Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12802, Noah Drake, Conn.
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Service: Conn.
Drake, Noah
Number: S.12802

Carded
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31,096

Connecticut

Noah Drake
Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Pearce of the regt commanded ... Col Newberry in the Connecticut ... for 7 months & 10 days private

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 Dollars 43 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of May 1837 and sent to [?] Charlton, East Windsor

Arrears to the 4th of March 1837 $146.58
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 12.21
$158,79

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk
Book 82 Vol. 3 Page 9

[Handwritten note:] Date of death not on [?]
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Ss Litchfield

On this 23d. day of February AD. 1837 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Litchfield in the County of Litchfield in said state of Connecticut Noah Drake a resident of Torrington in said Litchfield County aged nearly seventy nine years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Oath declare, or make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated. And that he was born in Windsor Con. on the 10th day of September 1758

That in the year 1776 in the summer of that year he was residing in what is now the town of Bloomfield in the County of Hartford aforesaid, & at that time the parish or society of Wintonbury in the town of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut.

That some time in the month of July - of that year he was drafted into a Company of Militia then commanded by Capt or Lieut Samuel Pearce which was attached to Coll or Maj Newberrys Regement. That they marched
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from said town of Windsor Parish of Wintonbury thro the towns of Hartford Newhaven & Milford to New York and were employed in guarding the City until about the middle of September when the enemy took possession of the city when we treated to Kingsbridge. I with several of my company were then unwell the time of our draft had so nearly [?] that the whole company reached home, as soon as myself this was a tour of not less than 2 months. 

And again he entered the service of the United States in the summer of the year 1777 in a company commanded by Capt Jonathan Wadsworth which was attached to Col Cooks Regiment. We marched thro the towns of Norfolk & Great Barrington to Albany & from thence to Still Water & on the 19th of September if I rightly recollect we had our first action with the enemy, when our Capt was mortally wounded then our company was commanded by Lieut Orson Phelps & on the 7th of October we fought our second battle under Gen Gates and after the surrender of Burgoyne our company then took charge of a detachment of fifty of the prisoners & conducted them to [Hartford?]. This tour was three months.

And again he entered the Service of the United States in the year 1779 in a Company of Coast guards commanded by Captain Ebenezer Barnard which was employed to guard the town of New Haven against the incursions of the enemy, here he served from some time in August to about the
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first of November of the same year, making a period of not less than two months all which will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed. And he was in the Danbury alarm ten days he has no documentary evidence

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 on the agency of any state

Noah Drake

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me
Frederick [Wolcott?] Judge of Probate for the District of Litchfield in Connt. [Connecticut]

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states & the court further certifies that it appears to them that [?] Thomas Benedict who has signed the annexed certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Torrington in the county of Litchfield and that Giles Ward who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Torrington - in said Litchfield County, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit & the court further certifies
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that the two persons whose certificate is required could not be produced in court without too much inconvenience and expense to the applicant, and is therefore taken before [?] [?] Esq who is one of the Justices of the Peace for said Litchfield County known to this court as a lawful Justice of the Peacce at this time & for more than six months last past, and the signature of the said Justice [? [?] is known to me as his genuine signature.

Frederick [Wolcott?] Judge of Probate District of Litchfield State of Connecticut

In testimony whereof J. Phinehas Miner Clerk of said Probably Court do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at the probate office in Litchfield aforesaid this 23d day of February AD 1837

Phinehas Miner Clerk
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November 15, 1932

BA-J/AWF
Noah Drake
S. 12802

Mrs. Theodore S. Wood
3816 Hubble Blvd.
Des Moines, Iowa

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Noah Drake of Torrington, Connecticut, a Revolutionary War pensioner.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.12802, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Noah Drake.
Noah Drake was born September 10, 1758 in Windsor, Connecticut, names of parents not given.
While a resident of Wintonbury Parish, Windsor County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows from in July, 1776, two months under Lieutenant Samuel Peirce and Major Newberry, and was in the retreat from New York; from the summer of 1777, three months in Captain Jonathan Wadsworth's company in Colonel Cook's regiment, and was in both battles of still-water; from in August, 1779, two months in Captain Ebenezer Barnard's company of Coast Guards, to protect New Haven. He was also in the Danbury Alarm and served ten days, no further details given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 23, 1837, then a resident of Torrington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
There are no data as to his family, other than his father was referred to as living during the War
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of the Revolution, but is [?] shown where he was living.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Noah Drake, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:

Noah Drake
Certificate number 31096
Issued May 10, 1837
Rate $24.43 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Mch. 2[nd?], 1902
R. E. Homes, [W...?] Conn
1917 [Spt.?] 16 that to Mrs. Emma Evans
1932 Nov. [13?] [?] to Mrs. Theodore S. Wood

Rev War
12.802
INVALID

File No. 12.802
Noah Drake
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index: - Vol. ---, Page, ---

Arrangement of 1870.
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Letter in Noah Drake
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East Windsor Connecticut
March 4th AD 1837

Sir
I herewith transmit the application of Noah Drake of Torrington in the County of Litchfield for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7th AD 1832 for [crossed out:] a pension [crossed out]

The enquiry may be made why he has so long delayed to make his application.

