Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21201, Samuel Gould, Conn.
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Service    Number
Conn.      W.21201.

Gould, Samuel
Sarah
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1582
Connecticut
Sarah Gould
Widow of Samuel Gould
who died (Conn.) on the 9th February 1829
of Fairfield Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a Pri (Private) & Serg't (Sergeant) in the company commanded by Captain Read of the Reg't (regiment) commanded by Col. Waterbury in the (unintelligible) for eighteen months. 
Pr.     9 mos    30
Ser't  9 mos    45
                       75 total

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 75 dollars - cents, per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of November 1837 and sent to Bradford Winton Esq'r, Weston, Conn. 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1837 $487.50
Semi-annual allowance ending 20 Mar'38 $37.50
Total $525.00

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

Recorded by Mary Allison, Clerk 
Book A
Vol 2
Page 68
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V2.349
Sarah Gould
Connecticut

Admitted
18 months:
9 mos Pr.           -30-
9 mos. Serg't     -45
                          $75 - (total)

on roll Capt. Elijah Abel's Co.,   Col Bradley's reg't  (regiment) from 23rd June 1 776 to 7th Jan'y (January) 1777 as Serg't, (sergeant)  6 mos. 15 days.
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State of Connecticut County of Fairfield, tw (township) Weston

On this 22nd day of July 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Weston in Fairfield County Sarah Gould a resident of Redding in said county aged eighty years who bring first duly sworn according to saith doth on her oath made the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress so passed July 4, 1836. 
That she is the widow of Samuel Gould late of said Redding now dec'd (deceased) who was a soldier and an officer in the Revolutionary War - that in the (unintelligible) of April 1775 the said Dec'd (deceased) Samuel Gould enlisted as a private soldier into the Connecticut State troops in the company commanded by Zalmon Read of said Redding as Capt. in Col. Waterbury's reg't (regiment) and went to New York in the summer of the same year and from there took (unintelligible)  with the rest of the company to Albany and from there went to Ticonderoga and went to St. John's and was at the taking of the Fort in the fall of the same year and went to Montreal and returned home in December following after performing a tour of duty of full term of service.   I have the depositions of Aaron Sanford and Daniel C. Bartlett who were fellow soldiers with him in the performance of this term of service. 
I further certify that the first of January 1776 my said dec'd (deceased) husband Samuel Gould again enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops under the command of Isaac Hillyard as Capt. for three months stationed on the lines so called at New York & at White Plains & he served out this term of his enlistment in full & was discharged but I have no knowledge of his receiving a written discharge.  He enlisted & served in this tour of duty as Sergeant of said company. 
In support of this term of service I have the Depositions of Daniel C. Bartlett & John Marchant hereto annexed who were with him in the performance of the same.
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I further certify that the first of April 1776 directly after his term of service had expired under Capt. Isaac Hillyard he again enlisted as a Sergeant into a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Elijah Abel , Cap't. for a tour of duty of nine months and marched to New York and continued a member of said company in the performance of his duty as Sergeant until sometime in the months of August or September when he was taken sick with the camp distemper and was permitted to leave the army on a furlough and returned to his relations and friends in Redding and continued at home I think about one month when his health had so improved that he again joined the Army and his brother by the name of Hezekiah carried him back to the Army who then took the camp distemper and returning home died giving the same disease to his father, mother and a sister and they all died.   John Marchant in his deposition has stated that my said Dec'd (deceased) husband Samuel Gould gave the camp distemper to the family.  For this particulars Mr. Marchant is laboring under a mistake having in consequence of a lapse of time forgotten or confused the names, but that his brother Hezekiah took the disease as above stated and returning home gave the same to the family and they died in the absence of the said Samuel while he was in the Army.  This term of service was also performed previous to our intermarriage but I will remember the circumstances attending it, together with his frequently relating the occurrences during his life, living at that time in the same neighborhood and the anxieties of the relations and friends of the said Samuel when news reached Redding of Fort Washington bring to them by the British supporting that he might be one of that unfortunate company, when to our inexplicable joy news arrived that it was not so.   That he was with that part of the Army which was in the State of New Jersey when the fort was taken and remained there until his term of enlistment had expired - In support of this.....
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term of service I have the Depositions of John Marchant
Asahel Salmon & John Davis who were soldiers with
him & personally knowing all the facts
I further certify that the said [Decd?] Samuel Gould in the
Spring of the Year 1777 when Danbury was burnt by the British
& Tories was called into service on an alarm in the Militia
& was in the battle at Ridgefield & followed the enemy to where ┃
they took shipping & was out on [duty in is crossed out] this tour of duty in
his Countys defence one full week
In support of this term of service I have the Depositions of
Noah Bartram Daniel C. Bartlett & Asahel Salmon who
were fellow soldiers with him
I further certify that in July 1779 when Fairfield & Norwalk
were burnt the said [Decd?] Samuel Gould was again called
into service in his Counties defence on an alarm & was
at said Fairfield & Norwalk when they were burnt
and assisted in driving the enemy from our shore &
was out in this term of service one full week
In support of this term of service I have the Depositions of
Noah Bartram & Daniel C. Bartlett who were also fellow
soldiers with him
I further certify that in the same year the month I cannot
exactly state but should think in September the said [Decd?]
Samuel Gould was drafted for a tour of duty of one month
to guard the coast & was stationed at Black Rock in
the Town of Fairfield & went & performed this tour
of duty in full. This term of service I perfectly Recollect ┃
from two circumstances one is that it was the same
Year in which the town of Fairfield was burnt & but
a short time after, the other is from the age of my
oldest child being at that time about three months
old & I was left alone during his absence except a Brother
of mine of about Ten years of age by the name of Timothy
Platt who lived with me at that time
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In support of this term of service I have the Depositions of
