Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21639, Joseph Bennett, Conn. New York Vt.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
New York.
Vt.
Bennett, Joseph
or Bennet
Number
S. 21639
CONTENTS (blank)
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[verso]
App for transfer - ans? E. Brown Aug.t 22d 1834
co Cir. Tr. Pa. Agent, 2d Sep.t '34
Transf'r to Connecticut fr. 4 Mar '34 Sep't 6th 1834 
Let to E. Leonard July 18.. 1836.
Cir. Tra. Aug't 5th '36
Transf'r to Windsor Vermont fr. 4th March 36 - Sep't 15th '36 - 
Dead Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 23 April 1837. Notified 24 Feb 42

[recto]
No. 11.865
to ['Connecticut - Pennsylvania' crossed out]
Windsor Vermont
Joseph Bennett of Tioga Co. in the State of Penn'a who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Morgan of the Reg't commanded by Col. Gallop in the Connecticut Troops ['line' crossed out] for 22 months
T'd in Ph'a to 4 Mar. '34 - 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of July 1833 and sent to Pensioner care of the Proth'y of the Co. Wallsborough Pa
______
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  146.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833  36.66
$183.32
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832]
Recorded by D. Brown 
Book E Vol. 5
[damaged paper] E-2
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State of Pennsylvania
Tioga County
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On this 11th day of May A.D. 1833
Personally appeared before the Hon John Ryan one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Joseph
Bennet a Resident of Westfield Township in said County aged
Seventy two years on the 29th day of June last, who being first duly
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 7th 1832. I was first drafted into Col. Nathan
Gallop Regiment in Capt John Morgans Company & Lieut Sam-
Williams was called into the service from the Town of Groton in Con.
for three month to resist in building fort Griswold Served my time
out and was discharged by my Capt. was next drafted for
three months more and served under the same officers to keep
the Enemy from landing and 12 of us managed a nine Pound
Cannon Served his time and discharged by his Capt. the third
draft was for two months to guard the fort above mentioned had
new Officers, Majr Ledgard had the command of the Fort who
was after this promoted to a Col and killed with his own sword
Esqs Ledgard Brother to Col. Ledgard was Commissary at this time
he (illegible) next drafted for three month more and hired as a Substitute
one Samuel Williams to take his place for this[ (in the summer) written above place for this] three month
after the said Williams came home he was drafted for two month
more and still to keep the Garrison or Fort, after this he was
drafted for nine month to go to land Island went into the[the scratched out] fort
Griswold and staid three months and was not called on to go
to long Island, after which he went to Brattleboro in Vermont
and there was (illegible) in what was called the new Levy for
nine month according to Gen. Washingtons orders and served
this term under Capt Blakeley, has forgotten his other officers
names, marched from Brattleboro to Peckslitle from thence to fish
kill from thence to West Point where he was chosen with seven
other out of Capt Blakeleys Company and attached to
General Washingtons Light Infantry when he left the Infantry
one Harris took a discharge for him and the other seven all
together that the applicant hereby relinquishes every claim to
a person whatever for the above service except the present
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Interogatories Answered by the Applicant
I was born in Stoningtown in Connecticut
I have a Record of my age in my great Bible in Westfield Pa
First Enrolled and went into the service of the U.S in Groton in Capt. Morgans Company
have lived 30 years or more in Brattleboro & Dummerston Vt. since which time ['since' crossed out] have lived in Pennsylvania 
The Principle part of my Service was on Draft
