Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 17276, Isaac Benedict, Conn.
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Conn Benedict, Isaac S 17276 
card
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17557
Conner
Isaac Co.
of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut
who was a Colonel in the Confederate Pnanded
by Captain Scofield of the Registry Commanded
by Colonel X in the Gonnet li

Close
ne for 18 m cofer
6pm
CH 17587
Inscribed on the Roll of Cauch
at the rate of 86 Dollars_____Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August 1833 and Fourth Hon. S. Iskiao
pustuch
Airears to the 4th of Ma' 3n                  $172
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4 of '3n        43
                                                              $215  
{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7,1832.
Recorded by C. Stiles
Book 6.   Vol. 2,      Page 6
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On Rolls - Scofield
24.00
16.00
22.00 - [illegible]

18 mo Corp
6 mo pri

[illegible] Benj Isaac Judge
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SS.
State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield,
On this 31 day of July      personally appeared in open Court, before
the Court of Probate within and for the
District of Norwalk
now sitting, Isaac Benedict a resident
of New Canaan in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged
Eighty one 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 in August, 1776 enlisted in
New Canaan as it is now called at that time
called Canaan and Parish of Norwalk into
Capt Daniel Benedict Company and marched to
New York was in the retreat from Long Island
and served one month and returned home
-
In December 1776 enlisted in said town New
Canaan into Capt John Carter Company and
served in said Capt. Carter in the battle
at Ridgefield when Gov Wooster was killed
and kept enter being very deaf left the
Company and Capt. Reuben Scofield
appointed Capt of said Company and I
said under him until the [illegible] of the
Revolutionary War in guarding and protecting
the sea coast was stationed at Norwalk
[illegible] neck and on the line
Born in said Norwalk removed to New Canaan
where I lived when I entered the service and at
the close of the war and have lived there continous
Born June 26. 1751 on Norwalk Town Records
have no written discharge and no documentary
evidence
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The said Isaac Benedict 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.
Isaac Benedict

We, William Bonney a clergyman, reside in the town of New Canaan
and Aaron Comstock residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Isaac Benedict who has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration; that we believe him to be 81- years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the
neighbourhood 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. William Bonney
Aaron Comstock

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 William
Bonney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of
New Canaan and that AAron Comstock Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of New Canaan. and is a credible
person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj Isaac Judge

I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the said Probate Court
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court 
in the matter of the application of Isaac Benedict for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office
this 3 day of Aug 1832.
Chas Isaac Clerk
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State of Conn
County of Fairfield Ss Probate Court District of Norwalk March
1833.  Personally appeared the within named Isaac Benedict and
being duly sworn in open Court, depose and say in explanation
of his declaration herein set forth

that on the 15 Augt 1776 I enlisted as herein stated in Capt Daniel
Benedict Col John Mead. Gen Silliman under Genl Washington and
was marched to New York was in the Battle and retreat from Long
Island was in actual and constant service as a private solder
one month
That Dec 1,1776 I enlisted as he stated in Capt. John Carter
Col John Mead Gen Silliman as confirmed and was in
actual and constant service on guard at Norwalk Horse neck
and on the lines. over nine months
No 3144
In the fall of the year 1778 I enlisted as herein 
stated in Capt Reuben Scofield Company Col John
Mead & Col Stephen St John Gen Silliman & [illegible]
as a corporal and was in said Company until the
first of Number 1783, during said time of time I
was in his company at Norwalk & Horse neck
Stamford [illegible] and on guard and was in actual
and constant service for the United States for more
then one year and six month
Sworn and Suscribed in         Isaac benedict
open Court this day and year

Benj. Isaacs Judge


[illegible] Scofield
-24.00
16-00
2.2 [illegible]
[illegible]
18 mos corpl
6 mos pri
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. , 19 ___---
In reply to your request of
a statement of the military history of
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF             LENGTH OF     RANK    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE
ENLISTMENT OR  SERVICE                               .CAPTAIN.                COLONEL.
APPOINTMENT.

