Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20687, James Barnabe, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Barnabe, Barnabee, or Barnebee, James, Ann

NUMBER
W. 20687
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3795 
New York Albany
Ann Barnabe
widow of James Barnabe Conn.
who was a Private in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Dec 1843 and sent to Alexr Ross, [illegible] Roosevelt, N. York

(Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book [illegible]
Vol. 1. Page 102.

Let to A. Ross. Aug 22 1845
Reported
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[note on left side of the page]
Notification sent July 21, 1820 to Oliver Stearns, Tolland, Cont.
'
Connecticut
4,250
James Barnabe
Private
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 18 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2d of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of Nov 1818 and sent Sylvester Gilbert, Judge
Tolland, Connecticut

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 - 29/30 4/30   40.79
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819    48.-
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$88.79
Continued
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
From May 77 till May 80
Coventry
Tolland Ct
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James Barnabe
Affidavit &c
Declaration
James Barnabee
Private
Col. Jno Chandlers Regiment Connecticut line
Enlisted in May 1777 & Discharged in May 1780
Date of Declaration April 2, 1818

Correct
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To Sylvester Gilbert Esqr. Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut
The memorial of James Barnabe of Coventry in said County showeth - that he enlisted & served in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army as a Corporal in the War of the Revolution more than nine months against the common enemy and was honourably discharged - that he is a resident citizen of the United States, and is reduced in his circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Wherefore he prays said Judge to take such evidence as may be necessary to prove the above facts and to certify the same to the Secretary of War, that he may be placed on the pension list agreeable to the Law of the United States, passed the first session of the 15th Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Hebron April 2nd 1818
James Barnabee

James Barnabe of Coventry in the county of Tolland in Connecticut a resident citizen of the United States testifies & declares upon oath, that in the year 1775 at the commencement of the revolutionary war he entered into the service of his Country as a soldier in the Continental Army and performed one tour of duty the first year of the war near Boston, and in the year 1776 he inlisted under Capt. James Clark, Col. Sage's Regiment at New York till the city was taken by the British Army, & continued in service till December 1776 when he was honourably discharged.
He further declares that int he month of May A. D. 1777 he enlisted into the Continental Army & int he [crossed out "Infantry"] Company of Paul Brigham then a Captain now Lieut Governor of the state of Vermont, then in Col. John Chandler's Regiment. He inlisted for the term
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To Sylvester Gilbert Esqr. Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut
The memorial of James Barnabe of Coventry in said County showeth - that he enlisted & served in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army as a Corporal in the War of the Revolution more than nine months against the common enemy and was honourably discharged - that he is a resident citizen of the United States, and is reduced in his circumstances in life & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Wherefore he prays said Judge to take such evidence as may be necessary to prove the above facts and to certify the same to the Secretary of War, that he may be placed on the pension list agreeable to the Law of the United States, passed the first session of the 15th Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
Hebron April 2nd 1818
James Barnabee

James Barnabe of Coventry in the county of Tolland in Connecticut a resident citizen of the United States testifies & declares upon oath, that in the year 1775 at the commencement of the revolutionary war he entered into the service of his Country as a soldier in the Continental Army and performed one tour of duty the first year of the war near Boston, and in the year 1776 he inlisted under Capt. James Clark, Col. Sage's Regiment at New York till the city was taken by the British Army, & continued in service till December 1776 when he was honourably discharged.
He further declares that int he month of May A. D. 1777 he enlisted into the Continental Army & int he [crossed out "Infantry"] Company of Paul Brigham then a Captain now Lieut Governor of the state of Vermont, then in Col. John Chandler's Regiment. He inlisted for the term
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of three years & actually served in said Capt. Brigham's company during the full term of three years, and was in several battles, particularly those of Germantown, and Monmouth, and at the end of the term received a Discharge which is in the words & figures following
(viz) "Westfield May 2nd 1780 The bearer Corpl James Barnabe of the 8th Connect. Regt. is hereby honourably discharged from the service. ~ Issuing commissaries are directed to issue provisions to him up to Apl. 13th Instant"
Samuel Comstock Capt. Commdr 8th Connt. Regt.

