Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10573, Guy Dodd, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Dodd, Guy
Carrier, Hannah
Former widow
NUMBER
W.10573
CONTENTS
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Reported
48
New York, Albany.
Hannah Carrier
widow of Guy Dodd
who served in the Revolutionary
Conn.
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
64. Dollars 86.
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
10th day of June 1848
and sent to
J. Hatheway
Rome
N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 39. Vol. 4
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Hannah Carrier
Petition.
Rev Pensions
[illegible] Rev Pen.

8455
Hannah Carrier
formerly
Hannah Dodd
January 24 1842
Refd to the Committee
on Revolutionary Pensions
Mar. 8 1842. Roll 265

Floyd
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE} ss. 
I, Jn Beach Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that Edward A. Cornwall Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE, within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 5th day of June A.D. 1840 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A.D. 1841; that I am acquainted with him hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 21st. day of May A.D. 1841
[signed] Jn Beach Clerk.
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Connecticutt
New Haven County
Cheshire May 21. 1841
I find on the Congl. chh. Records kept at the time by the Revd. John Foot, Pastors the marriage of the following persons, thus:
"Seventeen hundred eighty four
October the 4th.
Guy Dodd, Hannah Heaton."
I hereby certify "that the above is a true copy of the records, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows:
"1784
octr the 4 Guy Dodd, Hannah Heaton"
I, Erastus Colton, depose and say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Congl. Church in the county, Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said church with the exception above named, as certified by me.
[signed] E. Colton
Sworn before me
Cheshire May. 21st 1841 -
[signed] Edwd. A. Cornwall Just. of Peace
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In the Matter of
widow
Hannah Carrier
formerly widow Hannah
Dodd. for a
Pension
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To the Hon the Senate & House of Representatives
The Petition and declaration of Hannah Carrier formerly Hannah Dodd of the Town of Steuben in the County of Oneida and State of New York aged 78 years who being first duly sworn in open court, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, providing for the widows of than who have served in the Revolutionary war, to be passed for her releif. That her maiden name was Hannah Heaton or Hayden and that she was married to Guy Dodd October 4th 1784, as will appear from the proof hereto annexed. That the said Guy Dodd is deceased, he having died on the 7th day of April 1795 and that he was a Revolutionary soldier in the service of the United States, and served, as will appear from the annexed papers, as follows -
"In Captain Phineas Bradleys company of artillery at New Haven (Con) in 1780 from the 6th of June to the 1st of January 1781 six months and 25 days. -
From the 9th of April 1781 to the 1st of January 1782 in Capt Vandeuson and afterwards Captain John Warner Co being 8 months, 22-3 days or about that time -
Making on the whole 15 months 17 days
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That she was married to said Guy Dodd as within stated - and that after his death she was married on the 18 day of May 1814 to Jeremiah Carrier who died on the 18 day of June 1837. and that she has remained a widow ever since his death - That the marriage of this deponent with Guy Dodd took place as stated in the annexed certificate on the 4th day of October 1784 - and that her name is entered in the Register as Hannah Heaton though she spelt her name Hayden, and that in consequence of her second marriage she does not come within the [illegible] of the act of 1838. She says that to [illegible] & until may be applied to her by granting her a pension
[signed] Hannah Carrier
Sworn before me in open court this 13th day of July 1841 being the Supreme Court of Judicature of the People of the State of New York.
[signed] H Devis,
Clk. Sup Court
State of New York
Oneida County Ss
Silas B. Ball of Steuben in said County being draft
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sworn, maketh oath and says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Carrier formerly Hannah Dodd named in the annexed papers - that her husband the said Guy Dodd died as therein stated, and that she was afterwards married to Jeremiah Carrier who died as therein stated, and that since his death she has remained and still does remain a widow.
[signed] Silas B. Ball
Sworn in open court before me this 13th July 1841
[signed] H Devis
Clk Sup Court
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Baptized Elisabeth, daughter of Guy & Hannah Dodd January twenty ninth, seventeen hundred eighty six.
Baptized, Joseph Bishop, son of Guy & Hannah Dodd January twenty seventh, seventeen hundred eighty eight
State of Connecticut - County of New Haven Aug 9th. 1843
I certify, that the above is a true copy from the record of baptisms, Rept by the Revd Jonathan Edwards D.D. deceased, formerly pastor of the White Haven church, in the city of New Haven, in said county & state, with the exception of the dates which are expressed on the record in clear & legible figures as follows, Jan. 29th 1786 & Jan. 27th 1788.
[signed] Samuel W.S. Dutton
Pastor of said church
I Samuel W.S. Dutton depose & say that I hold the office of pastor of said church in the city county & state aforesaid, & that the above is a
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a true extract from the records of said church, with the exception above named as certified by me.
I find in the record of said church no record of the marriage of Guy & Hannah Dodd. but I find the record of the baptism of two of their children as above.
[signed] Samuel W.S. Dutton
Pastor of said church

