Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1711-400, for Timothy Mather, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn.

Mather, Timothy


NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 1711-400
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No. 1212

[Written diagonally across the document]
Warrant N. 1711
Annulled and issued new deed

Pursuant to an Act of Congress, authorizing the Secretary of War to issue Land Warrants, and for other purposes, passed the 15th day of April, 1806, Oliver Mather, brother, & the other heirs of Timothy Mather, Surgeon, Connecticut line are entitled to Four hundred acres of land, to be located, agreeably to said act, on any unlocated parts of the fifty quarter townships, and the fractional quarter townships, reserved by law for original holders of military warrants.


GIVEN at the War Office this Twentieth
day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Seven

James Barbour [signature]
Secretary of War.

Registered,
Wm M. Stuart [signature]
Clerk.
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Value rec'd - we being thereto authorised by the first Eccleasiastical Society in Windsor hereby sell assign and transfer to Eli Taintor & Elisha Phelps all our rights and title to the within land warrant and land claimed thereby-

[signatures:]

Job Drohel } Agent for said Society

Committee for sd Society}
Jasper Morgan
Normand Loomis
S. Gillett
H. W. House
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STATE of Connecticut and Hartford County ⎬
Probate Office   February 8th 1827

I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Oliver Mather is the Brother and one of the heirs at law in fee to Dr. Timothy Mather late a surgeon in the
Seventh Regiment of the Connecticut line and of the Revolutionary Army.

Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this
Eighth day of February 1827
John Russ [signature]
Judge of Probate for Hartford District



The above form will answer for the following States: viz.

Judge of Probate}
Maine,
Massachusetts,
New-Hampshire,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont,

Surrogate}
New-York,
New Jersey,

Ordinary}
South Carolina,
Georgia,
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Wart. 1711
4 Acres
Revolutionary war


36602 - Act 1855
enclosed
 
This was searched for an nothing found by [illegible] 
Apr 6, 1925
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were
slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from
the United States.

By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged
for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers
as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness,
fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper autho-rities:

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
Windsor February 7th 1827.

I Oliver Mathhttps://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.pnger
heir at law of Dr Timothy Mather died
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that he entered the service as surgeons mate (and was afterward promoted to a surgeon) [did enlist] 177(8),
for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. Seven  under
the command of Colonel Heman Swift,
of the Connecticut line; and
that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the War in ( Ryt. or) was
transfered I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty and promised to the late Dr Timothy
Mather on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim
to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that Oliver Mather
aforesaid, do hereby
constitute and appoint James Loomis of said Windsor to be my true and lawful
attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant
for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to
constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Oliver Mather
Hartford County ss Windson February 7, 1827
Personally appeared the above named Oliver Mather the subscriber to the
foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act
and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Elisha N. Sill
Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Elisha N. Sill Esquire
was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Connecticut
at
the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the
county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Hartford this eighth
day of February   1827

Thomas Chester Clerk of the County
C. Clerk; &c
Court of the County of Hartford in
said State
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Copy of Dr Mathers
will
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I Timothy Mather of Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut Physician, being of sound mind & memory but very weak in body, and not knowing how soon I may leave this world, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament.  & in the first place I
resign my Soul to God who gave it, & my body to the dust to be buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, hoping for a reunion of soul & Body at the resurrection of the First through the merits & mediation of Christ my redeemer, and after my just debts & funeral charges are paid I give devise &
dispose of all my Estate real & personal in manner following, to wit:

In the first place I give & devise to my beloved Wife Roxana the house in which I now live, & the land on which it stands, so far as it belongs to me, with all the profits, priviledges & appurtenances thereunto belonging to her, her heirs & assigns forever. Also one Cow
& the whole of my household furniture, and one third part of all the remainder & residue of my personal estate to be hers forever.

