Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,243, for Allyn Marsh, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Marsh, Allyn
or Allen
Mabel
NUMBER  W. 26.243
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Reported 
214, 
Connecticut 
Mabel Marsh 
widow of Allen Marsh who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of June 1848 and sent to Henry Fowler Hartford Connt 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848,  Page 303, Vol. 1
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These certify that the subscribers being specially authorised by Commission from Richard Law Esquire Judge of the District of Connecticut in pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States passed at the [unreadable] session of the [unreadable] Congress entitled “An Act to regulate the Claims to Invalid Pensions” did within the time limited by said Act examine the Claims of Allyn Marsh then a resident in East Hartford in the County of Hartford to a Pension as an Invalid of the United States and that we transmitted the Evidence taken by us in support of his claim to the Judge of said District 
Certified –
Hartford - 4th March 1797 
V. Seymour 
Jon’n Paull } Commissioners
Ex’d [examined} & approved 
for Wm Finlay 
Wm H. Imlay
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3416  V 
Mabel Marsh 
widow of Allen 
Con  
act 7 July 38 
m. 87. d 27  
See Cap Ozias Bissells papers act 1818. 
Wells Regt in service from last March to 31. Dec. 80 – 
Adm’d [admitted] 
9 mo pri
30$  
No deduction 
Jesse Charlton 
E. Windsor Hill
Con
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State of Connecticut  
Hartford County, } ss Hartford 
On this 26th day of November AD 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut now sitting, & in open Court Mabel Marsh, a resident of Manchester, in the County District aforesaid, aged Sixty nine years the 20th day of September last: who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7th AD 1838, entitled "an act  granting half pay and pensions to certain widows.”  
That she is the Widow of Allen Marsh late of Manchester, in the County of Hartford in Connecticut who was a Corporal in the army of the Revolution, and who served in several different tours, as she has been informed, And who was wounded by musket ball in his back so as to be greatly disabled, to the end of his days, for which he received a pension as an invalid soldier of Colo Wells Regt placed on the list Sept 4th 1794, & arranged with those of Middlesex County, the his residence was in Hartford County, in what is now called Manchester, but which was formerly called East Hartford five miles, or oxford; having been incorporated into a town, & called Manchester within a few years.   
And she furthermore declares, that she was married to the said Allen Marsh, in said Manchester (now called) but then East Hartford, as aforesaid, by the Revd Benajah Phelps, then Pastor of the congregational Church in said East Hartford, parish of Oxford, as aforesaid, in the winter of the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty seven, Fifty one years last
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Winter she cannot exactly name, the month, but it was some months before the Birth of George Marsh her oldest son, & he was fifty one years old last May.  My husband or myself had any record of our Marriage; But he had a record of the birth ages of all our children, entered in his own hand writing in an old account Book, the leaf containing the ages of all our children is brought into Court this day to be sent to the pension office with my Declaration & that I depose to be our original family record, & the oldest record I possess of the ages of our family & that I have no record of my marriage.   
And I furthermore declare that my said husband died in said Manchester, twelve years ago last October, viz the said Allen Marsh then died then.  She the declarant has never again intermarried but still remains his widow.  She was not married prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of Jany 1794, viz at the he time before stated. 
Mabel Marsh her mark
Subscribed in presence of 
Sworn to and subscribed before said Probate Court on this 26 day of November  AD 1838
The word “Marsh” in the seventh line from top on the first page altered or written before signing. 
Seth Terry Judge 
In testimony whereof, I Nathaniel Goodwin Clerk of said probate Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the matter of the application of Widow Mabel Marsh of Manchester aforesaid for a Pension.  
Whereupon I do hereunto subscribe my  the seal of said Court at Hartford aforesaid this 26 8th day of November AD 1838 
Nathaniel Goodwin Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Hartford
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And I Nat
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I Ashna Symonds, a resident of Manchester in Harford County Conn. 
Do hereby depose & say, that I served in the army of the Revolution, for which I receive a pension. 
And I am well knowing to the fact that Allen Marsh, late of this town & an invalid pensioner enlisted in the year 1779 into a company of State troops Commanded by Capt Ozias Bissell which company was attached to Col Levi Wells Regim’t,  my firm belief is, that the inlistment was for Eight months. I was drafted from the Militia I went on to Horseneck, & was there joined to said Ozias Bissells  company, of which the said Allen Marsh was then Corporal; I served out the time for which I was drafted & returned home. After my return, an attack was made on our troops & Captain Bissell was taken & the said Allen Marsh was wounded the in the Back bone, by a musket Ball, as I heard very soon after: & I know him to have been a cripple ever after.  I have seen and examined his back there was two wound which appeared to have been made by two Balls, cutting clear across the back, & very near indeed to the spine so that a half inch deeper - & they would undoubtedly have proved mortal. I am also acquainted with the circumstance of his death.  I assisted in
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laying him out, & I attended his funeral.  I have not a record of the date but believe it to have been as much as a dozen years ago & the widow has never again Intermarried.   I recollect well to have heard of the Marriage of the said Allen Marsh & Mabel Case, at the time it took place tho I was not present myself; but remember well it was a few months before their oldest son George was born.  
Ashna Symonds 
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } Ss Manchester this 21st day of November AD 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton Esq one Justices of the Peace for said Hartford County of Ashna Simonds, who then & there subscribed the above deposition before me, and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same, & he is a credible person well known to me. 
Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace 
Allen Marsh 
Ashna Simonds
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I Ashbel Olmsted hereby certify that I am at this time Town Clerk and Register of the town of East Hartford in Hartford County Connecticut, and that The records of Marriages in this office previous to the year 1820 is very irregular and incomplete, not having entries as but I Judge and believe of but a very small proportion of the Marriages solemnized in this town; and I do not find any entry of the Marriage of Allen Marsh and Mabel Case, under any date, & I further certify that the Town of Manchester was sett off from East Hartford aforesaid in the year # 
Attest Ashbel Olmsted Town Clerk and Register 
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County} Ss   East Hartford  
On this 6th day of August 1838 Personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Ashbel Olmsted Esq who has subscribed the above certificate & made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same and he is a credible person now Town Clerk of the Town of East Hartford aforesaid and keeper of its Records. 
Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the peace 
# The Statutes of Connecticut Edition of 1835 page 103,  shews that Manchester was incorporated in the year AD 1823 
Jesse Charlton
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I Ralph R. Phelps of Manchester in Hartford County, & State of Connecticut depose & say, that I am the only surviving son of the late Reverend Benajah Phelps, family Paster of the Congregational Church & Society in said Manchester; that none of his records came into my hands, & according to my recollection & belief, all his papers & service in his old age, lost & destroyed, by means getting out in a long storm. I believe he kept a record of the marriages solemnized by him but this record I think was not with his other papers. I have examined the records of the church but find no record entered by my father.   
Ralph R. Phelps 
State of Connecticut ss Hartford County 
On this sixth day of August 1838, personally appeared Ralph R. Phelps Esq a resident of Manchester in said County, before me Elihu Andrews a Justice of the Peace for Hartford Conn and verily believe said Phelps is a son of the Revd Benajah Phelps, formerly a pastor of the Congregational Church in said town of Manchester and a credible person, & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him 
Elisha Andrews Justice Peace
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I George Case, a resident of Manchester in Hartford County Conn 
Do hereby depose & say, That I was well acquainted with Allen Marsh of said town in the Revolutionary War, & I well remember to have heard that he was wounded soon after it took place in the action at the White plains - he was so wounded in the back as to be greatly disabled & he received a pension as an old soldier; deponent was not in the service himself, & cannot specify said Allen Marsh’s Services. 
But he is well knowing to the fact that he the said Allen Marsh was married to Mabel Case of this Town of Manchester, which was then called East Hartford five miles, it being then a parish of East Hartford in Hartford County. 
They were married by the Reverend Benajah Phelps pastor of the Congregational Church in this place. I was myself present at their wedding.  They were married about three months before her son George was born & about four years before I was married myself.  I married in March 1791.    I have known George her Son, ver well & if living he is more than fifty years old. 
The said Allen Marsh has been dead about a dozen years, I was present at his funeral & his widow is still living & she has never again intermarried.  
George Case
Subscribed & Sworn to on this 21st day of
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November AD 1838 at Manchester in Hartford County Connecticut before me the subscribing authority & I certify that the deponent is a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit. 
Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace  
Allen Marsh 
George Case
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State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } Ss Hartford County 
On this 27th day of July 1838 appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the Justices of the Peace for Hartford County  Elizabeth Simonds a resident of Hartford in said County a credible person aged 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on Oath declare that in the time of the War of the Revolution she was well acquainted with Allyn Marsh of Manchester in Hartford County & well remembers his being in the Army and coming home and that he was wounded and enfeebled in such a manner that he never recovered his health & strength any more; and I well remember That about a year after the close of the War of the Revolution he the said Allen Marsh married my sister Mabel, then Mabel Case of Manchester (as it is now called) but was then a part of East Hartford in Hartford County and she lived with him as his wife until the time of his death about twelve years ago this fall & my said Sister Mabel Marsh has never again intermarried.   I was present at the funeral as well as at the Wedding of the said Allyn Marsh In presence of 
Nancy Goonin 
Adaline Goodwin 
Elizabeth  Simonds her mark 
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me 
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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Allen Marsh Was Born March 9th 1762 
My Wife Mabel Was Born September 20th 1769 
My Son George Was Born May 27 1787 
My Son Timothy Was Born Decr 23 1789 
My Daughter Caty Was Born Jany 25 1791
My Daughter Nancy Was Born Novr 28 1793 
My Son Daniel was Born Sepr 14 1795 
Lucretia Born July 21 1797 
Meron Moreson Born August 20 1799 
Martha Montgomery was Born June 28 1801
Emma Was Born July 21 1803 
John Was Born April 10 1805
John Died July 15 1805
Marcus Lyon M. August 3 1806
John Born September 6 1809
John Died April 14 1810
Marcy Moor Born March 1 1811
Rosanas Born January 25 1816
Rosanas Dyed December 25 1818
1823 January 30
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A Mary M. Marsh
A Mary &
Allen Marsh
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We the subscribers Marcus Marsh & Mary M Marsh do hereby depose & say that we were well acquainted with the late Allen Marsh an Invalid pensioner resident in Manchester in Hartford County Connecticut & we do both of us deposed he was the identical man, who lived with the present widow Mabel Marsh, as his wife, & with her brought up a family & we are well knowing to the fact that the said Allen Marsh died in said Manchester twelve years ago last October & that we were present at his funeral & that the said Mabel Marsh still continues his widow & she has never again intermarried. 
Marcus L Marsh 
Mary M Marsh
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } SS Manchester On this 21st day of November AD 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Justice of the peace for said Hartford County Marcus L Marsh & Mary M Marsh who subscribed the above deposition in my presence a then & there made solemn oath to the truth & I believe them to be credible persons for truth & veracity. 
Attest Jesse Charlton Justice of the peace
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I Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that Jesse Charlton Esq. before whom the annexed depositions of Ashna Simonds, George Case, Elizabeth Simonds, Marcus L. Marsh, & Mary M Marsh, Ashbel Olmsted were taken, is at this time & has been for more than five months last past, a lawful Justice of the peace for Hartford County in the State of Connecticut & that the signature of the said will Jesse Charlton to each of the several certificates named, is his genuine signature, well known to me. And I further certify that Elisha Andrews Junr Esquire before whom the certificate of Ralph R Phelps was taken was at the taking of the same, & is now lawful Justice of the peace for said Hartford County the Signature of the said Andrews is his genuine signature this day proved before me.  