Ellen Turney & Timothy Platt who have testified to the 
same & is the best & all the evidence I can obtain
not a single Soldier of that guard is now living to
my knowledge
These two last terms of service were performed after
our intermarriage. The other previous, but always
living in the same neighbourhood I had a knowledge
of all the facts besides having my memory frequently
Refreshed by his Relating his adventures as a Soldier
& many & hazardous were the dangers to which he
was exposed.
The whole services Rendered during the War
to wit
Eight months under Capt. Read at the North
Three months as Sergeant under Capt Isaac Hillyard
Nine months as Srgt under Capt Elijah Abel
One week at Danbury & Ridgefield
one [illegible] at Fairfield & Norwalk &
One month at Black Rock making in the whole not
less than 211/2 months & for which services so rendered by
said Decd the applicant claims a pension
She further declares that she was married to the said
Decd Samuel Gould on the ninth day of April in the
Year 1778. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel
Gould died on the 9th day of February 1829 & that she
has remained a widow ever since that period
as will more fully appear by Reference to the proof
hereto annexed
Sworn to & subscribed on the day
Year above written before                     her
                                                      Sarah X Gould
                                                             mark 
me Eli Adams Judge of Probate for the District
of Weston in the County & State aforesaid-
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after
the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the war department that the said Deceased
Samuel Gould was a Revolutionary soldier and served
as the said applicant in her declaration has stated.
And the Court further certifies that the said Sarah
Gould the present applicant is the widow of the said
Decd Samuel Gould of respectability & should think about
Eighty years of age & has remained a widow ever
since his death
Eli Adams Judge
John S Adams Clerk of the Court of Probate for
the district of Weston in Fairfield County State of Connectit
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the application of Sarah Gould for a pension
for services rendered by her Husband Samuel
Gould late of Redding in the County & State
aforesaid Deceased, during the Revolutionary war.
I further certify that Eli Beardsley
Oliver C. Sanford & John G. Allen Esqrs are
Justices of the Peace in the County aforesaid
duly commissioned & authorized to take depositions
& and that their signatures to the depositions
of Jonathan Bartlett, Aaron Sanford Noah
Bartrum Ellen Turney Asahel Salmon
John Davis & Timothy Platt hereto annexed are
their genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my name of office and
affixed the seal of Said Court
this 22d day of July 1837
John S Adams Clerk
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 I Jonathan Bartlett of Redding in Fairfield County & State of
Connecticut a Minister of the Gospel residing in said Redding of Seventy two
Years & [illegible]of age hereby certify. That Samuel Gould & Sarah
Platt both of said Redding were united in Marriage
in said Redding on the ninth day of April 1778 by my
Father Nathaniel Bartlett late of said Redding now Decd
as appears from the Church Records of the Presbyterian
Church in said Town of Redding which were made by
the said Decd Nathaniel Bartlett who at that time was
pastor of said Church & Society & were kept by him
The Records of said Church now are in my possession.
I further certify that I was acquainted with the said
Samuel Gould long previous to his death, that he died at said
Redding I should think in the year 1829 & has left a widow
by the name of Sarah Gould whom I should [should is crossed out] have always
been acquainted with & who I should think was
about Eighty years of age & who is now a Widow & has been
even the decease of the said Samuel & is the same
Sarah Gould for whose benefit this Deposition is taken
Jonathan Bartlett
State of Connecticut}
County of Fairfield} ss Redding
On this 19th day of July 1837 before the Subscriber a Justice
of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid at said Redding
personally appeared the Revd. Jonathan Bartlett & made
oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him
subscribed. I further certify that I am acquainted with
Deponent that he is a person of respectibility in the possession
of all his faculties & that his Deposition is entitled to
full credit
Oliver C Sanford Justice of the Peace
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I Aaron Sanford of Redding in Fairfield County
& State of Connecticut of Eighty years of age testify
& say that I was a soldier of the Revolution, that
I was a member of Capt. Zalmon Reads Company
of Connecticut State troops in Col. Waterburys
Regiment & marched to New York & took shipping
& went to Albany from thence to St. Johns &
was at the taking of the Fort in the fall of the
Year of 1775 & Returned from my tour of duty
on the 10th day of December 1775 as appears from
a memorandum made by me
Aaron Barlow was Sergeant of said Compy.
I was also Sergeant of said Company
Samuel Gould of said Redding now Decd.
was a member of the same Company with
me but how long he continued a member
of said Company I am unable to State
I have now the orderly book which was
kept by the said Aaron Barlow & I perceive
his name is on the same. Age has so
impaired my memory that I cannot state
with precision
Aaron Sanford
State of Connecticut ⎬
County of Fairfield. S.S. Redding
Be it Known that on this 24th day of June 1837 before
the subscriber a Justice of the peace in & for the County
& State aforesaid personally appeared Aaron Sanford
Signed of the above Deposition & made oath to the truth
of the same. I further certify that I am personally
acquainted with said Deponent, that he is a man of
truth & respectability & that his Deposition is
entitled to full credit
Ohren C Sanford Justice of the Peace
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I Noah Bartram of Sherman in the County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut of seventy-seven years of age & over testify & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that at that time I lived in the town of Redding in said county & was frequently on duty by drafts, enlistments & alarms. That in April 1777 I was on duty in the militia in an alarm when Danbury was burnt & I was in the battle at Ridgefield & followed the British to where they took shipping & was on duty one full week I (unintelligible) remember Samuel Gould of said Redding now deceased was at that time on duty with me at Danbury & was in the battle with me at Ridgefield & was on duty as long as I was.    He & I at that time belonged to the same militia company.  I further certify that I was out on duty in the militia in the summer of 1779 when Fairfield & Norwalk were burnt & my fellow soldier at my left hand by the name of Gray was killed.  I was out on this tour of duty not less I should think than one week & the said Samuel Gould above named was with me in the whole of said last named service & was not less than I did.   Owing to age & infirmities I cannot state all particulars with accuracy but as near as I can recollect John Gray commanded the company. 
Noah Bartram (signed)

