Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25479, for Stephen Thomas, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Thomas, Stephen
Ann

NUMBER
W.25479

CONTENTS
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15.563

New York  R

Stephen Thomas
of Paris- in the state of New York
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Bradley of the Connecticut
line, for the term of Three Years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 20th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of October 1819
and Sent to J. Pond Esq Clinton
Oneida County N. York

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1819 16hr & 15/30 132 -
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March. 1820 40 -
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$180 -
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued

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Notific. sent Nov. 8 1820 to Orrin Gridley
Clinton N. York
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6689
Wisconsin

Ann Thomas
widow of Stephen Thomas
Con
who was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818
and who died on the 27. Feb. 1831
of Brown Co. in the [lined thru] State [/lined thru] Territory of Wisconsin
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Prior of the regt. commanded
by Col. Bradley in the Con't
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Wisconsin
at the rate of 80 Dollars [lined thru] Cents [/lined thru] per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1836

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of June
1842 and sent to George White
Calumetville, Wisconsin

Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $400--
[lined thru] Semi-annual allowance ending [/lined thru]

{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
 Book A. Vol. 2 Page 228
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Reported to Agent

Let to P. Agt. Oct 22. 1842
let to Mrs. Mercy Johnson Mar 18 [1843]
let to Mrs. Mercy May 23. 1843.
let  to Hon. H. Dodge & 3 Auditor
24 Jany. 1844

Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 10th April 1806 
from 4 march 1836 to 4 [?]
1841.
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I Mercy Johnson of Deansburgh in the Territory of Wisconsin, aged fifty five, do testify and say, that I am the Daughter of Ann Thomas of Deansburgh (aforesaid) and that my (said) Mother, was, and I every reason to believe, the lawful wife of Stephen Thomas, lately of Wisconsin, in the county of Oneida, state of New York, deceased--I have no doubt that my mother was so married, in the year 1787, in the town of Hebron, Connecticut, when I was two years of age--My first recollection of their so living together was when I was four years old. I distinctly recollect of my sister being brought home, sick of a consumption, and died the year I was four years old, and I recall my father in law being present and waiting upon her in her sickness, & at her funeral. I also recollect the said Thomas was sued once in a suit that given by my Brother, and was signed by my Mother before her marriage with Mr. Thomas, and he was compelled to pay the notes, in consequence of his marriage with my mother. My Brother was a sailor and was lost at sea, which was the reason of Mr. Thomas being sued--One other circumstance that makes me think they were lawfully married, is, that thirty one or thirty two years ago, when the [illegible words] Joseph came from Connecticut to settle in the State of New York they were all portioned out with a certain lot of land, but that my mother was not permitted to hold his land in consequence of having married Mr. Thomas, a person not belonging to the Brothertown Nation, as has ever been the custom of the Brothertown people--and that in the final decision of the [illegible] last year (by commission chosen under a law of Congress) she was still refused the portion of land, as being contrary to the same customs of the Nation--and I further state that she has never regained any right or privilege, either in land or in the [illegible]
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payments of money by reason of her being so married 

[deleted line of text]

Twelve years ago I went down to Niantic (Black Point) Connecticut; to try to get something for her from his original tribe (the Nahintics) but was also then refused for the same reason of having married outside his tribe--
            her
Mercy x Johnson
          mark

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown Deansburgh Nov 5 1840

Be it known before me that the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Brown personally appeared the above named Mercy Johnson and swore[?] solemn oath to the Truth of the foregoing deposition by this subscriber in my presence.  I further certify that she sustains a good character for the truth and veracity and that the statements may be relied upon.

The erasure of the [illegible] line  was made before signing.

M C Darling Justice of the Peace
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Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown

I, John Last, Clerk of the District Court in and for the County of Brown W.T. do hereby certify that M.C. Darling whose name is subscribed to the within certificate of acknowledgement, was at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and as such fully authorized to take the same, and that full faith and credit are due, and of right should be given to all the official acts of such Justice.

In witness whereof I have hereto affix my hand and the seal of said District Court the tenth day of December AD 1840

John Last
Clerk of B.C.W.T.
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Gideon Printer

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
March 18th, 1844.

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", and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their payments from the pension agents, The child of Ann Thomas, decd, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Wisconsin, Ter. Agency at the rate of --Eighty--Dollars and ---- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th of July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th March 1841.

Respectfully yours,

Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONERS, 
Present.
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STATE OF NEW YORK, Oneida
Common Pleas, ss.

On this Eighth-day of September 1820, personally appeared in Open Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county, being a Court of Record, Ithamar Thomas-aged 83 years, resident in Paris--in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: At Roxbury three months--Afterward enlisted into Col Bradlys Regiment at Middletown and Served three years in Capt Priors Company Just previous to the close of his three years service he enlisted and served to the close of the war.