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss
Be it known, that on this eighth day of August 1840, at New Haven, County and State aforesaid, personally appeared before me the undersigned Notary Public for the State of Connecticut, the Rev. Samuel W.S. Dutton pastor of Congregational Church of the United Society (formerly White Haven Church) in the city of New Haven) a person well known to me as a man of strict truth and veracity and subscribed the above deposition by him made
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and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official seal and signature
[signed] William Storer
Notary Public.
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Rev WIDOW, &c. Am
File No. 10373
Hannah Carrier
formr. wid. of
Guy Dodd
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d '48
Index: - Vol: A, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev WIDOW, &c. Am
File No. 10373
Hannah Carrier
formr. Wid. of
Guy Dodd
Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d '48
Index: - Vol. A, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3588
New York. Albany.
Hannah Carrier, formerly -
widow of Guy Dodd
who was a private
in the Connecticut line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
64 Dollars 86
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22nd day of December 1843.
and sent to Honorable S. Beardsley.
House of Representatives
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book: A.
Vol. 1 Page 103.

Rep 
22 Dec. 1843
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Agent notified

6812
Albany, N. York
Hannah Carrier, formerly
widow of Guy Dodd
[crossed out] who was a pensioner under the Act
and who died on the 7. April 1795
of Oneida Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company 
commanded by Captain Bradley, artil. of the 
regt. commanded by - in 
the Connt. line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 64 Dollars 86
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of
October 1842 and sent to B.P.
Johnson, Esq: Rome, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $324:30
[crossed out] Semi annual allowance ending
[Act [crossed out] July 7, 1838.]
August 29. 1842
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 92
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Hannah Carrier

Sent to B.P. Johnson Sept
10. 1842.
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 (3-1776)SERVICE                                                                                NUMBER
Conn                            Dodd, Guy                                     W.10573
                                     Carrier, Hannah
 

                                                                      Former Widow
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205
27th Congress,
2d Session
Rep. No. 297.
Ho. of Reps.
HANNAH CARRIER
(To accompany bill H.R. No. 265)
March 8, 1842
Mr. Mathiot, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, submitted the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Carrier, formerly Hannah Dodd, of the county of Oneida, and State of New York, make the following report:
That the petitioner  declares, under oath, that her maiden name was Hannah Heaton, and that she was married, on the 4th day of October, 1784, to Guy Dodd, a revolutionary soldier, who served in Captain Phineas Bradley's company of artillery , at New Haven, Connecticut, from the 6th day of June, 1780, to the 1st day of January, 1781-6 months and 25 days; and, afterwards, from the 9th of April, 1781, to the 1st of January, 1782, in Captain Vandusen and Captain John Warner's companies, being 8 months and 22 days; that the said Guy Dodd died on the 7th day of April, 1795, and petitioner remained his widow until the 18th day of May, 1814 , at which time she married Jeremiah Carrier, who died on the 18th day of June, 1837; and that she has remained a widow ever since his death.
The evidence in support of this declaration is -

1. A certified transcript of the record in the comptroller's office of the State of Connecticut, by which it appears that, on the 21st of August, 1781, John Warner was appointed captain of the Sea Coast Guards , stationed at New Haven, in the room of William Vandusen, resigned, and that the General Assembly directed that said guards be held in service until the 1st day of January, 1782.
2. William Storer proves that he has in his possession a copy of the original pay roll of Captain Phineas Bradley's company of artillery, stationed at New Haven, in the year 1780, on which appears the name of Guy Dodd, who enlisted June 6, 1780, and was discharged January 1, 1781; time of service, 6 months and 25 days. Witness was also a member of the same company, and swears , positively, that Dodd performed the above specified service. This witness also swears that he has in his possession a copy of the pay roll of  a company commanded by Captain William Vandusen, and that the name of Guy Dodd appears thereon from the 9th of April to the 1st of August ,1781, at which time Captain Vandusen resigned, and Lieutenant John Warner was appointed captain, and served as such until the 1st of January, 1782. Witness knows that said Dodd served in said company, under Captains Vandusen and Warner, from the said 9th day of April, 1781, to the 1st day of January, 1782.
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2
Rep. No. 297.