{State of Connecticut County of Fairfield, ts (township) Sherman}
On this third day of July 1834 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid personally appears Noah Bartram signer of the above deposition & made oath to the truth of the same.  I further certify that the said Bartram is a man of truth and credibility & that his deposition is entitled to full credit. 

Eli Bunurley, Justice of the Peace
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I Elen (Ellen) Turney of Fairfield in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut of seventy six years of age testify & say that in the time of the Revolutionary War I lived in the center of the town of Fairfield in the county & state aforesaid with my father Abel Gould, now dec'd (deceased).  I saw the soldiers frequently when they passed and repassed to & from guard & used to see them frequently at Samuel Squires a near neighbor of mine who acted as I have was understood as Commissary in the distribution of the rations to the different guards. 
     I well remember Samuel Gould of Redding in said county now dec'd (deceased) being on guard at Blackrock in the Revolutionary War but what length of time he was there I cannot state, neither can I state with perfect accuracy the year but should think most likely from circumstances it was in the fall of the year 1779.  The drafts according to the best of my recollection were from one to nine months.  
    The reason why I so well recollect the said Samuel Gould was because my father was his uncle & he visited the family daily while on guard or nearly so & used to receive the rations for the guard. 
Ellen Turney

{State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
tw (township) Fairfield}

On this 14th day of July 1837 before the subscriber as Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid, presiding in said Fairfield personally appeared Ellen Turney signer of the above deposition & made oath to the truth of the same.  I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Ellen Turney, that she is a person of respectability in the possession of all her faculties & that her deposition is entitled to full credit. 

