Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,873, for Jathleel Peck, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Peck, Jathleel
Olive
NUMBER  W. 26,873
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Letter to J. Scott & 3rd Auditor 17 Sept 1840 
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 Apriil 1838 from 24th June 1838 to 21 May 1839 the day of her death. 
Agent Notified 3d Oct 1840 
Vermont 3418 
Olive Peck 
widow of Jathleel Peck who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June and who died on the 22d July 1838 of Addison in the State of Vermont who was a Pr. in the Compy commanded by Captain McCall of the Regt commanded by Rogers in the Conn line for 12 mos 
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the  24 June 1838 
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of July ‘39, and sent to  J. Scott [unreadable] Vt. 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. $27.79 
Semi-annual allowance ending  20.00 
47.79 
{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk 
Book A Vol. 2 Page  52
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No 8110 
Vermont Jathleel Peck 
of Addison Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain McCall of the Reg  commanded by Col. Rogers in the Connecticut Militia for 1 year
Private $40.00 
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon. S. Haight Present 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 20.00 
$100.00  
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832} 
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk
Book D. Vol. 4 Page 99
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The Hon’l Lewis Cass
Secy of War
Washington
Admd [admitted]
By consent of Judge Haight
12 mo. Pri.
40
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State of Vermont 
District of New Haven ss}  On this 24th day of  September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Vergennes within and for said District, Jatheel Peck a resident of Monkton in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, aged seventy 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 1832.   That he entered the service of the  United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the year of A. D. 1776 enlisted into what was then called a volunteer company of the Militia  of the State of Connecticut commanded by Capt John McCall in the Regiment of Gabriel Rogers. We then marched to New London, & went on board of Capt Pierce Sloop to sail for New York & said about a half a day a little passed [past] where Connecticut river empties into the sound, we the discovered the British Fleet sailing up the sound apparently making after us, at the distance of some two or three leagues, we then turned and made for New London again, & in about ten days we marched for New York by land & marched as far as Stamford  Connecticut, there an officer met us & ordered us to march to East Chester, State of New York & take our station till further orders, at East Chester our principal being was to keep off the Tories who were carrying off provisions. During the time a column of Gen Howes Army landed at West Chester & We marched back to Mamaroneck. We then marched to Sawpitts, and we staid at Sawpitts till near the last of December 1776.  While we were at Sawpitts we had several skirmishes. I was particularly engaged with the party of Rangers, I recollect well we were ordered
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to range the country about till we could see the British Army. When we were dismissed at Sawpitts in the latter part of December 1776 we went home to Norwich  Conn. & some time in January 1777 I enlisted under Hezekiah Tracy, Ensign. We then marched to Fort Trumbull at New London and staid there about a week. We had orders to march to Providence Rhode Island & there stationed under the following officers viz Lieut Phineas Peck (my oldest Brother), Capt Ebenezer Lathrop, Major Buel of Coventry. Lieut Colo McClaren of Woodstock & Colonel Ely of Lyme – all of Connecticut.  We staid there till the last of April 1777 when we were called up to the College and dismissed & returned home to Norwich.  The whole of which time I was in service was thirteen months. Since then have lived in Patridgefield Mass & Hoosick - State of New York & for thirty three years past have lived in Monkton Vt. Was born in Norwich Ct. in 1760 where three is a record of my age. I received no written discharge.  Stephen Haight, Alson Collins & Daniel Collins are acquainted with me & have been for a long time since. I have no documentary evidence of my services.  I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to any pension or annuity, except the present & declare that my name was never on any pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid  
Jathleel Peck 
We Stephen Haight & Alson Collins Monkton aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jathleel Peck who has subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration, that in believe him to be 72 years old; that he is reputed & believed in the Neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn to & subscribed the day year aforesaid 
Stephen Haight
Alson Collins
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears that the said Stephen Haight & Alson Collins who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of said Monkton & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I John Parker Register of the Probate Court for the District aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Jathleel Peck for a pension 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this this 24th day of September A.D. 1832 
John Parker Register
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5038 
Olive Peck  
widow of Jathleel 
Vt.  
Act. 7 July ‘38 
M. [married]  ‘82  d. [dead] ‘38 
admd  [admitted] 
12 mos pri
40$
Died  23 June 38 
Pen: com [commenced] 24 June ‘38 
J. Scott Esqr 
Vergennes Vt.