That he has received a Pension, and the number of his pension certificate is 15,563--That he is by occupation a farmer

That the number and names of his family residing with him: their ages and capacity to contribute to their support is as follows, viz.
Himself aged eighty three years Feeble
His wife aged Seventy three years Sickly

AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Sworn and declared before me
8 Sept--1820

Stephen Thomas his X mark

M S Miller First Judge of Oneida
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SCHEDULE, containing the whole estate and income of
Stephan Thomas
One Cow $10 & one yearling heifer $5--$15 00
2 Female hogs $2.50  (indecipherable) $1.50--4 00
Hay $4 & 1 ax & 2 hoes $1.25--5 25
1 Chain $1. & 1 scythe & 1 sickle $1--2 00
Crockery--3 Chairs & Table--2 00
2 pails--.25
One note due  (indecipherable) for one hundred dollars which is pension money  (indecipherable) received--100
_______________
128.50

 (indecipherable) he owes debts amounting to $52.00
Stephen Thomas
his X mark

Sworn to and declared, on the 
Eighth day of September 1820.
before M S Miller
First Judge of Oneida.
_____________

State of New-York. Oneida Common Pleas.
Of the Term of September 1820.
A Court of Record by Statute.

The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court; and in the opinion of the Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above Schedule is one hundred twenty eight 50/100 dollars and no more.

I, FRANCIS A. BLOODGOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court: And I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is One hundred twenty eight dollars and Fifty--cents.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this eighth day of September, 1820.

Francis A Bloodgood

(Transcribers Note: Following text is written crosswise across left bottom side of paper)

Orrin Gridley
Clinton 
N.Y.
Mar 8th 1820

(Transcribers Note: Following text is written crosswise across right side of paper)

Stephen Thomas
15,563
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Stephen Thomas
Papers

Private
Col Bradleys Regiment
Connecticut Line
1777 3 years

Correct by Roll
Judge certificate of 
indigent circumstances  (indecipherable)

Stephen Thomas Col
Swift 781 for 3 years  (indecipherable)
1782
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State of New York
Oneida County

On this twentieth day of April 1818, came before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Oneida, personally Stephen Thomas, aged Eighty years, resident in Paris in the County of Oneida aforesaid, who being firstly sworn according to law  (indecipherable) his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled in Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War--That the said Stephen Thomas enlisted in the 4th of April 1776 as private in the County of New London in the state of Connecticut in the camp army of Capt. Jonathan Brewster Regiment commanded by Col Hunter in the Connecticut Line. That he enlisted for one year, that he continued in the service until discharge at Kingsbridge in New York sometime in the Spring of 1777,  That he again enlisted in 1777 at Middletown (then called Middlesex) in County of Middlesex in the state of Connecticut
Sept. in the company commanded by Captain Allen Prior & Regiment commanded by Col Bradley, that he enlisted three years, that he continued in the service until the year 1780 when he was discharged sometime in the Spring at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. That he enlisted during the war in Company of Capt Allen Prior & Regiment Col Bradley.  That he was discharged
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at the close of the war at Kings Ferry in New York. That he was in the Battle of Flatbush in Long Island,  Fort Washington in New York at White Plains in said State, at Paulus Hook in New York and at Yorktown in Virginia, & in a number of Skirmishes. And the he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other  (indecipherable) in his power of his said services.

In the presence of T. Passick 
Stephen Thomas
his X mark

Sworn before me this day & year aforesaid

Ashael Curtis one of the Judges of Oneida Common Pleas

I, Ashael Curtis, one of the judges of Oneida Common Pleas of aforesaid county, do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Stephen Thomas Did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the  (indecipherable) aforementioned act of Congress This 20 Day of April 1818

Ashael Curtis Judge

Clerks Office
Oneida County

I certify the Ashael Curtis was a Judge of the County of Oneida at the time of making the above affidavit certificate and that his signature to the same appears to be his own proper handwriting  (indecipherable) the seal of said County this first day of May 1818

Francis A. Bloodgood
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(B) 
Declaration

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown

On this second day of June, eighteen hundred and forty, personally appeared before me Andrew G Miller Judge of the Court of the County of Brown

Ann Thomas-a resident of Deansburgh in the Territory of Wisconsin--aged sixty six 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 made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 1838--in which (indecipherable) -art granting half pay and pensions to certain widows--that she is the widow of Stephen Thomas--late of the County of Oneida--in the State of New York--who was a pensioner of the United States as a soldier in the Connecticut line--the pension was granted to him when he lived in Oneida County about the year eighteen hundred eighteen--