I have never seen Mr. Drake, but I understand he is a man who lives remote from his witnesses & from the facilities of making the necessary preparation; a man who rarely goes from home, & who probably did not know what step to take until an enterprizing [enterprising] man of his neighborhood undertook to assist him & searched out the evidence and brought a statement of the case to me.

With much respect
Sir I am yours
Jesse Charlton

J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
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State of Connecticut
Comptrollers Office
Hartford

It appears by documents in this office that Capt Ebenezer Barnard of Hartford was engaged in the service of the United States as a Capt in the year 1776

It also appears that the said Ebenezer Barnard was Captain of a company of Coast Guards stationed at New Haven in the year 1779 from the month of April to the month of November of said year & that the following entry is found [?] [?] [?] Journal Nov 17 1779 Capt Ebenezer Barnard [??] [his?] acct rendered for his company [Guards?] at New Haven [symbol] 4645"16"5

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this 4th day of March 1837
Wm Field Comptroller
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[previous line of text is cut off]

Captain of a company of Coast Guards stationed at New Haven in 1779

He is credited by his act renderd [rendered] for his company guards at New Haven L 4645"16"5 The same is included in the list of claims allowed in Haskells receipts
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Noah Drake
[crossed out:] Comptroller [crossed out]
Cont. 34037
Act 183[?]

[?] 7 months
[?] $24.43 [underlined]

original case
no deduction -
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Ss Bloomfield

On this 3 day of February 1837 Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority one of the Justices of the Peace for said Hartford County [Zadoc?] Brown a resident of said Bloomfield aged 86 years a man of veracity a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare that he was well acquainted with Noah Drake now a resident of Torrington in the County of Litchfield That he is well knowing to the fact that the said Noah Drake was drafted in the year 1776 into a company of militia commanded by Lieut Samuel Pearce That deponent was also drafted himself at that time but did not go any further than Milford on account of being [crossed out:] taking sick [:crossed out] unwell But he well remembers that the said Noah Drake went at that time to New York with the company this was sometime in the month of July or August 1776 And about the middle of September several persons who went from the place where I then lived and who were doing duty in the army were taken sick & deponent went down with the said Drakes father to assist in getting home the said Noah Drake and several other of the soldiers who were then sick we went to Kingsbridge near New York and assisted them home but the time of the draft had so nearly expired
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that the remainder of the company to which said Drake was attached returned home as soon as we arrived at our homes making a tour or service of not less than two months according to my best recollection & the words "Kingsbridge near" was underlined before signing, "further than Milford" & taken sick was erased before signing

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first mentioned 

Zadock Brown

Before me James Newbury Justice of Peace

[handwritten vertically on right margin:]
Mr. Zadoc Brown
Bloomfield
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Capt Silas Bowley
Bloomfield
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Ss Bloomfield

On this 3rd day of February 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County Captain Silas Rowley a resident of said town of Bloomfield aged 77 years a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath declare that he was well acquainted with Noah Drake then a resident of Windsor in the County of Hartford aforesd. [aforesaid] but now a resident of Torrington in the County of Litchfield in Connecticut [underlined:] That he served with him [:underlined] in the army of the Revolution in 1777 he was with him in Capt Jonathan Wadsowrths comp Lieut Orson Phelps was Lieut Capt Wadsworth was wounded in Battle & died after the capture of Burgoy we marchd [marched] to Albany This was a tour or not less than two months Again he served with him [?] in Captain Ebenzer Barnards company of Coast guards in the year 1779 from the last of August to the month of November to on or about the first of the month of November in the same year making a tour of not less than two months I saw Said Noah Drake there often & have no doubt he served his time out

Silas Rowly

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Before me James Newberry [?]
Justice of Peace
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Sec of State
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State of Connecticut
Office of Secretary of State.

I Royal R. Heinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut, hereby certify that James Newberry [June?], before whom the annexed certificates of Zadoc Brown, & Silas Rowley were taken; is at this time and has been for more than six months last past a lawful Justice of the Peace for the county of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, and that the signature of the said Newberry, to the annexed certificates, purporting to be his, is his genuine [crossed out:] certificate [:crossed out] signature

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said state this 4th day of March 1837 At Hartford in said State.

Royal R. Hinman Secretary of State
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Clergyman [&?]
a gentleman
beside
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County
Ss Torrington

On this 17th day of February 1837 personally appeared before me the subscriber & one of the Justices of the Peace for said Litchfield County Thomas Benadict a Clergyman resident in said Torrington a credible person aged 34 years and Giles Ward Esq a credible person aged 68 years a gentleman well known to me as a person of veracity & probity who subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the following certificate

We Thomas Benadict a Clergyman [?] in the town of Torrington in the county of Litchfield State of Con, and Giles Ward [?] residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Drake, a resident of said Torrington & who is now making application for a Pension under the act of Congress of June 7th AD 1832 That we believe him to be about 79 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.

