Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,149, for Timothy Tiffany, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

CONTENTS
Tiffany, Timothy

NUMBER
S. 17149

carded
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Connecticut No 281
Timothy Tiffany
of Barkhamton in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Watson of the Regt commanded by Maj Woodbridge in the Conn Troops line for 16 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 53 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Mar 1834 and WG Williams near Hartford

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834    159.99
Semi-annl allowance ending 4 Sept "    26.66
$186.65

{Revolutionary Claims Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk, Book E2, Vol     Page 41
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State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
County Court, September Term, A.D. 1831.

On this 29 day of September 1831 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the County, aforesaid, Timothy Tiffany [illegible] County, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions
made by the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818, 1st of May 1820, & 1st of March 1823 & that the said Timothy Tiffany enlisted for the term of one year on or about the 1st of June 1776, in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Eliphalet Holmes, in the Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Samuel Sheldon in the line of the State of Connecticut, in the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the middle of September 1776, when I was taken prisoner by the British about ten miles from the City of New York and carried into the City of New York, & there remained a prisoner in March 1777, when I went out on parol, under Oath, not to serve against the
British until I was properly exchanged in the fall
of 1779. that he hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any state except the State of Connecticut and that the following and the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension that he did apply in 1819 but failed for want of evidence, that he had heard that his Captain was dead, and supposed he was so until lately, when he accidentally heard that he was alive-, and has now obtained his affidavit to the services of the subscriber.  And in pursuance of the act of
1st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a President Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or of any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War" passed
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on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have
not, nor has any person in trust for me any
property or contracts, or Debts due to me, nor
have I any income other than what is contained
in the schedule hereunto annexed, & by me subscribed - That as it relates to my
occupation, my ability to pursue it, the numbers and names of my family residing with me, their age, and their capacity to contribute to my support, I declare as follows-viz: That I have been a Farmer, and now labour on land as far as my strength permits, but my health is now poor and I am subject to fits. I reside in the family of my Brother's Son, whose name is Timothy Tiffany - I have no family of my own living with me, my Children having removed to the States of New York & Ohio - The following schedule contains each article of Real and personal property now owned by the subscriber, except necessary bedding & clothing (viz.)

I own no property whatever excepting necessary bedding & clothing 

Since the 18th of March 1818 no change whatever have been made in my property, except changes in my wearing apparel & bedding-
Timothy Tiffany

Sworn to and declared on the 29th day of September 1831 before the said County Court.

Certified by Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
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was next March when he was carried home - that in this expedition he not only served out the seven months for which he enlisted, but was there confined at Crown Point by sickness
two months longer making in the whole nine
months for which he claims a pension

That afterwards in June 1776 he entered the
service, as a Sergeant, by enlistment for 8 or 9 months in Capt. Eliphalet Holms' Company, Col. Samuel Selden's Regt Gen Huntington's Brigade of Cont State Troops (as he supposes) Isaac Spence was 1st Lieut Charles Williams 2d Lieut. & not Ensign as stated by Capt Holmes in his Deposition, one Brainerd was Ensign
Major Wells was, Major of the Regt 
that they went to New York where they remained until the British landed there
on the 15th September when he, the declarant, was taken prisoner by the British & was kept there a prisoner until some time in March after, making nine months from the time of his entering the service at that time - he was then permitted to go home as a prisoner on parole, & continued a prisoner on parole until some time in the year 1779 when he was exchanged & discharged from his parole-- that he never received any written discharge - That during the period of his said last mentioned service he performed the duty of a
serjeant [sergeant] - that he had a serjeant's warrant which was torn to pieces & destroyed by the British when he was taken prisoner - Major Wells & Lieut Williams were also taken
prisoners, & Lieut Williams died while a prisoner, having been wounded in the leg during the engagement & his leg amputated by the British -