I give & devise all the residue & remainder of my estate to my son Timothy Mather his heirs & assigns forever. And whereas my said son is now very young & the principle part of my estate is in Obligations, my will & pleasure is that what I have given my said son be kept on Interest, & that interest annually added to the principle (except what shall be necessary
for the support of said Child allowed by the Judge of Probate for the District of Hartford for the time being for the use & benefit of said child; and as my said son is now Young I am unable to judge what education will be best for said Child my will & pleasure is that my Executors hereafter mentioned shall give my said child such an education as they shall judge best for said child & expend so much of what I have heretofore given to said Child
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as shall be necessary to pay for said education, & if my said child shall die before he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years, then I give to my said Wife the use of one quarter part of what I have given to my said Child, that shall not have then been necessarily expended as aforesaid for said Child while she shall remain my widow. And the other three quarters I give to the first Ecclesiastical Society in said Windsor to be by said society loaned & the annual interest thereof applied to the support of the Minister of said Society. And the said quarter-part that I have given the use of to my said Wife during her widowhood as aforesaid. I give to the said
Society for the purpose aforesaid after the
she shall marry or die, which shall first happen.

In case my brother Oliver Mather hereafter named shall die before my said Child or before he shall arrive at the age of twenty one years my will is that my said brother appoint some person to succeed him to assist advise & direct in the settlement of my Estate & the education of my said Son.

I do hereby give & devise to my brother Oliver Mather my right & title as, & to be a member of the Society of Cincinnati to him & his heirs forever.

And I do hereby nominate constitute &  appoint my Brother Oliver Mather, & my well beloved wife Roxana to be sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this 27th day of March A.D. 1789.

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the said Timothy in presence of Roger Newbury, Ebenezer Phelps, Ephraim Egelstone.

Timothy Mather [signature]
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Probate Office Hartford District. 
14. January, 1831

I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original Will of Dec Tim'y Mather late of Windsor deceased, & further certify that at a Court of Probate holding at Hartford within & for the District of Hartford on 3d day of October
AD. 1792 said Will was proved & approved & ordered Recorded by Jonathan Bull, Esq then Judge of Probate for Hartford district

James Dodd [signature] Judge of Probate
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March 20, 1933

Mrs. Una W. Warnock
61 Elm Street
C/O Mrs. Lawless
Hartford, Connecticut

TIMOTHY MATHER
B.L. Wt. 1711-400
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:

The Revolutionary War records of this office show that Timothy Mather entered the service in 1778 as surgeon's mate in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, was later promoted to surgeon and served to the close of the Revolution. 

He died in Windsor, Connecticut, prior to October 3, 1792. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnati. 

Warrant No. 1711, for 400 acres of bounty land, was issued February 20, 1827, to Oliver Mather, on account of the services of his brother, Timothy Mather. 

The name of soldier's wife was Roxana; her maiden name and the date of their marriage were not given.

Soldier's only child, Timothy, died July 3, 1793, in Windsor, Connecticut, aged about six years.

The above record was furnished you under date of June 21, 1932.

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Vote of the Society authorizing the sale
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Voted ) that it be left discretionary with the Societies committee and their agent Job
D[illegible] to sell or not as they deem expedient any lands the property of the late Timothy Mather of Windsor deceased given by said Mather to this Society.

The above a true copy of the original vote as
noted in Society meeting

Wm Howard [signature] Clerk

Windsor Jan 10, 1831
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[handwritten note on top of page]
1932 - June 21 Hist to
Una Winchester Harnock
Letter in case of Wm Slade
S.23921.   [initialed] EEL

B. L. Wt. 1711-

Dear Madam:

It appears from the records of this office that Timothy Mather entered the service in 1778 as surgeon's mate in Colonel Heman Swift's
Connecticut Regiment, was later promoted surgeon and served to the close of the Revolution.

He died in Windsor, Connecticut, prior to October 3, 1792. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Warrant Number 1711 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued February 20, 1827, to Oliver Mather on account of the services
of his brother, Timothy Mather.

The name of soldier's wife was Roxana; her maiden name and the date of their marriage not given.

Soldier's only child, Timothy, died July 3, 1793, in Windsor, Connecticut, aged about six years.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Timothy Matther-B.L.Wt#1711-400
BA-J/MMHF

Una Winchester Warnock
729 Hampden Street
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:

It appears from the records of this office that Timothy Mather entered the service in 1778 as surgeon's mate in Colonel Heman Swift's
Connecticut Regiment, was later promoted surgeon and served to the close of the Revolution.

