P. Belden Cap. aged 62 years resident in Wethersfield in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said Ezekiel P. Belden Capt. in the state of Connecticut received a commision as Captain (Sheldon's Company) in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded the 18th day of December 1779 to [illegible] from April 7th 1777 - by Elisha Sheldon [illegible] stated; that he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States until the 11th day of June 1780, when he was discharged from service in said Regiment as [illegible] state of New Jersey --, that he was in the battle of Brandywine [illeglible] that [illegible] the 2nd. Reg. of Dragoons as a Lieutenant in December 1776 on [illegible] of the same [illegible] Commission was [illegible][illegible] in  December 1779~when [illegible] a [illegible] as Captain as about and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, except [illegible] [illegible] of the Company dated May 10th 1778. [Illegible] to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. 

Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford as aforesaid -

I, Jonathan Brace --Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ezekiel P. Belden [illegible] -- did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of [long illegible handwritten sentence] nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.

May the 27th 1818 Jonathan Brace Judge as aforesaid

May 27. 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court. 

Thomas Chester Clerk
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112
page
147
Widow Mary Belden (with strike through)
Mary Belden
widow of Ezekiel
Con
Act 7 July '38
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5 years
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Married in 1790
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3 years

Admd
7 years Capt Dragoon
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600 $ ---
-----
No deduction-
Certificate to Erastus F. Cooke
Curator of the person & estate
Jafee Charlton
E. Windsor
Con
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I Samuel Galpin Town Clerk & Register
of & for the Town of Wethersfield in the
County of Hartford & State of Connecticut
hereby certify, That in the Public Record
of Marriages belonging to this office
I find the following entries viz
"Ezekiel P Belden and Mary
Parsons of Amherst were married to
each other on the first day of November
Seventeen Hundred and ninety
by the Rev
John Lewis
And a further entry viz
"Ezekiel Belden Esquire died Octob
ninth Eighteen hundred & twenty four"
the sixty ninth year of his age.
The foregoing is an exact copy from said
Record except that in said records the
dates of the month & year given in figures
as 1st and "1790" and "9th"  "1824" and
"69th" and not in words.
Attest Samuel Galpin Town Clerk & Register
State of Connecticut
Hartford County Ss. Weathersfield
On this 1st day of August 1838 personally
appeared before me the Subscribing authorty
Samuel Galpin Esq, a Credible person and
who is Town Clerk & Register of said town of
Wethersfield & made Solemn Oath to the
truth of the foregoing certificate by him
subscribed.
Ashbel Robertson Justice of Peace
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Power of Attorney to
examine the papers of
Mary Belden Revd
Pensioner of Hartford Co. Ct.
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Know all men by these presents That I Hermon Ely of Elyria Lorain
County Ohio a grandson of Mary Belden deceased late of the
County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut and a Revolutionary
Pensioner of the United States do hereby constitute & appoint
B. B. Chapman of Elyria Ohio my true & lawful attorney
to prosecute the claim of said Mary Belden deceased to any amount
of Revolutionary Pension or increase of pension that may due and I hearby
authorize my said Attorney to examine all the papers and documents
in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City
or elswhere, to file additional evidence or arguments & to receive
the Certificate, which may be issued for said claim and to do all
things that I might or could do were I personally present and if
necessary to appoint a substitute under him for the purposes herein
expressed 
Hereby ratifying & confirming all that my said Attorney shall
Carefully do in the premises
(illegible) my hand & seal This 11th day Herman Ely (Seal)
of March A.D. 1852
Signed sealed in the presence of
S. Bagg
Mr J. Lockwood
State of Ohio
Lorain County ⎬ ss. On this 11th day of March A.D. 1852 before me
the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid personally
appeared Hermon Ely above named & acknowledged the foregoing
power of Attorney to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned
and I do further Certify that he did make oath he was interested in said claim
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& seal the day & year aforesaid
S. Bagg
Notary Public
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third
section of the act of Congress of the 4th July 1806
and the joint resolution of July 7th AD 1838
State of Connecticut
Hartford County Ss (illegible)
On this second day of August AD 1838
personally appeared before the Court of Probate
for the District of Hartford now sitting in
Hartford, in & for said District for Erastus F
Cooke, a resident of Weathersfield in said County
 of Hartford & son in law of the Widow Mary Belden, she having no own son, Who being first duly sworn according
to Law, doth on oath make the following
Declaration in the name, and for the benefit
of Widow Mary Belden, a resident of said
Wethersfield, whose lawful son in law he
is, as she the said Mary is laboring
under mental derangement, and incapable
of taking care of herself,or of her concerns:
which Declaration he makes in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed
July 4th A 1836, & the joint resolution of July 7th
1838. Viz. That the said Mary Belden
is the Widow of Col Ezekiel P Belden, who
was a Lieut & afterwards a Captain in
Col E Sheldens Regiment of Light Horse,
which latter office he performed his duty for
more than three years. and he the said
Cooke furthermore declares, that he fully
believes & expects to prove, that the said Widow,
Mary Belden, was married to the said
Ezekiel P. Belden, on the first day of November
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Seventeen hundred & ninety, and continue
to live with him to the time of his death, which
took place in said Wethersfield on the 9th
day of October Eighteen Hundred & twenty four; and the said Mary Belden still remains
his widow, and she has never again
intermarried. And he furthermore declares
That the said Ezekiel S Belden was placed
on the Pension Roll under the act of May
1818, and was suspended under the act of
May 1820: And he further declares that the
Dwelling house of the said (Ezekiel R Belden,  Esq) [stricken] Cooke
was burned several years ago, the family
records & certificates were destroyed, as the
declarant has been informed, and fully
believes to be true, for a more full detail
of the services of the said Capt Ezekiel
Belden he begs leave to refer to the said
Beldens former declaration on file (..) is
believed in the pension office in Washington
& in support of this Declaration to the proof
hereto annexed.
Erastus F Cooke
Son in law As P Mary Belden
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before said Court of Probate
1
And the said Court hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
after putting appropriate interrogatories that The
above named Ezekiel P Beldon Esq Serve
a Captain in the Revolutionary war in the
manner stated and that his widow Mary
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Belden is the identical(?) person who married the said Ezekiel P Belden & that she is
now laboring under mental derangement
That the said Ezekiel P Belden died as
is stated in the aforesaid declaration and
that the present declarant Doctor
Cook is the lawful (guardian) [stricken] son in law of the said
Mary Belden & that she has no son living.

