Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,701, Thomas Brooks, Conn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Brooks, Thomas
Surviah or Zurviah

NUMBER
W. 23,701

CONTENTS
(blank)
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6768
New York
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Thomas Brooks
of Ostego in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Dana of the Regt commanded
by Col. Cly in the Connecticut
line for 9 1/2 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of March
1833 and sent to Hon. W. G. Angel
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Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33             $63.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 15.83
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                                                              $79.15

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 4   Page 162
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4173
New York Albany
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Surviah Brooks
Conn.
widow of Thomas Brooks
who was a Private
in the Revolution

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
31 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
4 day of January 1844
and sent to C.E. Jenkins
Albany N. Y.
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[Act of march 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 259

J. G. Austin
& D.H. Lubert


opposing page

Ref

H.H. Sylvester
23 May 1855
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State of New York Otsego County ss
On this 25 day of November in the year of our Lord 1839 Personally appeared before James C Walworth Esqr one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, Zurviah Brooks a resident of the town of Exeter Otsego County and State of New York, aged Seventy five years last May, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled “An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows.”
That she is the widow Thomas Brooks deceased, late a resident of the town of Exeter aforesaid, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and a United States Pensioner at the time of his death, and drew his Pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, and that her husband died at the said town of Exeter on the 12th day of June 1837
And that she was lawfully married to the said Thomas Brooks at the town of Lebanon in Windham County and State of Connecticut in the Month of November in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety by the Rev. Thomas Brockway of the Presbyterian order, and that she has no record of the said marriage, and that she has sent to the town and Parrish record of the said town of Lebanon to have them searched for to find the records of said marriage, & there could not be any record found of the said Marriage.
And that she further declares that the said Marriage did not take place previous to said Thomas Brooks leaving the army, but that it did taken place previous to first day of January Seventeen
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hundred and Ninety four that at the time aforesaid as above
And that she has not intermarried since, but still remains single, and the Widow of the said Thomas Brooks deceased, and from Bodily infirmities she is unable to attend the Courts, and that Minerva Cushman of the said town of Exeter, and Ambrose Collins of Columbia in Connecticut was present and witness to her marriage to the said Thomas Brooks, and from the infirmities of Old age she is unable write her name.
[signed] Surviah her-X-mark Brooks
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above mentioned J C Walworth Judge of Otsego County Courts
The word servial was altered and the word preveous erased before signing the above declaration J. C. Walworth
And the said Judge doth Certify and declare his opinion after a full investigation of the matter, that he is well acquainted with the said Surviah Brooks, and that [she] is a credible person, and entitled to full credit and belief in her statement, and from bodily infirmities she is unable to attend the Courts, and that he is fully satisfied of the truth of statements in the foregoing declaration. J. C. Walworth Judge of Otsego County
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State of New York Otsego County ss
I Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James C. Walworth Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit of Surviah Brooks purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of Otsego County Court, duly appointed Commissioned & sworn, and authorized by law to take the same, & further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Such Judge, and verily believe his signature to the certificate thereof, & to the annexed certificate of credibility & infirmity is genuine.
Witness my hand & Seal of office this 16th day of December 1839. Jesse Rose Clerk
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[State of New York] Otsego County ss
Minerva Cushman of said County being duly sworn, saith that he is aged Seventy Six years & upwards, That this deponent is personally & well acquainted with Mrs Surviah Brooks widow of Thomas Brooks late of Exeter in said County deceased, and has known and been acquainted with the said Surviah Since she was about sixteen years of age, that her maiden name was Surviah Collins.
This deponent further saith that he was present at the Marriage of the said Thomas and Surviah, that it took place at the residence of the father of the said Surviah, then in the North parish in the town of Lebanon Windham County State of Connecticut, said parish was then called Lebanon Crank, the marriage was solemnized by the Rev Thomas Brockway, who was then the parish minister.
This deponent further saith that he recollects distinctly of attending said marriage and of attending the subsequent day called the second day wedding
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but does not recollect distinctly the standing up of the parties for the purpose of being married, and does not recollect the marriage ceremony being performed, but has no doubt but this said marriage did take place as above stated, having ever since that time resided in the same neighbourhood with the said Thomas and Surviah Brooks, and they have ever since cohabited together as husband and wife, up to the time of the death of the said Thomas Brooks
This deponent further saith this said Marriage took place, according to the best recollection of this deponent, in the year 1789, though it might have been in the year 1788, that it was in the fall of the year, this deponent does not recollect the month or day of the month
This deponent further saith that he and the said Thomas Brooks removed from the State of Connecticut about the same time in the years 1792 and in 1791 and
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both have since resided in said town of Exeter up to the time of the death of said Thomas Brooks, and further Saith not.
[signed] Minerva Cushman
Sworn and subscribed before me July 18th 1839 James Hyde Comm of deeds of Otsego Co
I certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Minerva Cushman, the person who took & Subscribed the above deposition, and that he is a man of unquestionable veracity July 18, 1839 James Hyde Comm of deeds
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State of New York Otsego County ss
I Jesse Rose Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James Hyde Esquire before whom the within affidavit of Minerva Cushman was sworn, was at the time of taking such affidavit a commissioner of Deeds &c of said County, duly appointed and sworn and authorized by law to take the same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Commissioner and verily believe his signature to the certificate thereof, and to the annexed certificate of Credibility is genuine.
Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 16th day of December 1839. Jesse Rose Clerk

[left margin] Hon. J B Prentiss H R [House of Representatives]

[center] Married Nov 1790 Husbd [Husband] dd [died] 12 June 1839

[right margin] 6550 6550
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privateer service disallowed.