He further states that he knows of no living person who was with him in the service except Capt Daniel Bill who was with him in the first tour service in 1775 & whose deposition is hereto attached He also had the Deposition of Capt Elipht. Holmes to
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County Probate 
District of New Hartford ss. On this 5th day of
September AD. 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Lancelot Phelps Esqr Judge of Probate for said District Timothy Tiffany of
Barkhamsted in said District aged 78 years
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-

That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as
herein stated, viz

That in May 1775 he enlisted as a private for seven months in Capt John Watson's Company of Connecticut State Troops, in what Regiment he does not know, as the Col. was not with them, & only three companies belonging to the same Reg. then were commanded by a Major whose name he does not recollect - Theodor Woodbridge then of Hartland was his 1st Lieut. Titus Watson, do. Hull, Ensign & he thinks Israel Jones was orderly Sergt. That he went immediately to Crown Point, where they
remained but a short time, 2 or 3 weeks, then
went down the Lake & landed a mile or a mile
& a half from the Fort at St. Johns- then past thro' a piece of Wood, into the open land where they encountered a party of British, had a skirmish with them & drove them into the Fort _ lay there about six weeks & cut off all communications with the Fort & the garrison surrendered were sent to Crown Point After the surrender our troops were ordered to Montreal
& he, the Declarant, went as far as Chambly
& was there taken sick & sent back to Crown Point_ That he remained sick at Crown Point until the
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prove his second term of service which together with the deposition of Capt. Ebenr Holmes was delivered to the Hon. Jaber W. Huntington, member of Congress, in Sept. 1831 for the purpose of obtaining a pension, & are now, as Mr Huntington supposes, in the possession of the Clerk of the House of Representatives - Capt Eliph. Holmes has since deceased, so that his deposition cannot be obtained -

The declarant further states that he was born in the Town of Lyme in the State of Connecticut the 24th day of November 1754, & supposes there is a record of his age on the Town Register - That he lived at Lyme the time he entered the service, but was at Hartland in Cont. [Connecticut] on a visit when he enlisted & before the close of the war removed to Hartland where he lived until 1811 , then removed to Otis in Massachusetts _ remained in Otis 20 years & removed to Barkhamsted where he now resides in the spring of 1831 -

The persons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood who can testify as to his character for veracity &c. are Messrs Salmon Howd, Thomas Wilder, Pely Shepard & Capt Lopha Case,

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State-

Timothy Tiffany

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me 
Lancelot Phelps Judge
of Probate for the district of
New Hartford

And the said Judge of Probate does hereby declare his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that the said William R. Gould who has signed the annexed certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the said Town of Barkhamsted & that Jonathan Johnson who has signed the annexed
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certificate is a resident in said Town of Barkhamsted & is a credible person & that their statements are entitled to credit Lancelot Phelps Judge of Probate for the district of New Hartford

I Hiram Goodwin Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the District of New Hartford in the
State of Connecticut do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Timothy Tiffany for
a pension - In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal of
Office this 5th day of September 1833

Hiram Goodwin Clerk
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I Daniel Bill of Hartland in the County
of Hartford and State of Connecticut being
seventy five years of age depose and say
that in the month of May 1775 I became acquainted with Timothy Tiffany then of said Hartland
that said Tiffany enlisted into the Company of
Capt John Watson of Canaan as a private Theodor Woodbridge of said Hartland being 1st Lieut and Titus Watson of Norfolk 2d Lieut - That in said month of May 1775 we mustered at Norfolk in Connecticut said Tiffany and myself both being members of
said Company. That we marched to Albany Fort George Ticonderoga and Crown point where we remained about three months then marched to Isle Aux Noix, where we
remained a short time and then marched to
St Johns and was at the Siege and taking
of that place and remained there untill
we were discharged which was about the first
of December 1775 The said Tiffany and myself
having enlisted for seven months and served
said term fully out. Your deponent further
says that in the year 1776 it was reported and
believed that the said Tiffany enlisted and served a tour of duty as a Sergeant in the Company of Capt Eliphalet Holmes and that he
was taken prisoner by the British but had
not personal knowledge of the facts