there are Cyprian Wright Hosea Saulsbury & who are acquainted with me who are present
/s/X his mark Joseph Bennet
Signed In presence of Cyprian Wright
Sworn and Subscribed before me May 6th AD 1833 /s/John Ryon Assoc Judge
I have been acquainted with the applicant about ten years and he has for that time been [illegible] discreet and Sober man and from his age and infirmities I do not believe he is able to attend Court which sits twenty miles from this Place - Elkhund 
Certifies this 11th day of May 1833
/s/John Ryon Jr Associate Judge - [illegible] County 
And I John Ryon Jr do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the within named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and Served as he states And it is my opinion that John F. Bennet - Cyprian Wright and Hosea Salsbury are entitled to full credit &c
May 11 1833
/s/John Ryon Jr Associate Judge
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Penns'a
Joseph Bennet
11.865
Transfer
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Application for a transfer
State of Connecticut
New London County ss 
Stonington August 20th 1834
On this 20th day of August AD 1834 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace for s'd County of New London personally appeared Joseph Bennet of said Stonington who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Daniel Delavan in the Reg't commanded by Colonel Courtland in the services of the United Stats that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania from whence he has lately removed That he now resides in the State of Connecticut where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be there payable in future. the following are his reasons for removing from Pennsylvania to Connecticut. His children as they come of age left him & went into different parts. Recently he has lost his wife & woke up his family establishment & having no property nor any person to take care of him in his old age from Pennsylvania he has removed to Stonington Ct. the place of his birth to the residence of his connexions. He now resides with my Nephew John Bennet is s'd State where he expects to spend the remainder of his Days
/s/X his mark Joseph Bennet
Witness /s/Elias Brown 
/s/John Bennet
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid /s/Elias Brown Justice of the Peace
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We John Bennet & Sanford Williams Stonington New London County Ct. Certify & say that we are personally acquainted with Joseph Bennet & saw him sign the within "application for a transfer" & know that the person who has taken the oath to the within is the same person described in this affidavit. August 20 1834 - 
/s/John Bennet
/s/Sanford Williams
New London County ss
Stonington August 20th 1834 - 
This day personally appeared John Bennet & Sanford Williams signers of the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath to the same & certify that I am personally acquainted with the s'd John Bennet & Sanford Williams that they are persons of veracity & respectability & full confidence may be given to their testimony - 
/s/Elias Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
County of New London} ss.
I John D Witt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County County do hereby certify that Elias Brown esq before whom the foregoing depositions of Joseph Bennet, also Sanford Williams were taken was ['at' crossed out] on said 20th day of August and still is a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County and that his signatures thereto annexed are genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 26th day of August AD 1834
/s/John D Witt Clerk
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Mystic Aug. 27. 1834
Hon J. L. Edwards
Sir I send herewith Mr Bennets application for a transfer should it be made please forward me the papers Directed to Mystic P.O. - Respectfully your Obd Sert
/s/Elias Brown
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[typewritten letter]
August 20, 1934
xxxxxxxxxx
BA-J/EEL
Joseph Bennett - S.21639

