Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1702, Benjamin Billings, Conn.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Conn.  
Billings, Benjamin 
Wealthy 
NUMBER W. 1702 
B.L. Wt. 541-160-55. |
CONTENTS
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20.999
New York |
Benjamin Billing 
of Wayne Co. in the state of New York
who was an Ensign lc in the Comp commanded by Captain Tyler of the Regt. commanded 
by Col. Lathamer in the Conn.
line for  9 months Ensign $90 
12 months Segt. 60
3 months priv.  10 |
$160  |
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 160 Dollars -- Cents per annum 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. |
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct 1833 and sent to J.P. Baldwin
Palmyra |
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $400 
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 m '36. 80 |
$480 |
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7 1832.}
Recorded by EC Stiles Clerk,
Book E, Vol. 4, Page 89
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832 
State of New York 
Wayne County ss: On this second day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before William Bisson first Judge & Thomas P Baldwin & David Eddy Judges in the County Courts of said County now sitting Benjamin Billings a resident of the town of Macedon in the County and State aforesaid aged 79 - 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 was born in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut in the year 1753 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he has no record of his age- That in the month of June 1775 being then a resident of the town of Preston in the State of Connecticut he enlisted in a company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Captain Samuel Tyler for the term of six months and marched from New London to Roxbury near Boston and served out the term of his enlistment as a soldier That in the month of June 1776 he enlisted as a Sergeant for six months under Lieutenant Benjamin Brewster in Captain Belcher's Company of Connecticut State troops and marched to the City of New York when Lord Sterling landed his army on long Island - our regiment went on to the Island
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and was with others driven off the next day to York Island and the next day after that was pursued by the enemy and we retreated up the Hudson River to a place called Cortland's manor at which place we remained until the term of my enlistment expired and was dismissed without any written discharge - 
That in the month of September or October 1777 he went as a volunteer soldier in a company commanded by Lieutenant John Smith of Connecticut  militia from Preston aforesaid to Saratoga where we remained attached to a regiment of Militia commanded by Col. Jonathan Lathamer until after the capture of Burguoyne at which time he was present on duty - after which event we were marched home to Preston and dismissed without any written discharge, that he was out on this tour two months --- 
That in the month of June 1778 at Preston aforesaid I enlisted as a Serjeant Major in Col. Oliver Smith's regiment of Connecticut State troops and went to Rhode Island where we joined the army under General Sullivan - a gale of winds coming on the French Fleet was driven from the Island and the troops
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under Sullivan's command of which I was one retreated from the Island and our regiment returned to New London where it was dismissed the term of enlistment having expired without any written discharge- 
That in the month of June 1779 he received the annexed Ensign's Commission and immediately thereafter joined a company of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Captain Daniel Tilden in Col Wells regiment and marched to New London and thence to Fairfield in Connecticut at which places he performed a tour of military duty under his said Commission of nine months and was then dismissed with the Regiment -
That he has no other documentary evidence of his above services than those annexed to this declaration and he 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 - that he has lived since the revolution first in New London County Connecticut and at Macedon State of New York 
Subscribed & Sworn the day & year aforesaid That he refers to William P Capron, Silas Stoddard, Joshua Hicks, his neighbors who can testify to his character for veracity and of having been a revolutionary soldier Benjamin Billings 
We Burton H Hickox a clergyman, residing in the town of Palmyra -  in said County and Eldridge Havens residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Billings who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be 79 - years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he
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resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
Burton H Hickox
Eldridge Havens
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court 
John L Cuyler Clerk 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benton H Hickox who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residents of in Palmyra Wayne County N.Y. and that the said Eldridge Havenswho has also signed the same a resident in the town of Palmyra and is a creditable person and that their Statement is entitled to credit --- 
I John L Cuyler Clerk of the County Wayne in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Benjamin Billings for a pension and also that the signature of Thomas P Baldwin his in one of the annexed affidavits is genuine signature & that he is and was at the time it bears date a judge the County Court of said County 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto County set my hand & the seal of the said County aforesaid  at Lyons this second day of October 1832
John L Cuyler Clerk
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No   No 21853 
Benjamin Billings 
New York 

e.c.y.

