Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 20220, for Stephen Jordan, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE         NUMBER

Conn.   Jordan, Stephen   W 20220
Mary


CONTENTS
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Vermont --  3210.

Mary Jordan,
widow of Stephen Jordan, decd.
N. H.
who died on the 8th of January, 1817.
of Rutland Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the cmpy commanded
by Captain Hubbell of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Whitney. in the N. Hampshire
line for 10 mos. 29 days priv.


Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont.
at the rate of 36 Dollars 55 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.


Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of January,
1840 and sent to Jesse
Gove, Rutland, Vermont.

Arrears to the 4th of March, 1840  $328.95
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept.  18.27
$347.22

[ Revolutionary Claim,
{ Act July 4, 1836,
{ Section the 3d

Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 38
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Stephen Jordan &
Mary Jeffers
Intermarriage
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I Edward Coit of Norwich in New London
Count of State of Connecticut of
Lawful age Do before, testify &
say that, the Records of Benjamin
Coit Esq late of Preston in said New
London County deceased, kept by him while
he was a Justice of the peace in & for
said County are now in my possession,
& on said Records I find the following
"December 12. 1774. Stephen Jordan was
married to Mary Jeffers.

(Symbol) Ben Coit Justice
of the peace"

which I believe to be an original
Record in the hand writing of
said Benjamin Coit and who
was my Grandfather.
& further Saith Not.

Edward Coit  (signature)

State of Connecticut New London County 
On the 24th Day of December AD 1838 personally
appeared Mr. Edward Coit the above named
Deponent well known to me as the Grand
son of the Late Benjamin Coit Esq
Late of Preston in New London County
deceased, with whom I was well acquainted
& having often seen him write, his
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hand writing is well known to me &
said Edward Coit having shown me
said Record, I know the Record
of the above mentioned marriage is
in the hand writing of said Benjamin
Coit Esq did and said Edward
Coit having signed the above deposition
made solemn oath to the
same before me (the word county twice underlined)

Joseph Williams  (signature)
Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut }
New London County } Ss  I John D Witt Clerk
of the County Court in and for said New London
County do hereby Certify that Joseph Williams
Esq. before whom the within deposition of Edward
Coit was taken, and whose certificate is also above
annexed was on the 24th day of Dec 1830 and still is a 
Justice of the peace in and for said New London
County and that his signature above affixed
is Genuine.  In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said County this 23rd day of
December AD 1838

John D Will Clerk  (signature)
(symbol)
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I Milton Potter of Pittsford County of Rutland Vt
73 yeares [years] of age Testify and say that I was brought up
from Childehood [childhood] in New fairefield [Fairfield] fairefield [Fairfield] County Conn
And that one Steven [Stephen] Jordan lived in the neighborehood [neighborhood]
(illegible) I did in his youth and in the yeare [year] 1773 I believe
He was married to one Mary Jeffords as report said and
They went to keepeing [keeping] house as man and wife and so
Lived to my knolidg [knowledge] until oald [old] age They came to Poutny [Poultney]
In this State whine [when] I vissited [visited] them first thense [thence]. They
Came to Castleton whine [when] I also vissitted [visited] them from there.
They removed to Underhil [Underhill] whine [when] Mrs. Jordan now
Lives in Pittsford a widdo [widow] of the said Steven [Stephen] Jordan.

And when the war of the Revolution commenced in 
The yeare [year] 177(illegible) I believe there was men raised to go 
To New york [York] to make some ranks of defence [defense] and
One capt William G. Hubbel was appointed to
Rise a company for about 3 months as neare [near] as I can
Remember and Mr. Jordan inlisted [enlisted] and went the
Tower and in 1775 there was two oficers [officers] appointed in
New fairefield [Fairfield] one Capt Bardsley and one Lieut
Briggs and Mr. Jordan inlisted [enlisted] under the said Lieut
Briggs and went to the north and they waire [were] at the
Takeing [taking] of St Johns and they went on with
Montgomery until theire [their] times was out which was
Late in the fall or beginning of the winter they served
Under Capt Bardsley and I believe Coln Waterbury
They went away in the spring and I suppose served 7 or 8
Months and in 1776 the whole Militia was called out and
Mr. Jordan went to New york [York] and served 3 or 4 months
and he returne [returned] in low health and he rundown so low that
(illegible) feared that he never would recover but he gained
So much that inlisted [enlisted] the fore part of the next yeare [year]
Under one Capt Towner and serve about 3 months
More as neare [near] as I can recollect but his health was
To [too] much impaire [impaired] that he did non [not] serve any more
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As I remember until 1779 when the Brittish [British] fleat [fleet] and
Army came in to the County to Buren and destroy the
Conecticut [Connecticut] seaports I went with him and served with
Him about 1 month as neare [near] as I can recolect [recollect] under
Capt W Galard Hubbel Coln Bardsly Regt
and further the deponat [deponent] saith not
Milton Potter  (signature)

