Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,787, Daniel Brown, Conn. Navy.
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SERVICE
Conn. Navy  

Brown, Daniel
Lydia 

NUMBER               
W 20,787
             
CONTENTS

 b. in 1752 in Braufordt, Conn.
res. during Revolution Bethany and Cornwall, Conn.
in 1832 res. of Hamilton, Madison, Co. N. Y
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                        14232
                     New York
                   Daniel Brown

of Madison Co in the State of New York who was a Pvt marine in the Company commanded by Captain Parsons of the Regt. commanded by Col. Burweck in the Ct ana(?)  
line for     3              mo      marine 
               16 1/2         "         pr
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               19 1/2         "  

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Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 65 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and Sent to
J. B. Eldridge   Hamilton

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Arrears to the 4th of March '33            $130.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.         32.50
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                                                            $162.50

                                           {Revolutionary Claim,
                                           {Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book C Vol. 4 Page 44


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See letter to F. I. Munger & Alb. P.  
Agt. May 7. 1835
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7833 Albany
New York
Lydia Brown

widow of Daniel Brown
Conn.
who was a Private x Marine
in the Revolution

Husband died 11 Oct 1843

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 65 dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843

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Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July, 1846 and sent to
Hon. J. Jenkins
76 [?] of Reps
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Act of March 3, 1843.
& 17th June 1844

Recorded in Book A
Vol 2 Page 72



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Reported
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Declaration of Daniel Brown

In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of New York 
Madison County P.

On this 8th Day of October 1832 personally appeared in the Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Daniel Brown a resident of the Town of Hamilton in Said County Aged Seventy Nine Years who living first duly sworn doth as 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 [illegible] in States(?)