Admitted 
Ensign 9 months 
Sergeant 12 months
Private 3 months |
24 


Thomas P. Baldwin 
Palmyra
Wayne Co. N.Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office, 
May 27 1833 
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. Those 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  Benjamin Billings, Wayne Co. NY |
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Period when the service was rendered.| Duration of the claimant's service, Years. Months. Days. | 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. | Country 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. |

1775 June Enlisted, 6 months, Priv., Capt. Tyler, Col. Coles, none, Conn/Mass., Aged 19 Preston, Conn, Documentary Traditionary [illegible] Witness.

1776 June Enlisted, 6 months, Sergeant, Capt. Belcher,  , Long Island, Conn., NY, , .

1777 Sept. Vol., 3 months, Priv., Lieut. Smith, Col. Lathamer, , , , .

1778 June Enlisted, 6 months, Srgt.Major, , Col. Smith, Gen. Sullivan, , Conn., R.Isnd., , .

1779, 9 months, Ensign, Capt. Tilden, Col. Wells, , Conn, , , .

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 embraced 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 the 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 of county and State in which he resided when he enered 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 the Agency in the State of 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. 
[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     C.D. residing in (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 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. 
[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 applicacation 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 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 applicant 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 services of each person
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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 declarations 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. 
6. {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 reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for this guidance. [note in margin] Papers state that declarant did appear in open Court.
[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 clamant 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 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 periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----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 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 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 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. [note in margin] omitted to state service 1778
[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 witness , 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 in note [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.
Dyer Custor
Exam Clerk
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512
New York, Albany |
Wealthy Billings
widow of Benjamin Billings 
who served in the Revolutionary 
war as an Ensign 
Conn line |
 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 160 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence 
the 4th day of March, 1848. |
Certificate of Pension issued the Sixth day of March 1850
and sent to 
Geo W. Cuyle 
Palmyra
NY |
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2 [crossed-out] 29 July, 1848, Page 531 Vol. 1, 
Book D


Date of death not on AB
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State of New York 
County of Wayne ss. On this ninth day of July 1849 At a court of over and terminer held at the Court House in the town of Lyons, in said county of  Wayne, before all Hon. Thomas A. Johnson one of the Justices of said court, [illegible] county judges [illegible]
personally appeared Wealthy Billings a resident of the town of Walworth in said County of Wayne aged eighty years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed and approved July 29, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War That she is the widow of Benjamin Billings, who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army and who during the latter year of his life received a pension from the United Sates of America, of One hundred and sixty dollars yearly, that at the time the said Benjamin Billings, applied for and all the time that he received said pension, he was a resident of the town of Macedon in said County of Wayne. That she repectfully asks leave to refer to the papers on file in the Pension Office for War Department, in the case of the said Benjamin Billings, to ascertain the rank and the Regiment or Corps, with the period of service, which the said Benjamin Billings served.
She further declares that she was married to the said Benjamin Billings, on the twenty sixth day of September in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight, that her husband the aforesaid Benjamin Billings, did on the thirtieth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and
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thirty eight; that her marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen hundred, viz. at the time above stated, She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension 
Wealthy Billings
Sworn to and subscribed on  the day and year above written before me in open Court }
S B Savitt Dep Clerk 
Wayne County 

