Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25478, for Matthew Thompson, Connecticut
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SERVICE: Continental (Conn.)
Sea Service
Thompson, Matthew (Betsey)
NUMBER: W. 25478
B.L.Wt. 3140-160-55.
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4123. 
Connecticut 
Betsey Thompson 
widow of Matthew Thompson
Cont[inental]
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 
9th day of Mch 1849
and sent to Henry Fowler 
Hartford Ct

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act 
February 2, 1848, Page 357, Vol. 1
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20668 [?] {Act Mar 3/35[?]
{Rev. " 29/35[?]
Betsey Thompson 
widow of 
Matthew Thompson 
[illegible- Private?]

War of the revolution 
U.S. Pensioner 
Pri. Saml B. Webb's Regt of Ct. Contl line.
Admit. 160 acres[?] July 26/55.
Boyston[?]

 3140 iss. July 26/55 
Henry Fowler 
Hartford 
Vol 2 page 56, Conn 
Crosswise: Rev W?]


Right side:
Conn 
Feby '48 - - W[?] 4123
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Declaration 
State of Connecticut }
Hartford County } ss. Enfield, 
On this Second of October AD 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District for the District of Enfield in the County & State aforesaid Betsey Thompson a resident of said Enfield aged Sixty Eight years, a credible and respectible lady, well known to this Court who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed the 7th July 1838, entitled An act granting half pay, and pensions to certain Widows." 
That she is the widow of Mathew Thompson, late a resident of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State aforesaid who served as a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution, from the year 1777^or 1778 to the year 1780, In the Connecticut line of the Continental Army, That when he was about 16 years old he inlisted into the regular service for three years into Collo [in Col - stricken] Samuel B Webbs Regiment, where he served until the period of his Enlistment had expired in the year 1780, When he went into the Service on the Water She thinks she had heard him say it was the Randolph, he was taken prisoner and carried into one of the British
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West India Islands & there kept in Rigorous confinement until the peace took place & then he was released & after a narrow escape from the press gang, he found an opportunity to embark for his own country which he at length reached in safety with a constitution seriously injured & impaired. 
She begs leave to add that when the first general pension law for soldiers of the Regular army took effect he said he was as much entitled to it as any other man but as he had not been indolent so as to remain poor he could not conscientiously apply for it, & She believes that he never did make any application in his life time. 
She furthermore declares That she was married to the said Matthew Thompson in the Town of Hartford in the Parish of West Hartford in said Hartford County on the ___ day of September Seventeen hundred Eighty Seven, by the Reverend Nathan Perkins, who was then Pastor of the Congregational Church, in said West Hartford, That she lived with him and brought up a family & that her husband the aforesaid Matthew Thompson, died in said Enfield on the 4th day of March 1828 
that she still remains his widow 
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794.
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viz at the time she has before stated in the foregoing declaration 
[Signed] Mrs. Betsey Thompson 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. 
Before said Court of Probate 

And the said Court hereby declares the opinion that the said Matthew Thompson served in the Revolutionary War, in the manner the said widow Claims she is a Respectible lady known to the Court and mother of some of our most prosperous & respectible citizens. [Signed] Judge Wm Dixon, Judge of Probate for District of Enfield

In testimony whereof I James Dixon Clerk of the probate Court for the District of Enfield in Hartford County & State of Connecticut hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Court in the Matter of the application of widow Betsey Thompson for a pension under the act before cited 
whereupon I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix the Seal of said Court at said Enfield this 2nd day of October AD 1838. 
[SEAL]
Attest.
And I certify that before signing the figures words "or 1778" was interlined on the first page, & September written above the place of the erasure on the left hand page & seven insted of Eight inserted. 
[Signed] James Dixon Clerk of Probate
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I hereby certify, that in the records of Marriages solemnized in this place, I find an entry in its regular place in the series of entries made by the Reverend Nathan Perkins D.D. and as I believe in the hand writing of the said Dr. Perkins (with which I am acquainted) which record is as follows. (viz) - 
"Seventeen hundred eighty seven September - 
Matthew Thompson of Suffield & Elizabeth Collins of Hartford were married." 
The foregoing is a true copy from said record with the exception of the date which in the original record is in fair legible figures as follows. "1787 Sept" 
Attest  [Signed] Edward W. Andrews - 
I Edward W. Andrews do hereby depose and say That I hold the Office of Pastor of the Congregational Church in the West parish of the town of Hartford in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut which was under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Nathan Perkins D. D. from the month of October 1772  to the month of January 1838 and the above is a true copy from said record with the exception above
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expressed by me. 
Dated at Hartford aforesaid this 23d day of November 1838
[Signed] Edward W. Andrews 

