Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18299, Hezekiah Weed, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Weed, Hezekiah
Rebecca

NUMBER
W.18299

CONTENTS
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Connecticut 3,446

Rebecca Weed
widow of Hezekiah Weed, who was
a Pensioner under act June 1832
who died on the 25. March 1840
of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a Private Conn. in the company commanded
by Captain Bell of the regt. commanded 
by - in the Con. Coast Guard
line for 21 months, & 9 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 71 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 26. March 1840. ["4th day of March, 1831" was pre-printed here but marked out]

Certificate of Pension issued the 1. day of October
1840 and sent to Charles Hawley
Stamford Con.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1861 $66.66
Semi=annual allowance ending 6 Sept  35.83
[Total] $102.49

Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 3-

Recorded by D. Brown  Clerk
Book C.  Vol. 1. Page 84
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31.425
Connecticut

Hezekiah Weed
Fairfield in the State of Connt.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Bell of the Regt. commanded
by - in the Connt
line for 21 months & 9 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt.
at the rate of 71 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of June
1838 and sent Hon.
T. T. Whittlesey Hse of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $497.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 35.50
[Total] $532.50

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D.D. Addison  Clerk,
Book E2  Vol. 3d  Page 49

Let. Chs Hawley Aug 4 1838
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Hezekiah Weed -

Payment to be made
at Hartford Ct.
by Saml. L. Pitkin Esq.
Agent for paying Pensioners
in the Agency of
Connecticut

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book E2 Vol. 3d.
Page 49 by D.D. Addison
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Hezekiah  Weed of the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Seventy one dollars and - cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi=annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 6th day of 
June one thousand eight
hundred and thirty=Eight

J.R. Poinsett
Secretary of War

[At left, circular seal with serrated edges]

Examined and
Countersigned

J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Hezekiah  Weed Junr. and Rebecca Knap were married by Rev. Moses Mather October twenty eighth one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine

I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Octr 28th 1779-

Seymour Jarvis Town Clerk
of the Town of Stamford in
the County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut

I Seymour Jarvis, above named, depose & say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, & that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Stamford, with the exception above-named, as certified by me.

Seymour Jarvis, Clerk
of the Town of Stamford

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Stamford Probate District

Personally appeared, on this 10th day of September AD 1840 before the Court of Probate for said District Seymour Jarvis and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate & deposition by him subscribed.
I further certify that said Seymour Jarvis is Town clerk of the Town of Stamford in said County and a credible person.

Joshua B. Ferris  Judge
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No 5180.

Md 28 Oct 1779
[Illegible] died 25. March 1840
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United States of America
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
ss Probate District of Stamford

On this Tenth day of September AD 1840 personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for the said District of Stamford, Rebecca Weed a resident of the Town of Darien in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged eighty one 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 4, 1836 - that she is the widow of Hezekiah Weed decd. late of said Darien who was a soldier in the service of this country against the enemy in the War of the Revolution - viz in the Coast Guard or Town Guard as they may have been called, raised & embodied & kept in Service by the State of Connecticut, & that he Drew during his life a pension therefore of seventy one dollars per year, as appears by the original Pension Certificate date the 6th day of June AD 1838 - that she forbears to state the particulars of his service because they are to be seen in his application for a pension now on file in the Pension Department at Washington - she claiming the same pension which was allowed (as by said Certificate to him) for the same services for which said Pension was allowed - She further Declares that she was married to the said Hezekiah Weed on the 28th day of October A.D. One thousand seven hundred & Seventy nine (her maiden name having been Rebecca Knap) by the Revd. Moses Mather then & long afterwards the settled clergyman in the Congregational Society in that part of the then town of Stamford, which was then the parish of Middlesex & is now & since 1820 the Town of Darien.- that her husband the aforesaid Hezekiah Weed died on the twenty fifth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred & forty & that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear
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by reference to the proof hereto annexed. and she further declares that she & the said Hezekiah Weed were married as aforesaid long before the termination of his services against the enemy in said Revolutionary War as she well knows and as will appear by the proof upon said Hezekiah's application for a pension & that he rendered Service in the said Coast Guard - against the enemy for a long time after their said intermarriage - & in [Illegible] thereof she again refers to the said proof upon sd. Hezekiah's said application.

Rebecca Weed 

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year
first hereinbefore written

Joshua B. Ferris  Judge

And on the tenth day of September AD 1840 before the said Court of Probate personally appeared Catherine Weed who after being duly sworn according to law testified that she well knew Hezekiah Weed decd. late of Darien in said District & knew him to be the identical person named in the original pension Certificate hereto annexed & that he died at said Darien on the twenty fifth day of March AD One thousand eight hundred & forty & left a widow viz. Rebecca Weed who is still living in said Darien & is still his widow & is the person who both signed & swore to the foregoing Declaration.