State of New York 
Wayne County ss I Alexander B Williams Clerk of this Court of oyer & terminer above mentioned do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that Wealthy Billings was married to Benjamin Billings as stated in this foregoing declaration and that the said Benjamin died at the time and place in the said declaration stated 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said count this ninth day of July 1849 
S. B. Savitt Dept Clk
 Wayne County 
and of the Courts of Record 
[illegible]
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State of New York 
County of Wayne SS: Benjamin Billings of Walworth in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is the only surviving son of the late Capt Benjamin Billings late also a pensioner of the United States and who last resided and departed this life in the town of Macedon in said County -  that the family Record hereunto annexed is the family record of said Benjamin Billings deceased taken by deponent from the family Bible of the said Benjamin Billings deceased son in the possession of deponent that all the entries in said record except two last were made by and are in the proper hand writing of said Benjamin Billings deceased and further saith Benjamin Billings
Sworn and subscribed by 
Benjamin Billings the deponent
known to me to be a credible
person this 24 day of December 1849 before me}
T.F. Wilbur Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Wayne
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STATE OF NEW-YORK. 
WAYNE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } SS. I, ALEXANDER B. WILLIAMS, Clerk of said County, and of the Court of Record thereof, do hereby certify that T.F. Wilbur 
Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths and affirmations. 
Further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice, and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit to be genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court of Record thereof, at Lyons this 27th day of December of 1849 
A.B. Williams Clerk.
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Benjn Billings was Married to Martha Hewit by Amos Geer Esq the 18 day March AD 1781 |
our Daughter Fanney was Born Monday Morning the 26th day November AD. 1781 |
 Fanney was Chrisened By the Reverend John Tyler of Norwich July the 30 day 1788 --- |
Martha Billings wife to Benjn Billings was christened By the Reverend John Tyler of Norwich January 10 Day 1791 |
Departed this Life Martha Billings wife to Benjn Billings in the twenty ninth year of her age - - February the 8 day AD 1791  |
Benjn Billing Marred to Eunice Tracy January 4. 1794- John Tyler Preston |
Two Clock in the Morning Son and Daughter Born January 17 day 1795 - --- |
Departed this Life Eunice Billings wife to Benjn Billing January 19th day AD 1795 |
Departed this life one my Children four days old and the other Child Six Days old No names January 21th 1795 |
Benjn Billings was married to Welthy Allyn by Joseph Allyn Esq. the 16 day September 1798 - |
our Daughter Hannah was born Monday Morning Six o'clock  the 30th day December AD 1799 and was Chrisened by the Reverant John Tyler of  Norwich May the 14 Day 1801 --- - |
our Daughter Meria was born Saturday the 12 day Sept Two OClock after noon AD 1801 and was Christened by the Reverend John Tyler of Norwich Sept 20th AD 1801
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CHAP XV.
Before Christ 170. Apocrypha.  34 So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled. 35. He hanged also Nicanors head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord. 36 And they ordained all with a common decree, in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus day. 37 Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here I will make an end. 38 And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired, but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto. 39 For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone, and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste, even so speech finely frame ed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end. 
The End of the APOCRYPHA. 

Benjn Billings son to William and Mary Billings Born 22 Day Sept 1753 
Departed this life Benjamin Billings son to William and Mary Billings January 13th day 1838 
Departed this life William Billings Son to Benjamin and Wealthy Billings - October 22 day 1838
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73201 
Act March 3/55 
April 16/55  |
Wealthy Billings, Widow of 
Benjamin Billings Ensign  |
Cap D. Tilden Col Wells [crossed-out] Conn Mil
Capt: Elnathan Rossiter 
Col. Saml H. Parsons  Rev War |
Pensioner, Act 29 July 48 - No 512  |
May 30" /55. 
Admit 160 acres 
B.O. Upton |
Special case by Chf. Clk. 
Special. |
Warrant No 541, Issd. May 30/55
T. Stevens 
Present 

Vol B. 137.
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Bounty Land 
Act of 3 March 1855. 
claim of 
Mrs Wealthy Billings 
Widow of Benj Billings 
Revolutionary Service 