Daniel Bill
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State of Connecticut Hartford County
Hartland August 27th 1833

Personally appeared Daniel Bill who hath
subscribed the foregoing deposition and made
oath to the truth of the same before me
and I hereby certify that the said Daniel Bill
is a credible witness

Phelps Humphreys Justice of peace

I, THOMAS DAY Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal hereof, do hereby certify and make known to
whom it doth or may concern,
That Phelps Humphrey Esquire, before whom
the foregoing Affidavit of Daniel Bill
was taken, is, and at he time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to the Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due
to his official acts and attestations.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three

Thomas Day
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I William R. Gould a Clergyman & Pastor of the
Congregational Church in Barkhamsted in the
County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut
residing in said Barkhamsted hereby certify
that I am well acquainted with Mr. Timothy
Tiffany of said Barkhamsted who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - that I believe
him to be seventy eight years of age - that he
is considered to be a man of strict veracity,
& is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the
Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion

Wm [William] R Gould

Sworn & subscribed the 31st
day of August AD. 1833
Wm. G. Williams Just. of the Peace

I Jonathan Johnson of Barkhamsted in the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Timothy Tiffany of said Barkhamsted who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration that I believe him to be seventy eight years of age - that he is considered to be a man of strict veracity & is reputed & believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that I concur in that opinion-
Jonathan Johnson

Sworn & Subscribed the 5th day of September AD. 1833 before me.
Lancelot Phelps Judge of Probate for the district of New Hartford
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I Hiram Goodwin Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Hartford in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Wm. G. Williams before whom the preceeding affidavit was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield duly qualified & that the said Launcelot Phelps before whom the preceding affidavit of Jonathan Johnson was taken is, & was at the date thereof Judge of Probate for the said District of New Hartford & that the respective signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of Office this 5th day of
September AD. 1833

Hiram Goodwin Clerk-
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C., February 13, 1895.

F. S.
M. E. C.

Sir: --
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Timothy Tiffany ---
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[Columns: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE]

May 1775, 7 mos., Pvt., John Watson, Not stated, Conn.
June 1776, 9 mos., Pvt., Eliphalet Holmes, Selden, Conn.

On the 15th of September 1776, he was
taken prisoner at New York City and held until
the following March when he was released
and returned home.

Battles engaged in,  None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Haddam, Connecticut.
Date of application for pension, September 12, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
Age at date of application, Born at Lyme, Conn., 1755.
Remarks:

Very respectfully,
Dr. A. S. Tiffany,
1221 Rock Island St.,
Davenport,
Iowa.
1904bim
Commissioner.
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Timothy Tiffany 1832, Connecticut. Witness in the
claim of Rachael Jewett, widow of Capt. Jos. Jewett
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8013
Timothy Tiffany
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State of Connecticut, Probate District of New Hartford ss.  On this 12th day of September AD. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Isaac Kellogg Esqr Judge of Probate for said District, Timothy Tiffany of Barkhamsted in said District, aged Seventy seven years, 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 -  That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, viz.
That in the Spring of the year 1775, & he thinks in the Month of May, he enlisted for seven months in Capt. John Watson's company of Connecticut State Troops, to go to the North- does not know whose Regiment it was as there was no Colonel with them - that they were commanded by a Major whose name he does not recollect - that Theodor Woodbridge of Hartland was his 1st Lieut, Titus Watson 2d Lieut. & a man by the name of Hull was Ensign, & he thinks that Israel Jones was orderly Sergeant - that they marched directly to Crown point where they remained a short time, he should think 2 weeks or more - then went down the Lake & landed about a mile or a mile & a half from the fort at St. Johns - then passed through a piece of woods into the open field where they encountered a party of British
had a skirmish with them & drove them into the fort that they lay there, he thinks, about six weeks & having cut off all communication with the fort they forced the garrison to surrender & they were sent prisoners to Crown point-- that after this they were ordered to march to Montreal, & while on the way he was taken sick at Chambly & sent back to Crown point, where he remained until the forepart of March
when his brother came & carried him home to Connecticut,
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That in June 1776 he enlisted for 8 or 9 months in Capt Slippalet Holmes' company & Col Samuel Seldons' Regiment of Connecticut State Troops, as he supposes to go to New York, that he went on immediately & joined the army at New York where he remained until the 15th of September, when the British landed there & he was taken prisoner, & continued a prisoner there until; sometime in March after, when he was permitted to go home on parole & remained a prisoner on parole until he was regularly exchanged in 1779.