Catherine Weed

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year first written. I further certify that Deponent said Catherine Weed is a credible person.

Joshua B. Ferris  Judge
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And on the same day of September AD 1840 personally appeared Phebe Louisa Weed of said Darien aged twenty five years who being duly sworn testifies that she well knew the said Hezekiah Weed & knew him to be the same identical person named in said original pension Certificate - & that he died at said Darien on the twenty fifth day of March AD 1840 & that he left a widow viz Rebecca Weed of said Darien who is still living & still his widow.

Phebe Louisa Weed

Sworn & subscribed on the day & year first written - I further certify said Phebe Louisa Weed the Deponent is a credible person.

Joshua B. Ferris  Judge

And the said Court after investigation of the matter is of opinion [Illegible] find that the said Rebecca Weed was married to the said Hezekiah Weed on the 28th day of October AD 1779 - that said Hezekiah Weed died at said Darien on the 25th day of March AD 1840 & that she the said Rebecca has ever since remained & is still his widow & that he was the identical person named in the original pension Certificate hereto annexed -

Joshua B. Ferris  Judge
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I Sands Seeley Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court of Probate in the matter of the application of Rebecca Weed for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 10th day of September AD 1840

Sands Seeley
Clerk

[Circular seal with serrated edges is affixed over what appears to be a ribbon]
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State of Connecticut,
County of Fairfield, ss Probate District of Stamford

On this 31st day of July AD 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting, Hezekiah Weed a resident of Darien in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy six - years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. In the Spring & in he thinks in April 1779 he enlisted in a company (of State troops as he supposes) called Town Guards in Stamford in said County for nine months - the Company was commanded by Capt. Jesse Bell now decd then of said Stamford - Nathan Howe then of said Stamford was Lieutenant - served out the whole of said Term in said Stamford - again in the spring (in he thinks April) 1781 he again enlisted in said Company Commanded by the same officers, except that he thinks [Illegible] that Isaac Lockwood now decd was Captain  - [Illegible] belonged to Howes Division he will not [Illegible], for one year & served out the whole term in said Stamford & during this year was engaged in several skirmishes with the enemy in that part of said Stamford which has since been incorporated into the Town of Darien - some of which was at Sellecks Farms so called - another was near the School house in said Darien in which the Declarant lost a brother Gideon Weed - this I think was on the 2nd of August of that year - Was also present when the enemy came over from Long Island on the Sabbath & took off the male part of the Presbyterian Congregation in what is now Darien, while they were engaged in worship in the meeting house - Abraham Bell of said Stamford & Charles Weed of Walkill in New York were in service with me under both of those enlistments - James Weed of the City of New York also under the last. Declarant was also in the year 1777 called out in the militia under Captain Jesse Bell to Ridgefield when General Wooster was killed there after the burning of Danbury - I was in the engagement.  went out on this occasion only two or three days - was also once called out in the militia to Horseneck as he thinks in the year 1780 under Capt. Jesse Bell & was there a week or more - about this time he had the Small Pox. While he was in the Town Guard under both enlistments was a Sergeant - under one an orderly Sergeant - was born in said Stamford: viz that part of it which is now Darien on the 26th day of July 1756 - has a [Illegible]
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and on the same day before said Court formally appeared Nathan How of South Salem in New York formerly of Stamford in Connecticut who being duly Sworn doth on his oath in Open Court depose & say that he well knows Hezekiah Weed who has signed & sworn to the following Declaration - In the years 1780, 1781 & part of 1782 Deponent was a Lieutenant of a Company of Town Guard in said Stamford commanded by Capt Isaac Lockwood now decd. In 1781 & so to the Spring of 1782 Said Weed served in said guard in the division Commanded by this Deponent - for one year certainly & deponent thinks for a longer term - but for that term Certainly - Deponent is in his seventy ninth year - The services were doing guard duty in said Stamford - Capt. Lockwood commanded one division - this Deponent another - stationed in different places -

Nathan How

Sworn & subscribed the day & year
aforesaid & I certify that I well know said How, & that he is a credible person.

Chs Hawley  Judge -

And on the 14th day of Said September before Said Court personally appeared Abraham Bell of Stamford in Said District who being first duly sworn doth on his oath in open Court depose & say in addition to his deposition heretofore given in this application that all the services ordered by him & said Hezekiah Weed mentioned in his Said former Deposition were rendered in regularly constituted & embodied Corps of troops raised & ordered out by the [Illegible] of Connecticut & were constant actual & continued services in the field in protecting the homes of town & such that said Hezekiah [Illegible] During any of the tours of Duty [Illegible] Deponent follow every  [Illegible]

Abraham Bell

Sworn & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid &
I certify that said Abm
Bell is well known to me
& is a credible person 

Chs Howley  Judge 

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing Contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of application of Hezekiah Weed for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14th day of September 1833.

