Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21185, Lemuel Gilbert, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Gilbert, Lemuel
Amorillis

NUMBER
W. 21185
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Connecticut 22583
Lemuel Gilbert of New Haven in the State of Connt. who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Tomlinson of the Regt commanded by Colo. Lewis in the Connt. line for 16 months.

N. 21.701.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Oct. 1833 and sent to C. A Ingersoll, New Haven CT

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833    133.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '34.   26.66
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$159.99

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm. R. Palmer Clerk
Book E. Vol. three Page 16.
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Connecticut

180

Amorillis Gilbert widow of Lemuel Gilbert of Fairfield Co in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tomlinson of the regt commanded by Col. Lewis in the Connect. Militia for 16 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 53 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Died 1 Dec 1833

Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Nov 1836 and sent to Isaac Sherman Bridgeport.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $______
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1837 26.66
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________

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Wm. S. Allison Clerk
Book _____ Vol. 1 Page 1[illegible]
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield}Ss Bridgeport
On this 15 day of October AD 1836, personally appeared before the probate court in and for the District of Stratford in said county Amorillius Gilbert a resident of the town of Huntington in the county and state aforesaid aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1836.
That she is the widow of Lemuel Gilbert late of said Huntington deceased, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution and who was a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 1832 and for proof of his service in the Revolutionary War she now refers to his Pension application at Washington and claims as his widow that she is entitled to the same amount of Pension as her husband drew under said Act.
She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Gilbert on the 14th of October AD 1779 (in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine) that her husband the aforesaid Lemuel Gilbert died at said Huntington on the first day of December AD 1833, supposed of a fit as he was found dead in his bed in the morning, had been subject to the Salt Rheum which might have been the cause of his death or old age that caused his death, and she further states that she drew the
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ballance of his pension after her husbands death; and that she has remained a widow ever since the period of his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She further states that she has a record of her marriage at home in her Bible. That she was married in the Parish of Ripton in said Huntington which belonged to the Town of Stratford in said county. At that time before state was married by the Revd Doctor David Ely who was the ordained minister over said Parish at that time. That her husband went into service after she was married to him and as she believes to Horse Neck or Stamford on Long Island Sound and thinks he performed two tours of service after they was married, but cannot state particularly about his service but refers to his application at Washington as aforesaid.
Amorilis Gilbert
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Mark Moore Judge
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State of Connecticut
Fairfield County} Ss. Stratford October 17th 1836
I hereby certify that I have examined the Town Records of the town of Stratford (of which I am Clerk) for the purpose of finding the record of the marriage of Lemuel Gilbert to Amorillis Mallory but do not find their marriage recorded in said Records. And I also further certify, that the practice of recording marriages during the Revolutionary War does not appear by said Records to have been a general thing.
Josiah Gorham} Town Clerk of said Town of Stratford

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} Ss. Stratford October 17th 1836
Personally appeared Josiah Gorham and subscribed in my presence and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate before me.
John Goulding Justice of Peace
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant is the widow of Lemuel Gilbert a revolutionary soldier who served as she states.
Attest R. S. Nichols Clerk
Mark Moore Judge
I Roswell S. Nichols Clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amorillus Gilbert for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 15th day of October A.D. 1836.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
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I Thomas Gunderson Minister of the Gospel ordained over the Congregational Church & Society of Ripton Parish in said town of Huntington formerly the town of Stratford in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut, hereby certify that I have examined the records of said church to find the marriage of Lemuel Gilbert & Amaryllus Mallory and do find recorded in the hand writing of the Rev. David Ely, the following
Oct 14th 1779 Married Lemuel Gilbert to Amaryllis Mallory

And I further certify that it appears from the records of the church that the Rev. David Ely was pastor over said church all the time from Oct 1773 to Feb 15th 1816.
Attest Thomas Gunderson
Minister of the Gospel ordained over said Churct & Society

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield}Ss. Huntington October 18th AD 1836
Personally appeared Thomas Gunderson and subscribed and made oath to the above certificate before me, who I certify is a credible witness and known to me and is the minister of said church and society.
Lemuel Beardslee Justice of Peace
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I Andrew Lewis of the town of Trumbull County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner being of lawful age do depose and say that I was at the wedding of Lemuel Gilbert and Amariles Mallory then of the town of Stratford but now Huntington which took place to the best of my recollection on or about the fourteenth day of October 1779. They were married by the Rev. David Ely, pastor of the Congregational Church of the Society of Ripton in the town of Stratford since incorporated in the town of Huntington and further the deponent saith not.
Andrew Lewis

