Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25699, for Zaccheus Mead, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Mead, Zaccheus
Deborah
NUMBER  W. 25699
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2142 
Connecticut 
Deborah Mead 
widow of Zaccheus Mead Conn who served in the Revolutionary war as a pri [private] of Infy [Infantry} & a pri of artillery  
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept 1848 and sent to Charles Hawley Stamford Connt.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 303 Vol 1
Rept [reported]
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17866 
Connecticut  
Zaccheus Mead of Greenwich in the State of Conn who was a Pri [private] In  in the Com  commanded by Captain Hood of the Reg commanded by Col Mead in the Conn troops for 5 ½ mo & of Artillery 8 Mo.   
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn  at the rate of 57 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Octo 1833 and sent to  Chas Hawley Stamford 
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 48.23 $129.26   
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 ‘34 25.83 
$155.09 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk 
Book E Vol 3  Page 27
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State of Connecticut, 
County of Fairfield }  ss Probate District of Stamford 
On this 30th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate in & for said District  now sitting, Zaccheus Mead a resident of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy two years, 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. As a member of the militia of the State of Connecticut he went to the city of New York in Capt. Matthew Meads company in Col. John Meads Regiment, both of said officers belonged to said Greenwich & both are dead,  Jno. Knapp was a lieutenant he is dead,  we went as I think August 5 1776 & staid in service constantly until after the retreat from the city & till as declarant thinks the 20th of September following.  Isaac Reed of said Greenwich was the service at this time but in a different company.  In the Spring of the year 1778 as declarant thinks he was Drafted in the militia & served two months at Byram & Kingstreet on the lines.  Knows no person now living who was with him in this service,  David Brown was Lieutenant, David Wood of said Greenwich was Capt & Jno Mead of Greenwich was Ensign, all are dead.  Was verbally discharged.  This was about the 1st of April immediately after I was enlisted in the town Guard /  which as declarant supposes were State troops consisting of a small company of artillery under Lieutenant Bezaleel Brown.  Elnathan Close was a sergeant, both belonged to said Greenwich & both  capt & sergeant of the company of said declarant are dead.  Enlisted for eight months & served the whole time in said Greenwich, except that we were called in Bedford in New York.  Discharged verbally about Decr 1st.  Know nobody who can testify to this service by my brother Peter.  
2.  The year 1779-80 declarant served in the company of Militia to which he belonged two months in said Greenwich. Thinks this tour began in the early part of Decr.  During this tour was constantly  engaged in scouting.  Isaac Howe of Greenwich, now decd, was our Capt, think Abraham Hunter of said Greenwich, now decd, was Lieut. & Caleb Lynn then of Greenwich was Ensign, whether he is living or dead deponent does not know.  [unreadable] this declarant was very often called out into the militia to which he belonged.  He cannot particularize the time nor the length of them, that in the year 1778 & 1779  is confident he was out in the public service in said militia at least half his time and in the year 1776, 1777 was out infrequently  in the militia.   Was one of the militia when Lynn came to Horseneck &  when Gen. Putnam Rode down  the rocks at that place. Declarant states with [unreadable] confidence in saying that he served during the Revolutionary war as a soldier more than two years, taking together the different times when he was out; that he cannot particularize them
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times any more than he has already done.  Was born in said Greenwich December 30th 1759.  His age is recorded in the Town Records of said Greenwich.  Lived in said Greenwich when he entered the service & had always lived in the same place.  Always lived there except when drafted or called out in the militia as stated above.  Never received a written discharge.  There were never any other regiments with us, when we were in New York, Col. Bradleys.   & cannot state the circumstances with his the Service more particularly without being [unreadable].  Refer to the Revd Isaac Lewis & Matthew Mead as persons who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution.  
The said Zaccheus Mead hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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. 