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name affix the seal of the State of Connecticut at Hartford in said State on this 26th day of June 1838  
Royal R Hinman Secretary of said State
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July 1, 1938
BA-J/EEL 
Allen Marsh – W. 26243
Mr. Charles R. Hale 
Connecticut State Library 
Hartford, Connecticut 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Allen Marsh, whose widow, Mabel Marsh, received a pension, No. W. 26245. 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers file in pension claim, W.26243, based upon military service and disability resulting from that service of Allen or Allyn Marsh. 
Allen or Allyn Marsh was the son of Daniel Marsh, and was born March 9, 1762, place not shown. His father served as captain in the Revolutionary War and resided in Manchester, Connecticut. The name of the mother of Allen or Allyn Marsh is not shown. 
While residing at Manchester (later East Hartford) Hartford County, Connecticut, Allyn or Allen Marsh enlisted sometime in 1780, served as corporal in Captain Ozias Bissell's Company, Colonel Levi Wells' Connecticut Regiment, was in an engagement at Horse Neck in December, 1780, where he was wounded in the back by a musket ball which almost severed his spine and taken prisoner.  His father, Captain Daniel Marsh, in an effort to secure his release was himself taken prisoner, carried to Westchester jail and held as a spy but was eventually released and Allyn or Allen Marsh was exchanged and returned home having been gone almost a year, length of time Captain Daniel Marsh and his son, Allyn or Allen were held in captivity not shown.  Allyn or Allen Marsh also served a tour under his father, dates of this service not shown. 
Allyn or Allen Marsh was allowed pension from September 4, 1794, on account of disability resulting from the above noted
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wound. He was pensioned under the Act of April 20, 1796, at the rate of $2.50 per month, and was increased under the Act of April 24, 1816 to $4.00 per month. 
Allyn or Allen Marsh died October 29, 1826, at Manchester, Connecticut. 
The soldier married in Manchester, Connecticut, in the winter of 1787, Mabel Case, born September 20, 1769, place of her birth and names of her parents not shown. They were married by the Reverend Benajah Phelps, pastor of the Congregational Church of East Hartford, Parish of Oxford, Connecticut. 
Soldier's widow, Mabel, was allowed pension on her application executed November 26, 1838, while residing in Manchester, Connecticut. 
The following family data are shown: 
Allen Marsh. born March 9, 1762.
My wife, Mabel born September 20, 1769.
My son, George born May 27, 1787.
My son, Timothy born December 23, 1789.
My daughter, Caty born January 25, 1791.
My daughter, Nancy born November 28, 1793.
My son, Daniel born September 14, 1795.
Lucretia born July 21, 1797.
Meron Moreson born August 20, 1799.
Martha Montgomery born June 28, 1801.
Emma born July 21, 1803.
John born April 10, 1805, died July 15, 1805.
Marcus Lyon M. born August 3, 1806.
John born September 6, 1809, died April 14, 1810.
Marcy Moor born March 1, 1811.
Rosanas born January 25, 1816, died December 25, 1818.
In 1838, Marcus L. Marsh and Mary M. Marsh made joint affidavit in Hartford County, Connecticut; no relationship of Mary M. Marsh to the family was stated. 
Soldier had an uncle who was referred to as Captain James Marsh. In 1839, soldier's half-sister, Emily Kennedy, lived in East Hartford, Connecticut. Emily referred to another sister, Irene. In same year, Timothy and John Kennedy were residents of East Hartford; no relationship to Emily Kennedy, soldier’s half-sister, was shown.
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In 1838, one George Case lived in Manchester, Connecticut; no relationship to Mabel Case Marsh, wife of Allyn or Allen Marsh, was stated. In same year, Elizabeth Simonds, a sister of Mabel Case Marsh, lived in East Hartford, Connecticut. Her age was not stated nor was the name of her husband designated. One Ashley Symonds lived in Manchester, Connecticut, in 1833; no relationship to Elizabeth Simonds was stated. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
-3-
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information as contained in his (or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
Allen Marsh W. F. 26243
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  several – one tour under Capt Daniel Marsh in militia    
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 8 mos.  RANK.  Corpl.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Ozias Bissell  Colonel Levi Wells  STATE. Conn.
Wounded in back at Horse Neck Dec. 1780.  Taken prisoner & detained in N. Y. until exchanged the following Spring.
His father Capt. Daniel Marsh was permitted by the Gov of Conn. to go to the enemy lines to take care of his son and was imprisoned by col. De Lancey.
Soldier was pensioned for disability from Sept. 4 1794.
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, East Hartford, Conn. during Rev War.
Date of application for pension,  Nov 26, 1838. Her cl was al. [her claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,  Manchester, Hartford Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, She was born Sept 20, 1769.
Remarks: Soldier was born Mch 9, 1762.  He married at Manchester, then called East Hartford, Conn. winter of 1787, Mabel Case.  He died at Manchester, Oct 20, 1826.  
Children: George born May 27, 1787;  Timothy b. Dec 23 1789; Caty b. Jany 25, 1791; Nancy b. Nov 28, 1793; Daniel b. Sept. 14 1795.
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Archives Department 
Church Records Department 
Court Records Department 
Department of Local History and Genealogy 
Depository of Official Exchanges 
JAMES BREWSTER State Librarian 
Legislative Reference Department 
Newspaper Department
Office of Examiner of Public Records 
Photostat Department 
CONNECTICUT STATE LIBRARY 
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A.
Probate Department 
Supreme Court Law Library 
Veterans Grave Survey 
Vital Records Department 
War Records Department 
CHARLES R. HALE 
State Military Necrologist
[stamp] RECEIVED JUN 10 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS ADM READER NO 6
June 9, 1938 
Chief Clerk 
Pension Department 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Sir:  
Please send me Revolutionary War service of Allen Marsh. His wife Mabel received a pension. The application number was W 26245. We would like to get him a Connecticut headstone. 