T.S. Stevens 
Atty - 
Washington D.C.
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State of New York
County of Wayne } s.s.
On this 21st day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County & State aforesaid Mrs Wealthy Billings  aged Eighty six years a resident of Macedon in the County of Wayne and State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Billings deceased who was an Ensign in the Connecticut State troops in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Tilden Col Wells Regiment in the War of the Revolution. that her said husband received his commission from Governor Trumbull of Con that it bears date 21, June 1779. that he joined the company of Capt Tilden in June 1779. and continued in service in said war for the term of 9 months & was honorably discharged at Fairfield Conn about the month of March A.D. 1780. That her said husband also served in said War as a Private in the Company commanded by Capt Saml Tyler - also as Sergeant in Capt Belcher's Co. for the term of 6 months in each Co. - in the said War of the Revolution 
She further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Billings in Groton Conn on
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the 16th day of September A.D. 1798 by one Joseph Allyn Esq a Justice of the Peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Wealthy Allyn that said Husband died at Macedon in the county of Wayne and State of New York on the 13th day of January A.D. 1838, and that she is now a Widow For further proof of the marriage as aforesaid she refers to the papers on file in the Pension Office on which she was granted a Pension under the act of 29th July 1848, No 512, & he also refers to said paper-- to from the death of said Benjamin Billings as aforesaid 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855. & she further declares that she has never made application for Bounty Land under this or or any other act & she hereby appoints J. T. Stevens of Washington D.C. her Atty to procure her warrant
Witness  - Benjamin Billings 
Witness - Analine Hicks
Wealthy Billings
(of Macedon, Wayne County, N.Y.)
We Benjamin Billings and Analine Hicks residents of Gorham in the County of Ontario and State of New York upon our oath declare that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mrs Wealthy Billings in our presence and that we
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believe from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the identical person the represents herself to be signature of 2 Witnesses
Benjamin Billings 
Analine Hicks 
The forgoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written And I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim 
T.G. Yeomans 
Justice of the Peace | 

State of New York, 
Wayne County Clerk's Office,} ss.  I, Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that T. G Yeomans whose genuine signature appears to the annexed Jurat &c is and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of record, having general jurisdiction. 
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office (the seal of said Court and County, at Lyons, this 23 day of May 1855. 
Samson B Gains Clerk.
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August 23, 1933 
XXXXXXXXX 
Benjamin Billings 
W. 1702
********
James Billings 
S. 45285
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BA-J/MLB

Mr. Edmund E. Freeman 
15 Mitchell Place 
West Hartford, Connecticut
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Benjamin and James Billings. Their records follow as found in claims for pension based upon service in the Revolutionary War. 
BENJAMIN BILLINGS W. 1702 
Benjamin Billings, son of William and Mary Billings, was born in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, September 22, 1753. 
While residing in Preston, Connecticut, which was then a part of the township of Norwich, he enlisted in June, 1775, and served six months as private in Captain Tyler's Connecticut Company. He enlisted in June, 1776, served as sergeant in Captain Belcher's Connecticut Company, and was in the retreat from Long Island, length of this tour six months. He volunteered in September or October, 1777, served two months under Lieutenant John Smith in Colonel Jonathan Lattimer's Connecticut regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne. He enlisted in June, 1778, and served six months as sergeant major in Colonel Oliver Smith's Connecticut regiment in the expedition to Rhode Island under General Sullivan. He enlisted in June, 1779, and on June 21, 1779, was commissioned ensign and served as such nine months in Captain Daniel Tilden's Company, Colonel Wells' Connecticut regiment. 
After the Revolutionary War the soldier lived for a while in New London County, Connecticut, then in Macedon, Wayne County, New York. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while a resident of Macedon, New York. He died January 13, 1838, in said Macedon, New York.
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Benjamin Billings married March 18, 1781, Martha Hewit, who died February 8, 1791, in the twenty-ninth year of her age. They had a daughter, Fanney, who was born November 26, 1781, and was christened in Norwich, Connecticut, July 30, 1788. 
Soldier married January 4, 1794, Eunice Tracy, who died January 19, 1795; they had twins, a son and daughter not named, born January 17, 1795; one child died at the age of four days and the other died six days old. 
Benjamin Billings married September 16 or 26 (both dates are given), 1798, in Groton, Connecticut, Wealthy Allyn; they were married by one Joseph Allyn, a justice of the peace, whose relationship to Wealthy was not shown. Soldier's widow, Wealthy, was allowed pension on her application executed July 9, 1849, at which time she was aged eighty years and a resident of Walworth, Wayne County, New York. In 1855 she was living in Macedon, New York. The following children of Benjamin Billings and his wife, Wealthy, were referred to in the claim: Hannah, born December 30, 1799, and christened in Norwich, Conne tient, May 14, 1801. 
Maria, born September 12, 1801, and christened in Norwich, Connect ticut, September 20, 1801. William Billings, who died October 22, 1838 (date of birth not given). 
Benjamin Billings, who was the only surviving son in 1849, and with whom his mother, Wealthy Billings, was living in Walworth, Wayne County, New York. At that time he referred to his father as the "late Captain Benjamin Billings," but gave no explanation of the rank. In 1855, soldier's son, Benjamin, was living in Macedon, New York. 
In 1832, Mrs. Eunice Capron, aged eighty-nine years and the widow of soldier's half brother, Lieutenant Samuel Capron, formerly of New London County, Connecticut, was residing in Macedon, New York . In 1835 Eunice Capron was dead. 
The name William Capron also appears in the claim but his relationship to Samuel and Eunice was not stated. 
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JAMES BILLINGS 
S. 45285 
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 45285, based upon the Revolutionary War service of James Billings. 
The date of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not stated. 
He enlisted in May, 1775, at Stonington, Connecticut, and served one year six months as a private in Captain James Eldridge's company, Colonel Samuel H. Parsons' Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in the fall or winter of 1776 and served three months as private in Captain Oliver Grant's company, Colonel Ely's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted February 5, 1777, served as a private in Captains William Belcher's and Ebenezer Perkins' company, in the 1" Connecticut Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Prentiss and Colonel Josiah Starr, was in several small battles or skirmishes, at the attack and burning of Danbury, Connecticut, and was discharged February 2, 1780. 
James Billings was allowed pension on his application executed May 8, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-six years and residing in Murray, Genesee County, New York. 
In 1820 the soldier was living with his son, Walter Billings, in Clarkson (which was formerly Murray), Genesee County, New York, and at that time stated that he was aged seventy years with no explanation of the discrepancy in ages given. 
The name of soldier's wife is not shown in the claim. 
In 1829 James Billings gave as his post office address, Berne, Albany County, New York, in care of Albert Gallup. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator

