Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18232, Seth Wakeman, Conn.
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Conn.  Wakeman. Seth   W18232
  Mary
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Connecticut 9457
Seth Wakeman of Sherman in the State of Conn. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt. commanded by Col Dimon in the Conn. Militia line for 14 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 46 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 21, day of May 1833, and sent to Edward Taylor, Clerk P. C. Danbury, Ct.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  93.32.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sept. [1833]
[Total] $116.65

[In brackets} Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by [initials illegible] Franciori  Clerk
 Book 6.   Vol. 3rd.  Page 45.
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3678.

Connecticut

Mary Wakeman

widow of Seth Wakeman
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Couns

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
46 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
11th day of Dec 1843
and sent to
Levi Leach


Sherman
Conn


[Act of March 3, 1843.]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1.
Page 80


Reported
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BRIEF in the case of Seth Wakeman
of Sherman in the State of Connecticut
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 66 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
November In 1782
June 1781

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months, 5  9 
Days.

Rank.
As a
Private
"

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Moore
Capt Thomas Nash Col
Dimon

5. In what battles was he engaged? request 

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Fairfield Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses -

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Literate

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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I Thomas F. Davies hereby certify the Sen Pastor of the Confiscated Church in Green's Farms, and as such lives
the Records of said Church in my possession, that from them it appears that Seth Wakeman and Mary Stratton were married by the Rev. Hezekiah Ripley
April 4th 1784; & I further certify that I was well acquainted with the said Ripley who died in November, 1831, &
have knowledge of his hand writing, and verily believe the
Record aforesaid to have been made by him
Thomas F. Davies

State of Connecticut, Fairfield County, in Fairfield
August 8th 1838. Personally appeared Thomas F. Davies, known by me to be Pastor of the Confiscated 
Church in Green's Farms, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing

Lyman Banks Justice of peace

State of Connecticut ⎬
Fairfield County
Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of
Connecticut do hereby certify that Lyman Banks Inn Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for Fairfield County duly commissioned
and duly authorized to administer oaths, make Delegations
and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe
the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County
Court in Fairfield this 8th day of August AD 1838.
Thomas B Osborne Clerk
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I Cynthia Wakeman of Sherman in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged thirty eight years being first duly
sworn according to law depose and say that
I am the daughter of Seth Wakeman late of
said Sherman dec'd that I usually resided in
my said father's family from my infancy to the
time of his death and was present when that
event happened, he died at said Sherman on
the thirty first day of August eighteen hundred and thirty five, leaving my mother Mary Wakeman his widow him surviving, since the death of my father I have resided with my mother the said Mary Wakeman, she has remained a widow ever since the death of my father and is still unmarried.

Cynthia Wakeman
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield, Probate District of New Milford ss:

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before
Court of Probate for said District and certify that the said Cynthia Wakeman is a credible witness this 25th day of August 1838
Nathaniel Pry Judge of sd Court
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I Abraham Briggs of Sherman in Fairfield
County & State of Connecticut aged fifty nine
years being first duly sworn according to law
depose and say that for fifty years past I have
lived within about one mile of Seth Wakeman
now dec'd. The said Seth Wakeman and his present widow Mary Wakeman have lived together as husband & wife ever since my acquaintance with them about fifty years ago up to the time of his death which event happened to the best of my recollection about three years ago. I have been acquainted with his widow the said Mary Wakeman ever since and she is still unmarried & remains the widow of the said Seth Wakeman.

Abraham Briggs
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield, Probate District of New Milford

Sworn to & subscribed in open Court before
the Court of Probate for said District this
25th day of August 1838 and I certify that the said Abraham Briggs is a credible witness .

Nathaniel Pry Judge of said Court
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I Noble S. Bennitt Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in taking the affidavits of Cynthia Wakeman
and Abraham Briggs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 25th day of August 1838