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} Ss. Huntington October 18th 1836
Personally appeared Andrew Lewis and subscribed and made oath to the above deposition before me who I certify is a credible witness and known to me.
Lemuel Beardslee Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield} Ss. Bridgeport
I Roswell S. Nichols Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the District of Stratford in said County & State aforesaid hereby certify that Isaac Sherman before whom the depositions of Aurelia Downie was taken & Lemuel Beardslee before whom the depositions of Thomas Punderston & Andrew Lewis was taken & John Goulding before whom the deposition of Josiah Gorham was taken are all Justices of the Peace in and for the county duly commissioned and qualified and that their commissions will expire in June 1837. And that their signatures to said depositions are all genuine. Given under my hand and the said of said court the 24th day of October AD 1836.
R. S. Nichols, Clerk
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No. 595   3 Sec.
Amarillius Gilbert
Cont.

Admitted
Died 1 Dec 1833
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Aurelia Downie of the Town of Huntington in Fairfield County State of Connecticut of Lawful age deposeth and saith that she was living in the same house with Lemuel Gilbert late of Huntington deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner, when said Gilbert was found dead in his bed in the morning of the first day of December AD 1833. That he might of died of a fit or old age. The doctor that was called to examine the body could not tell the particular cause of his disease but supposed it was old age.
Also testifys that said Widow Amorillis Gilbert has not married since his death but is now living in said Huntington as his widow.
Aurelia Downie

State of Connecticut
Coujnty of Fairfield} Ss. Bridgeport October 15 1836
Personally appeared Aurelia Downie and subscribed & made oath to the truth of the above deposition who I certify is a credible witness well known to me.
Sworn & Subscribed before me
Isaac Sherman Justice of Peace
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21,701.  22.583
Lemuel Gilbert
Connecticut

Adm 1 yr & 4 Months

$40
13.33
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$53.33

106.66
26.67
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133.33

4288.68
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24.05

24.05

C. A. Ingersoll
New Haven, Connt.

Anthony P Sanford, clk
New Haven, Connecticut
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office

183___

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Lemuel Gilbert, of Connecticut

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Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | County through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Enlisted in 75 | 8 months | Private | Capt. Peter Perrit, Lieut Yates, Lieut Farnum, Ensign Chas Pond | ~~ | ~~ | Boston | Stratford, Connecticut Aged 78 Years | Living witness and traditionary

Enlisted in 76 | 2 months | Private | Lt Judson | ~~ | ~~ | Long Island | ~~ | ~~

Enlisted in '76 | ~~ | ~~ | Capt. Tomlinson | Col. Lewis | ~~ | N. York | ~~ | ~~

Drafted in '79 | 2 months | Private | ~~ | ~~ | ~~ | ~~ | ~~| ~~

Sub in 79 for Henry French  | 2 months | Private | Capt. Gates, Lt Robertson, Ensign Harrison | ~~ | ~~ | ~~ | ~~ | ~~

Drafted in '80 | 2 months | Private | 

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries, and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private, Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraces in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of }ss. On this _____ day of ______personally appeared (a) before ___________ A. B. a resident (b) of ______ in the county of _______ and State, Territory or District of ______ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _______ (e) regiment of the ________line, under the following named officers: (Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.) He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of ____. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. _______ A. B. (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.) And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I _____ of the Court of ______ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ______ for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the ______ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _______, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ____ years of age; that he is reputed and believe, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. (And then will follow the certificate of the Court.) And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, ______ Clerk of the Court of _______ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ____ for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the application will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the service of each person


{The testimony of the witnesses referred to should in order to substantiate this claim be produced}
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declaration above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. G. {To a soldier. }Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? {To an officer.} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. (a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reasons of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. (c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. (d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. (e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the period mentioned below, and in the following grades: - For ____ year ____ months, and _____ days, I served as a ______. For ____ months and _____ days, I served as a _______; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pension merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places, where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. (f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. (g) The opinion of the Court is always required. (h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. (i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. Proof of Service. (j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is quote (j) applies to continental troops only. (k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. (l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. (m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