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Hist to Florence Y Linkspraph
1933 Aug 23 - Hist to Mr Edmond
E Freeman (Ree ltr in [illegible] 
James Billings, S 45285) MCJ

Revy WIDOW, &c. |
File No. 1702
Wealthy Billings 
Widow
Benjamin Billings 
Ensign Rev War | 
Act July 29. 1848. 
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 62 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

W481
Wealthy Billings
NY
Letter to Geo. W. Cuyler 18th Oct 1849

Act 29 July 1848


T41
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160 anm
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Albany NY Roll Act 7 June 1832 
Jan 13. 1838 
Benjamin Billings, Ensign &c paid $160 per annum 
To what time last paid?  To his death, Jany 13/ 18??


From: Act 29th July Albany roll.
Blyth
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JONATHAN TRUMBALL, Esquire,
Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of CONNECTICUT, in AMERICA
To Benjamin Billings [illegible] GREETING.
YOU being by the General Affembly of this State appointed to be Ensign of a Company in a Regiment of Infantry 
ordered to be raifed for Defence of the Sea Coafts and Frontiers of this and the adjoining States, and to prevent the Incursions and Depredations of the Enemy, repofing fpecial Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the faid Company into your Care and charge as their Enfign carefully and diligently to difcharge that Office and Truft, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the ufe of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and eftablished by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and commanding them to obey you as their Enfign for the Service aforesaid; and you are to obferve all fuch Orders and Directions as from Time you fhall receive, either from Me, or from other your fuperior Officer, pursuant to the Truft hereby repofed in you. 
GIVEN under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Lebanon the 21st 
Day of June Anno Domini 1770.
Jonth Trumbull

By His Excellency's Command, 
George Wyllys, Sec'ry.
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State of Connecticut 
New London County } ss/ Town Clerk's Office, Groton Nov. 16. 1849 
I Sanford Morgan of Groton aforesaid, do depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said town of Groton, and that I have carefully examined the Records of said town, to find the record of the marriage of Benjamin Billings and Wealthy Allyn, but that I do not find said marriage on the records of said town In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand on the day and year above mentioned. Sanford Morgan 
Town Clerk 

State of Connecticut ss New London County Be it known that on the 16th day of November A.D. 1849. personally appeared before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for the county aforesaid, duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Sanford Morgan Esq. Town Clerk of Groton in said County, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true and I certify that said Morgan is a credible person and that his testimomy is entitled to credit - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on the day and year above named 
Saml W Wood 
Notary Public -
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State of Connecticut of New London County 
I James Stedman Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of New London aforesaid do hereby certify that Samuel W. Wood is a Notary Public within and for said County, duly authorized, as such by the laws of the State of Connecticut, to admin ister oaths, take depositions &c. and that his ⌨ signature written to the within certificate is genuine- 
In testimony whereof hand and the seal I have hereunto set my of said Court this 26th day of *November A.D. 1849. 
James Stedman 
Clerk 