Sam Lockwood  Clk

[Oval piece of paper is affixed over ribbons]
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Probate District of Stamford

On this 13th day of September before the Court of Probate in & for said District now sitting personally appeared Hezekiah Weed of Darien in said District who being first duly sworn doth on his oath in open Court declare in addition to his original Declaration under date of July 31, 1832 that he enlisted & served as a sergeant on both occasions in the Town Guard - He has now no warrant showing that rank; it has been in some way lost, but in which manner he cannot tell - He knows he was [Illegible] expedition at Ridgefield for three Days at least & at Horseneck for one week at least. This was in the militia & declarant was a Sergeant in both of those occasions. He has lost this warrant also, having never taken pains to preserve either as he did not anticipate that either could ever be of service to him. I know that when I was appointed Sergeant I recd warrants but they are gone as stated above.

On every occasion stated in my original Declaration the corps in which I served was a regularly constituted and embodied corps of troops raised & ordered out by the public communities of Connecticut. & my duty was steady, constant Service in the field keeping guard, that is in guarding the shores & town against the British & Tories who made very frequent inroads among us; & during none of the periods specified by me could I or did I follow any civil [Illegible]; the Services being precisely of the character of that of Isaac Lockwood of Stamford, Thaddeus Bell Esq of Darien & Several others who some time ago obtained pensions - 

Under my first enlistment I served in Capt Bells division the declarant says that by reason of old age of the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grade - For nine months I served as a sergeant (in 1779 as before stated) for one year. I served as a Sergeant (in 1781 & 1782 as before stated), for three days, at least, I served as a Sergeant (at the affair at Ridgefield as he has stated in 1771) & for one week at least I served as a Sergeant (at Horseneck in 1780 as before stated) & for such service I claim a pension.

In 1781 I belonged to Lieut How's Division & we were stationed Distant from the Captains Division & Did not see him often.

Hezekiah Weed

Sworn to & subscribed the
day & year aforesaid

Chs Hawley  Judge
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of his age in a family Bible in his possession - & his age is also recorded in the Town records of said Stamford - resided in said Stamford (that part which is now Darien) when he enlisted & entered the service & has always resided in the same place ever since never received a written Discharge - always volunteered except when called out in the militia as stated above - Has stated the names of officers of the circumstances of the service as far as his memory enables him & states them - Refer to the Revd Daniel Smith of said Stamford & to Abraham Bell, Charles Weed & James Weed above named as persons who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.

The said Hezekiah Weed hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

Hezekiah Weed

Chs. Hawley  Judge

We, Daniel Smith a clergyman, residing in the town of Stamford and Ebenezer Webb - residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah Weed - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.

Daniel Smith
Ebenezer Webb

Chs Hawley  Judge

[Round image at left]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Revd Daniel Smith - who has signed the  preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stamford - and that Ebenezer Webb - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stamford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Chs Hawley  Judge

I Samuel Lockwood Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hezekiah Weed - for a Pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of - Office, this first day of August AD 1832.

Sam Lockwood  Clk
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From the papers in the pension claim W.18299, it appears that Hezekiah Weed was born July 26, 1756

at Stamford, (that part which was later Darien) Connecticut.
While residing at said Stamford, he served as follows, with the Connecticut Troops-
Two or three days as sergeant at Ridgefield, when General Wooster was killed; from in April 1779, nine months as sergeant in Captain Jesse Bell's Company; in 1780, one week as sergeant in Captain Jesse Bell's Company; from April 1781, one year as sergeant in Captain Isaac Lockwood's Company and Captain Jesse Bell's Company, and was in an engagement at Sellick's Farm and one at Stamford, where his brother, Gideon was killed on August 2, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 31, 1832, while a resident of Darien, Connecticut. He died there March 25, 1840.
He married October 28, 1779 in Stamford, Connecticut, Rebecca Knap, he was referred to then as Hezekiah Weed, Jr.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 10, 1840, while a resident of Darien, Connecticut, aged eighty-one years.
There is no reference to children.

