Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 178, for Zalmon Read, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Read, Zalmon.
Hannah

NUMBER
W 178
Wt. 8458-160-55

CONTENTS
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Clerk's Certificate. 
Sold by Skinner & Sperry, 151 Chapel Street, New Haven. 
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 
COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, 
COUNTY COURT, CLERK'S OFFICE. ss. 
I, Robert H. Osborn Clerk, of the County Court, within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify: -- THAT William B. Wooster Esquire was on the 31st day of March 1853 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State. 
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 1st day of A. D. 1853 
Robert H. Osborn Clerk.
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State of Connecticut 
New Haven County 
town of Derby. March 31st 1853 
I Asa Bassett of the town of Derby, County of New Haven, State of Connecticut, being duly cautioned and Sworn(?) do depose and say that I Knew Zalmon Reed [Read] of the town of Reading, Fairfield County Connecticut, who I understood to be a Revolutionary Soldier; That I also Know Hannah Reed [Read] the widow of the said Zalmon Reed [Read], that I Knew her in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eleven and for many years prior to said Eighteen Hundred and Eleven- That her maiden name was Hannah Bassett, and was the daughter of Benjamin Bassett living at a place called Great Hill in the town of Derby aforesaid- That in the fall of the year Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, I think in the month of October in said year the said Zalmon Reed [Read] and Hannah Bassett were married to Each other at the house of the said Benjamin Bassett Father of the said Hannah, by the Reverend Abner Smith a Settled Minister of the Presbyterian Society of Great Hill in said Derby- I was present at the Marriage Service above named- They lived together as husband and wife from the time of their intermarriage aforesaid until the decease of the said Zalmon Reed [Read] 
And further deponent saith not 
Derby March 31st 1853 Asa Bassett
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss Town of Derby March 31st 1853
Personally appeared before me the undersigned Authority Asa Bassett the subscriber of the within and foregoing affidavit and made solemn
oath to the truth of the same and. the matters therein contained
Wm B Wooster
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut [illegible] Derby March 31st 1853
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State of Connecticut 
New Haven County ss Town of Derby March 31st 1853
I Sally Lum of the town of Derby, County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, being duly cautioned and sworn, do depose and say that in the year Eighteen Hundred Eleven and prior thereto I resided in the town of Derby, with David Lum, in the house next to the house of Benjamin Bassett,- That in the year Eighteen Hundred and Eleven I was Invited to attend, and was present at the Marriage of Zalmon Reed [Read] and Hannah Bassett, the daughter of Benjamin Bassett- That they were married by the Reverend Abner Smith a Settled Minister of the Presbyterian Society in the Parish of Great Hill in said Derby- That Zalmon Reed [Read] lived in the of Redding in Fairfield County Connecticut at the time of his intermarriage with said Hannah Bassett, and continues to reside there until his decease- the said Reed [Read] I understood to be a revolutionary Soldier 
And further deponent saith not 
Sally Lum 
New Haven County ss Town of Derby March 31st 1853 
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, Sally Lum, the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same and the matters therein contained by 
Wm B Wooster Justice of the Peace
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5902
Connecticut
Zalmon Read
of Fairfield in the State of Cont
who was an Ensin. in the Com commanded by Captain Clifft [Clift] of the Regt commanded by Col Durkee in the Connt line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 240 Dollars OO Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of march, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Feb. 1833 and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson Senate U.S.

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1832 $360
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833(?) 120
$480

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 Page 64
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No. 3038