[crossed out] Service by consent of Hon W. Angel [illegible]

By consent of Hon Wm G Angel 9 1/2 mo pri

In the matter of the application of Thomas Brooks for a pension
16246
W. G. Angel Atty.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act passed June 7th 1832
State of New York Otsego County ss
On this fifteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Otsego, now sitting at Cooperstown in said County, Thomas Brooks a resident of the town of Exeter in the County of Otsego, aged Seventy one years on the 10th of January 1832, 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.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. To wit, on or about the last day of May or first day of June 1777, he enlisted at Lebanon in the State of Connecticut under Captain Dana in Col Ely’s Regiment in the Connecticut State troops for seven months. Shortly after his enlistment, and he thinks within ten days, he joined the Regiment at New London, where the regiment remained until some time in September, when the Regiment was ordered to join the army, under command of General Spencer in Rhode Island. He marched with the regiment from New London through Providence, and from Providence down the East side of the river to a point nearly opposite Newport, where they left the river and marched to a place called Seaconnet where the forces under General Spencer were then stationed. Here they joined the army which at that time was said to consist of about ten thousand men, he remained at this station about three weeks when the regiment under Col. Ely was ordered back to New London, In pursuance of this order the Regiment returned to New London above they
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remained about two three weeks, when they were ordered to a place the name of which he cannot now recollect, a little East of the town of Rye upon Long Island Sound, at this place they met a detachment of continental troops from Col Webbs Regiment Commanded by Col Webb, and an expedition was undertaken to Long Island, Col Webb and Col Ely were both taken prisoners in attempting to cross the sound, and the vessels in which the troops were embarked were driven by the frigate which captured the vessel in which Col Webb & Col Ely were embarked upon, the sand Banks upon the North Shore of Long Island, The vessels were driven by a strong North wind high and dry, so that the troops on board could wade to the land upon the Island,
After the troops got on shore intelligence was sent immediately to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut, a vessel was dispatched by the Governor, and after seven days the troops were taken off and conveyed to New London in a merchants vessel,
On his arrival at New London which was about the last of December or first of January, he was attacked with the meazles [measles] and was very unwell, and took a furlough five or six days before the expiration of his enlistment, and went home.
In the month of September 1778, he was drafted for one month and ordered to fort Griswold, then under command of Col Ledger, he immediately repaired to the Fort, and continued there in the line of his duty for the time he was drafted, and then returned home.
The next year, after New London was burned, which he thinks was in 1781, He was drafted in the month of September or August for two months, and was attached to Captain William Huntingtons Company in Col McLellans [McClellan’s] Regiment of Connecticut militia, During these two months he was stationed at Fort Trumbull near New London, He continued in the service during the time for which he was drafted when he was discharged
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In the month of September 1780 he enlisted as a private under Captain Wattles Commander of the privateer armed Schooner Young Cromwell, of twelve guns, Lieut Burrington, this enlistment was for the cruise, about two or three weeks after his enlistment the vessel sailed from New London, at which port she lay when he enlisted upon a cruise along the coast of the Southern States and about the West Indies, This cruise lasted over six months when the vessel returned to New London
The Young Cromwell on this cruise took three prizes, one Brig and two sloops, the Brig was freighted with Salt and some dry goods, the sloops were principally in ballast, one of them had on board a few bales of dry goods,
Whilst off the coast of South Carolina the Young Cromwell exchanged several shots with two British privateer vessels, and she was several times chased by British vessels of Superior force, It was the last part of September when he sailed upon this cruise, and he did not return till the warm weather came on in Spring, He cannot recollect the exact time he returned, but is confident it was as late as the middle of March.
He knows of no person now living who can testify to his services, other than those whose affidavits are hereunto annexed. He was born in the town of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut where he resided there through the whole of the revolutionary war, and until the year 1792, when he removed to the then town of Richfield, now Exeter, in Otsego County in the State of New York, where he has ever since resided. He has no record of his age. He never received a written discharge at any time from the service. 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,
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Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court, Horace Lathrop Clerk;
[signed] Thomas Brooks