He died in Windsor, Connecticut, prior to October 3, 1792. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.

Warrant Number 1711 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued February 20, 1827, to Oliver Mather on account of the services
of his brother, Timothy Mather.

The name of soldier's wife was Roxana; her maiden name and the date of their marriage not given.

Soldier's only child, Timothy, died July 3, 1793, in Windsor, Connecticut, aged about six years.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.   
MMHF [handwritten]

April 6, 1925

R. O. Pierson
523 Westfield Ave.,
West field, N. J.

Sir:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that Timothy Mather entered the service in 1778 as Surgeon's Mate in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment, was later promoted to Surgeon
and served to the close of the Revolution.

He was member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He died in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut prior to October 3, 1792.

Warrant No. 1711 for four hundred acres of bounty land was issued February 20, 1827 to Oliver Mather on account of the above named service of his brother Timothy Mather.

The name of soldier's wife was Roxana, her maiden name not given.

Soldier's only child Timothy died July 3, 1793 in Windsor, Connecticut, aged about six years.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.
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June 7, 1939.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mrs. Una Winchester Warnock.        BA-J/CC
Marlboro Town, Vermont.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know the meaning of the citation B. L.wt.1711 - 400 acres as stated to you in letters of June 21, 1932 and March 20,
1933. Your citation 1711 is the number of the bounty land warrant for four hundred acres of bounty land which was issued on account of the service of Timothy Mather in the
Revolutionary War. This office has no further information in regard to that officer than was furnished you in those two reports.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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[postcard cancelled in MARLBORO VT]

[addressed to:]

PENSION BUREAU
WASHINGTON 
DC

[date stamped] 
RECEIVED 
APR 28,1939
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In the STATE LIBRARY in Hartford, Conn. I found a reference to TIMOTHY MATHER, in a BOUNTY LAND WARRANT, with the following code: B. L. WT. 1711 400 acres.

I believe he is TIMOTHY SR. whose son, my D.A.R. Soldier in Vt. I have followed through. The MATHER GENEALOGY mentions this Sr. as living in GREENWICH, N. J. once, and no record appears of his military or civil service during the period of the war.  To what does this B.L.T. refer, please?  Thanking you for your reply, I am,
Faithfully
( MRS. ) UNA WINCHESTER WARNOCK
MARLBORO TOWN,
VERMONT.

Is there any credit
for this warrant?

[signature] Una Winchester Warnock
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HARTFORD CONN.
FEB 25
9 AM
1933

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

RECEIVED FEB 27 1933 
MAIL SUB. DIV
VETS. ADM.
PENSION
1 2 3 [ARROW POINTING TO 4] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

RECEIVED
FEB 28 1933
PENSION INDEX
SECTION
[ARROW POINTING TO 1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

33 Pension Bureau 27
Washington 2
D.C. 

U.S. POSTAL CARD
ONE CENT
1 JEFFERSON 1
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May I trouble you, please, to copy for me a reference to a Bounty Land Warrant

1711-400 acres which I find in the State Library of Conn.?


It concerns
Timothy Mather.

Kindly address me here and thank youno end for the favor of a reply. 

Sincerely,
Mrs. Una W. Warnock
61 Elm Street
Hartford - Conn.
c/o Mrs. Lawless.

For Mrs Finch
Int. Dept.
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[Letterhead]
THE WEST FIELDS CHAPTER
OF THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF THE
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

President
C. MILTON TREMAINE
Vice-President
MILTON E. LOOMIS
Secretary
LAWRENCE A. CLARK
Treasurer
JOHN J. HIGH
Registrar
RUTHERFORD O. PIERSON
 
Historian
RAY E. MAYHAM
Chaplain
REV. WILLIAN W. COE
Board of Trustees
JONAS S. MILLER
ERSKINE B. MAYO
W. EDGAR REEVE
LAWRENCE C. BOSTWICK


ORGANIZED MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE

[Date Stamp]
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
MAR 14 1925
U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS


[Letter]
WESTFIELD, N. J., March 13th. 1925.