Aug 15, 1776               Private         Daniel Benedict        [illegible]                                     Conn
 [illegible]

 [illegible]
 [illegible]

Battles engaged in, [illegible]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [illegible]
Date of application for pension, [illegible]
Residence at date of application, New Canaan , Connecticut
Age at date of application, [illegible]
Remarks: Lorencia benedict was the only surviving child
He left a widow

Respectfully,
---
Commissioner.
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17276
INVALID.
File no 17276
Issac Benedict
Corp Rev War
Act June 7  32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Dec. 13 Hist
Geo. W. Comstock
Buffalo, N.Y.
February 25, 1816.
Mill his Wm. B. Daven
Brooklyn,
Dec. 14/97- To H. B. Dunn
Brooklyn, N.Y.
July - 19 - 1902
Jas. T. Benedict Bklyn
July - 30-1902
C.B. Wyckoff, N.Y.C.
and for Int. Dept for
1917 Sept 12 Aud. for Int. Dept. for date of death
1917 Sept. 17 Hist to Howard C. Benedict
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield   ⎬Ss Probate Court District
of Norwalk Aug 3,1832 Aaron Comstock Clerk of
New Canaan aged 79 years Personally appeared
before said and being duly sworn in open Court
according to Law in the Court depose and say that
he is well acquainted with Isaac Benedict of said
New Canaanr and knows that said Benedict served
one month in the year 1776 under Capt Daniel Benedict
in New York
and to that in Dec. 1776 said Isaac Benedict
enlisted into Capt. John Carter Company in said
New Canaan and served under said Carter until
Capt Reuben Scofild took charge of said Company
and said Benedict served in said Company in
guarding and protecting the sea coast and in the
line until the close of the Revolutionary War
Aaron Comstock
Subscribed & Sworn in open Court by Isaac Judge

At the same Court. Personally appeared Enoch
St. John of said New Canaan aged 66 and being duly
sworn according to law in open Court depose and say
that he is well acquainted with Isaac Benedict of served
New Canaan and knows that said Benedict said
From the year 1776 to the close of the Revolutionary
War under Capt. John Carter and Capt Reuben
Scofield in guarding and protecting the sea coast
and on the line       Enoch St. John
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Benjm Isaac Judge

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  Ss Probate Court District of Norwalk May 1
1833. This may certify that I am well acquainted with above amed
Aaron Comstock Esq. & Enoch St. John and know them both to be
credible and respectable Persons
Benj Isaac Judge
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I Benedict
[illegible]
4.5.6.14.17
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P141
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3144
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Isaac Benedict 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? no
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 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?  No
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? no
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
4 delinquent

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 ____ and ____ 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.
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V.L. Sec
Rev. War Section. 3 -- 1865
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
September 12, 1917.
The Auditor for the Interior Department,
14 " and B Streets S. W.
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
For use in the Revolutionary War pension claim of
Isaac Benedict S. File No. 17, 276, you are requested to
furnish this Bureau with a report showing date of death,
date of last payment of pension and name of person to whom
it was paid.

Certificate No. 17,557, issued August 26, 1833,
at $86. per annum from March 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.
Very respectfully,
C. Tieman
Acting Commissioner.

[two stamps]

RECEIVED
SEP 13 1917
PENSION SECTION

OFFICE AUDITOR INTERIOR DEPT
SEP 13 1917
DATE
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OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT  TREASURY DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS                 WASHINGTON
September 15, 1917.
The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:
Replying to your letter of the 12 th instant, you are
informed that the records of this office show last payment
to have been made in the case of Isaac Benedict, Corporal,
Army of the Revolution, Certificate No. 17557, Hartford,
Conn., Agency, at $86.00 per annum to May 17, 1841, the date
of his death to Joshua G. Burnham, Attorney, for Lorenia
Benedict, only surviving child.
said pensioner died in New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Conn.,
where he had resided for sixty-five years, and previous
thereto he resided in Norwalk. He left no widow.
Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
[illegible]
Acting Auditor