Otsego County ss
We William Hunt a Clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield in the said County, and Henry Lake of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Brooks, who has subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one 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 & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court Horace Lathrop, Clerk
[signed] William Hunt
[signed] Henry Lake
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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 was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and the court further certifies that it appears to them that William Hunt, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Plainfield Otsego County, and that the said Henry Lake who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
J. O. Morse, E Foote, L Page, Seth Chase Judges
I certify that I have been personally and intimately acquainted with Thomas Brooks Esquire the applicant mentioned in the foregoing papers from my earliest recollection, I have often heard him mention his revolutionary services, He possesses an unimpeachable character for truth and veracity. He was many years a Judge of our Court of Common Pleas, has been a representative in our State Legislature and filled
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and

various  other offices. Those personally acquainted with him would require no additional proof to induce them to believe his statement correct. 
Oct 29. 1832 W. G. Angel Rep in Congress
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State of New York Otsego County ss
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego, Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Brooks for a pension.
And I further certify that Selah Havens Esquire, before whom the affidavits of Ebenezer Lisk and Mary Lisk hereunto annexed purport to have been taken, is an acting Justice of the peace within & for the said County and duly authorized by law to administer oaths, and that I believe the signature of the said Justice to said affidavits is the proper hand writing of the said Selah Havens.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of October 1832 Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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[State of New York] Otsego County ss
Ebenezer Lisk of the town & County Otsego being duly sworn, saith that that he has been acquainted with Thomas Brooks, whose application for a pension is hereunto annexed, for a about fifty years, that he has heard read that part of his declaration which relates to his revolutionary services at Fort Trumbull under Captain Huntington in Col McLellan's [McClellan’s] Regiment, and that he knows the same is correctly stated and set forth, for that he this deponent was drafted at the same time and served with the said Brooks at the same place under the same officers, And further saith not.
[signed] Ebenezer Lisk
Sworn & Subscribed this 26 day of September 1832 before me, Selah Havens Justice of the peace
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I certify that the witnesses of Claimants service are credible & the papers authentic W G Angel
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State of New York Otsego County ss
Mary Lisk being duly sworn saith that Thomas Brooks, whose pension application is hereunto annexed, is her brother and that she lived in her fathers family at Lebanon in Connecticut with her brother Thomas above named during the war of the Revolution, She recollects that he left home in the Spring or early in the Summer of in the same year that General Burgoyne was taken at Saratoga, that she understood from him and from the family that he had enlisted and gone into the service, he was absent till the winter following, when he returned home sick with the meazles [measles],
On his return she heard him relate the events through which he had passed in the service, and she has no doubt but [that] he did actually serve as set forth in his declaration, she also recollects that one year during the war, but what particular year she cannot recollect, the said Thomas Brooks was absent, and she understood from him and from the family, at the time he was about leaving home that he was going on board armed [illegible] the United States service, that he went away in the fall and was gone till late in Spring or Summer, and on his return she understood he had been on a sea voyage in an armed vessel, and she heard him relate on his return his adventures, and she has no doubt but that he served as is set forth in his declaration, in the vessel called Young Cromwell, and further saith not.
[signed] Mary Lisk
Sworn before me the 26 September 1832 Selah Havens Justice of the peace
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Aomd 5.14 P.277 N. Y. a
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16.246.
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Brooks
County of Otsego in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71.
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. | Enlisted In 1777 1st June | Drafted 1778 Septr. | [Drafted] 1781 | Enlisted on board a Privateer 1780 Sept.
Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | not stated precisely | 1 | 2 | “over 6.” 
Rank. As a | Private | [Private] | [Private] | [Private]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen. | Capt. Dana, Col. Ely, Genl Spencer | Col. Ledyard | Capt. Huntington, Col. McLellan | Capt. Wattles
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon, Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the Seal.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. F. Waugh Examining Clerk. Feb 23. 1833.
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Feb 17th 57
Appl of Alvan Brooks and others
heirs of Thomas Brooks & Zurviah his wife
Cap Treplett
NY d 32
H. H. Sylvester
[overscript] S Feb 17 / 57
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State of New York County of Otsego
I Hiram Kinne Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's Court held at the Surrogates Office in and for said County before me, on the eleventh day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Thomas Brooks, late of the town of Exeter in the County of Otsego aforesaid, died on the twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, that at the time of his death he was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty one dollars and sixty six cents per annum, under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he left a widow him surving [surviving] by the name of Zurviah Brooks, that his said widow drew a pension of the same amount as was drawn by her husband under the acts of Congress of 1838 & 1843, and that she died on the ninth day of February 1844, leaving the followinq named children, viz, Alvan Brooks, Sally Vebber wife of Sanford Vebber, Sophia Bardeen wife of Sybbyna Bardeen, and Seth Brooks, that they are her only children her surviving, and that they were the children of the said Thomas Brooks deceased, and the only children him surviving, and each of them is over the age of twenty one years.
And I further certify that Alvan Brooks has been duly appointed executor of the estate of the said Thomas Brooks deceased, and that he is legally authorized and is still duly qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 11th day of February 1851 Hiram Kinne Surrogate
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State of New York Otsego County ss
Alvan Brooks being duly sworn, says he is fifty nine years of age, a resident of Exeter County of Otsego and State of New York, where he has resided for fifty eight years last past. That he is the son of Thomas Brooks late of Exeter deceased. That his father died in Exeter on the twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, leaving his widow Zurviah Brooks him surviving. That she remained his widow during her life, and that she died in Exeter Otsego County and State of New York, on the ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty four, leaving the following named children her surviving, viz, Alvan Brooks, Sally Vibber [or Vebber] wife of Sanford Vibber, Sophia Bardeen wife of Sybbyna Bardeen, and Seth Brooks, who are all her children her surviving, and each of them are over twenty one years of age.