Noble S Bennitt Clerk
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State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield, Probate District of Danbury On this Seventh day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, the District of Danbury in the said County and State, the same being a Court of Record and now sitting at Danbury and District Seth Wakeman a resident of Sherman in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged sixty six years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.  I That in the month of November 1782, a person then residing in Ridgefield in the said County had been drafted- Id serve five months in a company commanded by Captain Moore, then stationed as a Guard at Greens Farms  a place so called in the town of Fairfield in said County and near Long Island Sound and employed the said Wakeman - to serve the said term - as his substitute and that in pursuance of said engagement he entered the said service, about the 1st of said month of November, and served in the said Guard as a Private soldier under the command of said Captain Moore the whole said term of five months and until some time in the month of April following-the  said Guard was maintained there to protect the People in the vicinity and their property against the attacks of small parties of the British and Tories who frequently come from Long Island to plunder, and he was often during his said term of service  engaged in skirmishes with such parties. At the expiration of said term of service he was dismissed sent without any written discharge and that he cannot recollect the name the person for whom he do served as a substitute.
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II That on or about the 1st day of April 1781 he enlisted for the term of nine months in the Company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Captain Thomas Nash, as a private Soldier.  Said Nash as he believes received his orders from Colonel [Deinor] of the Connecticut State Troops - said Company commanded by Captain Nash was stationed at Said Greens farms as a Guard, and he served therein as a Private soldier, under the command of said Captain Nash, at said Greens farms from the time he so enlisted until some time in the month of January following when he was dismissed by said Captain Nash, but received no written discharge having served nine months -  during this period of his service he was frequently engaged in skirmishes with [illegible] plundering parties of British and Tories from Long Island - and on one occasion several British Prisoners were taken and the boats from which they landed. He saith that Said Captain Moores Company was drafted Militia. There were no regular troops at said Greens farms at either of said times when he so served  there - that he recollects no other officers in said Captain Moores Company. That he believes Jonathan - Squire was Lieutenant and Grummor Morehouse Ensign in said Captain  Nashs Company.  That he was born on the 12th day of 1766, [illegible] said Fairfield and always resided there until the spring of the year 1787, when he removed to said Sherman, and has ever since resided there and still reside there  — He served at the village of Fairfield, at one  other tour two months, but he cannot [sherify] the year, and cannot therefore claim a pension therefore.
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That he has a record his age, being an entry of his birth made by himself in his family bible, from a similar entry made by his Father in his family bible —  that he has no documentary evidence and knows of no other person by whom he can prove his said service whose testimony he can procure than those whose Deposition are hereto annexed. The said Seth Wakeman hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in the Count  — Attest Edward Taylor Clerk Seth Wakeman  We Maltby Gelston a clergyman, residing in the town of Sherman and Abraham Briggs residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  Seth Wakeman  — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Fairfield County of Sherman Maltby Gelston August 7th 1832 Personaly appeared Abraham Briggs Maltby Gelston and Abraham Briggs who hath [illegible] the foregoing certificate and made oath to the truth of same before me Eli [Bennaby] court of [illegible] and the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Maltby Gelston- who has signed the preceding certficate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Sherman and that Abraham Briggs who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Sherman —  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk  1. Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foreging contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seth Wakeman —  for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said Office, this 7th day of August 1882. Attest Edward Taylor Clerk [seal]
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(3-1776)
SERVICE ||NUMBER
Conn. |Wakeman, Seth |W.18232
|Mary
CONTENTS
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I Joseph Wakeman of the Town & County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut Aged Sixty Nine years being duly cautioned and sworn, do certify and say that I am personally knowing to the services in the Revolutionary War of Seth Wakeman formerly of said Fairfield now a resident of the Town of Sherman in the County of Fairfield aforesaid, in that said Seth Wakeman lived with me the deponent, in the year 1782, and served in the Guard of the Sea Court of the town of Fairfield
and was stationed in the Parish of Green Farms in said Fairfield, from sometime in November of the year 1782 until some time in April 1783 as near as I can recollect for five months, he served as a substitute for a person whose name I don't recollect in the Town of Ridgefield in said County, he served under Captn Moore, the names of any others of the offices don't recollect. I Remember of seeing said Seth Wakeman Receive Either fifteen or twenty Dollars in Continental Money from the person whose substitute he was and further the deponent saith not [illegible] this 23d day of July 1832.

Joseph Wakeman
State of Connecticutt
County of Fairfield

Fairfield July 23, 1832 the foregoing Deposition of Joseph Wakeman was taken subscribed and
Sworn before me.

Jeremiah Sturges J P

the subscribing authority further certifies that the [illegible] Character of the foregoing deposition good standing in County, where for truth and veracity is indisputable and further the Deponent lives more than twenty miles from the County & is infirm and unable to attend

Jeremiah Sturges J P
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss

I Thomas B Osborne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in said State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Jeremiah Sturges Esquire before whom the
foregoing Deposition of Gideon Wakeman & Joseph Wakeman were sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield duly commissioned & duly authorized to administer oaths & take depositions.

