Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,653, Isaac Brooker, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Brooker, Isaac

NUMBER
S.29,653
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Examined with Orig. Rolls Aug. 1883. Mel
81
Bunkerh[ill] [?]
Date of death not on ab--

[opposite page]
21.920
Massachusetts
Isaac Brooker
Washington in the State of Mass'tts
was a private in the Comp commanded Captain Judd of the Regt. commanded Col. Willis in the [crossed out] for 15 1/2 months , Conn

A Cont & Miller [sp?]

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass'tts [at the] rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum [to co]mmence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
[Cer]tificate of Pension issued hte 19 day of Nov: 1833 and sent to A. W. Bishop
Lenox
[Ar]rears to the 4th of Sep. '33              $129.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 4:34            25.83
                                                       [double line]
                                                              $154.99
                                                       [double line]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
[Re]corded by Go. C. Stiles Clerk,
[Bo]ok E.  Vol. 2.  Page 42.
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27.031
Isaac Brooker
application for
Pension
Washington Mass
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
County of Berkshire, ss.
On this Sixth day of August A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, at Lenox, Isaac Brooker a resident of the town of Washington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly 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.
That he was born at a place called Simsbury now called Granby in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the Twelfth day of October 1753 where he resided until the month of August in September 1783 when he removed to Washington aforesaid where he has resided ever since. This Deponent has no record of his age but recollects it from what his parents told him.
That in the month of May 1775. This Deponent Enlisted into the Service of the United States in the Connecticut State Troops at said Simsbury for the Term of three months into the Company commanded by Captain James Hillyar in Colo. Humphrey's Regiment. The Genl name Deponent does not recollect. This Deponent Equipped himself Complete at his own Expense with Gun Cartridges &c and held himself in readiness to March at a moments warning (for such was his orders)
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and at the Expiration of thee months being sometime in August 1775. This deponent, as well as the whole company were discharged at said Simsbury
This deponent again Entered the Service of the United States, as a Volunteer in the Month of May 1776, at Green Bush in the State of New York under Captain Charles Case as a waggoner (or teamster as [illegible] then called) and served under said Case and other officers for four months in transporting the United States provisions & stores &c from said Green Bush to Lake George in said State of New York. Said Deponent found his oxen team. This Deponent was discharged at said Green Bush about the first of October 1776. The Roads then being very bad.
This Deponent was Drafted into the Service of the United States in the Connecticut State Troops at said Simsbury in the month of February 1777 into the Company Commanded by Captain Phelps - Lieut. Timothy Cassett - Ensign - Case - The names of the Colo & Genl this Deponent cannot recollect. This Deponent was marched in & with said Company to Nelson's Point on the North River & thence across sd River to West Point, where he was discharged as was the whole company. This was in April two or 3 days after the burning of Danbury in sd Connecticut having served 2 months at this time
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This Deponent again entered the Service of the United States by Inlistment [sic] in April 1778 in the Connecticut State Troops at Farmington in sd State, in the Company Commanded by Captain Judd, in Colo. Willis Regiment in Genl. Huntington's Brigade That he this Deponent was ordered by said Judd to join said Company & Regiment at West Point in the State of New York. This this Deponent did so join said Company at West Point Early in the month of May 1778, and was mustered & enrolled with the same. That he this Deponent was soon after marched to White Plains, where he was transferred to Colo. Butler's Rangers and was continually engaged in reconnoitering & Watching the movements of the Enemy.
That sometime in the fall of said year this Deponent was again transfered [sic] to said Colo. Willis Regt and marched to Reading in the State of Connecticut where he was discharged on the first of January 1779, as were all the Soldiers who inlisted [sic] at the time this deponent did having served 8 months at this time.
In the latter part of the month of May 1779 This deponent again Entered the Service of the United States by Inlistment [sic] into the Connecticut State Troops at Windsor in the County of Hartford in said State of Connecticut in the Company
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Commanded by Captain Prior in Colo. Bradley's Regiment. The Genl. name was Huntington This Deponent was Inlisted [sic] to serve untill [sic] Jany 1st 1780, and was marched to Nelson's Point on the North River, where he was mustered with sd Prior's Company with other recruits. 
That this Deponent was marched in sd Company in sd Willis Regt in the latter part of Summer into the State of New Jersey, to a place called Bearskin Ridge where the Army went into winter quarters, and where said Deponent continued untill [sic] the first day of January 1780, when he was discharged having served a little over seven months at this time.
This Deponent never had a written discharge, but he was always regularly & honorably dismissed from the Service of the United States
This Deponent can further State that the Rev. Caleb Knight Deacon Enos Kingsley, and Doct. Caleb Ensign are persons in his neighborhood to whom he is well known and who can testify to sd Deponent character for truth & veracity and their belief in Deponents services as a Soldier of the Revolution