She further declares that she was married to the said Stephen Thomas in (crossed out text) day of (blank) in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four by Squire Mervin (indecipherable line of text)--that her husband the aforesaid Stephen Thomas died on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred and thirty-one--that she was not married to him prior to his having leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, vis, at the time above stated--subscribed and sworn on the day and year above written--

Andrew G Miller
Ann Thomas  her X mark
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Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown for

Mercy Johnston of this County in the Territory of Wisconsin--being duly sworn says she is well acquainted with Ann Thomas--who subscribed and depose to the foregoing declaration--that she is the widow of the late Stephen Thomas--also well know to the deponent--that said Stephen Thomas died at Whitestown, Oneida County, in the State of New York--the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred thirty one--that these deponent saw the corpse of said Stephen after his demise--to wit at the time last aforesaid--and that (text line crossed out) pension certificate was issued to said Stephen.

Subscribed and sworn
this 20 day of June
1840

Andrew G. Miller

Mercy Johnston
her X mark

John Johnson being sworn at same time & place doth say that he has known Stephen Thomas now deceased and Ann his wife, for thirty five years. That they lived together as husband and wife from the time he knew them until he died in February 1831. That he was a pensioner of the United States as a soldier of the Revolutionary War--& saw him dead and attended his funeral, and the said Ann still continues his widow.

John Johnson

Sworn & Subscribed
this day above written

Andrew G. Miller

(TN: Following text crosswise across bottom left of page)

No 7297
Ann Thomas
of Stephen
Wisconsin Territory
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And the said Judge do (indecipherable)(indecipherable) his pension after "the investigation of the" matter--that the said Ann Thomas is the lawful widow of Stephen Thomas, late a pensioner of the United States now deceased--and that in his opinion the declaration of said Ann Thomas hereto annexed he believes to by true, June 2 1840
Andw G. Miller

I do certify that from bodily infirmity & sickness the said Ann Thomas is unable to attend the court for the purpose of making this declaration. She could not be moved to the court house--June 2, 1840
Andw G. Miller

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown for

I, John Last, Clerk of District Court of Brown County, do hereby certify that Andrew G. Miller--before whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed and sworn--was at the time of taking such declaration as proof--the Judge of District Court of the Territory of Wisconsin, and that the foregoing certificate purporting to be his (TN: text obscured by seal)

In principle whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and the seal of said District Court, this 17th day of June 1840

John Last   Clerk
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Wisconsin Terrritory
Brown County

I, Ann Thomas, of said Territory and County aged sixty seven years doth testify and say that I am the lawful widow of Stephen Thomas deceased who died on the 28th day of February in the year 1831 in the County of Oneida and the State of New York. I have stated all I can recollect heretofore in Regard to my husbands services while in the army of the Revolution and as to the marriage I Recollect distinctly was solemnised on the 28 day of November 1788 and that I have remained a widow since the death of my husband Stephen Thomas The reason why their is no family Record been kept that I had no children by the said Stephen Thomas he being my second husband the children I had me five and were all born in the lifetime of the first husband in order to further identify according to the best of my Recollection that Witnesses who were present when the Marriage was Solemnised are many of them dead so that I am not able to produce any more than the Testimony of two viz. Simion Darby and Jedidiah Jones persons of known (TN: text blotted out) for truth and verasity which were sent to the pension office by Abner Hindy, Esq. of the town of Hebron, Conn. Setting forth the Testimony of said witnesses I further say that I have sent to Conn and the answer to their is no Church Record  to be found of the Marriage but if I was able to go to Con I believe I should be able to find sufficient Testimony to establish my claim and I further say I Recollect to have heard my husband say he was taken a prisoner and confined in the Sugar House so called which was in the city of New York and suffered hardship beyond
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description and was exchanged and to got liberated from
that confinement I further say I heard my husband say he
served through the war of the Revolution under different
officers the names of whom I cannot recollect except those
named in my former declaration of affadavit and further
this deponent saith not
                                                                                her
                                                                         Ann  X   Thomas
Signed in the presents                                            mark
of David G Smith
John salmon

Personally
appeared before me the
undersigned one of the justices of
the peace in and for the County of
Brown Territory of Wisconsin Ann
Thomas who being duly qualified
under oath declares that the sub-
stance of above declaration is true
according to the best of her knowl-
edge and belief Sworn to and
subscribed before me at Manches-
ter in Brown County Territory of 
Wisconsin this the 4th day of Jan-
uray 1842
John Jenson Senr Justice of Peace
At the same time and place personally appeared before
me the undersigned one of the Justices
of the Peace in and for
the County of Brown and Territory of Wisconsin David Smith
and Mary Brushel who being duly qualified under
oath states that they have been acquainted with Ann
Thomas for twenty eight years past and that she and the
above named Stephen Thomas lived together as husband and
wife they being persons to me well known and persons of
truth and veracity and no way interested in the result of
her claim sworn and subscribed before me at Manchester
Brown County Territory of Wisconsin this the fourth 4th day of Jan
1842
John Jenson Justice Peace
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the within named Mary Brushel States that she has been acquainted and lived in the family of Stephen Thomas and
wife Ann thirty four years ago and according to their
statement has no doubt of their being maryed people accor-
ding to law
David G Smith
Mary Brushel