I further certify that the signatures to the foregoing Certificates purporting to be his are genuine & in the proper hand writing of the said Jeremiah Sturges. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand I affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 23d day of July AD 1832

Thomas B Osborne Clerk of said County Court
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I Stephen Allen of Danbury in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged sixty  eight years, being duly sworn do deposed and say that in year 1781, and about the 12th of April, Seth Wakeman then of Fairfield in Said County, now of Sherman in the same County, enlisted in the Company of State Troops raised by the State of Connecticut for the defense of the Land commanded by Captain Thomas Nash for the term of nine months as a Private soldier and he served in Said company the full period for which he was enlisted. The Said Company was stationed during his term of service at a place called Greens farms in the Town of Fairfield, near Long Island Sound as a guard & protect the citizens of the vicinity and their property against attacks from plundering parties of the British & Torries who frequently came there from Land Island.
 I enlisted in the Said Company about the Same time with said Seth Wakeman and served therein at Said Greens farms and at camps distant from Greens Farms about two miles, until the 12th of July following when I was taken Prisoner and carried to New York and did not return until the 6th of January following.
The Said Seth Wakeman served faithfully from the time he so enlisted until I was taken Prisoner as aforesaid and when I returned from New York
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as aforesaid he was still in the said service at Said Greens Farms and area shortly afterwards honorably [    ] and I understood from Said Captain Nash and the other officers of Said Company that he the  Said Wakeman had faithfully serviced during my absence
Stephen Allen.

State of Connecticut }
Fairfield County} s.s. Probate District of Danbury
Probate court - August 7th 1832
The foregoing deposition of Stephen Allen was [   ] and sworn to by him in open Court. And Said Court certifies that the Deponent is a  man of a good character for truth and veracity and is a credible witness.
Attnt  Edward Taylor  Clerk

(Side Ways)

PO Aug 16 132 (1832)
Please direct 
to Edward Taylor
Clerk of Probate
Danbury Ct.

Admitted 
Private 14 months
connt. [       ]
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954
Mary Wakeman
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State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield
Probate District of New Milford s:

On this 25th day of August 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the court of Probate for said District now sitting at Sherman in said District and county Mary Wakeman a resident of said Sherman aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth, on oath, made the following declaration in order to obtain of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Seth Wakeman who was a private in the war of the Revolution. He was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 and to his declaration & the proof there to [    ] on file in the Pension office she respectfully refers the Department for proof of his service.
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She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Wakeman on the fourth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty four. That her husband the aforesaid Seth Wakeman died on the thirty first day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty five. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, vis. at the time above  stated.
       her
Mary X Wakeman
       mark

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year first above written before.
Nathaniel Perry  Judge of said Court

I Noble S Bennitt clerk of said court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Mary Wakeman for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 25th day of August 1838
Noble S Bennitt  Clerk
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April 7, 1932

BA-J/MCS
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Seth Wakeman
W. 18232

N.C. Platt
Patterson
Putnam County
New York

Dear Sir: 

     Reference is made to your letter of February 18th, requesting information in regard to Seth Wakeman, a soldier of the Revolution.

      The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim W. 18232 based upon the Revolutionary War service of Seth Wakeman. 

     He was born April 12, 1766, at Fairfield, Connecticut.

     While a resident of Ridgefield or Fairfield, Connecticut, he enlisted April 1, 1781, and served nine months a private in Captain Thomas Nash's Company in Colonel Dimon's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted November 1, 1782, and served five months in Captain Moore's Connecticut. He also served a tour of two months during the Revolution, no details of service given. 

     He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sherman, Fairfield County, Connecticut, having moved there is the spring of 1787. 

     He died there August 31, 1825. 

     He married at Greens Farms, Connecticut, April 4, 1784, Mary Stratton.

     She was allowed pension on her application executed August 25, 1838, at which time she was seventy-two years of age and was living in Sherman, Connecticut.
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     Their daughter, Cynthia, was thirty-eight years of age in 1838.  It was not stated whether they had any other children.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to the Administrator
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18232
Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 18232
Mary Wakeman
wid. of 
Seth Wakeman
Priv. Rev. War
Act: March 3, 1843
Index:-Vol. M, Page 310

