Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,092, Elijah Humphreys, Conn. Continental
Page 1

Conn Continental
Humphreys, Elijah    Anna
Number  W. 18,092
B.L.W 952_300_Capt.
Issued Feb. 5, 1800, to Anna Humphreys and John Humphreys administrators in trust for the heirs and legal representatives of E.H.
no papers.
Page 2

Connecticut 785

Anna Humphreys
widow of Elijah Humphreys Conn.
who died on the 2 July 1785
of New Haven in the State of Ct
who was a Captain in the Company commanded
by Captain himself of the Rgt. commanded 
by Col Meigs in the Ct. line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ct
at the rate of 480 Dollars 00 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of April 1837 and sent 
Wm Storer New Haven Cont

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1837 $2880.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 240.00
                                                        ________
                                                  $3120.00

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836, 
Section the 3}

Recorded by DD Addison Clerk, 
Book A  Vol. 1  Page 79
Page 3

1925 Nov. 3-Mrs J.E. Greene Cdm Capt. Elyali Humphrey did not give widow Chloe - avy. There is copy of this reply?
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18092 our
Anna Humphrey
Widow of
Elijah Humphrey
Capt. Rev. War
Act: July 4th 1836
index:-Vol. A, Page 358
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 4

Wm. Storer, Agent
1374

On roll as Capt in Col Meigs Regt.

Allow $480 per ann. no deduction.
Capt in Col. Meig's Regt. Cont. Continental line. See rolls.

288

Wm. Storer, Esquire
New Haven Cont.
Page 5

State of Connecticut
New Haven County
Derby}Ss.
On this 18th day of February 1837, personally appeared before the Honorable Charles K. Pond, a Judge of the County Court for the County of New Haven, Mrs. Anna Humphreys, a resident of Derby, within said County of New Haven, now in the 81st year of her age, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836. That she is the widow of Elijah Humphreys, late of Derby, deceased, who was a Capt in the army during the war of the Revolution. In the year 1775 he entered the service of his country, with the zeal and ardor of a patriot. In 1776 he was appointed a Capt and Paymaster in Col. Charles Webbs Regt. In 1779 he was a Capt in Col. Meigs Regt and served in that regt as a Capt three years or more. At what time he left the army she cannot at this period of life distinctly remember, but it is her firm belief that he did not leave until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis, and his army, in 1781. His whole service was not far from six years, the latter part of which time, she believes, he served as a Major, as he bore that title while he lived, after he left the army. And she remembers his saying that he had a horse shot dead under him when he was on duty at Norwalk, but of this she has no proof, and would respectfully refer to documents in possession of the War Department for evidence of that fact. And if it is found that her husband served for any period as a Major while in the army, she has the fullest confidence that such pension will be awarded to her, as is granted to widows of officers of the same grade as her husband. 
When her husband died, she was left in embarrassed circumstances, occasioned by losses sustained in the War, with five small children all under ten years of age. In the late period of life, when age and consequent infirmity are fast coming upon her, she has to depend wholly for her support on an annual stipend left her by the will of her deceased husbands brother, the late General David Humphreys of New Haven, deceased. She further declares that she was married to the said Elijah Humphreys on the 22nd day of October 1774 by her Father, the Reverend Richard Mansfield, at that time Rector of St. James Church in Derby. She has no record of her marriage in the family, her Father kept no record of marriages. Which
Page 6

Which he solemnized, neither did her husbands Father, who was the Pastor of the Congregational Church in Derby at the time of our marriage, and for many years preceding and surrounding that event. But no record of theirs can now be found. But the accompanying certificate of the Town Clerk of Derby will show the precise time of their marriage, and also the time of her husband's decease, which is the only evidence of those events which she can obtain.
And she further declares that her husband, the aforesaid Elijah Humphreys, died at sea on the 2nd day of July 1785 in the 40th year of his age, and that she has remained his widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanying proof hereto annexed.
Anna Humphreys
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me. The applicant being sick and unable to appear in Court.
Chas. K. Pond, a Judge of New Haven County Court

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven}
I, Robinson S. Hinman, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County hereby certify that Charles K. Pond Esq who has signed the above certificate was at the time of signing the same and now is, one of the judges of the County Court in & for said county, duly appointed & sworn, the same being a court of Record in the Common Law [illegible] a distinct clerk & seal, and that the above signature is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 20th day of February AD 1837.
R. S. Hinman Clerk
Page 7


Elijah Humphrey & Anna Mansfield was
married the 22nd day of October 1774

Anna Humphrey Daughter of Elijah
& Anna Humphrey was born Sept 14th 1775

Sally Humphrey Daughter of Elijah
& Anna Humphrewy was born Dec? 26th 1777

Elijah Humphrey Son of Elijah &
Anna Humphrey was born Oct 12th 1779

Betsy Humphrey Daughter of Elijah
& Anna  Humphrey was born Oct 10th 1781

David Humphrey Son of Elijah 
& Anna Humphrey was born July 26th 1784

Maj. Elijah Humphrey died July the 2nd on his passage to the West Indies and was buried on the Island of Martinez in the year 1785 in the 4th year of his age, he was the 3rd son of the Adm Daniels Humphrey of [  ] Humphrey.