3. Marcus Merriman swears that he served in the same company with Dodd, under Captain Bradley; that they enlisted on the same day, to wit: the 6th day of June, 1780, and were discharged on the 1st of January, 1781. This witness also proves the marriage of petitioner to said Dodd.
4. Nathaniel R. Clerk, an acting justice of the peace of New Haven county, Connecticut, certifies, that the two last-named witnesses are well known to him, and that thier statements are entitled to full credit.
5. Silus B. Ball swears that he is well acquainted with the petitioner; that her husband, Guy Dodd, died at the time stated in the petition; that she was afterwards married to Carrier, who died in 1814, and that she has since that time, remained a widow.
6. A sworn copy of the records of the Congregational Church of Cheshire, Connecticut, by which it appears that Guy Dodd and Hannah Heaton were married on the 4th of October, 1784
From these facts, your committee have no hesitation in reporting a bill, allowing the petitioner (under the act of July 7, 1838) a pension for fifteen months and seventeen days' service of her first husband, to continue for the term of five years, at the rate of fifty-one dollars and seventy-five cents per annum, and to be computed from the 4th day of March, A. D. 1836. All which is respectfully submitted.



15 mos 17 days & $50 = $64.86
                                          51.75
                                         13.11 x 5=
                                                5
                                          $65.55
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                                        Post Off Power N.Y.
                                         April 21, 1948
Hon J.L. Edwards


Sir:
         Herewith am [illegible] in care of Hannah Currier & Anna Lord under new law, please forward to me the [illegible]rather issued.
                           I am faithfully,
                            J Hatheway
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(3-1776)
SERVICE   NUMBER
Conn   Dodd, Guy W.10573
            Carrier, Hannah
Former widow
CONTENTS
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(3-1776)
  

SERVICE                                   NUMBER
                                                 W.10573
Conn

Dodd, Guy
Carrier, Hannah 
        
Contents ( former widow)
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Rome, N.Y. September 7, 1842
Benjamin P. Johnson Asks information at to the steps to be taken by Hannah Carrier to obtain the pension allowed her by a recent act of Congress.
J. 155 Rec September 10, '42 Pension Office
[illegible]
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Rome N Y.
Sept 7th 1842.
Hon. J.C. Spencer
Secty War.
Sir.
A Bill was passed at the late
Session of Congress granting a Pension to
Hannah Carrier of the County of Oneida
for $64. I beleive per annum. I prepared
her papers and sent them to the Hon J G. Floyd
and am desirous to know in what manner
she is to draw, and from what office she is
to receive the evidence. May ask of
you the favor to inform me, and if within
the jurisdiction of your Department to
forward to me
the necessary documents
to enable her to obtain the same.
I am most respecting
Your Obt Sert
Benj. P. Johnson
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SERVICE
Dodd, Guy
Carrier, Hannah
NUMBER
W.10573
Former Widow
CONTENTS
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Jay Hathaway  ???
Post Master
Rome
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Hannah Carrier
Hannah Carrier
Albany roll, act August
29. 1842 at $64:86 per
Annum, Com[?] on 4 March
1836, for 5 years (Register
on Wact-July 7.1838)

Send certs to
B.P. Johnson
Rome
NYork
[stamp with UTICA, date Oct 6 in middle and other marks][writing sideways]
Hanleunier
Ss.acb
Hon Jas L Edwards
[Stamp above the name Edwards with FREE]
Com of Pensions
Washington,
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State of New York
Oneida County ss Hannah Carner of
Steuben _________ in the County of Oneida, being
[??] sworn deposes and says that she is the widow
of Jeremiah Corner and formerly widow of
Guy Dodd, a soldier of the Revolution, who
served as this deponent verily believes, from the 6th
day of June 1780 to the 1st day of January 1781
months and 25 days under Capt Phenias Bradley
and from the 9th of April 1781 to the 1st of
January 1782 in Captain William Van Dusen
and Captain John Wampany, being
8 months and 22 days______
And the said Hannah Carrier further
deposes and says that she is the same
person in whose name an act of Congress
passed for the relief of Hannah Carrier
during the 2nd Session of the 27th Congress of
the United States-- granting her a pension
Sworn before me                          her
this 4 day of October         Hannah X Carver
1842                                             mark
Erastus Adsit Justice
of the Piece