(Arrangement of 1870.)
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1893, May 11, History to
FE. Sands, Meriden, Conn
FS.
___________________________________________________
April. 19-1897 - History to 
Mr. W. F. Wakeman.
135 - West 23d - st.  N.Y. City
___________________________________________________
Dec. 10 -97 - Hist. to Mr. Robert P - 
Wakeman, Southport Conn
(on Widow 2 282
____________________________________________________
1920 Mar. 2. Hist. to Edith 
M. Runnels.  aw.
------------------------------------------------------
1927. Oct. 13 hist. to 
Helen S Bingham MCS
____________________________________________________
1932' Apr 7. Hist. to N.C,
Platt MSC
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Connecticut  696
________________________________________________
Mary Wakeman of Sherman widow of Seth Wakeman, deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832, and who died on the 31st August 1835, of Fairfield Co in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the compy commanded by Captain Moore of the regt commanded by Col Dimon in the County Militia line for 14 months
_________________________________________________
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 46 Dollars  66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
_________________________________________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of Oct 1838, & sent to N. Perry, Esq - New Milford, Connecticut
_________________________________________________
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '38 $116.65
Semi-annal allowance               23.33
ending 4 Mar '39                    ________
                                               $139.98
{Act July 7,
   1838}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk,
Book  A.   Vol 1.    Page 217
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Mary, widow of 
Seth Wakeman 
Act July 38 
$46.66 per annum  
Cert: to N. Perry Esq 
New Milford, 
Con.
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New Milford (Con) Augt 27th 1838

Sir
I send herewith the declaration of Mrs. Mary Wakeman, widow of Seth Wakeman together with proof of her marriage and the time of her husband's death. He being a Pensioner I send no proof of service. Please communicate the result to me.
Very Respectfully
Your ob. Servt.
N. Perry
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$46.66

To
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner 
of Pensions
Washington
3556

Levi Leach
Sherman 
Con
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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County I Js Sherman 
On this 12th day of August 1840 
before the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County of Fairfield personally appeared Mary Wakeman a resident of Sherman in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by act of Congress passed on the 3rd March 1843 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War 

That she is the widow of John Wakeman who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that she received a pension as his widow at the annual rate of forty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents under the act of 7th July 1838 Pension Certificate dated 18th October 1838 which has been surrendered to the Pension Agent in Hartford that her husband Seth Wakeman was a pensioner under the act of 7th June 1832 

She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted the Declarant know that she continues the widow of Seth Wakeman and am fully satisfied of the truth of her statement in the foregoing declaration. 
Levi Leach, Justice of the Peace

Her mark X
Mary Wakeman
Present Laura Leach
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Clerk's Certificate
Sold by Croswell & Jewett, No. 2 Street's Building, New Haven.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 
Count of Fairfield
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE.  SS. 

I, Wm H Noble, Esq., Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of Fairfield and keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY:-
THAT, Levi Leach was on the 10th day of August 1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 10th day of August 1843. 
Wm H Noble Clerk.

Levi Leach Justice of Peace
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Post Marked Feb 17, 1920 U.S. Pension Office

1013 Sixth Street, 
Port Huron, Mich.
Feb. 12, 1920

To the-
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please look among the old pension records for that of Thaddeus Bennett W. 17278 of Conn - who is said to have   drawn a pension.   I am anxious to [illegible] this-  heir for the Daughters of American Revolutionary-
Will you kindly look for this name of
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Seth Wakeman of Conn. also - 
Thanking you in advance,
I am 
Yours truly, 
(Miss) Edith M. Runnels
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21 1/2 Miller St
Mt Clemens Mich. May 16/27

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C

Dear Sir:

Could you give me any information relative to Joseph Wakeman pensioner m 1832 residing in Fairfield County Conn. and Seth Wakeman pensioner m 1832 residing in Sherman, Fairfield
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County Comm.
I am anxious to know what service either or [illegible] rendered in the Revolutionary War as I am a direct decendent of same.
Any information would more that be appreciated.
Sincerely
Helen Shook Bingham
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Feb.. 18. 1932.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I have been told that Seth Wakeman was in the 1832 Pension Roll from Fairfield County State of Connecticut. Revolutionary War. If you find his name, would like to know the Regiment or Company he was in.
Thanking you for any information,
W. C. Platt
Patterson,
Putnam Co.,
New York.

Date Stamp: Received Feb 20 1932
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The Journal Publishing Co.,
PUBLISHERS OF
The Meriden Daily Journal
27 East Main Street
Meriden, Conn., Mch 31 1893

