Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16899, for Nehemiah Judson, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn
Continental

Judson, Nehemiah

NUMBER
S.16899

Carded

CONTENTS
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17.669
Connecticut
Nehemiah Judson
of Woodbury in the State of Con who was a Pri of In in the Com commanded by Captain ---- of the Regt commanded by Col Silliman on the Con Militia & Continental ["line for" crossed out]  Private of Cavalry 7 m[illegible] 19 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Con at the rate of 26 Dollars 42 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept 1833 and sent C. B Phelps. Woodbury Con

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 $66.06
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4. 34. 13 21
$79.27

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by ED Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 21-

[illegible] to pay 21 Nov. 1836-
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State of Connecticut, 
Probate Court ss. District of Woodbury 
On this 30' day of July 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Wood[illegible] holden at Woodbury in Litchfield County now sitting, Nehemiah Judson a resident of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy four years, who being first 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. 
That I was born at Woodbury Connecticut on the 16 day of May 1758 and ["have" crossed out] lived at Woodbury untill I entered the Army of the Revolution in June 1776 I enlisted into Capt Nathan Hurds company of State Troops raised by an act of assembly Elisha Brace was first Leut Noah Judson 2d Lieut. Elisha Clarke Ensign 
In June 1776 about 25 as I believed I joined said company secondment[?] to New York by land to Norwalk from thence[?] to New York by water. when arrived at New York our company joined Col Gould & Sillimans Regiment Gen Wadsworths Brigade I was in the action at White Plains and continued with the army in service in said company untill the 25 day of December 1776 when I was discharged at or near North Castle New York. 
In the year 1779 I was a private in a Company of Cavalry commanded by Azur [Azor] Curtiss Major Bull was Major commanding the said company in July 1779 was ordered out in the service and stationed at Norwalk and remained there about two weeks, myself and Eleazer Green of Bethlem were detached from said company to ["General Wolcotts" crossed out] guard General Wolcott who was then at Stamford Conn and I remained with said Green on that duty ["from crossed out] about three weeks longer making in the whole five weeks. 
In the year 1777 I was called out with Capt Hines[?] company when Danbury was burned by the British- I was a private in that company I ["was go" crossed out] went to Compo was gone about ["a" rubbed out] two weeks according to the best of my recolection [recollection], I was not in
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the battle at Compo not coming up in [illegible]

I have no discharge nor never had 
A Record of my Birth I am informed is on the Town Clerks Books. ["I have [illegible]" crossed out] I have lived at Woodbury ever since I was in the army and now live there. 
I am acquainted with Rev Grove L. Brownwell [Brownell] Elijah Dayley [Daley] Doct Samuel Steele Mathew [Matthew] Minor Jun 

I have no other evidence of my service than the Depositions herewith transmitted except one Thomas Andruss[?] who was in the same company with me under Capt Hurd
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The said, Nehemiah Judson 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. Nehemiah Judson 

We, Grove L Brownwell [Brownell] a clergyman, residing in the town of Woodbury and [blank] residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nehemiah Judson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74- 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. 
Grove L Brownell 
Matthew Minor Jun 
Chs B Phelps Judge of Probate

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 applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Grove L Brownwell [Brownell] who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Woodbury and that Mathew [Matthew] Minor Jun who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Woodbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Chs B Phelps Judge of Probate for District of Woodbury 

I, Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nehemiah Judson for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office [illegible] this First day of September 1832- 
Nathan Preston Clerk
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Eleazer Green of Bethlem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged Seventy four years being Duly Sworn Testify & say that In the year 1779 I was a private soldier in a company of Cavalry attached to the Militia of the State of Connecticut commanded by Captain Azur [Azor] Curtiss of Southbury Connecticut that I was at that time & have ever since been well acquainted with Nehemiah Judson of Woodbury in the County aforesaid having generally resided within about three miles of his residence That the said Nehemiah Judson was during the year 1779 a private soldier in said company of Cavalry & that in the month of July 1779 the sd Company of Cavalry was ordered into the service of the United States in the war of the Revolution & was stationed at Norwalk in Connecticut under the command of Major David Bull of said Woodbury after sd Company had been on Duty at Norwalk about Two Weeks The sd Nehemiah Judson who was in sd Company & had performed sd two weeks duty was with myself Detached from said company & we both performed Duty in General Wolcotts Guard at Stamford Connecticut for the term of from two to three weeks from the time we were Detached from sd Company making the term of service performed by the sd Nehemiah Judson at the time & manner aforesaid about five weeks & further the Deponent saith not sworn to & subscribed this 24th day of July 1832 
✓ Elezer Green 