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State of Vermont 
Addison County ss } On this 23d day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine personally appeared before the Hon. City Court now in session within & for the City of Rye in the County of Addison & State of Vermont Olive Peck a resident of Monkton in the County of Addison & State of Vermont aged Seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled “an act to grant half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Jathleel Peck late of Monkton aforesaid deceased who was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Company of Captain McCall,  Colonel Rogers Regiment,- that she understood from her late husband the said Peck that he fought at Long Island on the American side at the time the American troops were driven from said Island by the British & aided in bringing away Lieutenant Barker who was wounded at that battle, & she verily believes the same to be true.  That she has no means for ascertaining the precise length of time her husband continued in the service, but she always understood from him & believes the same, that he served at different periods during the continuance of the War.  That her said husband as she believes, was in pursuance of the act of Congress of 1832 places on the pension Roll of the United States, Vermont Agency, some time in the year of 1833 or 1834 (the exact time she does not recollect) at the rate of forty dollars per year, which said sum was paid by the United States up to the time of his decease. And for a more particular description of the said Pecks services she would refer to his declaration on file in the pension office made by him at the time he was placed on the pension Roll as aforesaid.  She further declares that she was married to the said Jathleel Peck at Norwich, New London County, State of Connecticut on the second day of May A.D. 1782 by the Rev. Samuel Nott Minister of the Gospel, then settled minister in said town of Norwich, that her said husband died at Monkton in said County on the 23rd day of June A.D. 1838 that she is now & has remained the widow of the said Jathleel Peck since his decease as aforesaid. 
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and year first before written. 
V. Lawrence Mayor 
S. Willson Alderman
Wm Parker Alderman
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State of Vermont 
Addison County ss} George W. Rogers Clerk of the Court of the City of Vergennes do hereby certify that Villee Lawrence is the Mayor of said City and Saml Willson and Wm.T. Parker are two of the Alderman of said City and that the signatures to the within Declaration are genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set 1 my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 23 day of March A.D. 1839 
Geo. W. Rogers Clerk 
State of Vermont 
Addison County ss} Vergennes 23d March 1839. 
I Jared Peck of Monkton in the County of Addison & State of Vermont being first duly sworn do depose & say that I am 41 years of age and that I am the son of Jathleel Peck late of said Monkton aforesaid  & his widow Olive Peck - that my father the said Jathleel Peck died at Monkton aforesaid on the 23 day of June A.D. 1838 and that my mother the said Olive Peck is now has been the widow of the said Jathleel Peck since his decease as aforesaid. And I further certify that my father for several years prior to his decease was United States pensioner at the rate of 40 dollars per year which said sum was regularly received by him up to the day of his decease as aforesaid and further saith not. 
Jared Peck 
Sworn to & subscribed before me G. W. Grandey Justice of the peace 
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Jared Peck the signer of the above affidavit & that he is fully entitled to credit and that the above signature is in his own proper handwriting 
Certified by me G. W. Grandey Justice of the peace
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United States of America 
State of Vermont ss}  I Isaiah Scott a Notary Public, duly commissioned and sworn and dwelling in the City of Vergennes, Addison County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that George W. Grundy of is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the deposition of  Jared Peck annexed, is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal this 23 day of March A.D. 1839. 
I Scott Notary Public
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29 September Norwich Ct. 
Simon Thomas 
date of the marriage  of Mr. Peck
Commsr of Peniosn ABJG
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This may certify that Jathleel Peck & Olive Hyde are lawfully married May Second Seventeen Hundred & eighty two 
Samuel Nott
Entered for  B. Huntington Junr  Town Clerk 
State of Connecticut 
New London County ss Norwich Town Clerks Office September 27 1838 
This may certify that the above is a true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows May 22nd 1782. 
Attest Simon Thomas Town Clerk 
I Simeon Thomas above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Norwich in County of New London & State of Connecticut and that above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Simeon Thomas  Clerk of the Town of Norwich 
Sworn before me 
Asa Roath
Justice of the Peace. 
J. Scott 
Dear Sir 
Above you have the certificate Mr Jathleel Peck & Olive Hyde Marriage as you requested in your letter of the 20th instant. Yours with repect 
Simon Thomas Town Clerk 
Norwich Connt Sept 29 1838
A certificate of the County or City Court as to the official character whose signature the magistrate is necessary under the seal of office.
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2954
Norwich Ct. 
Simon Thomas
Date of marriage of Mr. Peck
[unreadable]
State of Connecticut 
New London County } ss I John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in and for said New London County do hereby certify that Asa Roath Esq before whom the within deposition by Simon Thomas Esq was taken was on said 12th day of September 1838 and still is a Justice of the peace in & for said New London County and that his signature thereto affixed is genuine. In testimoy whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 11th day of February A D 1839 
John DeWitt Clerk
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MMHF
Rev & 1812 War Section
August 11, 1925 
Mrs. Emojene D. Champine
4129 Upton Ave, South
Minneapolis Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 26873 it appears that Jathlell Peck (pensioned Jathleel Peck) was born in 1760 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. 
While a resident of his native town he enlisted in March 1776, served nine months as a private in Captain John McCall's Company, Colonel Zabiah Rogers Connecticut Regiment and was in several skirmishes at the Sawpitts. 
He enlisted in January 1777 and served four months as a private in Captain Ebenezer Lathrop's Company, Colonel Ely's Connecticut Regiment, during which time his oldest brother Phineas Peck was his Lieutenant. 
