Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16661, Giles Brockett, Conn.
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SERVICE  NUMBER

Conn.  Brockett, Giles  S.16661

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CONTENTS
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17.078 Connecticut
Giles Brockett
of Waterbury in the State of Conn who was a Pri in the Com commanded by Captain - of the Reg commanded by Col Mead in the Connt line for 2 years -

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of July 1833 and sent Pensioner
Waterbury - Connt

Arrears to the 4th of March. 35. $160
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 31. " 40
$200

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 5

[right page] 1893
April 15 miss Des [illegible] history
Prior
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In the month of May of that year there was an alarm of the Enemy, boats coming from Long I[sland] to plunder along the Shore at West Haven which is three miles from New Haven & Six miles from North Haven where he then lived - the Alarm was given by the firing of 3 guns at New Haven Immediately on the alarm being given he turn[ed] out as a volunteer and went first to New H[aven] when he got there other volunteers were being organised on the green under Capt Dwight whomb he immediately joined and was ordered by Capt Dwight (who then commanded the Militia Company of New Haven) to go to West [Haven] with the other volunteers which he did  when he got there the enemy were leaving the shore in their boats having plundered several Houses & taken off Sheep, Hogs, Fowls and other articles of provision belonging to the inhabitants the volunteers were then divided into small parties of from 15 to twenty in a company and ordered to different places upon the coast to keep guard & patrole the shore He was placed in a party or small Company under the command of Serjant Eli Moultroup who was the only Officer in his party The party under Serjant Moultroup to which he belonged was ordered to oister po[cut off]
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a place about 3 miles South west of New Haven was kept there guarding the shore for a period no less than ten days His party were then ordered to New Haven & by Capt Dwight ordered to keep guard on the shore at New Haven between the lo[cut off] wharf & what is now called Tomlinsons bri[dge] while there they took a boat loaded with beef which came down Draggon River & was going to the enemy on Long Island His party was [illegible, cut off] at this place not less than twenty days they then applyed to Capt Dwight to be dismissed which he refused to do but said that they mig[ht] go [ink blot] home & stay untill further orders or untill there was an other alarm where they must return immediately - He then went home and remained till sometime in June of that year when the alarm guns were again fired & he immediately repaired to New Haven & was ordered by Capt Dwight with the other volunteers to go to Fort Hale as it is now called it was then called Black rock Fort and receive further orders from Lieut Everline Pierpont who then comma[nded] the fort which he with twenty or twenty f[cut off] others immediately did when he got to the Fort Lieut Pierpont ordered him with the others of his party under Serjant Joseph Baldwin to patrole & keep guard on the shore between the fort & the Town of Gilford which they did the enemy did not land this time but they frequently heard of their boats in the sound & sometimes saw them He was out on this tour not less than twenty D[ays] when they returned to the fort & Lieut. Pierp[ont] ordered them to New Haven for further ord[ers] from Capt Dwight. Capt Dwight would n[ot] dismiss them but let them go home to c[ome] back again on the first alarm -
In the month of July of the same year there was an other alarm when
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42 Days

