Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26310, for Ward Peck, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Peck, Ward
Dorcas

NUMBER
W.26310

CONTENTS
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4.290

Connecticut Roll

Ward Peck
Capt. Prentice
Private       4
Connecticut - line - 1777  6 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut -
at the rate of Eight Dollars per months, to commence on the 24th of April 1818. 

Certificated of Pension issued the 10th of Nov'r 1818 and sent to Pierpoint Edwards
Bridgeport

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 4 M & 11/30 34:93
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 March 1819        48:- 
                                                              ________
                                                                 $82.93

{ Revolutionary claim, }
{ Act 18th March, 1818 }

(illegible)terbery Newhaven Cy.
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6331

Connecticut.

Dorcas Peck
widow of Ward Peck
Con
who was a private
in the Revolutionary War

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

Certificate of Pension issued the
4 day of November '44.
and sent to E. F. Merrill
Waterbury
Connecticut

[ Act of March 3, 1843. ]
 & 17 June '44

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2  Page 66

17th: June

Let.
Hon
Jany:  

June No  212
to L. N. Beardsley
(illegible) 11th '45.

S. D. Hubbard 12.
1846.
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Ward Peck's
Declaration April 23
2d
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District of Connecticut ss.   Stratford in the County of Fairfield.    I Ward Peck of Waterbury in the County of New Haven in said State of Connecticut do under oath declare before the Honorable Pierpoint Edwards District Judge of said District that I am now & since my birth have been a resident citizen of the United States, and shall be fifty six years of age next October that in the early part of the year AD 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier to serve during the war in the company commanded by Captain Jonas Prentice then of said New Haven in the second Connecticut Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Gray, commonly called at that time Douglas's Regiment in the late revolutionary army and war,  and served faithfully during the war in said Regiment, upon the continental establishment and at the close of said war I received an honorable & regular discharge signed by General Geo. Washington, and the badge of merit for six years faithful service which discharge I now exhibit & deliver to said Judge- that a part of the time while I was in said service, said Regiment was commanded by Colonel r. G. Meigs, Col. Butler ( I think)- and Colonel Herman Swift, that among others I was in the battles of Stoney Point & Jamestown and Yorktown when Cornwallis was taken - that I am in reduced circumstances and stand in need of assistance from my country for support.  And now make this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War".   Dated at Stratford aforesaid this 24th day of April AD 1818.  
(Signed) Ward Peck

District of Connecticut ss.   April 24th 1818 the aforenamed Ward Peck came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made Oath that the same is true
(Signed) Pierpoint Edwards
District Judge of said District
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11268
Dorcas Peck 
Widow of Ward 
let
Act 7 July 1838

Ward Peck
Roll Connecticut
Col Meig Regiment
1777 for the War.
Rec. Bounty Land
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss  District of Waterbury Probate Court.
On this 12th day of August AD 1844 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury in said State of Connecticut Dorcas Peck a resident of the Town of Waterbury in the County of new Haven and State of Connecticut aged Seventy Eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and of the subsequent Acts of Congress relating thereto.  That she is the Widow of Ward Peck who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States of America.  And she further declares that by reason of age and infirmity she is unable to specify and set forth the service performed by said husband, but refers for the evidence thereof, to the application of her said husband for a pension, under the Act of Congress of 1828 and the documents thereto appended, and to his pension certificate returned tot eh War Department since his decease.

