Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 17737, Jared Dudley, Conn.
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Conn.
Dudley, Jared
Anna
W17737
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Connecticut 22.876
Jared Dudley
of Guilford in the State of Con (Connecticut) who was a Private in the Conn commanded by Captain Hall of the Regt commanded by Coln Swift in the Con troops line for 18 mo 21 days
and 3 mo Sergeant
Copy explanatory note.
Inscribed on the Roll of Con at the rate of 77 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of December 33 and sent George Griswold Guilford
Arrears to the 4th of Sept '33 / $193.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mar '34 / 38.66
$231.99
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by C Laurie Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 11
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3977
Connecticut
Anna Dudley
widow of Jared
who served in the Revolutionary [illegible] war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 77 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Febr 1849, and sent to Hon. SD Hubbard
[illegible]

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 280 Vol. 1

(on right side, noted)
Refunded
Febr 22/49
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Jared Dudley's certificate of age --
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Jared Dudley Son of Jared Dudley by Mary his wife was born June the 29th 1757. --
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A true Copy from the Records of the Town of Guilford
Attest Samuel Fowler Town Clerk-
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Jared Dudley's Declaration for a Pension --
Guilford Co (10355 crossed out) 10308
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Declaration
In order to obtain the  benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of Connecticut,   } Probate Court Guilford District
County of New-Haven,}
On this second day of August personally appeared,
in open Court, before the Probate Court of Guilford District
now sitting, Jared Dudley a resident of Guilford
in the County of New-Haven, and State of Connecticut, aged 75 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 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:  [crossed out]
[illegible] enlisted in March 1776 for six weeks and did duty at New
York under Capt Daniel Hand.
in 1776 May I enlisted for seven months under Stephen Hall
Capt. Gilbert Dudley 1st Lieut Ebenezir Fowle 2d Lieut
David Dudley Ensign Ridgment commanded by Col Herman
Swift and joined the Northern army at the Lakes a [H?umbar]
[?ough] now called White Hall.
7 and in March 1777 I enlisted in a company commanded
by Capt Augustus Collins and joined the Ridgment under
Command of John Ely Col for seven months and did duty
for that time as following, we marched from Guilford to New
London and from thence we marched to the seige at Rhode
land and from thence we joined a detachment of the
Continental army under the command of General Persons
at Norwalk Con and from there for Long Island.-
in March & April in 1778 I did duty by being drafted[crossed out] enlisted
under Augustus Collins Capt for Six weeks.
and in 1778 I did Duty in Guilford as Coast Guards for
two months under command of Augustus Collins Capt.-
and in Febuary & March 1779 I enlisted in Capt Peter Vails
Company and served six weeks at Horse Neck & East Chester
and in 1780 I enlisted for three months Dan Collins Capt
in a Ridgment commanded by Benjamin Richards, Col and served my time out.  - we marched from Guilford
to New London from there to [illegible]from there to Mohegan then
were discharged
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was called out at various time and was on guard
[word crossed put] some months and placed under Office but cannot Quiregard
all their names or places that I turned out in alarms & is
long as the War continued.
I was Born in Guilford County of New Haven State of
Connecticut in the year AD 1757
I have here ready in Court a certificate signed by the Clerk
of the Town of Guilford Certifying the time of my birth
when I was called into service I was living in said Guilford
and have lived in& of Guilford ever since the close of the

war. I was enlisted into the service [words crossed out]
[ words crossed out] the officer I served under were
those I have named in the form part of my declaration.
I do not Recollect of ever receiving any [cross out] written Discharge
for any term of service during the war
I served as a private in all the campaigns but one
in 1780 when I enlisted under Dan Collins Captain I
Received a Sergeants warrant signed by Benj Richards Lieut
Col which [ink blot] campaign near for three months (the Warrant is
herein annexed).
I would call upon LA Ebenezer Fowler and Deacon
Timothy Rossetter [John Coan crossed out] and Nathan Chidsey Esq. as to this
personal knowledge and belief as to my services in the
Revolutionary War and as they are all my neighbors as to my
veracity age &c
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to any pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State,
[except that of the State of crossed out]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
before me Reuben Elliott    Jared 
Dudley
Judge Probate
We, Zolva Whitmore a Clergyman, residing in Guilford
and Col. Abel Rossetter residing in Guilford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jared Dudley who
has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be 75 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.
before me Reuben Elliott  Zolva Whitmore
Judge of Probate   Abel Rosseter
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 Zolva Whitmore who has
signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Guilford and
that Abel Rossette who has also signed the same, is a resident of
Guilford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled
to credit.
Reuben Elliott Judge
I, George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court of Guilford District
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the
matter of the application of Jared Dudley for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office,
this second day of August 1832
George Griswold Clerk [Seal applied to the lower right hand corner of page]
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New Haven County ss Guilford July 11th 1843

