Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23194, Thomas Delano, Conn. N.Y.
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 (3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Conn.
N. Y.

Delano, Thomas

NUMBER
S. 23194

CONTENTS
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4625
New York
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Thomas Delano
of Watertown in the State of New York
to was a Pr. Sgt. Maj. in the company commanded by Captain Boland of the Regt. commanded by Col Bradley
in the Connecticut line for 13 months & 7 days private and 9 months Sergeant Major.
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Enscribed on the Roll of New York at
the rate of 89 Dollars 09 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of January 1833- and sent to D. Hungerford
Watertown, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $133.34
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33-$44.54

= $178.18
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by
Inobromwell, Clerk
Book D    Vol. 5.  Page 81
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Jefferson County } ss.
On this 11th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, now sitting, Thomas Delano, a resident of Watertown in said County, aged 72 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 at Sharon, Conn. Enlisted as a volunteer in the company of Col. Wm. Boland, Capt., don't recollect the Col. never was with the Regt. much, Connecticut State Troops.  Enlistment made 1 May,
1777- went on to the lines near New York - White Plains and New Rochelle - was discharged at Rye after having served
two months as a private in said Company.
Enlisted at Sharon in Capt Strong's Company. Col. Bradley's Regt., Connecticut Line in the Continental Army for nine months and was honorably discharged at Fishkill, New York.
Enlisted April 1, 1777 as a Private was discharged the 2d day of January.
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Moved to Amenia,  Dutchess County, New York. In the last of May or June 1779 was drafted into the service and entered as a private in Capt Wheeler's Company.
Johnson was Lieutenant,  don't recollect the Colonel. It was a New York Regt. - drafted for three months. The whole Regt. dismissed at Fishkill N.Y. after he had served two months.
At Amenia in the fall of 1781, drafted as a private in Capt. Wheeler's Company, Col. Hopkins Regt., New York Line, to go
to Fishkill for three months- the whole Regt was dismissed at Fishkill after he had served one month.
At Amenia,  April 1, 1782 enlisted for a [Class?] for nine months in Capt Pauling's Company, Col.  Frederic Wysenfet's Regt., York State Troops, was appointed Sergeant Major and served as such through the Campaign -marched in May to the frontiers in Ulster County- the Regt was stationed as guards. I remained in the Colonel's quarters in Marble
town was discharged or the expiration of the nine months at Marbletown - Discharge was written on the back of my Sargeant Major's Warrant which I kept a number of years but finally lost it- Was Born in Sharon, Connecticut, 
June 18, 1760, served in the Rev. War, have lived in Amenia, Hillsdale,  Litchfield & Watertown, all in New York. Lived in Watertown the last 32 years- Knows of no witnesses but Jacobus Smith & Thomas Pardee whose affidavits are hereto attached- has no documentary evidence - age recorded in Town Book of Sharon.
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Account of Services performed by
Thomas Delano in the Revolutionary War,
a resident of the State of Connecticut, Town of Sharon.
Enlisted in a volunteer Company, marched for the Lines Near New York the first day of January 1777- Wm. Boland Capt-- Frisbey Lieut. - Served two months in that quarter and was discharged.
Enlisted in Cap S. Strong's Company the first
of March.  Enlisting for some months went to
Peekskill, joined Col Bradley, Regiment.  Mudd,
Lieut Col. -  Marched in May or June to New Jersey. Drove the Enemy out of Brunswick aboard of their shipping return to Peekskill. In August, marched to Pennsylvania, joined General Washington's army, soon after Brandywine Battle, was in Germantown battle.
Left the army at Valley Forge, marched to
Fishkill and on the Second Day of Jan., the nine month men returned in their arms and was discharged.  
I became a resident of Amenia, State of New York, 1779.  There was a requisition on the Militia for men for three months.
I engaged for the Class Marchers some time in May.
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Marched to Fishkill, Whelor, Capt.,  Johnson, Lieut. -  was stationed there two months then was Discharged in the year of one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty one.  Was Drafted for three months and was in Capt Whelor's Company, Col Hopkin's Regiment.  Marched to Fishkill.  Remained in service one month, the Regiment then was Discharged in one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two.
I engaged for a class for Nine months, was mustered at Fishkill the first of April in Col. Frederic Wusenfelt's Regiment and by him was appointed Sergt. Major and served as such though the Campaign.  We Marched in May
to the frontiers in Ulster County.  The Regiment was stationed as guards.   I remained at the Colonel's quarters at Marbletown till the term of service had
expired, then was discharged.
I had a Sergt. Major's warrant with my Discharge Entered on the back both signed by the Colonel, which I kept for a number of years after the War.  It has got lost.
Thomas Delano
made out by himself
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Th. Delano
10,966
O Hungerford agent
Watertown, NY
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On Rolls
Bradley's Connecticut Regt
from 23 Apl 77 to Jany. 78
8 mo., 7 days
admitted

private 8m., 7d.,  Bradley's Regt
S-----Militia
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13.7.
Sergt. Major 9
22.7-
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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.
P. Burchard Clerk    Thomas Delano