She further declares that she was married tot he said Ward Peck on the twenty second day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four, that her husband the aforesaid Ward Peck died on the Eighth day of April
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in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time above stated.
(Signed) Dorcas Peck

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut
(Signed) Norton J. Buel Judge of the 
Court of Probate for the 
District of Waterbury

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the facts set forth by the above named Dorcas Peck in her foregoing application are as she states.
(Signed) Norton J. Buel Judge of the
Court of Probate for the
District of Waterbury
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State of Connecticut New Haven County
ss.  Town of Waterbury
Town Clerks Office Waterbury  August 12th 1844
Extract from the Records of the Town of Waterbury  "Ward Peck son of Mr. Joseph Peck of New Haven was married to Dorcas Porter daughter of  Capt. James Porter of Waterbury January Twenty second Anno Domini One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty four"
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows to wit, " January 22d Anno Domini 1784"
Attest Horace Tuttle Town Clerk

I Horace Tuttle above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Cark in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me 
(Signed) Horace Tuttle Clerk of the Town of Waterbury

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss  District of Waterbury ss
Probate Court
Be it remembered that on this 12th day of August 1844 personally appeared before the Court of Probate 
P Bryan is to me well known that he is a man of truth and veracity and his deposition is entitled to credit .
Norton J Buel Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury
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for the District of Waterbury, Horace Tuttle of the Town of Waterbury who is the Town Clerk of said Town and in open Court subscribed and made solemn Oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
(Signed) Norton J Buel Judge of the
Court of Probate for the District
of Waterbury
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I Lucious P  Bryan of Waterbury in New Haven County aged Twenty seven years after being duly cautioned and sworn depose and say that I was well acquainted with Ward Peck late of said Waterbury deceased and know and recollect the time of his death - that he died at said Waterbury on the eighth day of April in the year Eighteen Hundred and forty two; that I assisted in laying him in his coffin and attended his funeral and further saith not.
(Signed) Lucious P Bryan

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss   District of Waterbury Probate Court
Be it remembered that on this 12th day of August 1844 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for this District of Waterbury, Lucius P Bryan and in open Court subscribed and made solemn Oath in due form of Law to the truth of the foregoing deposition by hm subscribed
(Signed) Norton J  Buel Judge of the Court of
Probate for the District of Waterbury

And I further Certify that the above named Lucius P Bryan is to me well known that he is a man of truth and veracity and his deposition is entitled to credit
(Signed) Norton J Buel Judge of the Court of
Probate for the District of Waterbury
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss  Probate District of Waterbury
I George W Benedict Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the Court of Probate for in District of Waterbury in the matter of the application of Ward Peck for a pension. 


[ SEAL ]  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 12th day of August AD 1844.
(Signed) Geo W  Benedict Clerk
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June 17, 1937.


BA-J/ILL
Ward Peck
W.  26310

Mrs. Arnold S. Page
411 West 56th  Street
Kansas City, Missouri.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Ward Peck, a pensioner who died in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1842 or 1844.

The data given herein were found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 26310, based upon service of Ward Peck, the pensioner cited by you.

Ward Peck, son of Joseph Peck of Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, was born in October 1762; the name of his mother is not shown.

Ward Peck of Waterbury, Connecticut, enlisted March 8, 1777, served as private in Captain Jonas Prentice's company, Colonel Douglas' Connecticut regiment, and in Colonels R. J. Meigs', Butler's and Herman Swift's Connecticut regiments and was discharged June 8, 1883; during his service, he was a the Storming of Stony Point, the battle of Jamestown and at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.  He received the badge of merit for six years' faithful service. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818, at which time he resided in Waterbury, Connecticut.  He died there April 8, 1842 in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Ward Peck married January 22, 1784 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Dorcas Porter, daughter of Captain James Porter of Waterbury; the name of her mother is not shown.

Dorcas Peck, the soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her
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application executed August 12, 1844, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years; the date and place of her birth are not given.  She lived then in Waterbury, Connecticut.

No reference was made to children of Ward Peck and his wife, Dorcas.

In 1818, James Porter of Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, stated that he had been acquainted with Ward Peck for nearly forty-two years.  In 1828, reference was made to Dr. Joseph Porter of Waterbury, Connecticut.  No relationship between these persons and the soldier's wife, Dorcas, was stated. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of Dorcas Peck, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:

Dorcas Peck, widow of Ward Peck
Certificate #6331
Issued November 4, 1844
Rate $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1843
Act of March 3, 1843.
Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.