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown District Court ) I John Last Clerk
of the District Court in and
for said County of Brown do hereby certify that
John Johnson Jr. whose name is subscribed to the
within certificate or proof of acknowledgment is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly com-
missioned and sworn according to law and that full
faith and credit are due and of right
should be given to all the official acts of
such justice-
In Witness Whereof I have
hereto affixed my hand and the Seal of
said District Court this Eleventh day
of March in the year of our Lord one
Thousand Eight hundred and forty two and
of the Independence of the United States of America
the sixty sixth
John Last
Clerk D.C
B. C. W. T.
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Ann Thomas
of Stephen
Wisconsin
-
Suspended
-
See let 18 Sep 40
G. White
let; 4 Feb. 1841 to
Hon. J. D. Doty
let; 16 Sep 1841 to
G White let to do. 7
Jany 1842
let; 20 jany '42 Hon H.. Dodge
Act of July 1838
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I Ann Thomas of Danesburgh County of Brown and
Territory of Wisconsin aged ninety six years for her
oath doth testify and say that I was married to Steven
Thomas Deceased in the Town of Hebron in the State of Connecticut
in the fall of 1787- I do not recollect the month or day of the
moth, but it was the Sunday night aftert Thanksgiving I recollect
the year from the circumstances of my daughter Mercy Johnson  being two years old the August previous I recollect that I was published by the
Minister Revd M Pomeroy and married by Esquire Marvin
the town of Hebron
That I had at Hebron about six years, and then moved
to the town of Chatham then she also lived nineteen years
lawful and acknowledged wife of the said Steve Thomas and that
I also after lived with the said Thomas till the day of death
in February AD. 1831.
and further Deponent saith not
                                                                                   her
                                                                             Ann X   Thomas
                                                                                 mark
Territory of Wisconsin      Dunesburgh Nov. 5th 1840
County of Brown 
              Be it known that before me the Subscriber
a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Bown aforesaid
personally appeared the above named Ann Thomas, and made
Solemn oath to the truth of this ?????? deposition by her subscribed
in my presence I further certify that her character for
truth and integrity is good-- and that those who know her
have no doubt of the truth of these facts stated in her deposition
The words my daughter
were into lined before signing
M. C. Darling Justice of the Peace
I also further certify that John Johnson who testified in the
case of the said Ann Thomas before me on the summer of 1839 is
a man whom notions a good reputation for truth and veracity ans is
a Magistrate of respectable standing in this county
M. C. Darling J. P.
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Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown
I, John Last Clerk of the
District Court of Brown County Wis-
consin Territory do hereby certify that M. C. Darling whose
name is subscribed to the within certificate of acknowledgment,
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and was so at
the time of subscribing the same duly commissioned and qualified
according to law and as such fully authorized to take the same
and that full faith and credit are due and of right should be
given to all the official acts of such Justice
In witness whereof I have hereto affixed
my hand and the seal of said District Court this
tenth day of December AD. 1840
John Last Clk
D.C.  B.C.  W.S.
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To the Honorable J L Edw-
ards Com                   (25)
D. C
Washington
May 22 '34
Mi. Fwd
case of
Ann Thomas
Pequot N.J.
May 5th
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To the Honorable J. L. Edwards Com of Pensions Sir
the undersigned your petitioner would humbley represent
to your honorable Body in answer to the Note of the
18th March 1843 Stating how the case of the Widow
Ann Thomas Deceast is to be disposed of that her serviv- ing children are to inherit such as was granted to
the widow at the time of her death it is supposed
had another daughter by the name of Lucy Philips
and lived in the City of New York a widow the
latest knowledge we had of her the said Lucy and
myself is all the children of her family their is
left the three others were sons and are dead I
cannot tell in what Street Lucy lived nor
remember she has never wrote to me nor seen
her mother in thirty years past situated so
distant it would seem reasonable that in a
similar case that at the death of said widow
that all her just debts and funeral expenses
were first paid provided she had an estate and
it is clear that if Lucy the daughter had
provided any thing for the comfort of her
aged & helpless mother if living probably would say 
she had no special application for that purpose
it is a true saying out of sight out of mind
those that have labored had ought to be rewarded
honestly according to justice
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the said Ann Thomas was under the care of a sea-
man while in the State of N York to Eleveland five
Dollars to Doctor Arnold thirteen Dollars
to March 3 Dollars my expence going to Conn and back to Wisconsin which expence was one hundred Dollars in addition to en years support since the death of her
husband Stephen Thomas which was in the year 1831
I will take upon me to write to New York and if I can
hear from her the sd Lucy will write you again if I
get an answer from her and ascertain what her mind
is respecting the case of her mother I never have wrote
know whether she is living or dead I may fail of hearing
any more from her whatever I have done was done out of
a principle of gratitude that Children one to parents us-
ually those that are Invalids having given a correct
statement of my mothers family and of the daughter
supposed to be living by the name of Lucy Philips I
went to Conn state to the Town Records to ascertain evidence of the marriage of Stephen Thomas to my mother Ann Thomas and no record there to be found and only two living Witnesses to be found that was present She stated the names of many others who were present but they are gone to be here no more I feel to thank Mr J L Edwards for the information and desire him to assist
me to obtain whatever may be bestowed upon me
from the hand of government in such case made & provided
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if the honorable Mr J L Edwards will be
so kind as to grant me the favor to see the
Hagner Esqr and whatever may be thought right
to alow me I shall esteem it a favor and send
it to me at Manchester Calumet Co please to
send me a letter describing what the decision
is and as in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray
Dated at Manchester May 1st 1843.
Mercy Jonson
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Jan 20 1842
Wis
Hon. J.L. Edwards 
Commr of Pensions
Washington 
D. C.