[Written vertically up the right margin:]
The 1st of this letter in Hezekiah Knapp W20364- & remainder in John Weed S11724 & Jonas Weed W22896  CWF
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Probate District of Stamford

On this 31st day of July AD 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate in & for said District Abraham Bell of Stamford in said District & Charles Weed of the Town of Walkill in the State of New York who being first duly sworn in open Court upon their oaths depose & say the said Abraham that he is sixty nine years old - the said Charles that he is sixty eight years old & both say they are natives of said Stamford - the said Abraham that he has and resided in said Stamford & the said Charles that he was resided in said Stamford until about [Illegible]ty years ago when he went to said Walkill - that they both well know Hezekiah Weed of Darien in said District & applicant for a pension who has subscribed & sword to the Inquiry Declaration that his character for veracity is good that they believe his age to be seventy-six - & they both say that in the Spring of 1779 they both enlisted for nine months in the Town Guard in said Stamford [Illegible] Capt. Jesse Bell of Trenton and Nathan Howe & served said term out - said Hezekiah belonged to & served in said Company for the same term as sea[page cut off].
Then again in the Spring of 1781 they both enlist[page cut off] one year in the same Company commanded by [page cut off]
except that Isaac Lockwood now Decd may have been Captain - [Illegible and page cut off]  
same officer & served the term out & said Hezekiah enlisted & served as a Sergeant in the same term in said Company & in a skirmish in where is now Darien near the school house in which was lost three men killed & two wounded. said Hezekiah lost his brother Gideon Weed - Both Deponents were in said skirmish

Abraham Bell
Charles Weed
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And on the same day personally appeared before said Court James Weed of the City of New York who being first Duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath in Open Court depose & say that he is sixty six years old is a native of Stamford in Connecticut & ever resided there up to 1793 Since which time he has resided in New York he well knows Hezekiah Weed of Darien in Connecticut an applicant for a pension having always been a near neighbor while deponent lived in Connecticut believing him to be seventy six years old - his c[page torn]ter for veracity is good - in the Spring of 1781 that he next enlisted for one year in the Town Guard in Stamford commanded by Capt. Jesse Bell or Capt Isaac Lockwood was decd & here to [Illegible] with en[page torn] & Lieuten Nathan Howe & served the term out in said County  - Said Hezekiah enlisted & served in said Company for the same term as a sergeant - He lost a brother in a skirmish with the enemy in what is now Darien  - Deponent knows that said Hezekiah was in service in said Guard before this but Deponent did not himself then belong to them.

James Weed

Sworn to & subscribed by the said Abraham Bell, Charles Weed & James Weed respectively the day & year aforesaid.

Chs Hawley  Judge

I certify that I well know Abrm Bell & James Weed who have respectively subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Depositions & that they are credible persons - & that I knew Charles Weed one of the Deponents now decd & that he was a credible person in his life time & at his death

Stamford Probate Office Sept. 13th 1833

Chas Hawley  Judge



Weed, Hezekiah
Conn.  W18299
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Stamford Sept. 30. 1837

Hon J L Edwards

Sir

I enclose a supplemental declaration of Hezekiah Weed for a pension. His original application was made I think in 1832. It was refused because you were not satisfied that he belonged to Capt. Isaac Lockwoods Co. - I presume he was mistaken in that respect - that Jesse Bell was his Capt. & I believe you will find that he so declared when his Declaration was first drawn. The cause of his mistake you will find contained in his supplemental Declaration & I presume the account given by him will prove Satisfactory - It was a mistake with which, under the circumstances Detailed by him, he might [Illegible]ly have been betrayed, & one which, when corrected satisfactorily, will probably offer no obstacle to the granting of his application -

I forward also the Deposition of John Dibble to be used in this application & also on those of Abram Bell, Charles Weed and of James Weed.

Very respectfully your obedt Servt

Chs Hawley
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Hezekiah Weed
Supplemental Decn

Hon. T. T. Whittlesey
Hon
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss Probate District of Stamford.