He again immediately repaired to New Haven & reported himself to Capt Dwight and was ordered by Capt Dwight under Serjant Eli Barns to patrole the shore & keep guard on the shore Southwest of New Haven as far as Oister Point there were this time from fifteen to twenty soldiers in Serjant Barns party. They had no occurance this time that he remembers worthy of notice except that they frequently saw the boats of the enemy in the sound but they did not land he was out this time not less than fifteen Days. when they returned again to Capt Dwight & were by him permitted to go home upon the same conditions that they were at the times above mentioned except in this particular that they were ordered to come back at the end of ten Days whether there was an alarm or not. There was no alarm within the ten days and at the end of said ten days he again returned to New Haven & reported himself to Capt Dwight and was then again sent by Capt Dwight with a party of fifteen or twenty under Serjant Tilly or Tillotson Blakesley to keep guard & patrole the shore Southwest of New Haven between New Haven & Oister Point. He often saw the boats of the enemy and they once or twice attempted to land but did not succeed as they went off when they came up to them, they were kept out this time not less than six weeks or forty two Days the latter part of this term they were at New Haven between Long Wharf & what is now called Tomlinsons Bridge they were out this time till sometime in the month of Sept when Capt Dwight suffered them to go home upon the same conditions that he did before that is to remain home till further
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orders or an alarm was given he went Home & remained at home till the Month of October fo the same year when he was drafted out of the militia Company to which he belonged for the term of two months to serve as Soldiers at New London He went from the place where he then lived viz North Haven to North Branford & from North branford in Company with Lieut Bunnell went to East Guilford & was there mustered under Capt William Douglass & Lieutenant Jacob Bunnell there was no Ensign in the Company of Capt Douglass & Tilly or Tillotson Blakesley was one of the Serjants of said Company from there he was marched with said Company to New London & annexed to a Regt Commanded by Col Abbot the Regt was divided into parties of a company in each & set to different places the company to which he belonged was stationed on the beach near where the Light House is & he remained there doing duty as a Soldier the said term of two months and was then dismissed He had not written discharge

[left margin] 2 Months

In the month of May 1779 He was then 18 years old, there was an other alarm upon the shore & the Militia Company to which he then belonged Viz the Company mentioned at the beginning of this declaration with all the Officers of said Company as mentioned above Viz Capt Clinton Lieut Barns Ensign Andrus & Serjants Barns Frost Sandford & Thomas Pierpont were ordered & went & he with said Company went first to New Haven & was Stationed & kept there keeping guard on the shore for a term not less than 14 days or two weeks

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and was then dismissed & he went home where he remained untill July of the same year Viz 1779 he thinks the 4 day of said July when there was an other alarm given as the other alarms had been by the fireing of three guns When he again turned out & went to New Haven and then was ordered by the Commissary who dealt out ammunition he thinks his name was Munson to go to Tompsons bridge where he said there was an Officer from the Continental Army who would take command of us he went there & there were as he thinks about a hundred others there the Officer from the Continental Army who was a Major he has forgotten his name paraded them with the rest on top of the hill near the bridge behind the fence where they waited the approach of the enemy & stood their fire for some time & exchanged fire with them the enemy drove them into New Haven, & from there across Neck Bridge as it is called onto the Plains by Ceder Hill where the militia mustered so strong that the enemy did not attempt to cross the river - the next day the enemy landed on East Haven shore and he met them there with the rest of the militia He was under Capt Clinton & the other Officers of the militia company to which he belonged and whomb he joined after the skirmish at Tompsons bridge, at Neck Bridge after the enemy left New Haven & East East Haven He was ordered to Fairfield & Norwalk which towns the enemy burnt, from there he was marched back to New Haven and kept there for a term
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In the month of July 1789 He Enlisted into Capt John Yates Company of State Troops Jared Robison was Lieut of said Company & Asahel Harison was Ensign - Joseph Baldwin Eli Foot Eli Moultroup & - Hull were the Serjants of said Company Jared Barns Heman Baldwin - Page & - Harison were Corporals of said Company Philenor Harison was the Drummer & Ethel Harison was the fifer of said Company in sd Month of July 1779 he was marched to Horse Neck 7 there joined the Regt which was commanded by Col Mathew Mead there was no major that he remembers & he recollects that Capt Yates being the oldest Capt served as Major a part if not all the time the Adjutants name was Bull from Milford Ct. He enlisted for & did duty at Horse Neck for the time of Eight months as a soldier He was marched with the Regt to Stamford & there dismissed had no written discharge was dismissed in March 1780 while at Horse Neck His Regt had several skirmishes with the enemy in one of them his Company lost Eight men killed & wounded Col Sheldon Commanded a Regt of