Yours very truly, 
Chas. R. Hale
CRB:MB
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Wid 26243
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION JUN 15 1908
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A JUN 13 1908
B.B.
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129 E. Channing Pl 
Elmira N.Y. 
Will you kindly send me the record of Allen Marsh, who was a pensioner for service in the Revolution, or rather Mabel Marsh was I think. 
Respt. Alice T. Peart 
June, 11.08
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Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 26243 
Mabel Marsh 
Widow of  
Allen Marsh or Allyn Marsh
Priv Rev War 
Act Feb 2nd 1848 
Index: Vol M Page 13 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1908 June 20, Hist to Alice T. Peart  VLM 
1938 July 1. Hist to Chas R. Hale EL
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Revolution 20857 
INVALID. 
File No. 20857  
Allen or Allyn Marsh 
Corp Cont Regt 
Act: Revy War Invalid 
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 252 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Lett Jesse Charlton
May 16 ’39 
Lett Jesse Charlton 29 ditto ditto
Same 10 Aug ’39 ditto to same Aug 14, 1839
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Paid at the treasury under the act of the 6 April 1838 
from 4 Sept 1825 to the 20 Oct 1826 the day of said Pensioners death  
Agent notified 17. June 1838. 
Connecticut 
Allen Marsh, 
Corporal Con’t Reg’t 
Colo Levi Wells  Revy War in U.S. Army 
Inscribed on Connecticut roll at $2.50, and increased to $4 pr mouth, by law 24 April 1816. 
Formal certificate issued 10th May 1824, and sent to S. H. Parsons, Esq. at Hartford, Conn.
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Connecticut- 4212  
Mabel Marsh widow of Allen Marsh who was a pensioner under the Act of - and who died on the - Oct 1826 of Hartford in the State of Connecticut who was a Pr. in the Compy commanded by Captain Bissell of the Reg commanded by Wells in the Con. line for 9 mos 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Sept 39, and sent and Jesse Charlton E. Windsor Hill Conn. 
Arrears to the 4th of Sept - $105.00 
Semi-annual allowance ending 15.00 
$120.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by  R Burdine Clerk 
Book A Vol. 15 Page 195.
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Letter to Pension Agent June 24. 1847. Repd [reported]
Connecticut 1553 
Mabel Marsh 
widow of Allen Marsh who was a Private in the Revolution 
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of August 1843 and sent to J.H. Charlton East Windsor, Vermont 
[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A. Vol.  1   Page 72,
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Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accompts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that in the Journal of the Council of Safety, connected with the parable of the Revolutionary War, under date of Jany 24 AD 1781; I find the following entry. Viz. 
To being represented that Captain Daniel Marsh of Hartford, having been lately permitted by a Flag from the Governor to go to the enemys Lines to take care of his son lately wounded & captured by the enemy’s Lines, to take care of his Son, lately wounded & captured by the enemy with Colo Wells, has been detained by Colonel De Lancey, imprisoned & cruelly used, under pretense that one James Willson, who came out with a flagg from them, to carry in his family has been detained by us; & although the said Willson is a traitor and under sentence of death and has therefore in the opinion of this Board no right to the protection of a Flagg; Yet in consideration that it is affirmed by said De Lancy, that Wilson had a promise from said Col. Wells that he might be permitted to carry off his family, & come under that encouragement, which this Board are not able to contradict, & however improper it might have been in Col Wells to give such Liberty, yet if done, the Board are not willing
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to revoke the same &c. Do therefore resolve that the Governor be desired to permit Capt James Marsh, to go to the enemy lines under a Flagg to procure the Release of Captain Daniel Marsh &c &c.   
Given at Hartford, this 6th Sept 1839
Henry Kilborn Comp to revoke the same, & do therefore resolve
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Ct. Sept 11
Addl proof
Mabel Marsh
[stamp] EAST WINDSOR HILL [unreadable]
42128
FREE
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Connecticut 
Sept 6th 1839 
Dr. Sir.
I have procured the certificate of the Comptroller, which so fully supports the statement made by Mrs. Kennedy I the Case of Mabel Marsh, widow of Allen Marsh of Manchester in Hartford County Conn whose case I presented which was reported on & further explanations asked for on which I addressed you last week.   
That I thought it best to forward it, believing that you would consider it as shedding much light on the case.
Most respectfully your. 
Obt Servt 
Jesse Charlton 
P.S.  The Town of Manchester was a part of East Hartford until about 20 yrs ago And East Hartford was a part of the town of Hartford untill 1784. 
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
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3416
Mabel Marsh
Jesse Charlton
East Windsor Conn Nov 3
7 July 1838
J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC
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East Windsor Hill Hartford County Con 
August 28 1839 
Hon Sir;
The case of Mabel Marsh, Widow of Allen Marsh, an invalid revolutionary pensioner is herewith brought before you again. 
The length of the period is the only point which remains to be decided according to your letters.
The widows mind & memory is so feeble, that very little can be expected from her, that can be relied on as to the time. 
But the certificate of Mrs Emily Kennedy a highly respectable and intelligent woman, who knows more on the matter than all the other persons will satisfy you that considering the time he was kept in prison, the time of his return, home that the time must have been more than nine months and perhaps twelve. 
And if we take into the consideration what Mary John Kennedy says that he went one tour in the Militia before the time he went under his enlistment, would an allowance for 12 months be too much or even if we throw this out because it is so [unreadable] does not Mrs Emily Kennedys certificate shew that it must have been very near that.  That he was severely wounded & taken a prisoner & long kept as his friends informed me in New York
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hungry & lousy & was ever afterwards a cripple will incline you to do all you think is just, and it is all I have a right to ask for them: And with this I will be satisfied they must, or may be satisfied, for I have done for them all I can do, and will trouble you no more in this case.   