Zacheus Mead 
Cha Hawley Judge 
We, Isaac Lewis a clergyman, residing in the town of Greenwich and Matthew Mead residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Zaccheus Mead who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Cha Hawley Judge  
Isaac Lewis 
Matthew Mead  
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Revd Isaac Lewis  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Greenwich in Connecticut and that Matthew Mead who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Greenwich aforesaid and is real person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Cha Hawley Judge  
I, Samuel Lockard Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zaccheus Mead for Pension.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 20th day of August 1832  
Saml Lockwood Clk
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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County } ss  Probate District of Stamford 
On this 2 day of July 1833 before the Court of Probate in & for said District now sitting personally appeared Zaccheus Mead of Greenwich in said District who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath in open Court depose & say in addition to his original declaration dated July 30th 1832 that he is confident & swears positively that in his first term of duty stated in  his original Declaration was from Augt 5th 1776 constantly till the 20th of Sept next following; he thinks some what longer but he know until that time from recollecting that the British took possession of the city on the 15th of Sept. 1776.  He knows also that in 1778 he served for in full two months in a militia draft as stated said original Declaration. The Colonel who had command at this time was from the Eastward & declarant cannot recollect his name.  He was a man middling size of as much as forty years old.  Declarant cannot give the exact time of his enlistment or discharge but he recollects when they marched it was [unreadable]  travelling. He also swears positively he served eight months under Bezaleel Brown & two months under Isaac Howe as stated in his original Declaration. Cannot say who the Colonel was on the last occasion stated, nor was there any out in service with us when I served under Bezaleel Brown & from which officer the orders came I do not know.   Col. John Mead used to have command along the lines at that time.  The Declarant adds one tour of service which he forgot to state in his original declaration. In the spring of 1777 commencing as he thinks in March the whole militia company (of Connecticut) to which declarant belonged was ordered out to do guard duty at Byram & steady constant duty there for two months, Declarant serving the rest, said Howe. Hunter & Lynn were then Captain , Lieutenant & Ensign of the Company, said John Mead was the Colonel or Commandant.  When said service expired, had a verbal discharge only.  The Services were rendered wholly at Byram in said Greenwich. In every instance stated in the original declaration of this, the said corps in which Declarant served was a regularly constituted embodied corps of soldiers, raised & ordered out into service by the competent public authorities of Connecticut.  & all declarants services were constant services in the field or camp; such as entirely took him away from his home & entirely prevented his following any other pursuit & during the periods of his services he followed no civil pursuit. He cannot be more positive as to his other services in the militia, in regard to which he has
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fixed no time, them he has already been & if his proof in relation to them are not sufficient he must waive all claim to allowance for them.  
No declarant can swear positively as to the precise length a part of his services & he knows he served in the periods mentioned below & in the following grades: 
For one month & fifteen days I served as a private (in Mathew Meads Company as before stated).  For two months I served as a private (in 1777 under Isaac Howe as before stated).  For two months I served as a private (in 1778 under David Wood as before stated).  For eight months I served as a private in the Artillery (under Bezaleel Brown in 1778 as before stated) & for two months I served as a private in 1779-80 (under Isaac Howe as before stated)  & for such service I claim a pension.  But I cannot as I have stated before Swear as to the length of my other services.   
Sworn & subscribed the day year aforesaid Zaccheus Mead . 
Cha Hawley Judge 
And on the same day of July before the said Court personally appeared Samuel Ask of the city of New York who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath testify and open Court that he well knows Zaccheus Mead who has subscribed sworn to the foregoing declaration.  In 1776 deponent belonged to the militia company of Connecticut commanded by Matthew Mead along and  from the first part of August of that year said company was ordered down to the City of New York & deponent & said Zaccheus who belonged to said company went with it & served there in constant service till after the retreat of the Americans from that place.  In the spring of 1777 deponent & said Zaccheus & the rest of the militia company to which we belonged were out on a tour of  guard duty at Byram in Greenwich for a term of two or three months.  Deponent well knows said Zaccheus was in said service, knows well that said Zaccheus served in the Artillery in said Greenwich in 1778.  Deponent in those times lived in said Greenwich a near neighbor to said Zaccheus & have known him from his child hood - deponent is seventy nine years old. 
