Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,880, for Increase Manning, Connecticut
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Connecticut      Manning, Increase  S 13,880

                                                       carded
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                                      9123
                                Connecticut
                           Increase Manning
of Lebanon in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the team commanded by Captain Moseley of Regiment commanded by Colonel Ely in the Connecticut line for State Troops - 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of March 1833 and sent to D Nattles, Lebanon Connecticut

Arrears to the 4th of March: 33 $4000
Semi-annual allowance ending September 33
                                                   $1000
                                                   $5000
                               Revolutionary Claim
                               Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E        Volume 3         Page 27
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I Eleazer Manning of Lebanon in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged eighty three years the 5th day of August A.D. 1832 having been duly sworn depose and say that I was born in the town of Windham County of Windham and State of Connecticut that I have resided in said Lebanon about sixty five years ( said Lebanon in being about six miles form said Windham) and that I resided in said Lebanon during the revolutionary war excepting that I was absent in the service of the United States during said war two months. I am the brother of Increase Manning now of said Lebanon who during said war resided in except when in said war with his and my father in said Windham that I was knowing to the fact not from personal knowledge but from information from my relations and acquaintances at the time that the said Increase Manning went down my said revolution on two tours of duty in the service of the United States one of which tours he served four months in the Connecticut State troops and returned in two months in said troops and both times as a private. I saw him both before and after his return from said service and have no doubt that performed military service as aforesaid for the period of at least six months - from old age and consequent lack of memory it is impossible for me to state the period of the war when he served as aforesaid and further the deponent saith no
Sworn to and subscribed by me this 8th day of January A.D. 1833
                                Eleazer Manning
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At a Court of Probate held in Lebanon in and for the District of Lebanon in the County of New London and State of Connecticut on this 8th day of January A.D. 1833
Present Davidson Nettles Judge holding said Court there and then personally appeared before said Court Eleazer Manning the within deponent who was duly sworn before said Court and the truth of the within deposition of said deponent subscribed in the presence of said Court and said Eleazer Manning is personally well known to this Court is of opinion that Eleazer Manning is a man of credibility.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office and of said Court this 8th day of January A.D. 1833
            Albert John Wattles Clerk
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State of Connecticut
New London County Probate Court
District of Lebanon
On this 26th day of July A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate in said for the district of Lebanon now sitting present Davidson Nettles Judge Increase Manning a resident of Lebanon in said district in the County of New London and State of Connecticut aged seventy years the 20th day of January lest who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on this oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the rule of Congress passed June 7 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served herein stated the first part of September 1777 and enlisted into a company of Connecticut State troops of Connecticut under the command of Ebenezer Mosely of Hampton Connecticut  for four months my Colonel was John Ely of Lyme in the same state I then resided in Windham in said State we marched first to New London stayed there a short time then marched to Providence in Rhode Island from Providence to Little Compton and I was stayed at the latter place about three weeks then back to Providence and from there to New London in Connecticut we stayed at New London hill park the middle of November from said new London we were marched to [illegible]
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walk in Connecticut I was principally employed in guarding the coast. My enlistment expired on the first of January 1778 - on the 9th day of September A.D. 1778. I enlisted into a company of State troops of Connecticut under the command of Lieutenant Nathaniel Webb of Windham aforesaid for two months marched to New London and did garrison duty at Fort Trumbull the whole two months we were there. Dismissed on the [illegible] by Colonel Masore of Lebanon. I was at the time of said enlistment an inhabitant of Windham aforesaid. I was born in said Windham on the 20th of January 1762 have resided in said Windham since the revolution and was till a year ago since which time I have resided in said Lebanon. I have no discharge or documentary evidence and know of but one witness alive to wit Dudley Henry who can testify to a  part of my services and also my brother Eleazer Manning who can testify part of the times. There is no record of my age that I know of except in my fathers old family Bible. I am acquainted with [illegible] Esak Brown and Colonel Isiah {illegible] and others who can testify to my veracity - 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                                     Increase Manning
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Esek Brown a clergyman residing in the town and district of Lebanon aforesaid and Gurdon Robinson residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Increase Manning who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides he have been and have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                                     Esek Brown
                                     Gurdon Robinson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after taking the deposition of Eleazer Manning which is hereunto annexed and reading the deposition of Dudley Hovey which is deposition of someone present after putting the interrogation led by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to said Court that Reverend Esek Brown who deposed the preceding certificates resided in said town and district and that Deacon Gurdon Robinson deposed the same is a resident of said town and district and is a credible person and that this statement is entitled to credit
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I John Nettles Clerk Pro Tem of the Court of Probate in and for the district of Lebanon aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Increase Manning for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court the 28th day of July A.D. 1832.
                       John Nettles Clerk Pro Tem
At a Court of Probate held in Lebanon in and for the district of Lebanon on in the County of New London and State of Connecticut on the 8th day of January A.D. 1833.
Present Denison Nettles Judge holding in said Court personally appears Increase Manning the within applicant who has been present duly sworn in a [illegible] whose former statement says that one Buell was his Major. His Christian name he does not recollect but he thinks he resided in Coventry Connecticut Ebenezer Moseley of Hampton in said state was his Captain [illegible] and Bingham of Windham in said State was a [illegible] - also Josiah Cleveland of Canterbury in said State was another Lieutenant and Robert Riley he believes of Stonington in said State was his Ensign and that from old age said can be present lack of memory he cannot never particularly nor have [illegible] to the precise times of his service and other circumstances but see [illegible] to the best of his recollection he served not [illegible] than six months as a private and for such service I claim a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                                    Increase Manning
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office and said Court this 8th day of January A.D. 1833
                 Attest John Nettles Clerk
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I Dudley Hovey of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that Increase Manning S- Windham enlisted as a soldier about the first of September 1777 and that I enlisted myself at the same time and that we served a four month tour in the regiment of Colonel John Ely I believe of the Saybrook Company and Captain Ebenezer Moseley of Hampton and that we first joined the Regiment at New London but soon went from there to Providence and from there to Little Compton and afterwards returned to New London and soon marched to the west as far as Norwalk where we took shipping for Long Island but soon returned and marched back to New London where we finished our service about the first of January 1778 and further the deponent saith not
                                 Dudley Hovey