I am Sir,. with sincere respect  
your obedt Servant. 
Jesse Charlton 
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C. 
P S  You will see by turning to the Connecticut pension Roll page 11 that Allen Marsh was in Wells Regiment.  
You may perhaps ask why as Lemuel Kings name is found in the pay table books in the Comptrollers office, the name of Allen Marsh is not found there.
The Board was changed. The Commissioner of Loans kept the accts & the United States Branch Bank all their carried to Philadelphia by order of the Mother Bank where the proof on which Mr Marsh was pensioned could undoubtedly be found, but not in Connecticut.
Marsh was pensioned in 1794.
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Treasury Department, Second Comptroller's Office, June 22 183 
Sir
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,"  The widow of Allyn Marsh, deceased a Pensioner on the Invalid Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of four Dollars per month has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of Sept. 1825 to the twentieth of October 1826 the day of said pensioner's death. 
Respectfully, yours, 
Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions Present.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford } ss Hartford 
On this 18th day of April AD 1824; before me the Subscriber a Notary Public duly appointed and sworn, residing in said Hartford personally appeared Allen Marsh of Manchester in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut who in his oath declared that he is the same  person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Ozias Bissell the regiment commanded by Colonel Levi Wells in the service of the United States that his name was placed in the pension roll of the State of Connecticut, but has never rec’d formal certificate from the Honorable Secretary of War, & now wishes to obtain one.   
Allan Marsh
Sworn & subscribed to before me the day year above written 
Witness my Signature & Seal of Office 
Samuel H. Parsons  
Notary Public
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[stamp] HARTFORD CT MAY 1
23
$150
For Formal Certificate
Recd 8 May 1824
James L. Edwards
Pension Office
War Department 
Washington
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Hartford County April 28th 1824 
J.L. Edwards Esq 
Sir,
I take the liberty of forwarding to the War Department, the enclosed application for a formal certificate of pension in favor of Allyn Marsh of Manchester
I am Sir
With very high respect
Yr Obed Svt.
Saml H. Parsons
P. S. A few weeks since I forward to the War department an application for an increase of pension in favor of Nathaniel Hewit of New London, if it has not been received will you have the goodness to inform me, in order that the pensioner may renew his application. 
S. H. P.
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East Windsor Hill Hartford County Connecticut  June 7th 1839 
Sir,
In the case of Mabel Marsh, Widow of Allen Marsh, an invalid pensioner reported to me May 29th  ’39. 
As an additional & explanatory declaration is permitted by your rules to be taken before a Justice of Peace and being a Justice & a Public Notary I have signed as Notary to save the trouble expense of going to the Secretary of State.   
As Allyn Marsh was a cripple, from wounds received from the enemy in a Sharp action I am sorry not to be able to support the claim to a longer period of time; as I have often heard that he was out in other tours; but the widow cannot obtain the degree of proof you require, So that she will now rest the case on the length of the period he was in Colo Levi Wells Regiment  in the year 1780.   
In the certificate of Colonel Levi Wells, with Mrs Jane Kings papers to which Mrs Marsh had referred you will find the attack was made on Col Wells in Dec. 1780 and I am informed that it was in the same action that Allen Marsh was wounded; 
with great respect I am Sir Your obt Servant 
Jesse Charlton. 
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pension
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[stamp] EAST WINDSOR HILL CT AUG 14
Comr Aug 19
Mabel Marsh
Ct
FREE
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.,
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East Windsor Hill Hartford County Connecticut August 13, 1839. 
Sir.
Yours of the 13th Inst is received, in the case of Mabel Marsh of Manchester Connecticut. 
The widow is a very feeble minded woman, and of very frail memory; she can say nothing more than she has said.  
The Witness Ashney Simonds is a very honest man & will tell nothing but what he fully believes. but owing to a severe fit of sickness, his memory as to dates is very imperfect. The as to the substance & facts, he may be relied on safely. 
That Allen Marsh was are invalid pensioner is not doubted. It is only the length of the periods he served that is uncertain.   
This I cannot more fully ascertain, it is the belief of the Neighbors
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he went out in two tours. 
He was a cripple from his wounds, & as such is surely among the class in the first degree, deserving a Pension. 
In this case, I would ask the Commissioner to commute the matter as to time, It might have been more than a year. 
I think there is no probability that it was less than Eight or nine months.  
As the proof once furnished is accidentally destroyed, or that on which he was first pensioned, and as nearly all the soldiers who were acquainted with Mr Marsh are dead, so that no more proof can be obtained. 
I trust Mr Edwards will attempt to decide the matter as favorably as he justly can; the widow is very poor and needy & will be thankful for a little. 
Most respectfully of Your Obd Servt 
Jesse Charlton 
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Connecticut November 26 1838  
Sir, I herewith send the application of Mabel Marsh, Widow of Allen, or Allyn, Marsh, the name being spelled both ways.   
As Mr Marsh was invalid pensioner I do not know how much time he stated he had served in his own statements. Nor do I know, from any other source, the whole length he served. 
But finding one of his neighbors who knew him well & served with him for a time; viz Ashna Simonds, I took his deposition in relation to Eight months service, in Capt. Ozias Bissells company & Col Levi Wells Regiment. The said Allen Marshs father was a Captain in the Militia & went into the army, as I am informed that the said Allen Marsh was with him; but I do not find any one who can state such particulars as are wanted in a deposition. 
If in the said Allen Marshs own Declaration you find a more extended period of Service detailed, you will let the poor old woman, (for such she is) have the benefit of it; but I find nothing more than this Eight months, please let her have
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what you fairly can.
There certainly ought to be some provision made for the widows of men who were wounded in Battle, & so disabled as to render them unfit to gain their living by their labor, who in consequence, lived poor, and died poor; left their widows without the means of support, even though they should not have done Six months service when they were thus wounded.   
