Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17891, Thomas Fanning, Conn. Continental
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(8-1776) 
SERVICE
Conn. Continental 
Fanning, Thomas 
Susannah
Number 
W.17891
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7298
Connecticut 
Thomas Fanning 
of Norwich in the state of Conn. who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Huntington of the Conn. line, for the term of 6 years  

Inscribed on the Role of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of March 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Mar 18
and sent to Calvin Goddard 
S
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Notification sent September 9th 1820 to James Stedman, Norwich, Connecticut
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Thomas Fanning
March 5, 1818
private
Col Sherman Pugh
Rhode Island Line
1777- 6 years
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To Calvin Goddard Esq-one of the Judges of the Supreme Court for the State of Connecticut.

The petition of Thomas Fanning of Nonsuch in New Lemon County in said State showith that he resides in said town, that he served more than nine months in the war of Revolution upon the continental establishment as a private soldier, that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances is need of assistance from his Country for support, that he has never received any pension, except by verified of the act entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war & to a pension under which he is desirous of said [unk] his claim & prays that the same may be done accordingly.  Dated at Norwich this 23 day of March AD 1818.
Thomas Fanning


State of Connecticut
Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth day of March on the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me Calvin Goddard one the Judged of the Supreme Court in the State of Connecticut personally named Thomas Fanning of said Norwich said County & made oath to the truth of the following declaration
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That he entered the service of the United States the war of Revolution upon the continental establishment in the month of May AD 1777, enlisted during the war, & continued to serve therein until the end of the war in the year AD 1783 when he was honourably discharged therefrom that he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt John Ellis in Col Henry Sherburne Regiment of Rhode Island that he afterwards served in a regiment at the time commanded by Lieutenant Ebenezer Huntington & after that in Col John Durgees Regiment Connecticut line in which he terminated his service & was at the time a man noncommissioned officer, that he has never received any pension from the United States & that he is by reason of his reduced circumstances in need of assistance from his Country for support.

Thomas Fanning

Sworn before Calvin Goddard Judge of the Supr Court.
To the Honorable Secretary for the Department of War. It appearing to my satisfaction that this applicant aforesaid served in the war of the revolution upon the continental
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establishment more than nine months. I hereby certify the same to the end that he may obtain a pension according to the provisions of the act of Congress above refered to. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day & year aforesaid.

Calvin Goddard a Judge of the Supr Court

Charles Fanning Esq on oath declares that he well knows the aforesaid Thomas Fanning to have served in the army as he has stated in his affidavit April 15, 1818.
Charles Fanning
Sworn before me Calvin Goddard Judge Sup Ct.

I Calvin Goddard Judge & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Fanning did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated Norwich March 25th 1818.
Calvin Goddard Judge 
I hereby certify that the above named Thomas Fanning is in indigent circumstances.
Calvin Goddard
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District of Connecticut
City Court in & for the City of Norwich in New London County.

On this 14th day of August 18202 personally appeared in open court being a Court of record for said City proceeding according to the court of common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of said court keeping a record of the proceedings.

Thomas Fanning aged sixty five years served in said City who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served on the Revolutionary War, as follows, in the company commanded by Capt Amos Stanton & in a company commanded by Capt William Clift in Col Henry Sherbauns regiment & in Col John Durkee Regt from May 1777 to June 1783 Connecticut line that he has made his original
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declaration on the 25th day of March 1818 that he has received a pension & that his pension certificate is No 7298. And I Do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that  have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner dispose of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person for me in truth any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.

I am by occupation a farmer but am unable to pursue that business to any advantage by reason of infirmity [unk] by rheumatism & lameness. I have a wife Susan aged sixty one years who is also infirm.
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I have a son Alfred, with me able to support himself aged twenty years, also one daughter Mary aged 24 years unhealthy & able to do but little, one daughter Tammy aged 29 years from whom I rec assistance. Two Granddaughters about five years old one of them dependent on me for support, one brother Elisha wholly unable to take care of himself, aged sixty four years who is placed with me to take care of for which I receive $1.34 per week which is but a small compensation.