Admd.
$240 per ann

Please direct(?) to Edward Taylor Clerk of Probate Danbury Conn.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield, ss.
On this 27th day of July 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before by the Court(?) of Probate(?) for(?) the District of Danbury in the said County and State, of Connecticut, the Same(?) being a Court of Record and now sitting at Danbury in the said County(?)- 
now sitting, Zalmon Read a resident of Reading [Redding] in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged seventy three years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That he entered the Continental line of the Revolutionary Army as an Ensign in Genl Parsons Brigade in the Regiment commanded by Col John Durkee & in Capt Lemuel Clifft's [Clift's] Company that he received his Commission from Genl Parsons, which was dated January(?) 1st 1781  and joined the Army about [illegible] the Highlands & continued in the Army till the Regular Troops were disbanded(?) by his Excellency Gen. Washington on the 2d day of  Novemr 1783 he made known that all Officers on(?) furlow [furlough] might consider themselves discharged and(?) released from service after the 4th of sd. Novemr. he was at that time at home on furlow [furlough]. After joining the army(?) at the Highlands he continued at that place till about the first of [illegible] when they marched down to Kingsbridge where they were engaged in as(?) a(?) part(?) of(?) Genl Howe's Army The Americans continued(?) on the Highlands(?) a day or two after which they marched back to Dobbs Ferry where they(?) encamped adjoining the(?) French Army the American Army remained at that place till the French Troops &(?) part of Gen. Washington's Army marched to the South for the purpose of [illegible] Cornwallis The remaining part of the American Army then marched to Peekskill under the command of Gen Heath and the regiment to which he belonged if his memory serves him was commanded by Col Grosvenor. After the capture of Cornwallis the Army to which he belonged had a great day of [illegible] in Camp after which the toils(?) and fatigues of the Army were at an end and many of the officers were dismissed to go home on furlow [furlough]. 
He further declares that he was born in the Town of Reading [Redding] County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 28th of April 1759(?) as(?) [illegible] Record kept in his father's family Bible there being no public record of his age to his knowledge. That his Commission [illegible] evidence(?) of service to obtain wages(?) and was not returned and cannot(?) now(?) be(?) found. That the [illegible] place [illegible] 

Being examined in Court and required to state the names of persons to whom he would refer to state his character for veracity; &(?) their belief as to his service in the Revolutionary War- He refers to the Certificate of sundry citizens of said Town of Reading, all of whom are known to the Court, and known to be Gentlemen of good character for respectability and truth; and which is hereunto annexed- Zalmon Read
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The said Zalmon Read, hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in(?) Open Court 
Zalmon Read

We Jonathan Bartlett a clergyman, residing in the town of Reading [Redding] and Joel Marchant residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Zalmon Read- who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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 in Open Court 
Jonathan Bartlett 
Joel Marchant 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Jonathan Bartlett who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Reading [Redding] and that Joel Marchant who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Reading [Redding] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk 

I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foreging [foregoing] contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Zalmon Read- for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand Office, this 27th day of July 1832.- 
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County ss
I Reuben Booth of Danbury in the said County of Fairfield Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County & State do hereby certify make known to all whom it may concern that Edward Taylor who hath signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of the said Court of Probate is Clerk thereof and was Clerk as aforesaid at the time of signing and certifying the same- 
That the signatures above written and all the signatures hereunto annexed attesting the proceedings of the said Court purporting to be the signature of the said Edward Taylor are in his proper hand writing, and that full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Danbury aforesaid this 28th day of July AD 1832 
Reuben Booth Judge 
of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Connecticut-
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We the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town of Reading [Redding] in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, hereby certify and declare that we have for many years been acquainted with Zalmon Read of said Reading [Redding] who hath applied for a pension for Revolutionary services, that he is a man of good character for veracity and that we fully believe that he served in the Revolutionary war 
Asahel Salmon 
Aaron Burr 
Jared Olmstead 
Eli Read 
William Sanford 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of July 1832. 
Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace 
And I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the subscribers of the foregoing declaration and that they are all persons of good character and respectability for truth and veracity. 
Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County ss
I the undersigned a Notary Public for the County & State aforesaid by authority of the State duly elected, commissioned & sworn residing at Danbury in said County hereby certify that Jonathan R Sanford whose name is subscribed to the above Deposition is a Justice of the Peace in & for said Fairfield County authorized & empowered to Administer oaths & to take depositions by the laws of said State that said Signatures are in the proper hand writing of the said Sanford, & that full faith & credit is due to his attestations as a Justice of the Peace 
Whereof attestation being required I have granted this under my hand and Notarial Seal at Danbury the 27th day of July 1832 
Reuben Booth Notary Public
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I Aaron Morehouse of the Town of Newtown County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut of the age of seventy three years depose and say that I well remember that Zalmon Read of Reading [Redding] in said County served as an Ensign in the Continental line in the Revolutionary war about the year 1781.
Aaron Morehouse 

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. 
On the 26th day of July 1832. The above named Aaron Morehouse made Oath to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me 
Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace 

I further certify that the Deponent is personally well known to me and sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness 
Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace
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I Asahel Salmon of Reading [Redding] in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of the age of seventy four years, depose and say that I well know that Zalmon Read of said Reading [Redding] served as an Ensign in the Continental line in the Revolutionary war in the year 1781. I saw him a number of times in the Army in the course of the summer of that year, before & after our expedition to Kingsbridge. After the capture of Cornwallis many of the officers of our army were permitted to return home, on furlow [furlough]. said Read, belonged to Parsons Brigade, Durkee's Regt. & Clifft's [Clift's] Company. 
Asahel Salmon 