State of Connecticut} 
Hartford County} ss.  Hartford 
On this 23rd day of Novemr 1838 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Revd. Edward W Andrews a resident of Hartford aforesaid, a credible person known to me as pastor of the Congregational Church in Hartford West division so called & then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed 
Before me. 
[Signed] Jeremiah Brown. Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut} 
Hartford County} ss. Enfield 
On this first day of October 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut John Omsted -a resident of said Enfield a credible person who being first duly sworn according to law doth on oath depose and say,
That I was well acquainted with the late Matthew Thompson, of said Enfield who is now deceased, and I have^ heard him tell of his being in the continental army, some years, and of the hardships he underwent, and to claim that he was as much entitled to a pension under the first general pension law, as any other man; except that he had property; and I well remember that he complained of the distinction made between those who had property, and those who had none, in the application of that law, that it was as a bounty on idleness & improvidence.
I am well knowing to the fact of his considering the infirmities under which he labored, for some years, as the consequence of the privations & sufferings which he bore, in the Revolutionary War. 
And I am well knowing to the fact, that the said Matthew Thompson, died at said Enfield, on the 4th day of March 1828: and his widow is still living, and she has never again intermarried. 
[Signed] John Omsted 
Sworn to and subscribed on this 1st day of October AD 1838, Before me, in testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my
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Seal of Office
Attest [Signed] Jess Charlton Notary Public
[SEAL]
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I Elizabeth Olmstead a resident of Enfield in Hartford County & State of Connecticut hereby depose & say, That, I was well acquainted with the late Matthew Thompson, of Enfield, aforesaid, now deceased; And I well remember to have heard him say, that when he was a youth of between fifteen & Sixteen years of age, he the said Matthew Thompson was living with his grandmother in Stafford in Connecticut & he felt very anxious to inlist [sic] into the Army, & he heard there was a Brigade in Hartford that were going on to the Main army, and that he ranaway [sic] from his home, and went & inlisted and that when his said Grandmother learned where he had gone^ she desired his mother who lived with his grandmother^ would go & find* him she took a Horse & Saddle bags as there was then no one horse waggons [sic] in that part of the Country & she filled her saddle bags with stores, & set off alone for Hartford - to see her son & to deliver him such things as she had been able to procure to make him comfortable; and that he went into the army & served for a long time deponent does not remember what Regiment he was in, but the foregoing facts she distinctly remembers
She is also well knowing to the fact that he the said Matthew Thompson, is the identical person who was husband to the present widow Betsey Thompson; that the said Matthew Thompson died at said Enfield, on the fourth day of March, Eighteen hundred & twenty Eight in his 65 year, & his wife has never again intermarried
[Signed] Elizabeth J Olmsted

State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss. Enfield -- On this first

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day of October AD 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut Mrs Elizabeth J Olmstead a resident of Enfield in sd County of Hartford, & then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by her subscribed, & she is a credible person well known to me, whose statements are entitled to credit. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office the day & year aforesaid. 
[SEAL}
Attest [Signed] Jesse Charlton Notary Public. 
And I further certify that the words "She desired" "and would go and find him she" was interlined by me, before finishing the certificate 
Attest [Signed] Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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State of New York
City & County of New York ss. Orrin Thompson of the City of New York being duly sworn says that he is a son of Mathew Thompson who departed this life at Enfield in the State of Connecticut on the fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and the husband of Betsey Thompson now of Enfield in the said State. That he has frequently heard his father the said Matthew Thompson say that he left his mother at a very^ early age when she resided in Stafford and enlisted in the United States (called the Continental) Army and that he has frequently stated to this deponent the great suffering he endured during the time he was in the Army. And this deponent further says that he has heard his father say that he was taken prisoner during the time he was in the service. And this deponent further says that about forty years since while deponent was quite young and living with his father a person came to visit his father from a considerable distance the name of the individual or the place of his residence is not now recollected by this deponent and this deponents father expressed himself much pleased to see him and deponents father and this person recognized each other as having served in the army together and deponent heard them speak of their having been on the service together and deponent recollects hearing his father say it gave him much pleasure to see this person in consequence of their having been in the service together 
[SEAL] [Signed] Orrin Thompson
[Swor]n before me the 15th of October 1838 
[Signed] Philip Milspaugh 
Notary Public
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Crosswise, left margin:
Orrin Thompson Deposition