Mr. Robert W. Tirrell
167 Sheffield Avenue
Englewood, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you refer to pension claim, S.31639, and ask if there is any clue to parentage, wife or children in this claim. 
In Revolutionary War pension claim, S.21639, based upon the military service of Joseph Bennett, whose history was furnished you on December 16, 1931, the names of this soldier's parents are not shown. As stated in that letter, his wife and children are referred to but
their names are not given.
In 1833, one John T. Bennett lived in Independence, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; no relationship to the soldier was shown. In 1834, soldier stated that he had lost his wife and that he "had but one child who has left me and gone to the West". In same year, John and Eretus Bennett, nephews of the soldier, Joseph Bennett, were residents of Stonington, Connecticut.
There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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[verso]
21639
Revolution INVALID.
File No. 21,639
Joseph Bennett 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 35
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1934 Aug 20 - Ans. Mr R. W. Tirrell see let no family data - EEL
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Jan'y 12th, 1842.

Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The adm'or of Joseph Bennett, dec'd a Pensioner on the Roll of the Montpelier, Vt. Agency, at the rate of Seventy three Dollars and 33 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 23d April 1837 - 
Respectfully, yours, 
/s/Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: NS. Brandon Joseph Bennett]
4
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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[handwritten letter]
Pension Agency 
Hartford 8 Sept 1836

Sir
In reply to your enquiry as to what time Joseph Bennett a private on the roll of the agency under the act of d7 June 1832 at 73. 37/100 Dollars per annum was last paid.
I have to inform you that he has been paid up to the 4th of March 1836
I am very respectfully your obedient Servant
/s/James Dodd Agent

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
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Joseph Bennett

Con't to Windsor Ver't
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Vermont
County of Windsor ss. 
On this first day of August 1836, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Windham personally appeared Enos Leonard, guardian of Joseph Bennett, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Delavan in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Van Cartlandt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania and transferred to the Pension Roll of the state of Connecticut from whence he has lately removed; that he mow resides in the State (District, or Territory,) of Vermont where he  intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Connecticut to Vermont. Said Joseph Bennet belongs to the town of Dummerston Vermont of his legal settlement is there, and he has come there to be supported by said Town - 
/s/Enos Leonard
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.} /s/Asa Keyes Justice of the peace
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss } Brattleboro Aug 1 - 1836
I certify that Asa Keyes is a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Windham duly qualified in said county to act - and that the three signatures on this sheet purporting to be his are genuine - 
[notarial seal: NOTARY PUBLIC VERMONT]
/s/Epaphro Seymour Notary public
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss } On this first day of August 1836 Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Windham afore'd personally appeared Salathiel Harris of Brattleboro in said County who on his oath declares that is well acquainted with Joseph Bennet of Dummerston in said County, named in the preceding application, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war with the said Bennet in the same company & a mesmate with said Bennet & served together under Capt Delavan & Col Van Cartlandt, that he has frequently seen said Bennet since he lived in Dummerston and know him to be the identical person who served with him in the Revolutionary War the said Bennet lived for a number of years in Dummerston Vermont and some few years ago and as this deponent has understood to Pennsylvania to him with his son & has lately removed to Dummerston - 
/s/Salathiel Harris
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid - Before me
/s/Asa Keyes Justice of the peace
I certify that Salathiel Harris who signed the above affidavit is a person of truth and veracity, to whose testimony full faith & credit ought to be given - 
/s/Asa Keyes Justice Peace
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[addressed envelope]
[margin notes: July 15 Jos Bennett on roll 11,805
Proof of guardianship - send transfer as [illegible]  & proceed as in other cases]
free
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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To the Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. 
The undersigned Enos Leonard of Dummerston in the county of Windham and state of Vermont respectfully represents that on the 25th day of May last past. he was appointed by the Probate Court for the district of Marlboro in said State Guardian to Joseph Bennet of said Dummerston a person non compos and a Revolutionary Pensioner - That the said Joseph Bennets Pension certificate bears date July 8, 1833. that he is entitled to seventy three dollars & thirty three cents per annum that said Bennet resided in the state of Pennsylvania at the time of obtaining his certificate - That his pension was by said certificate payable at Philadelphia by the U. S. Bank. but he has heard that the last drawing was had at Hartford Connecticut - That the said Bennet is an inhabitant of said town of Dummerston and [illegible] reside there all my life, wherefore the said Enos Leonard prays that his said Ward may be transferred to the Vermont Agency and that said Pension may be in future there drawn
/s/Enos Leonard
Dummerston July 9, 1836
Witness /s/Asa Keyes
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State of Vermont
Windham County ss } I Asa Keyes Register of the Probate Court in and for the District of Marlboro in said County and State do certify that Enos Leonard within named was on the 25th day of May now last past duly appointed by said Probate Court guardian to Joseph Bennet of said Dummerston a person non compos and a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. and still now needs to be such Guardian - 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court, at Brattleboro in said district this 9th day of July AD 1836 - 
/s/Asa Keyes Probate Register
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[addressed envelope]
Mystic Ct
11 July  free
Hon'l Secretary of War
Washington City
[margin notes: Pa for transfer to Con't July 15, 1834 Pension Office Pennsylvania Joseph Bennett 7" June - 77.65 transfer Pension Office]
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To The Hon'l Secretary of War Washington
The petition of Joseph Bennet late of Deerfield in the County of Tioga in the State of Pennsylvania a pensioner of the U States hereby [illegible]
that he is now Seventy four years of age & has lost his wife. he has but one child who has left home & gone to the West & her family is broken up & he left alone with no one to lean upon or take care of him in Pennsylvania. In this situation he has concluded to remove to Stonington in the County of New London Connecticut where he was born & resided untill about 21 years of age & where his connexions & friends now principally reside. He now lives with his nephew Eretus Bennet of s'd Stonington & intends to make this the place of his permanent residence 
He therefore praus that his name may be transfered from The Pennsylvania Agency to the Connecticut Agency & that he may receive the bounty of his country nearer his present home - Dated this July 10th 1834
/s/X his mark Joseph Bennet
Signed in presence of 
/s/G. W. Noyes 2d
/s/Enos Brown