"Jared Dudley & Anna Bartlett both
of Guilford were married Nov Twenty
ninth AD one thousand seven hundred &
eighty four (Nov 29th AD 1784)"
the above is a time copy of the original
record except that the date is written at
length since, & in the original it is in figures
as in the James thesis
AMint Gooheer Whitman Pastor
of Hon second LL
in Guilford

State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss Guilford
I Alvah B Goldsmith Clerk of the Court of
Probate for the District of Guilford and keeper of the Seal
thereof do hereby certify that Zolva Whitmore who hath
Signed the above certificate of the copy of the record
of the second congregational church in Guilford aforesaid
is the Pastor of said second congregational Church of
said Guilford, that I am acquainted with his handwriting
and that his signature to said certificate is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand
and affixed the seal of this Court on this 17th day of
July 1843
Alvah B Goldsmith
-
Clerk of the Court of Probate
District of Guilford
[seal affixed in lower left corner of page]
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss Guilford
On this 17th day of July 1843 personally appeared
before me George Landon Judge of the Court of Probate
for the District of Guilford Anna Dudley a resident of
Guilford in said New Haven County aged Eighty one
years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of
Congress passed July 7th 1838 and also of the act of
Congress passed March 3 1843 granting pensions to widows
of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war
That she is the widow of Jared Dudley who was a Soldier
in the war of the revolution and a pensioner of the United States
under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 as
will appear by an original pension certificate duly returned
to the agent for paying pensions at Hartford in Connecticut
in March 1843 to which certificate and to the documents
and declaration of [?] Jared Dudley, on which said certificate
was founded and granted she begs leave respectfully to refer
that she was married to the said Jared Dudley on the 29th day
of November AD 1784 as will appear by the Records of the
2d congregational Church in said Guilford a certified Copy
of which under the hand of the Rev'd Zolva Whitmore Pastor of said
Church is herewith annexed which is the 
 only [which crossed out] documentary
evidence of her marriage of which she has any knowledge
that the said Jared Dudley died on the 10th day of March
AD 1843 that the amount of his pension was about Eighty
six dollars per annum and she further declares that
she is still a widow
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written                her
before me              Anna X Dudley
Witness                         mark
Anna Dudley
Mark
George Landon
Sophia Dudley
Stephen Dudley     George Landon Judge of 
Probate
[written sideways on lower left side of page]
The erasure of the word which on this tenth 
line from the bottom and this letter & from the word Judge on the last line was made before signing George Landon Judge of Probate Court
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District of Guilford ss Probate Court July 17th 1843
I George Landon Judge of Probate for the district
of Guilford do certify that I am well acquainted with Anna Dudley the widow of Jared Dudley who
hath subscribed and sworn to the written declaration
and that she is a person of good reputation
for truth and veracity
George Landon Judge of Probate
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9206 [written sideways on top half of page
9236 [written sideways on lower half of page
Sealed up in Court
attest
Alvah B Goldsmith Clerk
[above written on lower half of page with seal on lower right corner]
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[Printed form with handwritten answers]

Revolutionary War Records Section. 3--525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C.,    , 19

17737

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

[headers of table] Dates of enlistment or appointment. | Length of service. | Rank. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [Captain and Colonel are both separate columns under this header] Captain. | Colonel. | State. |

