Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,056, Squire Ambler, Continental (Sol. Res. In N.Y. & Conn.)
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Service 
Continental | Ambler, Squire 
Number W. 2,056
 Beers, Jerusha | B.L.Wt. 194-60-55.
 (Former Widow) 
(Sol. res. in N.Y. Com) {B.L.Wt. {5-373
12727- June 27, 1791.
recorded under both numbers
100 acres. Pvt.
No papers.
{This widow's other husband was pensioned. See claim of Phineas Beers, S. File 16.635.
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By his Excellency
George Washington, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
These are to certify that the Bearer hereof
Squire Ambler Private
in the Compy. of Artificers [crossed out: Regiment], having faithfully
served the United States five years & two months
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 
9th June 1783
G. Washington
By his EXCELLENCE
Command,
J Trumbull Secty.

Want GSd.
[Issd] here [illegible]391
War Office

REGISTERED in the Books
of the [crossed out: Regiment] Company,
T Pattens Capt. [crossed out: Adjutant]
Artily. Artificers
THE above Squire Ambler
has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for five
Years faithful Service. 
T. Pattens Capt. Comd.
Artilly. Artificers
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Head-Quarters, June 9th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratifications of the definitive
Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation
thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on
Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Squire Ambler.
W. 2056,
Continental.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Ambler, Squire   GRADE Private LINE Artillery Artificer Regiment (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBERS 12727 and 5373 and 194-60-55   ACREAGE 100   ISSUED June 27, 1791 to -- not shown --

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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 applications 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 be found in General land Office records in The National Archives.
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Notif" send D Burr Esq Fairfield, Conn
5 January 1821.

3088
Connecticut from
New York Roll
Squire Ambler Private

[crossed out: Pennsylvania] Cont'l line]

[cut off] the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
...scribed on the Roll of New York.
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the first of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of Sep. [smudge on page] and sent to Richard Riker Esq
New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819
41.06
48.00
$89.06
Arrears 5 Mo. 4/30
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818.
Continued five years war 
Artillery Artificers
City of New York
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Squire Ambler 18
3000 Exd.
con
The name of Squire Ambler is not on the Connecticut roll of Pensioners. He must be transferred from the roll and which he is now placed, to that of Connecticut. A form of application for transfer is herewith transmitted.
P. Office
6. Oct. 1820.
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At a County Court, held in the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18th day of Jul 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
Personally appeared, in open Court, Squire Ambler a resident in the town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made solemn oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.
A chest and part of a sett of carpentry tools consisting of one broad axe - 4 saws 4 bench plains 6 chisels 4 gouges and sundry small tools. Worth in the whole $120.00
3 Common Chest for Clothing - 3.00
2 Chairs. 2.00 - 2.00
1 Watch 10.00 - 10.00
$35.00
Squire Ambler
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BEIT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid on this 18th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Squire Ambler, aged fifty seven years, resident in the Town of Danbury in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
as a private in the Col. Lambs Regiment of Artillery in the New York line in Captain Thomas Pattens company. from the spring of the year 1780 until the close of the war as may appear by my discharge in the war office and previous to that service I served 2 years and 2 months in Col Baldwins Regiment

that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March,
1818, was dated the 1st day of April 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was
entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 3,088 And I do further solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within
the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust
for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the
Schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a carpenter I am in comfortable health for a man of my age, but entirely destitute of property having been unfortunate in life and that I have a wife named Jerusha forty years old but am not a housekeeper at present having very lately married my present wife
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Squire Ambler
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion
that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty five Dollars, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk
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State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18th 1820
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield in the said State,
do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from
the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court
that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Thirty five
Dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Fairfield, this 18 day of July
1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said
County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 18 1820
I, ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in
said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn;
and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it
proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of
amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.
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Certificate in
Squire Ambler's
Soldier Case
correct-[illegible]
New York roll
Adm
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To the Honorable Richard Riker Esquire
Recorder of the City of New York, one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayors Court
of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record
of the State of New York,
The Declaration under oath of Squire Ambler formerly a private in a company of Artillery Artificers engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the City of New York in the State of New York
Respectfully Showeth that the said Squire Ambler in the  year of our Lord on thousand seven hundred and seventy seven enlisted into the service of his country as a private in a company of Artillery Artificers commanded by Thomas Pattens Captain Commandant and was there until he was discharged on the ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three as now fully  appears by the annexed certificate of discharge signed by General George Washington and dated on the same day and year aforesaid. That hitherto he hath not been allowed a pension by the Laws of the United States.