W. R. Turner
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State of Connecticut,
County of New Haven} ss.
On this 10th day of November 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven in the County of New Haven, CT hereby in said district and county now sitting, Lemuel Gilbert a resident of Huntington in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged 78 years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
On the first of July 1775 he enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops of which Peter Perrit of Milford in New Haven County was Captain John Yates of Huntington First Lieutenant, one Farnum of Nastown 2nd Lieutenant & Charles Pond of said Milford Ensign. Having enlisted for 8 months service the company was ordered to Boston where we were chiefly employed as guards during said time. I was stationed at Roxbury. I do not remember whether a regiment was formed. General Washington arrived with 700 riflemen before I was dismissed. The officers above named are all believed to be dead & I do not now know of any one living who was in said service with me or can remember the same. I served 8 months & returned home.
On the first day of March 1776 I enlisted for two months into a company of state troops, or part of a company under Lieutenant John Judson & marched to Long Island where I was employed with others during said time in building a Fort opposite New York, of which I had the mortification to see the British take possession the same summer. I cannot recollect any other officer nor any one living who was in this service with me.
In July following the company of militia in Stratford, now Huntington, was ordered to New York under Beach Tomlinson, then Captain for two months & made a part of Col. Lewis' Regiment. I served with the company many of whom are now alive for said 2 months. About the middle of March 1777 I was drafted for two months service with Bennett Bray, Elisha Hubbell & Nathan Judson of the same company, who marched with me to Peekskill, where we were ordered & served out said time; but I cannot remember the officers under whom we were organized. I believe Bennett Bray is still living in Soutbary.
In December 1779 Henry French of our Company of Militia was drafted for two months, I engaged as his substitute & served at Horseneck in a company of which John Yates was Captain, one Robinson Lieutenant & one Harrison Ensign. All these persons are dead & I know no
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living acquainted with this service.
In the fall of 1780 I was drafted & served two months at Fairfield. I recollect that Gideon Mallery served with me but cannot recollect the officers. 4 prisoners were taken & I was one who escorted them to Danbury & delivered them to General Parsons.
I never had a written discharge.
My services herein stated are 18 months in the whole.
I was born in Stratford now Huntington May 9th 1754, where I have always resided. Believe my birth to be recorded in Stratford Town Records. I am acquainted with Reverend Thomas Punderson, Col. Aen Judson & David. B. Newton of said Huntington and Jabez H. Tomlinson of said Stratford who will testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my revolutionary services.
The said Lemuel Gilbert hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Lemuel Gilbert
Anthy P. Sanford Clerk

We, Thomas Punderson a clergyman, residing in the town of Huntington and David B. Newton residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Gilbert who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Punderson
David B. Newton
Anthy P. Sanford Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Thomas Punderson who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Huntington and that David B. Newton who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Huntington and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And this court do further certify, that the above named declarant is old and infirm, and it is difficult for him to travel, & that it is much more convenient for said applicant in [illegible] of the distance to make his declaration before this court sitting at [illegible] which is adjoining to the town of Huntington, then if would be before any court sitting in the county of Fairfield. For the truth of which certificate this court would affix to the Hon. G. Tomlinson a Senator in Congress, who resides in said county of Fairfield. 
Chas. A. Ingersoll
Judge of said Court

I Anthony P. Sanford Clerk of the Court of Probate for New Haven District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Gilbert for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my said office, this 10th day of November 1832. And I do further certify that [illegible] L. Tomlinson Esq. before whom the deposition of Lemuel Andrews, hereto attached was taken, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Haven, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that the signature tot he certificate at the bottom of deposition is his own genuine hand writing.
Anthy P. Sanford Clerk
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C. Nov 19, 1920

OWN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

In reply to your request of ______, received ______ for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Gilbert a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his & his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. 21185

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DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
July 1, 1775 | 8 mos. | Pvt. | Captain Peter Perrit | Conn.
Mar 1, 1776 | 2 mos. | ~ | Lt. Jno Judson | ~
July 1776 | 2 mos. | ~ | Captain Beach Tomlinson,l Colonel Lewis | ~
Mar 1777 | 2 mos | ~ | stationed at Peekskill | ~
Dec 1779 | 2 mos | ~ | Captain Jno Yeats | ~ 
Fall 1780 | 2 mos | ~ | stationed at Fairfield | ~

Battles engaged in, none stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford, Fairfield Co, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Nov 10, 1832. Cl. Al.
Residence at date of application, Huntington Conn.
Age at date of application, b. Stratford (later Huntington) Conn May 9, 1754
Remarks: He mar. Oct 14, 1779 in Stratford, Conn Amarillis Mallory both of Stratford. He died Dec 1, 1833 and of she was al. pen. on an ap. ex. Oct 15, 1836 [her claim was allowed pension on an application executed October 15, 1836] while residing in Huntington Conn. aged 75 years. No further family data.