The said Barnabe sais that he faithfully served his country against the common enemy as aforesaid for the term aforesaid, and that he is reduced in his circumstances in life and is in need of assistance from his Country for support. And that he now is & ever has been a resident citizen of the United States.
James Barnebee

Hebron April 2nd 1818

Tolland County Ss. Hebron, April 2nd 1818
Personally came before me, the aforesaid James Barnabe and being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding Declaration by him subscribed.
Taken & sworn before Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of County Court.
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Eliakim Jones & Capt. Daniel White both of Coventry int he county of Tolland testify and say that they have always been acquainted with James Barnabe of the same town, and knew him while he was a soldier in the revolutionary war, & knew that he was called a good soldier & that he engaged & served, besides other tours, three years int he Continental Army, and that he is poor & stands in need of assistance for support.
Eliakim Jones
Daniel White
Hebron April 2nd 1818

Tolland County Ss. Hebron, April 2nd 1818.
Personally appeared the aforesaid Jones & White both being known to me & men of truth, and made oath to the truth of the preceding affidavit.
Before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid.

I, Sylvester Gilbert, Presiding Judge of the County Court in the County of Tolland in Connecticut do certify that it is proved to my satisfaction that the said James Barnabe did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony had & taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in this behalf made & provided.
State of Connecticut Ss. County of Tolland April 2nd AD 1818.
Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid
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James Barnabe
Tolland
4250
March 1819
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland
ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, [crossed out "holden by order of the Judge of said Court, on the __ day of"] June Term 1820

ON this 26 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, James Barnabe aged 64 years, resident in Coventry in the County of Tolland
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Inlisted in 1777 in Capt. Paul Brigham's Company, Col. John Chandler's Regt Con. Line and served three years. Also 7 months in 1775 in Capt. Clark's company and Cap. Stor's Regt and 6 months in 1776 in Capt. Clark's company and Col. Sage's Reg. Original declaration is dated 2nd day of April AD 1818. The number of his pension certificate is 4250.
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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."
Schedule
Household furniture, except bedding   19.50
1 barrel pork   15.00
farming tools   6.00
1 cow  20.00
1 hog   8.00
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68.50

The declarant is by trade a shoemaker but by loss of sight is unable to pursue his trade. Has a wife 52 years of age and has in his family two children - a daughter named Mary aged 16 years and a son named Ambrose aged 13 years
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Sworn to and declared by said James Barnabe on the 26 day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 68 dollars and 50 cents and that his circumstances and family are herein truly stated.
I, Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 26 day of June 1820.
E. Stearns
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tolland
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2035
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Capt. Paul Bridglan - [illegible]
Col. Joseph Hoyt

WAR DEPARTMENT

Revolutionary Claim

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the United State, of the 18th of March 1818
James Barnabe late a Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Second day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen

J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
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State of New York
Oswego County} Ss
On this nineteenth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said County Ann Barnabe a resident of the town of Schroeppel in said County aged Seventy 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, entitled "An Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of James Barnabe, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution and a United States Pensioner as will be seen by a reference to the annexed Pension Certificate dated November 9, 1818.

She further declares that she was married to the said James Barnabe on the 4th day of October seventeen hundred and eighty eight that her husband the aforesaid James Barnabe died on the tenth day of September eighteen hundred and thirty, 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, viz; at the time above stated.

And she further declares that she was married to said Jame Barnabe at the time aforesaid in the town of Coventry in the state of Connecticut by Abraham Burnap Esq. a Justice of the Peace of that town, the resident clergyman being at the time sick, that the said Justice and each of the persons who were present at said marriage are all dead as this declarant was many years since informed and verily believed is true.  Except one boy who she believes was present but whether living or not she has no means of ascertaining, not having heard from him or of him in any way for more than thirty years last past.  That she knows of no record of the said Marriage of any time, that her said husband or herself never kept any family record
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record, and never knew that any record was ever in any way made of her said marriage. That she continued to live in Coventry aforesaid with he said husband until several years after he rec'd his said Pension Certificate. And further that she has not been married since the death of her said husband James but remains his widow.
(illegible) Barnabe

Sworn to and subscribed on the}
day and year first above written}
before me
D.H. Marsh Clerk
of Oswego County