State of Vermont }  Pittsford  January 29th 1837
Rutland County Ss }  Milton Potter the signer of
this affidavit personally appeared and after
being (two words illegible) made sollom [solemn] oath
that what he had here subscribed to was the
truth and nothing but the truth before me
Isaac Wheaton  Just Peace  (signature)

I hereby certify that Milton Potter is
considered a man of truth and veracity
Isaac Wheaton   Just Peace  (signature)


State of Vermont }  Marry Jordan personally 
Rutland County Ss }  appeared and made oath that the
above Deposition according to the best of her
knowledge was the truth and nothing but the
truth before me
Isaac Wheaton  Just Peace  (signature)  Jany 29th 1837


State of Vermont }
Rutland County Ss }  I Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of the County
Court in and for said County, do hereby
certify, that Isaac Wheaton is a Justice of
the Peace in and for said County; and that the
foregoing several signatures, purporting to be
his, are genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed
my name, at Rutland in Said County this
tenth day of February, A.D. 1837.
R. Pierpoint  (signature)
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Mary Jordans
Declaration - proofs (illegible)
Vt

Act 4 July 36

M 74 d 17

75 --  6 mo. 29 dy
76.7 - Whitneys regt.  3 --
79.  Hubbell -- 1
10.29

admd
10.29 as his
$ 36.55/no

No deduction

Jesse Gove
Rutland
Vt
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State of Vermont }
Rutland County Ss }   On this 23d. day of December, 1837, before the
Honbl. Probate Court of the Probate District of Rutland in said
County, now sitting at in said County, in and for said District,
Mary Jordan, a resident of Pittsford in said County, aged 81
years on the 5th day of November last, 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 4. 1836:  That she is the widow of (word crossed out)
Stephen Jordan, late of Underhill in the Count of Chittenden
and State of Vermont, deceased, who was a private in the
Connecticut State troops and Militia in the war of the revolution:
That the said Stephen Jordan inlisted [enlisted] on the 11th of May, 1775,
and served until the 5th of December of the same year, in Capt. Nehemiah
Beardsley's company in Col. David Waterbury's Regiment:  that he
served another term, of 3 or 4 months, at the city of New York, under
Capt. Wm G. Hubbell, in 1776; and another term of 3 months, under
Capt. Dan Towner of New Fairfield, commending in December, 1776, &
went to Mamaroneck Rye, and other places in the State of New York:
that in April 1779, he entered the Militia Service, under the
said Capt. Wm Gaylord Hubbel, in Col. Nehemiah Beardsley's
Regiment, and served until November of that year.

She further declares, that she was married to the said
Stephen Jordan on the 12th day of December, in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy four; that her husband,
the aforesaid Stephen Jordan died on the 8th day of 
January in the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventeen; and that she hath remained a 
widow
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widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by
reference to the proof hereto annexed.  
Mary Jordan  (signature)

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year above written,
before me, in open Court:  and I do hereby certify, that the
said Mary Jordan is a person of credibility. The date of the
marriage corrected to 12th Dec. before signing of deposition.
Wm Hall Judge  (signature)


State of Vermont }
Rutland County Ss }

I, Henry B. Towslee, Clerk of the 
Probate Court in and for the Probate
District of Rutland in the County
of Rutland aforesaid, do hereby certify,
that the Hon. William Hall is Judge
the said Probate Court; and that the
foregoing signature, purporting to be his,
is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have 
hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate
Court, and subscribed my name, at Rutland
in said District, this 23d. day of December,
Anno Domini, 1837.
Henry B. Towslee (signature)
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I, Ephraim Jones of Pawlet in the County of
Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 67 years, do
depose, testify and say, that Stephen Jordan, and Mary
Jeffers were married at the dwelling house of my father,
Ephraim Jones, in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut,
by Benj. Coit Esq. a Justice of the Peace, sometime in the
year previous to the commencement of the revolutionary war;
and that I was then present, and saw them joined in
marriage as aforesaid; that I was acquainted with the
said Stephen Jordan, and Mary, his wife, and have been
acquainted with them (most of the time = inserted) ever since their said marriage until
the time of the decease of the said Stephen, which took
place about 21 years since; and, that the said
Mary hath not intermarried, since the said decease
of her said husband.  And further, this deponent
saith not.
Ephraim Jones  (signature)


State of Vermont }
Rutland County Ss }  Be it known, that on this Seventh
day of February, 1837, before me the subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County, personally, appeared the
above named Ephraim Jones who hath subscribed the
preceeding [preceding] affidavit in my presence, and made solemn oath,
that the same contains the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth.  And I do hereby certify;
that the said Ephraim Jones is a credible witness.
Elisha Allen  (signature)  Justice Peace
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State of Vermont }
Rutland County, Ss. }

I, Robert Pierpoint, Clerk of
the County Court in and for said
County, do hereby certify, that Elisha
Allen is a Magistrate as above, and
that the foregoing, signature, purporting,
to be his, is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto affixed my seal of Office,
and subscribed my name at Rutland
in said County this 13th day of
February, in the year, 1837.