John G. Allen   Just. Peace
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I John Marchant of Sharon, Litchfield County & State of Connecticut aged eight two years of age testify & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War that in the month of January 1776 as near as I can recollect, I enlisted into the Connecticut State Troops in a Company commanded by Isaac Hillyard Cap't (Captain) & as near as I can recollect, Col. Webb commanded the regiment for the term of three months & marched to New York & continued there in said company on duty the full term of my enlistment & was discharged. 
    I will remember Samuel Gould of Redding in Fairfield County & State aforesaid now dec'd (deceased) enlisted under said Capt. Hillyard about the time I did & served in said company with me the full term of three months & was discharged where I was. We were old mates & near neighbors both living at that time in said Redding. 
    The said Samuel Gould enlisted as a Sergeant in said Capt. Hillyard's company & served as such during the whole of said enlistment.   
     I further testify that in the month of April 1776 being a few days after my term of service under Capt. Hillyard had expired, I & the dec'd (deceased) Samuel Gould again enlisted under Capt. Elijah Abel of Fairfield town & county for a tour of duty of nine months & went to New York.  I served out my term of enlistment in full.  The said Samuel Gould enlisted as Sergeant of said company & served as such until some time in the month of Sep't.   I should think about the middle of the month & was taken sick with the camp distemper & was permitted to leave the army on a furlough.  I will remember this circumstance that the said Gould gave the camp distemper to his father, mother, a brother & sister & they all died. Whether the ......
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said Gould again returned to the army & if so at what time he again joined the army I cannot say. according to the best of my recollection the said Gould served in this service six months. I was in the State of New Jersey when Fort Washington was taken by the British.
John Marchant

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County ts. Sharon
On this first day of July 1837 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid personally appeared John Marchant of said Sharon signer of the above deposition & made oath to the truth of the same. I further certify that I am acquainted with the said John Marchant, that he is a man of truth & credibility & his deposition is entitled to full credit.
Israel Camp, Justice of Peace

State of Conn.
Litchfield County} Ss. July 5, 1837
I Origen S. Seymour, Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Litchfield hereby certify that Israel Camp Esq is & for more than a year last past has been a Justice of the Peace for said county & that the foregoing is his genuine signature.
Certified by Origin S. Seymour, Clerk
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I Daniel C. Bartlett of Amenia in Dutchess County & State of New York of eighty one years of age & over, testify & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, that I enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops in April 1775 commanded by Zalmon Read of Redding in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut as Capt. in Col. Waterbury's Regiment. The different companies joined the Regiment in Stamford in Connecticut the first of June after only enlistment & from thence we marched to New York & took Shipping & went to Albany & from there went to Ticonderoga & Lake Champlain & was at the taking of St. Johns & from thence to Montreal when the term of my enlistment expired & I returned home to Redding in the County of Fairfield which was the place of my nativity on or about the first of January following after serving in said Campaign full nine months. I was, at that time, a near neighbor to the said Capt. Read. I well remember Samuel Gould of said Redding now deceased being a member of the same company with me & enlisted the same time that I did & marched to New York & up the North River & was at the taking of St. Johns & went to Montreal with me & was then discharged & returned to Redding, his native place with me & served the full term I did. He & I were near neighbors at that time & continued so until the year 1803 when I removed from said Redding to Amenia where I now live.
I further certify that I & the said Samuel Gould enlisted for three months to go down on the lines & to New York under Capt. Isaac Hillyard the year I cannot correctly state but should think immediately after I returned from my tour of duty at the North which was in January 1776. And the said Gould served out his term of enlistment with me & he & I again both returned again to Connecticut
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The said Samuel Gould enlisted & served as sergeant in said Cap't (Captain) Hillyard's company the said thru March.  I further certify that I was out of duty three days with the said Gould when Danbury was burnt & were both in the battle of Ridgefield.  I further certify that I was out of duty with the said Gould four days or more when Fairfield & Norwalk were burnt by the British. 
Daniel C. Bartlett (signature)

{State of New York
Duches County (Dutchess County)
Personally appeared before me one of the Justice of the Peace of said county the above Daniel C. Bartlett with whom I am well acquainted and who is of undoubted credibility in the possession of all his faculties and made oath and subscribe the following certificate or deposition.  
Columbus Reed 
Justice of the Peace (signature)