And this Declaration further representeth that the said Squire Ambler is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in the City of New York aforesaid,
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and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the
United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land
and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, approved,
March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truth of the
matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the affidavit of himself and
of Seth R Kneeland hereafter set forth,
Dated, the  day of April 1818 Squire Ambler
City and County of New York, ss. Squire Ambler of the City of New York Carpenter
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration,
are in all respects just and true.
Squire Ambler

Sworn the first day of April 1818 before me,
R Riker
Recorder of the City of New York
City and county of New York of Seth R Kneeland of the City of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted the above named Squire Ambler.
The he knew the said Squire Ambler in the service of the Revolutionary War a private in the company of Artillery Artificers Commanded by Thomas Pattens captain commandant that this Deponent belonged to the same Company & served with the said Squire Ambler for nearly three years
Seth R. Kneeland
Sworn this 1st day of April 1818 before me R. Riker
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City and County of New York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New York, personally appeared the aforesaid Squire Ambler Applicant, and by the oath of Seth R. Kneeland who is well known to me & entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration and affidavits by them subscribed, and the said Applicant also producing to me the original Discharge signed by Gen Washington hereto annexed.

Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the Army of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. 

Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War. 

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, at the City of New York, the day and year last above written. R Riker
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[Torn]403 
[Torn] [Con]necticut 
[Torn] [Jer]usha Beers 
of Squire Ambler 
[Torn] served in the Revolutionary 
[Torn] as an Artillery Artificer Pa Line 
[Torn] nscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
240 Dollars 00 
[Torn] Cents per annum, to commence on 
[Torn] the 3rd February 1853 
[Torn] [C]ertificate of Pension issued the 
17 day of May 1853
[Torn] and sent to 
Hon Edward Taylor Danbury Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
July [scratched out] Page 57 Vol. A
1818 
Let to F.P. Ambler. Feb. 10
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[Sideways document with seal]
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
County of Fairfield
County Court Clerk's OFFICE} ss. Bridgeport
I, William H Noble Clerk. of the Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify--That
Edward Taylor Esquire,
was on the 9 day of March 1853 and now is, Judge of the County Court within and for said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other instruments, and to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State, on this 14 day of March A.D. 1853 
W. H. Noble Clerk.

[handwritten note]
No 2186. 
Jerusha Beers
Formerly widow of Squire Ambler of Act 3 Feb 1853
[Adm?] 2 yrs Artillery Artificer $240 per annum Com'g 3 Feb 1833 
Hon Edward Taylor Danbury, CT
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County ⎬ SS 
Be it known that on this ninth day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three before me, Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Jerusha Beers a resident of Danbury in said County, and made solemn oath that her maiden name was Jerusha Hoyt, and that on the Eleventh day of June AD Eighteen hundred and Twenty she married Squire Ambler late of said Danbury, who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum and that her said husband the said Squire Ambler died on the fourteenth day of January AD Eighteen hundred and Twenty nine, and that she remained his widow until the Eleventh of July AD Eighteen hundred and thirty, when I again intermarried with Phineas Beers, of New Milford in...
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in the County of Litchfield in said State aforesaid, in said Eleventh day of July AD Eighteen hundred and thirty, who was also a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, and that her said husband the said Phineas Beers died on the Twentieth day of August AD Eighteen hundred and thirty and that she is now a widow. First That she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the laws, regulations or decisions, that have been or may hereafter be adopted-- and I request that my certificate of Pension may be sent to Edward Taylor of said Danbury.
 her mark X Jerusha Beers 
In Presence of Jonathan Couch 
Edward Taylor 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
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I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court, in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Jerusha Beers above named, is a respectable resident of this County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe, and that she has this day appeared before me and made solemn oath to the truth of the above declaration by her subscribed- I further certify that the word "was " in the fourth line from the top on the second page in the foregoing declaration was interlined before execution.
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County 