1st Service  3 Months
2d     do      4   do
3d      do     2   do
4        do     8    do
5         do    7   do
       [line drawn]
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He 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 [signed] Isaac Brooker
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. [signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate

We Caleb Knight a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Washington in the County of Berkshire Mass and Caleb W Ensign residing in Dalton in sd County hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Brooker who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
[signed] Caleb Knight
              Caleb W. Ensign
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. [signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Caleb Knight who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Washington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Caleb W. Ensign who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Dutton in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

I, Henry W. Bishop, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Brooker for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signed] Henry W. Bishop. Register Probate.
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Saml Brooker's 
Deposition
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I Samuel Brooker of Washington in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being Seventy one years of Age do testify and say that my Brother Isaac Brooker and myself resided & lived together in the Town of Simsbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut (Excepting the time we were absent in the service of the United States) from the time of my birth until the month of August or September 1783 when we removed to Washington in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts and have lived in the same neighborhood & a part of the time together ever since.
That I am well knowing and perfectly recollect that my Brother said Isaac Brooker inlisted [sic] for 3 months into the service of the United States in the Connecticut State Troops in the Company Commanded by Captain James Hillyar, in Colo. Humphreys Regiment and equipped himself at his own expense and held himself for 3 months ready to march at a moments hearing. That said Isaac was discharged at or soon after the expiration of three months. This Deponent further states that he is well knowing to Isaac Brooker's being Drafted into the Connecticut State Troops in the Service of the United States at sd Simsbury, in the Month of February 1777, in the Company Commanded by Captain Phelps, Lieut. Timothy Cassett, Ensign Case. Don't recollect the Colo name and was marched away in said Phelps Company. It was then said
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for West Point, & that said Isaac was absent at said time between two & three months when he returned and said he had served all of the time in the service of the United States.
This Deponent further states that he is well knowing to said Isaac Brooker's inlisting [sic] in the month of April 1778 in the service of the United States in the Company Commanded by Capt Judd in Col. Willis Regiment & Genl. Huntington's Brigade as it was then said, & said Isaac marched with other recruits to [illegible] said Company & Regt at West Point That in the month of July 1778 this Deponent was marched to White Plains in the Company of Captain Adanijah [sp?] Burr and there he saw said Isaac Brooker performing his duty as a Soldier in the Service of the United States.
That in the month of January 1779 said Isaac returned to said Simsbury, and as this deponent verily believes from the service of the United States, having served 8 months
This Deponent further State that he is well knowing to said Isaac Brooker & one Amos Holcomb's going to Windsor in said State of Connecticut and inlisting [sic] for the term of Seven months in Capt. Prior's Company & Colo. Bradley's Regt and that sometime in the month of January 1780, said Isaac Brooker returned home to said Simsbury.
This Deponent further states that according to the best of his Recollection
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and beliefs said Isaac Brooker was in the Service of the United States between four & five months leaving in the year 1776 between Albany & Lake George
Further Deponent saith not
[signed] Samuel Brooker