Hon H Dodge
HR
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Washington, D.C. Jany 19 1842
Hon. Jas L. Edwards
Comp of Pensions
Sir
I have received a letter from
Mr. John Johnson, Sen. a citizen of Manchester, Wis.
urging the claim of Mrs. Ann Thomas, (the widow of Stephen) Thomas to relief under the existing pension laws.
Mr. Johnson states that he had heard Mr Thomas
say that he served in Capt Prior's (Pryor) company of
Colonel Bradley's regiment Connecticut line
Mrs. Thomas is very aged, and in destitute circumstances,
and sir, you will oblige me much by causing a thorough
search to be made among the proper books and papers,
in order to find the evidence, if any exists, of the service
of her husband, as stated by Mr. Jonson
Be so good, also, as to notify me of the result of
the search at your first leisure
very respectfully
your obd Servt
Henry Dodge
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Hon. J. L. Edwards
Comm
Washington
Jany 31. 1841-
Dr Sir
May I ask Mr. Edwards attention to the
case of this poor old woman. She seems to
have lost her land as a Brotherton because
she was married to a man who was not a
member of that tribe and it is hard for her
lose her pension if she is entitled to it by law.
because he was a member-
Very respy
yours
J. D. Doty
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free
OLISTON
OCT
19
NY
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq
Secy. at War
Washington

(Admc.)

old case
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Clinton Oneida County NY
Qct- 18th 1819
enclosed all Stephen Thomas
papers for a pension & if they 
should be sufficient to obtain a
pension, he would be very Glad to
get his pension this fall  as he
is really in necessitous circumstances
very Respectfully
J Pond
NY

Hon J.C. Calhoun Esq
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I Thomas Dean of Paris in the County of Oneida
State of New York do depose & say that I am well
acquainted with Stephen Thomas of said Paris who is
now applying for a pension under the act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land & naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary
army that he is more than eighty years of age &
quite infirm in body, that he is quite destitute of
property & absolutely needs the assistance of
his country for support
Thomas Dean

State of New York.
Oneida on the 14th day of September 1819 Came before
me the above named Thomas Dean & made
solemn affirmation of the truth of the foregoing
deposition by him subscribed, & I hereby
certify that from my knowledge of the sd affirmant
I am satisfied that the facts stated by him
are true & that the above named Stephen Thomas
absolutely needs the assistance of Country for his
support
E Bacon  Judge of
Oneida  Cour. Pleas
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Clerks Office     }
Oneida County  }  I certify that Ezekiel Bacon was a Judge in and for the County of Oneida at the time of making this annexed affidavit and is duly authorized to make the same. And I being acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge, do verily believe the signature to the same of "Ez Bacon Judge of Oneida Com Pleas," to be of his own proper hand writing.  Witness the Seal of said County and my hand this Thirteenth day of September 1819.