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Horse which was stationed a few that is to say six or Eight miles north of Horse Neck while he was there There was also a Regt or part of a Regt of Food Stationed at the same place with the Horse
In the month of May 1780 there was an alarm at New Haven by the firing of the 3 guns again. He immediately repaired there & reported himself to the same Capt Dwight mentioned in the former part of this declaration & by him & under his immediate command & that of Serjant John Barns with as he remembers between twenty & 30 Soldiers he was stationed at said New Haven & kept guard there for the period of not less than Six weeks or forty two Days & was then permitted to go home for a few days not longer than a week when he again returned & took his place again under the same Serjant Barns & Capt Dwight and remained there at New Haven Keeping guard for a period of not less than one month & then had liberty to go home again in the same way that he had before & in a few days he again came back and was ordered by Capt Dwight under the command of the same Serjant John Barns up North Haven or Draggon River to [illegible] boat Wood down the River for the use of the Soldiers and for the Government. they loaded the wood at a place near Draggon Bridge and he remained in this service for a period of not less than two months

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and then after they had done boating wood he with the others of his party Viz either 12 or 14 Soldiers were kept at New Haven Keeping guard under the same Serjant Barns for a period of not less than two months when he & the rest [erased] most of his party were again permitted to go home to be ordered back at any time & to come back upon an alarm being given there was no alarm given after that and in the month of October of that year after he had been at home a few days he was drafted out of the Company to which he belonged at North Haven aforesaid on a two months tour of duty as a Soldier at New Haven & immediately went & at New Haven was under the command of the same Capt Dwight & Lieutenant Thomas Cooper and an other Lieutenant or Ensign whose name was Smith one of the Serjants name was Bradley. He remaned at said New Haven in this Service as a soldier for the term of his Draft Viz two months and in the month of Dec the beginning of that month 1780 he was dismissed & went home his duty at sd New Haven was to keep guard the Company was divided into small parties a part of the time & patrolled the shore as he had formerly done

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In the Spring of the year 1781 He again Volunteered & in the month of May of that year he went to New Haven again & Reported himself to Captain Levi Ray who was then at said New Haven & by him he was placed under the Command of Lieutenant Pettibone and with the other soldiers under him was ordered to patrole & keep guard on the shore between New Haven and Guilford & was while along the shore commanded by Serjant Eli Moultroup the Commissioned Officers remaned at New Haven Serjant Moultroups party was from fifteen to twenty in number & he with the others of his party were kept & remained in this service keeping guard & patroling the shore between sd New Haven & Guilford not less than 15 Days & then He was kept at New Haven for a period of not less than 14 days or two weeks under the same Officers & then under the same Officers was sent to keep guard & patrole the shore between New Haven & Oister Point & were out this time not less than 14 days or two weeks then He came back to New Haven & had liberty to go home & stay a week then he returned & did the same duty of keeping guard & patrolling the shore

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14 Days

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at New Haven & between New Haven & Guilford & between New Haven & Oister Point untill the month of November of that year Viz 1781 - and did duty all that season as he has stated above under Serjant Moultroup who commanded his party & Capt Ray & Lieutenant Pettibone except that he had liberty ten times during the season to go home at which times he remained at three Days each time and he was in said service & did duty as a soldier as stated above after he returned from home at the time when he stayed a week at home for a period of not less than four months.
His whole Duty as a private Soldier as mentioned in this declaration lasted for the time of two years & four months & ten days and for such service he claims a pension
He further States that with regard to the Services in his Declaration above stated by him rendered as above stated that he has no documentary evidence that he can produce in relation to it & that he knows of none that can be produced in relation to said service.