He further says in answer to interrogations propounded by the said Judge of Probate that he was born in the Town of Lyme in the state of Connecticut in the year 1755, of which he supposes there is a record on the Town Records, of said Lyme, that at the time he entered the service he lived in the town East Haddam in Middlesex County & state of Connt & resided there at the close of the war & that he removed to Otis in the State of Massachusetts where he lived about 20 years & there removed in 1831 to Barkhamited where he now lives, that he never received any written discharge from the services.

That the persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood who can testify to his character &c are Mr Thomas Wilder, Capt Zophar Case & Jesse Ives [unk].

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Timothy Tiffany

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesd before me.

Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford

And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
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that the said applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.

I James H Holcomb, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Mew Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Tiffany for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 13th day of September 1832.

James H Holcomb, Clerk

The affidavit of Capt Eliphalet Holmes & Ebenezer Holmes, with the petition of the above named applicant to Congress at the last session, to prove the before mentioned service, are in the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, unless they have been removed to the Pension Office.


Capt Elipht Holmes
Eben Holmes
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Timothy Tiffany

March 15 1832
Ref to Comm'r on Rev Pensions

Mr Huntington
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I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County
Court in the County of Litchfield and State of 
Connecticut, do hereby testify that it appears
to the satisfaction of the Court that the said
Timothy Tiffany did serve in the Revolution
War as stated in the preceding declaration 
against the common enemy for the term
of nine months under one engagement
the Continental establishment. I also certify 
that the foregoing oath and the letters
thereto annexed are truly [illegible]
from the records of 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
the foregoing Schedule is nothing
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed
the seal of the said Court in this
29th day of September 1831
-
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of
the County Court, Litchfield
County in Connt.
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Eliphalet Holmes
deposition
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I Eliphalet Holmes of East Haddam in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut being of Lawful age depose & say that I had a Capt commission sent me in June 1776 I enlisted Isaac Spence of East Haddam for my Lieutenant & Charles Williams of [illegible] town for my Ensign. I also enlisted Timothy Tiffany of Lyme New London County as a Soldier from that time till January 1777. About the 1st of July following we were ordered to New York, at the time the British Troops took possession of New York the aforesaid Tiffany was taken a prisoner with many others among whom was our brave Col. Samuel Selden who was sick at the time - at Col Seldens request the said Tiffany was permitted to stay & nurse him untill his Death -
Not long after this the said Tiffany was permitted to return home on parole but to return - whenever called for, which I think was in the spring of 1779 he disposed of what little property he then had on hand- But a few days previous to the time he was to be on the ground, orders came to him that he was exchanged. - The General who command the Brigade was James Wadsworth of Durham - The number of Brigade Regiment or Company I do not recollect. and further the deponent saith not--

Dated East Haddam May 14th 1831 
Eliphalet Holmes

Middlesex County East Haddam May 14th 1831
Personally appeared Eliphalet Holmes, Signer of
the above Deposition & made oath to the truth
of the same-
Before me
[illegible] Holmes Justice of peace
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Report
Timothy Tiffany
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Report on Petition of Timothy Tiffany by
Rev. Pensions