Oneida County Ss Silas B. Ball being duly
Sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Carver above named, and that the
is the person therein described widow of
Jeremiah Carrier deceased, and formerly widow
of Guy Dodd was a Revolutionary Soldier,
Sworn before me       and the same person for whom                                     
this 4 day of               belief an act of Congress was
October __1842 and I framed granting her a pension.
Certify the above deponent          Silas B. Ball
is a credible witness.
Erastus Adsit
Justice of the Piece
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I do hereby authorize and empower
Benjamin P. Johnson of Rome N.Y. to receive
my pension certificate from the Pension
office of the United States
September [crossed out] 1842          [her]
October the 4,                         Hannah X Carrier 
The said Hannah Made her               [mark
mark on account of old age and
taken & acknowledged
before me this 4
 day of October 1842
September erased twice &
October inlisted twice
Erastus Adsit Justice
of the Piece
P. Shelden Root Clerk of said
County, do hereby certify that Erastus Adsit
before whom the forgoing affidants
Were taken, is a Justice of the Peace
of the County of Oneida duly commissioned
and sworn that I am acquainted
with his hand writing, and believe
his signature to be in his own
proper handwriting.
In Testimony whereof I have
here unto signed my name and
affixed my seal of office
this 5th day of October 1842
P. Sheldon Root, Clk.
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Rome NY,
Oct 5 1842

Hon J L Edwards
Sir
Enclosed is the app
of Mrs Hannah Carrier and also
her power of attorney authorizing
the delivery of her Pension Certificate
when released & forward the same
- and inform me whether she
can now draw the amount due
her.

I have the honor & be
most respectfully
Yours
Mr W Johnson
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In the matter of Hannah Carrier under act 1843
B. P. Johnson agent Rome NY
Hannah Carrier
$64.86
[File] 4775
Hon. S. Beardsley H.R.
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Declaration Act, 1843
State of New York
Oneida County ss.
On this 19 day of October 1843, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, personally appeared Hannah Carrier a resident of the town of Steuben in said county, aged 80 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 on the 3d of March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. 
That she is the widow of Jeremiah Carrier and was the widow of Guy Dodd who was a Revolutionary Soldier [strike thru "and Pensioner"] of the United States, and and by an act of Congress she was placed on the pension roll [illegible] fund.
2. and that she received under an act of Congress [strike thru "the Act of July 7th 1838"] a Pension of Sixty Four dollars per annum; She further declares that she remains a widow, and has done so ever since the death of her husband.
Hannah Carrier x by her mark
July cr[illegible]
2 [illegible]
State of New York
Oneida County ss.
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hannah Carrier and know her to be the person described in the above declaration and who was a Pensioner under [strike out "The Act of July 7th 1838."] an act of Congress.
[signed] Erastus Adsit Justice 
I P. Sheldon Root, Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that Erastus Adsit was on the date of the above certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly appointed and qualified, and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 12th day December in the year 1843.
[signed] P. Sheldon Root, Clk
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Admitted


J. Hathaway
Rome, P.O.
New York
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of 3d February 1848, entitled an act making farther provision for surviving widow and soldiers of the Revolution
State of New York
County of Oneida ss.
On this 12th day of April 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Hannah Carrier of Steuben in the County aforsaid aged 88 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 pension made by the act of congress passed on the 3d of February 1848, granting pensions to widow of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Jeremiah Carrier her second husband and before her marriage with him was the widow of Guy Dodd who was a private in the Revolutionary army, and belonged to the Connecticut line of troops, as will more fully appear by the documents on file at the War department, and upon which a pension was granted to her of $64.86 dollars per annum, and that the original pension certificate has been surrendered since which time her stipend has been drawn on affidavit. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year above written, before me, said Hannah is personally known to me and made her mark hereto as she cannot write.
Hannah Carrier x by her mark
[signed] Erastus Adsit Jst Peace [Justice of the Peace]
Witness Siles B Ball
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State of New York
Clerks Office
Oneida County of Patrick Mahon Clerk of the said
County certify that Erastus Adsit Esquire was on the 19th day of April 1848 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oneida duly elected and authorized to act as such, and that the signature on the opposite side purporting to be that of the said Justice is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County & subscribed my name April 21, 1848
Patrick Mahon Clerk
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Comptrollers [Office]
Aug 10 1840
I certify that on examination of the records of the [___] Council of [Safety] remaining in his office, I find under date of Augt 20 1780 the following, resolved, that the nomination of John Warner to be the Captain of the [8th] Coast Guards stationed at New Haven in the room of William Vandeursen [___] and Lamberton Painter to be First Lieutenant in the [___] of Capt. John Warner promoted and John Peck to the Second Lieutenant in the [___] pf Lieut. J [Patterson] and that John Clause to be Ensign in the [___] of Lieut. J. Peck [promoted] he accepted and approved that they be commissioned accordingly their commitment to bear date from the first day of August 1780 that on the 26 day [July] 1782 Capt. William Vandeursen his account of his Company of Coast Guards [amounting] to [___] that on the 28 day July 1782 Capt. John Warner {UNFINISHED}
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.