I William Dixon Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Enfield in the County of Hartford, & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with the within named Orrin Thompson son of the late Matthew Thompson of Enfield, for thirty years past, and he is a gentleman of good character for truth & veracity a credible & respectible man 
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix the Seal of said Court at Enfield in Hartford County & State aforesaid this 27th day of November AD 1838 
[Signed] William Dixon Judge of Probate for District of Enfield
[SEAL]
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I Henry Thompson of the Town of Enfield in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do hearby [sic] depose and say that I am one of the sons of the late Matthew Thompson of said Enfield and that I have from the earliest recollection of my childhood to the Time of his Decease heard my said Father tell of his having long ingaged [sic] in the services in the war of the Revolution and of the hardships and Suffering he underwent during that period 
I have heard him till [sic] that he Left home without the consent of his parents and went to Hartford and inlisted into the services when he was a little short of Sixteen years old 
And that his Mother rode into Hartford on Horse back with her saddle bags fillid [sic] with whatever she could suddenly prepare, that she thought he might need to make him comfortable 
and that he was in the service several years, but under what officers the Deponent cannot Remember 
and that when the pension law was passed Twenty years ago he Disapproved the Discrimination it contained giving it only to those who were destitute of property 
and Claimed that for his services he was intitled to a pension as much as almost any other man but he would not endiver [sic] to obtain it by pleading poverty for his enterprize [sic] and industry had been Crowned with success and he had become a man of fair and good Estate. Though he was for several years before his death very infirm and attributed the breaking down of his naturally Strong Constitution to his Sufferings in the Service of his County during the Revolutionary War[e?]
The said Matthew Thompson died at Said Enfield on the fourth Day of March Eighteen hundred and Twenty Eight and his widow has never a gane [sic] intermarried - & further the Deponent Saith not 
Dated At Enfield Nov. 15th 1838-  
[Signed] Henry Thompson 
Sworn to & Subscribed
[SEAL]
Personally appeared before me, this 15th Day of November AD. 1838 Henry Thompson, the Subscriber of the foregoing Deposition and
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made Solemn Oath to the truth of the Same & I hereby Certify that the sd Henry Thompson is well known to me & is a Credible & respectable man. In Testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of the Court of Probate for the District of Enfield, in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut the day & year above named - 
[Signed] Wm Dixon, Judge of Probate for the District of Enfield
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I Hannah Seymour a resident in Hartford in Hartford County, do hereby depose and say, that I was well acquainted with Matthew Thompson of Suffield formerly of Stafford & last of Enfield in Connecticut; and I have often heard him tell of his sufferings & perils in the service of his Country in the Revolutionary War. I was also well acquainted with Betsey Collins of West Hartford from a child. I am well knowing to the intermarriage of the said Matthew Thomson with the said Betsey Collins: they were married at West Hartford a parish of the town of Hartford, in Hartford County, Connecticut: it is Fifty one years ago: I was present myself at the wedding they were married by Dr Nathan Perkins then a pastor of the congregational church in the west parish of Hartford in Conn. & they lived together & brought up a family & the said Matthew Thompson died at Enfield in Hartford County Connecticut several years since, & his widow the said Betsey Thompson has remained his widow ever since the period of his death. I have been intimately acquainted with the family down to the present period & I am well knowing to the facts above Stated. 
[Signed] Hannah Seymour 