On this 22d day of September AD 1837 before the Court of Probate in & for the District aforesaid now sitting personally appeared Hezekiah Weed of Darien in said District who being duly sworn doth on his oath in Open Court under the following Declaration Supplementary to the original Declaration for a  pension by him made some time in the year 1832 - the date of which is forgotten - viz; he says that in his said original declaration he alleged his services as a Sergeant in the Town or Coast Guard in said Stamford (which then Comprised said Darien) during the Revolutionary War, to have been rendered under the immediate Command of Lieut. Nathan Howe, now decd, then living when said Declaration was made - That said Howe commanded one of the three divisions of the company to which he belonged - & he believes that in his said original Declaration he declares or expresses his opinion that the said company of Guards to which he belonged was commanded by Capt. Isaac Lockwood now decd - he also thinks that he declared when his sd original Declaration was first drawn, (as he believes will be seen by what has been erased therein) that said Company was commanded by Capt. Jesse Bell now & long since decd - this he thinks will be seen by examining said original Declaration & particularly those parts therein which have been erased by having a pen struck thro' them - afterwards he was told by said Nathan Howe that he was wrong in his recollection; In that said Isaac Lockwood was Capt. of said Company in part -  This did not then comport with the recollections of the deponent - but as the Captain, whoever he was commanded one division of said Company which was stationed in the village of Stamford, the division under Howe to which the Declarant belonged, being stationed at or near Noroton River about a mile or a mile & half Eastward of said village, & as the three Divisions did not associate, but each did duly at or about its own station, & as Capt. Isaac Lockwood was in fact much in service in & near the village of Stamford at & about the same time, & as Howe was
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the officer under whose immediate superintendence the Declarant served, the [Illegible] (his own recollection after such a lapse of time exposing him to mistakes) supposed, (this not according to his own recollection) that said Isaac Lockwood did in fact command said Company, & that his declaration altered so as to bear its present shape - But he is told by John Dibble of said Darien an old soldier of the same Guard & one whose memory is yet strong & as he believes accurate, that said Jesse Bell was in truth the Captain of said company & that said Howe was mistaken in supposing said Lockwood to have been the Captain - and the Declarant accordingly avers that said Jesse Bell was the Captain of said Guard during the time which he the declarant served as a sergeant therein as in his said original declaration alleged - He trusts that the causes of any mistake he may have made in said original Declaration, are hereby satisfactorily shewn - He hereby as he has heretofore solemnly makes oath that he did in truth render the services in said Guard which are in his said original Declaration set forth - & to that Declaration & which appearing upon its face he refers in corroboration of what he herein states - & he prays that he may not be deprived of the pension to which said services justly entitle him by new or any mistake into which he may have fallen - in consequence of erroneous information given to him by others - many of his neighbors around him who did not render as much service as he, have long enjoyed the bounty of their country - & he [Illegible]ly wishes that he may  participate before [Illegible]ing of that which the law under which he makes his application, entitles him to for his services & suffering as set forth in his sd original Declaration - whatever mistake he has fallen into was occasioned entirely by the statement of said [Illegible] - said John Dibble belonged to a division of said company which was stationed at Middlesex
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so called, to the Eastward of that to which the Declarant belonged - & the Declarant hereby states that his own recollection comports with the said information given him by said John Dibble & this is conformable to what his recollection on the subject originally was -

Hezekiah Weed

Sworn to & subscribed in
the day & year aforesaid
before me, the word "are" being interlined before signature or oath & I know said Hezekiah Weed to be the same person by whom the original Declaration hereinbefore refers to, was made.

Chs Hawley  Judge

I Joshua B. Ferris Clerk of the Court of Probate In the District of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Hezekiah Weed for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of September AD 1837

J. B. Ferris  Clerk

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O. W. & N. Division.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 8, 1895.

F. S.
H. E. C.

Sir:

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

[The form includes a table with the following heading:]
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE.
[The table was not completed.]

He stated in his declaration for pension that he enlisted in April 1779, and served nine months on guard duty at Stamford, as a Sergeant under Lt. Nathan How, in the company commanded either by Capt. Jesse Bell or Capt. Isaac Lockwood; that in the spring of 1781 he again enlisted for one year and served that time as a Sergeant at the same place and under the same officers; that he was also in service 2 or 3 days at Ridgefield when Gen. Wooster was killed, and at Horse Neck in 1780 for about 1 week.

Battles engaged in, Several skirmishes at and near Darien.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Darien, Conn.
Date of application for pension. July 31, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Darien, Conn.
Age at date of application, Born, Darien, Conn., July 26, 1756.

Remarks: Married in Stamford, Conn Rebecca Knap he was then ref. to as Hez. Weed, Jr. Oct. 28, 1779, and died in Darien, Conn March 25, 1840.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Dr. Charles R. Weed,
226 Genesee St.,
Utica, N. Y.

870blm
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5180
Rebecca Weed

Act July 4, 1836

Married 28. Oct. 1779
Husband died 25. March
1840 -

Capt RW - Coast
Guard - Connt

Admitted
Private 21 mo & 9 days
$71.-

Charles Hawley Esq
Stamford
Connt
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Hon. J. L. Edward
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Stamford Sept. 10. 1840

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir
I forward the application of Rebecca
Weed for a pension. Please communicate to me
the result.
Your respectful Sert
Chs Hawley
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Hezekiah Weed

Return this

[Illegible]
Allow 21 mo  9 days
$71 per ann.
Cont State troops
Capt Bell

C Hawley Esq [Signature appears to be lined through]