Thomas Benedict
Giles Ward

Sworn & subscribed the day & year first mentioned

Before me [Damas?] [?] Justice of the peace
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Rufus E. Holmes
Henry Gay

[ink blot covering words]

RETURN THIS LETTER.

Winsted (Station A), Conn.
Feb. [4?], 1902.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: -

Will you kindly send me a record of the service of Noah Drake, as it appears in his application for a pension, he was a pensioner living in this County (Litchfield) and I think, a resident of either Torrington, Goshen or Winchester, and oblige,

Yours truly,

R E Holmes [?]

In the Revolutionary War.

[Date stamp] Feb 10 1902
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

2

Des Moines
Iowa
Nov 4th 1932

Sir

Please may I have copy of Noah [underlined:] Drake [:underlined] of Torrington Connecticut - Revolutionary War - he is known to be a soldier of the Revolutionary War - and a [underlined:] Pensioner [:underlined] - sometimes the Noah Drake is confusing: Perhaps this will be helpful - of Noah Drake the Pensioner
Enoch Drake married April 20 - 1704 Sarah E Barber 1st wife
Their son Noah Drake Born June 13 - 1714 he married [about?]
1741 - Hannah Drake Skinner lived at Simsbury Connecticut his son Noah Drake Born May 30 - 1743 died June 1743
Noah Drake - (the 2nd) Born May 5th - 1744 died July 21st - 1744
Noah Drake (3rd son named Noah) [underlined:] Born Sept 10 - 1758 [:underlined] he married Anne Parsons Born May 7 - 1764 he settled at Newfield Connecticut.
Noah Drake and Anne Parsons [underlined:] son [:underlined] Noah Drake Born 1784 died Nov 1st 1874.

Noah Drake Born June [13?] - 1714 Hannah Skinner had 3 sons named Noah Drake he settled at Simsbury Conn.

His 1st Noah Drake
Born died 1743
Born died 1744
Noah 3rd
Born Sept 10 - 1758
he married Anne Parsons. He lived at or settled at Newfield Connecticut.

Their son Noah Drake Born 1784

Noah Drake the Pensioner is mentioned - History of Torrington Connecticut - I desire this information for [?]

Mrs. Theodore S Wood
Des Moines Iowa
3816 - Hubble Blvd.
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I do not know which Noah Drake was the Pensioner
If Noah Drake's children were mentioned when he applied for his pension - sometimes the family was mentioned if living

Noah Drake
Born June 13 - 1714
Married [?] 1st 1741
Hannah Skinner
Born

Children
1 Noah Born May 30 - 1743 died June 1743
2 Noah Born May 5 - 1744 died July 21st 1744
3 Moses Born May 23 - 1751 m Abigail Hubbard
4 Lucy Born May 8 - 1754 m - Silas Fyler 1779
Noah Born Sept 10 - 1758 m - Anne Parsons
Born May 7 - 1764 he settled Newfield Conn.

Noah Drake Born 1758
Wife Anne Parsons
son Noah Drake
Born 1784 died Nov 1st 1874 he m Margaret Worden
Hezekiah Born March 7 1789

Mrs. Theo S Wood
Des Moines
Iowa 
3816 - Hubble Blvd.

[Date stamp] Received Nov 7 1932
[Receipt Section?]
Pension Files [?]

Inquiry Revolutionary War Pension Record
Noah Drake of Connecticut
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Rev, -1 (illegible -CBK)
State Center Iowa
April 4-1917

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C. 

Will you Please give the Pension Record of Noah Drake Born about 1758 Torrington Litchfield County Connecticut died about 1849  m- Anna Parsons Born about 1764 died 1842 If possible 
may I have the names of all his children for D.A.R. requirements Noah Drake was a Pensioner of Revolutionary War. from Conn.
Mrs. Emma Evans
State Center
Iowa.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Noah Drake a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [text crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
S.12802

[Table column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.]
July 1776 2 mos. Private Lt. Sam'l. Pierce Maj. Newberry Conn.
Apl. 1777 10 days [hand drawn check mark] in Danbury alarm [hand drawn check mark]
[hand drawn check mark] Summer 1777 3 mos. Jonathan Wadsworth Cook
Aug. 1779 2 mos. Ebenezer Barnard's Const Yds.

Battles engaged in, both battles of Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wintonbury Parish, Windsor, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Feby. 23, 1837. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Torrington, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, born Sept. 10, 1758, at Windsor, Conn.
Remarks: there is no family data whatever on file. 
Respectfully, 
6-2856  Commissioner.