Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,800, for Frederick Stoddard, Connecticut
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SERVICE
Conn.

Stoddard, Frederick
or
Stoddard

NUMBER
S. 36,800
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3498.
From
[marked out]
to Connecticut
Frederick Stoddard 4
Private
Capt. Williams Con W
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 25th of April 1919

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th of October 18[illegible] and sent to James Budgell Norwich Chenango [illegible] New York

Arrears to 4th of September 1818  [illegiblle]  34.66
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819           48.00

                                                                        $82.66
Connt line '77 3 years

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

[illegible]

Let of Sept 1836
N. [illegible]
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Obadiah German Esq.
Judge,
Norwich, Chenango Co.
New York.

Admitted
Frederick Stoddard,
Connecticut line
Revolutionary claim.

found on the Conn.t rolls.  The judge is desired to certify under the seal of the Court that he is satisfied the applicant is in indigent circumstances and needs the support of his country.
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Chenango County ss
On this twenty fifty day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & or the said County of Chenango in the State of New York personally appears Frederick 
Stoddard aged fifty seven years Resident int he town of Norwich in said County [illegible] 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 the said Frederick Stoddard enlisted on or about the twelfth day of August in the year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the town of Groton County of New London in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Amos Stanton, in a Regiment under Col. Sherburne in the continental establishment that he served in said Regiment three years as a private soldier, that the said Regiment was then broken up and he the said Frederick Stoddard was transferred into a company commanded by Captain Williams in a Regiment under Col. Samuel B. Webb in general Huntington's Brigade in the Connecticut line and that he continued to serve in the Corps last aforesaid or in the services of the United States until the eighth day of June one thousand seven hundred and eight three
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when he was discharged from service by the said Col Webb at West Point in the State of New York:  That he was in a battle in Rhode Island under Genl Sullivan & in another on Statten Island and in another Battle at Kingsbridge and in another battle at Paramus in the State of New Jersey - and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he had no other evidence now in his power of his said services.

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year first aforesaid.
Obadiah German

State of New York Chenango County
I Obadiah German first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Frederick Stoddard did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy; 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

May the [illegible] 1818
Obadiah German
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State of New York
Clerks Office Chenango County
May 2, 1818}  I hereby certify that the within named Obadiah German Esq is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and duly authorized to act as [illegible] by taking the oaths [illegible] by law for that purpose and further that his signature as witness is [illegible] known

Richard G. Bright Dep Clk

I Obadiah German first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango do hereby further certify that from good and credible testimony I am satisfied that the within named Frederick Stodard is in indigent circumstances & needs the support of his Country given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 19th day of September 1717

Obadiah German

State of New York
Clerks Office Chenango County
September 2 AD 1818}  I hereby certify that the above named Obadiah German Esquire is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for [illegible] County and that the above signature as [illegible] by him I know to be his hand writing.

M G. Bright [illegible]
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Frederick Stoddard's
Pension Paper
Copy
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State of New York
County of Chenango
Court of Common Pleas} ss. On this 10th day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County Frederick Stoddard aged fifty nine years resident in Norwich in said County in said State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows on the 12th day of August or about that time 1777 he enlisted as a private into Captain Amos Stanton's company Colonel Sherburnes Regiment for during the War that he served in said corps about three years and then Colonel Sherburnes Regiment being composed of troops from Connecticut Massachusetts & Rhode Island disarmed and the men attached to the line of the respective states to which they belonged the declarant was then attached to Captain Samuel Williams company Colonel Samuel Webbs Regiment of the Connecticut Line where he continued to serve until about the 8 of June 1783 when he was discharged at West Point and I solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 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 being 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 passed on the 18th day of March 1818 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 he has no real estate or personal property, that
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he has no wife or family that on the 25th day of April 1818 he made a declaration under the act of Congress passed the 18th of March 1818 and returned a certificate No. 3498 dated the 8th day of October 1818 that he has no debts due him he has no trade or occupation other than a common laborer & that on account of ill health for the two last years he could not have supported himself without assistance had he not received the pension from the United States.
Frederick Stoddard

Sworn in open Court before Mr Tracy David Buttolph James German & Selly Lynde Esqs Judges of Chenango Common Pleas the 10th day of October 1820.
Giles Chitman Dep Clerk