Hon T. T.  Whittlesey
H R
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1634 BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Hezekiah Weed which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason as signed for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? grades not stated X
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And. if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES. QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For __year __months and __days, I served as a __. For __months and __days, I served as a __; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
he best evidence of rank, his warrant
&
as servant be broomed on accounted
Cor
the best evidence of seven and before deed
and it would be their whether the service
was continue
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J. L. Edwards Esq
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Stanford Sept 14, 1833
J. L. Edward
Sir I again are in the paper
Hezekiel Weed - he given the grade in which he
served that of a Sergeant unded had stated
that that was his grade all the service this
in his angel commotion, except the
3 days of that of the war
He now has a
served as a Sergeant in the
the written requestion on the 3rd page
will now I have be paid to be complied
with his testimony being of the most expe
it kind & then is also use of it that has cepted most of the application from
this quarter upon which pensions have been
grant
you will in or upon condition that
in the same kind of services of his heirs
---
been granted & Isaac York
have last
was under
Bell Eleazer Hoyt
sional others in this quarter
his application which was only 1. 1839
was attend to him with a few days &
He request a speedy re camination
you in pet & in
. Hawley
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Connecticut  Probate District of Stamps
on this 27th day of January 1838 before the Court of Probate in & for
said District now sitting hereally appeared Thaddeus Bell Ezraren in said District aged seventy eight years who being duly sworn
upon says that he well knows theskiah Deed of said Dan an applicant for a pension - that in the Revolutionary War in the years
1781 & 1782 then was kept in service in said Hanford which then
compose said David a Company of Colest guards commanded by
Capt Jesse Bell now decd.- in 1741 Nathan Howe now decd was
in said Company & deponent believes he continued to be to in
1782 Said Hezikiah was a soldier in said Company for exponent
who was himself in service at another station, in several instances
saw him in service in said Company on occations of Claims
I muster-- this was in 1781, Guards, of as deponent supposes, that
June grinds were kept up at the the place in the year
1780 but he does not recollect who the heirs were in does he
know they were stand guards, but he knows that the guards
under said Jesse Bell were kept up then dining 1782. Bell
manded one division of his company stationed in the Village of
Stamps How another station hear Urban River & to this ┃
Hezekiah belonged them was a third division stationed all
further Eastward the guards according to deponents collar
tion were kept up steadily during the year aforesaid - I will
know that I met said Hephiah as aforesaid in three several
times in 1781. I may have met him in 1782 to the
Court with certainly - I weld war under said How's conmand. I know he sat with Hind that he thought
toward the close of his life, that Isaac Lockwood and was
the Capt. of his Co. but and Satisfied he was instable-- 3d Josh
wood in all commanded guards in or in the village to
for during the war I have seen him in sure as such
this herbally led to How's stake. Said Hezekiah Luther
be a man of entire respectability truth + integrity-
I rolled having met sd Hershal as aforesaid, in 1781 from
several skirmishes of incidents which occured that year
the grand service was study service, requiring the constant
time & attention of said lands of such as continental
is in the same state would have renden
Sworn to & elected Calne
I certify that I know
Thaddeus Bell
the deponent & that he is a credible person that "1780, the at
past winter 1782 by instabe, was made 1780 as it rise
the signature or oath-
Chiller Judge
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29th day of said
before said Court for
ally att and John Clark of Pack aged Eighty
&
give who being duly sworn testifies that he well know
has always well know said Hephiah held whose character
he truth I integrity has always been perfectly good. Opened
of he have always been near Kinglois. I the Revolutionary War
in 1780 repeted well knows and Highest warden
in a company of Courtlands in said Hanford consisting of the
sion to commanded by the case & stationed in the Village
of Stamped - one by the Lieut. William How how de Hilim
hear Marston River of a third stationed all Extend and
wild belonged to sd Rows division wall as he
belonged to of Shedily City in sd guards, because he was
service with him. I think the enlistments were for a year he
giving early in the year, but cannot thereby the time with
certainly in an estate with certainty who was the captain
or in his state was in the village a mile or more west
Hows. I didn't often see him; but will hand Jesse
Bell was out in service as a capt. during the war
I have said under him in the Guard service. I served on said
Guns till July the year 1778, when I was late presence
afterwards was patrolled of served no more, J Hughahto
that time was serving in sd guard of it to date
the that the frailty of mony incedrich to old age prevent
my being some particular in by testimony
Sworn to subscribed the day
year aforesaid before me Jan
John Clock
tify that I Know the deponent
That he is a credible person
5
Cha Hawleyand
in the said 27th day January personall, appeard before
the said Coure Benjamin Wild of said David aged sixty nine
years who being duly sworn testifies that he has ways well known
said Hezehint wild that his character for truth is good, that
deponent was in service in the regular Army until some time in
1780 of was after that my familiar with a company of Court
guard in Stamps one dichin of what was stations wer Norton
River I commanded by it. Noth How now dead I will
Know said Hezekiah was a member of said guard Twenty there
in according to my recollection through the pars 1781 & 1782
I myself repeatedly served with sd guards in the years but
I cannot now give the perticulars of enlistment of land
State with critinly who the Capt. was as he command
a part of the to stated in another place but under
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that Jesse Bell was capt. The service of 12 Hezekiah in said
Co. I know from your personal observation of having
served with them I cannot say certainly paying accollute
that ever belonged to a graid, it may be that I served in
them withint argular enlistrbut, frigate safety those
of the Whigs who were active, were frequently that by the
tories in their houses. These guards were in the regular
Note service, not as militia, in as minute men but
and regular enlistment like continental Soldiers grander
ing the same service as Continental Lines on the same
Water wild have done & How had the immediate
Command sd guard during all the time aforesaid
it runs in my mind, also in 1780
Sworn to subscribed before Benjamin Will
we scility that I know ┃
the deponent but he is acredible