MR T W Tallmadge
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

In my search of records to prove that I am eligible to membership in the society of the Sons of the American Revolution I find that I must obtain proofs of enlistment in two towns in both of which the records have been destroyed by fire. I am therefore forced to fall back upon the Pension Office for proofs and last evening while talking over the matter with Lulu and Marian they suggested that I write you asking that if you can do so, you forward the information I seek. If you could kindly detail one of your clerks to look this matter up and will forward me such information as you obtain
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together with your bill for the work I would consider it a great favor.
The case in brief is this: In the list of pensioners of 1840 for service in the Revolutionary war I find the name of Mary Wakeman of Sherman, Conn. I wish [illegible] on whose account this pension was granted her and for what service. UP to 1802 Sherman was a part of New Fairfield and as my great-great grandfather Jeremiah or Jeremy Wakeman was a [illegible] of Capt. Hickok's Co of Danbury (the nearest point of enlistment) in the Third Regt. Comm. Light House, and as Mary Wakeman was his only unmarried daughter, I ham let to think that the Mary Wakeman who was granted the pension and his daughter were one and the same person. Owing to the burning of the records I cannot prove positively that my great-great grandfther and the Jeremiah Wakeman who served were one and the same person.
If however I can prove that the pensioners father was Jeremiah and
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The Journal Publishing Co.,
PUBLISHERS OF
The Meriden Daily Journal
27 East Main Street
3 Meriden Conn., 189

that she received her pension from him I can by means of attested family had it [illegible] establish my case. If you will therefore look up the grounds on which Mary Wakeman of Sherman (at the time of the Revolution a part of [illegible] Fairfield with the enlisting station at Danbury) was granted the pension I will be greatly obliged.
Lulu, Marian and Charlie as well as myself send our best regards.
Very Truly Yours,
F. E. Sands
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PUBLISHERS OF PROTECTIVE TARIFF LITERATURE, INCLUDING THE AMERICAN ECONOMIST.

OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE
Cornelius N. Bliss, President
Le Grand B. Cannon, First Vice-Pres.
Joseph E. Thropp, Second Vice-Pres.
Wilbur F. Wakeman, Gen'l Secretary
Chester Griswold, Treasurer

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Theo. M. Ives, New York
P. C. Cheney, New Hampshire
James Phillips Jr., Massachusetts
William Barbour, New Jersey
Wm. L. Strong, New York

THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEAGUE,
DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF AMERICAN LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
National Headquarters, No 135 West 23rd St
New York
March 31st, 1897.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr Evans:
I am desirous of finding what service one, Seth Wakeman, rendered during the Revolution, that entitled him to a pension granted in 1832. I am informed by the Adjutant of Connecticut that he was granted a pension at that time, but the service is not recorded. I have corresponded with the Record and Pension Department but they have no record of the service.
The said Seth, was supposed to have enlisted from Greenfield, Connecticut, but I am not positive on this point, as he afterward settled at Salisbury. Any information you may furnish will be greatly appreciated. It occurs to me that he may have enlisted from a neighboring state.
Very truly yours,
W. F. Wakeman

Dictated W.F.W

date stam: Apr 3 1897
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M.C.S.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section

October 13, 1927

Helen S. Bingham
21 Miller St.
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 18232, it appears that SETH WAKEMAN was born at Fairfield, Connecticut, April 12, 1766.
While a resident of Ridgefield or Fairfield, Connecticut, he enlisted April 1, 1781, and served nine months as a private in Captain Thomas Nash's Company in Colonel Dimon's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted November 1, 1782, and served five months in Captain Moore's Connecticut Company. He also served a tour of two months during the Revolution, no details of service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, which time he was a resident of Sherman, where moved in spring of 1787, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died there August 31, 1835.
He married at Greens Farms, Connecticut, April 4, 1784, Mary Stratton. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 25, 1838, at which time she was seventy-two years of age and was living in Sherman, Connecticut.
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Their daughter, Cynthia, was thirty-eight years of age in 1838. It is not stated whether they had any other children.
Respectfully,
Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington, D.C. ____________, 19____

In reply to your request of _________, received__________for a statement of the military history of Seth Wakeman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Apr. 1, 1781
Nov. 1, 1782

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
9 mos
3 mos

RANK
PVT

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thos. Marsh
Moore
COLONEL.
Dimon

STATE.
Conn

Battles engaged in, ___________
Residence of solider at enlistment,  Ridgefield or Fairfield Conn.

Date of application for pension, Aug. 7. 1832

Residence at date of application, Sherman, Fairfield Co. Conn. 

Age at date of application, b Apr. 12. 1766 at Fairfield, Conn.

Remarks: Soldier at Greenfield Conn. Apr. 11, 1784 Mary Stratton. He died Aug. 31. 1835 at Shermann Conn. & she was at person  Aug. 25, 1838 while living in Shermann, ae 72. Their dau. Cynthia was 38 yrs of age in 1838. The names of parents of Sol. & wife are not given nor as it stated whether they had any other children. 

Respectfully, 
Commissioner. 

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