State of New York}
Oswego County} ss.
Chloe Greene of Schroeppel in said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is in the fifty fifth year of her age that she was born in the town of Coventry in the state of Connecticut and continued to reside there in the adjoining town for more than fifty years, that she was well acquainted with James Barnabe named in the annexed Pension Certificate and with Ann his wife who has subscribed the above declaration from her earlyest recollection. That she well remembers of being at the dwelling house of said Barnabe before the year seventeen hundred and ninety, and that at that time & until the death of the said James Barnabe he and the said Ann continued to live together as husband and wife & raised a family of eight children. And further that the said James Barnabe died in September eighteen hundred & thirty, as she was at that time informed and verily believes and the said Ann has lived a widow ever since. The word "declaration" being erased and the word "wife" interlined in the above.
Chloe Green

Subscribed and sworn this 19th}
day of September 1838, before me.}
Artemas Ross
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day of September 1838, before me.}
Artemas Ross

Oswego County ss.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ann Barnabe who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and with Chloe Greene who subscribed the above affidavit and that they are both persons of truth and veracity and to whose statements full credit should be given. September 19, 1838.
Artemas Ross Y.D

Oswego County}
Clerks Office}
I Daniel H. Marsh, Clerk of said County and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the proceeding declaration was sworn to in open Court this day as there stated and certified to by me. And I further certify that Artemas Ross, Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Chloe Greene appears to have been subscribed and sworn to and whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is a Justice of the Peace of said County duly qualified according to law as such. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his signatures to the above certificates are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 19th day of September 1838.
D.H. Marsh Clerk
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I Chandler Barnabe, a resident of Chatham in the county of Middlesex, in Connecticut, & at this time in the town of East Windsor, in Hartford County. Do hereby depose and say; That I am a Son of James Barnabe, and Ann Barnabe, And I well know what has been declar'd * believe to be the ages of My Brothers sisters & my own age. My Brother Daniel Barnaby would be, (if living) Forty nine years nine months old, being born July 29-1789} My Brother Wyllis Barnabe Born Oct 1791
Sally born June 1794
Chauncey Born June 1796
Chandled (myself) was Born August 5th 1798
and am of the age of forty years & nine months old
I was present at the funeral of my Father, the said James Barnabe, he died in the town of Wethersfield, in Hartford County, on the tenth day of September 1831; and my mother the said Anna is still living & his widow. My said mother, now lives in the State of New York and I, the deponent have no pecuniary interest whatever in the money asked for in the application of the said Anna Barnabe for a  pension. 
Chandler Barnabe

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County,} ss East Windsor, On this 4th day of May AD 1839, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of and for the State of Connecticut, at my office in said Town, Chandler Barnabe, a credible person, to me well know, who then & there subscribed the foregoing deposision in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same. In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my Seal of
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office on the day and year first named, viz on the 4th day of May AD 1839.

Attest Jesse Charlton}
Notary Public}

(Chandler Barnabe)
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 20.687
Ann Barnabe
widow of 
James Barnabe
Pri Rev War

Act March 3d 48

Index: Vol. A, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870]

2035
N. York
Ann Barnabe Widow
of James
letter to L. Falley 22. Nov. 1838

Act July 7.1838
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James Barnabe or Barnabee
W.F. 20687
Conn

0 13 2
3 6
2 0
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1 8
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Westfield May 2d, 1780

The Bearer Corp. James Barnabe of 4-0-Conn Regt. is hereby Honorably Discharged from the service.
Issuing Commissaries are Directed to House Provisions to him up to 4-13th-Instant

Saml Comstock Capt. Comm.d (8th?) Cont. Regt.
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3827
New York
Ann Barnabe
widow of James Barnabe, dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 1830 of Oswego Co in the State of N.Y. who was a private in the ____________ commanded by Captain ____________ of the _____________commanded by___________ in the Connt line for 2 years,

Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of August 1839, Sent to and J. Charlton
East Windsor Hill, Connt.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1830 $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 sep 39 40.00
$280.00

[stamped] Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by D. M Curdy, Clerk
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 68.
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Hon. Secretary of War
of the U.S.A
Washington DC