That in the Year 1776 in the winter the last of January or first of February he enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Abner Pursner by 1st Lieutenant [illegible] of Woodbury Connecticut the second Lieutenant and ensign not reecollected, that he enlisted [illegible] but was first mustered at Sharon in the state of Connecticut which was the last of January and the first day of February that they march from Sl [illegible] to Allegany where they were Sl[illegible] time in the barracks for same time from there they mustered to the [illegible] Lake George where they best to remain some weeks and allow of the ice in the lake, at length they got through this ice into the mile of the lake and went over the lake, the first night they encamped at Sabbatha [illegible], the next went to the falls between Lake George [illegible] where they took their [illegible] around the falls were there a number of days, then went down the river into Lake Champlaine and [illegiblle] the lake to the Isle deux noi in from there to St [illegible] then to[illegible] where they resumed same days, then dawn the river South from there to Paint [illegible] where they received [illegible] for the afflicted with the mumps, [illegible] returned with the invalids first to Three Rivers, then to the mouth of the River Sorell, where they remained until the Army comes up. 
The smell [illegible] three regiment were then ordered to [illegible] where they remained until they got through with this small pox, after which they [illegible] their best back to St Johns by [illegible] from there went to the
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where they remained same time from there they returned up this While at Crown Point, the Regiment was parted and the Mechanies drawn out and this declarant as one they were then ordered to Mount Independence and set to work building a Fort and doubts where they remained until the fore part discharged a few days previous to the expiration of his term of enlistment. That he this Declarant belonged to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Burrell of Old Canaan in Colonel Bunt of Salisbury and
Major Sedwick of Cornwall, Connecticut. That Major General Phillips Schuyler commanded untill they got to the outlet of Lake George then returned and a general, Thompson Commanded, after they get into ┃ Canada there were several Generals, among whom was and Sullivan Warster and Thompson General Thompson was take with the small pay and died. After being discharged, this declarant returned to Comwall in Connecticut got back about the same time in the year that he enlisted. That he received or written discharge at Mount Independence and which he carried in his pocket until it was worn out and then threw it away. That he knows of a witness he can procure to prove his services The next spring which was in 1777 this declarant enlisted at Killingworth in Connecticut with a retreating officer ┃ whose name is not recollected, to go a tour of the United States Ship Warren of there active guns which was in the month of April The ship lay at Boston and was to said in two weeks from that time ┃ that he went to Boston on foot and Shoppice for the voyage, the  ship was commanded by Captain Hardin and was person and as the said the fore part of may that they were out three
months and had some trifling skirmishes, and took one prize a Ship of five hundred pairs her name is not recollected the had been on the
Court of Guined they returned in to Boston Harbour the pow part of August when he was discharged and returned to Cornwall That early the next spring this Declarant was drafted and put into a Company the name of the Captain of which he does not recollect that the
lieuntenant was Seth Purce of Cornwall they first marched to Peekskill where they were stationed until the time for which they were drafted while stationed at Peekskill this delcarent went on a scouting party while plains also news came that the British had Burnel
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where they were stationed untill the time for which they were drafted
while stationed at Peekskill this declarant went on a scouting party
to white plains also news came that the British had burned
Danbury and they marched for that place, when they got to Bedford they
learned that the British had reembarked they then returned to
Peekskill soon after which they were discharged and this Declarant returned
to Cornwall this time he served one & a half months
That the year following (that is 1779 as this deponent thinks) he was
again drafted to go Stratford [to Strafford struck through] Conneticutt that the
names of his Company officers he cannot recollect. they marched directly
to Stratford where they were billeted at different houses for three months when they were discharged, there was only a company stationed at Stratford at that time, they were drafted late in the
summer or in the fall but he cannot recollect the precise time now when they were discharged.
That the year Corn Wallis was taken this declarant enlisted at
Stamford Conneticut about the middle of May into a company that
was commanded by Captain Isaac Jones who was commisioned by Governor Trumbull
they were employed through the season and untill they were discharged
in cruising along the sound in boats to keep of the cowboys (so called) and the Refugees [illegible] to watch the enemy and take the advantage of circumstances that might occur.
That in the course of the summer they captured a
number of wood Boats. At one time there was a number of Boats under charge of a
convoy and they lay secreted untill the Convoy turned  a point and then attacked two of the hindmost boats and captured them, that soon after he enlisted
they passed over on to Long Island on Saturday evening and secreted themselves
and their boats, in the course of the day on Sunday two vessels the one a Sloop the other a Schooner came into Little Cow Harbour and anchored and landed
with wood, on Sunday evening they supprised [sic] and took the Two vessels and
carried them to Stamford one of which the Schooner was sold for thirteen hundred Dollars, the other was hansomed. That they were there when 
Corn Wallis was taken and remained in the service untill December when they were discharged and this declarant again returned to Cornwall
That he has no documentary evidence except what is here to attest and that he knows of no other he can procure to testify to any [illegible]  
of his services. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to
pension [illegible] the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of the [illegible] of any State

Daniel Brown
Sworn & Subscribed to this
8th day of October 1832.   A. S. Sloan Clk
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and the said Daniel Brown then and there
upon his oath, make the following under
to the several interrogatories put to him by the said Court, as by the war Department prescribed that he was born in Branford in Connecticut in the year 1752, He has a record of his age name in his possession was living in Botham and the other times in Centennial, the Revolution has had in Cornwall at New Lebanon in New York and Hamilton, where he now resides of . That he entered the service as set forth in his declaration, That he has stated all he can recollect of his servant or the officers on troops with whom he served the record in discharge as set forth in his declaration, which he last many years eight The That Elder Daniel Haschal are acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth and verunty and their opinion of his have been a soldier in the Revolution And the said Court do hereby certify their opinion after investigating the matter and pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named children was a solder in the Revolution and served as he states.
Declaration of Daniel Brown
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I Daniel Hascall a clergyman residing in Hamilton (?) in the county of Madison and state of New York do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Daniel Brown named in this foregoing declaration as declarant.
What it is reputed and believed in the [illegible] where said Brown resides that this said Brown was a soldier in the Revolution & was [illegible] in that [illegible] and I would further certify that this said Brown is of good character for veracity and that his statement is entitled to be belief.
Daniel Hascall

