Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,774, Gideon Wakeman, Conn.
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Wakeman, Gideon

NUMBER
S. 14.774

carded
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CONTENTS
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Connecticut  9581
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Gideon Wakeman
of Sherman in the State of Conn't
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Jarvis of the Regt. commanded
by Col Dimon in the ✫ State Troops 
line for 2 years
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✫
Conn.
Records OK Mch. 5/07. [??]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Conn't
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued 30 day of May
1833 and sent to
G Tomlinson, Fairfield, Ct.
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833   $160.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  1833  $  40.00
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$ 200.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by T T Franciosi    Clerk,
Book E.    Vol. 3d Page  45.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield } ss
In Fairfield on the 23d day of July 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before a Special Session of the County Court held at Fairfield in and for the County of Fairfield on the 23d day of July 1832 now Sitting Gideon Wakeman a resident of Sherman in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Seventy years in November 1831. Who being first 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 7 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and Served as herein stated [box drawn with three letters (viz) that at the Commencement of his services in the Revolutionary War, early in the Spring of the year 1780 then a resident of the Town of Fairfield, County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut he enlisted in a Company of State troops under Capt. Isaac Jarvis, he believes in Colo. Dimons Regt. for nine months and Served in the Guard of the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield, until late in the fall of the Same year, and was Discharged and Early in the Spring of the year 1781 he Enlisted again in a Company of State troops under Capt Thomas Nash, in Col Dimons Regt for Nine Months and Served in the Guard of the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield until late fall of the same year, a party of the Enemy Landed at Campo in said Fairfield and burnt the Guard house, the Company in which he served had an Engagement with the Enemy, the militia Turned Out and we drove the Enemy off, the Field pin, belonging to the Guard, got out of ammunition, or he thinks they would have taken, the Sloop that belong'd to the Enemy, as She lay aground near the Shore, and on the retreat of the Endmy, they Kill'd Gideon Wakeman one of the Militia Close by his the Claimants side, the Enemy Carried off large stock of shuf belonging to Capt. Nash of the Guard, - and Early in the SPring of the year 1782 he Enlisted again in a Cmpy of State Troops Under Capt. Thomas Nash in Colo Dimons Regt for nine month and served in the Guard of the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield untill late in the fall of the same year, was Stationed for the whole of the above Three Tours of Duty, between Compo River and Sarco Creek on the Pursuit of Greensfarms in Said Fairfield, he has no written discharges of he ever had they are lost or distroy'd, neither has he any Documentary Evidence of Service, he was born in Fairfield as appears by the Record in his Birth (taken from the Record of his Fathers Bible) on the 23d day of Nov. 1761. and lived in sd Fairfield untill the year 1784 and then moved to the Town of Sherman in the County of Fairfield wherein has resided some time, he entered the service by Enlisting in the State Troops under Captain Isaac Jarvis and Captain Thomas Nash, in Colo. Dimons Regt. he dont know as he even received any discharge. If he did, it is lost. He was born in Fairfield November 23d 1761. He has no Record of his age except in his Family Bible, He lived in Fairfield when call'd in the service and Enter'd as above and Served under the officers as above stated he never received written discharge to his knowledge. Joseph Wakeman of said Fairfild and Seth Wakeman of Sherman above said are acquainted with me and will Testify
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as to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier of the Revolution
the said Gideon Wakeman hereby Relinquishes Every claim to a pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the Agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court

Gideon Wakeman

Lest Tho. B Osborne Clerk
We Joseph Wakeman living in the Town of Fairfield and Seth Wakeman Greeting in the Town of Sherman in the County of
Fanfield hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Gideon
Wakeman who has subscribed the and sworn to the above Declaration
that we believe him to be 70 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 Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
in open Court
Let Tho. B Osborne Clerk
Joseph Wakeman
Seth Wakeman
And the said Court do hereby declare their 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 it appears to them that Joseph Wakeman & Seth Wakeman who have signed the preceding Certificate are both residents in the Town of Fairfield aforesaid & that they are credible persons & that their
statement is entitled to credit
John Wilson
Chief Judge
Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the said County Court for Fairfield County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter
of the application of Gideon Wakeman for a Pension. I further certify that Jeremiah Sturges Esquire before whom the annexed Deposition of Aaron Jennings was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for County & that the signature
to the Certificate on the same purporting to be his is genuine & in the proper hand
writing of the said Jeremiah Sturges. I further certify that the said Joseph Wakeman
appeared in open Court before the County Court aforesaid & made solemn oath
to the truth of the annexed Deposition by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 23d day of of July AD 1832.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the said
County Court for Fairfield County
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I Aaron Jenning of the Town & County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. Aged Seventy one years being duly cautioned and sworn do testify and say that early in the year 1780. I enlisted for nine months under Capt. Isaa Jarvis in the State Troops the Name I don't know. And June within late in the fall of the same year in the Guard of Sea Grant of the Town of Fairfield and Early in Spring of the year 1781. I enslisted under Capt. Thomas Andrews in Col. Simon Rgt. of state troops. and served nine months in the guard of the Court of the Town of Fairfield and further early in the spring of the year 1782. I enlisted again for nine months under Capt. Thomas Nash in Coll. 
I enlisted under Capt. Thomas Andrews of in Coll. Dimm Regt. of state troops and served on the Guard of the Sea coast of the town of Fairfield within the fall of the same year and further teh Department fortifies and say that Gideon Wakeman now of the town of Sherman but then a [illegible] of the town of Fairfield enlisted and served with him in [illegible] and all of the aforesaid early of 1780 1781 and 1782 for nine months in early year under the same officer as aforesaid on Gerard on the Sea Coast of the town of Fairfield aforesaid and further the department saith not [illegible] at Fairfield this 23d dat of July 1832.