Chenango County Clerks Office} ss. I Nathan Chamberlin Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango do hereby certify that the foregoing oath there to annexed is truly copied from the Records of said Court and that he has no property, and that the Court mentioned in the foregoing affidavit is a Court of Record for said County  because it proceed according to the common Law keeps a record of its proceedings and has the power of fine and imprisonment.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 19th day of October 1820.
Nathan Chamberlin Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss. Hartford
On this 10th day of March AD 1826, before me, the subscriber, a Notary Public duly commissioned and sworn, residing in the City of Hartford, personally appeared Frederick Stoddard formerly of Proten in the County of New London now of Rocky-Hill in said State of Connecticut, who, on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Williams in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb, in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York, from whence he removed in the month of September 1824 to Proten in the State of Connecticut from thence to Rocky-Hill in the County of Hartford where he intends to remain, and wished his pension to be there payable, in future, conformably to the instructions of August 17, 1825.
Frederick Stoddard
Sworn & subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Witness my hand & seal
Samuel H. Parsons
Notary Public
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Samuel H. Parsons, Esquire, is, and for more than one year last past, has been Notary Public within and for the County of Hartford in said State; duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified; that the signature of his name to the foregoing certificate is his proper hand writing, to me well known; that the seal affixed thereto, is his genuine seal of office;
and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Samuel H. Parsons, in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Thomas Day
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss. Wethersfield, March 11th 1826
On this 11th day of March AD 1826, before me the subscriber, personally appeared Thomas Holmes of said Wethersfield who on his oath declares that he is personally acquainted with Frederick Stoddard a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and well knows him to be the same person described on the above affidavit, and I hereby certify that the deponent is a person of veracity.
Henry Buckley Just Peace
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Henry Bulkley, Esquire, is, and for more than one year last past, has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgements of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Henry Bulkley in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
Thomas Day
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36800
Revy INVALID
File No. 33800
Frederick Stoddard
Priv Rev War

Act 18th March 18
Index:- Vol. D, Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870]
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J. L. Edwards Esq
Pension Office
War Department
Washington

Avery Griswold
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Hartford March 13, 1826
J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir,
Enclosed are the applications of Avery Griswold and Frederick Stoddard for a transfer of their names from the New York to the Connecticut agency.
Very respectfully I am Sir your obedt servant
Samuel H Parsons
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Free
N. Barber

Wm Gordon Esquire
Bounty Land Office
Washington DC
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House of Representatives
Washington
23 Jany 1832
Sir
Frederick Stoddard of Prater Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolution, he served six years and was discharged in 1783 from Col. Saml. Webbs regiment & claims that he has bounty land due. You will oblige me by informing me if I can procure for him his land scrip if authorized to receive the same. your early answer will much oblige.
yours with respect
Noyes Barber

Wm. Gordon Esquire
Bounty Land Office
Washington
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Hon Noyes Barber
Jany 25th 1852
Frederick Stoddard
4488 100
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War Dept Bounty Land Office
Jany 25th 1832
Sir
In answer to the inquiry submitted in yours of the 23rd inst, I have to inform you that Land Warrt No 6488 for 100 acres iss'd Nov 2, 1791 in the name of Jona Tuttle assigner of Frederick Stoddard who was a private of the Connect Line, and the only soldier by that name, returned on the records of that line, as entitled to bounty lands from the U. States.
I have the honor &c.
Wm Gordon

Hon Moyes Barber
House of Reps
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Norwich Oct. 22 Free
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq
Secretary at War
City of Washington
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Sir
A return to the enclosed pension application is requested to be made to the Clerk of Chenango County in the Village of Norwich.
Yours
Frederick Stoddard
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Free
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War of the United States
City of Washington
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Honl. Secretary of War of the United States
Should the inclosed papers containing the additional certificate of my Judgement be found sufficient, you will oblige me by forwarding the Pension certificate to James Budwell of Norwich Chenango County N.Y.
Most respectfully your obt servt
Frederick Stoddard
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Chenango County ss. 
Joseph Crandall of Plymouth in said County of Chenango being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that he has known Frederick Stoddard about twenty five years that about about twenty two years ago the said the said Frederick Stoddard showed this Deponent a Corporals warrant which he informed this deponent he held in the Continental army - that ever since the first acquaintance of this deponent with the said Frederick he has understood from him and from many others that he the said Frederick Stoddard served in the revolutionary war and of the truth of  which this Deponent has no dout [doubt].  This deponent further saith that he has been informed that the said Frederick Stoddard has later made a declaration under oath before
Obadiah German Esquire 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 -"
Joseph Crandal [signature]

Sworn this 27th day of
April 1818 before me
John Noyes [signature]
Judge of Chenango Common Pleas
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State of New York
Clerks Office Chenango County
May 2d 1818-
I hereby certify that the within named John Noyes Esquire is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and duly authorized to act as such by taking the oath prescribed by law for that purpose and further that his signature as written is to me known

Michael G Bright [signature]
Dep. Clk.
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Chenango County ss

We whose names are hereunto subscribed being first severally sworn do severally
depose and say that we are acquainted with Frederick Stodard and have been acquainted with him for several years and that from the best of our knowledge and belief he is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support.

[signed]
Samuel Hammond
Joseph Crandall
Bliss Morris
Zeled Crumb

Sworn and subscribed 
this 19th day of September 1818
Before me

Obadiah German - Justice
Judge of Chenango Court Pleas