Roosevelt N.Y. Aug 14/45
Alex Ross

For arrears of pension due widow Perry Bockus

R.157 (december?) 21/45
Pension office

3795 Ann Barnabe-43
3794 Judah Backus 43
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Roosevelt NY August 14th, 45

To the secretary of War of the USA.
Dear Sir I take the liberty of addressing you in behalf of two of my neighbors to wit, Widow Perry & Henry Bockus heirs of Ann Barnabee & Judah Bockus deceased Pensioners who died last Oct, they the Pensioners made application for their pensions the 4th of Sept last but were informed by the agent for paying pensions in this State that the law for extending pensions had passed I think the 3d of March 1844 were not payable untill the end of the year, the Oct, following they both died Widow Barnabee & Widow Bockus since that time Widow Perry & Henry Bockus applied to the agent of this State that they might receive what was their due but after a few (illegible) attempts the agent informed them they were not entitled to but a small proportion of what they claimed alledging that the other heirs were entitled to their proportion and that they must go through the regular routine for the purpose of obtaining the same. now sir I want to know if
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if in your opinion the pension cannot be obtained without so much trouble & expense- as all of the heirs of widow Barnabee with the exception of the applicant resides out of the bounds of this state. Some of them at the distance of 1500 miles & none as near as 300 & She the applicant is in indigent circumstances with a large family of children depends upon her for a living. She had taken the care of her mother, now diseased (illegible) - number of years & through her last illness which was very expensive---
Mr. Bockus is also a very poor man with a large family of children and has taken the sole care of his mother for the last 20 years & for a number of years she has been helpless as it were for she has been both deaf & blind being about 100 years of age when died, the applicant has one brother about or over 100 miles from him and three other brothers & sisters some 40 or 50 miles from him & they have not any of those heirs ever contributed nor done any thing at all for the maintenance of their diseased mother.
those that have taken the care of & incurred so much expense should
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he entitled to what now remains due I think part a doubt,
the attorney that they appointed to do their business at Albany seemed to rather censure the agent, but whether he is considerable or not I know not

Dear Sir if it is in your power to assist by directing the agent to pay to said applicants or in any manner that you may direct it will be very gratifying received by the said Widow Perry and Henry Bockus

I have the honor of subscribing myself your obedient servt
Alexander Ross P
Roosevelt
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4032 Sept. 11. 1843
Clo March 3d 1843
NY

{from A. Ross PV
at Roosevelt (illegible)}

JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Judah Bockus
Ann Barnabe
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Roosevelt Oswego Co. NY
Sept 6th 1843

JL Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir. Enclosed I transmit to you the applications of Judah Bockus & Ann Barnabe for a pension under the act granting pensions to certain widows of Revolutionary sol
approved March 3 1843
please address A. Ross P.M. at Roosevelt & send such blanks & directions as the applicant will want to procure the benefit of said provision. 

I have the honor to subscribe myself your Obt. Servt &c.
Roosevelt
Alexander Ross P.M.
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2035
Sept. 29
NY
7 July 1838

Hon. J.L. Edwards
Comm. Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Fulton Oswego Co. N.Y.
Sep. 24. 1838

Sir-

Enclosed I send you the application of Ann Barnabe for her husbands pension. if the application if correct you will please send her certificate to her or to me, addressed to this Post Office if incorrect please inform her wherein.

Your Obt. Sert
Lewis Falley

J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. Pensions -
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A. Barnabe

$80.00 per an

Alex: Ross
Roosevelt
N.Y.
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State of New York}
Oswego County} ss
on the fifteenth day of August 1843 appeared personally before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County Ann Barnabe a resident of the town of Schroeppel in the County of Oswego aforesaid aged 75 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of James Barnabe who was a pensioner of the United States & whose pension certificate has been returned to the department & that she received a pension of eighty dollars per annum under the act of July 7th 1838 & she further declares that she is still the widow of the said James Barnabe & has never been married since his death & further she saith not
Ann Barnabe

Sworn to & subscribed }
on the day & year above }
written before }
Artemas Ross Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK,}
Oswego County Clerk's Office.} ss.