[data in table] | Mch. 1776 | 6 weeks  Pvt.  Daniel Haud | Talcott | Conn. |
| May 1776 | 7 mos. | " | Stephen Hall | Heman Swift |  |
| Mch. 1777 | 7 mos. | " |  Augustus Collins | John Ely |  |
| Mch. 1778 | 6 weeks | " |  Augustus Collins |  |  |
| Feb. 1778 1779 | 2 mos. 6 weeks | " "|  | |Augustus Collins  Peter Vail | in [illegible] |  |
| Aug. 15, 1780 | 3 mos. | Sergt.  Dan Collins | Benjamin Richard |  |

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Guilford, [illegible]
Date of application for pension, Aug. 2, 1732, [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Guilford, [illegible]
Age at date of application, b June 29, 1737 in Guilford, [illegible]
died Mch. 10, 1843

Remarks: Soldier was the son of Jared and Mary Dudley. He was [illegible] 29 1784, at Guilford, [illegible]. Anna Bartlett. [illegible]
July 17, 1843 while a resident of Guilford, [illegible]. aged 81 years. There is no other data in fare [illegible] his family. 

Respectfully, Commissioner.
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17737
Anna Dudley
Widow of
Jared Dudley
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:--Vol. A, Page 200
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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919 N ar. Hist to Dr Guilford A. Dudley
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Repd.
Connecticut 4497
Anna Dudley
Conn.
widow of Jared Dudley
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
77 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
19. day of Jan. 1844
and sent to Pensioner
Guilford, Conn
Act of March 3, 1843.
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1. Page 65.
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7644.
Connecticut
Anna Dudley
widow of Jared Dudley
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 10th March, 1843
of New Haven in the State of Connecticut
who was a Private in the Company
commanded by Captain Heall
of the Regt commanded by by Col. Swift
in the Conn. troops for 18 mo 21 [illegible] Pri
3 mo " Sergh
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 77 Dollars & 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of 
Sept. 1843 and sent to 
Alvah Goldsmith
Guilford, Con.
Whole amount due $386.65
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by
Thomas Lumpkin Clerk.
Book A. Vol. 1.
Page 175
Rept [illegible] 13th
Duplicate Notification
Sent 9th Oct 1843
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Jared Dudley
Conn. 
W17737
Warrant
[stamp: The National Archives of the United States]
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Benjamin Richards
SAMUEL M'CLELLAN, ESQUIRE,
Colonel of a Regiment of Foot, raifed by the STATE of CONNECTICUT.

TO Jared Dudley GREETING.

REPOSING especial Confidence in your Courage, Skill and good Conduct, I Do by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the Said Jared Dudley to be the Third Sergeant in the Fifth Company in the Regiment now under my Command. You are therefore faithfully and diligently to exercise the Several Acts and Duties of Said Office, in a Arid and careful Discharge of the fame. And you are to observe and obey all such Orders as you may from Time to Time receive from me, or other your Superior Officers, and to instruct said Company in the Use of Arms, and all necessary Duty, commanding them to obey you as their Sergeant; for which this shall be you sufficient Warrant.

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at New-London, this fifteenth Day of August 
Anno Domini, 1780

Benjamin Richards Lt. Col.
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[illegible] of cases acted on 30 Nov 1833
Cl
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It appears by the Role of Capt Daniel Hand Do un 6 d Talcotts Reg that Jared Dudley enlisted 22d March was discharged 18 April 1775
hmifts Reg in 1775 [illegible] for 6 mo indead d 7
729
27
1L21
Dudley had been allowed 18 mo 21 days private
3 mo deny
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J.L Edwards, Esq. 
Commission of Pensions
Washington

G Goodwin 20
Hartford Ct
Oct 1, 1843
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Pension Agency
Hartford Octo. 3. 1843
Sir
Application has been made at this Agency for payment of a Pension to Anna Dudley widow of Jared Dudley on a certificate at the rate of Seventy Seven 33/100 Dollars per annum under the Act of 7 July 1838.
I have not received instructions to enroll her name under the abovementioned act. Your Letter of 13 September 1863 directs her name to be placed upon the roll per Act 3 March 1843
I am very Respectfully Tom Ob Serv. 
H. Goodwin 2nd
J.S Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington
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No 9236
Anna Dudley
Cont
Act July 7th 38
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Admitted
mo at
18.21 priv
3.00 [illegible]
$77.33
Alvah
B. Goldsmith
Guilford
Cont
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Jared Dudley