The following is a schedule of my property taken August 14th 1820.
Vis:
One old case of drawers  $4.00
one fall leaf table  1.50
one stand table   .50
one old kitchen table  .25
half doz kitchen chairs 1.50
four [illegible] chairs  1.68
one cherry stand  .75
2 chests  2.00
one wheel 50 cts. one [illegible] 54 cts     .84
1 pr andirons shovel & tongs 2.50
2 swine & 6 small pigs 9.00
2 iron pots  2.00
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1 iron dish kettle 1oz one tea kettle 34oz   $1.09
1 iron bake pan    $.75
one small brass kettle    $.375
crockery war plates bonts cups & saucers  $2.50
1 doz & half knives & forks   $2.00
1 doz old [unk]    $.75
2 wsh tube 50 cts one water pail 25cts  $.75
one ax of 5cts 2 hoes 50 cts   %.1.25
one debt due to me    $13.00
Dolls 51.11

Thomas Fanning

Sworn to & declared this 14th day of August 1820 in open court before the Judges thereof.
Attest
James Stedman Clerk

I James Stedman Clerk of the City Court for the City of Norwich in North {unk} County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule hereto annexed and truly copied from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in foregoing schedule is fifty one dollars and eleven cents.
In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 17th day of August AD 1820.
James Stedman Clerk of the City Court for City of Norwich
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Connecticut 366

Susannah Fanning
widow of Thomas Fanning dec'd Conn
who was pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818 and who died 15 April 1828 of N London in the State of Conn commanded by Captain Clift of the Regt commanded by Sharburns in the Conn line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 dollars - cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Sept '38 and sent to John Hyde Norwich Conn

Arrears to the 4th of Sept $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending  $40.00
$240.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk
Book A  Vol 1  Page 180
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717
Susanna Fanning
widow of Thomas
Con
Act 7 July 38
5 years
married in 1785
died in 1828
admd
2 years pri
80$
no deductions

Jno Hyde Esq
Norwich Con.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress, of the 7 July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"

State of Connecticut
New London County
Probate office District of Norwich

On this 22d day of August 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Norwich in the State of Connecticut, Susannah Fanning a resident of Norwich on the County of New London & State of Connecticut & within said Probate district aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pensioner by the act of Congress papers July 7 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Thomas Fanning late of said Norwich deceased, who a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818, of eight dollars per month & his certificate was dated the 6th day of March 1819 & numbered 7298, and she is unable to specify the services that her husband performed more particularly best refers to the declaration that he made of the same when he obtained his pension, now on file in the War Department at Washington.

She further declares & says that she was married to the said Thomas Fanning on the third day of March seventeen hundred & eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Fanning died on the fifteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, that she was not married to him & his having the service but the marriage took place previous & the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four at the town above stated.
Susannah Fanning her mark X
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Court of Probate District of Norwich August 22, 1838. Personally appeared Mrs Susannah Fanning & in open court swore to & subscribed the within and foregoing declaration.
Before me,
John Hyde Judge of said Court

And the court do hereby declare their opinion that the within & foregoing applicant Susannah Fanning is the widow of Thomas Fanning who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that they were married at the time stated in her declaration, and he the said Thomas Fanning died at the time therein stated and that she the aforesaid Susannah Fanning has remained a widow ever since the death of her aforesaid husband.
Attest John Hyde Judge

I William E Tracy Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Norwich, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Susannah Fanning for a pension.
And I do further certify that Rosewell Morgan Esquire, before whom the deposition hereto annexed of John O. Miner, Timothy Tuttle, Elisha Morgan, & Sidney Gardner, were sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of New London and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be his is genuine and also that John Hyde before whom the deposition of Roswell Morgan Esq was sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace for said county & that the signature thereto purporting to be his  is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this court this 23d day of August AD 1838.
William E Tracey Clerk
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I John O Miner of the town of Groton County of New London & state of Connecticut of lawfull  age testify depose & say that I was present at the marriage of Thomas Fanning & Susannah Faulkner, now Susannah Fanning, in said Groton which ceremony of marriage was performed, they said Thomas and Susannah were joined in marriage by the Rev Aaron Kinney then pastor of the first Church in said Groton & on the third day of March seven hundred and eighty four & the best of my recollection & my recollection of the time of said marriage is [unk] by own marriage which took place the same year of Mr and Mrs Fannings & within two in the months of their & that I was personally acquainted with the Rev Aaron Kenney & also with the said Thomas Fanning & Susannah Faulkner & further the deponent saith not. Groton August 13th 1838.
John O Miner

New London County for Groton August 13, 1838 personally appeared [unk] John O Miner signed the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same before me.
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace

And I certify that the above named John O Miner is a witness of and credibility & truth testimony is & may be [unk]
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace
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S. Rosewell Morgan of the town of Norwich County of New London State of Connecticut of the age of sixty years depose and say that in the year eighteen hundred + sixteen I have (illegible) with Thomas Fanning and Susannah Fanning his wife + him a (illegible) neighbor When in said Norwich from that time until the time of his son Thomas Fanning's death which was on the fifteenth day of April 1828 + attended his funeral + saw Fanning + his wife (illegible) was passing known from a very acquaintance with the said Susannah has continued to the present time + that has remained the widow of said Thomas Fanning to this day + has not been married since the death of her late husband the said Thomas Fanning + that she said Thomas Fanning was a pensioner of the United States + further the deponent saith not. 
Rosewell Morgan
New So London County Norwich Aughst 14th 1838
Personally appeared Rosewell Morgan Esq. before me, John Hyde a Justice of the Peace for said county + made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition signed by him + I certify that he is a witness of credibility + whose testimony ought to be believed
John Hyde
Justice of the Peace
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I Timothy Tuttle of the town of Ledyard County of New London + State of Connecticut aged fifty six years was pastor of the Congregational Church of said Ledyard which was formerly a part of the town of Groton depose + say that in the year eighteen hundred + seven I was ordained as Pastor of the first church in said town of Groton + had for the time of twenty three years the Pastoral charge of said First Church in Groton aforesaid + founded the (illegible) Kinney as their Pastor + during said time had (illegible) Churchman years first Church in Groton but have not any recollection of an (illegible) said (illegible) any certificate of the marriage of Thomas (illegible bit squeezed between two lines) Fanning + Susannah Faulkner + do verify (illegible) if there had been any said certificate and said Christened, or in any king of marriage of the (illegible) it would not have missed my note + that I should have seen it had it been there as I frequently (illegible) with words as were left by Kenny and left said Church + said town of Groton which was about thirteen years before I had charge of said church + county. M. Kenny moved to the State of Massachusetts after leaving Groton + from Massachusetts the State of Ohio + then died about eight or ten years since + if he had any word of his proceeding while officiating as the Clergyman in county + as Pastor of the first church in said Groton in all probability moved there with him as none were left by him. 
Timothy Tuttle
State of Connecticut
New London County Ledyard August 18th 1838 Personally appeared the said Timothy Tuttle who subscribed the forgoing deposition in my presence + made oath on the truth of the same before me
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace
And thereby certify that the said Timothy Tuttle is a man of respectability
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace
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I Elisha Morgan of the town of Groton, County of New London & state of Connecticut of the age of forty four years depose & say that I now had the office of & am town Clerk of the town of Groton aforesaid that I have made deligent search through the records  of said town of Groton in order to find a certificate on said reason of the marriage of Thomas Fanning late of said Groton (now deceased) & Susannah Faulkner (now his widow) but cannot find a certificate of their marriage in said records, & am satisfied there is none on the record of said town.
Elisha Morgan
Groton August 18th, 1838


New London County ss Groton August 18, 12838 personally appeared, Elisha Morgan subscriber & the foregoing deposition & made oath to the truth of the same before me.
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace

And I further certify that the said Elisha Morgan is a credible witness & is a credible person.
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace
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I Sidney Gardner of the town of [illegible] County of New London and State of Connecticut of the age of forty three years depose + say that in the year 1822 I became acquainted with [illegible] Thomas Fanning + his wife Susannah [illegible]. Susannah Faulkner (now the widow of said Thomas Fanning), that I lived in the same house with the said Thomas Fanning + his wife Susannah. Fanning in the year 1825 in said [illegible] 2 [illegible] [illegible] in the same house with them until the death of the said Thomas Fanning which happened on the fifteenth day of April in thousand eight hundred + twenty eight. I attended him in his sickness + at his [illegible] the said Thomas Fanning was a Revolutionary pensioner and the said Susannah Fanning his widow has lived in the same house with [illegible - son?} from the time of the death of her husband the said Thomas Fanning + from the time of his death has been single + unmarried as a widow during the whole time since the death of her husband the said Thomas Fanning + is now his widow.
Sidney Gardner
[illegible] August 23 1838
State of Connecticut 
New London County 
[illegible] August 23, 1838 personally appeared Sidney Gardner who [illegible] his name to the above deposition + [illegible] [illegible] form of law to the truth of the same before me. 
Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace, and I further certify that the above [illegible] Sidney Gardner is personally known to me + [illegible illegible] Rosewell Morgan Justice of the Peace
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May 25, 1937

Thomas Fanning
W. 17891
BA-J/AWF

Miss Ina Hunt
317 Fifth Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Madam:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Captain Green Hill, Captain William Brown, and Corporal Thomas Fanning. You wish to be advised if the records of this office are filled according to the states in which the soldiers settled after the Revolution or to the state from which they enlisted.
     The Revolutionary War records of this office are filed alphabetically according to the surname of the soldier.
    The records of this office fail to show a claim for pension on file on account of the service in the Revolutionary War of any Green Hill. Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possibly to comply in full with each request.
    The record of Thomas Fanning is furnished as found in papers on file in pension claim, W. 17891, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Thomas Fanning (Faning) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
     The date and place of birth of this soldier were
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given, nor were the names of his parents stated.