R. Pierpoint  (signature)
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I Zeneah Jordan of Underhil [Underhill]
of Chittenden & State of Vermont being
lawful age depose & say that on the 8 day
of January A.D. 1817 Steven [Stephen] Jordan died
at Underhill and at our house Zeneah (two words illegible)

The above deposition sworn to before me
Underhill 12. July 1837 -
Peter Martin Just Peace  (signature)

I Certify that Zeneah Jordan the subscriber
To the above Deposition is a person of truth
and veracity --  Peter Martin Just Peace  (signature)
Underhill 12th Day
of July AD 1837

State of Vermont }
Chittenden County Ss }  I, William Noble Clerk
of the County Court in and for
the said County do hereby certify
that Peter Martin is (now & was on the 12th July, 1837 = inserted) a Justice
of the Peace in and for said
County, as above, and that the
foregoing signature purporting
to be his, is (as I believe = inserted) genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of said Court, and subscribed my
name, at Burlington in said County this
25th day of December one thousand eight
hundred and thirty seven.
William Noble  (signature)
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The within Deposition of Zeneah
Jordan taken and sealed up by
me
Peter Martin  (signature)  Just of peace
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Hartford Ct
8th Feb. 1837

On application for evidence of the service
of Stephen Jordan, I have examined the
Books & papers remaining in this Office
relating to the Revolutionary War.  I find & 
certify as follows, viz;

Pay Roll of Capt Nehemiah
Beardsley's Company in Col. David Waterbury's
Regiment 1775 --

Nehemiah Beardsley, Capt
Samuel Keeler - Lt
Zephaniah Briggs - Lt

Stephen Jordan enlisted May 11th 1775 & was
discharged December 5th. Number of days in the
service 209 as appears by the Pay Roll.
In Haskells Receipts (under the head of = inserted) Militia Service from
April to November 1779.  I found the Names
of (Col. = inserted) Beardsley & Capt William G. Hubbell; the
amount paid Capt William G. Hubbel is
459.16.1 ==

Certified in the absence of the
Comptroller By
Royal K Hinman  (signature)  Secretary of said State
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Rev. War Section.

May 9, 1913.

Mrs. Elizabeth McKean Howard,
Sandy, Utah.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the 29" ultimo and
received the 5" instant, you are furnished the following 
history of the only Stephen Jordan found on the Revolutionary
War records of this Bureau, and advsied that said records
fail to show any Samuel Jordan who served or resided in the
State of Vermont.

In the papers in claim Wid. File No. 20,220. Rev. War.
it is stated that Stephen Jordan was a resident of New
Fairfield, Connecticut, when he enlisted in the Revolution and
served from may 11, 1775 to December 5, 1775. as a Private
in Captain Nehemiah' Beardsley's company, Colonel David Waterbury's
regiment; in 1776, two or three months in Captain
William G. Hubbell's company; from December 1776. three months
in Captain Dan Towner's company, and from April 1779 to November
1779, in Captain William G. Hubbell's company, Colonel
Nehemiah Beardsley's regiment.

He married at Plainfield, Connecticut. December 12, 1774,
Mary Jeffers; they removed to Poultney, Vermont, Castleton,
Vermont, and Underhill, Vermont, where he died January 8, 1817.

It does not appear that he ever applied for a pension.
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Wid. File 20,220. -- 2

His widow Mary Jordan was allowed pension on her
application executed December 23, 1837, stating that she was eighty-
one years of age November 25, last, and a resident
of Pittsford,
Vermont.

Very respectfully,
J. L. Davenport.  (signature)
Commissioner.

 2 enclosures.
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Sandy, Utah,
April 29, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Enclosed please find the
correspondence regarding one
Samuel Jordan, my great grand
father who is supposed to have
fought in the Revolutionary 
War and afterward drew a
pension while living at
Castleton, Vermont.   Can 
you add any thing farther
to my record?  Please return
the enclosed.

Very Respectfully,
Mrs. Elizabeth McKean Howard,  (signature)
Sandy,
Utah.

