Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37,734, Daniel Bennett, Conn.
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(3-1776)

Service                                        
Conn. 

Number
S37.734

Bennett, Daniel
Bennitt
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(Illegible) writing on left side
Let. C.B. Stickney-Nov.24/55

Connecticut
_______________________________
Daniel Bennett
of Danbury in the state of Conn
who was a  Drummer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elmore of the Connt
line, for the term of 1776. one year [handwritten]
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connt
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the [illegible] of Apl 1818

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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of March
1820 [illegible] Hon. Gideon
Tomlinson, House of Reps

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Arrears to 4th of March 1820                
Semi-anl.all’ce ending 4 March 1820   
23 Mon 6/31     [handwritten] 185.                         
  8                                                 48
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184.                                       $233.3
    1.3
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185  7[ handwritten]

        {Revolutionary claim,}
         {Act 18th March, 1818.}

[ illegible writing]
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Daniel Bennett
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I Daniel Bennet of Danbury in the County of
Fairfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn depon and say that I served as a soldier in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary war I enlisted
in May 1775 into the Regiment of Connecticut ? Cornelius Cook
commanded by Col Waterberry in Capt Matthew Mead Company
and served in the Northern army with
Montgomery until the first day of Dec following when I was discharged. In the spring of the year 1776 I enlisted again into the regiment of
of Connecticut troops commanded Col Saml Ollmer in Captain Albert Chapman company and served in said Regiment until the spring
of the year 1777 when I was regularly discharged have left my discharge
conficaning? is of no value to me
I am poor and very ? and destitute of property
depending entirely on my friends or the fuller for my support-- and further say not
Daniel Bennett
State of Connecticut Fairfield County
at Danbury Probate District on the 1st day
of April 1818 Personally appeared before me Daniel B Carke Judge of said Court of Robert the above named Daniel Bennett and made with to the above efficiently by him subscribed in my presence being personally & well know
by me and entitled to full faith and credit and the within and affidavit of May Allen Compan-
y Magistrate of the twenty duly author to
take the same by which affidavits & other entists by him made I am fully said that he rendered the services against the commencing by him attested to in said affidavit that he poor and needs the assistance of his
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Country for support and that if the services their rendered by him entitled to a pension, he is very ? defering of it. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate District
in the absence of the Clerk ) on the day and date
written
Daniel B Cock Judge of probate of the court of common pleas
Justice of Peace and any Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in said
Sanpete County
Daniel Denne
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Daniel Bennett 18
16.616. Exd
Sept 1820
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At a [handwritten] County [end handwritten] Court, held in and  for the [handwritten] County [end handwritten] of [handwritten] Fairfield [end handwritten] in the District and State of Connecticut, on the [handwritten] 18th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [end handwritten] 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.  
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, [handwritten] Daniel Bennett [end handwritten] a resident in the town of [handwritten] Danbury [end handwritten] in the County of [handwritten] Fairfield [end handwritten] in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made [handwritten] Solemn oath [end handwritten] that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz.

[handwritten]
2 small Pigs   $12.00
1 Chest  1.00    4 Chairs  80 cents   Shovel & Tongs  175--  [illegible] .55
2 Frammels  2.00   1 iron pot  120   1 Frying pan   100--4.50
1 Cooking pot  50 cents    1 Small [illegible] 25  tea Kettle    75 cents--1.50
1 Table  75 cents   1 Small Tea Table 1.00 & Large Wheel   175   3.50
1 Double Wheel  150   1 Looking glass 50 cents  1[illegible] 31 cents    2.31
Six Knives & Forks   50 cents   Water pail  37 cents   .87
Milk Pail   40 cents   .40
$28.63

Daniel Bennett
[end handwritten]
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the [handwritten] County [end handwritten]  Court, held in and for the [handwritten] County [end handwritten] of {handwritten] Fairfield [end handwritten] in the District and State aforesaid, on this [handwritten] 18 [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [end handwritten] 182 [handwritten] 0 [end handwritten] the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, [handwritten] Daniel Bennett [end handwritten] aged [handwritten] Sixty Six [end handwritten] years, resident in the Town of [handwritten] Danbury [end handwritten] in the County of [handwritten] Fairfield [end handwritten] in said State, and being [handwritten] first duly sworn [end handwritten] according to Law, doth on this Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: [handwritten] from April 1776 to April 1777 one year as a drummer in the Regiment of the connecticut line commanded by Col. Elmore & in Capt Albert Chapmans company [end hand written]

that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the [handwritten] first [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] April [end handwritten] 18 [handwritten] 18 [end handwritten] that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. [hand written] 16.616 [end hand written] And I do further solemnly [hand written] Swear [end hand written] that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed.  And I do further declare that my occupation [handwritten] is that of a Farmer but am decrepit in both of my hands & other ways and am unable to do any labour of consequence [end of handwritten] and that I have [handwritten] a wife named Mary aged sixty three years who is confined half of the time with the Rheumatism.  We both reside with and depend upon our children for support --[end of handwritten] all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. [handwritten] Daniel Bennett [end handwritten].  Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesad .  Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is [handwritten] Twenty Eight [end handwritten] Dollars and [handwritten] fifty three [end handwritten] Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.  [handwritten] [illegible] David Burr Clerk [end handwritten].
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State of Connecticut, ss. [handwritten] Fairfield July 18th, 1820