I, Andrew S. McCarty, Clerk of said County, Do hereby Certify, that at the date of the Jurat Certificate, to which this is annexed, the said Artemas Ross Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and duly authorised to take the same:- And further, That I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice Jurat and verily believe the signature to the said Jurat Certificate to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, this 6th day of September 1813

A. Z MCarty clk
Y.J.C M Carty Dep Clerk
(clk absent)
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2035
Ann Barnabe
Wid of James
NY
Act July 7 1838
Married 1787
died 1830
Allow $80 per an

J Charlton
Earl Mindia Hall
Conn
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I Alpha Miller, Do hereby certify, that on careful examination of the Church Record of the Parish of Andover, in Tolland County Connecticut I cannot find any entry of the marriage of James Barnabe, & Anna Utley, under any date: And I further certify, that tho this Congregational Church & parish have been organized was ninety one years; The first record of marriage is under date of Janry 1819.

And I further certify, that I am at this time pastor of the Church & Society in said Andover and that the above certificate is true.
Alpha Miller

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss Coventry in the Parish of Andover.
On this 20th day of May 1839, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut Reverend Alpha Miller, at this time Pastor, of the Congregational Church & Society in said Andover, a credible person to me well know who then & there subscribed his name in my presence, and then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the Seal of my office at East Windsor in said State on this 20th day of May 1839.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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I Daniel White a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut Aged Sixty Six years, the 14th of July next:
do hereby depose & say; that I was acquainted with James Barnabe, a revolutionary Soldier from my childhood.
I am well knowing to the fact that he rec'd a pension for his services in the Revolutionary.
I well recollect, that he paid his addresses to Miss Anna Utley, of this town where I was a lad of about fourteen years of age. I remember to have heard they were going to intermarry; They lived in the immediate neighborhood of my father, and I well remember, to have heard it said the day following his marriage that James Barnabe was married last night. And that as he was then a widow, & apprehensive that the young man might make more short on the occasion than he could wish, took Miss Utley onto Mr Houses large Bay Mare a carried her behind him, up to Esq Burnaps, & got married & that there was no one present except Esq. Burnaps family & a young man named Isaac Ingersoll, who removed to Cazernovia several years ago, & there died. In a few wars after said Barnabes marriage, he removed into a House but a little distance from ours, and there Isaac then together living as man & wife, & they continued to live together in this place, in that communion & relation until Mrs Barnabe the present widow had had as many as five or six children & that James Barnabe worked for my father & with me and another hired man which my father had; married David Brown. We got in

x on recovery their names I was Eight)
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the Corn Harvest together, while my father was gone to Newbaum as a Representative from the Town of Coventry, to the Legislature Assembly, as it is called in Connecticut. The said David Brown worked with us one month that season & the following winter he removed to Pabridgefield in Massachusetts, and there died. I find by examining my late fathers account Book that this is the true date of said events.
I understand that the widow Anna Barnabe aforesaid has the impression that she was married in the fall of 1788, But from the credit given to said David for his work in the fall of 1786 when he had worked seven months & settled in Nov 1786.
And then the last time he workd for us was one month in October 1787; the year before he removed out of the State, Such a conjunction never took place in any other year, as that James Barnabe & David Brown working for us, while my father was gone to the Legislature, except in 1787.
The said James Barnabe & his said wife notes the said widow removed from this place to East Windsor & from there he removed to some other town in this state & there died.
I was well acquainted with Abraham Burnapp Esq the Justice of the Peace who married the said Barnabe, he was a man of good judgement, but a very poor write & quite illiterate & I never heard no do I believe that he ever made or kept any record of the marriages he solemnized. 
The said Abraham Burnapp removed to the State of Vermont about forty years, ago & there died. He has left no
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children living and there is no reason to believe that he ever made any records of marriages.
Daniel White

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss. Coventry On this 20th day of May AD 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut Daniel White Esq, a resident of the Parish of Andover in Tolland County aforesaid a credible person & one of the most substantial inhabitants of that County, who then and there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of office on the day & year above named.