State of Connecticut}
Harford County} ss Hartford, On this 26th day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut Mrs Hannah Seymour who then & there signed the foregoing certificate & then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me 
& I certify that she is a credible & respectible woman whose statements are entitled to full credit
In testimony whereof I hereunto
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subscribe my name & affix the Seal of my said office on the day & year aforesaid.
[SEAL]
Attest [Signed] Jesse Charlton}
Notary Public}
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I Henry Kilborn Comptroller of Public accts for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, That in the Books of the pay table in this office relating to the Revolutionary War, I find that Matthew Thompson, is credited for services performed as a private soldier in Col Samuel B Webbs Regiment from the 14th day of February AD 1778. to the 10th day of January AD 1781, for a period of Two years, ten months & twenty seven days, which was in the Connecticut line of the continental Army from the 14 Feby 1781 to Jany 1 1780 then from Jany 1 1780 to Jany 1 1781 and from Jany 1 1781 to Jany 10 1781-
Dated at the Comptrollers office in Hartford in Connecticut this 26th day of November AD 1838. 
[Signed] Henry Kilborn Compt
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I Royal R Hinman Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, That Jesse Charlton before the annexed deposition of John Olmsted, & Elisabeth Olmsted, & Hannah Seymour were taken, is at this time & has been for more than five months last past a Lawful Justice of the peace for Hartford County; & Notary Public for said State of Connecticut & that his Signature & Seal to the annexed certificates are genuine & well known to me; 
And I further certify, That Jeremiah Brown Esq, before whom the deposition of the Revd Edward W. Andrews was taken, is a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County & has been for five month last past & that his Signature to said certificate is his genuine Signature well known to me. 
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & affix the Seal of the State of Connecticut at Hartford in said State on the 30th day of November AD 1838 
[Signed] Royal R Hinman
Secretary of sd State
[Ribboned SEAL]
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20,668
Bounty Land Claim of
Betsey Thompson
Widow of Matthew Thompson
(Revolutionary service)
under Act March 3 1855
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss Enfield  24" March 1855. 
On this 24th day of March AD. One thousand eight hundred & fifty five Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid 
Betsey Thompson Aged 85 Years  & a resident of Enfield in the County & State aforesaid who, being duly sworn according to law, Declares that she is the Widow of Matthew Thompson deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution in the Connecticut line and continued in actual service for the term of two years or more. 
She further states that she is a pensioner of the United States under the Act of February 2d 1848 as the Widow of the above named Matthew Thompson at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, her pension Certificate bearing date at the Department of the Interior 9" day of March 1849. and she refers to the evidence filed in the Pension Office at Washington on her application for a pension under the Act of July 1838 for Proof of her husbands service and death and of their marriage - she further states that her ^said husband died at Enfield on the 4th day of March 1828 and that she has ever since his death remained and now is his Widow. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1853.
Betsey (X her mark) Thompson 

We George Emason and John L Houston residents of Enfield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the
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foregoing Declaration was signed by mark and acknowledged by Betsey Thompson in our presence and that we believe, from the Appearance and Statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be 
[Signed] George Emeson 
[Signed] John L. Houston 

The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day and year above written: and I Certify that I know the Affiants to be Credible persons: that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
[Signed] Jabez T Taylor Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut 
I, Oliver H. Perry - Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, 
That - Jabez T Taylor - was, from the fourth day of July, A.D. 1854, to the fourth day of July, A.D. 1856, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford - in said State, duly appointed and commissioned-- having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations. 
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Jabez T Taylor to be genuine. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 27" day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
[SEAL]
[Signed] O H Perry Secretary of State.
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New Haven Conn Jany 5th 1897
Director of 
Bureau of Pensions
Dept of the Interior 
Washington D.C.
[penciled in: ROW and initials AHM]

Dear Sir, 
My great-grand mother Betsey Thompson - widow of Matthew Thompson - applied on Oct 2d 1838 for a pension on a/c of the services in the Revolutionary War of her husband Matthew Thompson - private in a Conn regiment - serving under Col Saml. B Webb and others - said application being accepted - and pension paid -  for I do not know the number of years - but suppose until her death.

I would ask if in the application if it stated - 1st Where he Enlisted
2d- in what Companies- and under what Captain or Officers he served 
3d- If the names of his parents were given & where they resided 
Any information that the records give, will be of great aid to me in my genealogical researches - and will be gratefully appreciated - by
Yours very truly
[Signed] Harry Grant Thompson 
6. Elm St [?]. 
New Haven Conn
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Receipt marks:
U.S. Pension Office Jan 6 1897
Old War & Navy Files Jan 8 1897
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February 12, 1938. 

BA-J/ILL 
Matthew Thompson
W. 25478

Mrs. Lionel E. Faulkner 
190 Irving Road 
York, Pennsylvania. 

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Matthew Thompson, pension claim- W. 25478. 

The data given herein are found in the papers on file in the claim cited above, based upon service of Matthew Thompson in the Revolutionary War. 

The date and place of birth, and the names of the parents of Matthew Thompson are not shown. As early as 1777 or 1778, he lived with his mother in Stafford, Connecticut, at the home of his grandmother. 