William P. Herrick Dept Clk
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7297
Ann Thomas
of Stephen
Wisconsin
Admitted
Pr 2yrs $80
Cap Prion, Col Bradley Co
died 27 Feb. 1831
Act 7 July 1838
George White,
Calumetville
Wisconsin
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We the subscribers being a Board of Commissioners chosen in pursuance of a Law of Congress, granting to the Brothertown Indians the rights and privileges of citizenship & to survey and make a final appointment and distribution of the
lands belonging to said nation, upon our oaths do certify and say
that in making said apportionment and distribution, we were required by the terms of the act to be governed by the common usages and customs of sd nation and that one of which customs which has always prevailed in said Nation was
the rejection of the claims of all the females of the tribe, to land as well as money, who marry out of the nation. To this custom we were compelled to
adhere in the duties assigned us. And we hereby certify that the claim of Widow Ann Thomas, Widow of Steven Thomas, deceased, to a portion of said lands, was with other similar cases rejected by us, on the ground of him having so married out of our Nation, alluding to her marriage
with Steven Thomas of Brothertown, Kirkland Oneida Co New York
deceased in 1830. We also certify that said widow, has always been rejected from receiving any apportionment of land or money in this nation and that from common report as well as from our own knowledge & belief, we have no doubt that said Ann was the lawful wife of said Steven Thomas and that her marriage as such, was prior to the year  ????
Charles Anthony )
Thos Commuck  )           Commissioners    
Alonzo D. Pick    )

Territory of Wisconsin
Brown County SS Be it known that on the Seventeenth day of
November AD 1840 personally appeared the above named
Charles Anthony Thomas Commuck and
Alonzo D. Dick
and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate
by them subscribed
Before me      John P. Gallup
                            Justice of the Peace
in and the County aforesaid
I further certify that the above named persons, are persons of truth and veracity, and sustained the appointment named in this certificate
John P. Gallup Justice of the Peace
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I further certify that the erasure of the County
of Fond-du Lac and substituting of Browern was made by me prior to the execution of said instrument
John P Gallup

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown  I John Last Clerk of the
District Court of Brown County do hereby
certify that John P. Gallup whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement was at the time of
submitting the same a Justice of the peace and for said County
of Brown duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and as
such fully authorized to take the same and that full faith and
credit and due demand of right should be given to all the of-
ficial acts of said Justice.
In  witness whereof I have hereto affixed my hand and the seal 
of said District Court, this
10th day of December A.D. 1840
John Last
Clerk DC   BC
Wisc.
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No 7297
Wisconsin TAug 17. 1846
July 7. 1838
Ann Thomas
Calumetville W. T
July 28
Pension Office for
Revolutionary Claimants
Washington City
D. C
Page 37

Calumetville W T July 28th 1840

Dear Sir
The within papers I am requested to forward to your office from Mr. Johnson the son in law of the within named Ann Thomas and a member of the Brothertown community He requests that  action may be had upon them at your earliest convenience and a report be made to him through me of the same
Respectfully
Geo White
Page 38

State of Connecticut    }
Tolland County              }  ss

On the fourth day of September 1841 Personally appeared Simeon Darby of Hebron aforesaid aged 65 years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he saw Elihu Marvin, Esq of said Hebron in the month of November A.D. 1787 join in marriage Stephen Thomas to Ann Cuff then both well known to this deponent.  And this deponent well remembering the circumstances of this marriage being then but twelve years of age and they were the first couple he ever saw married.  And further deponent saith not
Simeon Darby

State of Connecticut  }
Tolland County            }  ss. Hebron

Be it known that on this 4th day of September 1841 before the subscriber & Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid Personally appeared Simeon Darby who has subscribed the foregoing deposition and made with to the same
And I certify that Simeon Darby is a person well known to me is a person of truth and his statement entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year last before written.
Lucius J Hendee Notary Public
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7297 Dec 28 1841
No
Wisconsin
1838   Thomas
free

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D. C

Geo White
Page 40

The Hon. J L Edwards

Dear Sir
I send you enclosed the Affidavit of Mrs Ann Thomas which it is hoped will be sufficient at this distance[?] of time to satisfy the reasonable demands of the law  in her case.  She wishes me to say that if she is judged worthy of the provisions of the law relief to be timely for her must be speedy

Respectfully
Geo White P.M.
Page 41

H. H. Fitch
Town Clerk
Hebron
Deposition
Page 42

State of Connecticut Tolland County    }
Hebron Town Clerks Office                    } ss

September 4th 1841

I Henry H. Fitch depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town, and State aforesaid, and that I have examined the Records of Marriages in this office, and do not find the Marriage of Stephen Thomas to Anne Cuff _
By virtue of my office, I also have the care of the Records of deceased Justices of the peace, and have examined the records of Elihu Marvin Esq deceased and do find them mutilated and many parts of his sd records gone and destroyed, therefore cannot find the record of marriage of the above named _ Stephen Thomas & Anne Cuff.
Attest Henry H. Fitch Town Clerk