State of Connecticut
New London County ss Stonington July 10th 1834
This day personally appeared Joseph Bennet signor of the foregoing petition & made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
[notarial seal affixed] In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Seal at Stonington the day & year above written
/s/Enos Brown Notary Publick
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Hon'l Secretary of War
Sir - 
At the request of Mr Bennet I herewith inclose his application to be transfered from the Penn'a to the Con't Agency he has lately come to reside in this quarter - The reasons which induced him to do so are stated on his application should a more formal application or further testimony be required He will procure the same & send ot on with his pension Certificate if required Your answer direct to Mystic P. O. will confer an obligation as Sir Your Obdt humble Svt - 
/s/Enos Brown
July 10. 1834
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[handwritten letter]
Girard Bank
Philad'a Sep 4th 1834.

Sir
Your letter of the 2d last is Received. Joseph Bennett a Revolutionary pensioner under Act of June 7th 1832 whose name stand upon the Books here, has received his pension to the 4th March 1834. after which time no more payments will be made him agreeably to your Instructions, and his name be noted as transfered to the Connecticut Agency after that time.
Respectfully yr Obt Servt
/s/Jas. Schott Pres't
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State of Pennsylvania
Tioga County ss } Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John T. Bennet of the Town of Independance County of Allegany and State of New York who being sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he has been personally acquainted with Joseph Bennet Now Resident in the Town of Westfield in said County and was acquainted with the said Joseph Bennet who is now an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress Passed the 7th of June 1832 and was before the Close of the Revolutionary War, that the deponent Resided in Brattleboro in the state of Vermont when the applicant came to his Father and Stated that he was directly from Fort Griswold in Conn and had been Serving as a minute man on a draft after which the deponent was knowing to the applicant turning out as a Volonteer for nine months under Capt Blakely after he had served his time out ['That' crossed out] he the Applicant came home with seven others who had served the nine months with him and saw the applicant when he came home in his Uniform and he stated when he came home that he had been Serving in General Washingtons light Infantry and further heard him say that one Harris had a discharge for him and seven others who was with him and further saith not 
/s/John Bennet
Sworn and Subscribed before me om the 111th day of May AD. 1833} /s/Cyprian Wright Just Peace

State of Pennsylvania 
Tioga County ss } Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Hosea Salsbury who being sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he is Personally acquainted with Joseph Bennet and has been for ten years past and lived in the same neighborhood ['and' crossed out] with him who is now an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress Passed June 7th 1832 and that he believes the Applicant to be of the age which he Calls himself and has often heard the applicant tell his War Stories ['which' crossed out] Previous to the Pension Law being passed
(Hosea Salsbury's testimony carried up)
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(H. Salsbury Continue his testimony)
and that it is generally Reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he lives that he has been a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that his Character as to truth and veracity has never been disputed to his Knowledge, but from age and infirmity and a shock of the Palsey his memory fails much as well as his Speech and other mental faculties and further saith not
/s/Hosea Salsbury
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11th day of May A.D. 1833 /s/Cyprian Wright J.P.