18 mo 21 private
3 [illegible]
77.33
Copy Caplanation made

Gorge Griswold
Guilford Ct

62.33
15
_____
7733
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jared Dudley which require further proof of explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. * Has he mentioned 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 amout of pension he is entitled? No 

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?  One of them
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  yes

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  7

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Quere V. 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 an 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 periods 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.
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3

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 pensions merely state 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 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.

Quere XIV. Proof of Service
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 claimants 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.

Quere XVI 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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[Post Office Oct 30 1919 US stamp]
Rev. Sec. M
October 29, 1919.
GUILFORD S. DUDLEY, M. D.
27 EAST 63rd ST.
NEW YORK

Pension Bureau,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:
In the book entitled " Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, War of 1812, and Mexican War.", compiled by authority of
Connecticut General Assembly under direction of the Adjutant General and published in Hartford in 1889; it is stated on page 650 that under an Act of Congress June 7, 1832, pensions were granted to all officers and soldiers whether Continental, State, or Militia who had served at one or more terms
a period of two years. In addition, it is stated that the original list appears in Senate Document, Ist. Session, 23rd. Congress, 1833-34; where further particulars such as age, date of death, etc. may be found.

The name of Jared Dudley appears in a list of names on page 650 described above. I am therefore taking the privilege of writing the Pension Bureau in an effort to learn the details as stated. If I am mistaken in addressing this Bureau, I shall be greatly obliged to be corrected. 
Expressing my appreciation of all courtesies in advance,
I am
Very Truly Yours,
G.S. Dudley
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4719 Nov. 6 1843
Ann Dudley, 
March 30 1843
Conn. I $77.33 per an
Pensioner Guilford Con. 
JL Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pentions Washington DC
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven} ss. Guilford

On this 2d day of November 1843 personally appeared before me George Landon Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford Anna Dudley a resident of said Guilford aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress papers on the 3d of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Jared Dudley of said Guilford who was a soldier in the war of the revolution that she was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress papers July 7th 1838 granting pension to widows of revolutionary soldiers for the term of five years from the 4th of March 1836. That she received about seventy seven dollars per annum. That her pension for said five year was paid in full at Hartford a few days since and her certificate duly returned to the Agent for paying pensions at Hartford in Connecticut. That all her documents in proof of her claim are in possession of the commission of pensions at the city of Washington and to whom she would refer the commission respectfully for all the necessary proof in her case. That the said Jared Dudley was a pensioner of the United States and died on the 10th day of March 1843 that she is still his widow and has never remarried.

Anna Dudley her mark X

Witness George Landon
Sophia Dudley

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written and I certify that I am well acquainted with the declarant that the said Anna Dudley that she is a person of truth & veracity that she has never intermarried but is state her widow of the said Jared Dudley according to her declaration. in testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand on this 2d day of March 1843.
George Landon Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford
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Stateof Connecticut
County of New Haven} ss. Guilford
November 3d 1843

I Alvah B Goldsmith Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Guilford and keeper of the seal thereof do hereby certify that George Landon who hath authenticated her written declaration of Anna Dudley and subscribed his name to the certificate of the same is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford that his commission is dated the 6th day of June 1843 and expires on the 20th day f June 1844 that he signed the within in my presence & his signature is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of this Court on the day & year above written.

Alvah B Goldsmith
Clerk of the Probate Court 
District of Guilford
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I Reuben Elliot of Guilford in New Haven County and State of Connecticut being duly sworn according to law depose and say that I was well acquainted with Jared Dudley late of said Guilford deceased and know that he was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7th 1832 because his declaration was authenticated at the Probate Office in the District of Guilford before me when I was Judge of said Court of Probate and I have seen his pension certificate and his oath of identity has been made before me as a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County and I received his pension money from the Agent and paid it over to the said Jared Dudley. I am also well knowing to the death of the said Jared Dudley in the month of March 1843 and that Anna Dudley who hath now made her declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7th 1838 and March 3d 1843 is his widow that I have known her many years as the wife of said Jared Dudley that she lived with him as his wife and they were persons of good reputation and that said Anna Dudley is still a widow and further the deponent saith not.