State of Connecticut    }
Tolland County              } ss
Personally appeared before the subscriber ^Notary Public^ for the State aforesaid Henry H. Fitch who has subscribed the fore going deposition and made oath to the truth of the same and I certify that Henry H. Fitch aforesaid is Town Clerk and Register of the town of Hebron and that full faith and credit is to be given to his declaration as such
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fourth day of September A.D. 1841
[illegible] before signing
Abner Hendee
Notary Public
Page 43

FREE
Hon James L. Edwards
Commissioner Pensions
Washington City

13 Sept 1841
Mrs Sylvester

HEBRON
Sept
9th
CT.
Page 44

Hebron Cont
Sept 8th 1841

Sir
At the request of George White Esq of Calumetville Wisconsin Territory I hand you the [illegible] affidavit to be used in an application for a pension made by Ann Thomas widow Stephen Thomas of that Terr.
I am Sir
Your Obt. Servt.
Abner Hendee

James L. Edwards Esq.
Page 45

25
To the Honorable J L Edwards
Washington D.C.

Mar 1. 1843
Wisconsin Terr.
Ann Thomas

Calumetvillage
WT Feb 6th
Page 46


To the Honorable J L Edwards Commisioner of the United States
pension office sir permit me to address the following
Representation and statement in behalf of the case of Mrs
Ann Thomas the wid of Stephen Thomas deceast
that branch of Government was pleased to hear and answer
her petition whose claim was on account of services rendered
in the war of the Revolution by her deceast Husband Thomas
and after many and repeated applications succeeded
in obtaining a draught of eighty Dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th March 1836 and in case of the death
or Marriage of the said Widow before the 4 March 1841
the pension to cease & determine She feeling a confidence
that she would have something granted to her agreeable
to the provision of the law in such case made & provided
she did theirfore execute a power in writing to receive
if any thing should be granted in her last condition
of Illness that her death took place in the 16th June 1842.
and her pension was granted as per date 25th day of
June 1842 and it would seem reasonable under the
circumstance that her expences during ten years and
upwards had aught to be viewed in its true light she
was blind and unable to do any thing of labour for
support herself she was wholly dependent on the only
Daughter for the means of support besides being often
sick and under the care of a phesision frequently since
her husbands death that took place 27th Feb 1831
it is well known that the amount of expenses of the
old woman must have been considerable but as
Goverment in Its generous spirit saw fit to assist such
invilids in order that the whole burden of expence
should not devolve on a son or daughter who might
unable to sustain the saim and being graitful for
for services rendered in the defence of our invaded
Country by the powerful authority of England
Page 47

it is through [illegible] to lay the case of Mrs. Thomas before your honor to make such arrangement in the premises as you may judge right. if it should be thought proper to make some satisfaction to Mersey Johnson the daughter of it will be very thankfully excepted as Mrs. [covered] Thomas the widow lived over the limited terms of the five years as [illegible] in the draught the draught has been presented to Mr. Potter Esq. who referred it to a Mr. Randal associate council who objected to making any payment and said there must be letters of administration upon it would be needed to add unnecessary expense by applying to a surrogate to grant the [illegible illegible] nothing has been done your advice and discretion must be the rule upon which expectations rests having given a true statement of all the facts set forth and so add no more as in duty bound your petitioner will ever pray. Dated at Manchester this 30th January 1843
                                       Mersey Johnson 

Town of Manchester 
Calumet County 
Territory of Wisconsin
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6 case pork                                         54.0
12 Do  flower                                      48.00
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100 of Do -                                       100.00
pasage                                              105.00
??asstation                                        100.00
Shoes boots                                       50.00
hats                                                    10.00
                                                         607.00
Page 49

State of New York Hastings & Tracy, Printers, Utica Oneida, County   
Be it known, That before me, Nathan Kimball, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid. personally appeared Stephen Thomas and made oath in due of law that he is the identical Stephen Thomas named in an original Certificate in his possession, of which (I certify) the following is a true copy:--

War Department, Revolutionary claim 
                                           
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18th of March 1818, Stephen Thomas [illegible] a private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the pension list roll of the New York agency at the rate of Eight dollars per month to compresence on the 20th day of April one thousand eight hundred eighteen. Given at the war office of the United States this 29th day of October one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. J.C. Calhoun Secy of War

That he is entitled to a pension of eight dollars per month, on account of wounds and disabilities received, or of services rendered to the United States, during the Revolutionary war, that he served in Captain Prion's Company of Infantry in Col. Bradley's regiment; that he now resides in Oneida County and has resided there for the space of 24 years past; and that previous thereto, he resided in Connecticut. 