That his father was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of Thirty one Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum under the act of 7th June 1832. That his mother was a pensioner at the time of her death at the rate of $31 66/100 per annum. That his father at the time of the Revolutionary war was a resident of Lebanon County of New London in the State of Connecticut, and remained a resident of said State until about the year one thousand Seven hundred and ninty [ninety] four, he then moved into the County of Otsego State of New York, where he remained during his life.
That he has always understood from his father that he was not allowed one half of his pension properly due him, and has been informed and believes he was a teamster for a long time from the State of Conneticut [Connecticut], for which service he was informed and believes he was never allowed a pension. He therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the increase of pension to which he father was entitled, and likewise the increase during the life of his mother, for the benefit of himself and the Abour
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other Children of the Said deceased. That his father always declared he did not receive one half the amount of pension to which he was honestly entitled to, and that he was in the service of the United States more than three years.
But of the particular times of his service he does not recolect [recollect], he likewise feels confident he has heard his father say he served in the Revolution under a man by the name of Gaylord.
[signed] Alvan Brooks
Sworn to and subsenched [subscribed] before me this 11th day of February 1857 in open Court, and I further certify that the above named Alvan Brooks sustains a good character for truth, veracity and respectability Hiram Kinne Surrogate
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State of New York Otsego County ss
Seth C Brooks being duly sworn says he is forty five years of age, resides in Edmeston County of Otsego and State of New York, where he has resided for fourteen years last past, that he is the son of Thomas and Zurviah Brooks, late of the town of Exeter County of Otsego and State of New York, deceased,
That his father was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 7th June 1832 at the time of his death, at the rate of thirty one Dollars and sixty six Cents per annum, and that he died in Exeter aforesaid on the twelfth day of June 1839, leaving his widow Zurviah Brooks him surviving, That his mother was a pensioner at the time of her death at the same rate of pension that his father drew, and that she dec’d [deceased] on the Ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty four, leaving the following named children her surviving, viz, Alvan Brooks, Sally Vibber, Sophia Bardeen, and Seth Brooks, who are all her children now living, and each of them are over twenty one years of age.
That he has always understood from his father that he was in the service more than three years during the Revolutionary War, and always complained that he had not received one half the amount of pension due him, that he was informed and believed his father served a long time as a teamster in the State of Connecticut, That he understood his father lived during the Revolution in the State of Connecticut in Lebanon, and believes he has heard his father say he served under a Captain Gaylord.
[signed] Seth C Brooks
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 11th day of February 1851 & I further certify that the above deponent sustains a good character for truth veracity & respectability, done in open Court Hiram Kinne Surrogate
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. July 1, 1925.
Mrs. Henry Garden P. O. Box. 94. West Winfield, New York.
Madam: I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W-23701, it appears that Thomas Brooks was born in Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut, January 10, 1761.
While residing there he enlisted in May or June 1777 and served seven months as a private in Captain Dana's Company, Colonel Ely's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in September 1778 and served one month in Colonel Ledyard's Connecticut Regiment.
He entered in September 1780 and served six months on the privateer "Young Cromwell”, Captain Wattles.
He enlisted in September 1781 and served two months as a private in Captain William Huntington's Company, Colonel McLellan's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832 while residing in Exeter, Otsego County, New York. He died there June 12, 1839.
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He married in Lebanon, Connecticut, in November 1790, Surviah or Zurviah Collins and she was allowed pension on an application executed November 26, 1839, while a resident of Exeter, New York, aged seventy-five years. She died February 9, 1844 leaving children, Alvan Brooks, Sally, wife of Sanford Vebber, Sophia, wife of Sybbyna Bardeen, and Seth C. Brooks.
The soldier was a Judge of Court of Common Pleas for many years, and a Representative in the New York State legislature.
Respectfully, Commissioner.
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Thomas Brooks W. 23,701
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | May or June ‘77 | Sept. 1778 | Sept. 1780 | Sept. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. | 7 mos. | 1 mo. | 6 mos. | 2 mos.
RANK. | Pvt. | Pvt. | Pvt. | Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. | Dana | Ely | Ledyard | on privateer "Young Cromwell”, Capt Wattles | William Huntington | McLellan
STATE. | Conn | Conn | Conn | Conn
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon, Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 15, 1832. Cl. [Claim] al. [allowed]
Residence at date of application Exeter, Otsego Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, b. [born] Lebanon, Conn. Jan 10, 1761, d. [died] Exeter, N.Y. June 12, 1839.
Remarks: m. [married]. Lebanon, Conn. Nov. 1790 Surviah or Zurviah Collins. She was al. [allowed] pens. [pension] on an apl. [application] exec. [executed] Nov. 25, 1839, while 75 yrs. of age and a res. [resident] of Exeter, N.Y. She died Feb. 9. 1844, leaving children, Alvan Brooks, Sally wife of Sanford Vebber, Sophia wife of Sybbyna Bardeen, and Seth C. Brooks. Soldier was a Judge of Court of Common Pleas for many years, and a Representative in the N.Y. State legislature.
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
1-2 4048b5m3-09
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MRS. HENRY GARDEN P. O. BOX NO. 94 WEST WINFIELD, N.Y. May 5, 1925
Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Archives Washington, DC
Can you supply any information in regard to the Revolutionary service of John Wiley or Willey of Vermont ? whose wife was Betsy Bickford;
Also, of Thomas Brooks of Lebanon, Conn, whose wife was Surviah Collins. He died in New York State, at West Exeter, Otsego Co.
Also of Benoni Wright, m [married] Elizabeth Smith, of Lebanon, Conn.
Yours truly, Alice Garden
see. cI. R. 11560 N.H. Willey, John.
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Act. Sept. 20, 1911 c
[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. D SEP 19 1911
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Pension Department Washington D. C.
Dear Sir Will you kindly send me the War Record of Thomas Brooks. He was a pensioner from Conn living in N. Y. about 1840. W. 23.701 d. 1839
Very Respectfully A.M. Brooks Sept 18, 1911. Southington Conn
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[stamp, partial] JUL 29 1899

