Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,223, Moses Cass, Conn.
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Conn.        Cass, Moses          W. 20,223
                   Judd, Abia
                       (Former Widow)
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Connecticut  2161
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Abia Judd, formerly widow of Moses Cass Jr. dec'd. who died in the month of August 1776
of Litchfield in the State of Connt. who was a private jn the company commanded by Captain Swift of the Rgt commanded by Col. Burrall in the Connt line for 7 mos
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
_______________________________________________CCertificate of pension issued the 29 day of June 1838 and Leut Rufus Fuller of Kent Connt
_______________________________________________AArrears to the 4th of May 1838          $163.31
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept.  11 66
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                                                                  $174.97
                     { Revolutionary Claim}
                       Act July 4, 1836
                       Section the 3d Han
                        March 3d 1837
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk,
Book A.    Vol. 2  Page 70
Let to Rufus Fuller 14 July 1838
Let to Hon. Sherrard Clemens Mch 15, 1838
Sent copies
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State of
Connecticut
Litchield County Ss. [illegible] Kent
On this the 20th day of February AD. 1838
Personally appeared before the Court of Probate of the District of Kent Abia Judd widow of Joseph Judd and widow of Moses Cass Junior a resident of Kent in the County
of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged Eighty Eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th AD 1836
That she is the widow of Moses Cass Junior who resided in Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut That he enlisted
and entered into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary army about the month of February in the year 1776. That the time he enlisted for was one year He enlisted under Captain Jira Swift in Colonel Burralls regiment and served for the whole time he was in the army as a sergeant That he went to reinforce the army in Canada and retreated with the army back. That it is to the best of her recollection and belief that she was married to Moses Cass Junior about nine years before he entered into the service of the United States and believes that it was on or about the 3d day of February That he died at Fort Miller on the Bank of the Hudson River in the month of August or September of 1776. That she
remained a widow about fifteen years when
she was married to Joseph Judd of said Kent
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who died on the 31st day of August AD 1825
since which time she has remained a widow
In presence of
Sylvia Beardsley
Abia Judd her mark
In testimony whereof  I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 20th day of February AD 1838
Wells Beardsley Judge
I hereby certify that the interlineation on the preceeding page between the fourteenth and fifteenth heirs from the bottom of said page were made before the subscribing and execution of the preceeding declaration as above appears
Wells Beardsley Judge
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Extract from the Town records of the Town of Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut

Moses Cass Jr. and Abia Sturtevant were joined together in marriage the day A.D. Seventeen 

Dellana daughter to the above named persons was born July the third seventeen hundred Sixty seven.

Russell son to the above named persons was born February ninth seventeen hundred sixty nine.

Cyrus son to the above named persons was born December the seventh seventeen hundred seventy three.

I certify that the above is a true copy of the
record with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - 
the Day AD 17" "July the 3d 1767"
"Feby 9th 1769 " "Decem the 9th 1773 "


Philip Judd } Town Clerk [signature]

I Philip Judd above named depose and
say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Kent with the exception above named as certified by me.

Kent March 21st 1838
Philip Judd } Town Clerk [signature]

Sworn before me, 
Rufus Fuller Justice of the Peace [signature]
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File NO. 20223
Abia Judd
Former Wid of
Moses Cass
Priv. Rev. War
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Act: July 4, 1836
Index:--Vol. A, Page 386

[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mrs Cass in her old age [illegible] 
what is usual but I don't know but 
[illegible] is right
There is a propriety in giving the property to her if she can't transfer it & the bill [illegible]  being [illegible]consideration