The above is sa true copy of the entry made in the Town records of Derby in the hand writing of John Humphrey Clerk in the yar 1785 and for some years  hereon.

Certified by me
Sheldon  []
Derby & New Haven Town Cler
County Court Jany? 19th 1834
Page 8

Certificate-'of the marriage & death, of Mayor Eliyah Humphreys, from the Town Clerk of Derby. in support of the widow. Anna Humphreys, claim. 

                         State of Connecticut.
County of New Haven.] ss.
                          Derby.]
BE it known, that before me, William Stover, a Notary Public. within and for the State of Connecticut, on this 19th Day of July 1837. Personally appeard. Sheldon Buffett. Town Clerk of Derby, and Signer of the within Certificate and made Oath to the Truth of Statements thirteen contained.

In testimony whived I have hereunto affixed my official Signature, and seal.
                                          William Stover,
                                           Notary Public.
Page 9

I William Whitney of Derby in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, now aged 75 years, Testify and say that I was born in Derby on the 9th day of November 1761. where I have always resided untill the present time, (with the exception of time when I was in army of the Revolution, for three years, and when I have been at sea, on west-India, and European Voyages, and those principally since that War.-)  I was acquainted with Capt Elijah Humphreys, from my youth, untill his death, and with his wife before marriage, her name was Anna Mansfield. I was with him when he died, I will remember that he entered the Army, at the commencement of War of the Revolution, in the fall of the year 1775. He was appointed a Capt and Paymaster, in Col Chas Webbs Regiment in the year 1776. in the year 1777. He was a Capt in Col Meggs Regiment, on the 27th of March 1777. I enlisted under Capt Humphreys and served in his company in Col Meggs Regiment for the term of three years, for which I enlisted, when I was discharged on the 26th day of March 1780. and returned immediately home to Derby, Capt Humphreys continued in the service and with Army until after the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his Army, in October 1781. about which time he left the service and returned home, - after Capt Humphreys left the Army he went several voyages to the West-Indies as master of a vessel, two of which I was with him, as mate of the vessel, on the last of which voyages, he died, on our outward bound passage, in the month of July 1785. and was buried on the Island of Martineco, and I returned with the vessell Capt Humphreys was esteemed, as a brave and good officer, in the Army, and a skillful Navigater, on the seas. He died much lamented by all who knew him. Mrs Humphreys, now remains his widow. 
John Whitney [signature]
Derby January 20th 1837 
State of Connecticut 
County of Newhaven, 
Derby 
Be it Known. That before me, William Stover, a Notary Public within and for the State of Connecticut, on the 20th day of January 1837. Personally appeared, Capt William Whitney, Signer of the above Deposition, a man of reputation, for truth and veracity in the Town and neighbourhood where he resides, and [illegible] to the truth of the same. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature, and Seal. 
William Stover 
Notary Public
[seal, nothing visible on it]
Page 10

2927 Garber St., Berkeley, Cal.,
September 30, 1925.

United States Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:
Will you please tell me whether a pension was ever issued to Zenas Graves or his wife, Hannah? He enlisted in the war of the Revolution from Southwick [illegible] as a Fifer and Private in Captain Silas Fowler's (Southwick) co. of Minute men, which marched April 21, 1775 to Roxburyl service 21 days. He died at Pela or Cambridge, Dearborn County (the county seat of which is Lawrenceburg, a town but a few miles distant from Cambridge) Indiana. I do not know the date of his death but it was probably after 1825. At one time he lived in Vermont and possibly in New York, later in Ohio and last in Indiana. He was born Jan. 28, 1752 in Westfield, Mass. I would like to have an abstract of his service and the date of his death if you have it.

I would also like to know whether a pension was ever issued to Chloe (Wilcox) Humphrey in behalf of her husband Captain Elijah Humphrey, born Sep. 20, 1747 in West Simsbury, Conn., and lost at sea July 3, 1788. I have never been able to find a record of his service in the War of the Revolution but he had a number of brothers who were offices and soldiers and his father was a member of the legislature of Connecticut all through the war. It seems highly probable that he served, but he may have served in the navy as he was a sea-captain.

Thanking you for any advice you may send me I am

Very truly yours,
[added by hand "Bessie B. Greene"]