Sworn & xxx before me
the July 10th 1832
James B Eldredge
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State of New York}
Madison County Ss}
Aaron Baldwin being sworn in due form of law doth depose and say that he seventy one years of age that during the Revolutionary War he resided in the Town of Cornwall in the State of Connecticutt that he third or fourth year of the war (which this deponent can't say) he served in a company of State troops that they were mustered at Cornwall in the early part of the fall. They marched to Stratford in Conecticutt where they remained for three months; when they were discharged. That this deponent is well acquainted with Daniel Brown described in the declaration to which this is attached, and who is here present. and that said Brown resided in Cornwall during the Revolutionary War and was in the company above mentioned since service in the same with this deponent for three months and that his deponent now resides in Westford in the County of Otsego and State of New York. sense further this deponent sayeth. 
Aaron Baldwin
Sworn & Subscribed before me July 26th 1832
James B. Eldredge first Judge, July 26th
of Madison County

State of New York}
County of Madison} Ss.
B. Andrew S. Sloan Clerk of the said county do certify that James B. Eldredge before whom the preceding and following affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same First Judge of the County County in and for the said county and that I am acquainted with his
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the acts of Congress of the 7th July 1838 and the 23 of August 1842.
State of New York
County of Madison Ss.
On this 25th day of December 1843 personally appeared before Hiram H. Green Esquire one of the Judges of the Madison County Courts Lydia Brown a resident of Hamilton in said County of Madison aged eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the acts of Congress passed July 7th 1838 and the 23 of August 1842 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is widow of Daniel Brown who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army  Brown died at the (illegible) aforesaid on the eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and forth two. 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 and ninety four. viz at the time above stated since then she has not intermarried since the death of her husband the said Daniel Brown but still continues his widow. Lydia Brown

Sworn and subscribed before me Hiram H. Green and ofbut in what company Regiment of division she is unable to state.
She also declares that she was married to the said Daniel Brown by the Reverend Jusan Atwater (who was the Pastor of the first congregational church in Branford in the county of New Haven and state of Connecticut) at Brandford upon Leeds on the fifth day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven. That her husband the said Daniel
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the Judges of the Madison County Courts at Hamilton in said county of Madison this 25th day of December 1843. And I the judge do here by certify that from old age and bodily infirmity the said Lydia Brown was unable to appear in Court and make her aforesaid declaration and I the said Judge do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Lydia Brown and that she is a person of good character for veracity
Hiram H. Green Judge of 
Madison County Courts

State of New York 12866
Madison County Clerk's Office } Ss. 
I Zadock T. Bentley clrk of said county hereby certify that Hiram H. Green Esqr. whose name is subscribed to the above affadavit was at the time of the same bears date a Judge of Madison County Courts duly appointed and qualified and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his signature aforesaid is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 15th day of June 1846
Z.T. Bentley
Clerk

Hon T. Jenkins
AR
June 22nd
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Daniel Brown of Cornwall was married to Lydia Rogers of Branford September AD 1787-
Edmund Roger their son was born September 30th 1788
Francis their son was born December 19th 1791
Grace their daughter was born may 6th 17(illegible)
(illegible) 1798
(illegible) 28 1799
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Branford Con.
Dec 9.}

37 1/2
H. George Brown
Hamilton,
Madison County,
State of New York
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Extract from the records of the First Congregational Church in Branford as kept by Rev. Jason Atwater Pastor of the said church as the date specified in the extract.
"One thousand seven hundred & eighty seven, September fifth; Daniel Brown & Lydia Rogers" were married.
State of Connecticut}
New Haven County Ss.}
I Timothy P. Gillett Pastor fo the first Congregational Church in the town of Branford in said county and having in custody the records of said church, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy & the record of the marriage of Daniel Brown and Lydia Rogers, with the exception that the dates there the same were infigures in the record, I have written the same in words at length & the word marriages stand at the top of the column according to the usual form of entry.  Given under my hand this 8th day of December AD 1843. Timothy P. Gillett
State of Connecticut
New Haven County Ss.} 
Rev. Timothy P. Gillett,, being sworn in due form of law doth on his oath depose and say that he is the pastor of the first Congregational Church in the town of Branford in said County and has the custody of the records of the said Church, and that the above certificate is in all respects true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 18th day of December AD. 1843
Samuel Frisbie, Justice of the Peace
The words, "according to the usual form of entry" were interlined before signing.
Samuel Frisbie, Justice of the Pease
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Branford Dec. 9th 1843