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Samuel Ask 
I certify that I am partially acquainted with said Samuel Ask & believe him to be a credible person.   
Cha. Hawley Judge
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I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zaccheus Mead for a pension.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of office this 20th day of July AD 1833
Sam Lockwood Clk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion other the investigation of the matter of after putting the interrogatories proscribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states 
Cha. Hawley Judge
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State of Connection 
County of Fairfield } ss  Probate District of Stamford 
On this 30th day of July AD 1832 before the Court of Probate in said District Now sitting personally appeared Isaac Weed resident in Greenwich in said District & his being first duly sworn according to law on his oath in open court & deposes & says that he knows Zaccheus Mead of said Greenwich who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration aforesaid was in the Service of the United States at the time of the retreat of the Americans from New York in 1776.  Recollects that after the retreat said Zaccheus & deponent went with others in a vessel to Spiking Devil Creek [Spuyten Duyvil Creek} to guard some baggage.   
Isaac Weed 
And in the same day before said court appeared Peter Mead of said Greenwich who being duly sworn according to law & then in open Court on his oath say  he is also  close of  Zacheus Mead who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration - that he the deponent is aged seventy seven years,  that said Zaccheus during the Revolutionary war belonged to the same company of Connecticut militia.  That about the 5th day of August 1776 the Regiment to which they belonged commanded by Col. John Mead was called into service in the City of New York.  Deponent & said Zaccheus both served in company was commanded by Capt. Matthew Mead, were together in said service until the retreat of the Americans from New York in the Sept following.  Deponent then came away sick & left said Zaccheus with the troops.  The militia to which deponent & said Zaccheus Belonged lay on [unreadable] the times, then was for years a constant state of incursion & warfare & the militia was called out extremely often & said Zaccheus always was out with the militia when Unit was called out and so far as deponents knowledge extends.  Have no doubt & indeed am entirely confident that he was absent from home in the public service, and enlistment or in the militia at least two years.  
Peter Mead 
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Isaac Mead & Peter Mad respectively the say & year aforesaid.  
Chas Hawley Judge
103.33
25.83
129.26
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield } ss Probate District of Stamford 
On this 18th day of August 1832 before said Court, personally appeared Peter Mead of Greenwich in said District maker of the foregoing deposition signed "Peter Mead” who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath in open Court depose & say in addition to his former deposition that he well recollects that his brother Zaccheus Mead who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration belonged to a company of artillery, being State Troops of Connecticut in said Greenwich during the Revolutionary War.  This was as deponent believes in the year 1778 – cannot say how long he was in service in this company but it was this the whole season [unreadable]  in full eight months he was on duty in the Service in said company during the season - as deponent did not himself belong to said company he will not say who the officers  were yet he well knows Bezaleel Brown & Elnathan Close both were officers during said war.  Said Company did duty during said season in Said Greenwich, Said  Zacheus was seventy two years old in December last said Brown & Close are both dead.  When de event gave his former deposition he forgot to state the foregoing facts.   
Peter Mead
Sworn to subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Chs. Hawley Judge 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Reed who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration & that he is a credible person & that I was well acquainted with Peter Mead and who subscribed & sworn to the two foregoing depositions that he was a credible person.  