*I certify that the word "November in the date of the above certificate was written, in part, on an erasure, James Stedman
Clerk
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Palmyra N.Y. 
July 19, 1849 
J.L. Edwards
Comr. of Pensions
Dear sir
Enclosed please find the declaration &c of Mrs Wealthy Billings the widow of Benj Billige late of the town of Macdeon in Wayne Co. N.Y. for a pension under the law of July 29 1848, which I trust on examination will be found correct and satisfactory- The declaration was prepared to be made before Hon. Thos A Johnson one of the Justices of the Supreme Court by the late special town in this County but on a/c of a press of business he refered it to the Court of oyer and terminer then sitting at I am times which will explain some interlineations in the papers. 
Please advise me of yr decision on the case as soon as made
I oblige 
Yrs. Very Respy. &c
Geo. W. Cuyler
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481 
Wealthy Billings 
Wd of Benjamin 
NY 
act 29 July 1848 

Married 1798 
Husband died 1838 
Admd $160 per annum 
Courg 4 March 1848 
Albany Roll.

Geo W Cuyler Esq
Palmyra 
Wayne Co N.Y.
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State of New York 
County of Wayne ⎬ ss: Hannah A. Fillmore of the town of Walworth in said County being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she is the wife of Luther Fillmore, Farmer of said town and is aged Fifty Eight years, that she is well acquainted with Mrs. Wealthy Billings now of Walworth aforesaid who is the widow and relict of the late Benjamin Billings, late of the town of Macedon in said County of Wayne, deceased, that deponent was present at the wedding and witnessed the marriage Ceremony between the late Benjamin Billings and the said Wealthy, whose maiden name was Allyn that same took place at the town of Groton in the State of Connecticut on the twenty sixth day of September 1798 when said parties were duly married by Joseph Allyn, Esq. a Justice of the Peace 
And deponent further saith that she has frequently seen the family record of the said Benjamin Billings kept in the family Bible that she saw the same for the [illegible] time  this day in the possession of Benjamin Billings Esq of Walworth aforesaid who is the only surviving son of the said Benjamin Billings deceased and with whom his mother the said Wealthy Billings now
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resides that the following is a true copy of an entry made in said record under the head of Marriages, that is to say: "Benj. Billings Married to Wealthy Allyn by Joseph Allyn Esq 26 day September 1798 "
And deponent further saith that the said Wealthy Billings, is still the widow of the said Benjamin Billings and has not since the death of the said Benjamin Billings intermarried with any person 
Hannah A. Fillmore
Subscribed and sworn to this seventh day of July 1849 before me by Mrs
Hannah A. Fillmore to 
me well known and whom 
I certify to be a creditable person 
B. Billings, J. P.}

