Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 267-100, Eleazur Abbe, Conn.
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Service Conn.
Abbe, Eleazur or Abby
Number B. L. Wt 267-100
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No. 39
Eleazer Abby's Deed to Joel Barlow
[illegible] issued No. 267
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KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I Eleazur Abby of East Hartford in the county of Hartford + State of Connecticut for divers good Causes and Considerations thereunto moving; especially for one hundred dollars received to my full satisfaction of Joel Barlow Have remised, released, and forever Quit-Claimed, and do by these Presents for myself my heirs + assigns justly and absolutely Remise, Release, and forever Quit-Claim unto the said Joel Barlow to his Heirs and Assigns forever, all such Right and Title as I the said Eleazer have or ought to have in or to one tenth part of one whole share of the lands purchased of the United States by the agents of the Directors of the Ohio company so called - lying northwest of the River Ohio - said part of sd share being my military bounty right secured to me for my service in the first Connect [Connecticut] Regt during the late war - sd part now being in an undivided state + lying in common with the rest of the Ohio Company's purchase
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the Premises unto him the said Joel Barlow his Heirs and assigns, to the only Use and Behoof of the said Joel Barlow his Heirs and Assigns forever, so that neither I the said Eleazer my heirs or assigns nor any one else in my or their name or Name and Behalf, shall or will hereafter claim or demand any Right or Title to the Premises, or any Part thereof, buy they, and every of of them, shall by these Presents be excluded and forever barred.
IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 13th Day of March in the Year of our Lord 1788 [signed Eleazer Abbe]
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, In Presence of
Asa Bunce Jonth Bull,
Hartford County SS - March 13th 1788
Personally appeared Eleazer Abby Signer and Sealer of the foregoing Instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free Act and Deed, before me Jonth Bull Just. Pac [Peace]
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[oval date stamp] Disbursing Office Received Mar 15 1913 Bureau of Pensions

N.Y. City. March 13, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir, 
Is there in the pension records any date relating to the following Revolutionary soldiers?
Eleazer Abbe, [illegible] Rev. Rolls, 5 days service Apr. 21, 1778
3d. Conn. line, Capt. Barnard's Co., Apr. 16, 1778.
1st Conn. line, Jan 1 - Sept. 29, 1781.

Aaron Abbe [neg written in pencil], Hopkinton, Mass., ensign 1775 + 2d lieut. later.

Elisha Abbe [neg written in pencil], Mass., 1776 service. Perhaps same Elisha served in June + July, 1813, Conn. Militia.

Elijah Abbe [neg written in pencil], May 9-Dec. 9, 1775, 2d Co., 3d Regt. Conn., lost his gun in Battle of Bunker Hill.

Yours very truly, Josephine G. Nichols, 1915 Daly Ave., N.Y. City. (Mrs. L. N. Nichols)
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Rev. War Section.
March 26, 1913.
Mrs. Josephine G. Nichols, 1915 Daly Avenue, New York City.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 13th and received the 18th instant, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that Eleazer Abbe entered the service in the 3d Connecticut regiment, April 16, 1778, and was discharged from the first regiment, September 29, 1781. He was a resident of East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1788.
Bounty land warrant No. 267 for 100 acres was allowed on this service and was delivered to Joel Barlow, April 25, 1805.
The Revolutionary War records fail to afford any information in regard to Aaron Abbe, Elisha Abbe, or Elijah Abbe, described by you.
Very respectfully, J. L. Davenport Commissioner.
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Eleazar Abbe or Abby

See Ctf of Treasurer of Conn. in case of Patrick Meara, Conn., B. L. Wt. 269-100.