We, Pitt Morse a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Watertown in said County, and Egbert Ten Engele, residing in Watertown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thomas Delano who has subscribed and sworn to the
above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
P. Burchard Clerk
Pitt Morse
Egbert Ten Engele
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Pitt
Morse, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Watertown, and that Egbert Ten Engele who has also signed the same, is a resident in Watertown, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I. PELEG BURCHARD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Delano for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the Court, this 11th day of September 1832.

P. Burchard Clerk

I further certify that Jacobus Smith who made affidavit in open Court on the 11th day of September 1832, hereunto annexed, is a credible person
P. Burchard Clerk
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1st Brief - No. 10966
N.Y. R.
Thomas Delano
See Rolls
Apl 2377 Jany 1778
16
2 witnesses req
Weisenfelts Regt
12 Dec. '32

O Hungerford

P. 146.
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No. 10966
BRIEF in the case of Thomas Delano of Watertown, County of Jefferson in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 

3. How old is he?  72 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed:
Period | Duration of Service | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
 
(1) In 1777 Jany 1st - 2 months as a private, under Capt. Wm. Borland
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(2) 1777 Apl 1st- 9 months as a private, under 
Capt. Strong, Col. Bradley
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(3) 1779 last of May or 1st of June, 2 months as a private, under Capt. Wheeler 
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(4) 1781 fall - 1 month as a private, under Capt. Wheeler, Col. Hopkins
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(5) 1782 Apl 1 - 9 months as a Sergeant Major, under Capt. Pauling, Col. Wysenfeld
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5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  At Sharon, Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  2 living witnesses and traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They appear to be correct

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord, Examining Clerk.

23 Apl 77 to 1 Jany 78
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June 23, 1939.
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BA-J/cc
Thomas Delano
S. 23194

Mrs. G. W. Rogers
1109 West Sinto,
Spokane, Washington.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Delano, who was born in 1726, in Tolland, Connecticut, and died in 1803, in Sharon, Connecticut.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.23194, based upon service of Thomas Delano in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Delano was born June 18, 1760, in Sharon, Connecticut, names of his parents not stated.
While a resident of Sharon, Connecticut, Thomas Delano enlisted January 1, 1777, served as private two months in Captain
William Boland's Connecticut Company, enlisted April 1, 1777, served as private in Captain S. Strong's company, Colonel Bradley's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged January 2, 1778. He was
in the battle of Germantown.
Having moved to Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York troops as follows:
From late in May or early in June 1779, two months as private
in Captain Wheeler's company; in the fall of 1781, one month as
private in Captain Noah Wheeler's company, Colonel Roswell Hopkins' regiment; from April 1, 1782, nine months as sergeant major in
Captain Pawling's company, Colonel Frederick Weissenfels' regiment.
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After the Revolution he lived in Amenia, Hillsdale, Litchfield and Watertown, New York.
Thomas Delano was allowed pension on his application
executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, and stated he had
resided there for the last thirty-two years.
There are no data relative to his family,
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Thomas Delano who served with the Connecticut troops found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this
office.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Thomas Delano, you should address the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Thomas Delano
Certificate #4625
Issued January 25, 1833
Rate $89.09 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM

July 31, 1929

Mrs. Oliver Oaks
1950 Ibis Street
San Diego, California.