State of Pennsylvania 
Tioga County ss } 
Personally Apeared before me John Ryon one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Tioga County Pa Cyprian Wright of Elkland Township in said County who being sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he is Personally acquainted with Joseph Bennet ['a' crossed out] of Westfield in said County who is an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 and has been for ten years or more, and it has been Reputed and generally believed in his neighborhood that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I Concur in that opinion, and that from my former acquaintance with the applicant I consider him much broken and from a Shock of the Palsey fails much in his memory and every metal faculty as well as his speech and that as far as I know he has ever been Considered ['been' crossed out] a man of Strict morality and integrity and further saith not
/s/Cyprian Wright
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 11 of May AD 1833 /s/John Ryon Jr Associate Judge
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Joseph Bennett
Admitted 22 mo's 1/3.33
Pensioner
Care of the Prot. of the Co'y
Wellsboro Pa.

Tioga County ss
I Jonah Brewster Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that John Ryon Jr is an associate Judge of said Court and that Cyprian Wright is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that I am well acquainted with, and do hereby believe the Signatures to the within Instrument of writing is in the proper hand writing of the said Magistrate. 
[notarial seal: PROTHONOTARY S OFFICE TIOGA COUNTY] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Wellsborough the fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred & thirty three
/s/Jonah Brewster Proth'y
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[handwritten letter]
167 Sheffield Ave.
Englewood, N. J., 
July 15, 1934

Veterans Administration.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: - 
Refering to Revolutionary Pension Claim s 21639 [margin note: name?] - on which you have given me military data - does this claim give my due to parentage, wife or children.
I appreciate your courtesy
Very truly yours, 
/s/Robert W. Tirrell.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED JUL 17 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV. READER 12 VETS. ADM]
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[handwritten letter]
Robert Wilson Tirrell
235 South Davis Street
Woodbury, New Jersey
[margin note: Rev]
Nov. 23, 1931

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: - 
I seek pension and vital data if such exists of one Joseph Bennett born in Connecticut about 1750. who was known to have lived in Bernardston and Greenfield, Mass, and in Chelsea Vt. and may have lived in New York. He probably served in the Revolution.
Your Survivor's records S-21639 may fulfill this family.
Joseph's children were: - wife Margaret?
Sally - m Ambus Edwards
Persis m. Shadrach Wheeler
Philomena m. Obed Allen
Joseph 
Samuel m. Sally Hatch
Stephen ?
Libbeus  Nov 30, 1774 m. Elizabeth Millington
Anne m. Ebenezer Allen
Rudolphus m Hulda Bushnell.
Very truly yours.
/s/Robert W. Tirrell.
[receipt stamp: RECEIVED NOV 24 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION]
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[typewritten letter]
December 18, 1931
BA-J/EEL [initials: own]
Joseph Bennett-S.21639

Mr. Robert Wilson Tirrell
235 South Davis Street
Woodbury, New Jersey

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Joseph Bennett, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S. 21639, based upon the
military service of Joseph Bennett in that war.
Joseph Bennett was born June 29, 1760, in Stonington, Connecticut.
He enlisted in Groton, Connecticut, and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows: Five months in Captain John Morgan's Company, Colonel Nathan Gallup's Regiment, assisted in building Fort Griswold and was stationed at that fort; two months under Major
Ledyard and two months, officers not named, at Fort Griswold; again
enlisted, served three months at the above named fort, then marched to Brattleboro, Vermont, under Captain Blakeley, thence to West Point, where he and seven others from Captain Blakeley's Company were attached to General Washington's Light Infantry, entire length of this service nine months. No dates are given for any of the above services. Soldier stated that he also served under Captain Delavan and Colonel Courtland, no details of this service given.
After the Revolution, he lived for thirty years at Brattleboro, and Dummerston, Vermont, then moved to the state of Pennsylvania.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 11, 1833, while residing in Westfield Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In 1834, he returned to Stonington, Connecticut, to live and in 1836, had moved to Brattleboro, Vermont.
He died April 23, 1837.
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[typewritten letter]
Soldier's wife and children are referred to but no names are given. His wife was dead in 1834. The date of their marriage is not given. 
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.

[margin notes: nephews Eretus & John Bennet of Stonington Conn. referred to: One John T Bennet lived in Independence Allegheny Co Pa in 1833 
In 1836, he was residing in Dummerston, Windham Co Vt.]