Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17512, for Daniel Jackson, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
Conn. Sea Service

Jackson, Daniel

NUMBER
S.17512

Carded

CONTENTS
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17.565
Connecticut
Daniel Jackson
of Fairfield in the State of Connt who was a Lieutenant in the Comp commanded by Captain ----- of the Regt commanded by Col. St. John in the Connt line for 2 mo & Conn. Sea Service

aw.[?]

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 400 Dollars ------ Cents per annum [illegible] commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1832 and sent to Hon. B Isaacs
present
Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $800
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 200
$1000
Died Aug 28, 1835
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Go.[?] C Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 2 Page 21
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5632

Daniel Jackson

admd
24 mo. Lieut of Artillery
400$

Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Benja Isaacs Judge

Danl Jackson
17.572
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State of Connecticut, 
County of Fairfield ss.
On this 13. day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in Said County now sitting, Daniel Jackson a resident of Wilton in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged Eighty Six- years, who being first 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 7, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. . That in the month of March 1775 [illegible] into the Company commanded by Captn. Seth Seymour in said Norwalk and served until the 
1 of March 1777 making two years in guarding and protecting the sea coast.
On the first of March 1777 I enlisted in said Norwalk under Robert Wasson Saling [Sailing] Master to go on board of the sloop Schyler [Schuyler] of Six guns then lying in Milford harbor in said Fairfield County as pilot and was discharged in New London in said State after serving nine months and was paid thirty Dollars ⅌ [per] month for my service as pilot
In the month of March 1778 I recd. a capt. Commission from Govr. Trumbull then Govr. of this State and was ordered to take charge of a vessel called the Mehitable of Six guns then lying in said Norwalk harbor and to Cruise in Long Island Sound and on the 24 of June of Huntington harbor in said Sound was captured by eighteen boats and barges and put on bord[?] [board?] of the Ship Foy in Huntington harbor from thence conveyed a Prisoner to the Ship Prince of Wales in New York and was exchanged in the month of Octr. having served Seven months and the Commission which I Recd. from Govr. Trumbull was taken at the same time and I suppose destroyed, or Lost...
That on the 21 day of March 1781 I recd a Commission from Govr Trumbull as Left.[?] [lieutenant] of Matross in said Norwalk the Commission hereunto Annexed and I enlisted the men a Schedule is also hereunto annexed which formed my Company under my command had no higher officer for said Company had to make my returns to Genl. Waterbury and I, faithfully served under said Commission until Peace or until the end of the Revolutionary War I was in a number of skirmishes and in one of the ex[illegible] I took my Company [illegible] across the Sound into Long Island and took George Muirson the Sheriff of Suffolk County Prisoner with his Commission which is hereto annexed and he was exchanged for Col. Stephen St John then a prisoner to the Brittish [British] a very meritorious officer and a great service to his Country. I was born in said Norwalk on the
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss. Probate Court District of Norwalk 
March 30 1833 Personally appeared the within named Daniel Jackson and being duly sworn in open Court depose and say that in explanation of service herein set forth that he served in Capt Seth Seymour Company under Col. John Mead and was paraded every day and was in actual service for two years
On the first of March 1777 I served as Pilot as is herein stated under Saling [Sailing] Master Robert Wasson Capt David Holly Left. [Lieutenant] [illegible - rubbed out] John Jones and was in actual and constant service for nine months as is herein stated
In the year 1778 I served as is herein stated under Genl Siliman [Silliman] and was under his direction and was in actual service for seven months
In March, 1781 as is herein set forth I was in actual and constant service from the date of said Commission and was stationed at said Norwalk and on Guard until October 1783 making the service under my Commission over two years and six months and was under the Command of Col. Stephen St John Genl. Waterbury & Mead
Daniel Jackson
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
Benja Isaacs Judge

adm[illegible]
24 m[illegible]
400[illegible]
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11 day of July 1746 have no record of my age and lived in said Norwalk until the year 1795 when I [illegible] to the City of New York and lived there twelve years and from there to Raway [Rahway] in State New Jersey where I lived eight years from there to the Town of Wilton in said Fairfield County in the year 1815 where I have lived ever since and now live I never recd. any written discharge and have no other documentary evidence of my except what is hereto annexed
The said Daniel Jackson- 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. 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Daniel Jackson
We, Levi Dickerman a clergyman, residing in the town of Wilton and Daniel Wescott residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Daniel Jackson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 86 - 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 and subscribed, the day and date aforesaid. 
Levi Dickerman
Daniel Wescott 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 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 Levi Dickerman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in town of Wilton and that Daniel Wescott - who has also signed to same, is a resident of the town of Wilton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Benja Isaacs Judge 