Mr. Brown
Dear Sir  In compliance with your request I have searched or caused to be searched the records of the town of Branford as I believe thoroughly but did not succeed in finding record of the marriage there, (your two former letters were duly received by the clerk and search made at that time and through carelessness or negligence he did not answer you letter) I then went to the records of the Cong. Church of this town and found it, have obtained the certificat of the present pastor which I was informed would be as legal as one from the town Clerk would have been had it been found on the records of the town &c.
Expenses
To cash paid Clk of County Court for certificate $0.75
To case paid Justice of the peace for procuring record of marriage certificate $0.75
Time spent part of two days  $0.50
          $2.00

Yours Respectfully
John R. Baldwin

P.S. if you meet with any of father Rogers family you may say to them that we are all well

Jno R. Baldwin
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No. 16085
Daniel Brown
Madison Co.
N.Y.

admitted
7mo. 15 days Private.

23.99
 1.66
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J. B. Eldridge
Hamilton
Madison Co
N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Daniel Brown Madison Co. N.Y.

Period when the service was rendered.
enlisted Feby 1776 
Dischd Feby 1777
(illegible)spring 1777
(illegible) 
disch'd Aug 77
(illegible) 1778
(illegible) 1779
enlisted May 1781
(illegible)

Duration of the claimant's service.
Years.
Months.
3
1
3
Days.
15

Rank of the claimant.
Private
Seaman

Names and Rank of the Company officer under whom he served.
Captn. Parsons Lieut. Hostens, Capt. (illegible) Lieut. Pierce
Captn (illegible)

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Col. (illegible)
Maj. (illegible) Ten (illegible) Gen. Arnold (illegible)
Thompson

Country through which he marched.
Albany 
Lake George
Champlain
Connecticut
Island
(illegible)
St. Johns
St. Stephens
St. Peters
Mt. Independence
Boston
Peekskill
Whiteplains
(illegible)
Bedford
Stratford
Long Island

Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.
79 years Bethleham Connecticut

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Evidence of Aaron Baldwin for (illegible) years  (illegible)
Oliver Burnham (illegible) for years 1782 from May 1781 entered the Fall of the same year.
The above service as specified by living witness not all certified to be credible by the judge.

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE7, 1832.

     The following regulations have been adopted:
   This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
   Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
   1. The Regular Troops.
   2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
   3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
   4. Indian Spies.
    As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of County of } Ss.
  On this day of personally appeared (a) before  A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:

   [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rand and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

    He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the state of 
  Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A.B.
   [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
  And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
   I of the court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application os for a pension.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
   If on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
   Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers of Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
  (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believe, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
   Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
   [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
   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 name applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the and that C.D. who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
    I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension.

  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
   Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
   If each surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person-
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
    The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
  1. Where and in what year were you born?
  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now life?
   4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
   5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
   6.{ To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
    { to an Officer.{ Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
   7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
   The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
   The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
   The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
   Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge of Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
   Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
   No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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 [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
  "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ---- year ---- months, and --- days, I served as a ----. For ---months and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension."
   It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase "about three or four months" is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
   In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
   The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] if a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John N. Ashton
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Declaration 
of Daniel Brown

16085


Service in the books not sufficiently definite to justify any allowance 
Therefor, 



       3 mo, 
      16 1/2 mo. Pre
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I Oliren Burnham of cornwall of the town of Cornwall, County of Sitchfield and State of Connecticut depose and say that I was acquainted    
with Mr Daniel Brown during the Revolutionary 
war and in the year 1782 some twice in the month of May of that year was knowing that the said Brown was in the boat-service at Stanford in Connecticut and was .... therein until late in the fall following.  I further depose that I have always 
understood that the said Brown was, in the year,
1776 in the Army at the Northward for a year 
and I further say that I have read the declaration
of the said Brown and that it has always been
recollected in this town that the said Brown was
in the service as stated in his declaration. 