Stamford  Probate office July 2d 1833 
Cha. Hawley Judge
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No 13.387 
Deborah Mead 
Ct 
Act 7th July / 38 
married 1780 
husband died, 27 Oct 1846 
Rejected 
See Comptroller Certificate for Artillery service
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield } ss. Probate District of Harford 
On this first day of June AD 1847 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in the said District now sitting Deborah Mead a resident of the Town of Greenwich in said District in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut aged eighty years since the 6th day of July AD 1846,  who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 or if her case shall not be found to fall within the provisions of that act, the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay of pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Zaccheus Mead deceased late of said Greenwich who was a private of Infantry & cavalry during the Revolutionary War, in the military service of the United States.  That she is entirely unable to specify the service he performed, the particular expeditions he was engaged in or the particular officers under whom he served, as she is very aged & too infirm in memory able to state with any confidence what she has heard upon the subject, and she is unable to produce any testimony to prove his services except by reference to the proof by which said Zacheus sustained his own application for his pension which was granted to him at the rate of fifty one dollars & sixty six cents per annum & which he enjoyed to the time of his death, which proofs she supposes to be on file in the Pension Department at War Department & she believes all the witnesses by whose testimony he sustained his said application are now & for some years have been dead &  has no knowledge that there is any where living one person who was in service with him or had knowledge of his said services.  She therefore necessarily refers to said proofs on file in the character, times & places of his said services & the names of the officers under whom he served she respectfully requests that they may be regarded as evidence in support of this her application, and she says that she very well recollects of knows that her said Husband the said Zaccheus Mead, rendered services to the United States in the army of the United States viz in the military service of the United States, after the marriage of him the said Zaccheus to this declarant the said Deborah, which marriage took place at the time hereinafter stated, and she well recollects that he was out not long after their marriage in such service & as she thinks for the space of one or two months or more at a place in said Greenwich then called Quaker Ridge, now called North Greenwich, but she is unable to give any further particulars of said service, nor can she state under what officers he then served.  She also recollects his being called in similar service for the United States on other occasions, but can now give no particulars of them.  She does not know whether the services which are within her recollection as aforesaid, are or are not set forth in the application of her
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said husband or in the affidavits & proofs he forwarded to the pension Department in support of said application, or not & does not know what particular services his said pension was granted to him, & for that reason she makes this her declaration in form as aforesaid, in order obtain the benefit of the provision of the act first above named.  If he case shall be found to fall within its provisions, otherwise to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act last above named.   
She further declares that she was married (her maiden name having been Deborah Close) to the said Zaccheus Mead, on this 12th day of January in the year seventeen hundred & eighty of that her husband the aforesaid Zaccheus Mead died on the twenty seventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty six & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, and that her marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated, and that she was married by the Revd Mr Mendock then the Congregational Clergyman in said Greenwich as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed.   
Sworn to Subscribed on the day & year above written Before me (two words in the fourth line having been erased & the words eight years since to the 6 day of July AD 1846" interlined before signature or oath" 
Deborah Mead x her mark 
Ephraim Golden Judge
And on the same first day of June AD 1847 before said Court of Probate now sitting personally appeared the Revd Mark Mead of said Greenwich aged sixty four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath testify that he has always in his childhood known the above named Deborah and of her said husband Zaccheus Mead now dec’d - that they always until his death lived together and were universally reputed to be husband of wife.  - that said Zaccheus Mead died at his residence in said Greenwich on the twenty seventh day of October in the year eighteen hundred forty six. That the deponent was present at the time of his death & saw him die &  that said Deborah has always remained & still is his widow.   
Mark Mead 
Sworn & subscribed the day year above written before me of I certify that I well know the deponent the said Mark Head of that he is a credible person.     
Ephraim Golden Judge
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and on the same first day of June AD 1847 before said Court of Probate still sitting personally appeared Zaccheus Mead of said Greenwich aged forty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth in his oath say that he has always from his infancy well known the above named applicant Deborah Mead & her deceased husband the said Zaccheus Mead - he is a grandson of both of & has most of his life lived with them, & lived with them at the time of the death of his grand father the said Zaccheus, that Zaccheus now dec’d & said Deborah always until his death lived together as & were reputed to be husband & wife.  That said Zaccheus died in said Greenwich on the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty six. That he the deponent was present at the death of said Zaccheus,  that the said Deborah has always remained & still is the widow of said Zaccheus dec’d.  
Zaccheus Mead 
Sworn & subscribed the day year above written before and certify that I well know the deponent. the said Zaccheus Mead & that he is a credible person. 
