Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,564, Joseph Denison, Voul Storde Or Continental (Conn.)
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SERVICE:  voul starde[?] or Continental (Conn.)
Denison, Joseph
NUMBER: S. 10.564
carded
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8238
New York 
Joseph Denison 
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a priv. & Eng. in the Compy commanded 
by Captain Halsey of the Regt commanded 
by Col. Parsons in the *Conn't. line 
for 7 mos Priv: 
9 " Sergt 
*Continental Line 
Records corrected May 31/05

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
at the rate of 68 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

 Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May 1833
and Sent to Hon J. W. Taylor Ballston Spa 

Arrears to the 4th of [Sept- stricken] '33  $136:66 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th of [?] 33 3:16
[=] $170:82

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk 
Book E Vol 4 Page 17 

Died March 12 -1833 A. B.
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[SEAL]
Declaration, in order [to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress], passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF NEW YORK,} 
SARATOGA COUNTY,} ss. 
On this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court, before the court of Common Pleas of the county of Saratoga and State of New-York, now sitting, Joseph Denison a resident of Galway in the county of Saratoga, and State of New-York, aged Eighty two 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 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. 
He was born in the Town of Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut March 20th 1750 a record taken from his Fathers Family Bible and copied in his family Bible is all the record of his age now in existance to his knowledge 
He is known to Salmon Child ^an Charles Doak Esqr of the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and to Adam Swan Esquire of the Town of Milton in the County and State aforesaid who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution
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named officers, and served as herein stated,
That he resided at the Town of Stonington in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut, when he enlisted and entered into the service, under Lieut Rossetter, in the 13th Regiment, raised by the United Colonies of North America Commanded by Colonel Samuel H Parsons, in the State of Connecticut, that he enlisted at Stonington in the County of New London & State of Connecticut on the 10th day of May 1775 for seven months [7 mo in margin] & served until the 10th day of December 1775 and received an Honorable discharge dated on the said 10th day of December 1775 at Roxbury - Signed by Samuel H. Parsons Colonel which said discharge is hereto annexed, that he served as follows, to wit, immediately after his enlistment he repaired at place called the Neck in the State of Connecticut near to Fort Griswold and there joined his Company and Regiment continued there doing duty as a private soldier under the command of ^the said Officers about two months & from there he marched to Roxbury (near Boston) & Continued at Roxbury doing duty as aforesaid under his said Officers until the full period of his enlistment was fully ended when he was discharged at Roxbury as before stated, in the preceding period of seven months service as aforesaid ^he was under the following named officers Colonel S. H. Parsons [Major - stricken?]Prentice Captain Halsey - has no documentary evidence 
That he resided at Stonington in the County of New London in the State of Connecticut, when he entered the service of the United States as an Ensign appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut and Received his Commission dated ^Hartford December 22 1776 Signed by Jonth. Trumbull, by his commission he was appointed Ensign of a Company then to be raised, and to Join the Contin
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[Conti]nental Army, that he pursuant to his instructions commenced raising a Company for the aforesaid purposes for the period of Nine months, that he enlisted between 20 & 30 soldiers at Stonington in the County of Newlondon & State of Connecticut, that he marched with his Company aforesaid from Stonington aforesaid, to Fort Griswold in the County of ______ in the State of Rhode Island [?? s/b Connecticut] and there Joined his Company and Regiment, that after the Regiment was formed he continued doing duty as Ensign  aforesaid at Fort Griswold for about six weeks, when he with the Company & Regiment Marched to Providence Plantations in the State of Rhode Island & continued there doing duty as Ensign aforesaid in keeping guard until the period of Nine months was fully ^ended and after the said Nine months men were discharged, he returned home to Stonington aforesaid, that he has no other documentary evidence of his services ^aforesaid except what are hereto annexed.
that his commission as Ensign is hereto annexed- 
& that he is the identical person named in the said Commission & ^who was then known by the name of Joseph Denison 3d 
and that he further saith on Oath that the discharge hereto annexed is the Original Discharge received by him from Col. S. H. Parsons on the said 10th day of Dec. 1775
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that during the Revolutionary War he resided in the Town of Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut, that since the said War he has resided at the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga and State of New York and also in the Town of Galway in said County of Saratoga and State of New York, that he now resides in the Town of Galway in the County of Saratoga and State of New York 

He 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. 
[Signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk   [Signed] Joseph Denison 