Reuben Elliott

Sworn to & subscribed this 17th day of July 1843 before me and I certify that the above deponent Reuben Elliott is well known to me as a man of truth & veracity that he was Judge of Probate for the District of Guilford for many years and Justice of the Peace for New Haven County till he was disqualified by his age of seventy years for reappointment. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name on the day & year above written.

George Landon Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven} ss. Guilford

I Alvah B Goldsmith Clerk of the County of Probate for the District of Guilford and keeper of the seal thereof do certify that George Landon who hath authenticated the declaration of Anna Dudley and certified to her credibility is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford that he signed his name to said documents in my presence and his signature is genuine that his commission will expire on the 20th day of June 1844. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of this Court on this 17th day of July 1843.

Alvah B Goldsmith
Clerk of the Probate Court
District of Guilford
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Guilford Nov 21st 1833

Sir-

[unk] that the application of Mr Dudley must depend upon its own merits for success, I am nevertheless induced by his repeated solicitation to make the following statement to your Neg.- That he lives in the Parish of North Guilford several miles from [unk] that he has almost lost the use of his limbs, is unable to do any labor, that he cannot ride on horseback, has no horse & cannot get into a waggon without assistance & gives about [unk] very little- that he is in low circumstances to property & that he is almost [unk] with his efforts to satisfy the Department as to his service.
I rec'd this from him enclosing the Deposition of John Coan & forward it to you without his knowledge cannot that you may see the excitement he is under. under a full sense of his faithful service he is indeed much grieved at his ill ness in this affair. For myself I do without hesitation say that I have been well acquainted with Mr Dudley more than thirty years & that he is a man of impeachable honesty & integrity & sustain a good respectful moral character.

Very respectfully your obt servt

Geo Griswold

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commission of Pension
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North Guilford Nov 21 1833

Mr Guilford Sir I hearin send you the deposition of John Coan and if that is not enough to to satisfy bye them you may write to them that if that they will [unk] it that I can get any number men in the place where I have always lived from 60 to 70 years that will testify that ever since their memory that it has always ben the report that I was in the service of the Revolution more than any other man now living and that I have got a memorandum of all my services which I stand ready to certify to any day.
Sir if you should think that anything of this kind will be of aby service you will oblige your humbel servt.

Jared Dudley
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I John Coan was born at Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut January 27th AD 1763 and have been a resident of said Town ever since (except when called into the service of the United States) & enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Dan Collins of said Guilford in July AD 1780 as a drummer in said company for the term of three months, said company marched from Guilford and joined the Regt at New London commanded by Col Benjamin Richards of Watertown and were encamped at Winthrope Point soon after crossed the river Thames and proceeded up to Pocatona where were employed in culling and binding [unk] until ordered to reerof said River and proceed to Mohegan where we were encamped until the term of our enlistment expired and were discharged by Companies by order from Col. Richards. I would also state that Jared Dudley of said Guilford was a member of said company and orderly serjeant in the same and that he served the full time of his enlistment being as above stated three months. Further the Deponent saith not.

John Coan


State of Connecticut New Haven County (viz) Guilford Nov 21 1833 personally appeared John Coan the signer of the foregoing deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me Abel Rosseter Justice of the Peace. It appears from the above that the magistrate has not certified to the credibility of the witness no doubt it was for the want of presence in the business for Mr Coan is his near neighbor and personally known to me and who I certify is a credible witness.

Rueben Elliott Judge
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County}ss Guilford Probate Court District of Guilford

I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for the said District do hereby certify that Abel Rossetter who has subscribed the attestation of the foregoing deposition is a Justice of Peace fort New Haven County duly appointed & legally qualified to administer oaths and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his signature to the foregoing to be his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 21st day of November 1833.