Why should it not be [illegible] if she is [illegible] ?
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County} [illegible]
On this the 27th day of September AD 1837 personally appeared before the court for the state and county aforesaid, Abia [illegible] ..... and resident of ....... Sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.
That she is the widow of Moses Cass Junior who resided in Warren in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut whence he enlisted and entered into the service of the United States in the year 1776 on or about the 20th day of February [illegible] entered the service on or about the 11th day of March in the same year. The time he enlisted for was one year. The service he [illegible] and was in the army of the [cut off]
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Moses Cass (illegible) about nine years before he entered into the service of the United States and believe that it was on or about the third day of February that he died at Fort Miller on (illegible) of the (illegible) on his return from Canada on the 14th day of August 1776 (illegible) Joseph Judd of (illegible) in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut and died on the 21st day of August 1825 ever since which time she has remained a (widow?)
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I Zebedee Sturtevant of Kent in the County of
Litchfield and State of Connecticut a soldier
in the army of the Revolution and a pensioner
of the United States being Seventy nine years
of age depose and say that since I was four years old have known Abia Judd.  I was living in the same house with her when she was married to Moses Cass Junior, and had lived there for some time before and after her marriage to said Cass.  I am also knowing to Moses Cass Junior and Abia his wife having three children after they were married and before his death and before he served in the revolutionary army.  I was present when
he enlisted for twelve months into the army of the Revolution.  He enlisted into Captain
Jeirah Swifts Company and Colonel Burralls regiment of the Connecticut line. I had two
brothers who enlisted about the same time
into the same company.  I enlisted into the army the next spring and met the regiment ┃
into which Moses Cass Junior was enlisted
on their return from Canada at Ticonderoga
in the fall of 1776. It was about fifteen
years after the death of Moses Cass Junior
before she was married to Joseph Judd.  I
well recollect the time of her marriage to
Joseph Judd for I was then living but about
one mile from where she was married.  I was
also present at the Funeral of Joseph Judd
who died about twelve years ago and
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and well knowing to her remaining a widow ever since Joseph Judds death being well acquainted with her until this time.  I have always understood that Moses Cass Junior died at Fort Miller have never heard it contradicted and believe that he died at that place.

Zebedee Sturtevant [signature] 

Signed in presence of
Ziba Hurd [signature] 


State of New York }
Genesee County } ss 
at Name of Town [illegible]

On this 7th
day of February AD 1838
Personally appeared Zebedee Sturtevant signer of the foregoing deposition known to me as a creditable witness and being duly cautioned and sworn according to Law made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated before me.

Ziba Hurd } Comissioner of Deeds

State of New York ⎬
Genesee County }

I Horace W Soper, Clerk of said County certify that Ziba Hurd, before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken, was at the time of taking the same a Commissioner Deeds and duly authorized by law to take said affidavit and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and do verily believe his signatures above subscribed are his proper hand writing. -

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 20th February 1838.
W.W. Soper Clerk [signature]
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Mrs. Abia Cass
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Fort Georg [George?] April ye 15th

Loving wife I have once more an opportunity to inform you of my helth [health] by these few lines which I hope you will soon receive with the same satisfaction as I received two from you last night in which you inform me you are all in helth [health] which gives me joy my chief concerne [concern] is about my family. I live in tumult and confution [confusion] all around yet in silent hours I mediate on our misfortunate in that we must be seperated [separated] at so wide a distance as I soon expect we shall be your fortune is hard as well as mine from the first day we met we have lived a [time?] [?] life as other mortals do and your trouble now is still greater you have so much care upon your mind I mourn in sorrow for you in silent watches of the nigth [night] when all nature is at rest and slumber [?] Close my eyes [...] fancy myself at home with you but over come with joy I soon awake and then that joy departs but the year will soon come round swift as the wings of time can carry it when if my helth [health[ and life are spared I hope I may return and find you well. Mourn not at all for me for I have been under comfortable circumstances. Can sleep as well on the floor as on a feather bed and though I mourn for you I am not [as?] willing yet [...] I hold the same mind as when I came from home the ice is most gone [...] and I expect to let out for Quebeck [Quebec] in two or three days and I [?] [...] shall have the same god to gard [guard] me there as in other places I think I have had [my?] health [health] better then when at home. I am conernd [concerned] about you going out two [too] [much?] in storms. I pray take care. 

I mean to take all care possible of myself and submit the event to devine [divine] providence. I hear the Small pox is at quebeck [Quebec] but [I don't?] mind nothing about it for we heard before we came to [Albany?] that the Small pox was in the city very thick when there was not one that had it nothing but [?] the most that troubles me is the continual cursing and swearing of the pensylvany [Pennsylvanian] men which I very much hate to hear. General Thomas from boston [Boston] is arived [arrived] hear [here] and is to lead forth the army to quebeck [Quebec] where I soon expect to be and when I [shall] have opertunity [opportunity] to hear from you again or you from me I no [know] not I shall want to hear from you again when grass has grone [grown] for cattle for I understand my hay is most gone I shall not fail to write to you every opertunity [opportunity] and hope you will do the same. I must now leave you all in the hands of providence and shall wish and long for the return of that day in which we may enjoy our selves better than ever yet we have done from your loving husband

Moses Cass [?]