After the Revolution he lived at Patridgefield, Massachusetts and Hoosick, New York and was allowed pension on his application executed September 24, 1832 while a resident of Monkton, Addison County, Vermont. He died June 23,
Widow said he was in the battle of Long Isl. But according to soldier’s affidavit, naming his places of service, he could not have been in that battle.  OK’d by Miss Wilson
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1878 in said Monkton. 
Soldier married May 2, 1782 in Norwich, Connectiout , Olive Hyde. She was allowed pension on her application executed March 23, 1832 while living in Monkton, Vermont, aged seventy-five years. She died May 21, 1839 leaving children, no names given except Jared a son aged forty-one years and a resident of said Monkton. 
Respectfully, 
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
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Andrew Hyde of Franklin in the County of New London State of Connecticut eighty three years old being duly sworn doth on his oath testify and say that in the spring of the year 1776 the 2d year of the Revolutionary war he enlisted into Captain John McCall's company of Volunteers or state troops of the State of Connecticut.  Jathleel Peck now of Monkton in the County of Addison state of Vermont then of Norwich which is now the said Franklin inlisted with me in the same company and said company belonged to Colo. Zabdiel Rogers Regiment, that we marched to New London and went on board of Capt. Pierce's Sloop to go by water to New York sailed out into the sound beyond the Light House & discovered the British Fleet going up sound returned to New London where we remained some days.  Afterward marched by land, crossed Connecticut River at Middletown, marched to New Haven thence through the towns on the shore into the State of New York where we were stationed though the season at East Chester, West Chester Mamaroneck, Sawpitts & was dismissed probably in December of 1776.  Was probably from home from nine to ten months & this deponent knows that the said Jathleel Peck served the whole time with the deponent & further the deponent saith not 
Andrew Hyde
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State of Connecticut 
New London County } ss, Norwich 
On this seventh day of September A.D. 1802, Personally appeared before me Mr Andrew Hyde and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed. 
Before me John T. Hyde Justice of the Peace 
State of Connecticut. New London County ss 
I of John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in & for said New London County hereby certify that John Hyde before whom the preceeding deposition of Andrew Hyde was taken, was a Justice of the peace in and for and New London County and that his signature above is in his own proper hand writing. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my the 1 hand and affixed seal of said County this 11th day of September AD 1832. 
1 testify that  Andrew Hyde the person who signed this affidavit is a credible witness.
Stephen Haight Judge of the County Court at [unreadable]
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Vergennes March 23 1839
J.L. Edwards, Esquire, 
Commissioner Pensions, 
Dear Sir, 
I enclose the declaration of Olive Peck, widow of Jathleel Peck. whose Certificate was returned last fall to the Department.  If correct please forward the Certificate with some blank forms for applications under the act of July 1836 and 1838 to me 
I am respectfully Your Obed Servt
J. Scott
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Jathleel Peck, Vt. Act 7 June 32, when last paid?  
GMC
5 July 39 - Died 23 June 1838 paid to that period
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Second Comptroller's Office, 
September 24th 1840 
Sir: 
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," the child of Olive Peck a Pensioner on the Roll of the Vermont the rate of Agency, at Forty Dollars and cents per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838 has --- been paid at this Department, from the 24th of June 1838 to the 21st May 1839, the day of her death.
Respectfully yours 
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.
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Minneapolis, Minn. 
4129 Upton Ave. So. 
June 19, 1925 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me the pension record of Jathleel Peck who was born Jan. 1, 1760 and died in Monkton, Vt. June 23, 1837. He married Olive Hyde. His name is given in the book of Vermont Pensions. 
Very truly yours,  
(Mrs.) Emogene D. Champine 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE C JUN 22 1925
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Widow. File 26873 Jathlell Peck 
Appln. Sept. 24, 1832. Res. [residing] Monkton Addison Co. Vt. Born Norwich Conn. 1760.
Mch. 76 to Dec. 76  Capt John McCall Col Zabdiel Rogers 
Jany 77 to Apl 77 Capt. Ebenezer Lathrop Col Ely  
bro [brother] Lt. Phineas Peck 
Bat. Long Isl.  
Sol Mar. [soldier married] Norwich Conn. May 22, 1782 Olive Hyde  
He died June 23, 1838 Monkton, Vt. 
Widow. appln. Mch. 23, 1839 age 75 Monkton Vt. 
1839 son Jared Peck age 41 testified
Wid. died May 31, 1839. 
Not sent
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19.543-555
3 89 Capt Nelson ‘81
444 
447
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
26873 
File No. 
Olive Peck 
Wid of Jathleel Peck 
Pri Conn Line 
Act: July 7th 1838 
Index: -- Vol. Page 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1925 Aug. 11 - Hist to Mrs Emogene D. Champine MMHF