Windham County [illegible] Windham July 21st 1832 personally appeared the above named Dudley Hovey and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. And I hereby certify that the said Hovey is a man of truth and that his testimony is entitled to full credit sworn before me.
          Abner Robinson Justice of the Peace
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Armin Bolles clerk of the County Court is and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Abner Robinson Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and foresaid Windham County, that the signature purporting to his is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said county this 28th day of July A.D. 1832
                                  Armin Bolles Clerk
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                           Number 3093
                         Increase Manning
                     Application for a Pension




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                               D Wattles
                               Lebanon
                              Connecticut
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                           13880
                         INVALID

File Number 13,880
Increase Manning
Private Revolutionary War

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: - Volume 1,     Page 248

               [Arrangement of 1870]
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Lebanon, Connecticut
January 14th
Honorable Lewis Cap
Secretary of War
Washington,
District of Columbia





January 18,
last [illegible]
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Lebanon, Connecticut January 12 A.D. 1833
Honorable Lewis Cap
The enclosed are the papers of Increase Manning in relation to his application for a pension as amended 

        Your with respect to
        Denison Nattles
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I Dudley Hovey of Windham in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut being seventy one years of age do testify and say that I enlisted as a soldier about the first of September 1777 into the service of the State of Connecticut and that then Increase Manning then of said Windham who enlisted at the same time that we went immediately to New London in said Connecticut and joined the regiment commanded by Colonel John Ely (I believe) of Saybrook, Major Buel in the Company of Ebenezer Moseley of Hampton Lieutenant Nathaniel Bingham and Josiah Cleveland Ensign Robert Wiley that we soon marched to Providence Rhode Island and from there to Little Compton that we afterwards returned to New London from thence we marched through Saybrook and New Haven to Norwalk where we joined a regiment of continental troops commanded by Colonel Webb that we then embarked for Long Island but the expedition failing of [illegible] both Colonels were taken prisoners we returned and landed at Guilford from thence we marched to New London where we finished our term of service was for four months about the first of January 1778. and I further say that the said Increase Manning and myself were bred in the same neighborhood that we are very near of and that I have always known him from a boy and he and I were in one [illegible] through the whole of this said campaign and that wen on the march we usually marched side by side in further the deponent saith not
                                             Dudley Hovey
State of Connecticut
Windham County
                         Windham December 31st 1832 Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Dudley Hovey the above named deponent and made oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above deposition by him subscribed and I hereby certify that the said deponent is a man of respectability and that his testimony is entitled to full credit
       Abner Robinson Justice of the Peace
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I, Armin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within and for the
County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify
that Abner Robinson Esq before whom the within affidavit
was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in and for
said Windham County, that the within signature of his name
is in his hand writing and that full faith and credit
ought to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court at
Brooklyn in said County this 9th day of January
A.D. 1833-
Armin Bolles Clerk