I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do herby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is [handwritten] Twenty eight [end handwritten] Dollars [handwritten] sixty three cents [end handwritten] 
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this [handwritten] 18th [end handwritten] day of [handwritten] July [end handwritten] 1820.
[handwritten] David Burr [end handwritten]
Clerk of the County Court [illegible] said County of Fairfield.

District and State of Connecticut, ss, [handwritten] Fairfield July 18-1820 [end handwritten]

I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify the David Burr, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
[handwritten] Robert Fairchild [end handwritten]
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.
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Norwalk O. Nov. 13, 1833
Com of Pension
Dear Sir

Daniel Bennett who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in the State of Connecticut was a pensioner at same rate he died Dec. 22, 1822, in the State of Connecticut
He had a wife who never again married & died Feby 14, 1835 in Columbiana C.O. not a pensioner, being one Daughter who is now living & desires to obtain whatever may be due her from the Government being anything due to either her said Parents decd
Will you inform me as her atty the amnt Daniel Bennett drew per year, and when and when he last drew his pension money? and also refer me to any law now in force which his widow might have drawn under & also which will give the same to her heir above
Said H
Tony H
C.B. Stickney Ronald C.
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January 17, 1924.

Ida W. Bennett, 
Lyons, N. Y. R. F. D.

Madam;

I have to advise you that from the papers in the  Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 37734, it appears that Daniel Bennett or Bennitt enlisted in May 1775 and served in Captain Matthew Mead's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and was in the attack on Quebec.

He enlisted in April 1776 and served one year as drummer in Captain Albert Chapman's Company, Colonel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

In 1820, soldier stated that he was sixty six years old, and referred to his wife, Mary aged sixty three years
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and children, their names are not given.

He died December 22, 1822 in Connecticut and his widow died February 14, 1835 in Columbiana County, Ohio, leaving one daughter, name not stated.  There is no further family data on file.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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37734
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 37734
Daniel Bennett
Drummer Rev Was
Act: 18 March 18th
index: -- Vol. 2 Page 34
(Arrangement of 1870.)
June 16/94  Wit. Hist.
A.B. Bennett B. of Re
Jany 30-1902
A. B. Bennett of
1922, Nov. 14 Hist to Mrs. Eben
W. Bourne - En
1924 Jan. 16 - Hist to Cong
John Taber Oct.
1924. Jan. 17. Hist to Ida W.
 Bennett and
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State of Connecticut - Fairfield Country
Stamford Oct. 5th 1819

Personally appeared before me SH Minor Judge of the Court of Probate for the Stamford District  John Waterbury of said Stamford who being by me duly sworn doth dispose and saw that from the month of April 1776 until the month of April 1777 he this was a Luit in the Company commanded by Capt. Chaptman in a Regt commanded by Col. Elmore in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment. That in the month of April 1776 David Bennett of Danburt in said county enlisted into the Company as a Drummer for the term of one year and served out his time faithfully and in the month of April 1777 was Honorably discharged at Fort Stanwyx in the State of New York.