Mr. Washington Gardner, Commissioner
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly advise the Military Record of the following names of soldiers in the Revolutionary War in order to complete some historic papers for membership to the organization.  The names are as follows:

John I. Allen, born 1754, Died January 19th, 1834, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.
Abyah Brainerd, Born November 26th, 1705, of Haddam, Conn.
Jared Buckingham. Born March 9th, 1744, Died June 17th, 1783, of Essex, Conn.
Gideon Buckingham, Born February 22nd, 1708, of Saybrook or Essex, Conn.
Timothy Mather, born October 9th, 1711, Died December 18th, 1800, of Windsor or Lyme, Conn.
Ward Post. Born October 17th, 1762, Died November, 1807, of Litchfield, Conn.
David Post, Died 1791, of Hebron, Conn.
David Hurlburt Jr. Born Nov 1716. Haddam Conn

Would appreciate this information at the earliest possible moment. 

Thanking you for same, I remain,
Yours very truly,
R.O. Person
Registrar
523 Westfield Avenue,
Westfield, New Jersey.

[Notes in Pencil, left margin]
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Warrant No. 1212 issued to
Oliver Mather &c heirs of Timothy Mather Surgeon of the Connecticut Line for four hundred acres of land

February 20th 1827
Hand delivered to G. Tomlinson
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Timothy Mather
No. 1711

issued in lieu [?] of Warrant No. 1212
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William Gordon Esq
Bounty Land Office
War Dept
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William Gordon Esq
Bounty Land Office
War Dept
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State of Connecticut}
County of Hartford}  ss  Windsor February 5= 1831

Personally appeared Daniel Gillett of said Windsor aged eighty two years Subscribed the following deposition and made solemn oath that the first Ecclesiastical society in Windsor has been organized and a body corporate as report says and Records Show for a period of more than one hundred and fifty years    That it is now a body corporate exercising the powers of choosing annually a clerk Committee Treasurer and collector of taxes of levying taxes.   Have a settled Pastor now officiating and now do exercise all the powers rights and immunities incident to an ecclesiastical corporation and that I do not remember any time when this society did not exist and did no exercise it corporate powers.
Daniel Gillett [signature]


State of Connecticut
Hartford County} ss  Windsor February 5, 1831

Personally appeared the above named Daniel Gillett to me personally known who is a credible person and a Deacon of the first Ecclesiastical church in Windsor and subscribed the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth there in contained
Before me
James Loomis Just. of Peace [signature]
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I hereby certify that Job Drake is agent for the first Ecclesiastical Society in Windsor and chosen as such at their annual meeting   I further certify that the following gentlemen are the Societies Committee
Oliver S Gillet
Normand [illegible]
Justin Morgan
Horace W. Hasche

Certified from the records of the Society
William Howard Clerk

Windsor February 5, 1831
sealed    That it be left discretionary with the society Committee and their Agent Job Drake to tell or not as they deem expedient any lands the property of the late Timothy Mather of Windsor deceased given by said Mather to the Society
The above a true copy of the original [illegible] as passed by the Society at their Annual meeting on Wednesday the 8th day of December 1830
Wm  Howard Clerk
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford county} ss  Windsor  February 5 1831
I certify that being present when the within certificate was made do know that it is the hand writing of Willam Howard the clerk duly chosen by the first Ecclesiastical Society in Windsor at their last meeting.

[illegible]
James Loomis
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss Windsor February 5 1831

Personally appeared Job Drake of Windsor aforesaid subscribed the following deposition and me solemn oath that he the said Job Drake was duly appointed agent by the first Ecclesiastical Society in said Windsor and in conjunction with their committee was duly authorized to sell the
bounty land devised by Dr Timothy Mather late of said Windsor decd to said Society & did sell the said bounty land to Eli Lawton and Elisha Phelps by assignment upon the warrant the issued to Oliver Mather and other [illegible] of Dr Timothy Mather    The he is a member of said society that being present at the last annual meeting of said society does know the William Howard was duly elected their clerk  That his certificate certifying the Job Drake agent of said Society and that Oliver S Gillett Norman Loomis Jasper Morgan & Horace W House are committee and also the vote of said Society authorizing the said agent and committee to sell said county land is in the hand writing of William Howard the aforesaid clerk in his opinion being acquainted with his hand writing
Job Drake