                               OHS. Burnham

Sitchfield county of Cornwall September 15th
1832 personally appeared Oliren Burnham. 
The above deponent and will ..... to one 
as a creditable witness and made a oath
to the truth of the facts stated in the above
affidavit before me.

        George Wheaton Justice of the Peace.
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I Sarah Burnham Noah Rogers both of Cornwall, County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut depose and say that we have from our youth or sixty years been acquainted with Mr. Daniel Brown, that he lived in our family and that during the Revolutionary War in the year 1776 according to our recollection Mr. Brown left home as we understood and believed to to enter into the army at the Northward and during the time he was absent we often heard from him as being in the Army and that in the fall of the same year Mr. Brown return home sick. We did not see him in the Army but from facts within our knowledge we verily believe he was in the army at the Northward
Sarah Burnham
Noah Rogers

Litchfield County Ss Cornwall September 15th 1832
Personally appeared the above named Sarah Burnham and Noah Rogers known to me as creditable witnesses and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above affidavit.
Before me
George Wheaton Justice of the Peace
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I Elias Hart of Cornwall, County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut depose and say that I was acquainted with Mr. Daniel Brown during the Revolutionary War and that in the year 1777 I was knowing to the said Brown being in the service one Month and half a month he was in the same Company with me it was in the spring of the year he was stationed at Peekskill in the State of New York and I further say that it has always been reputed in this town that Mr. Brown was in the service as stated in his declaration. I believe the facts stated in his declaration are true.
Elias Hart

Litchfield County Ss Cornwall September 15th 1832 Personally appeared the above Elias Hart to me known as a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in his affidavit before me
George Wheaton Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that George Wheaton Esq whom the preceding Affidavit of Sarah Burnham, Noah Rodgers & Elias Ward appear to have been taken, was on the 15th day of instant.  [illegible] sd that he now is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the preceding signatures which purport to be his and are genuine.-
          Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court this 19th day of September A.D. 1833.
   Frederick Wolcott Clerk
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State of
New York
Madison County
Surrogates office

I James B Eldridge Surrogate of the County aforesaid
do certify
That at a Surrogates Court held
in and for the County aforesaid before me the said Surrogate
at my office in Hamilton Village in said County on the sixth
day of March 1843 it was proved in due form of Law
That Daniel Brown late of Hamilton in the County aforesaid
died at Hamilton aforesaid on the Eleventh day of October
1842 and left him surviving his widow Lydia Brown
who is the same person who purports [illegible] made
this declaration here to [illegible] also that it was then
proved in due form of Law that the said Daniel Brown at 
his death was a pensioner of the United States
In Testimony whereof I the Surrogate aforesaid
have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal of Office at Hamilton Village in
said County of Madison this 25th day of December
1843
James B. Eldridge
Surrogate
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Clerk's Certificate.
Sold by Croswell & Jewett, No. 2 Street's Building New Haven.
Samuel Frisbie Justice of the Peace
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
County of New Haven,
COUNTY COURT, CLERK' S OFFICE.
SS.
---
I, 
Robt H. Osborn, 
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County
of New Haven, and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the
Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County,
hereby CERTIFY:--
That, Samuel Frisbie
Esquire
was on the 8th day of Decr
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned
and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment
of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and
that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his
genuine
official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 8th day
of December 1843
R. H. Osborn
Clerk.
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Treasury Dept.
7th May 35
Respectfully refer and to the Secy of War

Hon Levi Woodbury
Sec'y of the Treasury of the United States
Washington

Referenced to War Depart. 