July 1st, 1834
I, Henry J. Traver, Clerk of the county of Dutchy in the State of New York, do hereby certify that Columbus Reed Esquire is and was at the time of taking the proceeding affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county dwelling in the said county duly elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature affixed to the said affidavit purporting to be his is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and office the seal of the said county the 3rd day of July 1837.  
Harry B. Traver, Clerk (signature)
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I Asahel Salmon of Redding in Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of Seventy nine years of age testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War.  That I enlisted the first of April 1776 into the York State troops for nine months into a company commanded by one [] R[] as Capt. in Col. M[] Douglas Regt and marched to New York I was afterwards transferred to the Connecticut State troops into a company commanded by Joseph H[] Capt in Col. Webbs Regt and continued there and in the State of New Jersey the whole of said enlistment and returned home in February 1777 having staid Six months with the Army after my term of enlistment had expired.
I well remember Samuel Gould of said Redding now D[] enlisting in Capt. Elijah A[] Company of Connecticut State Troops in Col. Bradley's Regt about the time I did and served in said Regiment a length of time but how long I cannot say.  I frequently saw him when on duty.  We were both from the same town and near neighbors.  The said Gould served as Sergeant in said Company.
I further certify I was on duty in the militia when Danbury was burnt and was in the battle of Ridgefield and the said Gould was out on duty with me one week When Fairfield and Norwalth was burnt I was in the Army.
I further certify that I was always acquainted with the said D[] Samuel Gould and was knowing to his being married to Sarah Hett of said Redding on or about the year 1778 and they always lived together until the time of his death which was in 1829 and Sarah Gould the present applicant is the Widow of said D[] and has remained a Widow ever since his death.
Asahel Salmon
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Ss. Redding

On the Sixth day of July 1839 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the county aforesaid personally appeared Asahel Salmon Signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same, I further certify that the Deponent is a man of truth and credibility in the possession of all his rational faculties and his Deposition is entitled to full credit.
Before me
Oliver C Sanford Justice of the Peace
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I John Davis of Redding in Fairfield County &
State of Connecticut of Seventy Seven years of age and
over testify & say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War
That in the year of 1776 I enlisted into the Connecticut
State troops in a company commanded by Zalmon
Reed Capt in Col. Sillimans Regiment for the term
of Six months & went to New York & served out my
term of enlistment which expired if I recollect
correctly on the twenty fifth of Decr of the same year
& was on duty in New York & retreated to white plains
& was there when Fort Washington was taken by the
enemy
I well remember Samuel Gould of said Redding
now Decd being on duty the same year I was. The
said Gould enlisted & served as Sergeant in Elijah
Abels Company in Col. Bradleys Regt & was on
duty when I went to New York. I saw him frequently 
while on duty being both from the same Town
but in different companies but how long he
served I am unable to State or how long he was
at home on furlough & sick I cannot state, but
I well remember he was in the State of New Jersey when
we retreated from New York & was there when Fort
Washington was taken by the enemy
Before Col. Sillimans Regt all arrived I with others
performed duty in Col. Bradleys Regt & continued
so untill Col Sillimans Regt did arrive
John Davis

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield S. Redding
On this Sixth day of July 1837 before the Subscriber a Justice
of the peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared John
Davis Signer of the above Deposition & made oath to the
truth of the same. I further certify that I am acquainted
with the said John Davis, that he is a man of truth and
Respectibility & his deposition is entitled to full credit
Before me Oliver C Sanford Justice of the Peace
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I Timothy Platt of Redding in Fairfield County and state of Connecticut of sixty eight years of age testify and say that in the Revolutionary War I lived with Samuel Gould of said Redding (illegible). That though young I will remember of the said (illegible) Samuel Gould in the fall of the year of 1779 bring (illegible) to Black Rock on guard but the length of time he was on duty I cannot state, while he was absent I (illegible) his wife who was my sister in doing the chores of the family

I will remember one circumstance which took place on Mr. Goulds returning from duty which was in the morning and which made a lasting impression on my mind and that was when the said (illegible) Samuel returned home he discharged his musket near the door of his house which created quite a sensation at the time with the inmates of the house as a number of the neighbors were then present.

Timothy Platt

State of Connecticut - braces
County of Fairfield (illegible)

On this 19th day of July 1837 before the (illegible illegible illegible) of the (illegible illegible) for the County aforesaid at said Redding (illegible illegible) Timothy Platt signer of the above deposition (illegible) made (illegible) truth of the (illegible)  I further certify that the (illegible) is a many of truth and credibility and that his (illegible) is entitled to full credit.