State of Connecticut }
Hartford County} ss Windsor  February 5, 1831

Personally appeared Job Drake aforesaid who subscribed the aforesaid deposition and made solemn oath the the truth contained therein and
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being well acquainted with the deponent believe him to be a most credible person
Sworn before me
James Loomis Just. of Peace
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State of Connecticut }
County of Hartford } ss Windsor 
February 5 1831
Personally appeared Deborah Phelps of said
Windsor aged Eighty five years subscribed the following deposition and made solemn oath that she was personally acquainted with Dr Timothy Mather late of said Windsor Dec'd - That she lived many years before and at the time of his death within twenty rods of his dwelling and was personally acquainted with the only son and child of said deceased and know that the said son died at said Windsor and at the late dwelling of the said Dr
Timothy Mather Dec'd in the year of 1793 or
1794 or about that time. That the said son's
Christian name was Timothy and that he was
between the age of five and six years at the time of his death
Deborah Phelps [signature]

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } ss Windsor 
February 5 1831
Personally appeared the above named Deborah Phelps and subscribed the above deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the parts therein contained.  Before me
James Loomis Just of Peace [signature]

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } ss Windsor
February 5 1831
I certify that the above deponent is a credible
person.
James Loomis Just of Peace [signature]
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State of Connecticut }
County of Hartford } ss Windsor
February 5 1831
Personally appeared Elihu Loomis of said Windsor aged fifty five years subscribed the following deposition and made solemn oath that with the exception of about two years of the first of my life I lived within twenty rods
of the dwelling of the late Dr Timothy Mather of said Windsor Dec'd - That the facts contained in a deposition Subscribed and sworn to by Deborah Phelps of this date are true.  That the first Ecclesiastical Society
in Windsor had been organized and a body
corporate as Report says and Records show for a period of more than one hundred and fifty years that it is now a body corporate exercising the power of choosing Annually a clerk committee Trustee Treasurer a collector of taxes of levying taxes Have a Settled Pastor now officiating and do now exercise all other powers rights and immunities incident to an Ecclesiastical society or corporation and that I do not remember any time when this society or corporation did not exercise its corporate powers.
Elihu Loomis [signature]

State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } Windsor February 5 1831
Personally appeared the above named Elihu
Loomis with whom I am well acquainted and
who is a credible person and subscribed the
foregoing deposition and made solumn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained/
Before me 
James Loomis Just. of Peace [signature]
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State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } ss
Windsor February 5 1831
Personally appeared Henry A Rowland Pastor
of the first Ecclesiastical Society in Windsor who Subscribed the following deposition and made solemn oath that the first Ecclesiastical society in said Windsor has been organized and a body corporate as report says and records show for a period of more than one hundred and fifty years.  That it is now a body corporate exercising the powers of choosing Annually a clerk Committee Treasurer and collector of taxes of levying taxes.  Have now
and ever have had a regular succession of Pastors for a period of more than one hundred and fifty years that he has been the Pastor and regularly officiated as such in said Society since the year 1790.  That said Society now do exercise all the powers rights and immunities incident to an Ecclesiastical corporation. That he does not remember
any time when this Society did not exist and
did not exercise its corporate powers. That he was personally acquainted with Dr Timothy Mather late of said Windsor Dec'd and with his only child a son whose Christian name was Timothy & that he died the 3rd of July 1793 aged six years or near to that age
Henry A Rowland [signature]

State of Connecticut } 
Hartford County }. ss Windsor 
February 5 1831
Personally appeared the Revered Harry A Rowland who is personally known to me and who is a most
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credible person and the Pastor and now officiating as such of the first Ecclesiastical County in Windsor and subscribed the foregoing deposition and made Solemn oath to the truth therein contained
Before me
James Loomis Just. of Peace

I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of
Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify, That James Loomis, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the
above and foregoing certificates, in his proper handwriting to me well known, is, and for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified; 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, the eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
Thomas Day [signature]