Dear Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, S. 23194, it appears that Thomas Delano was born June 18, 1760 in Sharon, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place he enlisted and served
as a private with the Connecticut troops as follows:
From January 1, 1777, two months in Captain William
Boland's Company; from April 1, 1777 until January 2, 1776 in Captain S. Strong's Company in Colonel Bradley's Connecticut Regiment.  He was in the battle of Germantown.
Having marched to Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, he enlisted and served with the New York troops as follows:
From late in May or early in June 1779, two months as a private in Captain Wheeler's Company; in the fall of 1781, one month as a private in Captain Noah Wheeler's Company in Colonel Roswell Hopkins' Regiment; from April 1, 1782, nine months as
Sergeant Major in Captain Pawling's Company in Colonel Frederick
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Weissenfels' Regiment.
After the Revolution he lived in Amenia, Hillsdale,
Litchfield and Watertown, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Watertown, New York.
There are no data relative to his family.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Thomas Delano who served with the Connecticut troops found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner
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Spokane, Washington.
May 1 -- 1939.
Pension Dept. of the Veterans Administration,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Would you please send me a record of Joseph Hatch, born at Falmouth, Mass. 1689. Died about 1781.
Please give all details in regard to family. He was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Also one of Deacon Thomas Delano if he was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
Deacon Thomas Delano was a minute man in the Company organized at Sharon, Conn., 1776.  He was born 1726 in Tolland, Conn. died 1803 in Sharon, Conn.
1776
1726 
50
Very Sincerely Yours,
Millennie M. Rogers
Secretary Eastern Washington Genealogical Society.
(Mrs. G. W.)
1109 West Sinto,
Spokane, Washington.
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RECEIVED
MAY 5 1939
MAIL SUB
26
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San Diego Chapter
RECENT, MRS. CHARLES S. RANNEY

IST VICE REGENT, MRS. WILLIAM R. SPICKNALL
2ND VICE REGENT, MRS. CHESTER A. SMITH
REC. SECRETARY, MRS. CHARLES L. SMALLERBERGER
COR. SECRETARY, MRS. JOHN B. BOSTICK
TREASURER, MRS. HATTIE P. BELCHER
REGISTRAR, MRS. OLIVER OAKS

HISTORIAN. MRS. CORA GOSS RADCLIFFE
CHAPLAIN, MRS. THOMAS H. KING
AUDITOR, MISS E. LOUISE STANTON
DIRECTORS
MRS. HOWARD C. DUNNAN
MRS. LEONARD A. ELLIS
MRS. EDGAR L. KENDALL
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C

Among the list of only Conn. Pensioners, I find
the name of Thomas Delano. Would you
kindly send me this record with all
references to names and dates.

Very truly
(Mrs. Oliver) Miss Doty Oaks
Registrar San Diego Chapter
3950-Ibis St., San Diego
Cal.
PENSION OFFICE
Apr 22, 1929
U.S.
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Revolutionary
23194
INVALID

No. 23194
Thomas Delano
St. Maj. Rev. War

Act:  June 7, 3
Index:     Vol. 2, Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870]

29 July 31. hist. to Mr. Oliver Oaks
939 - June 23 - Hist to Mrs. G.W.Rogers cs
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State of New York
Oneida County
ss: Personally came before me the undernamed Justice of the Peace of Trenton in said County, Thomas Pardee of Trenton
aforesaid, to me well known as a
man of truth and veracity, maketh oath according to law and says, he has been well acquainted with, Thomas Delano, a Revolutionary soldier, for the space of about seventy years, that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, in the spring, he was knowing to the said Thomas Delano, enlisting as a private soldier, in Capt Strong's company, in Sharon, Connecticut, to fill up a Regiment in the Connecticut
line, thinks for eight or nine months, and did not return until the last of December or first of January following, was absent from home
the whole term for which he enlisted, and in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, the said Thomas Delano was drafted
thinks in September, for three months, as was said, to go down and half take New York, in Col Roswell Hopkins Regiment of Capt Noah
Wheeler's Company of the town of Amenia in New York State, and marched to Fishkill on the North River in said State, and was there
stationed, and remained until Genl Washington crossed the North River and went to the south to assist in taking CornWallis, and 
then the regiment was discharged, having been in actual service about one month, and that this deponent was with the said Thomas Delano, in the same company during the time last mentioned.
Thomas Pardee

Subscribed and sworn
August 20th 1832 before me
John Storrs
Justice of the peace
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State of New York
Clerk's Office
Oneida County

SS:   I, George Brown, Clerk of the said
County do hereby certify that John Storrs before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the said County and duly authorized by law to act as such and that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe the signature "John Storrs" subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 29th day of August, A.D. 1832

Geo Brown Clerk
Joseph B. Read Deputy Clk
[T. Delano 6/- handwritten on edge of paper]
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State of New York
Jefferson County
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Personally appeared in open
Court Jacobus Smith aged 67 - who being first duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he, the said Smith, was a private in Capt Paulings [illegible] for nine months and that Thomas Delano, now of Watertown, was then Sergeant Major for said Regt and that this Deponent testifies Mr. Delano did service as such nine months in said Regt.

Sworn to & subscribed
in open Court this 11th
day of September 1832
Jacobus Smith

Attest: Burchard Clerk