Ephraim Golden Judge
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield } SS. Probate District of Stamford 
On this third day of June A.D. 1847, before the Court of Probate in & for said District now sitting. Personally appeared Jonas Mead resident in said Greenwich aged sixty three years, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath say he is & for ten years has been clerk of the church of the second congregational Society in said Greenwich & as such has & while he has been so clerk as aforesaid ever has had the custody of the Clerical records of said church - that there is in the said records an entry made during the time the Revd Mr Murdock was the settled pastor of said church & society of the following tenor, viz: 
Marriages in seventeen hundred and eighty 
Jan fourth William Griffin was married to Mary Salts 
- fifth Stephen Holly was married to Deborah Ferris 
- twelvth Zacheus Mead was married to Deborah Close 
- sixteenth Reuben Bailey was married to Ruama Smith.  
“and I the said Jonas do hereby certify & testify that the foregoing extract is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows – 
Marriages in 1780. Jan 4, William Griffin was married to Mary Salts 
Jan 5 Stephen Holly was married to Deborah Ferris  
Jan 12 Zacheus Mead was married to Deborah Close 
Jan 16 Reuben Bailey was married to Ruama Smith 
I Jonas Mead above named, depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Church in the second congregational society in the County, town & State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named as certified by me.   
Jonas Mead Clerk of the Church of the Second Congregational Society is Greenwich 
Sworn before me the day & year above named & I certify that I well know the said Jonas Mead the deponent & that he is a credible person, 
Ephraim Golden Judge.
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And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter that Zaccheus Mead mentioned in the foregoing application was a revolutionary soldier served as therein stated that he the said Zaccheus of the applicant Deborah Mead were married as in said application stated on the twelfth day of January in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred eighty that the said Zaccheus Mead died on the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty six & that the said Deborah has ever since his death remained & still is his widow & that her own foregoing declaration of the accompanying depositions of Mark Mead, Zaccheus Mead & Jonas Mead are respectively entitled to full credit.   
Ephraim Golden Judge. 
I Peter Ferris of Greenwich in the Probate District of Hampton, Clerk of the Court of Probate in the said District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Deborah Mead for a pension, 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 16th day of June AD 1847 
Peter Ferris Clerk
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No.  25.699 
Deborah Mead Widow of Zacheus Mead 
Pri Rev War 
Act  Feb. 2d 1848 
Index: Vol. M, Page 44 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of Connecticut 
Comptrollers Office 
Hartford 1st July 1847 
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Zaccheus Mead in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the account and documents remaining in this Office relating to that war and do not find any Pay Roll of Captain or Lieut. Brown, with whom he is supposed to have served. But I find the following evidence of the service of Captain Bezaleel Brown, 
In a Ledger of the late “Pay Table Office” an account first opened with him as Lieutenant, May 27, 1778, on which day he is charged "To Order on Treasurer in acct for his Co Rangers 1st  rict. £200”.   And on 20 February 1779 he is credited "By acct for his Co. Artillery stationed at Greem Greenwich 1778, £1316.18.0" & Was charged to the same amount. He is also charged, in the same day "To order on Treasurer £1116.18.0, which balances that account. He is subsequently called Captain Bezaleel Brown. 
In "Harkell's Receipts, under the head of "The United States Dr to the State of Connecticut for Sundry Expenditures for the service and expense of Troops stationed at Greenwich for the defence of said State” Lieut. Bazaleel Brown's "Bill or Acct”  is stated to be $1316.18.0 corresponding in amount with the credit to him above mentioned 
Abijah Catlin 
Comptroller
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Declaration. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled "An act making further provision for surviving widows & Soldiers of the Revolution.”  
State of Connecticut,  Fairfield County ss 
On this second day of August AD 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, Deborah Mead a resident of the Town of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield aforesaid in the State of Connecticut aged ninety  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 on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.  That she is the widow of Zaccheus Mead, late of said Greenwich, now decd who was a private of infantry & private of Artillery in the army or military forces of the United States during the war of the Revolution, she cannot now state in what Regiment or corps he served but refers therefor to the proof on which he obtained his pension as a soldier of the Revolution, in file as she supposes, in the Pension Department.  That as his widow she drew a pension under the act of June 17 1844 at the rate of fifty one dollars of sixty six cents per annum from the 27th of October 1846 to the 4th of March last - and she further declares that she is still a widow.   