From the statement sworn to by petitioner
appears that petitioner enlisted for one year
on or about 1 June 1776 in Connecticut and
Capt. Eliphalet Holmes - Sheldon's Regt Con & line on continental establishment- he was taken
prisoner about middle of September 1776 & carried to New York & there remained as a prisoner until March 1777, was released on parole & exchanged in 1779-- Petitioner is 77 years - has no property -
Eliphalet Holmes declares on oath that he enlisted Timothy Tiffany in June 1776 to serve 
until Jany [January] 1777- that Tiffany & several others were taken prisoner & carried to New York and not exchanged until the May of 1779

Ebenezer Holmes makes an affidavit as to the
enlistment service capture & exchange of
said petitioner

The court are satisfied with the evidence & recommend petitioner to be placed on pension
Roll -
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Ebenezer Holmes
deposition
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I, Ebenezer Holmes of East Haddam in Middlesex County
and State of Connecticut being of Lawful age Deposeth
and saith that Timothy Tiffany of Lyme in New London 
County on or about the first day of July 1776, enlisted
himself under Captain Eliphalet Holmes of East Haddam
to serve as a Soldier from that time until the first day of
January AD 1777 in the Regiment commanded by
Col Samuel Selden of sd. Lyme and J. Latimer was
Lieutenant Commander in the Brigade Commanded by General
James Wadsworth of Durham, in the Line of the
Connecticut troops, and was ordered to Join the Army
at or near New York, and at the time the British troops
took New York, the said Col Selden was sick & not
able to do duty, and was taken Prisoner and also a [illegible]
men belonging to his Regiment, and among them the
sd Tiffany was one, and sd Tiffany was permitted to
take the case & nurse the sd Col Selden until his death
and recollect right sd Tiffany returned home on
parole some time in January 1777 and to return when
called for, and the impressions on my mind he was call on
to return to action to the British army in the Spring of 1779
and he also prepare himself to return accordingly
but a few days before the time expired he was discharged
and further the deponant saith not
Dated East Haddam May 12th 1831
Ebenezer Holmes

Middlesex County East Haddam May 12th 1831
Personally appeared Ebenezer Holmes Signer of the
above Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same
Before me
James Holmes Justice of Peace
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I Daniel Bill of Hartland in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do depose & say that in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five I enlisted in the army of the Revolution in the month of May and that Timothy Tiffany enlisted at or about the same time into the same company & that said company was commanded by Capt John Watson & Lieutenant Theodore Woodbridge , that we enlisted for the term of seven months that we marched to Laconduaga , [unk] [unk] and St Johns and was at the taking of the latter place & that said Tiffany served said term of seven months and was discharged at St Johns at as soon after the expiration of sd term I have ever since known said Tiffany & [unk] deponent further says that the said Tiffany and taken [unk] [unk] at or before we started for same & was unable to [unk] his journey home & say some months at Brown Point until he was sent for & brought home by his brother further and deponent saith not.

Daniel Bill

State of Connecticut, Hartford County ss Hartland September the 10 AD 1832 personally appeared Daniel Bill was cautioned & duly sworn according by him subscribed before me.

Jared Newell Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut} ss Probate District of New Hartford. I certify that Jared Newel is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Hartford, qualified to administer oaths, & that I believe the signature to the written certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Jared Newel Esq.

Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the District of New Hartford
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Timothy Tiffany

March 15, 1832
Ref to Comm. On Rev. Pensions

See letter to claimant
12 Sept 1833

Mr Huntington
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22d Congress
1st Session

Congress of the United States
In the House of Representatives
March 15, 1832

On motion of Mr Huntington

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Timothy Tiffany, of Connecticut, on the Pension list.