This Department knows that said (illegible) was on the Continental establishment, as his (illegible)was signed by John Hancock, the then President of Congress, which (illegible) was forwarded to the Secretary of War in the Month of April 1818 and remain there
John Waterbury
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Declaration of Major Albert Chapman is as follows...
(Viz) I Albert Chapmanof Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and state of Connecticut under oath testify and declare that Daniel Bennett now of Danbury in said county was in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war in the year 1775 that he belonged to Con'l [Colonel] (then Capt. [Captain] Matthew Meads Company) in Gen'l [General] Walsbury's regiment that he served with me in Canada under Gen'l [General] Montgomery at the time of the attack on Quebec. That in the spring of the year 1776 said Bennett enlisted into my company I being then a Captain in Gen'l Sam'l [Samuel] Elmore's regiment in which he served one year, and received his discharge at Fort Stanwix.
Albert Chapman
District of Connct. [Connecticut] Fairfield in Fairfield county April 2 1818 personally appeared Major Albert Chapman subscriber to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath that the matter therein contained and by him express'd [expressed] are true before me.
Davd Judah Jus Peace [Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss 
Fairfield Oct [October] 7th 1819
Personally appeared before me Seymour Taylor Esq. justice of the peace for county of Fairfield Major Albert Chapman of the town and county of Fairfield who being by me duly sworn doth depose and say in addition to his deposition heretofore given relative to the application of Daniel Bennet [Bennett] of Danbury in said county to be heard upon the pension [illegible] of the United States that said Daniel in the month of April 1776 enlisted into the company then under my command for the term of one year that said company belonged to the regiment of G. C. Elmore which regiment was in the Connecticut line in the continental attachment that said Daniel served faithfully in said regiment during the term of his enlistment and at the close thereof was regularly and honorably discharged from the said regiment and from the service of the United States and he further testifies that said Daniel Bennet [Bennett]
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by reason of his reduced circumstances in life needs the assistance of his country for support.
Albert Chapman
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Seymour Taylor
Justice of Peace
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Daniel Bennet
old case
of Danbury
Com. Ap'l [April] 1 1818
Elmores Regt [regiment]
1776
Admitted
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss
Fairfield Oct 11th 1819
In the subscriber certify that Daniel Bennett of Danbury in sd [said] county by reason of his reduced circumstances in life needs the assistance of his country for support.
Ebenr [Ebenezer] Jesup
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Seymour Taylor
Justice of Peace
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Stamped seal with the following inside:

PENSION OFFICE
U   Oct    S
      13
      1922
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[handwritten]

Lyons N.Y.
Wayne Co.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Please send to address the record of Daniel Bennett, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. 1775-1776 State of Connecticut-Danbury.  Application for pension April 1st 1818.  It is on file in the Pension Bureau.

oblige sincerely

address
Mrs. Frankie Bennett Bourne
18 Catherine St
Lyons Wayne C. N.Y.
(Mrs Eber[illegible] Bourne married name)
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Stamped seal which contains:
PENSION OFFICE U.S. Dec 8 1923

[handwritten]

Lyons N.Y.  R. [illegible]
Dec, 6, 1923

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
My dear Sir:
I am trying to join the D.A.R.  Have just received a notice from the Register [illegible] Mrs. Stanfield what I need yet in spite of all the data furnished a statement from Pension office. I suppose it means-- [illegible] I [illegible] I had sent all needed--a statement of the record of my Revolutionary ancestor.  This ancestor is (or was) Daniel Bennett of Danbury Conn. (He is my greatgrandfather.)
(over)
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All my ancestry belonged in Conn.  I live in [illegible] New York.
Daniel Bennett served in the Revolution, enlisting May 1775 into a regiment of Conn. troops commanded by Sol. Waterbury, in Capt. Mathews Co. and served [illegible] in the north.  Discharged regu [illegible] arly.  In 1776 enlisted again in regiment commanded by Col. Ellmore.  Served till April of 1777.  Discharged I believe at Fort Stanwix.
Daniel Bennett was pensioned from April 1, 1818
Daniel Bennett lived in or near Danbury Fairfield Co. Conn.  He was a drummer once.
Please send me the statement required for D.A.R. or tell me how to get it.
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Ida W. Bennett
Lyons, N.Y.  R.F.D.
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JOHN TABER
36th Dist. New York

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

January 12, 1924

Honorable Washington Gardner,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Gardner:

Will you please furnish me with a statement of the fact that Daniel Bennett received a pension from the United States Government.

I understand that Mr. Bennett was pensioned in 1818; that he fought in the Revolutionary War, enlisting twice, once as a drummer, and was in two campaigns, and was discharged at Fort Stanwix, from whence he went to Danbury, Connecticut.

I shall appreciate such information as you may be able to give me in this regard, and shall await your advices with interest.

Yours faithfully,
[hand written] John Taber

Stamped seal contains:

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
JAN 14 1924
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section.

January 16, 1924.

Honorable John Taber,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Taber;

In response to your letter of the twelfth instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary Was pension claim, S. 37734, it appears that Daniel Bennett or Bennitt enlisted in May 1775 and served in Captain Matthew Mead's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut Regiment and was in the attack of Quebec.

He enlisted in April 1776 and served one year as drummer in Captain Albert Chapman's Company, Colonel Samuel Elmore's Connecticut Regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

In 1820, soldier stated that he was sixty
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six years old and referred to his wife Mary, aged sixty three years, and children, their names are not stated.

He died December 22, 1822 in Connecticut and his widow died February 14, 1835 in Columbiana County, Ohio, leaving one daughter, name not given.  There is no further family data on file.

Sincerely,
Commissioner.