I further certify that the words, "and that she is now a widow" in the twelfth line from the top on the second page were also interlined before execution. 
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
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This is to certify that I Phineas Taylor being one of the Justices of the Peace for Fairfield County on the eleventh day of June Eighteen Hundred and Twenty joined Squire Ambler and Jerusha Hoyt both of said Danbury in the bonds of Matrimony they having previously complied to the requisitions of the Law respecting Marriages passed at the last Session of the General Assembly. Dated at Danbury this fifteenth day of June A.D. Eighteen Hundred and  and Twenty 
Phineas Taylor 
Justice of the Peace

A true copy of the original certificate Recorded by Samuel H. Phillips Town Clerk 

Danbury July eleventh Eighteen Hundred and Thirty 
This may certify that I joined in marriage on the above date Phineas Beers of the Town of New Milford and Jerusha Ambler of Danbury 
Solomon Glover 
Ordained Minister 

A true Records of the original certificate Recorded July twelfth Eighteen Hundred and Thirty 
Mr. Darius Star 
T. Clerk
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I hereby certify that the foregoing 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: This is to certify that I Phineas Taylor being one of the Justices of the Peace for Fairfield County on the 11th day of June 1820 joined, Squire Ambler & Jerusha Hoyt both of said Danbury in the hands of Matrimony they having previously complied to the requisitions of the Law respecting Marriages passed at the last Session of the General Assembly Dated at Danbury this 15th day of June AD 1820
Phineas Taylor Justice of the Peace

A true copy of the original certificate 
Recorded by Samuel H. Phillips Town Clerk

Danbury July 11th 1830 
This may certify that I joined in marriage on the above date Phineas Beers of the Town of New Milford and Jerusha Ambler of Danbury
Solomon Glover - Ordained Minister 

A true Record of the original certificate Recorded July 12th, 1830 
Mr. Darius Starr 
T. Clerk
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Waters F Olmstead 
Town Clerk of Danbury 

I Waters F. Olmsted above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Danbury, with the exceptions above named as certified by me 
Waters F Olmstead 
Town Clerk of Danbury 

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 9th day of March AD 1853 I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named department and that he sustains a fair character for truth and is a credible witness Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
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I Jonathan Couch of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged seventy three
years, being duly sworn doth depose and say, that I am well acquainted with Jerusha Beers, the person who has signed and made oath to the ^foregoing [crossed out: illegible] declaration, that she is the sister of my wife, That I was present at her marriage with the said Squire Ambler, and the said Phineas Beers, and that said marriages took place on the days stated in her said Declaration. I was also at the funeral of the said Squire Ambler, and also of the said Phineas Beers, and that I believe their deaths occurred on the days mentioned in her said declaration. That her said declaration has been read in my presence, and I am acquainted with the contents thereof and that I believe the facts therein set forth all true, and that the said
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Jerusha Beers is now a widow.
Jonathan Couch [signature]
 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of March AD 1853. I further certify that the word "foregoing" in the body of this deposition was interlined before execution - and that I am well
acquainted with the abovenamed deponent, and that he sustains a fair character for truth and is a
credible witness
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
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144. 795 Art Mch 3/55
May 23/. 
Jerusha Beers, for wid of Squire Ambler, artificer. 
Artificer
Rev. War 

Capt.
Col.
Comm Mil.
Cert
War Rev.
Min a Pension of the U. States, Conn Feby 53-403
Artillery Artificer 
Ad. 60 ac's Mar 13/56 Dodge
Claimant 
Bethel Court
[Cross written] No 19th iss  Mar 31/56
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144.795
Jerusha Beers
application for Bounty Land
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss
On this 18th day of May AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the County and State aforesaid Jerusha Beers aged seventy five years a resident of Danbury in the State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Squire Ambler deceased who was an artillery artificer in the war of the Revolution that her said husband continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days and more, and was honorably discharged, for a more particular description of her husbands said service she respectfully refers to the evidence of the same now on file in the Pension office at Washington. She further states that she was married to the said Squire Ambler in Danbury on the 11th day of June AD 1822 by one Phineas Taylor a Justice of Peace that her name before her said marriage was Jerusha Hoyt that her said husband died at Danbury on the 14th day of January AD 1831 The [then] she afterwards married one Phineas Beers, who is since deceased
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and that she is now a widow -
[6 lines crossed out]
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855.
Jerusha Beers [signature]
We Ruany Couch and Emily Perry residents of Danbury in the State of Connecticut upon our
oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jerusha Beers in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Ruany Couch
Emily Perry

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that
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the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. The above erasures on the second page in the above declaration were made before execution
Edward Taylor Notary Public
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O. W. and N. Division.
3 - 525.
^[Illegible] file 2056 Rev.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the  military history of Squire Ambler, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (^& [crossed out: "or"] his
widow's) application^s for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Column Headings. DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF
SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.