But I do not expect Mr. Edwards to make laws, but to administer them in cases of invalid widows, with as much lenity as possible, for this is a branch of the pension laws, that need altering more than any other.   
You see Sir, what it is to live under a free government, citizens, particularly Yankees give their opinions as soon as asked, sometimes before.   
For the services of Capt Ozias Bissells company, please look into the papers of Sarah Bissell widow of Leveritt Bissell sent by me, in which you will find a very full account, under the hand of the Comptroller of Public accounts. 
With the highest respect, I am Sir, Your Obdt Servt.  
Jesse Charlton 
J.L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
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[stamp] EAST WINDSOR HILL CT MAY 13
May 16
Ct
Marsh
3416
Nov 30
Act 38
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington DC
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County Connt  May 13 1839 
Dr Sir
In Nov last, I sent to your office the application of Mary Marsh, Widow of Allen Marsh, an Invalid Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner. 
You state in yours of the 3d Inst to Gen Orrin Holt of Willington now before me 
“If the claims of Grace Green & Mary Marsh have been received, they have not been Registered, since then I have received Grace Greens certificate: But have heard nothing of Mary Marsh's application.  
As she lives several miles from the court, very feeble, so that it is a great undertaking to get to the court, so miserably poor that does not in how to pay the Judge for going out to see her. I do earnestly solicit that such search may be made as to find the papers, if they are not lost in the transmission.   
And am Sir, with very high consideration & respect 
Your obdt Servt 
Jesse Charlton
J. L. Edwards Esq
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May 25
Jurat
Ct.
J. L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County  Connecticut May 22 1839 
Sir
The case I have the charge of for Mrs Marsh, Widow of Allyn Marsh, late of Manchester, in Hartford County Connecticut is Mabel, & not Mary, Marsh. 
Allen Marsh performed one tour of Service, (as is said by his neighbors) before the Campaign in which he was wounded; but I cannot find, (what seems to me) the proof you require by your regulations.  
I must, therefore, for the present only claim, on his last campaign, in which he was wounded. 
The evidence on which he was pensioned, (I understand) is to be found in the Books sent from the Branch Bank of the United States at Hartford to the Treasurer offices that Washington after said Bank ceased to pay the pensions. He was in Col Levi Wells Regiment & in Capt Ozias Bissells Company And for the fullest account of the Service of Capt Ozias Bissells company & of Col Levi Wells Reg, permit me to refer you to the papers of Sarah Bissell Widow of Leverett Bissell
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sent by me two weeks ago in the second action on her case. He was pensioned under the head of Invalids from Middlesex County Conn on the 4th Sept 1794. 
Where the sufferings & sacrifice of a man is as great as was that of Allyn Marsh, (his back bone being half cut off) by a Musket Ball, I am very sorry to be obliged to accept of so small as you will award: But as the widow married him after he left the service she knows little about his services and his associates & cotemporaries are all dead but Mr Simond, whose deposition I sent with the widows papers. I must recommend to the Widow to accept what the present amount of evidence will entitle her to.   You will see by the Pension Roll that he was a Corporal. 
With very great respect for I am your obt Servant 
Jesse Charlton 
J L Edwards Esquire  Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Admd 
Admitted
Henry Fowler
Hartford Ct.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 3d February 1848 entitled An Act making further provision for surviving widows and Soldiers of the Revolution. 
State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford } ss On this thirteenth day of May 1848 before me a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Hartford personally appeared Mabel Marsh a resident of Manchester in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged seventy nine 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 8 February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. 
That she is the Widow of Allen Marsh who was a private in in the War of the Revolution. 
That she received a pension under the Act of 7 July 1838. 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum. 
She further declares that she is still a widow. 
Mabel Marsh her mark
Sworn to and subscribed in the thirteenth of May 1848  the day & year above written 
Before me Francis W Cowles Justice Peace 
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mabel Marsh the above declarant and know the is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration. 
Manchester May 13th 1848 Francis W. Cowles Justice Peace
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State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford } S.S. 
I Hamcey Howard Clerk of the County Court within and for said County  (said Court being a Court of Record , having a clerk and seal) hereby certify that Francis W. Cowles is and since the 20th day of June last past, hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly appointed and commissioned, and I further certify that the signatures of the said Francis W. Cowles to the foregoing Declaration, I believe to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 29th day of May A.D. 1848. 
Hamcey Howard Clerk
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Mabel Marsh Conn’t
Act 3d March 1843
$30 per annum
J. H. Charlton
East Windsor Con.
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State of Connecticut Hartford County S.S. 
June 2 1843. 
On this 2 day of June 1843, personally appeared before me the subscribing authority duly authorized to administer Oaths Mrs Mabel Marsh a resident of said town of Manchester aged 77  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 3 March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  
That she is the Widow of Allen Marsh who served as a Private Soldier in the Revolution and for his services she received a pension at the rate of Thirty dollars - Cents per Annum under the act of & July 7 the AD 1838. 
She further declares that she is still a Widow. 
Mabel Marsh her mark
Elizabeth H. Charlton  
Jesse Charlton 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
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year above written before me. 
And I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, as the identical person who was pensioned as she thus declared & is still his widow. 
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office on the day and year first named 
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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1751
Letter in Mabel Marsh & Phoebe Allen Conn
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East Windsor Hartford County Connecticut 
June 2d 1843.  
Hon Sir
I herewith transmit the applications of Phoebe Allen of East Hartford and Mabel Marsh of Manchester, both in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut for pensions under act of March 3 1843.  
And am very respectfully
Jas H. Charlton 
Hon J.L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } ss Manchester 
On this 27th day of August 1839 personally appeared before me, Jesse Charlton one of the Justices of the Peace for said Hanford County, Mabel Marsh, a resident of Manchester in Hartford County aforesaid Aged - years  - who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in addition to and in explanation of her former Declaration now in the pension office at Washington. 