[left margin] 4 months

Whole time of Service 2 - 4 - 10

No Documentary evidence
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[left margin] In relation to the testimony of Witnesses -

"And Said applicant further States in relation to his tour of Service to New London in Connecticut he can prove the same by the testimony of John Potter which is hereunto annexed in a Deposition from said Potter who served with the applicant in that tour of service of two months
And that in relation to his tour of 8 months Service to Horse Neck He can prove the same by the testimony of Chancey Denison whose deposition upon that Subject is hereunto annexed & who served with the applicant in that service And that in relation to two months of his service commencing in Oct 1780 when he was Drafted & served in Capt Hamlin Dwights Company at New Haven he can prove the same by the testimony Enock Turner whose Deposition on that subject is hereunto annexed
And that in relation to the other services mentioned in his declaration above he has not obtained and after diligent search can not obtain and does not know of any witness or of any other testimony that he can produce upon that subject -
And in relation to all his services he states that he has produced and hereunto is annexed all the testimony & evidence that he can produce upon the subject -
The applicant further states that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively as to the precise length of his service

[left margin] Length of the applicants service
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but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned in his declaration above - and for such service he claims a pension

[left margin] Questions from the Department of War -

To Question No 1 prescribed by the War Department He answers
That He was born in the town of New Haven that part of said Town which is now North Haven in April 1761
To Question No 2
He answers that he has no record of his age except one in his bible which he took from his fathers bible which is owned as he suppoes & believes by the Heirs of his brother Joseph who is dead
To Question No 3
He answers that when called into service he lived in New Haven that part which is now North Haven That since the Revolutionary ^war he lived in sd New Haven that part which is now North Haven untill he was forty two years old & that since that period he has resided in Waterbury New Haven County Connecticut where he now lives
To Question No 4 He answers that he has stated in his declaration above how he was called into service Viz a part of said service he Volunteered as stated in his declaration above and when in said Volunteer service he was called & the others who served with him in that service were called & stated minuit men - & that for a part of sd service he was Drafted as noted in his declaration above & that for a part of sd service he Enlisted as Stated in his declaration above
To Question No 5 He answers that he has stated in his declaration above the names of all the regular officers who served with him and all such Continental & other Regts as he can recollect & the
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general circumstances of his service & he says that who in the volunteer service stated in his declaration it was of such a nature and so few men were with him that he has stated all the Officers who were with him in that service
To Question No 6 He answers that he never received a discharge but was dismissed as stated in his declaration above
To Question No 7 He answers that he is acquainted with John Kingsbury Esqr & with the Revd Joel R Arnold who reside in his neighbourhood & testify to his character or veracity their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
The said Giles Brockett 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.
Giles Brockett

We, Joel R Arnold a clergyman, residing in the town of Waterbury and John Kingsbury residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Giles Brocket who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy two 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.
Joel R. Arnold
John Kingsbury

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 Joel R. Arnold who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Waterbury and that John Kingsbury who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Waterbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Robinson S. Hinman Clerk of the Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Giles Brocket for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office this 4th day of January 1833

R. S. Hinman Clerk
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

[illegible]
Con

November 1, 1923.

Mr. F. C. Bissell,
State Library
Hartford, Conn.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the pension claim, Survivor File No. 16,661, it appears that Giles Brockett was born in April 1761, in that part of New Haven, Connecticut, which later became North Haven, and while residing there in April 1778 was a member of Captain Lawrence Clinton's Company of Militia. In May 1778, he volunteered in Captain Hamlin Dwight's Company and served at various times, amounting to one hundred and seven days, until October 1778, when he was drafted and served in Captain William Douglas' Company, Colonel Abbot's Regiment for two months.
In May 1779, he served fourteen days in Captain Lawrence Clinton's Company. From July 4, 1779, he served fourteen days in said company, was in the engagement at New Haven and at Fairfield and Norwalk when those towns were burned.
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In July 1779, he enlisted in Captain John Yates' Company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Regiment, was in skirmishes at Horse Neck hill, and served eight months.
From May 1780, he served in Captain Hamlin Dwight's Company, for eight and a half months.
From May 1781, he served under Captain Levi Ray for five months and thirteen days.
His services were rendered as a private.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 4, 1833, while living in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. His residence in 1840 is not on record.
It is not stated whether he was married and there is no reference to family, except that he had a brother Joseph who was dead in 1833.
The above noted is the only Revolutionary War soldier named Giles Brockett, found on the records of this Bureau.

Respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner.

( Giles Brockett -2- )
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[left and right sides] Jany 21/93 Mil. Hist to R L Brockett, C/o Chemical [illegible] Bank
270 Broadway, New York, N. Y. M.B.L.
1923 Nov. 1. History to F. C. Bissell . AW . 

16.661
INVALID.

File No. 16,661
Giles Brockett
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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26,095
[Gil]es Brocket
[a]pplication for a pension

Notary Public

Admitted
Private 24 months $
& upwards - $80. - [written over "Notary Public"]
[illegible] proper certifying officer
$80.00

Pensioner
Waterbury
Connt.
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State of Connecticut -
New Haven County, ss. North Branford, August the 15th. 1832 -

Be it rembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before me Benjn Page Esqr a Justice of the peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn; - John Potter Esqr of North Branford in said County to me personally known and who is a credible witness, who being duly cautioned & sworn, - On Oath declares & says - - - - - -
that, I John Potter of North Branford in New Haven County aged 72 years, served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war as follows (to wit) that in the year 1778 I was a substitute for my Father who was drafted for two Months service at New London, & that in the Month of October in said year 1778, I went from, North Branford to East Guilford in said County, & was there annexed to Capt. William Douglass's Company; Jacob Bunnell was Lieut. of said company, & from thence I was marched as a private soldier of said company to New London, & was annexed to a Regt. Commanded by Col. Abbot, who was stationed at said New London & Groton, & there served the term of two Months, & that I well remember that Giles Brockett now aged about 71 years, then living in North Haven, now in Waterbury in Said County was a soldier in said company & went with me from North Branford to East Guilford & from there to New London, & Served as a private Soldier in said company & Regt for said term of two Months, & then we was both Verbally discharged & returned home
John Potter
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Benjamin Page Just. of Peace
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United States of America
State of Connecticut } ss.
I Robinson S. Hinman a Notary Public duly appointed appointed [crossed out], commissioned and sworn hereby certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin Page Esqr of North Branford in said New Haven County, who signed the within certificate and before whom the within affidavit was taken and that he now is and for more than a year past has been a Justice of Peace within and for said New Haven County and his signature hereto annexed is his genuine official signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an seal of office this 4th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signature covered]

[page laid on top of preceding] I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Benjamin Page Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of John Potter was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day
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[identical to underlying page on previous, p.21]

United State of America
State of Connecticut } ss.
I Robinson S. Hinman a Notary Public duly appointed appointed [crossed out], commissioned and sworn hereby certify that I am acquainted with Benjamin Page Esqr of North Branford in said New Haven County, who signed the within certificate and before whom the within affidavit was taken and that he now is and for more than a year past has been a Justice of Peace within and for said New Haven County and his signature hereto annexed is his genuine official signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an seal of office this 4th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
R. S. Hinman Noty. Public
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I Enoch Turner of Sherman in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy three years Do hereby Certify that in the Month of October 1780 Giles Brocket then living in the town of Newhaven & County of Newhaven in sd State the same being my place of Residence that the said Giles Brocket was Drafted for two months in to Capt Hamlin Dwights Company Thomas Coop was Lieutenant that I the said Enoch Turner served in sd Company with the said Brocket as a Substitute for the terme of one Month and the we were stationed in Newhaven During that time
Enoch Turner

Fairfield County Ss Sherman Nov. 21st 1832
Personally appeared the above named Enoch Turner and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him Subscribed
And I Certify that I am well acquainted with sd Deponent and I Believe him to be a man entitled to full Credit
Eli Beardsley Justice Peace

[on separate page] I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That Eli Beardsley Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Enoch Turner was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Fairfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day
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State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Ss:
Town of New Milford
I Nathaniel Perry a Notary Public within & for the County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut, residing in said Town of New Milford, by the authority of said State duly appointed Commissioned sworn, do hereby certify & make known to all whom it may concern, that Eli Beardsley, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was, at the date of said Certificate, and now is, a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Fairfield in sd State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn - And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Eli Beardsley and I verily believe that the within signature purporting to be the signature of the sd Eli Beardsley is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at said New Milford this 21st day of November AD. 1832
Nathaniel Perry
Notary Public
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[underlying page, identical to previous, p. 24]