In testimony whereof I Nathaniel Good(illegible)
Clerk of the Probate Court for the District
of Hartford in the County & State aforesaid
hereby declare that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings before said Probate
Court in the matter of the application of the (guardian) [stricken] son in law of Widow Mary Belden
for a pension under the Acts above name
And I certify that Ashbel Robertson Esq
before whom the annexed certificate of Samuel
Gulfein(?) was taken is at this time & has been for
two months last past a lawful Justice of the
Peace for said Hartford County, that his
Signature to said certificate I fully believe to
be genuine and I further certify that Jesse
Charlton Esq. before whom the annexed(?)
certificate of Joseph Stillman was taken, is at
this time & has been for two months last past
lawful Justice of the peace for said Hartford
County & that his signature to the said
certificate is his genuine. Signature & the word
"guardian" was erased & the words "Son in law" was inserted in two places, & "Ezekiel P Belden" on the preceding
page was erased & "Cooke" was inserted before signing
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whereupon I do hereunto subscribe my
name and affix the seal of said Court
of Probate at Hartford aforesaid this
2nd day of August AD 1838
to
Nathaniel Goodwin,
Clerk of the Court
of Probate for the
District of Hartford
Mary Beldens
Declaration
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3 - 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 17280 Washington, D. C.,....., 19.....
(Illegible)

In reply to your request of....,received.......
for a statement of the military history of Ezekiel Porter Belden a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pensionon file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
1776   v    v   in a company of gaurds for Gen'l Charles Lee
(Illegible) 7,1777  Apr. 7,1777 Lieut in
Col. Elisha Sheldon's 2nd Regt. Light Dragoons

Apr 7,17777 June 11, 1780 Capt in
Col. Elisha Sheldon's 2nd Regt. Light Dragoons
Battles engaged in, Brandywine
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, May 27,1818 (illegible) (Illegible) (illegible)
Residence at date of application, Weathersfield, Hartford (illegible) Conn
Age at date of application, 62 yrs
Remarks: Soldier married Nov. 1, 1790 at Weathersfield Conn. Mary Parsons of (illegible)
herslf and died Oct. 9. 1824 at Weatherfield Conn in her 69th
year. Dr Erastus F. Cooke of Weathersfield was a son in law
and Herman Ely of Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio in 1852 was a 
grandson. No other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 285C
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17280
Mary Belden
Widow of
Ezekiel Belden
Capt (...)
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Act: March 3d 48
Vol. 1 Page 53
Arrangement of 1870.