*Widows signature determed for correct spelling.
Respectfully,
Commissioner
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21185
Amorillas Gilbert widow of Lemuel Gilbert
Priv. Rev. War

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{Arrangement of 1870.)

Oct 11 1901 Lucile Tucker Anamana Iowa

1920 Nov 19 Hist to Robt S. Russell, EM
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Lemuel Gilbert Connt. Act 7 June 1832
to what time last paid?
Pen Office
June 15
Died 1 Decr 1833 pd to that period.
JH
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New Haven Aug 5th 1833

Sir,
I herewith return to you the papers of Lemuel Gilbert, companion with a supplemental declaration made out and subscribed and sworn to by him.
I am with much respect
your obt servt
Chas. A. Ingersoll

J. L. Edwards Esq
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Bridgeport October 24th 1836
Sir,
I send you the Pension Application of the Widow Amorillius Gilbert and if you please you can send her certificate to me.
Yours respectfully
Isaac Sherman

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

CT Oct 28
4 July 1836
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Lemuel Judson
Let for
Le Gilbert


Lemuel Gilbert
21701
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I Lemuel Judson of Huntington in Fairfield County being duly sworn depose and say that during the Revolutionary War I lived in the same town & within a short distance of Lemuel Gilbert & I well remember that in the year 1775 he went away from home & then understood & always have, that he enlisted into the military service & marched to Boston under Capt. Perrit. He was gone pretty much or quite all summer. I know that afterwards he was frequently gone from home during the war & understood & believe that he was in the public service & did his duty faithfully as a soldier & further saith not.

Darby November 10, 1832
At the time above mentioned & during the war I lived in the town of Stratford now Huntington
Lemuel Judson

Sworn before me on the date above & I certify that Lemuel Judson Esq is well known to me to be a man of truth.
John L. Tomlinson Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss.
On this 4th day of July 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the court of probate for the District of New Haven, at New Haven, now sitting, Lemuel Gilbert a resident of Huntington in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, now aged 79 years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplemental declaration, in addition to the one made b him, on the 10th day of November 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. The declarant saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear as positively as he ever could, as to the precise length of his service, in all cases, during the Revolutionary War, but according to the best of his recollection, he served, not less, than the periods mentioned below, and always as a private, to wit - 
That he served for eight months, in a company of Connecticut State Troops, in the year 1775, commencing on the first day of July in that year, in the [illegible] stated, in his original declaration. He cannot be more particular in regard to this service. That he has been in his original declaration. He knows of no one
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now living, who served with him at this time, and can procure no witness, to this service, in addition to the witness, whose deposition is annexed to his original declaration. He is positive, that at this time, he served, for not less than eight months.
The declarant saith, that he served, for two months, in a company of Connecticut State Troops, commanded by Lieutenant John Judson, commencing on the first day of March 1776 as stated in his original declaration. He is positive, that at this time, he served for not less than two months. He cannot be more particular in regard to this service, than he has been, in his original declaration. He knows of no living witness, that he can find to prove this service. Those who served with him, in this company, are all dead.
The declarant further saith, that in the spring 1776, he served as a militia man, at New York, and in its vicinity, for two months, commencing in the month of July (the particular day not recollected) in a company commanded by Beach Tomlinson of Stratford, as stated in his original declaration. The declarant is positive, that at this time, he served not less than two months. David Beard of Huntington, was with the declarant in this service, and he is the only living witness.
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the declarant can procure, to prove this service. The deposition of this Beard is annexed to this declaration. At the time, the declarant made his original declaration, he supposed that there were other witnesses that he could procure, but he finds that he cannot.
The declarant further saith, that in the year 1777, he served as a drafted militia man for two months, commencing the middle of March, as stated in his original declaration. The declarant is positive, that at this time, he served for not less than two months. At the time he made his original declaration, he supposed, that he could produce [illegible], to prove this service, but he finds, that he cannot. He knows of no living witness that he can procure, to prove this service. He knows that at this time, he served at least two months.
The declarant further saith, that in the year 1779 & 80 commencing in December 1779, he served as a substitute for Henry French, as stated in his original declaration. He knows, and is confident he served, for not less than two months. He can produce no living witness to prove this service. All who served with him are dead. He knows however that he served at least two months.
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The declarant further saith, that in the fall of 1780 the particular day not recollected, he served as a drafted militia man for two months, as stated in his original declaration. The declarant cannot be more particular, than he has been in regard to this service. He is positive, that at this time, he served for not less than two months. The declarant remembers of no one living who served with him at this time, except Gideon Mallery and his deposition, he will endeavor to procure, and have attached to this supplemental declaration. In the abovenamed services, amounting in the whole to one year, and six months. The declarant claims a pension. The declarant saith, that the New Haven Probate District, adjoins the town of Huntington, and that it is much more convenient for him to make his declaration before the New Haven Probate Court, than it would be before any Court in Fairfield County. The declarant further saith that during all the time, he was engaged in the above mentioned services, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
Lemuel Gilbert
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Anthy P. Sanford
Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Chas. A. Ingersoll
Judge of said Court