Adams, July 24, 99,
Pension Dept., — Have you a record of pensioners in the the Revolution by the name of  Thomas Brooks, Thomas Brooks Jr. and Thomas Brooks of Conn. also of Zurvih [Zurviah], a wife of one of these men, who had the pension after her husband died.
Mrs. W. S. Huestis Adams. Jeff. Co. N. Y.

[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE. H JUL 27 1899
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[Mrs] W.S. Huestis
Adams, N.Y.
[See Wi] d. 16871
1911, Sept. 22. Hist. to A.M. Brooks
1925, July 1 Mrs Henry M

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23701 Suruah [Surviah] Brooks wid of Thomas Brooks Priv Rev War
Act Mch 3rd 1843 Index: Vol. A Page 91
Arrangement of 1870.

Mrs See Wi
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Repd
Let to C. E. Jenkins Oct 25 ‘43
[Let to C. E. Jenkins] Nov 1 [‘43]
[Let to C. E. Jenkins] Nov 7 [‘43]

New York 7724.
Surviah or Zurviah Brooks widow of Thomas Brooks
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 12th June 1839, of Otsego Co. in the State of New York, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Dana of the regt. commanded by Col. Ely in the Connt. [Connecticut] line for 9 1/2 month
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 31 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of October 1843 and sent to Chs. C. Jenkins, Johnstown, N.Y.
Total amount, $155:30
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book A Vol. 2 Page 70
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Thomas Brooks of N.Y.
Act of 1832 Rev Claim
Nov 2d 1852
[illegible] act 1843 NY papers not found
I desire to Examine papers on file
H. H. Sylvester Atty
Ex - By Jas G Austin Present
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Albany
Thomas Brooks act June 7, 1832 to what time paid? VL
4 March 1839 JH June 1837 or 1839
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, April 25, 1854.
Sir: Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Adm’r. of Surviah Brooks, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of thirty one Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 3d March 1843, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1843, to the 19 Feb. 1844.
Respectfully, yours, M. Brodhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
4173 43
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3968
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State of New York Otsego County ss
On this Sixteenth day of October 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County, Surviah Brooks a resident of the town of Exeter in said County, aged Seventy nine years, 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 3d March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Thomas Brooks, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832, and for proof of his services she refers to the papers sent in by him when he applied for his pension. She further declares that the annual amount of her pension under the act of 7th July 1838 was $31.66, and that she is still a widow.
Sworn and Subscribed on the day & year above written before me James Hyde Comm of Deeds
[signed] Surviah her-X-mark Brooks
[signed] Alvan Brooks
I certify that the above named applicant is personally known to me — Oct 16, 1843 — and that she executed the same by making her mark on account of bodily infirmity — James Hyde Comm of Deeds
Otsego County Clerks Office — I Samuel Russell Clerk of said County do hereby certify that James Hyde was on the day of the date of the above jurat & certificate a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said County duly appointed and qualified & that his signatures above written are genuine. Witness my hand & seal of the said County this 18th day of October 1843 Samuel Russell Clerk
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2286 No. 6550 act ‘38
June 24, 1843
N.Y.
Mar 3d 1843
Zurviah Brooks
Annis Rexford
[illegible]
Zurviah Brooks
Aman
Annis Rexford
Surviah or Zurviah Brooks,
Widow of Thomas Brooks
Act 7 June 1838.
$31.66 per annum
[stamp] JOHNSTOWN N.Y. JUN 21
Chs. E. Jenkins Johnstown N. York