State of Connecticut 
Litchfield County ss 
On this 24th Day of July AD 1832 personally came before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the peace for Litchfield County Eleazer Green of Bethlem in sd County to me known to be a creditable witness & made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavitt [affidavit] by him subscribed 
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. was on the 24th day of July 1832 and that he now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield & that the within signature which purports to be his is genuine.- 
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 29th day of August AD. 1832. - 
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk-
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N Judson
4952.
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Nathan Burton of Bethlem in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut aged seventy seven years having been first Duly sworn Depose & say that I am well acquainted with Nehemiah Judson of Woodbury in the County aforesaid that I belonged to the same company with him in the year 1776 under the command of Capt Nathan Hurd of Woodbury & performed a tour of six months Duty with him in the year 1776 & I am acquainted with the fact that the sd Nehemiah Judson inlisted [enlisted] into a Company of State Troops commanded by the sd Capt Hurd in (if I mistake not) the month of June 1776 & performed Duty in sd Company in Col Gould & Sillimans Regiment General Wadsworths Brigade in the City of New York, on Long Island & at White plains until the 25th Day of Decr 1776 as a private soldier in the war of the Revolution & that he was on sd 25 Day of Decr 1776 Discharged with the rest of the members of said Company & further the Deponent saith not 
Sworn to & Subscribed this 24th July AD 1832 - 
Nathan Burton 

State of Connecticut 
Litchfield County ss 
On this 24th Day of July AD 1832 personally came before me Morris Woodruff a Justice of the peace for Litchfield County Nathan Burton of sd Bethlem to me known to be a creditable Witness & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed 
Morris Woodruff Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut certify that Morris Woodruff Esq. before whom the within affidavit of Nathan Burton appears to have been taken was on the 24th day of July 1832 & that he now is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield, & that the within signature which purports to be his is genuine 
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 29th day of August AD. 1832. 
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

Phelps[?]
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State of Connecticut 
Probate Court District of Woodbury 
On this 28 Day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court ["before" rubbed out] Nehemiah Judson of Woodbury in said District in said State aged seventy five years and being first duly sworn according to law makes the following declaration supplementary and in addition to the declaration by him made in said Court on the 30 July 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 7 June 1832 
That ["my" rubbed out] I served as a private soldier in said Capt Nathan Hurds company Col Sillimans Regiment and claim no higher grade than a private in that company or the other companies in which I served.
as to the precise period of my joining the said company I am now enabled to state from recolection [recollection] & conversations with other Solders in the same company with me that I was first mustered in said company at or near the House of Hezekiah Thompson Esq in Woodbury on the 24 day of June 1776 and was within a few days after ["whi" crossed out] marched to NYork the enlistment was for six months as to the time of my discharge I am certain it was Christmas day 25 Decr 1776. 
["Th" rubbed out] as to the length of service in the Cavalry
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under Capt Azur [Azor] Curtiss in the year 1779 I am unable to state with more precision than I have done in the original declaration my own recolection [recollection] concurs with Mr Greens who was with me and whose deposition is annexed. 
as to the service in 1777 I am sure two ["three" crossed out] weeks is the right period. my impressions have always been so. 
I well remember being detailed from Capt Curtiss company to go on guard at General Wolcotts quarters, and that we remained with him three weeks as a guard to him we were kept near him in the most exposed situation ["at" crossed out] in our retreat from Norwalk. I cannot say as to the exact day of my joining or leaving said company of Capt Curtiss. but can say I was three weeks with Gen Wolcott & two with Capt Curtiss as I believe 
Nehemiah Judson
Sworn & subscribed before me 
Chs B Phelps Judge of Probate 

I Nathan Preston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplementary proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Nehemiah Judson for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said office this 1 day of June AD 1833 Attest Nathan Preston Clerk
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16.899
INVALID.

File No. 16,899 ["17,236" crossed out]
Nehemiah Judson
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 198
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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4952

Nehemiah Judson

6 mo 13 pri Inf
1 mo 5 pri Cavalry

21.55
 487
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$26.42

Reply to 
Chs B Phelps
["Nathan Preston" crossed out]
Woodbury Ct
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4952

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Nehemiah Judson - which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout [amount] of pension he is entitled?
- no -
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? 
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ------ year ------ months and ---- days, I served as a ------. For ----- months days, I served as a -------; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.