April ye 16th
this moment received orders to embarck [embark] tomorrow morning at break of day we do not know yet which [?] rides [past?] or not my love to Patience and Regards to Aaron for his letter and to all enquiring friends
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I Adonijah Pangburn of Cornwall in the County
of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being
Seventy nine years of age depose and say
That I am a pensioner of the United States of America and formerly served in the army
of the United States in the Revolutionary war
in Colonel Charles Burralls Regiment and
Captain David Dollins Company in the
Northern Army I was formerly well acquainted with Moses Cass Junior of the Town of
Kent and County of Litchfield and
State of Connecticut and was knowing to
said Moses Cass, Junior serving in the Revolutionary War in the Connecticut line and army of the United States in Colonel Charles Burralls Regiment and Captain Ira Swifts Company 
I also know that he enlisted and served in said Company as an orderly sergeant I was also well acquainted with said Moses Cass, Junior while in the army during the year 1776 saw him daily a part of the time and at longer intervals. I also know that said Captain Ira Swifts Company was
enlisted for one year and believe that it was
in the month of February or March 1776 that
said Swifts Company was enlisted and should
think that I met Moses Cass Junior in the
army at Ticonderoga in the month of April
1776. The last time I saw Mose Cass
Junior should think that it was in the fall
or latter part of the summer of 1776-
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He was very feeble and low at that time and had the appearance of a man that cant live but a short time And it was shortly after leaving him that I heard of his death which report I believe to have been correct Should think that it was at Fort Miller he died and near or during the Fall of 1776.
Eliada Osborn 
Adonnijah Pangburn

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County} Ss at Kent
Personally appeared Adonnijah Pangburne Esquire of the foregoing deposition known to me as a creditable witness and being duly cautioned and sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein stated before me
Rufus Fuller Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the erasure in the tenth line from the top of the opposite of preceeding page the blot in the fifteenth line the interlineation between the eighteenth and nineteenth lines and the alteration in the fourth line from the bottom of said page in the record, army, and the blot on this page between the second and third lines from the top were all made before the subscribing of the above deposition by said Adonnijah Pangburne and before and execution of the said deposition.
In the town of Kent County and State aforesaid on this the 2d day of January AD 1838 Rufus Fuller Justice of the Peace

(facing page)
State of Connt.
Litchfield County
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court in & for Litchfield County do hereby certify that the Hon. Wells Beardsley is Judge of Probate for the District of Kent in said County & has been so since the 20th day of June 1837 and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and also that Rufus Fuller Esq is & for more than a year last passed has been a Justice of the Peace and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of ? Court at Litchfield this 10th day of April 1838
Origen S. Seymour Clerk.
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PENSION OFFICE
Washington, May 27, 1851
Sir:
The claim of Cyrus Cap for Moses Cass the Soldier
for Bounty Land, under the Act of September 28, 1850, has been received, and will be attended to as soon as practicable; of which you will be duly informed.  It is therefore respectfully requested that every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES E. HEATH,
Commissioner
I am informed there is a bounty conected with this claim is it true
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N.O.W.B.L. Division

Department of Interior
Pension Office
Washington D.C. June 7 1817

Respectfully returned to Hariet B. Sackes, Clyde, Monroe Co, N.Y. with request that she will state the full name of Moses Cass wife, the return of the information deemed for what purpose it is to be used, and return with reply each of the enclosed papers.

JA Bentley
Commissioner

Moses Cass wife name Abiah Judd my Father told me he was four years old when his father died in the service of this United States and that some years after that his mother [unk] of Josept Judd and he died and left her a widow with himself the only child Syrus Judd the father of Hariet Sickels wife of Isaack Sickels of Clyde  Wain co, N Y
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The nature of the information to now what are my real claims from my father against the Government. The purpose it is to be used is to obtain the benefit of the under the Act of Congress Sep 28, 1850 or any other Act that has been passed since that time. I have too reasons for under taking to transact this business myself with out a council first. I am poor and no money to pay lawers for doing business for me with, seckond we have lost to sonsin the late rebellion who would been a great help to us had they lived  our papers have been in some mens hands for over a year and we can not even get there bounty mony un paid yet there is some papers that came in to my hands by mere acdent that dont read exactly right to me & there fore determined to send in this claim myself and as soon as I can obtain some other information & think I need I shall forward the said paper to the seat of government myself.