[Circle STAMP]
PENSION
D
B
MAY 
U.   5   S.
1913
OFFICE.
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Jesse Gove Esq

Rutland
Vermont
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford  Dec 13 1839

(Illegible) Sir

If I understand the Certificate of the Comptroller
signed by Hinman in the case of Jordan, it is full and to the
point, the one month alluded to, the Comm of Pensions has
decided according to the Testimony of Potter - we have nothing
in this office that shows Actual Length of service in what Tour -
as to the 3 or 4 months claimed in 1776 under Cap Hubbell - we
can find no Pay Roll of this - but find on Pay Table Book - Cap
Hubbell charged for his Company June 19 1776  Williams Regt (English pound sign) 580.0 -
Cap Hubbell as Credited - Electing bounties (illegible) May 1777 - (illegible) 580.8 -
I find but one charge against Cap. David Towner for as his 
Company Col. Samuel Whitings [Whitney's] Regiment (two illegible words = crossed out] Nov 19
1776 - (English pound sign) 172.0.0 --  Cap. David Towner (illegible)
By (illegible) (illegible)  for his Company Col. S. Whitings [Whitney's] (illegible)  May 30 1777
(English pound sign) 172.0.0. --  Col. Whitings [Whitney's] Battalion was (illegible)  Decr.
1776 for 3 months --

Yours Very Respectfully
Henry Kilbourn (signature)  Commissioner

Jesse Gove Esq
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Sent Jesse Gove, June
14 '39 -


Act 4 July 36
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Rutland Vt.   18 Dec 1839

Sir --

I enclose a letter, just received from the Comptroller
of Connecticut, relative to the revolutionary services of Stephen Jordan,
deceased, late husband of Mary Jordan, in relation to whose claim for a
pension you wrote me on the 4th of June last.  To enable W. Kilbourn
to understand the points on which you wished to be satisfied, I sent
him extracts from your letter, from W. Hinman's Certificate, and from
Capt. Potter's deposition.  From this certificate of the Comptroller,
it would seem, that both Cap. Hubbell and Cap. Towner were
out in 1776; and that unless the witness be altogether discredited
the presumption is perhaps not more violent, than as to the one month
in '79 to which he has deposed, that Jordan was actually in the
service as stated by the witness, 3 or 4 months under Cap. Hubbell,
and 3 months under Capt. Towner in 1776.

But, whatever the estimate may be as to these two tours,
the testimony is submitted.

I am very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
Jesse Gove  (signature)


75.6-2901
-- 1 -- Secy


To
The Commissioner of Pensions }
City of Washington }
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Rutland Vt.  17th January 1839

Sir --

I transmit herewith the declaration and
proofs, of Mrs. Mary Jordan, of Pittsford, for a
pension under the act of July 4, 1836.  Mrs. Jordan
respectfully requests, that you will communicate your 
decision in the premises through me.

I am very respectfully
Sir
Your obt. Servt.
Jesse Gove  (signature)
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In reply to your request of .........., received ..........
for a statement of the military history of Stephen Jordan
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in [his (or = crossed out] his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
W. 20,220

[TABLE]
(Column 1) DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(Column 2)  LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(Column 3)  RANK.
(Column 4)  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.    COLONEL.
(Column 5)  STATE.

(Row 1)  May 11, 1775 to .... Dec. 5, 1775 .... Pri. ....Nehemiah Beardsley .... David Waterbury .... Conn.

(Row 2)  1776 .... 2 or 3 mos. .... (blank) .... William G. Hubbell .... " .... (blank)

(Row 3)  Dec, 1776 .... 3 mos. .... (blank) .... Dan Towner .... " .... (blank)

(Row 4)  Apl. 1779 to .... Nov. 1779 .... (blank) .... William G. Hubbell .... Nehemiah Beardsley .... (blank)


Battles engaged in,  Taking of St. Johns

Residence of soldier at enlistment,  New Fairfield, Conn.

Date of application for pension,  by widow:  Dec. 23, 1837.  Allowed

Residence at date of application,  Pittsford, Rutland Co., Vt.

Age at date of application,  81 yrs. 5 Nov. last. 

Remarks:  Sol. marr. Plainfield, Conn.  Dec. 12, 1774  Mary Jeffers
he died Jany. 8, 1817 at Underhill, Vt.
They removed to Poultney, Vt; Castleton, Vt; Underhill, Vt


Very respectfully,
(Blank)
Commissioner.


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[FIRST COLUMN]

1913 May 9. Hist. to Mrs.
Elizabeth McKean Howard  c


[SECOND COLUMN]

Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No.  20220
Mary Jordan
Widow of
Stephen Jordan
Priv. Rev. War

Act:  July 4th  1836

Index: --Vol.  A,  Page 361

[Arrangement of 1870.}