Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 38105, Thomas Abbe, Continental (Conn.)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE | | NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) | Abbe, Thomas | S 38105
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CONTENTS
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J 11.085 R

Connecticut
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Thomas Abbe
of Glastonbury in the State of Connecticut
who was a Private in the regiment command
Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut
line, for the term of One Year
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26th of October 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 May 1819
and sent to Stephen S. Hosmer Esq
Middletown Connecticut
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Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 34.58
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48.00
$82.58

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Declaration on the [illegible] under the law of the May 1820
Notification sent to John [illegible] Esq 5 July 1820
Middletown Ct

[on right of page which the original document appears to be affixed to, written down the side]
March 24 - 1826
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State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
A
ON this 26th day of October 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Thomas Abbe aged 64, years resident in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Thomas Abbe about [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]] the middle of [[strikethrough]] day [[/strikethrough]] of December 1776, enlisted in Chatham
in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Elizah Hubbard, of and in the regiment commanded by Colo Jedidiah Huntington and in the brigade commanded by Gen Joseph Spencer for One year,
that he continued to serve in the said corps, [strikethrough] or in the service of the United States [strikethrough] until ^sometime in^ the Month of December 1776, when he was discharged from service in [illegible] state of New Jersey; that he was in [strikethrough] the [strikethrough] ^no^ battle [strikethrough] of [strikethrough] 
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. That he has lost his discharge
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
S Titus Wosmer
B. I, Stephen Titus Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Abbe did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
October 26 1818
S. Titus Wosmer
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State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown, C

ON this 25th day of October 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Edward Foster of Middletown in the said State, a person not [illegible] by me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Thomas Abbe of Chatham in said State, the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he the said Edward Foster served from December 1775 to December 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Elizur Hubbard, in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Jedediah Huntington, in the Brigade of Genl. Joseph Spencer; . . That the said Thomas Abbe was a Soldier in the said Company & served therein one year from December 1775 to December 1776, when he was discharged from service 

and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
S Titus Hosmer
A(?)B I have known Thomas Abbe many years, & know nothing against him. He has at times been deranged(?), at present, he appears to be of sound mind & standing(?); & was(?) [illegible] any thing slightly.
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State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown

D. ON this 26th day of October 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Felix Lindsey of Glastonbury in the said State, a person proved to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Thomas Abbe of Chatham in said ^State^ the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he, the said Felix served as an enlisted Soldier from the 1st of January 1776 to the 6th of October in the same year, in the Company commanded by Elizur Hubbard in the Regiment commanded by Jedediah Huntington, in the Brigade of Genl. Joseph Spencer; That the said Thomas Abbe, & the said Edward Foster were Soldiers in the said Company during the whole of said period, and that when he, the said Felix, left the army, they remained in service in the said Company.
[crossed out: and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.]

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
S Titus Hosmer
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I John Fiske Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That the Honorable Stephen Titus Wosmer of Middletown in said State, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding Declarations and Certificates, marked A.B.C. D. & to the succeeding marked E. F. G is his proper hand writing and signature.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Middletown on this 6th day of January 1819
J.W. Fiske Esq
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No. 60(?) (Cut off)
Tho. Abbe
Chatham
No. 11,085
y.o. 24 May 1819

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State and District of Connecticut, ss.

ON this 20th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the adjourned County Court holden at Middletown within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, on the 20th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Abbe aged Sixty-nine years, resident in the town of Chatham in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That the said Thomas Abbe enlisted for the term of one Year on the day of Dec in the year 1775 in Chatham in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain [Eliseen] Hubbard, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until about the middle of Dec 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in [] in the State of New York, That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes on the [blank] day of October 1818; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 11085

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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;" 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

I do further solemnly swear, [crossed out: that I was in the battle of]

That I am by occupation a farmer.
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That the number of my family residing with me is [handwritten: none], [crossed out: and their names and ages are as follows]:

That I live with my Brother - and pay my Board partly by my labour and principally by the pension granted me by government and that without it I should not be able to support myself-

Thomas Abbe ~

Sworn to and declared [blank space] on the 20th day of June 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County
John Fiske Clk [clerk] of County
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SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the [blank space] Court aforesaid. 