STATE OF NEW YORK. 
WAYNE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE,} SS. I, ALEXANDER B. WILLIAMS, Clerk of said County, and of the Court of Record thereof, do hereby certify that Benjamin Billings Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and sworn, and authorized by the laws of said State to administer oaths and affirmations. Further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of said Justice, and verily believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of the annexed affidavit is to be genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and of the Court of Record thereof, at Lyons, this 9th day of July 1819 
A. B. Williams Clerk.
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State of Connecticut 
New London County ss.  Daniel Stoddard of said County aged seventy one years having been duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Benjamin Billings now of Macedon in the state of New York, but formerly of Preston in the state of Connecticut and that in the latter part of the year 1776 the said Billings was a Sergeant in a company of Connecticut Militia or State Troops of which Samuel Capron was Lieutenant and Captain Leffingwell commandant of which also this deponent was a member 
And that about the time above mentioned the said Billings did march with said Company as such Sergeant from Norwich in New London County aforesaid to Providence in Rhode Island from thence to Bristol in said State where we were commanded by Major Ripley untill the spring of the year 1777 and further this deponent saith not-- 
Daniel Stoddard 
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of July AD 1833 and I do Certify that the deponent is a credible witness and entitled to full faith and credit as such}
James Gere Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut 
New London County ss: Prosper Rose of said County aged Seventy nine years having been duly of sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Benjamin Billings of Macedon in the State of New York formerly of Preston in the State of Connecticut, and that in the year 1778 he this deponent was a Surgeon's mate attached to a regiment of Connecticut Militia commanded by Col. Oliver Smith doing Military duty on Rhode Island Genl Sullivan being then there commander in Chief and that the said Benjamin Billings was the Serjeant Major of said Regiment - and further saith not- 
Prosper Rose
Sworn to & Subscribed the 15th  day of July AD 1833 before me and I certify that the deponent is a credible witness & entitled to full faith and credit as such - }
James Gere Justice the Peace 
State of Connecticut ss New London County 
I John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New London do hereby certify that James Geer Esq before whom the above & foregoing depositions of Prosper Rose & Daniel Stoddard were taken is a Justice the Peace in & for sd New London County, authorized to administer oaths, and that his signatures affixed thereto I believe to be in his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 22d day 1833 John DeWitt Clerk
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State of New York 
Wayne County ss: On this 31st day of July 1832 personally appeared before me Mrs Eunice Capron of the town of Macedon in the County and State aforesaid who having been by me duly sworn doth depose and say that she is Eighty nine years of age and is the widow of Samuel Capon formerly of New London County in the State of Connecticut who was a Lieutenant of a Company of troops under the commission of the then Governor of Connecticut  Jonathan Trumble Esq. and this Deponent further saith that at the commencement and during the revolutionary war she resided in the town of Preston in the County of New London & State of Connecticut (but the town was then a part of the township of Norwich which was divided after the war and a part called Preston) and within about ten miles from Fort Griswold - and is now and was during the war well acquainted with Benjamin Billings who has made the annexed Declaration he being a half brother to this Deponents husband. And this Deponent further saith the she knows that the said Benjamin Billings was engaged in the military service of the United States during the revolutionary war , that in the first year of the war the said Billings engaged in the military service and went to Roxbury near Boston, where he was taken sick and this Deponent's husband went to Roxbury after the said Billings and brought him home-- and that the said Billings after he had recovered his health left Preston for Roxbury again & did not return home untill he served out the time of his enlistment which this Deponent believes was for the term of six months - That the next year she this deponent knows that the said Billings went under a military engagement to New York and was gone some time but does not remember how long, that she well remembers helping the said Billings' mother in preparing his things to take with him - this Deponent further
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states that after the said Billings return from New York that he went with this Deponents husband who was a Lieutenant to Rhode Island & served under in the army under General Sullivan and marched back with the troops that went from New London and after serving the term of his enlistment was discharged there -and this deponent further saith that she remembers that the said Billings after his return from Rhode Island received an Ensign's Commission and that he did duty in actual service under it but where or how long this Deponent cannot remember --- 
Eunice Capron
Sworn to and subscribed  