Viz
That she had often heard her said Husband tell of his services in the army of the Revolution as well as of his disaster in the Battle by which he became a cripple.  As I was married to him until after he left the service, & as I have no records or minutes whatever relating to the years he served or the number of months and as I am sensible that my memory has failed me very much may be and very probable am mistaken in the year in which he served and of the services of the officers he was with appear by the public documents, were performed in other years that I have not named: I desire that I may not be precluded from the benefit of the law from my misfortune in so much losing my memory.  From diligent enquiry I believe that all who served with him are dead.  I have always understood that he was out in two tours and that they both amounted to not less than nine months and that he was wounded at Horse neck in December 1780, that he was there in Col Wells Regiment & in Capt Ozias Bissells Company/ That Col Levi Wells Regim’t
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was raised for a year in January & that Capt Ozias Bissell was appointed a Captain in said Regiment and in the Room of Capt Edward Payne who had resigned his command.  And the said widow asks that Captain Ozias Bissells Declaration the evidence sent with it by said Captain Bissell when he applied for a pension under the act of 1818 may be examined to ascertain the length of the period he served.  Said Bissell lived in Tolland County Connecticut. 
She would further ask that the papers of David Smith of Tolland County Connecticut and of Jane King the widow of Lemuel King of Tolland County may be examined as she is informed that they were in Captain Bissells company.   
John Kennedy    Mabel Marsh her mark 
State of Connecticut
Hartford County } ss    Manchester 
On this 27th day of August AD 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the justice of the peace for Hartford County Mabel Marsh of said town who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate subscribed by her before me 
Jesse Charlton Justice of the peace
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I Emily Kennedy, a resident of East Hartford in Hartford County Connecticut do hereby depose & say that I am a daughter of the late Capt Daniel Marsh of Manchester, which was formerly a part of said East Hartford & I am half sister of the late Allen Marsh, and I will remember that one day early in the Spring, as early as April my said Brother Allen Marsh went out to Bolton an adjoining town after his sister Irene;  he there fell in with Captain Ozias Bissell who induced him to inlist into his company.  My sister came home crying & my father was very much put out, that the had inlisted & went & tried to get him excused but could not;  & he soon went away with his company & staid until the following winter, we heard, in the fore part of the winter, that he was dangerously wounded, at Horse neck;  my father went down after him, & found that he was taken a prisoner.   I have heard him state that he found it very difficult to cross the North River, & that he himself was taken & carried to West Chester Jail. on the ground of being a spy, one of the British had been taken & confined in that charge & my Father was kept a threatened to be executed if that man was found guilty & the first notice we had;  Capt Holsey rode my Fathers Horse home, & informed us of his situation & then his Brother James Marsh, went to Gov Trumbull & from there to Gen Washington, he made two or three Journies [journeys] from here to the North river, & at length obtained his relief and at length my said Brother was exchanged
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and got home, in the following spring having been gone nearly a year; & he was a cripple ever after, & received a pension as an invalid & he has been dead several years, about 13 years & his Widow Mabel Marsh is still living has never again intermarried.  
Emily Kennedy
State of Connecticut, Hartford County, 
East Hartford,  August 27th AD 1839. 
On this day personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the Justices of the peace for Hartford County in the State aforesaid Mrs Emily Kennedy, a credible & very intelligent woman, who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by her subscribed before me. 
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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I Timothy Kennedy a resident of East Hartford in Hartford County, aged 71 years do hereby depose & say that I was acquainted with Allyn Marsh late of Manchester.  I remember him before he went into the service in the Revolutionary War & down to the time of his death.  
I have lived within a miles distance from him ever since I was born.  I have heard him tell the circumstances of his service often, and my full belief is that he said he was in Capt Ozias Bissells company at Horse neck. He said that he was in a school house at Horse neck, & that the enemy came upon them unexpectedly - a party of light Horse, that he was fired upon, & a musket ball entered his back, & cut the bone so as to endanger his life, and that he was taken prisoner.   And I have heard his father Daniel Marsh say that he went after his Son Allyn, crossed the river on the ice & the ice was thin, very thin so that he crossed the river by laying down on his belly a with long pole clasped in his hands, to keep him from sinking if the ice had broken, pushed his way across but I cannot say how long he served.
Timothy Kennedy
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } Ss East Hartford on this 27th day of August 1839 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the Justices of the peace for Hartford County aforesaid Timothy Kennedy, of said town a credible person who then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me, Jesse Charlton Justice of the peace
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I John Kennedy a resident of East Hartford in Hartford County Connecticut do hereby depose say that I am a native inhabitant of the Town of East Hartford, that my age is – years.  That  I have been well acquainted with the late Allen Marsh from my childhood, he lived not more than 1 mile from my residence, the town of Manchester in which he lived and died was taken off from said East Hartford a few years since, & the line of the two towns is near both our residences, 
The said Allen Marsh, was an invalid pensioner of the United States for wound received in his back bone from a Musket Ball in the Revolutionary War. 
I have heard him tell the story of it often from the time he came out of the service down to the time of his death and the following are the circumstances he stated concerning the affair.  That he was in Capt Ozias Bissells company at Horse neck, that he was stationed in a School House, & that the British light horse came on them by surprize, & that either in the scholl house, or at the door he received a musket ball in his back bone/  I recollect his coming home & ever after that he was a cripple, & got a pension as an Invalid.  I cannot say myself how long Captain Bissells company served, but these circumstance as I have often heard him state, he has been dead more than 12 years & his Widow is still living, & has not again Married and I further say that I remember that before this time he went one tour in the Militia. His father was a Captain in the Militia & Allyn went with him
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but I cannot say how long he served. 
John Kennedy 
State of Connecticut 
Hartford County } ss East Hartford 
On this 27th day of August 1839, personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the Justices of the peace for the County of Hartford Major John Kennedy, a respectable man of credibility, who then & there made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed.  