Aaron Jenning

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
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I Joseph Wakeman of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged sixty nine years do testify and say that in the spring of 1780 I enlisted for nine months in the State Troops under Capt Isaac James the name of the Col of the Regiment I dont recollect and that I served in the Grand of the Sea Coast of the
the town of Fairfield for the aforesaid term of nine months and I was discharged late in the fall of the same year, and also that I again enlisted for nine months early in the spring of 1781 under Capt Thomas Nash in Col Dimons Regiment of post and served as Guard in the sea coast of said Fairfield for nine months & was discharged late in the fall of the same
year, and further that I again enlisted early in the Spring of 1782 under said Nash in Col Dimons Regiment aforesaid and was discharged late in the fall of the same year and I further testify and say that Gideon
Wakeman of the town of Sherman in said County & State of Connecticut enlisted and served with me each and all of the terms aforesaid under the same commands
and in the same guards in said sea court of said town of Fairfield during the years aforesaid for the time of nine months in each year and for the the Deponent saith
not dated at Fairfield this 20th day of July 1832
sworn to in open Court
Let Tho. B Osborne Clerk
Joseph Wakeman
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield 
Field July 20th 1832
The foregoing Deposition of Joseph Wakeman
was taken, subscribed & sworn to before me
Thomas Robinson J Peace
the Subscribed further certifies that the above deponent Joseph Wakeman as a person of good standing in Society & that his character for truth is unquestionable
Thomas Robinson J Peace
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State of Connecticut}
District of Fairfield} ss.
May 23d, 1833

I, David Hill, Judge of the county Probate in the district of Fairfield do hereby certify that Thomas Robinson before whom the Deposition of Joseph Wakeman, on the other side hereof, was subscribed & sworn to is now & for one year past has been a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County Connecticut duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take depositions and I further certify that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.

David Hill  Judge of Probate


State of Connecticut}
District of Fairfield} ss.

I, David Hill Jr., Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield do hereby certify that David Hill who has subscribed the above certificate is the Judge of said Probate Court for the for the District of afore duly commissioned & acting as such, and that the signature purporting to be his, is genuine.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this 23d day of  May 1833.

David Hill Jr.    Clerk
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November 3, 1933.
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BA-J/ADY
Gideon Wakeman
S. 14774

Mr. Wilford C. Platt
R. F. D., Patterson
New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to one Gideon Wakeman, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.14774, based upon his military service in that war.

Gideon Wakeman was born November 23, 1761 in Fairfield, Connecticut.  The names of his parents are not stated.

While a resident of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted about the first of March 1780 and served nine months as private in Captain Isaac Jarvis' Company, Colonel Dimon's Connecticut Regiment.  He enlisted about the first of March 1781, served nine months a private in Captain Thomas Nash's (I used this Capt. as I verified it, but could not verify Capt. Thomas Andrew) Company, Colonel Dimon's Connecticut Regiment; was in an engagement at the Compo in Fairfield, in which engagement he stated one Gershom Wakeman was killed at his side, no relationship stated.  About the first of March 1782 he enlisted and served nine months as private in Captain Thomas Nash's Company, Colonel Dimon's Connecticut Regiment.

In 1784 he moved from Fairfield, Connecticut, to Sherman, Connecticut.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 23, 1832 while a resident of Sherman, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

He died April 7, 1853, place not stated.  On A.B.

It is not stated whether soldier was ever married.
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In 1832 one Joseph Wakeman, aged sixty-nine years was living in Fairfield, Connecticut and one Seth Wakeman was a resident of Sherman, Connecticut, no relationship to soldier stated.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev War
14774
INVALID
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File No.   14. 774
Gideon Wakeman
Priv. Rev. War.
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Act:  June 7th 1832.

Index :--- Vol. 1,  Page  395

[Arrangement of 1870.]


Feb 16/95 Snd Hist. to Frank W. Ellis, Clinton, Ia.      M. E. C.
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Oct. 12, 1903 ,  Hist to 
W. A. Caldwell
Litchfield, Conn
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1933 Nov. 3.  Hist. to Wilford C. Platt.  A. D. Y.
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OLD WAR & NAVY
OCT 6 1903
FILES.

SECOND DEPUTY
OCT 5 1903
COMMISSIONER

Sept 29th 1903
L M  Kelley  Comm. of Pensions
Washington, D C 

Dear Sir

Would you kindly inform me if Gideon and Seth Wakeman served in the war of the Revolution (1776) give Co. and place from where they enlisted and if they drew Pension.  The above information would be highly serviable 

W A Caldwell
Litchfield,  Conn
c/o Dr Buel
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RECEIVED
OCT 24 1933
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM.
READER # 2

Patterson, N. Y.
Oct. 21, 1933.