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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section KEL
May 13,1930

Miss Frances E. Lewis
Sec'y Dept., State House
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21201, it appears that Samuel Gould enlisted, place not stated, and served with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From early in April, 1775, eight or nine months as a private in Captain Zalmon Read's Company, Colonel Waterbury's Regiment, and was at the taking of Fort St. John, Canada.
From January 1, 1776, three months as sergeant in Captain Isaac Hillyard's Company.
From April 1, 1776, nine months as sergeant in Captain Elijah Abel's Company, Colonel Bradley's Regiment.
In April,1777,one week,as sergeant, officers names not give, and was in the battle of Ridgefield.
In July, 1779, one week in Captain John Gray's Company, when Fairfield and Norwalk were burned.
From about September, 1779, one month and guarded the coast at Fairfield, Connecticut, officers names not given.
He died February 9, 1829.  His age is not shown.

The soldier married April 9, 1778, at Redding, Connecticut, Sarah Platt.  Both were then of Redding.  The marriage was recorded on the church records of the Presbyterian Church in said Redding.
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She was allowed pension on her aplication executed July 22, 1837, at which time she was aged eighty years and resided in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Children are referred to, their names are not given.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of the Secretary

Frederic W. Cook, Secretary [image of seal]
Boston April 24, ,930.

Commissioner of Pensions;
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir;-
I am very desirous to have the record of Samuel Gould a Revolutionary soldier who was pensioned from Connecticut.  I think In a list of pensioners I find him given #W. 21201 and widow Sarah Gould.  Perhaps the widow was the pensioner.  I wish to know the service filed at the time the pension was granted.  The place from which he enlisted, the captain under whom he served-place of residence at time of enlistment and the place residing when the pension was granted and his date of death if you have it.
Any charges I will very gladly pay.
Very Respectfully,
Frances E. Lewis [hand signed]

[stamp outline]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
APR 25 1930
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LEFT SIDE OF PAGE:

Rev  21-201
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21.201
Sarah Gould
Widow of 
Samuel Gould
Serg. Rev. War
Act - July 4, 1836
Index: Vol A, Page 282
{Arrangement of 1870}

RIGHT SIDE OF PAGE:

May 3 - 1904, His. 
W.E. Grossman
Hartford, Conn. 
1930 - May 13 - Hist. to Miss Frances E. Lewis EEL
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I John Hull of Redding, Fairfield County, State of Connecticut, aged seventy-eight years & upwards. 
Testify and say that in the summer of 1779 when Fairfield was burnt by the British army I was called out in the company of Militia commanded by Capt. John Gray of said Redding. We marched to Fairfield & we was kept out on duty at that time one week.  I well remember that Samuel Gould late of Redding deceased, was with me and belong to the same company that I did and served the same length of time. I have always been acquainted with Sarrah Gould the widow of the said deceased Samuel Gould and I believe she is about two years older than myself. 
John Hull (his mark) signed
Aaron Hull
Ohren C. Sanford

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ts (township) Redding September 21st, 1837, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace is and for the County of Fairfield personally appears John Hull signer of the above depositions & made oath to the truth of the same, I further certify the deponent is a man of truth and credibility in the possession of all his faculties & that his deposition is in title to full credit before me. 
Ohren C. Sanford, Justice of the Peace
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I Jack Rowland of Redding Fairfield County & State of Connecticut aged Eighty four years and upwards testify & say that I have lived in the said town of Redding for about seventy years that in March 1777 when the British Army burnt Danbury I Joined Capt John Gray's Company of Militia and was in the Battle at Ridgefield I well rember [sic] that Samuel Gould of said Redding was in the battle with me and was acting as a Sergant in the same company and at the time that Fairfield and Norwalk was burnt we was there together in the same Company for several days but cannot not tell how many but should think about one week. I have allways been acquainted with the said Samuel Gould from the time I first lived in Redding up to his death he being a Sergant he allways took a very active part in calling the company together whenever there was an alarm I further state that I am acquainted with his Widow Sarah Gould that she is now living as his widow in said Redding & I should think she was about Eighty years of Age

Jack Rowland (x his mark)

Witness 
Jonathan L Fanton
David C Sanford.
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ts (township)  Redding September 7th 1837 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared Jack Rowland signer of the witness deposition & made oath to the truth of the same I further certify that said Deponent is a man of truth and credibility in possession of all his faculties & that his Deposition is entitled to full credit

Before me Oliver C Sanford Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut)
County of Fairfield
tw (township) Weston

I John P. Adams Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Weston in said County hereby certify that Oliver C Sanford Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid & that the signature of his name to the Depositions of John Hull & Jack Rowland hereto enumerated are genuine. I further certify that said Depositions are taken to be improved in supporting the claim of Sarah Gould of Redding in said County for a pension - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 25th day of September A D 1837
John P Adams Clerk
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Weston Ct
Sept 29th

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C. 