[handwritten] one acre of land worth [dotted underscore dash] $60.00

Thomas Abbe
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Certificate with an embosssed seal in the lower left corner.

I [signature: John Fiske] Clerk of the [handwritten: Court of Common Pleas for Mr.  [illegible]] aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 [handwritten: Sixty] dollars [crossed out: and cents].

IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 20 day of June 1820 [added by hand: the 0 of 1820].

John Fiske Clerk of [illegible: Sfeurh?]
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August 11, 1937

Mr. Charles R. Hale 
30 Oak Street
Hartford, Connecticut

Thomas Abbe
S. 38105
BA-J/AWF

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Abbe, a pensioner from Connecticut under the Act of 1818.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 38105, based upon the military service of Thomas Abbe in the Revolutionary War.

The date and place of birth of Thomas Abbe were not given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

Thomas Abbe enlisted in Chatham, Connecticut about the middle of December, 1775, and served one year as a Private in Captain Elihu Hubbard's company in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1818, at which time her was about sixty-four years of age and living in Chatham, Connecticut. He was living in 1820 in Chatham, with his brother, whose name is not shown.

The soldier, Thomas Abbe, died March 24, 1826.

The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, 

Very truly yours

GEORGE H. SWEET
Acting Executlve Assistant to the Administrator
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Left side of writing is cut off.  Latter of half of two words can be seen:
mber
mass

Middle of page:
38105
Re?y INVALID
File No. 85,1073
Thomas Abbe
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: Vol 2, Page 2
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right side of page:
Mar 2 of '99
Mrs. D. J. Ba(cut off)
Newton,
1914 Jan. 10, History to
Mrs. Flora B. Hedrich. 
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193(illegible) Aug 11 hist. to Chas. R. Hale(cut off)
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Thomas Abbe
Private
Decr. 75 to Decr. 76
Huntington Connect.
Regt.
Admitted
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State of Connecticut Middletown

On this 1st day of January 1819, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the state of Connecticut personally appears Abiel Drake of East Windsor in the said State, a person known to me to be of good character & worthy of credit, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, declare & say; That he is well acquainted with Thomas Abbe of Chatham in said State, the person who made the preceding declaration on Oath; That he the said Abiel Drake was a Soldier in the year 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Elizer Hubbard, in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Jedediah Huntington, that the said Thomas Abbe enlisted in the said Company in  December 1775 for a year & served until the expiration of it in sd. Company, when in December 1776 he twas duly discharged from service.

Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year aforesaid. 
S. Titus Hosmer
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T. State of Connecticut [j? L?] Middletown

On this 5th day of January 1819, before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appear Danel Sheppard & David White Esquires, both of Chatham in the said State, known to me to be men of fair character & worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, do, on their Oaths, declare and say; That they are well acquainted with Thomas Abbe of said Chatham, the person who made the preceding declaration on Oath, & that he is a poor man destitute of property...

Sworn to & declared before me, the day & year aforesaid. S. Titus Hosmer

[written bottom to top:
Thomas Abbe Prvt
Col. Huntingtons Regt
Con: line 1775 - 1 year
dec: 25th October 1818

Too early for Roll]
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State of Connecticut Middletown

On this 5th day of January 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Amos Fox of Glastonbury in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, and his Oath, declare & say; That he is well acquainted with Thomas Abbe of Chatham in [sd] State, the person who made the preceding declaration on Oath; That he, the said Amos Fox, was in the year's service from December 1775 to December 1776 in the Company commanded Capt. Elizer Hubbard in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Jedediah Huntington, in Genl. Spencer's Brigade; That during said the said Thomas Abbe was a soldier in the said Company, & served a year & in December 1776 was lawfully discharged from the service at Ramepow [Ramapo] in New Jersey.