[stamp]
US PENSION OFFICE
K SEP 17 1917
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Office of the Secretary
Sons of the American Revolution
56 Wall Street,
(Room 5.)
New York, November 23rd 1894
Chief-clerk O.W. & N. Division, Pension Bureau, Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the military history of Isaac Benedict; a Revolutionary soldier, whose pension papers are filed in your office, born in Norwalk, conn. 1751, died in New Canaan, Conn. 1840. This application is made in behalf of M. Geroge W. Gomstock of Buffalo, N.Y. 
Respectfully yours, 
Thomas E.V. Smith
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[2 stamps]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JAN 25 1896
FILES



US PENSION OFFICE
JAN 21 1896
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TELEPHONE BROOKLYN 316
Wm B Davenport
Public Administrator in Kings County
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Real Estate Exchange
1883 Montague Street.
Room 515.
Brooklyn N.Y. Jan. 20th 1896
Estate of
To Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir: -
Washington, D. C.
I am advised that it will be possible to secure through your
Department, authenticated by the War Department a record of a
Revolutionary ancestor of mine, who was a pensioner.
The facts as they lie within my knowledge are as follows: --
Isaac Benedict born June 26, 1751, at Norwalk, Conn., was a
corporal in Captain Daniel Benedict's company 9th Regiment Conn.
Militia. Lt. Col. John Mead, commanding. He also saw other service
and under Act of Congress June 7, 1832, (see Senate Doc. 1st
Session 23rd Congress) was awarded a pension and in the Census return
of Pensioners in 1840 was still living. He died in that 
year. Thanking you in advance for any information which you may be
able to afford me. I am,
Respectfully Yours,
Wm B Davenport
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OFFICE OF
HENRY B. DAVENPORT.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
5 WILLOUGHBY STREET.
TELEPHONE NOS.
BROOKLYN 1184.
FLATBUSH 55.  BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Dec 2 1897

Hon. H. C. Evans
Comm Pensions
Your form of Nov 27
1897 marked L. W. B. I. 12156- referring to
Isaac Benedict a pension of the Rev. War
was rec'd
The Isaac Benedict there mentioned is not
the one of whom I hoped to receive information
my ancestor of that name resided at Norwalk
Conn & was connected with some Norwalk
or Canaan Ct. Regiment. He was ninety
years of age in 1840 when he died and was a
pensioner as I am informed- possibly
his wife Jane Benedict received the pension after
his death   she resided at New Canaan
Ct at that time. Thanking you for your
trouble in this matter hoping to receive the information
desired

[illegible]
Henry B. Davenport

[2 stamps]
OLD WAR AND NAVY
DEC 6 1897
FILES

US PENSION OFFICE
DEC 3 1897
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US PENSION OFFICE
D SEP 10 1917
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Rev A H.
2140 Clinton Ave.
Bronx, N.Y. City
Sept. 9th, 1917

Dept of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:

Will you kindly give me
a copy of your records of
the following soldiers of the
revolutionary war
Col. Julius Tozer. I have
no details regarding this gentleman
Isaac Benedict - Born 6/26/1751
Norwalk, Conn, served as private
& corporal in Battle of Long Island.
Died
5 /17 /1840-
Both of these men are
ancestors of mine on my
Mother's and Father's side respectively
I desire these records
for the purpose of applying
for membership to the S. A. R.
Thanking you for any
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information you are able to
advance me I beg to remain
Very truly yours,
Howard C. Benedict
Ex-Apprentice 3rd Class
U. S. Navy,
Pension Certificate #36883
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September 12, 1917.
Rev. War Section.
The Auditor for the Interior Department,
14 and B Streets S.W.,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:
For use in the Revolutionary War pension claim of
Isaac Benedict S. File No. 17, 276, you are requested to
furnish this Bureau with a report showing date of death,
date of last payment of pension and name of person to whom
it was paid.
Certificate No. 17,557, issued August 26, 1833,
at $86 per annum from March 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.
Very respectfully,
C. Theman
Acting Commissioner.