2.
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James Porter's affidavit
in Ward Peck's case
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District of Connecticut ss   Stratford in the County of Fairfield     I James Porter of Said Stratford do testify that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Ward Peck of Waterbury in New Haven County and District aforesaid, for nearly forty years - that I know him when he came out of the army of the United States at the close of the Revolutionary war, and always understood & do verily believe that he served faithfully in said army for six years & until the close of said war and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - and that he is native citizen of the Untied States, and has always been a resident citizen thereof.  Dated at Stratford aforesaid this 24th day of April AD 1818.
(Signed) James Porter

April 24th AD 1818 Sworn before me
(Signed) Pierpoint Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
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Ward Peck
private
Connecticut line,
24. April, 1818.

Admitted
found on the Conn't
Rolls.


Pierpoint Edwards, Esq;
Judge,
Bridgeport, Fairfield Co:
Connecticut
Rec'd 27. May, 1818.
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I Pierpoint Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Ward Peck who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule  May 20th 1818
(Signed) Pierpoint Edward

Ward Peck,
private
Connecticut line,
14. April, 1818

Admitted
found on the Conn't.
Rolls

Pierpoint Edwards, Esq;
Judge,
Bridgeport, Fairfield Co.
Connecticut
Rec'd 27. May, 1818.
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No of orig Pay 122                                  4
REVOLUTONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
9 July 1828.

Ward Peck of Waterbury in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution." approved the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Prentice's company, in the 2 regiment of the Connecticut line; (he does not remember to have received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; ) and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office. 
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
10th July 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Ward Peck in the Connecticut line.  It further appears that Ward Peck is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3 March 1826.
(Signed) Peter Hagner an.
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 5th of May 1828  I Ward Peck of Waterbury in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service untill (sic) its termination; at which period I was a Private in Captain Jonas Prentice in the 2d Connecticut Regiment Commanded by Col Douglas and I  also declare that I afterward received certificates for the (illegible) of Eighty Dollar; to which I was entitled under a resole of Congress passed the 13th of May 1778
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States. 

Witness my hand this 14th day of June AD 1828. I further state that I have no recollection of receiving certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars but supposed I remembered it wrong the certificates of pay which I received when I was discharged.
(Signed) Ward Peck

Before me Bennet Bronson Chief Judge of the County Court of New Haven County in the State of Connecticut personally appeared Cyrus Clark Esquire & Dr. Joseph Porter both of Waterbury in said County who did severally make oath that Ward Peck by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated.  Witness our hand, this 14th day of June in the year of our Lord 1828.
(Signed) Bennet Bronson
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I certify that under the law of the United States I received a pension for about one year & a half & my papers including my discharge was sent to the proper department.  I have received no pension for eight or nine years past
(Signed) Ward Peck

I John Beach Clerk of the County Court of the  County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do certify that Bennet Bronson, before whom the foregoing affidavits were Sworn was at the time Chief Judge of the County Court of New Haven County and duly, empowered to administer oaths.
[ SEAL ]   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & my office the seal of the said Court this 17th day of June in the year 1828.
(Signed) Jn Beach Clerk of sd (said) Court
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Cons'd with
Ad OW Wid
File #26.310
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New Haven (Conn) 17 June 1828

Sir,

I enclose the papers of Mr. Ward Peck of Waterbury in this county, a Revolutionary Soldier.   Any reply for him, addressed under cover to me at this place (New Haven) I will see delivered to him, or some member of his family.

With great respect
Your mo. obt. sevrt.
R. I. Ingersoll

The Honorable
Richard Rush
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Milford Ct
May 17th 1845

Sir, 
Herewith I transmit you the application and Declaration of Dorcas Peck, widow of Ward Peck of Connecticut, in order to obtain the benefit of the Joint Resolution of the 23rd January 1845.

Should the claim, to which I respectfully invite your attention, be allowed, you will please forward the certificate to me. 