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. 
On the 26th day of July 1832 the above named Asahel Salmon made Oath to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me 
Jonathan R. Sanford Justice of Peace 

I further certify that the Deponent is personally well known to me, and sustains a good character for truth and is a credible Witness. 
Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace
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State of the Connecticut 
Fairfield County s.s.
I Reuben Booth a Notary Public within and for said County of Fairfield, by the authority of Said State duly appointed commissioned and Sworn- residing [illegible] Danbury in the said County, do hereby certify that Jonathan R. Sanford whose name is subscribed to the Certificates of(?) [illegible] of the foregoing Depositions of Asahel Salmon [illegible] is a Justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County, and was such Justice at the time the [illegible] purports to have been made: duly appointed commissioned and Sworn, and duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths and take Depositions-
That the said signatures are in the proper hand writing of the said Jonathan R. Sanford Esqr. and that full faith and credit are due to his attestations as such Justice of the Peace-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Danbury aforesaid this 27th day of July 1832
Reuben Booth
Notary Public
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I Joel Merchant of Reading [Redding] Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged seventy years being duly sworn doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Zalmon Read who hath applied for a Pension That I am knowing(?) to said Reads being an Ensign in the Continental Army in the Connecticut line. I do not recollect the Company or Regiment to which he belonged & that he served as such until the close of the war when he was discharged
Joel Merchant

July 27th 1832 Sworn & Subscribed in open Court and the said Court of Probate certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
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3351
Connecticut Hartford
Hannah Read
widow of Zalmon Read
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Ensign- Colo Durkee Conn
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 240- Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Decr/53- and sent to Hon. Daniel B. Booth 
Danbury Ct.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 65 Vol. A
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Hannah Read
Act 3d Feby 1853
Revolutionary 

Evans & Fant
Washington City
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss.
Probate Court
District of Redding
On this 9th day of February A.D. 1853- personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Redding Hannah Read a resident of Redding County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, declares and says upon her oath, that she is a resident of said Redding, that she is sixty eight years of age that she is the lawful widow of Zalmon Read late of said Redding deceased who was an officer in the War of the Revolution and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of the 7th June 1832 at the rate of $240 per annum and died on the 3d day of October A.D. 1816- That she was married to said Zalmon Read at Derby, County of New Haven State aforesaid on the [blank] of [blank] A.D. 18[blank] (or about that time) by Rev Abner Smith- That she was not married to said Zalmon Read prior to the 1st day of of January A.D. 1800 but the marriage took place at the time above dated- That she was never(?) afterwards married, but continues the lawful widow of said Zalmon Read-
That she makes this declaration in
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in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of February 3d. A.D. 1853, entitled an Act &c
and that her name before marriage was Hannah Bassett, and never before applied for a pension Hannah Read
Sworn and subscribed before me the 9th day of February A.D. 1853
Lemuel Sanford Judge of Probate
for the District of Redding
And I further Certify that declarant, the before said(?) Hannah Read is personally known to the subscriber - that she is the widow of said Zalmon Read who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States as before dated
Lemuel Sanford
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield ss.
Probate Court 
District of Redding
I Jonathan R. Sanford Jr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Redding, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before said Court that Zalmon Read of Redding within said District died in said Redding on the 3d day of October A.D. ["185" crossed out] eighteen hundred and forty six and left a widow by the name of Hannah Read who is now living and that she is the same person who has signed the foregoing declaration, and the same person she represent herself to be- and that Lemuel Sanford who has signed the foregoing is Judge of Probate 
In(?) testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Redding, County of Fairfield State of Connecticut the 9th day of February A.D. 1853. 
Jonathan R Sanford Jr Clerk
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69,171 Act Mar 3/55
April 14/55

Hannah Read widow 
Zalmon Read Ensign.
Zalmon

Ct:Contl. line.
Revolutionary Pensioner

Wt(?) No(?) 8458 iss Oct 20/55

Conn. Feby 55 3381
Ad:160 Acres Act: 177855.
Boynton

Rys(?)
IFS

Lemuel Sanford
Redding Conn.