112
Let. to Jesse Churlton,
Augt. 1838.
see let to Jesse Charleston, Esqr
Sep. 15. 1838.
Cont
27 Hist. to William Huntley
in S.F. 44616 Jonathan Blin
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Connecticut 830
Erastus F Cooke Curator of
the person and Estate of Mary
of Belden widow of Ezekiel
Belden dec[ease]d
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18th March 18
and who died on the 9th Oct. 1824
of Hartford in the State of Con[necticut] who
was a Captain(illegible)  in the (...) commanded
by Captain Belden of the Regt
commanded
by (...) in the Connecticut line for 2 years and (illegible) for $100 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 600 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Nov
38 and (...) and (illegible) E. Windsor, Conn

Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $1500.00
Semi-annual allowance ending
300.00
===
$1800.00
===
Act July 7,
1838.
Recorded by R. (illegible) Clerk
Book A Vol. 1- Page 166
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Connecticut. 830
=
Erastus F Cooke, Curator of the Person
and estate of Mary Belden
widow of Ezekiel Belden, dec[eased]
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 18
and who died on the 9th Oct. 1824
of Hartford in the State of Con[necticut] who
was a Dragoon in the County commanded
by Captain (illegible) of the Reg[iment] commanded
by (...) in the Con[necticut] line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 100 Dollars, - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of Nov. 38, and (illegible) and (illegible) E Windsor Conn.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $250. 00
Semi-annual allowance ending  - 50. 00
==
$300.00

Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by R (illegible), Clerk
Book A Vol. 1(?) Page 166
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I hereby certify that Capt Ezekiel Porter
Beldon of the (illegible) Regiment of light
Dragoons is discharged from further service
in the army at his own signature (illegible).
Given by his (illegible) (llegible) (illegible) (illegible)
11th day of June XX80
Robert (illegible)
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. In Congress Assembled
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To Ezekiel Porter Belder Esq. Greeting 
We Reposing special trust
and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, Do by these present constitute and appoint you to
be a Captain in the 2d Regt Light Dragoons,
in the Army of the United States to the rank as such from the 7th day of April 1777.

You are herefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a
Captain
by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Captain
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions,
from time to time, as you shall receive from their future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress
for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of
the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance
of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.

Entered in the War Office and and examined by the Board

Witness (illegible) Sam Huntington President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 18
day of December
1779, and in the (illegible) 
year of our Independence.
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Attest

Ben Stoddert, Secretary of the Board of War
Sam Huntington President
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1752
Mary Belden
600 per an[num]
Payable to E. F. Cook[e]
Overseer to M Belden
H. Fowler
Hartford
Con
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of (illegible) act of Congress of the (illegible) March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain
Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7 1838
State of Connecticut
Hartford County Wethersfield 20th May AD 1843
On this 20th day of May A.D. 1843 before the Subscribed
Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Hartford personally
appeared Erastus F Cooke Esq overseer of Mary Belden
a resident of Wethersfield in said County and State of
Connecticut who being first duly sworn according to
law[,] doth(?)  on his oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by
the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March 1843 granting
pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War-
That he is overseer to Mary Belden who is still living
as the widow of Ezekiel Belden who was a
Captain of Dragoons in the Army of the Revolution and
a pensioner for a short period under the Act of 1818
That she received a pension under the act of 7th
July 1838 at the rate of Six hundred Dollars per annum
pension certificate dated 13 Novr 1838 commencing
4 March 1836 & terminating 4 March 1841. that said
Certificate has been surrendered to the Pension Agent
in Hartford -
He further declares that she is still
a widow and incapable of transacting business
by reason of insanity and is aged Eighty-six years
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me and I, Erastus F Cooke, thereby certify that I
am personally acquainted with the Declarant and with
the Widow Mary Belden Know that she is still living
as the Widow of Ezekiel P. Belden and am fully satisfied
of the truth of this statements of said Cooke in the foregoing
Declaration signed by him
Ashbel Robertson Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County Wethersfield
I
Ashber Robertson Town Clerk and
register of the Town of Wethersfield hereby certify that Erastus F Cooke Esq has been by the Selectmen
of said Town appointed as overseer to Mary
Belden late a Pensioner and the widow of Ezekiel P Belden that his appointment is on file in my
Office and that he is fully authorized to act in
that capacity
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto signed my name at
Wethersfield this 20th day of
May 1843.
Ashbel Robertson
State of Connecticut 
office of Secretary of State