Matthew Thompson ran away from Stafford, Connecticut, before he was sixteen years of age, went to Hartford, enlisted there February 14, 1778, as a private in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Continental Regiment and was discharged at the expiration of service of two years, ten months and twenty-seven days; a part of the time he was in Captain Timothy Allyn's company, names of other captains not shown. Later, he entered on board the Ship "Randolph," was taken prisoner, was confined on one of the British West India Islands until peace was declared, and finally reached his own country. 

Matthew Thompson died March 4, 1828, in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, where he had resided many years. At the time of his death, he was in the sixty-fifth year of his age. 

He married in September 1787, in West Hartford, Connecticut, Elizabeth (Betsey) Collins, of Hartford; he was recorded as of Suffield (1787). They were married by the Pastor of the Congregational Church. The name of her parents are not shown. 

Betsey Thompson (as she signed her name), the soldier's widow,
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was allowed pension on account of his service in the Revolutionary War on her application executed October 2, 1838, at which time she was aged sixty-eight years. She had resided in Enfield, Connecticut, ever since her husband's death. She was living there in March 1855. Betsey Thompson was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War; warrant #3140 was issued in her behalf under the Act of March 3, 1855.

Matthew Thompson and his wife, Betsey, reared a family. In 1838, their son, Henry Thompson, resided in Enfield, Connecticut; another son, Orrin Thompson resided then in New York City, New York. The names of other children were not designated. 

In 1881, one William J. Thompson witnessed the widow's signature in Enfield, Connecticut; no relationship to the family was stated. 

In 1838, Mrs. Hannah Seymour, of Hartford, Connecticut, stated that she had been acquainted with Betsey (Collins) Thompson ever since childhood, and that she was present at her marriage to Matthew Thompson. 

If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Matthew Thompson, you should address the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the following: bounty land warrant #3140-160 acres, Act of March 3, 1855.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following: Betsey Thompson, widow of Matthew Thompson 
Certificate #4123 
Issued March 9, 1849 
Rate $80 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1848 
Act of February 2, 1848 
Connecticut Agency. 

Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

[Handwritten at bottom:]
grandson -1897
Harry Grant Thompson
Elm St. New Haven Conn.
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25,478
Betsey Thompson
Wid of
Mathew Thompson
Priv Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol T., Page 273
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dec 28 96 [?] History to H. A. Grant 
NY City L.W.B.

Jan. 16. 1897 - History to Mr. Harry G. Thompson 6 Elm st. Conn- L.W.B.

1920 Jany 26 Hist to Frank Bestwick
1921 Jany 7 Hist to Louise Egan
1938 - Feb 12 Hist. to Mrs. Lionel E. Faulkner - ILL
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No. 20668
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 29, 1855
Betsey Thompson Wid of
Mathew Thoompson Pri
War of the Revolution
Pri Saml B. Webbs Regt
A contl line

Warrant 3140-160-55

Henry Fowler
Hartford Conn
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Connecticut. 2029 
Betsey Thompson 
widow of Matthew Thompson 
who was a pensioner under the Act of [blank]
and who died on the 4 March 1828 
of Hartford in the State of Connt. 
who was a Pri in the compy commanded 
by Captain --- of the Regt commanded 
by Webb in the Con't line for 2 years 

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut 
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 11" day of Mar. '39 
and sent to Hon. O. Holt
Willington, Con.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '39 - $240.00 
Semiannual allowance ending  [blank] $ 40.00
[=] $280.00

{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, 
Book A Vol. 1 Page 214.
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876
Connecticut 
Betsey Thompson 
widow of Matthew Thompson 
who was a private 
in the Connecticut line 

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 11th [?] day of July, 1843 
and sent to B. Colton -
Hartford Ct. 

[Act of March 3, 1843.] 
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1- Page 78 

Refd 13 July
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Left margin: 20668

[Postmark] Hartford CT MAR 27
[Postage] FREE
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Recvd. 2d Feb 48. Ct.
B. [Colton ?]
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E. Thompson
widow of Matthew
Con.
act 7 July 38

admd
2 yrs pri
80$
no deduction

Hon. O. Holt
Willington Con.
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East Windsor Hill, Hartford County
Connecticut
November 30 1838.