I have the honor to be
Your Obedient Servant
(Signed) L. N. Beardsley


Hon. J. L. Edwards }
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11268

Dorcas Peck
Widow of Ward
Con

Act 7 July 1838

Rejected Inst. died 1842

Admd act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 18442 years private
$80 per annum


E F Merrell
Waterbury
Con.
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L. N. Beardsley
Jun 11, '45
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Pension Office,
June 11 1845.

Sir, 

The declaration of Dorcas Peck under the joint resolution of January 23d, 1845, is herewith returned to you.

Mrs Peck is not entitled to the benefit of said resolution, the declaration upon which she has been pensioned having been made in August 1844. 



L. N. Beardsley Esqr
Milford,
Connecticut.
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208
Pension Office,
Jany 12. 1846.

I have the honor to return you herewith the declaration of Mrs. Dorcas Peck, under the joint resolution of Congress of Jany. 23d 1845.

Mrs. Peck is not entitled to the provisions of said resolution.  Her declaration under the act of July 7, 1838, was made on the 12th Augt, 1844, and the Act of the 20th: Feby: 18454, a copy of which is enclosed, restricts the grant of pension under said resolution to all widows (where their husbands were pensioned) whose declarations shall not have been made on or before the 30th April, 1844. 


Hon:  S. D. Hubbard
H. R.
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36217 Consolidated with Wid. File 26.310
Dorcas Peck

Revy INVALID.

File No. 26.217
Ward Peck
Pri  Rev War

Act:  18" March "18

Index: -- Vol.   2,   Page  320

[ Arrangement of 1870 ]
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OFFICE OF
JOHN G. CHAPMAN,
ROOM NO. 1
102 ORANGE ST.. 

New Haven, Conn.,  June 27th 1895

To Hon. William Lochren
Commissioner of Pension

Postmarked:
PENSION
JUN 
28
1895
OFFICE

Dear Sir
Will you kindly give me the Record of my Grandfather Ward Peck of Waterbury Conn in the Revolutionary War.  He enlisted Feb 25, 1877 Capt Jonas Prentice of  Company, William Douglass was Col of the Regiment on return from Jonathan Meigs were Capt of  Company what I wish is to know when his Pension began and date of entering  so I can Join the Sons of Revolution.

Yours Respectfully
Joel W. S. Peck
35 Park Street
New Haven Conn
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May 2, 1924.

Lucy Peck Bush,
18 Central Ave.,
Waterbury, Conn.

Madam; 

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.  26310, it appears that Ward Peck was born in October 1762 and was son of Joseph Peck of New Haven.

He enlisted March 8, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Jonas Prentice's Company, Colonels Douglas, R. J. Meigs, Butler and Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiments, was in the battles of Stony Point, Jamestown and Yorktown, and he was discharged June 8, 1783.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 24, 1818 while a resident of Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, and he died there April 8, 1842.

Soldier married at Waterbury, Connecticut, January
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22, 1784, Dorcas, daughter of Captain James Porter of Waterbury, she was allowed pension on her application executed August 12, 1844, while a resident of Waterbury, Connecticut.

There is no further data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,


Commissioner.
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In reply to your request of _______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Ward Peck a soldier of the REVOLUTONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's_ application for pension on file in this Bureau.    Wid. File 26.310

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Mch: 8, 1777
disc. June 8, 1783

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 yrs.

RANK.
Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN     Jonas Prentice
COLONEL.    Douglas, R J Meigs, Butler, Heman Swift.

STATE
Conn.

Battles engaged in,    Stony Pt., Jamestown, Yorktown

Residence of soldier at enlistment, _________

Date of application for pension, Apl 24, 1818

Residence at date of application, Waterbury, New Haven, Conn.

Age at date of application, born in Oct. 1762 son of Jos. Peck  of New Haven.

REMARKS:   Sol. m.  Waterbury Conn. Jany 22. 1784 Dorcas Perter daughter of Capt. James Porter of Waterbury, Wed. Apl 8, 1842.
Wid. appln. Aug. 12, 1844 at 78 res. Waterbury
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LEFT SIDE:

l W. S.
Haven Conn,
M.E. L.