I hereby certify that Ashbel Robertson Esq
is & since the 20th day of June last has been a Justice
of the Peace within & for the County of Hartford in said State
duly appointed & commissioned as appears (of record?) in
this office-- and that the two foregoing signatures purporting
to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of the said State this
thirtieth day of May Eighteen
hundred & forty three
Noah A. Phelps
Secretary of State
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[blank page outline of square]
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East Windsor Hell Hartford Con
Connecticut 
Sept 1st 1838
Sir
I herewith transmit the addition
of papers required in the case of
Mary Belden Widow of Ezekiel Belden
of Wethersfield Conn. under act of July
7th AD 1838. Entitled "an act granting half
pay & pensions to certain Widows"
And am, with respect your
ob[e]d[ien]t serv[an]t
Jesse Charlton

J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C
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Payment to be made
at Hartford
by S.L. Picken Esqr
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Connecticut
Payable on the 4th March
and 4th September in each
year. First payment to be made. 31st December, 1838
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A Vol. 1[?] Page 166 by
Jesse Charlton
R Buntin, Clerk
Clerk
E. Windsor Hill Con-

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[illegible] Certif[?]
2 years Capt of Dragoons
600 $
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838,
Erastus F. Cooke Curator of the person and
estate of Mary Belden --
widow of Ezekiel Belden deceased
who was a Captain during the Revly War,
and died on the ninth[?] day of Oct. 1824
is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum, commencing on the
fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage
of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension
will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United 
States, this first day of
November, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty eight
J. R. Poinsett
Examined and
Countersigned. }
L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
Secretary of War.
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112
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East Windsor Hill
Hartford County on
Aug 3rd
1838
Sir
I herewith transmit the application
of Widow Mary Belden Widow
of Capt Ezekiel Belden of Connecticut
under the act of July 1838
and am respectfully your
obedient Servant
Jesse Charlton
J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C
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Nov. 12. '38
Mr Burdine
JM. Att.
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington.
D.C.
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I Henry Kilborn, Comptroller of Public
accounts for the State of Connecticut do
hereby certify that in the Books of the Connecticut 
line of the Continental
Army remaining in this office it appears
that Ezekiel P Belden, was a Lt in Col
Elisha Sheldons Regiment of Light Horse from
the 7th of January 1777 to the 7th of April 1777
3 months: and from the 7th of April 1777 to
the 1'st of January 1780 for the term
of 2 years, 8 months & 24 days as Captain
in said Regiment, And from said 1st January
1780, to the 11 of June 1780, a period of 5 month
& 11 days, as Capt, in said Regiment
In the whole as a Captain 3 years 2 Month
& 5 days.
Given at the Comptrollers office in
Hartford Connecticut this 7th day of
November AD 1838.
Henry Kilborn Comptr
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East Windsor Hill
Hartford County
Conn
Nov 7th 1838
Sir,
Is there not a mistake in the
amount of Pension allowed the Widow
of Ezekiel P Belden, who was a Capt
in Col Sheldons Reg't of Light Horse
for the term of 3 years 2 months & 5 days,
And certificate is for One Hundred Dollars per annum,
Respectfully yours
-
Jesse Charlton
J. L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of 
Pensions
Washington 
D.C.
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Sept 1
(illegible) ab
Ct
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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East Windsor Hill Hartford County
Connecticut
Aug. 29 1838

Dear Sir.
yours of the 24th August 1838 is duly
received. In the case of Mary Belden, Widow
of Ezekiel P Belden, I was led by the decision
given by the late Secretary of War as contained
in document No 118, page 101, to proceed as
I did. Mrs Belden being insane her son
in Law Doct Cook as she has no own son
made the declaration, & his standing as son in
law was certified by the Court under their Seal
If it was contemplated that a man should
be appointed by the Court of the Selectmen
and invested with this authority why was
it not so said but it is
"Declaration made by a relative of a Claimant
in case of insanity"
And for how is the date of the
Marriage insufficient, is it not a certificate
Signed by the Town Clerk, sworn to before a Justice whose official character is certified by the Court.