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Ss:
Town of New Milford
I Nathaniel Perry a Notary Public within & for the County of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut, residing in said Town of New Milford, by the authority of said State duly appointed Commissioned sworn, do hereby certify & make known to all whom it may concern, that Eli Beardsley, whose name is subscribed to the within certificate, was, at the date of said Certificate, and now is, a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Fairfield in sd State, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn - And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the sd Eli Beardsley and I verily believe that the within signature purporting to be the signature of the sd Eli Beardsley is in his own proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at said New Milford this 21st day of November AD. 1832
Nathaniel Perry
[Notary Public]

[overlaid page] I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
That George Starr, Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Chauncey Dennison was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the second day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Thomas Day
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I Chauncy Dennison, of the Town of Warren, County of Litchfield, & State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy years do Certify, that in July in the year 1779 Giles Brockett with myself [crossed out], then living in the town of New haven, & County of Newhaven in sd State the same then being my place of Residence, Enlisted with myself into Capt John Yates Company of State Troops Jared Robbison Lieutenant Hahel Harrison Ensign, that soon after our Enlistment we were Ordered to march to Horse neck, near Newyork, where we remained till March 1780 ^in the service of the United States during which time we were Engaged in many Skirmishes on the lines &c. &c.
We were Discharged at Stamford in sd State I was knowing to the sd Brockett serving all the time during sd Campain & to his being discharged at sd Stamford March 1780 which was Eight Months from the time of our Enlistment
The Redgiment was Commanded by Coln Matthew Mead further the Deponent Saith not-
Chauncy Dennison

Litchfield County Ss Warren Novr. 20th 1832.
Personally Appeared the abovenamed Chauncy Dennison & made solemn oath to the truth of the Above Depposition by him subscribed -
and I certify that I am well acquainted with sd Deponent, & know him to be a Man of truth & his statement Entitled to full Credit -
George Starr Justice of Peace
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[stamp] PENSION
JAN
U 23 S
1895
OFFICE.
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Bensonhurst LJ. N.Y.
Jan 19, 1895

[very faint] H B

To the Honorable
The Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
I wrote you some time since in reference to Giles Brockett ^formerly of Waterbury Conn. He was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. I should like to know if the records of your office show in what Regiments or Companies he served. He enlisted from Connecticut. If there is any expense connected with this reply please send the bill with the answer to the Chemical Nal Bk 270 Bway Ny City
and oblige
yours etc
Robert L. Brockett
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F. C. BISSELL
75 LAUREL STREET [crossed out]
HARTFORD, CONN.

State Library
Oct. 24 .1923.

U. S, Pension Office
Please give the Revolutionary Record of Giles Brackett in New Haven County, Conn. 1832 also in Waterbury, Conn. 1840.
Respectfully
F. C. Bissell
of State Library
Hartford

[in left margin] one & the same S16661 -
the only one Brockett or similar name
no Brackett

[stamp] PENSION
H
OCT
U. 27 S.
1923
OFFICE
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GEO. G. WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT

WM. J. QUINLAN JR.
CASHIER

N [illegible]

Chemical NATIONAL Bank
New York Dec 28 1894

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Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
Giles Brockett was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war and lived in New Haven in 1832 and in Waterbury in 1840. The Adjutant General of Connecticut gives me no information as to whom he served under, when he enlisted, and when discharged If the records of your office have this information you would confer a great favor by giving me the same. Thanking you in advance I remain Respectfully yours  over
R. L. Brackett
C/o Chemical Nat Bk 270 Bway Ny City
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He may have served in a Regiment raised in the vicinity of New Haven
R. L. B.

[stamp] PENSION
H
JAN
U. 3 S.
1895
OFFICE.