Deborah Mead x her mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and her year above written before me  
Charles Hawley Justice of Peace.  
Sworn to & subscribed also in presence of 
Laura Mead 
State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County } ss. I Thomas Robinson Clerk of the County Court in or for the County aforesaid keeper the seal thereof & of the Commissions of the Justices of the Peace for County do certify that Charles Hawley Esq is now, on the 2nd day inst August, the date of the above declaration, was a Justice of the Peace for County, duly commissioned acting as such duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, that his commission is [unreadable] 23d day of June 1848 & will expire with the 17th day of June 1849, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.  
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County Court this 11th day of August 1848 
Thomas Robinson Clerk
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No 13887 
Deborah Mead 
Ct.  
Let to Charles Hawley June 25 ‘47
Act 7 July 1838
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Stanford June 17. 1847 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir 
I enclose an application by Deborah Mead widow of Zuccheus Mead late pensioner for a continuance of the pension to her.   Please communicate the result to me & oblige her.
& your respectful ser’t  
John Hawley 
(Stamford, Connecticut)
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Reported 
403 
Connecticut 
Deborah Mead 
widow of Zaccheus Mead who was a Pri of Inf. [Infantry] & Pri of Art [Artillery] in the Revolution.  Husband died 29 Oct 1846 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 51 Dollars  66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 27th  October, 1846, when he died.   
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July, 1847 and sent to Charles Hawley Stamford Con.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.] 
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 55
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Zacheus Mead, Conn. Act 7 June 1832 $57.66  
To what time was he last paid 
GCA 
Pension Office July 16 1847 
paid to 4” Sept 1846
W. T.
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Stamford July 2d 1847 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir 
Your favor of the 25th June in relation to the application of the widow of Zaccheus Mead suspension informing me that evidence from our Comptrollers office in relation to the service of Lieut Brown is required, Zaccheus Mead having served as he claimed in his application & was in Lieut Browns Matross Co.   
I have obtained the required evidence & herewith enclose it, presume it will be found satisfactory.
I am Sur
Your respectful servt 
Charles Hawley
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No 13387   Act ’44  No 502 
Deborah Mead Widow of Zaccheus 
Con 
Act 7 July 1838 
Rejected husb [husband] decd 27 Oct. 1846, 
Adm. Act 17 June 1844 
8 mo pri Artillery             $33.33 
5½" mo pri Inf [infantry]  18.33 
51.66 
June 27 Oct 1846 
Charles Hawley Stamford Conn
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Zacheus Mead 
1776   1 mo 15 days  Capt Mead, Col. Mead
1778    2 mo              Capt Wood, Col Mead 
1778    8 mo.  Artillery as a guard at Greenwich Lieut Brown 
1779 & 80 2 mo. Greenwich Capt Howe
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No 7148
Zaccheus Mead 
20
166
1533
33.33
18.33
5 ½ mo pri Infty
8 mo pri artillery
$51.66
C. Hawley Stamford Ct
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Zaccheus Mead which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes 
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? No see quere 5 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?   
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV  If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes  If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? taken in open Court 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no See Quere 16 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For - months , and - days, I served as a- For - months days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. 
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Mr Cole
Hon J. L. Edwards 
Pension Department 
Washington
[stamp] STAMFORD Ct AUG 12
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Stamford (Connecticut) Aug. 12, 1848 
Hon. J. L. Edwards 
Sir
I enclose declaration of Mrs Deborah Mead (widow of Zaccheus Mead ) & Hannah Mason (Widow Nathl Mason decd) for the continuance of their pensions under the late law. Please communicate to me the result if convenient, in such reason that they may draw their pensions on the 4th of Sept. next.
Yours very respectfully Servt
Chas Hawley