Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1331, William Brown, Conn. Mass.
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(3-1779)

SERVICE
Conn
or
Mass.?

Brown, William (or Yellam)
Miriam

NUMBER
R.1331

CONTENTS
he was Hessian & desirted from he {unreadable word]
d May 24, 1837 at Centreville Allegany Co. N.Y.
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State of New York
Allegany County ss:
September
On this 18th day of (August crossed out) September 1845 personally appeared before me
the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Allegany Miriam Brown a resident of the town of Centreville in the County of Allegany aged 78. years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July the 7th 1838. that she is the widow of William Brown who was a Soldier in the army of the Revolution that her husband the said William Brown came to the United States under General Burgoyne that he was a Hessian that he deserted from the British Army and enlisted into the American Army towards the close of the war, enlisted from the State of Connecticut or Massachusetts she things from the County of Worcester She thinks his Captain's name was Hunt in Colonel Sherman's regiment and was marched to Philadelphia and served one year being the time for which he enlisted he was also in the Massachusetts service the length of time she does not know nor the officers that
he served under.
And she further declares that she was married to the said William Brown at the town of Berlin County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 28th day of September 1784. by Elder Puffer
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the settled minister of said town and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but was married to him prior to the first day of January 1794. and that her husband the said William Brown died at the town of Centreville on the 24th day of May 1839.
And she further declares that she has no documentary evidence of the services of her husband the said William Brown in the war of the revolution nor has she any family record of the date of her marriage of the ages of her children which she had by her husband the said William Brown
And she further declares that on or about the year 1835 her husband made an application to the pension office for a pension by an agent by the name of Guernsey and she believes that his declaration and evidence were sent to Washington and are now on file in the Pension office to which papers she refers for proof in support of her claim and further this deponent saith not 
Miriam Brown

Sworn and subscribed
before me the day and
year first above written

Jaramiah Emerson Judge of Allegany County Court
I hereby certify from personal examination that
Miriam Brown who made the foregoing
declaration before me is by reason of age and
bodily infirmity unable to appear in open
Court
Jaramiah Emerson Judge of Allegany
County Court
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State of New York}
Allegany County}
Clerks Office  Ss}
I Wm Windsor Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Jazamiah Emerson Esquire before
whom the proceeding Affidavit was taken was at the date of the same a Judge of Allegany County Courts in & for said County and that I am well
acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed thereto is his genuine signature
Witness my hand and the seal
of said County this 20th day of
September A.D. 1845.
Wm Windsor Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County, SS.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Asa Sawyer, Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of Lewis Sawyer hereunto annexed, is genuine; and that said Asa Sawyer was such Justice, on the day of the date of his said certificate.
GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twelfth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five
Joseph Kendall Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Worcester SS.

Town Clerk's Office, Berlin
November 27, A D. 1845.

The following is an Extract from the Records of the above named town, to wit:
Twenty-ninth of September, one thousand seven
hundred and Eighty four, Married William Brown to Miriam Briant, both of the said district of Berlin
Pr the Rev Reuben Puffer, Clerk
Thereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with
the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:
" 29th of Septr 1786.
Lewis Sawyer

I,  Lewis Sanger above named, depose and say, that I hold the  office of Town Clerk in the County, Town, & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records
of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Lewis Sawyer, Town Clerk of Berlin


Worcester Ss Belin Nov 27th 1845 
Sworn to
fore me
Asa Sawyer Justice of the Peace
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12.262/33/
Miriam Brown, NY
wid of William

H Leake, Nov. 20 1845
"   "         Apr 21 1846
A. J. Linn Nov 18 1846
   related to several cases no data wcf
H Leake Dec 12 1846
A J Lyon Dec 4 1847
"  "  "      Feby 26 1850
J G Austin  Aug 26 1862
Saml. White Nov 3rd 1854  JJ
  "         "       Nov 10 1854 Dods
  "         "       Nov 21 1854 Tiop
  "         "       Nov 28 1854  Rh
  "         "       Dec 26 1854  Rh
  "         "       Jany 11 1855 Trip
P.M. Henry    Jany 27 1860
_______________________________
July 7, 1838
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston; Sep 18 1845
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the name of William Brown is borne
upon many of them, but upon none which
show evidence of service under the officers
named in the annexed application, or of
any person of the name in the last 3 years
service from the town of Bolton or Boston
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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State of New York
Allegany County ⎬ ss
 To the Hon Secretary of the State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I do hereby apply to you to furnish Evidence of the services of my Husband in the war of the Revolution William Brown his name may have been spelt Villiam Brown as it was so called in the German language he was a Hessian and came over in Gen Burgoyne's army and Deserted and enlisted in the American army towards the
close of the war thinks in 1781 or 82 for three
years and served about one year and Eleven
months thinks he enlisted in Massachusetts in the town of Berlin on in Bolton and then
marched to Boston to pass muster. The name of the first Capt. don't remember but some time
in the servis thinks his capt's name was Hunt
and thinks he served some of the time under
Col Sherman. The Gen's name was Lee
thinks he served in the forth Regiment and
some time during his service he marched to
Philadelphia to defend the City
She is now 77 years of age and her recollection does not enable her to state her Husbands Services more fully than above
Miriam (her X mark) Brown
Signed this 19th day the
of June A D 1845
In presence of
Thomas Osgood
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Allegany Coty N.Y.
Rushford June 23. 1845

Hon Secretary of State}
of Massachusetts }
Sir
You will please examine the Records in your office for the services of William Brown named in the annexed application and if you find the records required you will please forward to me your certificate of the same
Very much
Oblige Your
Obt Servt
A J Lyon



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