    Thomas Fanning enlisted sometime in May, 1777, served as a private in Captain Amos Stanton's company, Colonel Henry Sherburne's regiment, and in Captains Clift's and Ellis' companies, Colonels Ebenezer Huntington's and John Durkee's Connecticut regiments, and served until discharged sometime in June, 1783, at which time he was a "non commissioned officer".

    He was allowed pension on his application executed March 25, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty-three years and living in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He died there April 15, 1828.

    Thomas Fanning married March 3, 1785, in Croton, New London County, Connecticut, Susannah Faulkner.

    The widow, Susannah Fanning, was allowed pension on her application executed August 22, 1838, then aged seventy-nine years and living in Norwich, Connecticut. The date and place of her birth and name of parents were not shown.

    Their children referred to in 1820-
     [?]                          aged twenty-[?] years
     Mary                       "       twenty-four years
     Alfred                     "       twenty years.

    Reference was, also, made in 1820 to two granddaughters, aged about four years, their names not stated, and to Elisha Fanning, fifty-four years of age, brother of the soldier Thomas Fanning.

    One Charles Fanning in 1818 stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, but there was no relationship shown.

    The papers on file in this claim contain no further reference to family.

    In order to obtain the date of the last payment of
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pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Susannah Fanning, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division,-Washington, D.C., and give the following date-

Susannah Fanning, widow of Thomas Fanning
Certificate # 566
Issued September 27, 1838
Rate $80.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1836
Act of July 7, 1838
Connecticut Agency.

Very Truly Yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev
Widow, &c.
File No. 17891
Susannah Fanning
wife of 
Thomas Fanning
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 7, 1838
Index:--Vol. A, Page 227

[Arrangement of 1870]


Ja [?] of 97 [?]
W F Brookes
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Ja[?] - 22- 1903
To above, How to get date of last payment,
937, May 25, [?] B. Ina Hunt
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[?] James L. Edwards
 
   Commissioner of Pensions,

Dear sir,
          I herewith send you the Declaration of Mrs. Susannah Fanning widow of Thomas Fanning deceased, for a Pension,
        If correct, please send the certificate to me, Direct to "Norwich Town C."
        yours very respectfully
                     John Hyde
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L.W.B.
W. 17891.

Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

January 4, 1897.


Sir:-

    Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Thomas Fanning, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on March 25, 1818, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing at Norwich, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six years actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Captain. William Clift and Col. Huntington. Place of his enlistment not stated. 

    His widow, Susannah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Walter F. Brooks,
54 Queen St., Worcester, Mass.
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Historical and Genealogical Record
of the
Fanning Family
now in preparation.
Address all communications to 
Walter F Brooks,
54 Queen St, Worchester,  Mass

Worchester, Mass., Dec 10, 189x

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Wash. D. C.

Gentlemen:-

Can you kindly give me the military history of Thomas Fanning of Groton, Conn., who was an U. S. pensioner under Act of 18th March, 1818. His pension certificate was dated 6th March 1819 and numbered 7298. He resided at Norwich, Conn., at the time of his being a pensioner.
By doing so you will oblige.

Yours very truly,

Walter F Brooks
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317 - 5th Avenue
Salt Late City, Utah.
April 28, 1937

Veterans Administration
Washington 
D.C.

Gentlemen:

    Please send me a copy of the pension record of the following, giving any genealogical information contained in the application for pension, names of parents, brothers, sisters, wife, children; dates of birth, marriage, death, etc.:

Capt. Green Hill.

(The following is a quotation from Vol. 4 of the Historical Collections of Georgia: "___entered Militia in Virginia at Sussex Court House, under command of Capt. Green Hill, Lieut. John Foreman, Ensign John Tyas, Major Jerrold, Col. Joseph Jones, and Gen. Lawson in Nov. 1780.")

Cast. William Brown.
Corporal Thomas Fanning.

(The following is a quotation from Vol. I, of the New York Historical Society which contains the "Revolutionary Muster Rolls. The book contains the muster roll for Virginia, Maryland, New York, Georgia, etc. In the from there is: "Artillery--1st Regiment. Captain William Brown's Company, the First Regiment of Artillery, commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison, for July 1780. William Brown Capt., Thomas Fanning, Corporal." In the same for Sept. Oct. and Nov. 1780 there is listed the following names I am interested in: William Brown, Captain; Thomas Fanning, Corporal, and Thomas Brown." I can not find any reference in this book to the men who belonged to the Artillery having any State designated. Is it possible for you to give me their veterans record from the above information?

    Are your records indexed as to the state the soldiers settled in after the Revolutionary War of the state from which they enlisted?

Yours very truly,
Ina Hunt
Miss Ina Hunt
317 - 5th Avenue
Salt Lake City, Utah