Sir,
I herewith transmit the application of Widow Betsey Thompson, relict of Matthew Thompson, late of Enfield in Hartford County Conn. for a pension under the Act of July 7th AD 1838. entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions, to certain Widows." 
And am Sir with great respect
your obedt Servant. 
[Signed] Jesse Charlton

 Hon J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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State of Connecticut County of 
Hartford ss Enfield Jany 20th 1851 
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir Mr. D. D. Addison of the city of Washington is hereby authorised and empowered to act as my Attorney in establishing my claim to an increase of Pension. Should he desire to refer to my papers on file in your office under the act of June 7th 1832# you will confer a favor on me by permitting him to do so. The amount which may be found due I wish payable to myself by the United States Pension Agent at Hartford in the State of Connecticut 
[Signed] Betsey Thompson [SEAL]

Witness 
[Signed] Wm J Thompson 
[Signed] W. A. Hawley 

#supposed act 1838
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Enfield January 20th 1851 
Personally appeared Betsey Thompson signed & sealer of the within power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein expressed before me
[Signed] Wait A. Hawley [?] Justice of Peace

Crosswise, left:
Betsey Thompson
Con. 48-4123

Crosswise, right:
[illegible] by- Mr Addison
March 1851
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E. Thompson

Hon. O Holt
Willington Ct.
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See Conn Archives p. 333 - [illegible - sec?] 3 Conn
It puts him in Joseph Walkers Co -
not in Timothy Allyns.
 
The Deponent being cautioned & sworn deposeth & saith that having examined the Muster Rolls of the late 3d Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col Samuel B. Webb, he finds the name of Mathew Thompson inserted ^therein & that he Inlisted for the term of Three years (the Muster roll containing his name is dated January 1780) & that he Served in Captain Timothy Allens company in Said Regiment as a Private. I cannot ascertain the time of his discharge from service, but have good reason to Suppose that he served the time specified above, as in the final Settlement of Accou[nt?] with the late P.M. General I received from him a Final Settlement Certificate due said Mathew Thompson for deficiencies of Clothing 
New Haven 25th July 1839}  
[Signed] Nathan Beers Lieut & Pay
master late 3d Connt. Regiment 
Commd by Colo Saml. B Webb, 
in the Revolutionary Army 
Deponent Aged 86 years

State of Connecticut 
County of New Haven ss. New Haven. On this 25th day of February AD 1839 Personally appeared Nathan Beers, Signer of the foregoing Deposition a man well known to me, as a person of undoubted veracity, and made Oath to the truth of the same, before me. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my official signature and seal 
[SEAL]
[Signed] William Stover, Notary Public
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[Receipt mark] Received FEB 1 1938
[Postmark] YORK PA. JAN 31 1938
[Postage]

Dept Interior
Washington D.C.

Revolutionary War
Veteran's or Pension Section
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I will appreciate any info. re
Matthew Thompson
Pension application
Rev. War W 25478
especially, war record & children.
V.T.Y.
Mrs. L.E. Faulkner
Mrs. Lionel E. Faulkner
190 Irving Rd
York, Pa
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66 Sandford Ave 
Plainfield, N.J.
Dec. 1, 1920. 

Rev/illegible
Pension Dep't 
Washington D.C 
[Receipt mark:] U.S. Pension Office Dec 2 1920
Dear Sirs,
I wish to get the record of Matthew Thompson who served in the Revolution and whose widow Betsey Collins received a pension at his death. 
He is buried in Enfield Conn. What information you have concerning him
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I would appreciate your sending me
Yours truly
(Miss) Louise Egan
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New York 4 Warren Ter 
Decr 4. 

Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir -
Can you give me the proof that Mrs Betsey Thompson was a pensioner for services of her husband Matthew Thompson during the Revolutionary war. Matthew Thompson was a private in Capt Walkers Company of Stratford Conn. Mrs Thompson was a pensioner in 1840. I know she recd a pension during her life time, but wish Evidence of the fact to enable one of her descendants to become a daughter of the revolution. I should suppose that a statement from the pension department that Mrs Thompson drew such a pension for services rendered by her husband was all that was needed 
Mrs Thompson lived at Enfield Conn & drew her pension as from that town. 
very truly yours 
H. A. Grant 
4 Warren Ter 
NY City
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[Receipt mark] OLD WAR & NAVY FILES. DEC 8 1896
[Receipt mark] U.S. Pension Office DEC 5 1896
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State of Connecticut}
Hartford County} ss Enfield 
On this 13th day of May in the year 1843 personally appeared before Hiram S Belcher Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Betsey Thompson a resident of the Town of Enfield in the County and State aforesaid aged 72 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war 
That She is the widow of Matthew Thompson who was a private Soldier in the War of the Revolution, and that She was pensioned under the Act of the 7th of July 1838 at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum 
She further declares that She is Still a widow and has remained so ever since the death of her husband 
[Signed] Betsey Thompson 