Sworn & declared before me, day & year aforesaid. 
S. Titus Hosmer

The said Amos Fox is proved to me to be a person of good character & worthy of belief.
S Titus Hosmer
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[illegible scribble across top of page]

U.S. Pension Bureau

Will you please give me what information you can concerning Thomas Abbe and John Abbe [written in pencil: "no record"], not brothers but both of Enfield, Conn., who [crossed out: "and"] served in the Revolutionary War.

Very Truly
Mrs. D. F. Barber 
51 Summit St
Newton
[smudged] Mass

March 2, 1899

[lower right has a stamp: 
Finance Division
[five pointed star icon] Mar 7 1899
Bureau of Pensions.]
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[two stamps near the bottom right of the document]

[Circular stamp:
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.A.
Mar 6 1899]

[Diagonal rectangular stamp:
[illegible] WAR & NAVY
MAR 9 1899
FILES]
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Richmond Hill L.I.
Jan 7th 1914

E.C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC [Washington DC is overstamped with: DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JAN 9 1914 U.S. PENSION OFFICE.]

Dear Sir.

Your letter of Jan 5th rec'd and in reply would say that I would appreciate it very much if you would kindly send me a record of the services of Thomas Abbe whose name appears on the list of pensioners under the act of 1818 from Chatham Conn.  Thanking you in advance

I am 
Resp. Yours

440 Greenwood ave. Flora B. Aldrich
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HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF 
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN 
COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES 
30 Oak Street 
Hartford, Conn. 

July 28, 1937 

Chief Clerk
Revolutionary War Record Section
United States Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Please send me Revolutionary War record of Thomas [underlined: Abbe.], or Abby, or Abbey, who was on the 1818 Pension Roll from Connecticut. We would like to get a Connecticut headstone for him.

Yours very truly,
[signature] Chas R. Hale

CRH:MB

[stamp on lower right, reads: RECEIVED JUL 29 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADN. HEADER [4 or #] 29.]
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In reply to your request of [blank space], received [blank space] for a statement of the military history of [added by hand: Thomas Abbe] a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[added by hand: S. 38,105]

[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [subheadings: CAPTAIN. COLONEL.] STATE.

Dec. [blank space] 75 | 1 year disch. Dec. 1776 at Ramapaugh, N.J. | Pri. | Elihu [written over crossed-out: Eleazur] Hubbard | Jedediah Huntington | 17 Continental Conn.

[Notation below: (No rolls of company in Conn book P-101.)]

Battles engaged in, [added by hand: none]

Residence of soldier at enlistment, [added by hand: Enl. at Chatham, Conn.]

Date of application for pension, [added by hand: Oct. 26, 1818. His claim was allowed.]

Residence at date of application, [added by hand: Chatham, Conn.]

Age at date of application, [added by hand: sixty-four years.]

Remarks: [blank]

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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January 10, 1914.

Mrs. Flora B. Aldrich,
Richmond Hill,
Long Island, N.Y.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the seventh instant, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Thomas Abbe, Sur. File No. 38,108, Rev. War, show that he enlisted at Chatham, Connecticut, about the middle of December, 1775, as a Private in Captain Elihu Hubbard's company of Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Seventeenth Continental regiment, and served one year, during which time he was in no battles, and was discharged in December 1776, at Ramapo, New Jersey.

Soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 26, 1818, at which time he claimed to be sixty-four years old, and was a resident of Chatham, Connecticut.

For the date of soldier's death and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:

"Thomas Abbe. Certificate No. 11,085, issued May 24,
1819, for $8. per month from October 26, 1818, under the
Act of March 18, 1818, atathe [sic] Connecticut Agency."

Very respectfully,
(Signature of) E. C. Tieman,
Deputy Commissioner.