Attest M.S. Clarke
Clerk
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J. L. Edwards Esq

Sir,

Similar papers to those herewith enclosed were sent by mail to the War Department a year or more since, It seems from your communication that they have never been received or are lost. I now forward a new set. The depositions of Capt Eliphat Holmes & Eben. Holmes were taken in 1831 & delivered to the Hon Jabez W Huntington for the purpose of obtaining a pension for Mr Tiffany. But the [unk] & final passage of the Bill in June 1832 prevented any further proceedings in behalf of Mr Tiffany at that time. Mr Huntington informs me that Mr Tiffany's papers are in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives unless they have been transmitted to the pension office as he believes. Capt Holmes' deposition will prove the service under him. Mr Tiffany is very old, poor,  & needy, as speedy a decision therefore as can be had in his case is exceedingly desirable.

Very respectfully your obt servt,

Wm G Williams

New Hartford Sept 6, 1833
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Timo' Tiffany
addr.
16 mos Private
53.33

Wm G Williams Esq
New Hartford
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War Department
Pension Office
September 12, 1833

Sir

On examining your original papers which have been transmitted from the office of the Clerk of the house of Representatives, no allusion is found therein to the services now set forth to have been performed in 1775. If such services were performed evidence may be produced to that effect from the Office of Comptroller of Public accounts of the state of Connecticut. The papers are herewith returned.

I am Respectfully Yo. Obed. Servant,

J. L. Edwards
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M.G. Williams Esq
New Hartford

[right side up]
New Hartford Conn
Feb 23  Free
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

[along left margin]
March 1 1834

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7 mo 1775
9 mo 1776
_____
16 mo [illegible]
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New Hartford Feby 22, 1834

J. L. Edwards Esq,

Sir,

Mr Timothy Tiffany is exceedingly impatient to hear from this application for a pension. He has been for a long time struggling to keep himself from the poor house, As he is esteemed as a worthy man his neighbors have assisted him in the hope that a pension would enable him to support himself. Nothing else would have prevented his being thrown upon the Town long since. I hope that attention to his  case will not be unnecessarily delayed.

A great part of the Pensioners have become so infirm that they are unable to go to the Pension Agency to draw their pensions & in order to draw them, they are in addition of to their other expenses subjected to the charge of 50 cents for proof that the person who takes the oath & is a Justice of the Peace &c altho the agent has perfect knowledge of that fact & is well acquainted with his signature. If this expense could be avoided it would be a very considerable saving to the Pensioners.

Very respectfully yours,

Wm G Williams
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Davenport [unk]
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington DC

Honored Sir

My grandfather Timothy Tiffany received a pension for services in the Revolution he was in a Connecticut Regiment.

I visited him at Barkhamsed
[unk] in 1837 he died then in 1841 aged 84 years.

Please [unk] to the record as it appears in the War Department and oblige.

Yours truly,

Dr A S Tiffany
1221 [unk] St
Davenport [unk]
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Davenport Iowa Jan 22 1895

Hon William Lochren

Dear Sir,

There is being established in many of the States patriotic [unk].
The sons of the Revolution to promote patritism.
The society demands document evidence.
My knowledge that my grandfather served in a Connecticut Regiment and drew a pension does not count for any thing as my knowledge was hearsay.
I wrote to Des Moines for evidence but got no reply.
Enclosed please find circular of instruction of the [unk] Society.
Please send the certifyed record and oblige.

Yours truly,

Dr. A. S. Tiffany
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3-464
O.W. & N. Div.   F.S. Ex'r.
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D C, Jan 15, 1895

Respectfully returned to Dr. A. S. Tiffany, 
1221 Rock Island St.,
Davenport, Ia.

Please state fully the purpose for which the information is desired, returning your letter of Jan. 7, with reply.

Wm Lochren
Commissioner
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14149
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No. 17149
Timothy Tiffany
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7 39
Index:- Vol. 1, Page 445
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Feb 13/93 Mil. Hist
Tiffany, 1221 Rock Island
Davenport Ia

[obscured on the right side]
to Dr. A.S.
nd, Ss
M.E.L.