In some Towns the records of Marriages is very
imperfect, but in Wethersfield it is not so
And in this case what inspires distrust
Have the kindness for to give me an answer
I am Sir with great confidence in your
skill & integrity your obed[ien]t Serv[an]t.
Jesse Charlton
J.L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Connecticut
Hartford
J Royal R Hinman Secretary of State
for the State of Connecticut hereby certify
That Ashbel Robertson Esq, of Wethersfield in
the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut
is a lawful Justice of the Peace for
said Hartford County & has been for three
months last past and that his commission
will not expire before the 20th of June
1839. And the signature of the said
Robertson to the certificate of Samuel Galpin
Town Clerk, of said Wethersfield is the genuine
Signature of the said Ashbel Robertson
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set
my hand, and affix the seal of said
State, at Hartford aforesaid this
day of September AD 1838
Royal R Hinman Secretary of State
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I James L Belden, hereby certify
That I was well acquainted with the
late Coll Ezekiel Belden, as much
as fifty years ago; and I well remember the Marriage of the late Colo Ezekiel
Belden to the present widow Mary
Belden, and I have not the least 
doubt that the date entered in the
Town records is the true date viz:
on the first day of November Seventeen hundred ninty
The records of Marriages in our town
Books appear to have been much more
regularly kept, than I hear they are in
many other Towns; and any certificate(s?)
surmised(?) from said records is surely entitled to the fullest credit.
Dated at Wethersfield this 28 day of
August 1838 And I would further say
that I have examined said town record
this day, & find the entry in its
regular place, in the series of entries
James L Belden
State of Connecticut
Hartford County, S Wethersfield
On this 28th day of August AD 1838, personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut
James L Belden Esquire a credible person
and one of the most substantial citizens
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of said town of Wethersfield and
made solemn oath to the truth of the fore
going certificate by him subscribed, before
me, and I certify that the reason why
the tenth line from the top is written in
paler ink in than the rest, was, that the
body of the Deposition was written in
Doctor Cooks office, (the said Belden being present), & a place was left to put in the line stated on the record; Mr Belden & myself took
the deposition down to the Town Clerks Office,
& examined the record of Marriages & from
some pale ink, we found in the Clerks
office; I wrote the said line before the signing, and Oath to the said certificate.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe
my name, and affix my seal of office this
July
Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
of
James L Belden (...) of Wethersfield,
whose deposition is given above, is well
known to me, as a gentleman of high
character for integrity. His statements are
worthy of all confidence
J Joucey(?) (...) Sep 1 1838

all confidence
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Sonley
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Hartford Sept. 1838
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I Calvin Chapin Pastor of the Church and Society of Rocky Hill; in the town of Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, hereby certify, that in the records of Marriages kept by the Rev John Lewis, who was pastor of this church & society from January 1781 to April seventeen hundred & ninety two; under the head of Marriages, I find the following entry
"Married
Seventeen Hundred Ninety, November first, Ezekiel P Belden, & Mary Parsons of Amherst Mass." The foregoing is a true copy with the exception that in the original record the dates are given in legible figures as follows, Nov 1 1790.
Dated in Wethersfield this 28th day of August A 1838.
Attest Calvin Chapin, Pastor of the church and society in Rocky Hill, Connecticut