Commonwealth   } Berkshire ss Lenox
of Massachusetts } August 6th 1833
Then personally appeared Samuel Brooker and in my presence signed the above & foregoing Deposition and before me, made solemn oath, that the same, is true and correct. I also certify that said Samuel Brooker is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to Credit.
[signed] Daniel B. Bush
              Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss. I, Henry W. Bishop, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Daniel B. Bush Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and I have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this sixth day of August A. D. 1833.
[signed] Henry W. Bishop Regt of Probate
[seal is on left]
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Isaac Brooker
Private 15 M 15 Aug
H W Bishop [illegible]
Lenox Mass
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 11 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by compling [sic] with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of [blank]
[Table has 6 main columns]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service. Years Months Days
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1775 3[months] Private Capt Hillyar Col Humphreys Held himself in readiness to perform that period of service

May 1776 4 [months] Wagoner Capt Case

July 1777  2 [months] Private Capt Phelps
                                      no Col. mentioned
Sept 1778  8 [months] Private Capt Judd
        {7 - 5[days] per Role of service} Col Willis
1779 6 [months] 15 [days] per Role Capt Prior
                                            Col Bradley
        15 [months]
 79
Simsbury Ct
[nothing written in last column regarding proof]

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State Troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of }
                      County of                   } ss.
On this day of    personally appeared (a) before    A.B. a resident (b) of    in the county of    and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)    years, who being duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the (e) regiment of the   line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company officers; the time he left the service, (and if he served under more than one enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country though which he marched. This form is to be varied as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A.B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.LD., who has also signed the name is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I,    Clerk of the Court of    do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this    day of     &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 6. {To a Soldier.} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it gen and what became of it? {To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the same of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long 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__year__months, and __days, I served as a ___--. For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___; and for such service I claim a pension." 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 that 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 declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown 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. [f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must hive his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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. 
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 papers 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. 
Proof of Service. [j] 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 claimant's 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. [i] The notes from [a] to [i] are equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in military cases. [l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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                 Isaac Brooker
                 S. 29653
                 BA-J/AWF
Miss Grace F. Rockafellow
244 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaac Broker of Simsbury, Connecticut.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 29653, based upon the military service of Isaac Brooker in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Isaac Brooker (all spellings of the surname searched) found on file in the Revolutionary War records of this office, who served with the Connecticut troops.
Isaac Brooker (as his signature is found in the claim) was born October 12, 1753 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Simsbury, Isaac Brooker served with the Connecticut troops, as follows:
From sometime in May 1775, three months as a private in Captain James Hillyer's company, Colonel Humphrey's regiment; from the month of May 1776, four months as a teamster under Captain Charles Case, transporting provisions from Green Bush, New York to Lake George; from in February, 1777, two months as private in Captain Phelps' company; from in April, 1778, until January 1, 1779, in Captain Judd's company, Colonel Wylly's regiment; from late in May, 1779 until Janaury 1, 1780 in Captain Prior's company, Colonels Bradley's
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and Wyllys' regiments.
The soldier, Isaac Brooker, moved from Simsbury, Connecticut in August or September, 1783 to Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1833, then living in Washington, Massachusetts.
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier. His brother, Samuel Brooker was seventy-one years of age in 1833 and living in Washington, Massachusetts; he was also a soldier in the Revolution.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pension, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data:
Isaac Brooker
Certificate # 21920
Issued November 19, 1833
Rate $51.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Massachusetts Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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244 South River Street
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
August 7, 1937.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:
On the Connecticut records of the War of the Revolution, the name of Isaac Broker appears as a private in the 5th Regiment, Colonel Philip B. Bradley commanding, 1779-1780. Also in 2d Company of alarm list, in 18th regiment, September 7, 1779; Capt. Lemuel Bates' company, Col. Noah Phelps commanding. Residence Simsbury, Conn.
Was this Isaac Broker a Revolutionary Pensioner? Please inform me as to the family records, dates of birth & death, name of wife and names of children etc. contained in the records in your office. The name was spelled in various ways,
The information is desired in order to establish a claim in the Society of the D.A.R., and I shall appreciate your favor for information concerning this Rev. soldier.
Very respectfully yours,
[signed] Grace F. Rockafellow.
(Miss) Grace F. Rockafellow.
[round mailroom stamp at bottom]
RECEIVED AUG 9 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV Vets 26
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29653
Revy INVALID.
File No. 29,653
Isaac Brooker
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32'
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 5[?]
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1937 Aug 23 [illegible] to Grace Rockafellow auy