Written at right angles to the address:

2349 Oct 2
[illegible]
Sarah Gould
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James L Edwar[d]s Esq.

Sir, on the 24th of July last I mailed the pension papers of the Wd Sarah Gould of Redding in Fairfield County Ct to you for investigation expecting that I might shortly hear from you & receive a pension Certificate for her for services rendered by her Decd Husband during the Revolutionary War.

Not hearing from you as soon as was expected, the Wd became rather uneasy & on the 24th of August last I wrote you for information whether those papers had ever been Rec'd and if so the result of your investigation.

On the 2nd of Inst. Sept. I received a communication from you dated the 28th of August last taking exceptions to the papers & on the 9th of said Sept. I Received yours of the 31st of August in answer to mine of the 24th, stating that the papers had been Received & would be examined in turn & the result communicated. Your first letter I should think was written before receiving mine of the 24th which caused the writing of your second letter.

In answer to your letter of August 28th in which you take exceptions to the different services the first as claimed in your letter is Nine Months at the North in 1775 & stated that Daniel C Bartlett one of the Witnesses was allowed only Six months. In the declaration if I mistake not the Wd claimed 8 months & not 9 as stated in your letter, the enlistment was in April 1775 & the term of enlistment was for Sever Months but many of them were absent & on duty near 9 months & Aaron Sanford a member of the same Company * a Witness testifies that he Returned home on the 10th day of Dec following according to a Record madee by him at that time. I have seen that Record. Mr Sanford has never applied for a pension being a Man of wealth & a Methodist Minister he has ever considered it a matter of no consequence. So far as I have been able to obtain information of that time of service & the decision of the department, Seven months have been pretty uniformly allowed, some have been allowed more. If Daniel C. Bartlett Relinquished a part of his service that ought not to be binding in this case & from April to Dec can make no less than Seven Months & we are willing to be bound by that & not by Daniel C
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Bartletts declaration
The 2nd is the 3 Months service in Jany 1776 under Capt Hillyard, Mr Bartlett in his declaration set it forth as having been performed in the fall of 1777. If the service has actually been performed (& as it regards that there can be no doubt) I cannot see what difference it should make in allowing pay whether it was performed in 1776 or 1777. I well Remember that John Marchant Remarked to me in the taking of his Deposition that this service preceded the service under Capt Elijah Abel in 1776 & those old soldiers having to trust to their memories & to refer to circumstances in order to ascertain dates it is very Reasonable to suppose that they might err as Regards time & that too very honestly but as Regards the service there cannot be the least dout. [sic]

The 3rd is the service under Capt Elijah Abel in 1776. The claimant in her declaration has set forth Nine Months & the Roll of that Company in the War Office is for Six Months & 15 days. Unhesitatingly I should say that the declarant is & ought to be bound by such evidence & I Regret very much that the Rolls of all services could not be obtained. Was Samuel Gould living he no doubt would state many facts which have been omitted by the declarant & some services & it cannot nor ought to be expected that a Widow at the advanced age [crossed out - of the] that the Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution generally are  can state every particular as the person tendering the services would have done had he survived to have made the declaration himself.

The last is the proof of the alledged [sic] service after marriage. There are two terms of service set forth in her declaration after marriage. One week and Fairfield & Norwalk in 1779 & Noah Bartram & Daniel C. Bartlett have testified to the fact & they are both credible witnesses. The other is for one months service at Black Rock in the Town of Fairfield. This service I admit is proved in part by positive & part by circumstantial evidence. Ellen Turney testifies that she frequently saw him when on duty, he frequented her Father's house, but the length of time she would not state. She is a Woman in the possession of all of her faculties and is above Reproach or suspicion and Timothy Platt testiefies that he was living with the applicant
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in the Revolutionary War, that tho young, he well remembered the Dec'd Samuel Gould going from home and performing a tour of duty but where or how long he would not state he well remembered the circumstance of his returning home in the evening and discharging his gun near the door. This circumstance made a lasting impression on his mind and appears very reasonable.
I have drafted all the Depositions & was at the taking of the same & had conversation with each witness & my object was in this case as has been in every other case in which I have been concerned to guard against impositions for I am aware that the War Department is liable daily to them.
I trust that you cannot be insensible under what difficulties Widows are labouring at this time to provide evidence the Soldiers have mostly taken their departure
The Law as I understand the case does not define how much service the Soldier shall have performed to entitle the Wd to pay, only that he shall have tendered service after marriage
I have nothing further in particular to write except in remarking to you bound as I am by principals [sic] of honor between Man & Man & having a full Knowledge of the case I do say and believe that you ought unhesitatingly to grant her a Pension, for Seven Months at the North 3 Months under Capt Hillyard CM 15 days under Capt Abel I Week at Danbury & Ridgefield 1 Week at Fairfield and Norwalk and 1 Month at Black Rock making in all 18 months 91/2 of which was performed as Sergeant.
Herewith I send you two Depositions in support of the Service at Fairfield & Norwalk after the Applicants Marriage - They were taken by Oliver C. Sanford Esq the Justice
Please give the case a fair investigation & that is all that I ask for & I trust you will readily allow her pay for the different terms of service above specified and if so please send me a Certificate for the same.
Respectfully Yours,
Bradford Winton 
Boston Sept 28 1837
J. L.Edwards Esq