George Griswold Clerk
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss Guilford Nov 19th 1833

Personally appeared Samuel Bartlet who has subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the statement therein contained.

Before me George Hart Justice of Peace I hereby certify that the said Samuel Bartlet is to me personally known & a credible person.

George Hart Justice of Peace

I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Guilford in New Haven County do hereby certify that George Hart is a Justice of Peace within & for the County of New Haven duly appointed & legally qualified as such to administer oaths, and that full faith & credit ought to be given to his act, & attestation done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & knew that his signature to the foregoing is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 19th day of Nov 1833.

George Griswold Clerk
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I Samuel Bartlet  of Guilford in New Haven County & State of Connecticut now 72 years of age, do depose & say that in the month of March 1778 my Father was drafted into the service and I volunteered and was accepted as his substitute & was put under command of Capt. David Landon at New Haven, Ebenr Fowler was Lieut, the company was stationed at New Haven and I served there & in that vicinity two months & fifteen days & that Capt Augustus Collins company was also there & that Jared Dudley at whose request this deposition is taken & who now is & then was one of my neighbors was then & there a soldier in the service under Capt. Augustus Collins & well remember that he continued constant service there one month & fifteen days when the company to which he belonged was dismissed.
And further in the year 1778 in the month of July I was again called iout by Capt Augustus Collins as one of the Guard on the sea shore & was stationed at [unk] at Point Rock & served in that vicinity viz at Point Rock , [unk] Point & Mulberry [unk] two months and that the said Jared Dudley was one of said guards & served constantly two months & was dismissed with me & others of the guard by Capt. Collins in Guilford Green.

Samuel Bartlett
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County}ss Probate Court Guilford District October 16, 1833

Present Reuben Elliott Esq Judge
George Griswold Clerk

Mr Jared Dudley who has made the foregoing Declaration does now in order to amend the same the second time on oath declare and say that in his tour of duty in the year 1777 he knows of no person living who was with him in that service who can testify as to his service in that campaign & have no documentary evidence to prove this service and never had a written discharge that in his first tour of duty in 1778 under Capt Augustus Collins he was stationed at New Haven on Connecticut and was constantly on duty in patrolling the streets and standing sentry on the Long Wharf and on the point west of New Haven Harbor and was in service one month and fifteen days and in the same year under the said Capt Augustus Collins as coast guard he was on guard at Rocky in Guilford two months and knows of no further witness living who can testify to his services.

Jared Dudley

Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me.
Reuben Elliott Judge
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I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for Guilford District Do hereby Certify that the foregoing amendment to the Declaration of Jared Dudley for a pension was done in Court the day at + date aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand + Seal of Court

George Griswold Clerk
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Jared Dudleys Declaration for a Pension
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I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford ---
Do Hereby Certify that the foregoing contain the additional proceedings of the Court in the matter of the Application of Jared Dudley for a Pension

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this Seventeenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred + Thirty Three

George Griswold Clerk
of the Court of Probate 
for Guilford District

I also certify that the Deposition of Mathew Chidsey - Ebn Fowler & Levi Chittenden are less detailed than they migth have been & forwarded without being subscribed by them, through my own negligence & I freely make this acknowledgement as an apology for doing so. George Griswold, Clerk

H.B. Chisey & Fowler re both dead + in additions to L. Chittenden he has forwarded Land [illegible]
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At a Court of Probate held at Guilford in & for the District of Guilford in the County of New Haven & state of Connecticut June 17 1833.

Present Reuben Elliott Esq Judge
George Griswold Clerk

I Jared Dudley who has the foregoing declaration does now in order to amend the same, on oath declare & say further in regard to questions sixth of the brief that when at West Chester & Horsenut the troops were commanded by Gen Putnam. When at Rhode Island the brigade was commanded by Gen Douglas, Lieut Col James Arnold if Durham Co commanded the front guard of the brigade to which I belonged I was stationed on the right of said guard & was under the immediate command of Capt Augustus Collins of Guilford (since Genrl Collins). In reply to interrogatory of the regulation of the department I would refer to Zolva Whitman & Abel Rosseter to whom I am personally known & who have certified to my character for veracity & the belief of my service.