I Anthony P. Sanford, Clerk of the Court of Probate for New Haven District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the supplemental application of Lemuel Gilbert for a pension. And I do further certify that Thaddeus Beardsley Esq, before whom the deposition of Gideon Mallery and David Beard, hereto attached were taken, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts, and that the signature to the certificate at the bottom of each of said depositions, are his own genuine hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 5th of Aug. 1834.
Anthy P. Sanford, Clerk
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I David Beard of the Town of Huntington County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say as follows; that in the year 1776 the last of July or the first of August the whole militia was ordered to march to the city of New York. I served in the company commanded by Capt. Beach Tomlinson and in the regiment commanded by Col. Ichabod Lewis the campaign lasted two months. I well remember that Lemuel Gilbert served at the same time and in the same company with me.
David Beard

Fairfield County ss
Huntington 29th July 1833
Personally appeared David Beard who signed the foregoing deposition in my presence and who is a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in said deposition.
Before me
Thaddeus Beardsley 
Justice of the Peace
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I Gideon Malory of the town of Huntington County of Fairfield State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say as follows - 
That I served in the Militia two months, at Fairfield in the fall of 1780 the company that I served in was commanded by Lieutenant Ephraim Curtis'. I well remember that Lemuel Gilbert served in the same company with me during the whole of said two months.
Gideon Mallory

Fairfield County Ss
Huntington 30th July 1833
Personally appeared Gideon Malory who signed the foregoing deposition in my presence and who is a credible person whose statements are entitled to credit and made oath to the truth of the facts set forth in said deposition.
Before me
Thaddeus Beardsley Jr
Justice of the Peace
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21.185
Lemuel Gilbert
Born May 2, 1754 Stratford Conn.
Nov 10, 1832 Huntington, CT 78

July 1, 75
Peter Perrit
Col ~
Pvt 8 mos

Mch 76 Lt. Judson
Col ~
Pvt 2 mos

Aug 76
Capt Beach Tomlinson
Col. Lewis
Pvt 2 mos

Mch 77
Drft ~
Col ~
pvt 2 mos

79 Capt Yates
Col ~ 2 mos

80 Col. ~
2 mos

no [illegible]
married Amorillis Mallory
Oct 14, 1779
Died Dec 1, 1833
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[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 7 1901

O. W. & N.

Oct 3 1901
Sec of Pension Bureau
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir - 
Will you please send me the military record of Lemuel Gilbert of Connecticut who served in the Revolutionary War and was born in 1754.
Truly Yours
Lucile Tucker
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[letterhead]
NORWAY IRON BOLT WORKS.
ESTAB. 1838

D. M. BASSETT,
SUCCESSOR TO SHARON BASSETT.
MANUFACTURER OF AXLE CLIPS

PHILADELPHIA CARRIAGE TIRE SHAFT, STEP PERCH STEEPLE HEAD
CONE HEAD, WRAP, WHIFFLETREE AND SPRING BOLTS

Birmingham Conn. May 14th 1884
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
Also wish you kindly give me the information in relation to Lemuel Gilbert from Huntington Conn. He also was a Pensioner. Should consider it a great favor if would answer at your earliest convenience.
Very Respectfully Yours
Lillian M. Bassett
Birmingham Conn.
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1 - 2 - [illegible]
m Graves

Headquarters Company, 12th Infantry,
Camp Meade, Maryland,
October 15, 1920.

From: 1st Sgt. Robert S. Russell, R-327009, Hqrs. Col., 12th Infantry
To: Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Subject: Military History

Rev/R 2

1. Request that I be furnished Military History, of the Lemuel Gilbert, soldier of the Revolutionary War.
2. He was applicant for pension November 10, 1832. Resident Huntington, Conn. Born November 8, 1754 at Statford, Conn. Died December 1, 1833.

ROBERT S. RUSSELL