Boston Sept 28 1837
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James L Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

[At right angles to the address]

2349 July 27
Ct
4 July '36
3d Sec

Sarah Gould 
Samuel
Fairfield
Ct

B Winton
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James L. Edwards Esq.

Sir, I herewith send you the pension papers of Sarah Gould, Widow of Samuel Gould late of Redding in Fairfield County Decd for a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War by her Decd Husband.
The papers I trust you will find are correctly made and properly authenticated. 
There are some services which were Rendered by said Decd both before and after Marriage that have been omitted in the declaration for the want of proof to establish the same & the time has nearly arrived when no proof can be obtained the old veterans being laid beneath the sod of the valley. - 
If the papers are made out to your [acceptance?] (which I trust they are) please send me a pension Certificate for the old lady of the amount which you shall find to be he due as soon as convenient. She is old & Infirm & her  stay will all others here is short

I am Respectfully,
Yours
Bradford Winton

Boston July 24 1837
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Sarah Gould
file [illegible] papers
[in pencil - 4 prly No 2349]
August 31

Sarah Gould's papers
have they been rec?
Recd 27 July
[Ans?] Aug 31 1837

The above written at right angles to, and across, the following:
Southport 1834
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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James L Edwards Esq.

Sir,  on the 24th of July last I mailed at Westport in this County a letter to you and enclosed therein the pension papers of the Wd Sarah Gould of Redding in this County for a pension for services rendered by her Dec'd husband during the Revolutionary War.
As I have had no information from you since I sent the papers the Wd thinks there may be some mistake in the inattention of some of the Post Masters & those papers may not as yet have arrived. If you have not [seen?] them please write me & if you have please give them your immediate attention and send me the result.

With Respect, Sir
I am yours &
Bradford Winton

Weston August 25th 1837
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W. E. Grumman
Box 118
Hartford - Conn

Hartford, Conn, April 19, 1904 [NOTE: 28097 and 21201 written in pencil above and below the date]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
Will you please send me the records in the cases of Sarah Gold and Joel Merchant, Revolutionary pensioners in 1840? The former is supposed to have been the widow of Samuel [NOTE: Stephen is crossed out] Gold, a soldier wounded in the military service of the state.
Will you also please inform me what the rule of the department is in relation to inquiries of this nature?
Respectfully,
W. E. Grumman\

NOTE: rectangular stamp below, [illegible] & Navy, April 26 1904, FILES]
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21201 - [illegible]
3-068
(Old No. 3-649)

Bureau of Pensions
Samuel Gould
July 22, 1837. -   80
Redding Conn

Apl 75
Capt Zalmon Read
Col Waterbury
Pvt 8 mos

Bat [illegible] St. John, Ridgefield

Jany 76 Capt Isaac Hillsand
Col - 
Sgt. 3 m

April 76 Capt Elijah Abel
Col
Sgt 9 m

5/77 Sgt 1 wk

Aug 79 Sgt 1 wk

70 [?] Sgt 1 m

[illegible - M?] Sarah Platt
April 9, 1778 Redding Conn
D Febyy 9 1829
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Sarah Gould
Connecticut

Suspended

See letter 28th Augt.
1837 B Winton
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Miss Frances E. Lewis
12 Lee Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 

[NOTE: "already ans. 5/13/30" is written in a different hand across the top of the letter. There is also a circle stamp, MAR 22 1930]

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I find among the Revolutionary Pensioners from Connecticut, the name of "Samuel Gould, widow Sarah, given W21201."
Would you kindly give me all the data concerning this pensioner - time of service, captain and Colonel under whom he served - date of his death and residence while receiving the pension and any other facts on your rolls which would help in identifying him.
Any charges, I will very gladly pay.
Very respectfully, Frances E. Lewis