Yours truly,

Hariet B Sickels
Clyde Wain Co New York

if I understand it right Moses Cass wife name was sent to Washington as Abiah Judd if there is any mistake I think there is a reckord that can be obtained & left at Norwich Shenadoah Co NY
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N.O.W.D.L.  DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C., May 26 1872
Respectfully returned to
A. B. Schebe, Eq.
Clyde, New York
with request that he will furnish this office with
the name of the soldier,
his captain and State
from which he enlisted
order to identify the
claim to which reference consider
J A Bentley
Commissioner.
date
[stamp] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR MAY 28 1877 PENSION OFFICE
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3527

Abis Judd
formerly the wife of
Moses Cass dec
Conn't

Allow 7 mo. $23.33
per ann, comp 4 March
1831

Conn State troops
Capt Swift
Col Burrall
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Kent March 22d 1838

Dear Sir-

The papers herewith enclosed are forwarded to the Pension Department for the purpose of establishing a claim for a Pension in favor of Abia Judd of Kent in the County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut widow of Moses Cass Jr a soldier of the Revolution and widow of Joseph Judd formerly of said Kent. Although the claimant has been married since the decease of Moses Cass Jr  yet it appears that she entitled to a pension according to the explanatory act of Congress of March 3d 1837.

The record of her marriage is imperfect for reasons that we are unable to state yet it establishes the fact of her marriage to saud Cass and the record of the birth of the children follows the record of the marriage. The record of the marriage is at the top of the Page and that of the births immediately follows. Taking the records together we think they tend to confirm the event of the marriage first and the births as following and both together to prove the births and marriage before service. Then in addition we have declaration of the widow which is to those knowing her sufficient of itself to establish the fact of her marriage before the service of her husband still in addition we have the deposition of Lebedee Sturtevant which would no doubt include of itself answer the requisitions of the Department.

The suppose that it is necessary to prove the second marriage in that [unk] prove the death
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of the second husband Joseph Judd. Moses Cass Jr. is represented by those who knew him previous to his entering the Army as being a man of great promise and of a vigorous constitution that he hopes of a numerous circle of friends were resting upon him. The stay and support of a wife and three children, yet he left all in the hour of Country's trial and perished in its service.

Among the papers will be found a letter written by him from Fort George when in the Army to his wife Alia Cass and which has been preserved by her until this time. This letter shows that he was in the Army and that he was there after his marriage and it shows further that he had a family which was his :chief concern" while in the Army. He mentions in one place that the "year will soon come round" when he "hopes he may return" from which expressions it clearly appears that he has enlisted for a year. The letter near me further authentication than its appearance. And the fact that his [unk] yet services established in connection with the letter would apparently without further evidence justify the Department granting a pension. But this [unk] I am aware is quite useless such unnecessary.

Very respectfully your obt servt

Rufus Fuller Jr

All returns may be made to Rufus Miller Jr, Kent, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut.

Hon. J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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July 12.
Co.
Mrs Judd
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Kent Litchfield County Ct
July 6th 1838

Sir

On examining the Certificate forwarded from the Pension Department in favor of Abia Judd, widow of Moses Cass Jr. I find that it is granted for the service of Moses Cass Jr as a "Private" in the Revolutionary war and for the service of "twenty three dollars and thirty three cents, per annum." It was my impression at the time that the papers were forwarded containing the Declaration and evidence in support of Mrs Judd's claim. That no fact was more clearly established than the service of Moses Cass Jr as a "Sergeant", yet that proof from whence I derived the impression, may not account to the requisition of the Pension Department. If so we can expect no addition to the amount specified in the Certificate already forwarded.

Very respectly and obedt yours

Rufus Fuller Jr

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
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Clyde May 15 1897
Sir what have you
done with Syrus Cass
claime pleas inform
me yours with respect
adres Harit
B Sickels Clyde
Wain county New York
PS enclose the claim
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Hariet Sickels Claim
Clyde New York

Cyrus Cass was my father Moses Cass was my grand father the reason why this claim was neglected I recolect when my father recieved it after the deat of my grand mothr who drew the pencion or I am not certan but think she was dead my father being very childess laid it up carefully and after his diseas and
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it fell to me being
secured in his old pocket
book I did not notice
for years hoping those
paper will enable you
to find the record
your with respect
Hariet B Siskel
Clyde Monroe Co
New York