I, Charles Isaacs Clerk of the Said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Wescott - for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 13. day of August 1832. 
Chas Isaacs Clerk
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April 13, 1931 

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL

Miss Emma L. Jackson 
309 W. State Street 
Redland, California 

Dear Madam:  
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.17512, that Daniel Jackson was born July 11, 1746, in Norwalk, Connecticut. 
While residing in Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted in March 177- (torn), served as a private in Captain Seth Seymour's Company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut Regiment, guarding and protecting the sea coast, and was discharged March 1, 1777. 
On March 1, 1777, he entered on board the sloop, "Schuyler", Robert Wasson, Sailing Master, and served nine months as pilot. 
In March, 1778, he was commissioned Captain of the "Mehitable"; on June 24, while cruising off Huntington Harbor, Long Island Sound, the vessel was captured by the British and he was placed on board the "Prince of Wales", and held as a prisoner until October, when he was exchanged, after serving seven months. 
March 21, 1781, he was commissioned Lieutenant of Matrosses, was stationed at Norwalk and served until the end of the war. 
After the Revolution, he continued to live in Norwalk, Connecticut, until 1795, when he moved to New York City, lived there for twelve years, then moved to Rahway, New Jersey and lived eight years, and in 1815, moved to Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, while residing in Wilton, Connecticut. 
[notation penciled on left: "AB"] 
He died August 28, 1835.
There are no data as to his family.
The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Daniel Jackson, of Connecticut, born 1739, died 1799.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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17512
INVALID.

File No. 17,512
Daniel Jackson
Lieut Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 191
(Arrangement of 1870.)

1908 Nov 4 Hist to E. L. Cotting V.L.M.
1931 - Apr 13 - History to Miss Emma L Jackson 
Letter in case Reuben Frisbie. S.36514 - EEL
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George the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and, forth To George Muirson Esquire Greeting We Commit unto you our County of Suffolk in our Province of New York in America to keep from the thirteenth day of October in this present year for and during our Pleasure Yielding unto us and our Successors our Dues and other Things to us thereof belonging And we command all our loving Subjects in our said County that to you in the Execution of the Office of High Sheriff of our said County they be aiding helping and assisting In Testimony whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our trusty and welbeloved [well-beloved] William Tryon Esquire Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same At our Fort in our City of New York the twentieth day of October one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy three in the thirteenth year of our Reign.
Clarke
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE, 
Captain General and Commander in Chief in and over the STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA. 
TO Daniel Jackson GENT. GREETING. 
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State accepted to be Lieutenant of a Company of Matrosses in the Town of Norwalk, Ordered to be [illegible] by Act of Assembly at their session in February A.Dom 1781 ~
reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said Company into your Care and Charge as their Lieutenant carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Lieutenant and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from Me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you. 
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Stamford the 21st Day of March A. D. 1781 
Jonth. Trumbull
By His Excellency's Command, 
George Wyllys Secretary.
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Chicago, Ills.
October 24th, 1908.

Pension Department
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Do your records show, as pensioners of the Revolutionary War, either Melatiah Lothrop, Sr., or Melatiah Lothrop, Jr? [Penciled in on right: "negative"] These men belonged to a Land Bounty Regiment of Militia of Albany County, N.Y.
I cannot find that they ever saw active service.
Will you also advise me whether there was any pensioner of the Revolutionary War from Connecticut named Daniel Jackson, aside from one Daniel Jackson who lived in Stratford, Fairfield County, Conn? 
Thanking you in advance for this information, I remain
Yours very truly,
E.L. Cotting

Address: 
No. 1 State Street.

PENSION OFFICE.
U. S.
A
OCT 26 1908
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Daniel Jackson S.F. 17512 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 
Mch. 1775
Mch 1. 1777
Mch. 1778
Mch. 21, 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE. 
Mch. 1, 1777
9 mos
7 mos.
RANK. 
Pilot on sloop Schuyler under Robert Wesson [Wasson] sailing master
Capt of the "Mehitable" was captured June 24th on L. I. Sound, conveyed a prisoner to ship Prince of Wales in N.Y. and exchanged in October.
Lieut. of matross in Norwalk Conn. & served till end of war
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. 
Seth Seymour
COLONEL. 
STATE. 
Conn

Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwalk Conn 
Date of application for pension, aug. 13, 1832 His cl. was al
Residence at date of application, Wilton, Fairfield Co. Conn 
Age at date of application, born at Norwalk July 11, 1746 
Remarks: The above noted[?] is the only Daniel Jackson of Conn on this pension roll other than -