7 May 1835
Pension office
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Recd
Hamilton Madison County N.Y.
May 1st 1835
Hon Levi Woodbury Secty Treasury

Sir
In behalf of Several Revolutionary Pensioners who reside in this vicinity I write you to state
their complaints they are so far from the Agents
for paying pensions that they have to send by our
Merchants when they go in the [illegible] to N.Y.
with the view their papers  were made out and sent & judge of the surprise and confusion to the affairs of the poor old soldiers who have nothing else to feed & support their families with, when instead of getting their money, they get their papers protested by the technical agent in Albany & for what purposes to get the use of the poor soldiers money for six months to come, which will be the nearest time for them to send again
Page 29

The objections that the agent makes are as follows the pensioners swear in every instance, where they now reside in these words "That they now reside in Hamilton Madison County & that they have resided there for the space of thirty three years length of time they have resided) and that they resided previous thereto in (the place they movd from) now then in most of the instances the agent has refused to pay because after pensioner swore to the exact length of time he has resided in the place he did not say "last past". I think it is a hardship that the poor rtd soldier must be put to more trouble & unnecessary expense just to please the agent than proper-- when the only apparent object is to get the use of the money for the next 6 months which is the result of refusing payment. If I swear that I now reside in Hamilton & have resided there ten years & that previous thereto I resided in Utica, I prove that I have lived in Hamilton ten years "last past" & that is the objection the agent makes to paying. Another case is where the Power of Attorney is written on another half sheet & wafered on all of which was done at the same time & the Certificate of the Judge who took the proof shows that fact. I look upon such technical objections as rather small & I have confidence that the Dep of the Treas. would never sanction such littleness in their Agent when they know that such practices are followed by the Agent in Albany to the great prejudice of the pensioners & a practice which is followed as is believed & secure the use of the money for succeeding six months. The New York City Agent never took such little objections-- tho the papers that I have made out this year or two past were made out exactly in the same manner. I enclose one of the many which are protested by the Albany agt that you may see the objection & be able to decide whether such objections are proper.  The pencilling
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is in the hand writing of the agent when he refused
payment because "lost part" was omitted-- I will be
thankful if you will decide the affair & Enclose
me the within paper again
very Respectfully
F. J. Munger
Treasury Dept
7th May 35
Respectfully refer
and to the Secy of
War -
recd 7th May 
Hon Levi Woodbury 
Secty of the Treasury
of the United States
Washington

Referred to War Department
7 May 1835
Pension Office
FREE
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Payments to be made
at New York
by Presd U.S. Br. Bank
Agent for paying Pension
ers in the Agency of New York
Recorded by W.L. Williams
Clerk, in Book E Vol. 4
page 44
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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, Daniel Brown
of the State of New York who was a Private in the war of the
Revolution
is entitled to receive
Twenty Five dollars and
0 0 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 15 day of May
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Examined and
Countersigned. } J L Edwards
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[document appears to be a receipt]

PAID 30
Hon Timothy Jenking M. C.
City Washington D.C.
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Han.
I Jenkings
Hamilton June
1846
Dear Sir I have taken the
Liberty to forward to you the enclosed papers
of Lydia Brown with or request that Lawley
then before the Department and use your
endeavors to procure a pension for the applicant
The papers and explanation
at the
death of Daniel Browen late Husband of
the applicant
they resided in this place
and Mrs Brown[illegible]
to obtain a pension
Soon after her son
with whom she had, moved into your
County some distance from here and
the papers have land in an unfinished
State till now
What [illegible] you come and I will see you
he warded for
I am sir with very great respect
Your
& C
James B. Eldridge
same the papers were made the
Enclosed private Record of the Marriage
of Mrs Brow was found in an old Book ┃
that had been thrown by
and as we ┃
had copy of the Record of her marriage ┃
duly authenticated
I thought it in
to have the old record
but have ┃
with the other papers
J. B.
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Lydia Brown
N. Y.
Oct 7 July 1838
married 1787, died 1842.
rejected
[illegible]
Act 43  44
16 1/2 months private
3 mo. Marine
[total]  65

Hon. T Jenkins
H. R.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.20.787
Lydia Brown
widow of
David Brown
Private Rev War
---
Act March 3rd, 1843 & June 17th 1844
Index: Vol. A, Page 90
Arrangement of 1870.]
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Hon J. L. Edward
Dear Sir
I enclose you the application of Lydia Brown for a
Pension - Please give me an answer relative thereto  Judge Eldridge, the writer of the enclosed letter is a highly
respectable man residing at Hamilton Madison County-

Your obt sevt
Timothy Jenkins

Washington 20 Tue, 1846