Sworn and Subscribed on the day and year first above written and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and is the widow of Matthew Thomson [sic] decd late of said Enfield and that the declarant was a pensioner under the act of the 7th of July 1838 and is a reputable and credible person - 
[Signed] Hiram S Belcher Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut ss. 
Office of Secretary of State. 
I hereby certify that Hiram S. Belcher Esq is and since the 20th of June last past has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State duly appointed and commissioned as appears of record in this office-- and that the signature within purporting to be his is in my opinion genuine 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said State this nineteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and forty three.

Crosswise:
1848
Betsey Thompson, Clt.
Benj Colten, agt
Hartford Cont.
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Declaration 
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution. 
State of Connecticut} 
County of Hartford} ss. 
On this 12th day of September 1848 before me a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Betsey Thompson a Resident of Enfield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut Aged 78 Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War 
That she is the Widow of Mathew Thompson who was a private in the army of the Revolution 
That she received a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum 
She further declares that she is still a Widow 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written  [Signed] Betsy Thompson
Before me [Signed] Jabez T. Taylor Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above declarant and she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated in the foregoing declaration 
[Signed] Jabez T. Taylor Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut. 
By His Excellency CLARK BISSELL, 
Governor of said State. 

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 
Know ye, That Jabez T. Taylor is, and since the 20th day of June last past hast been a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Hartford in the said State, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court:- that the within attestation is in due form and by the proper officer;- and that I believe the foregoing signature of the said Jabez T. Taylor to be genuine.
[Signature] Clark Bissell
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the public Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed, this 14th day of September A.D. 1848 and in the seventy third year of the Independence of the United States of America . 
By His Excellency the Governor: 
[Signed] John B. Robertson 
Secretary of State.
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J.L. Edwards Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D.C.

Crosswise, left:
3540
[illegible] Dec 3
7 July 38

Crosswise, right:
Widow Betsey Thompson 
by Jesse Charlton Conn.
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J.L. Edwards Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington. D.C.

Crosswise, left:
3540
[illegible] Dec 3
7 July 38

Crosswise, right:
Widow Betsey Thompson 
by Jesse Charlton Conn.
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Rev Sec
THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY OF THE
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

New Haven, Connecticut, Jan. 13, 1920.

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

Dear Sir:
In Volume XXV Lineage Book, Daughters American Revolution, the following statement is made:--
No. 24567.
Matthew Thompson. (1763-1828), enlisted as a private for two years. He died in Enfield. His widow applied for a pension, 1838, and it was allowed.
Is there any record corresponding to this statement?
Very truly yours,
[Signed] Frederick Bostwick

[Receipt mark] U.S. Pension Office JAN 15 1920
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LIONEL E. FAULKNER - 100 IRVING ROAD - YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 
2-8-38 

Dept Interior 
Veterans Bureau Pension Office 
Washington D.C. 
[Written in margin: Had been ans. when this was rec. F]
Gentlemen, 
Is Bounty Land Warrant #3140, 160 acres, by Act of Congress 1855 on file in your department? 
If so I would appreciate anything of interest in connection with Matthew Thompson, of Connecticut his children or parents. 
V.T.Y. 
[Signed] Lionel E. Faulkner
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION  3 -- 525 
W.F. 25478
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Washington, D. C., _______, 19__.

In reply to your request of ________ received ________ for a statement of the military history of Matthew Thompson, 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 ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED (CAPTAIN/COLONEL) | STATE 
Feby 14, 1778 | 2 yrs. 10 mos & 27 days | Pvt | Colonel Samuel B. Webb | Continental
and
Later entered on Ship Randolph, was taken prisoner and confined on one the British West India Islands until peace was declared 
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stafford, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2 38. Her cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Enfield, Hartford Co Conn.
Age at date of application, She was 68 yrs.
Remarks: He was m. Sept. 1787 in West Hartford, Conn., Elizabeth Collins, and died Mch. 4 1828 at Enfield Conn. She states that she "brought up a family" Henry and Owen or Orrin are the only names stated. 
Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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[This card is misfiled. BLWt. for Matthew Thompson of CT line is #3140]

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-9-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME Thompson, Moses GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5154 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 13, 1792 to- not shown- 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.