the day and year above mentioned before me T. P. Baldwin a Judge of 
Wayne County Courts
I do certify that Eunice Capson who made the above affidavit was a credible witness and entitled to full credit - She is now dead - June 7. 1833 
T.P. Baldwin a Judge of Wayne County Courts
State of New York 
Wayne County ss I hereby certify that the above named Thomas P. Baldwin was a Judge of the County Court of Wayne County on the day of the date of the certificate next above & that his name signed thereto is his genuine signature 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County the 15. August 1833 
Cullen Foster Acting Clerk
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State of New York 
Wayne County ss: Benjamin Billings the within named applicant for a pension under a Law of Congress in that matter enacted having been duly sworn doth depose & say that that the term of service for which he enlisted as a Serjeant Major in the year 1778 in Col. Oliver Smith's regiment of Connecticut State troops as mentioned in his annexed declaration was six months, & that he did actually  serve that term & was dismissed as set forth in said Declaration 
Benjamin Billings
Subcribed & sworn this 10th 
Day of June 1833 
before me J. P. Baldwin a Judge of 
Wayne County Courts
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State of New York 
Wayne County SS: I do hereby certify that the within named Thomas P Baldwin before whom the within deposition was taken was at the date thereof a Judge of the County Courts of said County and that his name signed thereto is his genuine signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name & affixed the seal of said County the 15th day of August 1833- Cullen Foster Acting Clerk
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Palmyra N.Y. Dec 28 1849 
Hon. J.L. Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir
I had the honor to receive your form of the 18 Oct last in reference to the proof of marriage required to support or establish the claim of Mrs Wealthy Billings Widow of Benj Billings to a pension under the act of July 29, 1848 
I now enclose you in addition to the evidence heretofore furnished the certificate and oath of the town Clerk of the town of Groton Court when the marriage was solemnized  being that no record exists in his office of said Marriage - Also that a leaf from the family Bible of the late Benj Billings containing the family record duly proved to be made by the affidavit of Benj. Billings son of the deceased pensioner - both of which affidavits are duly authenticated. I trust the proof will upon examination be now deemed satisfactory. If consistent with the rules of your office Mrs. Billings would be glad to have the family record returned
I am yrs [illegible] &c --- 
Geo. W. Cayler
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State of Connecticut, 
Comptrollers Office 
Hartford May 12th 1855
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of Benjamin Billings, in Capt. Tyler's Company, in the war of the Revolution I have examined the documents remaining in this Office, and said the name of Benjamin Billings on a Pay Roll under the following heading viz, "it pay Roll of the 2d Co. 6th Regt. raised per order General of Assembly Connecticut May 1775," John Tyler Lt. Col. commanding said Company as Captain, till July 1st and after that date, Elnathan Rossila 1st Lieut. as Capt. where the said Benjamin Billings is credited with service as a private, from May 8th to Dec. 16th 1775 = 7 months 8 days 
Samuel H Parsons commanded said 6th Regiment as Colonel. 
Alex. Merrell Compt. 
by W. Robinson Clerk
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In the matter of 
Benjamin Billings 
a Revolutionary Soldier |
21833 
passed
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"The Gables"
Palmyra, N.Y 
Nov. 11, 1907 
Gentlemen,
Wealthy Allyn Billings a pension until 1865 on 1866 as the widow of Benj. Billings, a Revolutionary soldier, who was born at Preston Conn Sept 23, 1753 and died in Macedon, N.Y Jan 13, 1838. 
Can you inform me where and have and when
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he served.
Most sincerely 
Florence J. Linklefaugh 
Nov 12, 1907.
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sion on file in this Bureau. Benjamin Billings his file 1702
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. |
STATE.
June 1775, 6 mos.,  , Cpt. Samuel Tyler, , Conn.
June 1776, 6 mos., Sgt., Cpt. Belcher, , .
Sept. or Oct. 1777, 2 mos., , Lieut. John Smith, Col. Jonathan Lattimer, .
June 1778, 6 mos., Sgt.Maj., , Col. Oliver Smith, .
June 1779 9 mos., Ensign, Cpt. Daniel Tilden, Col. Wells, .
Battles engaged in, Retreat from Long Island and N.Y. and capture of Burgoyne 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Preston Conn. 
Date of application for pension, Oct. 2 1832. His claim al.
Residence at date of application, Macedon, Wayne Co., N.Y. 
Age at date of application Born in Norwich, New London Co., Conn. Sept 22 1753, died Jany 13 1838 Macedon N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier, son of William & Mary Billings, married Martha Hewitt Mar. 18, 1781:  She died Feby 8, 1791 aged 29. Daughter Fanny B. Nov. 26, 1781:  Soldier mar. Eunice Tracy Jan. 4, 1794 x a son & daughter born Jany 17, 1795 died Jany 21, 1795 - no names. Wife died Jany. 19, 1795:  Soldier then married at Groton, Wealthy Allyn Sept. 16 or 26, 1798. She was allowed pension on an application executed July 9, 1849 while a resident of Walworth, Wayne Co., N.Y. aged 80 yrs. Children Hannah b. Dec. 30, 1799:  Meria b. Sept. 12, 1801:  William who died Oct. 20, 1838, and Benjamin who was living in 1849
 Very respectfully, 
27225b3ml - 07 
Commissioner.