FREE
James L Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
War Dept
Washington
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Johnston June 21. 1843
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
Sir, Enclosed I transmit to you the application of Annis Rexford for the arrears of pension due her from 4th March to 7th June 1836, and also for her certificate under act of Mch 3, 1843.
I also enclose the application of Zurviah Brooks for a pension under act of 7 July 1838. An application was made for her by James C Walworth Esq of Otsego County in 1839, and the claim disallowed because the was not a widow when the law passed. For proof of her marriage I refer to you the papers then forwarded to the Department.
In the case of Elizabeth Mount widow of John Mount I have not as yet received any certificate, and I would again call your attention to her claim.
Respectfully Your Obt Sert. Chas E Jenkins
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State of New York Otsego County ss:
On this fifteenth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Zurviah Brooks a resident of the town of Exeter in said County of Otsego, aged Seventy nine years, 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 7 July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Thomas Brooks who was a Soldier in the revolutionary Army, & a pensioner under Act of 7 June 1832, at $31.66 per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Brooks in the month of November Seventeen hundred and ninety, but she cannot state the day of the month. That her husband the aforesaid Thomas Brooks died on the twelfth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty nine, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & Ninety four, viz at the time above stated.
She further declares that her Surname previous to her marriage was Collins, and that she was married in Lebanon Crank, now Columbia, Windham County State of Connecticut, and she refers for proof of her marriage to the papers on file in the war office, which were sent on by Judge Walworth when he applied for a pension on her behalf in the Summer of Eighteen hundred thirty nine, & that owing to infirmity she cannot write.
[signed] Zurviah her-X-mark Brooks
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me. C. S. Munson Justice of the Peace
Witness Chas E Jenkins
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State of New York Otsego County SS
Alvin [Alvan] Brooks of the town of Exeter in said County being duly sworn deposes & says, that he is aged fifty one years, & that he is the son of the within named declarant. He further says that his father Thomas Brooks died on the twelfth day of June in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty nine, and that his mother Zurviah Brooks has remained a widow ever since the death of his father aforesaid.
[signed] Alvan Brooks
Sworn to & subscribed on this 15th day of June 1843 before me C.S. Munson Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness C. S. Munson Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Otsego SS
I Samuel Russell Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Charles S. Munson was on the day of the date of the above jurat & certificate & of the within declaration a justice of the peace in & for the said County duly appointed & qualified, and that the signatures above & within purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this seventeenth day of June Eighteen hundred & forty three — Samuel Russel Clerk
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The Second New York Regiment commanded by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt in the service of the United States for the year 1781

Hollets Compy
Names & Rank | Commenct of Service | Time of Service Mo Days | Pay pr Month | Amount of Pay | Debts due to State for Cloathing | Debts due to the Paymaster | Do. In New Emission | Debts due to A Eyk from Paymaster | Ballance Due | No. of Certificate Issued | Subscribers | Witness | Number of Voucher | Remarks
Thomas Brooks priv. | 1781 1st Jany | 12 | “ | $6 2/3 | $80. | $3.9 | $78.40 1/2 | £ 31.7.7 | 911 | Genl G  Beekman for P. Cortland. |

2 Jany 77. Capt Pell war Land warrant to self Jany 92 - patented in 1806 

Pay Abstract of the late Second N York Regmt for the months of Augt Sept Octr Novr & Decr 1780. Audited by Peter Curtenus Esq State Auditor
| Names & Rank | Sums Received | Sums Paid |
| Thomas Brooks priv. | £ 13 | 6 | 8 |

Comptrollers Office Albany July 20th 1843
I hereby certify the above to be a correct copy of two pay rolls now remaining on file in this office. Philip Phelps Dep. Comptroller
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3968 Oct 23 43
NY
Mar 3d 1843
Surviah Brooks
$31.66 per an
C. E. Jenkins
Albany N. York

James L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
War Dept
Washington

[stamp] ALBANY N. Y. OCT 19
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G. W. Crump Esq
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Albany Sept. 30, 1843
G. W. Crump Esq Sir, The enclosed certificate of the Comptroller was sent on intended to be sent in the case of Zurviah Brooks, widow of Thomas Brooks. The papers in her case were sent on in June 21, 1843. She simply renewed her declaration under the Act of 7 July 1838, as she had formerly applied & her claim had been rejected because she was not a widow when the law passed.
After I had made out her decr. [declaration], she said that her husband had not drawn all that he was entitled to, and I accordingly sent you the Comptroller’s certificate in order to have her pension increased.
Thomas Brooks drew $31.66 per annum, 7  June 32. Why are my claims so long delayed. Other agents have had theirs attended to in much less time.
Respectfully Your Obt Servt, Chas E Jenkins
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Albany Oct 20, 1843
James Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
Sir, I sent you on the 21st of July last, a certificate of the Comptroller of this State, of the services of Thomas Brooks deceased, the late husband of Zurviah Brooks. It was returned to me with the inquiry as to whose case it was sent on in. I replied according to the above fact, and soon after received a certificate under the Act of 1838, for Zurviah Brooks, at $31.66 per annum, so that no notice was taken of that certificate of the Comptroller. Will you please inform me whether Mrs Brooks is entitled to the benefit of that certificate, and, if so, how she can obtain the benefit of it. I enclose herewith her application under the act of 3 Mch 1843.
Yours respectfully Chas E Jenkins
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N.Y 6th Jurviah Brooks asking increase