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs, -

I would like to get a copy of Pension record of Gideon Wakeman of Sherman, Connecticut.  He enlisted in Fairfield, Conn in Revolutionary War and was a Pensioner in 1832.

Thanking you for any information.
Sincerely, 
Wilford C Platt.
Patterson,
Putnam Co. N. Y.
R. F. D.
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
On this 23d day of May 1833 personally appeared before a Special Court
of Probate held at Fairfield in & for the District of Fairfield in Fairfield County State of Connecticut. & now sitting. Gideon Wakeman from city of said Fairfield 
now a resident of the Town of Sherman in said County & State [ineligible] said aged now Seventy one years who being first sworn [adding to Law] doth on his
oath make the following declaration. Explanatory of a Declaration by
him make on the 23d day of July 1832 before a special Session of the County
Court [that] at Fairfield in & for the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut on
23 day of July 1832 in order to attain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832-
in his former Declaration made before said County Court he stated that he enlisted early in the spring of year 1780 in Company of State
Troops under Capt Isaac Jarvis. he believes in Col: Dimons Regt for nine months and served in the Guard of the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield within late in the fall of the same year and was discharged, and that Early in the
spring of the year 1781 he enlisted again in a Company of State Troops under Capt.
Thomas Nash in Col Dimons Reg't for Nine months & served on guard of the Sea 
Coast of the Town of Fairfield within late in the fall of the same year, and Early in the spring of the year 1782 he enlisted again in a Company of State Troops, under Capt. Thomas Nash in Col Dimons] Regt for Nine months & served on Guard in the Sea Coast of the Town of Fairfield within late in the fall of the same year - he now states that he is sure and positive that he served in Each of said Enlistments on Guard as herein State Nine months in Each of said years
of 1780. 1781 & 1782 and he believes he enlisted in the service about the first of March in each of said years and was Discharged about about the first of December in each years, - he further saith that he served in an Embodied Corp mentioned by public authority and that he served as a [ineligible] soldier the whole time of Each of said Enlistment and that his service was constant & uninterrupted
& that he attended to no other [ineligible], during the time, & that his service was continuous, and that he [herewith] from the [ineligible] to his knowledge of his service as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and the has on  of his not getting a clergyman [ineligible] that the [ineligible] Ripley the Clergyman of the Parrish of Greens Farms when he formerly [ineligible], who was acquainted with his service is now Dead, and there being no other Clergyman that is in the least acquainted with his service that he knows of, or of his common reputation as a Soldier of this Revolution and further the Declarant states that he knows of no man [ineligible]
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itation to his service than what he has stated, which can be [ineligible] in the
Investigation of his Claim
Sworn & subscribed the day & year
Gideon Wakeman
year [ineligible]  before
David Hill age Probate
for the district aforesaid--
And the Court hereby declare its opinion that the above named
applicant Gideon Wakeman was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and I hereby certify that his character
for truth is unexceptionable
David Will Judge of Probate
David Will Jr Clerk of Probate Court for District of Fairfield
in State do hereby certify that the explanatory declaration of Gideon Wakeman
was taken & sworn to before the Court & I further certify that David Hill whose signature known to me to be genuine is affixed to this Declaration is now & for more than one year
past has been the Judge of Probate Court duly commissioned and acting as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and and affixed my official seal this 23 day of May 1833 
David Hill J. Clerk
Admitted
2 years
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Lyman A. Ellis
Frank W. Ellis

ELLIS & ELLIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
PEOPLES TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK BLDG.
CLINTON, IOWA.

CWAN
W M

Clinton, Iowa, January 22, 1895.

Hon. Wm Lochren,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir ; -   I am informed that by making the request you can give me the military history of Gideon Wakeman, a soldier of the REvolutionary War, who was placed on the pension roll May 31, 1833, while a resident of Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Will you kindly furnish me with this information and oblige.

Very truly yours,
Frank W. Ellis.
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O. W. & N.  DIVISION.           S.  14774
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
F. S.
Bureau of Pensions,    M. E. C.
Washington, D. C.,    February 16, 18[ ]5.

Sir :-
In reply to your request for a statement of military history of    --- Gideon Wakeman ---  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.
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spr. 1780
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
 9 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Isaac Jarvis
COLONEL
Dimon
STATE.
Conn.
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spr. 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
9 mos.
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFECIERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN. 
Thomas Nash
COLONEL.
Dimon
STATE. 
Conn.
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DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Spr. 1782
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
9 mos.
RANK.
Pvt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Nash
COLONEL.
Dimon
STATE.
Conn.
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Battles engaged in,      Compo.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   Fairfield,    Connecticut.
Date of application for pension,  May 23, 1833.
Residence at date of application,  Sherman, Conn.
Age at date of application,  Born Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 23, 1762.

Remarks:

Very respectfully,
Mr. Frank W. Ellis              Commissioner
Clinton , Ia.

1904bim