I, [J. Beach] Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that Nathaniel R. Clark, Esq., is a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 5th day of June A.D. 1840, and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A.D. 1841; that I am acquainted with his handwriting, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 8th day of August, A.D. 1840.

[J. Beach]
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I William Storer of New Haven in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged seventy-five years, depose and say, that I have in my possession a copy of the original payroll of Capt. Phineas Bradley's Company of Artillery, stationed at New Haven in the year 1780, on which appears the name of Guy Dodd, who enlisted June 6th 1780 and was discharged January 1st 1781 - time of service six months 25 days: I further depose and say that I was a soldier in the same company with the aforesaid Guy Dodd and well remember his being in the service in said Company [___] with me at the time above specified: I further depose and say, that I have in my possession a copy of the original payroll of a similar company commanded by Capt. William
Vandeurson, from the first of January to the 1st
of August, 1781, and that the name of the said Guy Dodd appears on that roll also from the 9th of April to the 1st of August three months 22 days; that on the 1st of August 1781 Capt. Vandeurson resigned the command of said
Company, when Lieut. John Warner was appointed as Captain, and continued in the command of the same till the 1st of January 1782, and that the aforesaid Guy Dodd
served as a soldier in said Company during the whole of said time according to the best of my recollection and belief- making the whole time of the service of said Guy Dodd in said Companies of Artillery stationed at New Haven during the war of the Revolution fifteen months 17 days: I further depose and say, that after I had copied the above mentioned pay rolls, I forwarded the original roll of Capt. Bradley's Company to the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington at his request; and the original roll of Capt. Vandeurson's Company
to his son at Middletown in the County of Middlesex, from whom I had loaned them. Which I am credibly informed and [verily believe], resides in the Pension office at Washington D.C.

William Storer

State of Connecticut 
New Haven County, [____] August 8th, A.D. 1840. Personally appeared William Storer, signer of the above deposition, a person well known to me, and entitled to full credit, who made oath to the same before me. The word 'August' in the 14th line from the top was erased before signing.
Nathaniel W. Clark, Justice of the Peace.
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I Marcus Merriman, of New Haven in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged seventy-seven, depose and say that I was acquainted with Guy Dodd, whose name appears on the rolls of the Company of Artillery commanded by Capt. Phineas Bradley and stationed at New Haven in the year 1780, and also on the roll of the company commanded by Capt. Vandeursen at the same place in the year 1781, and that I served in the same company with said Dodd under Capt. Bradley in the war o the American Revolution, for which service I received a pension form the United States; that according to my best recollection and belief the said Guy Dodd and myself enlisted into said company on the same day, viz, on the 6th of June 1780, and were discharged on the 1st of January 1781;- that in consequence of my being absent on a voyage to sea, I was not personally knowing to the service of said Dodd under Captains Vandeursen and Warner. I further depose and say, that I was acquainted with Hannah Hayden, who lived in my fathers family in the year 1780, and that she was married to the said Guy Dodd in the year not now recorded and after she became his widow she lived sometime in our family as a [nurse] to my Sister who died of Typhus Fever in Oct, 1805 Soon after which she went to live with her daughter some where in the State of New York and I do not now recollect seeing her since. 

Marcus Merriman

State of Connecticut
New Haven County, New Haven. August 8th AD 1840
Personally appeared Marcus Merriman ,Signer of the above deposition a Person well known to me, as entitled to full credit and made oath to the same before me
Ward Clarke Justice of the Rev.
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I, Royal R. Hinman, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that William [Storer] is a Notary Public of this State, duly commissioned, and recorded in this Office as such===and that he has the power by the Laws of this State to administer a oath, take depositions, to take acknowledgements of deeds, &c. and with his seal of office and signature may certify any official act to which due credit is to be given in Court and country. 

In testimony of which I have hereto affixed the public Seal of this State and signed the same at the Office of the Secretary of said States, in Hartford, 10th day of August AD. 1841

By 
and I also certify that this signature of the service Storer hereto assumed is genuine,

Royal H. Hinman, Secretary