Sworn and subscribed this 4th day of March 1831 before me, 
Sealed and delivered in presence of}  (L.S.)
Page 50

State of Connecticut
Tolland County   ss Hebron
On this fourth day of September 1841 personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public for the State aforesaid Jedediah Jones of said Hebron aged 79 years who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath depose & say that in the month of November 17?7 he saw Elihu Marvin Esq of sd Hebron join together in Marriage Stephen Thomas to Ann Cuff persons then well known to him but by reason of his age and bodily infirmities he is unable to state the day of the month but does recollect it was about Thanksgiving time & further saith not
Jedh Jones

State of Connecticut  }
Tolland County            }  ss Hebron
Be it known that on this 4th day of September A.D. 1841 before the subscriber a Notary Public in and for the State aforesaid Personally appeared Jedediah Jones who thus[?] subscribed the foregoing deposition and made oath to the same
And I certify that Jedidiah Jones is a Person well known to me is a Person of truth and his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year last before written
Lucius J Hendee Notary Public
Page 51

Jan 4 1841
Wisconsin Ter
Addsn of
Ann Thomas

Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
Page 52

Calumetville W T Dec 15 1840

Dear Sir
At the request of Mrs Ann Thomas I forward you the within paper touching her marriage with Mr. Thomas and in her behalf request you to inform her through me of the result as soon as practicable
Respectfully
Geo White P.M.
Page 53

I Ann Thomas of Manchester in the Teritory of Wisconsin
aged 97 years of age doth testify and say that I am the law-
full Widow of Stephen Thomas deceased who died on the 28th day of February in the year of 1831 in Oneida County and State of New York. I Recollect he stated to me in Conversation that he inlisted in the Town of Chatham Midlesex County and Connecticut State for a Term of three
years and served the time out and inlisted again
during the Revolution war one Term of service
was under Capt Prious Company and Col Brady's
Regiment I cannot recollect whether he said he said
the service was performed under the above named
officers of the three years service on the duress of war
Time But must refer to the returns made to the
Suretanatances office to Identity and establish that
fact he also said to me he served as a private in
both inlistments or terms of service he said he was
not draughted I cant recollect when he said he entered
the service the day of the month nor the time when he
left the saim the enlistment was in Middlesex county
and the aforesaid State in which he resided
when he entered the service he also said he was in an 
engagement on LongIsland the Country through which he
Marched I Cannot Recollect I further say I was Married
to the said Stephen Thomas on the 28th day of Novem
ber 1788 and that I have remained a Widow
since the death of my late husband Stephen Thomas
Page 54

he also said he volunteered himself to help burn the British ships in the North River and was promisd a Reward of one hundred Dollars for undertaking the dangerous interprise but did not Receive the Reward promised he also said he was in several other engagements during the Revolution struggle he also said he was in the engagement and Capture of Corn Wallace at little york he also said he was promised one hundred acres of land to induce him to enlist & She Claims the service if it has not been Granted to him or some one in his name she Claims the equivilent in money insted of Land and further this Deponent saith not

Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the peacce in and for the County of Brown Territory of Wisconsin Widow Ann Thomas.  She being duly qualified under oath declares that the substance of the above Declaration is True according to the best of her knowledge and belief  Sworn to and Subscribed before me at Manchester Brown County Territory of Wisconsin this 9 ninth day of November 1841
John Jonson Senr.
Justice of the Peace

Ann X her mark Thomas
D

signed in the presence of
David G smith
John Johnson
Page 55

No 8129
Personally appeared before me the undersigned one of
the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Brown
Territory of Wisconsin persons of truth and veracity and
being duly qualified under oath testify and says that
they was well acquainted with Stephen Thomas deceast and that he died on the 28th day of February 1831 and know he obtained a pension under the provision of an act of Congress some of the last years of his life the substance
of the above testimony viz David Smith and Mary Bushel
is true according to my best knowledge and belief
Sworn to and subscribed before me at Manchester
Brown County this 9th day of November 1841
Personally appeared be
David G Smith                John Jonson Senr Justice of peace
Mary Brushell

Territory of Wisconsin
County of Brown     I John Last, Clerk
of the District Court in & for
the said County of Brown, do hereby certify that
John Johnson Sr. whose name is subscribed to the
within certificate or proof of acknowledgment is a
Justice of the Peace in for said County duly com-
missioned and sworn according to law
In Witness Whereof have hereto
affixed my hand and the Seal of
said District Court this 26th
day of November in the year of our
Lord 1841 and of the Independence
of the United States  66
John Last Clerk
B. C. W. T.