Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,434, for Joseph Perry, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                  NUMBER
Conn.                                        Perry, Joseph                     W. 17.434
                                                    Mary
CONTENTS
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State of Connecticut ss         August the 26th AD 1838
District of Fairfield
I Moses G. Betts Clerk of the Court of Probate
for the District of Fairfield in said State of
Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing are
the original proceedings had before sd Court in the
matter of the application of Mary Perry for a Pension
on acount of sundry services rendered in the war
of the Revolution by her deceased husband, and that
Rufus Blakeman before whom sd proceedings were
heard as Judge of sd Court is now and since the 20th
last past been the Judge of sd Court, duly
commissioned and acting as such, and that the 
signature purporting to be his is genuine. And I
further certify that Rufus Blakeman before whom
the depositions annexed of Rev. Nathan Freeman Hyatt Banks Joseph Hayes
and Benjamin Smith, and that John T. Wilson George Dyer Thomas Robinson, Within Nicholls, before before whom the depositions of John Knapp, James Beardsley,
Reuben Sherwood, and Ephraim Nicholls were taken are Justices
of the Peace for said County in sd State of Connecticut
duly commissioned and acting as such, and that I believe
the signatures purporting to be theirs to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of sd Court the day and year
aforesaid
Moses G Betts Clerk
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I Samll Perry of the town and County of Fairfield
State of Connecticut aged forty six years youngest son
of the late Joseph Perry and Mary Perry both of said
Fairfield who being first duly sworn according to law do testify
and say that the leaf annexed to this paper was taken
out of a bible owned by my late Father at his death
and for many years previous that the record contained
on said leaf from information derived from other sources
I believe to be a true record and am positive that  the
said record is the hand writing of my late Father
I further testify and declare that my mother has not been married since my Fathers death but that she has ever remained and is still the widow of the late Joseph Perry of said Fairfield
Dated at Fairfield August 22d 1838
Saml Perry

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield Ss               Fairfield August 22d 1838
personally appeared Samuel Perry maker of
the foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath
to the same before me. I further certify that the
said deponent sustains the first character
for credibility
Rufus Blakeman Justice of Peace
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the year 1775, did not exceed one
hundred & forty nine days.
The aged applicant & her respectable
friends may be better satisfied with
Your ultimate decision, if you
will state the terms of service, if
w hich you may determine
to disallow after a full & careful
examination of the evidence in the
case & mention the reasons of
such disallowance
With much esteem,
I am  your obdSvtt
G. Tomlinson

J. L. Edwards Esqr
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724
Admit private $70
Connt Agency
Send to
Thomas Robinson
Southport 
Connt.
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Clerk's Certificate  Sold by Croswell & Jewett, No. 22 Street's Building New Haven.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
County of Fairfield                         Ss   Bridgeport
COUNTY COURT, CLERK' S OFFICE.

I, William H Noble Esq.
Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County
of Fairfield and keeper
of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices
of Peace for said County, hereby CERTIFY: --
THAT Thomas Robinson
Esquire
was on the 15th day of April
1843 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgment of DEEDS and other instruments; that I am acquainted with his
hand writing, and that the signature to this instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his,
is his genuine official signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 20th day
of April  1843
Wm H. Noble   Clerk,
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of

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  Ss   Fairfield  August 22d A.
Personally appeared Benjamin Smith signer
the foregoing Deposition and made solemn
oath to the same before me. I do further certify
the sd Deponent is an impeccable and credible
person                                         Rufus Blakeman Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield  Ss    Fairfield August 8th 1838
Personally appeared Joseph Hayes signer of the
foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to
the same before me. I do further certify that sd
Deponent is a credible Witness and Reputable
member of society. The interlineations, last of or first
of May the words the last of presiding expired in in the
19th line and or 1777 or in the 25th he were added by
direction of deponent, before signing
Rufus Blakeman Justice of Peace
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565
Mary Perry
Wid of Joseph
Conn
Act 7 July 1838
Married 1785
died 1829
Allow 15 mon for
$50 per ann
Hon.
G. Tomlinson
Bridgeport
Conn
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State of Connecticut ⎬                
Farfield County          Fairfield August the 6th A 1838
Personally appeared Hyatt Banks signer of the
foregoing Deposition and made solemn oath to the
same before me. I do further certify that Sd deponent
is both a respectable and credible person and a competent
Witness. The interlocuion aged seventy four, and service, and
the erasure previous to Beers, before signing
Rufus Blakeman Justice of Peace