Oct 10 1843
Charles E Jenkins Albany NY

J L Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
War Dept Washingtion

[stamp, partial] ALBANY N. Y. OCT 7
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Albany Oct 7, 1843
Sir, I have just received the certificate of Surviah or Zurviah Brooks widow of Thomas under act of 1838 at $31.66 per annum. This is not enough. On the 21 July I sent you certificate of Comptroller showing that Thomas Brooks served for a much longer period than he obtained pension for — That certificate you returned to me, with an inquiry as to whose case it belonged. I returned it to you on the 3d inst.
Will you please inform me what steps I must take in order to procure Mrs Brooks the benefit of all her husband’s services as shown by that Certificate.
Yours respectfully Chas E Jenkins
J L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
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Albany Oct 28, 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
Sir, In the case of Zurviah Brooks, I have asserted a claim to an increased pension for the service her husband in the New York line, which I intend to prosecute, provided you will be so kind as to inform me what steps to take.
When I made out the papers in Mrs. Brook’s case in June, she and her son both told me that Thomas Brooks had not claimed a pension for all the services he performed, and wished to know if I would endeavor to procure a pension for the widow, for the time not claimed by him. I told them that I would, but as it is usual with old pensioners and their families, to assert that they have not claimed, or have not been allowed a pension for the whole time they served, I thought no more of it at the time.
About a month afterwards, though, being in the Comptrollers office, and having some searches made in other cases, I handed the Clerk a memorandum in Mr Brook’s case, requesting him to give me a certificate of his services, if more than 9 months could be proved. He did so and I sent it to the Department, supposing Mrs Brooks would be and the benefit of it.
The allegation in your letter of the 25th inst that the it is very clear that the claim is unfounded and
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and that some explanation is required of me for setting up such a claim is, I trust, fully answered. And I have now to request that no more insinuations of the kind thrown out in your letter of the above date may be repeated.
I believe I have erred in charging the Department with delaying my claims, and I withdraw it. So long as the claims of the widow are attended to, I care not what charges you may make against me.
Respectfully yours Chas E Jenkins
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Albany Nov 4. 1843
Sir, I have received your letter of the 1st inst [instant] and am surprized [surprised] at its contents. I especially refer to that part of it in which you use the following language: "But if any declaration shall be presented by Zurviah Brooks, or by any one in her behalf, claiming an increase of her pension upon the allegation of her husband's service in the New York Line, with the evidence of its false & fraudulent character, on the files of this office, it will become the duty of this Department, under the Act of 3d March 1823, to bring to punishment all persons who may have participated in making, uttering, or transmitting such a claim."
As it is possible that this language may have been occasioned by some expressions contained in my letter of the 28th with which you may have deemed disrespectful, I think it proper to say that they were not so intended.
But in offering an apology for any exceptionable expressions contained in that letter, I wish it distinctly understood that I have no apology to offer for anything contained in this [letter].
Am I to understand, Sir, that you impute to me the crime of preferring a false and fraudulent claim on behalf of Zurviah Brooks, with a knowledge on my part of its false & fraudulent character, and is it intended to deter me by threats of prosecution from advocating her claim? Such appears to be the meaning of that paragraph of
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your letter which I have quoted, tho’ I am at a loss to conjecture upon what grounds I can be held responsible for the evidence of the false & fraudulent character of the claim, which you state to be on the files of your office, as I am entirely ignorant of the nature of the evidence to which you refer. But if it is really intended to charge me with the offence [offense] indicated by your letter, & to threaten me with punishment for having transmitted such a claim, justice to my character requires that I should promptly and unequivocally deny the charge & challenge an investigation
I consider the charge so exceedingly offencive [offensive] & injurious that I should be wanting in self respect, if I did not indignantly repel it, and assure you, as I now do, that I am prepared to meet it whenever and wherever it may be preferred against me.
Having hitherto maintained a reputation for integrity unimpeached, & I believe, unimpeachable, and being a young man just entering upon the active duties of life, I cannot but feel with great sensibility any imputation upon my character from a respectable source.
I can only account for the charges against me in your letter, by supposing that it was prepared by some clerk in your office, & signed by you, without a knowledge of its contents, or at least a personal examination by you of the facts in relation to Mrs Brook's case and my agency in regard to it.
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I therefore hope & expect from your magnanimity & sense of justice, a withdrawal of the unjust and unfounded imputations contained in it, so far as they relate to me.
Respectfully Your Obt Servt Chas E Jenkins
James L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions
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T. Brooks $31.66
Payments to be made at New York by Presdt. U.S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New York
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk, in Book E Vol. 4 page 162
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Brooks of the State of New York, who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army, is entitled to receive Thirty one dollars and Sixty Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 7th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Lew Cass Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. J L Edwards