1777. 5 yrs 2 mos ^dis [discharge] June 9, 1783. Pvt. [Private]. Thomas Patten. Baldwin's Lamb. ^Artillery Artif. [Artificer]. Continental.

See [illegible] file 25.369 Peter Ambler
See File 37.665 Stephen Ambler

Battles engaged in, [checkmark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Apl [April] 1, 1818 - allowed.
Residence at date of application, NY [New York] City. 1820, Danbury, Conn. [Connecticut]
Age at date of application, 55 yrs. [years]
Remarks: Sol. mar. [sole marriage], Jerusha Hoyt, June 11, 1820
Died. Jany. [January] 14, 1829
Md application [Made application], Mch.[March]  9. 1853 ac
res. [residence] Danbury, Conn. she mar. July 11, 1830  Phineas Beers who died Aug. 20, 1835
Very respectfully,
Commissioner. [initialed Isah']

20581b3m11-05
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[CARD]
WIDOW, &c. 
^Rev War [handwritten to the left of WIDOW, &c.]
File No. 2056
Jerusha Beers, Former Widow, Squire Ambler, Artificer Rev. [Revolutionary] War
Act: _____ [field blank]
Index:--Vol. A, Page 118
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[Handwritten notation in upper left-hand corner] 1906 Dec. [December] 20. History to H. C. Ambler, letter in [illegible] File 2056 Squire Ambler.

[ENVELOPE. Postmarked BRIDGEPORT CT and stamped THREE CENTS]
To the Hon [Honorable] Loren P. Waldo
Washington D.C.
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194 [check mark]
60 Acres
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Warr issd [issued] 21st Jany 1791- See discharge 
No 12.727-
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State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, SS.
[circular raised seal. illegible]
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York; and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of April 1818
Benj [Benjamin] Ferris [signature]
Clerk
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Squire Ambler
Application for transfer from New York to Connecticut from 4th March 1820
Mar 19
have on the 5 Jany [January] 1821.
notifient to D Burr Esq
Fairfield, Conn. [Connecticut]
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.

County of Fairfield ss. Danbury
On this 23rd day of October 1820, before
me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Fairfield personally appeared Squire Ambler who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Thomas Pattens in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whence he has lately removed;
that he now resides in the state [crossed out: (district, or territory)] of Connecticut where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Squire Amber [signature]
---
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid 
Daniel B Cooke Justice of Peace [signature]

NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
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State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss: December 1st 1820
I David Burr of Fairfield, in the County of Fairfield, Clerk of the County Court, or Court of Common Please within and for said County - Do certify &
make known, that Daniel B. Cooke Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned with full power & authority to administer Oaths, and do all other matters and things relating to the Office of a Justice of the Peace in said County - And that full faith and credit is given to his official acts & proceedings

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my & the Seal of said Court, in Fairfield this first Day of December A.D. 1820
David Burr [signature]
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Brief in the case of Jerusha Beers, formerly widow of S. Ambler
Fairfield County and State of Connecticut
act 3 Feb 1853

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") ["or "for increase." crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
[handwritten] Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18 March 1818 at $96 per annum
Widow is entitled to $240 per annum, her
husband being an Artillery Artificer for more than
two years
Proof of Marriage -  Certified copy of Town Record
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
[field blank]
Name and residence of Agent
Hon [Honorable] Edward Taylor [signature]
Danbury

S. Cole [signature]
Examining Clerk.
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Bridgeport, Conn [Connecticut], Feb [February] 6th /55 [1855]
To the Hon [Honorable] Loren P. Waldo
Dear Sir
Will you be kind enough to inform me if a pension has been granted any one claiming to be the widow or heirs of Squire Ambler who was on the pension role of 1818. If so please inform me in what name it is drawn and oblige

Yours Truly
F. P. Ambler
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Ambler, Stephen
GRADE Private
LINE Artillery Artificer Regiment
WARRANT NUMBERS 5366 + 12725
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED June 27, 1791
to --- not shown--- [written under Issued date]

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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 applications 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 be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.