CENTER:

Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 26.310
Dorcas Peck
Wid of 
Ward Peck
Pri Rev War

Act March 3d, 43

Index:  Vol. P,  Page  125

[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

RIGHT SIDE:

July 12/95 Hist to Joe Peck 35 Park St. New H
1918 June 19.  Hist to F. L. Hitchcock 
1924 May 2  Histo to Lucy Peck Bush awf
1937 June 17  Hist to Mrs. Arnold S. Page. - I.L.L.
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3-871.

RECORDS DIVISION
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Briefed by L. D. L.

Claim No. ____________

Certificate No.  _____________

Claimant ___________________

Soldier  Ward Peck

Service    Conn or Mass

Additional Service  Rev. War

No ____claim, State records ______, 190___
No claim, combination records _______, 190___

REMARKS:
No claim as above, except Invd #36217  }
Wid. # 26310  }  the same


0-8      Chief Division
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ.
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Ward Peck Soldier in the Second Continental Regiment, having faithfully served the United States from March 8th 1777 to June 9th 1783 and being inlisted (sic) for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED  from the American Army.

GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 8th of June 1783
(Signed) G. Washington

by HIs Excellency's 
Command,
J. Trumbull Judge

REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
(Signed) G. Curtiss Adjutant.

THE above Peck 
has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six Years faithful Service.
(Signed) H Swift Colo.
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O. W. & N. Division.                       M. E. C.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,                July 12, 1895.

Sir:

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

DATES OF ENTLISMENT OR APPOINTMENT.

Mch. 8, 1777 to
June 8, 1783

RANK
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN    Jonas Prentice
Colonels.  [Douglas  }

STATE
Conn.

He received a badge of merit for six years faithful service.

Battles engaged in,   Stony Pint, Jamestown, Yorktown.

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Probably New Haven, Conn.

Date of application for pension,    April 24, 1818.

Residence at date of application,   Waterbury , Conn.

Age at date of application,    Fifty-six years.

Remarks:  Married Dorcas Porter Jan. 22, 1784, and died Aril 8, 1842.

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.

Mr. Joel W. S. Peck,
33 Park St., 
New Haven, Conn.

                { R. J. Meigs }
                { Heman Swift   }
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F. L. HITCHCOCK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, 
SCRANTON, PA
421 Spruce St.

STAMPED:
CHIEF CLERK
JUN 10 1908
WAR DEPT.
(illegible)

Scranton, Pa., June 9th. 08.
#421 Spruce St.

To the Hon. The Secretary of War, 
Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: - 

For the purpose of completing genealogical records of my Mothers family, I desire the following information.

First: Was Ward Peck, a soldier of the War of Independence, from Connecticut, or Massachusetts a Pensioner?

Second;  If the records show, give date of his birth, and the Company or  Regt. in which he served, and the character of his service, with date of his honorable discharge.

Your attentions will greatly oblige, 
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) F. L. Hitchcock
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18 Central Avenue
Waterbury, Connecticut
31 of March 1924

The Hon. Washington Gardner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

STAMPED:
OFFICE OF
THE COMMISSIONER
APR 2 1924
U. S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly have transcribed for me the two pension papers of Ward Peck a private in the Revolutionary War?  His name appears on the list of pensioners in 1818, and also in that of 1840 at which time he was 77 years of age.  He lived & died in Waterbury, Conn.

Your respectfully, (Miss) Lucy Peck Bush
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411 W. 56th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
May 14th, 1937.

Veteran Administration,
Dept. Revolutionary Records,,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Sirs:

I am advised that Ward Peck received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War.  He died in 1842 or 1844 at Waterbury Conn.  I would appreciated receiving all genealogical data contained in his application papers for pension.  Thanking you for this assistance I am
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Margaret B. Page
(Mrs. Arnold S. Page)

STAMPED:
RECEIVED
MAY 17 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
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