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 live?
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 service. 
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.
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We, Nathan Comstock [Jr?] residing in Galway, county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and Adam Sloan residing in Milton in said County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Denison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two 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 year aforesaid.  
[Signed] Adam Sloan [Swan?]
[Signed] Nathan Comstock
in Open Court
[Signed] Thomas Palmer Clerk

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 abovenamed [sic] applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Adam Sloan [Swan?] who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Milton county of Saratoga, State of New-York, and that Nathan Comstock who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Galway are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, Thomas Parker, clerk of the court of Common Pleas in the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the orginal [sic] proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Denison for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 5th day of September 1832 
Thomas Palmer Clerk 

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 were yet now live? 
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 service. 
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? 
6. {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. 
In answer to the above questions he states that he was born in the Town of Stonington in the County of New London and State of Connecticut March 20. 1750 the only record of his age is a Copy from his father family Bible. 
at the time he entered the service above mentioned he resided at the Town of Stonington in the County of New London State of Connecticut, that about eight years after the war he then Removed to the Town of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga State of New York and from there removed to the Town of Galway in said County, where he now resides
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the manner in which he was called into the service is fully stated in my declaration above 

in answer to the '5' question he states that is fully answer'd above as he now recollects
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21481
Jos. Denison
N York

adm'd [?]

Hon. Jno W Taylor
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Denison
County of Saratoga in the State of New-York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 82
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Duration of Service (Y-M-D) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
enlisted in 1775 | 0-7m-0 | Private | Col. Parsons, Capt Halsey
1776 | 0-9m-0 | Ensign | Col. Parson's regt.
- comm[ission] from as Ensign appended
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New London Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? documentary & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no clergyman

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signed] Charles Forrest
Examining Clerk.
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March 17, 1932.
BA-J/MMHF  aw

Mr. William R. Fitch, 
1861 California Street, NW 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your personal request of March 16, 1932 relative to one Joseph Denison, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 10564, based upon his military service in that war. 

Joseph Denison was born March 20, 1750 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. 

While a resident of Stonington, Connecticut, he enlisted May 10, 1775, served as private in Captain Halsey's Company, Colonel Samuel H. Parson's Connecticut Regiment, on November 25, 1775, was appointed second sergeant of the second company in said regiment and was discharged December 10, 1775. He was commissioned December 2, 1776, ensign of a Connecticut company and served nine months. At the time of his commission as ensign he was known as Joseph Denison, 3d; the reason is not stated. 

About eight years after the Revolution, he moved from Stonington, Connecticut, to Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, thence to Galway in said Saratoga County.

 He was allowed pension on his application executed September 5, 1832, while a resident of Galway, New York.
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He died March 12, 1833. (on A.B.)

There are no data whatever in regard to his family.

Very truly yours,
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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3 -16 -32 

Revolutionary war
Record of Joseph Denison 
of Stonington, Conn. 
desired 

Wm. R. Fitch 
1861 California Street N W 
Washington DC 
Phone National 5200, Extension 1602.
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10564
Revy INVALID.
File No. 10,564 
Joseph Denison
Ensign Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. A, Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1932 Mar. 17 Hist delivered to William R. Fitch. mmhf
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Samuel H Parsons Esq; Colonel of the 13th Regiment raised by the United Colonies  of North America,
To Joseph Denison 3rd Greeting. 
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the Delegates from the said Colonies in Congress assembled, I do, by these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Joseph Denison 3rd to be the Second Serjeant in the Second Company, in the said Regiment:
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant, in ordering and exercising said Company in the Service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Serjeant; and yourself to observe such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or other your superior Officers, according to military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. 
Given under my Hand and Seal this 25th day of November in the Year of our Lord 1775. 
[Signed] Saml H Parsons
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Roxbury Decr 10th 1775 
Joseph Denison having faithfully Served the Term of Seven Months According to his Inlistment is hereby Honourably Discharged 
[Signed] Sam H. Parsons Col 

Joseph Denison 
(Conn.) Continental 
S. File 10564.
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JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, 
Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of the 
STATE of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA. 

To Joseph Denison 3d GREETING. 
You being by the General Assembly of this State appointed to be Ensign of a Company now ordered to be raised, and to join the Continental Army, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I do, by virtue of the Laws of this State, in Me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you the said Joseph Denison 3d to be Ensign of said Company; you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of an Ensign in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, in the Service aforesaid, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline, hereby commanding them to obey you as their Ensign and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of said State, for the Time being, or other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and established by the Laws of this State, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you. 
Given under my Hand, and the public Seal of said State, at Hartford the 2d Day of December Anno Domini, 1776. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Jonth: Trumbull

By His Honor's Command, 
[Signed] George Wyllys, Sec'ry