Attest Jesse Charlton 
Notary Public
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I Amos Jones, of the Parish of Andover, in Tolland County Connecticut do hereby depose & say, That I was well acquainted with James Barnabe & with Anna Utley, both of the parish of Andover in Tolland County. I am myself of the age of 77, next August & I was married when I was 26 years old-or in the year 1788. I well remember that I heard of the marriage of the said James Barnabe & the said Anna Utley about the same time that I was married or within a year of so: their children were rather older than mine. My son Amos, my older son, was born in Nov 1789, & I well remember that Mrs Barnabes Children were mates with my eldest children & I have no doubt were as old if not older than mine-of this I have a clear general recollection. I have a record of my own age, & marraige & of the birth of my children.
Amos Jones

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County,} Coventry
On this 20th day of May AD 1839, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the C. State of Connecticut, Amos Jones a credible person who then and there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my seal of office on the way & year before married.
Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I Mary Ensworth a resident of Andover, in Tolland County Connecticut do hereby depose & say, That my age is 79 years last February, I further depose & say, that I was acquainted with James Barnabe, & Anna Utley, for more than sixty years ago. That I was married myself  to my late Husband Nov 18th AD 1784. And in about three or four years after that time, I well remember, that the said James Barnabe, & Anna Utley were married together; I have In my Bible now open before me, the record of my own Marriage & of the Birth of my children, And the said Barnabe was married to the said Anna some months before the Birth of my son Jeremiah Ensworth. He was born July 26th 1788 And Mr. Barnabe & myself lived near together & were intimate & I have not the least doubt that I am correct as to the date or time of the marriage.
Mary Ensworth

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss Coventry On this 20th day of May AD 1839 Personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton Notary Public of for the State of Connecticut; Widow Mary Ensworth, of said Coventry, a credible person who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by her subscribed Before me in testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office on the day & year above named.

Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I Bela Sprague a resident of Andover Society, in the town of Coventry, in Tolland County Connecticut do hereby depose & say,
That I was well acquainted with James Barnabe & Anna Utley both of this town, & I well remember her telling me that he took Anna on behind him & carried her up to Esq Burnapps & got married without the family knowing where the had gone; & he told me it was the night after training in the fall; I well remember, that from that time they lived together as man & wife & they brought up a family of children in this place; & from the best recollection it was either in 1787 or 1788, that is fifty one or two years ago. Mr Barnabe & his wife removed away from this town, several years ago, & I hear he has been dead several years.
Bela Sprague

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County} ss Coventry. On this 20th day of May 1839, personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut, Bela Sprague, a resident of said Coventry a credible person, who then and there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate, by him subscribed before me.
In testimony whereof I do
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hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office on the day & year first named.
Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I Simon House, a resident of the Parish of Andover, in the town of Hebron in the County of Tolland, & State of Connecticut aged sicty sic years, do hereby depose & say, that I am a native inhabitant of said town & society; and that I was acquainted with James Barnabe, formerly of this town from my childhood; I was also acquainted with Anna Utley of this place, & I well remember hearing of the intermarriage of the said Barnabe to the said Anna Utley & to have heard of it at the time it took place: & I am well knowing to the last fact that from the time of my hearing that they were married they lived together as man and wife, & had & brought up a family of children, together:, I was married myself in the year 1796 & though I have no record of the date as to Barnabes marriage, yet from the size & ages of their children, at the time, of my own marriage I have no hesitation in believing that it was as early as 1787, or 1788. And from examining my Fathers acct Books, who was then the principal merchant in this place, I find, that in both those years the said James Barnabe was taking up from our store such goods as are only wanted by a man who has a family to support.
The said James Barnabe & his wife removed this place several years ago, & I hear he has deceased some years since. & I would further say the the society of Andover lies partly in the town of Coventry & a party in the town of Hebron.
Simon House

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County,} ss Hebron
On this 20th day of May AD 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of & for
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the State of Connecticut, Simon house Esq, High Sheriff Elect of the County of Tolland aforesaid; a credible person, & one of the most substantial Inhabitants of the same, who then and there made Solemn Oath, to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed before me, in testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office on the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I, Elisha Sprague, a resident of the Society of Andover, a part of which Society or parish, is in the town of Hebron, & a part of it in the town of Coventry the part were I live, being in Coventry in the County of Tolland, & State of Connecticut. My age is sixty four. 
I Do hereby depose & say, that I was acquainted with James Barnabe & Anna Utley, both of this town, from a Boy, and I well remember to have heard of the intermarriage of the said Barnabe with the said Anna Utley. I well remember being at a training in the month of October, at the fall training before I was old enough to be called upon to do Military duty, & to have seen Mr Barnaby there he was excused on account of having been in the army. I remember he was that day very gay & rakish & I heard the next day that he carried up Anna Utley to Esq Burnaps & that they were married, & I am well knowing to the fact that they lived together in this place as man & wife from that time & brought up a family together & that they have several children & removed away from this place several years since & I hear he has been several years dead.
Elisha Sprague