Before me  
Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace
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I Henry Kilborn, Comptroller of Public accounts, do hereby certify that in the Books of the late payable of the Revolutionary War I find the following proof of the service of Capt Ozias Bissell, in the year 1780, & other corroborating proof. 
At a meeting of the Governor & counsel of Safety, at Hartford Sabbath day April 23 1780 on consideration of the distressed state of Greenwich & Voted that Col Levi Wells be ordered to send on such men as are or shall be inlisted into his Regiment as fast as they shall be inlisted &
can be got ready to the post of New London.  And that Col Beebe be ordered in like manner to send forward his men to the post at Horse Neck. 
Voted that that Brig. Gen Silliman Ward & Wolcott be ordered forthwith to detach & send forward to said Greenwich immediately one company of sixty men, of the Militia from each of said Brigades officers included. And on the same day, Ozias Bissell was appointed a Captain in the Room of Edward Payne resigned in Col Levi Wells Regt. 
And under date of June 21st 1780 Resolved that Col Levi Wells with the Regiment under his command do immediately march to the Highlands, in the State of New York. 
And there is the following evidence that in Court and Country. 
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.  And I certify that the signature of said Jesse Charlton hereunto annexed is genuine. 
R R. Hinman Secretary
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Col Levi Wells was at Horse neck in December 1780 East Windsor March 17th 1783. This may certify that Samuel King of Bolton was a Soldier in my regiment, in the year 1780, & on the 10th day of December said King was in the faithful performance of his duty in his action with the enemy was wounded & much disabled. Levi Wells Col Commandant. 
And Immediately following is the Surgeons certificate in which he says This may certify that Samuel King of North Bolton in Hartford County was a patient of mine by reason of wounds he received from the enemy at Horse Neck in Dec 1780 &C &C Asa Hamilton Physician and Surgeon  
March 19th 1783  Given at the Comprollers office in Hartford in Connecticut this 27th day of August AD 1839 
Henry Kilborn Compt
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ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keep the do hereby certify and make known to whom it may concern THAT Jesse Charlton Esq before whom the annexed certificates of Mabel Marsh and John Kennedy & Timothy Kennedy and Emily Kennedy were taken  and for more than twelve last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said   Charlton in Court and Country. 
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine 
And I certify that the signature of said Jesse Charlton hereunto annexed is genuine. 
R. R. Hinman Secretary
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Comptroller
Mabel Marsh
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State of Connecticut 
Hartford County, } ss Manchester 
On this 7th day of June 1839, personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton Justice of the Peace for Harford County & Notary Public for the State of Connecticut Mabel Marsh a resident of said Manchester who appears before me to amend her Declaration heretofore made and now in the pension office sent by me, and on which you have reported May 29 1839.  
viz, that she is the widow of Allen Marsh deceased, who was an Invalid pensioner, for a wound received in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. 
She fully believes that he went out one Campaign  with his father, who was a Captain in the Army but so many of his companions are dead, that she cannot find any evidence of this tour. She declares her full belief, under oath, that he inlisted into Colonel Levi Wells Regiment, for the year 1780 and was with him, when he was attacked at Horse neck, in December 1780;  but whether he inlisted at the beginning of the year in January, or in April she does not know.  Ashney Symonds who was in that Reg a part of the year has testified as far as he knew.  She can procure no further testimony, she would hope as Col Levi Wells Regiment was raised for a year, & as he was and dangerously wounded therein so as to be a cripple all his days; (his back bone being almost cut off by a musket Ball) she may be allowed for one years service at least
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for the particular circumstances of the case she would refer to the Books of the Loan office of Connecticut Sent to the Treasury Department by Enoch Parsons Esq late President of the Connecticut Branch of the United States Bank. Please examine Col Wells certificate with Jane Kings Declaration Widow of Lemuel King.   In Presence of 
Moon Marsh }  Mabel Marsh her mark 
Sworn & Subscribed before me on the day & year first named.   
In testimony whereof I do hereunto Subscribe my name and affix my seal of Office in said day of the 7th day of June 1839 
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public & Justice of the Peace
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At the Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Connecticut, held at Hartford on the sixth day of January 1780. The following votes were passed. viz. And Also it is enacted by the authority aforesaid That there be raised and equipped for the service Two Regiment under the command of one at Colonel Commandant; One Major; Each Regiment to consist of one Capt, &c. and to be continued in service till the first day of January next unless sooner dismissed. &c 
This Assembly do appoint Levi Wills Esq. to be Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of one of the Regiments now ordered to be raised to continue in service until the first day of January next. 
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and declare that the foregoing is a true transcript from the records of said State. 
In testimony whereof I do hereunto affix the Seal of said State at Hartford aforesaid on the 16th day of June 1839 
R. R.  Hinman Secretary
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I Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accompts for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify; That in the Books of the pay Table of the Revolutionary War; remaining in this office, 
I find Col Levi Wells has an account in the year 1780. In the following manner. - Viz 
1780 Jan 26 To order on Treasurer £ 2000 28 
Jan 28 To order on Treasurer 800 
March 15 To order on Treasurer 40000 
April 21 To order on Treasurer   26000 
April 22 To order on Treasurer       780 
June 1 To order on Treasurer          500 
June 2                                   2117172 19:3
Aug 28 To order on Treasurer         150 
Sept 26 To order on Treasurer         500 
Dec 6 To order on Treasurer           300 
Contra 
1780 By amt of Accts rendered June 2, 307 927.13.3 
1780 Oct 13 By Cash advanced Henry White 5.1  
1781 June 16 By Cash advanced  Capt John Morgan 120.4.53 
Aug 21 By Cash Advanced  Capt Joshua Bottom 240  
Nov 9 By Cash Advanced  Capt Lee Lay  151. 3. 
Dec 21 By Acct rendered                  2056.17.7 
By Ballance charged in New acct    40.03  
£   2613.6.1
Henry Kilborn Compt