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I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, 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 Asahel Clark Esqr is and for more than three months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Tolland in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Clark in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 21st day September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 39, And I certify that the signature of said hereunto annexed genuine. R R Hinman Secretary.
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State of Connecticut Columbia Tolland County September Sixth. Anni Domini one thousand Eight hundred & Thirty Nine
I Ambrose Collins of Columbia in Tolland County, aged sixty nine years the Eight day of Oct Anno Domini one thousand Eight hundred Thirty Nine,
Testify and say that I was present and witnessed the Marriage of Thomas Brooks then of Lebanon in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut, late of Exeter Otsego County, State of New York, to my Sister Zurviah Collins, at my Fathers house in what was then called Lebanon Second Society, now Columbia, in which he then & I now live, by the Rev Thomas Brockway, then pastor of the Presbyterian church in said Second Society of Lebanon, now incorporated into a Town by the name of Columbia, and annexed to the County of Tolland, in the month of November one thousand seven hundred and Ninety, The precise day of the month I cannot recolect [recollect]
I further testify that a few years after the said marriage, they removed from this place to Exeter in said Otsego County State of New York, where they ever after lived untill [until] his decease. And further saith not.
[signed] Ambrose Collins
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State of Connecticut ss Columbia County of Tolland September the sixth, One thousand Eight hundred and Thirty Nine, personally appeared Ambrose Collins Subscriber, and made solemn oath in due form of Law. That the within deposition by him subscribed, contained the truth. and nothing but the truth. Before me Asahel Clarke Justice of the Peace
The within Deposition was taken at the request of Zurviah Brooks, within named widow of Thomas Brooks, late of Exeter Otsego County & State of New York, now deceased, & to be now proved before the Commissioner of Pensions at the City of Washington. Certified Asahel Clarke Justice of the Peace
I further Certify that Mr Ambrose Collins the within named Deponent is a Gentleman of unquestionable integrity & Veracity. Asahel Clarke Justice of the Peace
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Tho. Brooks
Zurviah Brooks
38243
NY
L1173
Cole
Feb 17 1851
Ex NY Sylvester
Feb 51
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Whereas it is believed my father Thomas Brooks was entitled to a greater amount of pension than he was allowed under the act of 7th June 1832, on account of being a teamster in the Revolutionary Service, I do therefore hereby constitute and Appoint H. H. Sylvester Esq. of Washington City my true and lawfull [lawful] attorney for me, & in behalf of the children of the said Thomas Brooks, to ask &  receive from the pension department, a certificate for the increase to which we are entitled, on the account of the services of my father, and likewise the increase due my mother under the acts of Congress of 1838 and 1843, and to do all lawful acts in our behalf to obtain the increase of pension to which we may be entitled.
[signed] Alvan Brooks
Witness my hand & seal this 10th day of February 1851 in presence of Joseph Clarke
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CLAIM OF Thomas Brooks and Surviah
ACT OF 1832 & Subsequent Acts
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Otsego ss.
Be it Known, That on this fourth day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty four, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Alvin [Alvan] Brooks, a resident of Exeter in said County, and made oath according to law, that he is the son of Thomas & Surviah Brooks,
who was a were Revolutionary Pensioners, & who left surviving at their decease Alvin [Alvan] Brooks, Sally Vebber, Sophia Bardeen & Seth C Brooks, and who drew as such Revolutionary Pensioners at the rate of $31.66 Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a Claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said Claim.
[signed] Alvan Brooks
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me, S. Doubleday Jus. Peace.

I, Seth Doubleday, Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that Alvan Brooks who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said Claim as therein set forth. And I further certify, that I have no interest whatever in said Claim, or the prosecution thereof. S. Doubleday Justice Peace.

I, Clerk of the Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is signature. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal, this day of A. D. 185 Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
know all Men by these Presents, That I, Alvin [Alvan] Brooks of Exeter County of Otsego and State of New York, do hereby constitute and appoint Eli Tainton of Lee Mass my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the children of Thomas & Surviah Brooks, for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said Claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me as the administrator of Surviah Brooks deceased, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my Hand and seal this 4th day of April A.D. 1854
[signed] Alvan Brooks
Signed and Sealed in the presence of H. J. Babcock

STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Otsego ss.
On this fourth day of April A. D. 1854 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Alvin [Alvan] Brooks and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid. S. Doubleday Justice Peace
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Name Brooks, Thomas
Grade Private
Line New York

Warrant Number 6795
Acreage  100
Issued to Thomas Brooks Jan. 2, 1792 (cert. April 25, 1806)

*The information concerning the issuance of warrant cards 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 application 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 found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.