State of Connecticut
Hartford County Wethersfield
On this 28th day of August AD 1838, personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the state of Connecticut, Rev Calvin Chapin D.D. a credible person and who is now pastor of a congregational church in the society of Rocky Hill,(so called) in the said town of Wethersfield & then and there made solemn oath to the truth of the above written certificate by him subscribed before me, In testimony whereof
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I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office this day
Attest Jesse Charlton 
Notary Public
[seal]
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J Charlton Esq
East - Windsor Hill
Con
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Whereas in the Providence of God Mary Belden the widow of Col Ezekiel P Belden formerly  of Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut has been bereaved of her reason; we the selectmen of the town of Wethersfield aforesaid do hereby appoint her Son in law Doctor Erastus J Cooke of said Wethersfield to be the overseer of the said Mary Belden for the term of three years from this date to take care of the said widow &  of her estate to apply for the pension believed to be her due under the act of July 7th AD 1838.
entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and to draw said pension money to her whenever it shall be payable and paid to take care of the same, this appointment being made at the desire of her nearest relatives and friends
Dated at Wethersfield in Hartford County Conn. this 28th day of August A.D. 1838.
Thomas Griswold
Lancelot Crane
(...) Robbins    Select Men of Wethersfield Conn.
(...) (...) 
I Samuel Galfin Town Clerk and Register of the town of Wethersfield; aforesaid hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the doings of the selectmen in the appointment of Doct Erastus J Cooke of said Wethersfield to be overseer of Widow Mary Belden Relict of the late Col. Ezekiel P. Belden now on file in this office
Dated at said Wethersfield this 29th day of said August 1838
Samuel Galfin Town Clerk and Register
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County   Wethersfield
On this 29th day of August AD 1838
Personally appeared before me Arthur Robertson one of the justices of the peace for said Hartford County Samuel Galpin(?) Esq. who has signed the within certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me and he is a credible person well known to me and is Town Clerk and Register of the said Town of Wethersfield at this time and has been for more than three months last past and the hand writing is known to one as the genuine hand writing of the said Samuel Galpin(?) Esq.
Arthur Robertson Justice of Peace
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In the year 1776 I was out in the service of the United States in company with Ezekiel P Belden of Wethersfield; we both volunteered and were first employd(sic) in a Company of about fifty as a guard for Gen Charles Lee; among the volunteers was Benjamin Talmage who was then helping School in Wethersfield, & who was afterwards a Major of the Lt Horse; afterwards, Ezekiel P Belding the aforesaid received a commission & join Col Sheldon Regt of Dragoons, and continued(?) in service for several years.

He was a near neighbor of mine, from our youth; I recollect well the aforesaid Ezekiel P Belden marrying his (?) widow, many years ago; I cannot name the date but I should think as much as forty eight years. I well remember the death of Col Ezekiel P Belden, aforesaid; as much as about fourteen years ago; I was at his funeral: and I am well (...) to the fact that the present widow, Mary Belden, is the surviving widow of the aforesaid Ezekiel P Belden, that she still survives and has never again married; but is now in a state of mental derangement. 
Joseph Hellman(?)
State of Connecticut
Hartford County (?) Wethersfield
ON this 31st day of July 1838 Personally appered before me the subscribing (...) (...) Joseph Hellman a resident of said Wethersfield, a credible person well known to (...)
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for his services in the revolutionary war, and made solemn oath to the foregoing certificates by him subscribed.

Attest Jesse Ch..ton  Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Hartford
Comptroller's Office

I hereby certify that in the books of the pay table of the Revolutionary War remaining in this office I find that Ezekiel P Belden, is credited for services peromed(sic) in Col E Sheldon's Regiment of Light Dragoons, as a Lieut from January seventh 1777; to April 7th 1777; three months; And as a Captain from April 7th 1777 to January 1st 1780 two years two months and twenty four days, and from January 1 1780 to June 11th 1780, five months and eleven days, in the whole three years, five months, & five days.
Dated at Hartford this 2nd day of August 1838
Henry Kilbourn(?) Cmptr
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Ezekiel Porter Belden
Continental (Conn.)
?.17.280
A master roll of Capt. E.P. Belden's 1" Troop in Col. Elisha Sheldon's 2" segt of Light Dragoons, for Mch. and April 1778, signed Thos(?) Pool Lt. Ezekiel P. Belden, Capt., Benjamin Tallmadge, Mayor, dated May 10, 1778, has been removed from this case to be sent to the War Dept.

L.H. Mch. 21, 1911

Sent to War Dept Jany 16. 1913
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Name: Belden, John (Belding) Grade: Corporal Line: Connecticut

Warrant number: 5407 Acreage: 100 Issued: Oct. 9, 1789
To Esther Heacock, formerly Esther Belden, adm.
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.