State of Connecticut Tolland County} Ss. Coventry 
On this 20th day of May AD 1839, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of & for the State of Connecticut aforesaid Captain Elisha Sprague, a credible person & then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me, In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of office on the day & year last above written, deponent was born in 1775 as recorded in his Bible.
Attest Jesse Charlton}
Notary Public}
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I John R. Howard do hereby depose and say, that I have carefully examined the Town Records of the Town of Coventry in the County of Tolland, & State of Connecticut, viz all those parts of said Records which contain any entries of the Marriages solemnized in this town for sixty years last past: and I have no been able to find any entry of the marriage of James Barnabe and Anna Utley under my date by diligent search & said records are very imperfect & incomplete.
And I further depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk & Register for said town of Coventry, & have the custody of its Records, and that the above certificate is true.
John R. Howard Town Clk
Dated at Coventry in the County & State aforesaid on this 25th day of May AD 1839.

State of Connecticut}
County of Tolland} ss Coventry,
On this 27th day of May AD 1839, personally appeared before me, Edward G Huntington one of the Justices of the Peace for said Tolland County. John R. Howard Esq, a credible person, well known to me, & who is Town Clerk & Register of the Town of Coventry aforesaid & then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed.
Before me Edward G Huntington Justice of Peace
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I Simon House, a resident of the Parish of Andover, in the town of Hebron in the County of Tolland, & State of Connecticut aged sixty six years, do hereby depose & say, that I am a native inhabitant of said town & society,; and that I was acquainted with James Barnabe, formerly of this town, from my childhood; I was also acquainted with Anna Utley of this place, & I well remember hearing of the intermarriage of the said Barnabe to the said Anna Utley & to have heard of it at the time it took place: & I am well knowing to the fact the from the time of my hearing that they were married they lived together as man and wife, & had & brought up a family of children together: I was married myself in the year 1796 & though I have no record of the date as to Barnabes marriage, yet from the size & ages of their children, at the time, of my own marriage I have no hesitation in believing that it was as early as 1787, or 1788. And from examining my Fathers acct Books, who was then the principal merchant in this place, I find, that in both those years the said James Barnabe was taking up from out store such goods as are only wanted by a man who has a family to support.
The said James Barnabe & his wife removed from this place several years ago, & I hear he has deceased some years since. & I would further say the the society of Andover lies partly in the town of Coventry & a party in the town of Hebron. 
Simon House

State of Connecticut}
Tolland County,} ss Hebron
On this 20th day of May AD 1839 personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of & for
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the State of Connecticut, Simon House Esq, High Sheriff Elect of the County of Tolland aforesaid; a credible person, & one of the most substantial inhabitants of the same, who then and there made Solemn Oath, to the truth of the within certificate by him subscribed before me; in testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of office on the day & year aforesaid.

Attest Jesse Charlton
Notary Public
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I Royal R Hinman, Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut, do hereby Depose & Say
That I find, by examining the Records of this State That Abraham Burnap was a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Tolland in said State, in the ear AD 1787. And I also find in the same year, that at the session of the Legislature in October of that year,
Daniel White Esq, was a Representative to the assembly from the town of Coventry, in the County of Tolland in said State (illegible) in 1788 or "89 or "90
And I further certify that Edward G Huntington Esq before whom the certificate of John R Howard was taken is at this time & has been for more than nine months last past a lawful Justice of the Peace for the County of Tolland, in sd state and that the signature of the said John R Howard, is his genuine signature. 
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the seal of said State at Hartford in said State on the 29th day of May AD 1839.
Royal R Hinman
Secretary