person & that the estate at the beginning of the 3rd
line written before signating or outh
Chittle, Judge
and on the same day personally apprain John
Dibble of sd David aged seventy one years who being
duly sworn & testifies that he has always well knows
Hezekiah Wed. his character for it has always been
good, in the year 1786 pment was an enlisted soldiers
in a company of Court guard in Stamped, the Comprising
Davies, commanded by Jesse Bell and Who hage
of the division in the village of Hamp. His it take
How are decd had change of another division station at
Norton River of them was another division state for
the Eastward in sd Hezehiah was a cubited in
in Grand in How's divising the term was a year,
beginning early in the year, but I cant state the precise
time I belonged to the Eastern Division of and frequently
to bee seed in service when as was often or at the
division came together in law, to draw provisions &
&
1
I did serve the whole year on as I had the
Smalley served only about one months. and the same
company guard was kept up the third year
1781 under the same of hims. I was then in the whole
for sin, but had to see the or service when at home
between course I am confident Hezikiah continued
ming that year
also in and guard, under sd Howin
each kept at or about to station, except
when they met to draw rations or were brought togeth
by alone. In the service was allational but
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from my
applicate
had service in guarding the courts, such as commanded
whole time & present or following any regular
civil pertints.-- said Hershal recalled a Seal of said Company
Capt May Lockwood I know and some guards in the Rev
time was in that part of Stamped ward Green at this
has possibly led to the stake of the applicant in regard to the
Capt of the Co. which he served. But Jesse Bell was the
Capt of that con
5
the
John Dick
put to this account that all
except one word of the 18 line were created the signature or
on the
Ch Hawley Judge
and on the same day
were said Court
sonally appeared Abram Leeds of said Stanford aged seventy six
years who being duly sworn testifies that he has always will
Known D. Hephial will of hands that he was a Sergeant
in a company of Coast guards commanded by Capt Jesse Bell
in the Rustling War in 1780 & 1781, Bell commanded a
division of said Co in Hawfordvillage - Lieut. Nathan Howe
now and the division at Norton River. If this Division
Hezekial belonged. I did not belong to said guard but living
built a mile from their station used to see them to see
which doing duty therein. I was on the ground where a
him in which so guards were engaged was fought near the
School house in said David I said I Hezekiah there also
three of our men be dead there, having been killed by the
said Hezehiah brother was one of them and to
Jesse Bell on out in a village for which I rended
or about a mile & half distant, a guard were dis
standing the years aforesaid. It was regular guard seen
the Guard being regularly raise a bodied for that purpose
in constant service as salt that Ira Lockwood also
ding the was command yards in this Statedall
parties and time I was in him or the
ities under other in
Sworn to before me Abram Leeds
& I certify that then the Deponent
& that he is a credible
Chitten by Judge
Thomas B. Mann Clerk of the Court of Probate for the dis
it of Stamford in Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing
contain original procedings of the said Court in the matte of
the application of Hopkins held for a pension listing
ing whereof I have hereto to set my hand seal
in the 30th day of January 1838
God. Ferris Clerk
the
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John Dibble’s Dep. on application of Hezekiah Weed.
Abram Bell Chs. Weed & James Weed
Hon. T. T. Whittlesey HR
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield for Probate District of Stamford
On this 15th day of September AD 1837 before the County Probate in and for said District now sitting personally appeared John Dibble of Da[ ] in said District, who will be seventy nine years old in December next, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath testify that he well knows Abraham Bell of Stamford in said County, Hezekiah Weed of said Da[ ] & James Weed of the City of New York all applicants for pensions under the law of June 7 1832 & well knew Charles Weed formerly of said Stamford & afterwards of same place in New York now deceased who was also an applicant for a pension under said law said James formerly belonged to said Stamford.
In the year 1780 I was an enlisted Soldier in a company of Fours or [illegible] guards raised by the State of Connecticut & stationed in said State which is now comprised of what is now Da[ ] — said company was commanded by Capt Jesse Bell now decd. Nathan Howe late of Salem in the State of New York was his Lieutenant — said company consisted of three divisions one immediately commanded by said Bell & stationed in the village of Stamford — one under command of said Howe stationed at or near Worster River in said Da[. ] & the other under command of another officer of the company stationed at Middlesex now in said Stamford, in Da[ ] — His term of Service was for a year & began in the early part of the year but I cannot state the precise time — but I did not serve the whole of the year as I had the small pox & served about nine months I knew said Abraham Bell was an enlisted & stationed in said guards for said years, for [illegible] I belonged to the Eastern Division of said Company, I have when the divisions or parts of them came together I seen him in Service in that under said Howe I have repeatedly been on duty with him, in keeping guard & frequently when alarms called the Divisions together — he belonged to Howe’s Division — I also know that said Hezekiah Weed, said Charles Weed, & said James Weed all were [illegible] guards in said Howe’s Division for the third time because I have seen them all [illegible] rations at the same time I did at Closter Hall which is between the stations of the Eastern Middle Divisions & I have seen them repeatedly doing duty in said guards when
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the said divisions met on occasions of alarm, which were very frequently as the enemy harassed us exeedingly -I know the guard of the same company was
kept up the need year under the same officers, said
Jesse Bell being the Captain - but I did not belong
to them that year, being engaged in the whale boat service -
but I and guard, when at home in
the interest of my crimes-- I believe and know
to satisfied that said Abraham, Hezekiah
Charles James were saying that year in service there
and How - The devising had no house
when alarms well her together or there
provisthe
applicants have stated as the belief
that Capt. James Lockwood now & was the capt
of the company- the 4 are mistake-- Capt Jack
and the same time as I underston and
guards which we that that part of Stanton
or to those which it adjoins the Green
to this has herbally led them into their use
the wall culto" in the the page and at the
""The winter to be as it is noted, began
the hopes were in said guarding
┃ erty therein as before stated, I did not see them enlistedthere