Jared Dudley

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before the Court.

Reuben Elliott Judge
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On the day & date aforesaid personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District, Jared Dudley of said Guilford & being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades viz. For three months I served as a sergeant & for one year eight months & fifteen days I served as a private soldier & for such service I claim a pension.

Jared Dudley

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Reuben Elliott Judge
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I do not recollect nor know of any person living that was with me in a tour of duty in 1778 enlisted under Augustus Collins Capt for six weeks nor any one living who served with me in 1780 under Dan Collins Capt for what times I have a sergeant warrant signed Benjamin Richards Cp; said certificate herewith annexed, and one tour of duty done in February and March 1779 of six weeks under Peter Vail Capt which I do not know of any person living that served with me.

Jared Dudley
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New Haven County
Probate Court Guilford District

On this 2nd day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court Nathan Chedsey Esq to the Court personally known & am inhabitant of the town of Guilford and on oath declares & says that in March 1776 he was drafted & formed the company under command of Capt Daniel Hand & marched to New York that he well recollects that Jared Dudley of said Guilford was a soldier in the same company & was discharged at the same time viz. at the aspiration of their  term which was six weeks.

Sworn before me,

George Griswold Clerk of Probate Court & Justice of Peace

Matthew  Andrey is a credible witness.
Geo Griswold Justice of Peace

Same Court viz. Aug 2d 1832 personally appeared in open court Timothy Rossetter and Ebenezer Fowler both of Guilford in New Haven County & being both duly sworn testified & said that they enlisted in May 1776 under Capt Stephen Hall for seven months & marched to [unk] & that they were neighbors & friends of Jared Dudley of said Guilford & well known that he belonged to & served in the same company with them.

Sworn before me

George Griswold Clerk of Probate Court & Justice of Peace

Timo. Rossetter & Eben Fowler are both personally known to me & are credible witnesses.
Geo Griswold Justice of Peace
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Same Court viz. August 2d 1832

Personally appeared before this Court Levi Chittenden of Guilford to the Court well known & a credible witness, and on oath declares & says that he was called into the United States service in the summer of 1778 & post under command of Capt Augustus Collins & Stateman in Guilford & while in duty there saw & knew Hared Dudley of said Guilford and knew also that  he was attached to the same company & in service at the same time.

Sworn before me

George Griswold Clerk of Probate Court & Justice of Peace

I certify that Levi Chittenden is to me personally known & is a credible witness.

Geo Griswold Clerk of Probate & Just of Peace
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State of Connecticutt [Connecticut] Town of Milford
New Haven County ss Probate Court for Guilford District
On this 25th day of September AD 1848 personally appeared before this probate
Court for said District of Milford, Mrs Anna Dudley a resident of said town of
Milford in said District County & State aged 87 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 act of Congress of 2d February 1848 granting
pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war,
That she is the widow of Jared Dudley of said 
Guilford who was a soldier in
the war of the Revolution - That she is the identical person who drew a pension
under the act of 17th June 1844 on account of the Revolutionary services of her
late Husband at the rate of seventy seven 33/100 Dollars per annum. She further
declares that she is still a widow
Sworn to & subscribed the day
and year above written
before Ralph D Smith Judge of said Court of Probate
Wm C Dudley
Anna Dudley her X mark


State of Connecticut
New Haven County Guilford Probate Court
I Ralph Smith Judge of said Court of Probate hereby certify that the
above named declarant who has subscribed the foregoing declaration
before me is personally known to me as the widow & pensioner
by her above alledged [alleged],
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name the day &
year last aforesaid
Ralph D Smith Judge of said Court of probate
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County 
[illegible] Guilford Probate Court
J. R. S. Smith
Clerk P.T. of the Probate Court of the District
of Guilford in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Ralph D Smith Esqr is Judge of said Court of Probate duly commissioned
and qualified and that his commission is dated on the 6th day of June AD 1848 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1849 and that
his signatures as within written are genuine
I further certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said court of Probate in the matter of the application of Anna Dudley for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of office this 6th day of
December 1848.
R. S. Smith, Clerk P.T.

[wax seal]