can see to that fact. I have done
Wall him and Abraham, Henkel, Charles Jones
known the the reputable and be pos
June to Shubalhe
tongue and
John Dille
to wit on the being with on the
him & the wind " "
being three signs
ten or out - & I certify that I well know the
deponent that he is a credible for
John Harley Edge
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I Joshua B. Ferris Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hampton in Connecticut do hereby certify that forgoing contains original proceedings of the  said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Bell, Hezekiah Weed, Charles Weed did or his widow & James Weed, for pensions.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the this 30 of September AD 1837
[faded seal] J. B. Ferris Clerk
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O. W. & N.  R
Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
I enclose a stamp
for the return postage
of a copy of the
services of Hezekiah Weed
a pensioner in the
Revolutionary War from
the state of Connecticut.
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I have been told
that is all that
is necessary,
and if
I have been misinformed
kindly
oblige
Grace Weed Thomas
Address
[stamp - U. S. OLD WAR & NAVY MAR 10 1905 FILES. P. B.]
Mrs. J. V. Thomas
2359 Lawrence Ave.
Toledo Ohio
[stamp - PENSION A U. S. MAR 8 1905 OFFICE.]
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CHARLES R. WEED, M.D.
226 Genesee Street. [illegible notes]
Utica, N.Y. Oct 25th 1895
Hon Wm Lockren
Com of Pensions
Washington DC
Sir,
Will you send me record of Hezekiah Weed
of Darien Conn. revolutionary soldier
& pensioner who went to deploy at NY City in
1875 [probably meant 1775] & was wounded there. he was born July
26 1756 & died March 25th 1840.
Son of Hezekiah Weed [Sr. - inserted] of Darien Conn (on Noroton Corners there termed) also a
pensioner, born May 11, 1722 his record
oblige
Yours respectfully
Charles B Weed
Secty US Pension Guard
Utica NY
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18,299
Rebecca Weed
Wid. of
Hezekiah Weed
Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 322
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 8/95 Hist to Dr.
R. Weld, 226 Genesee
Utica, N. Y.
-
Mar. 18, 1905. History to Mrs. J. V.
Thomas, Toledo, Ohio
-
1924. Oct. 18 - Hist to Honr.
G. N. Haugen - See letter in
Hezekiah Knapp W 20364 [illegible]
Chas.
St.
Ni El.