Vol. 4- 33.-
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 
County of Fairfield ss. 
On this 9th day of April A.D., 1855-
Personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths in and for the County aforesaid, Hannah Read aged sixty nine years, a resident of Redding in the State of Connecticut who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Zalmon Read deceased, who was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War and who was a pensioner of the United States during the time of his life and was regularly inscribed on the Pension list roll of Revolutionary pensioners in the Department at Washington and that since the decease of her said husband who died at said Redding on the 3d day of October 1816, she made application for and received a pension and still is a pensioner from(?) the United States, said certificate of which said pension was granted  at same Washington and was dated at said Washington on the 28th day of December 1853 and her name is regularly inscribed on the pension list roll in Book A. page 65 of the Hartford Agency under Act February 3d 1853, and for proof of the said service of her said husband as aforesaid and of her said marriage with her said husband, and of his decease reference is directed to the proofs on file in said Department at Washington made at the time of her said husband's application for a pension and also at the time of her own said application for a pension which she now is in the receipt of from the United States- 
["and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the day of A.D.." crossed out]
She further states that she was married to the said Zalmon Read in Derby on the day of July  the particular day she does not recollect A.D. 1811 by one Abner Smith and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Bassett that her said husband died at said Redding on the 3d day of October A.D. 1846- and that she is now a widow. 
She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855." 
Hannah Read 
WE John R. Starr and Esther Ann Estabrook residents of Redding in the State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Hannah Read in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
John R Starr 
Esther Ann Estabrook 

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Lemuel Sanford, Justice of the Peace. 
I hereby certify that "Esther" & "Estabrook" on the first line of the foregoing affidavit were written on an erasure, the affiant's name having been first written [illegible] "Hester Ann Brooks" also that the interlineation of the words "the particular
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD, 
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE.  ss. 
I Amos S Treat Clerk of the County Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify - THAT 
Lemuel Sanford ESQUIRE, was on the 9th day of April 1855 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the Laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged, and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, at Bridgeport, in said County and State, on this 10th day of April A.D. 1855 
Amos S. Treat Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section. 

May 11, 1935.

Mrs. Wilder S. Metcalf, 
Washington, D. C. 
Madam: 
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, Widow's File 178, it appears that Zalmon Read was born April 28, 1759, in Reading [Redding], Fairfield County, Connecticut. 
He was commissioned January 1, 1781, as Ensign in Captain Lemuel Clift's Company, Colonels John Durkee and Grosvenor's Connecticut Regiment. He continued in service until the troops were disbanded in November 1783, at which time he was at home on furlough. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832 and he died October 3, 1846, in Reading, Connecticut, where he had always resided. 
He married in July, or October 1811, Hannah, the daughter of Benjamin Bassett, at her home in Great Hill in Derby, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 9, 1853, while living in Reading [Redding], Connecticut, aged sixty- eight years.
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It is not stated whether they had children.
Ensign Zalmon Read was the son of Captain Zalmon Read, an officer of the Revolution, but there is no further data on file in this claim relative to Captain Zalmon Read, and it does not appear that pension, or bounty land was claimed on account of his services.
Very truly yours,
Commissioner.
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Soldier pens. to Lucia(?) V. Colter
Conn. M.E.C.
June 13 1901(?)
Chas. G. Phelps
Wallingford Conn
1925 May 12 Hist. to Mrs Wilder S. Metcalf aw(?)

178
Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 
Hannah read
Widow of Zalmon Read Who served in Rev. War. as Ensign
Act: Feb. 3rd 1853
Index:- Vol. M, Page 153

(Arrangement of 1870.)

[illegible] Derby
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8458

160 Acres
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o. 69171
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received April 14, 1855.

Z. Read
Rev War

Warrant 8458-160-55

Lemuel Sanford
Redding
Conn.
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March 29th [illegible]

Appl. of Hannah Read widow of Zalmon Read

Connt.
5902
Act 3d Feby 1853
$240.00 Per An
Com-Feb: 3d 1853
Rev:

Evans & Fant
Present

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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Hannah Read Connecticut- Revolutionary Act 3 Feby 1853 filed March 28/53
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Pen: Off: 
23d Mar:/53

Sir,
Please Certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid, or the date of his death, 
Very Respectfully,
B. Hooe.
For the Commissioner.

Zalmon Read, Act 1832 Died 3d October 1846, Paid to his death. $240 p. an.
Saml. S. Rind
Actg. Auditor

[illegible] Auditors [illegible]
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Redding Ct
Apr(?) 13 

Free

Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, 
D.C.

69.171

2
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No 742
Hannah Read
widow of Zalmon 
Conn.

Let to Evan & Fant
May 28/53
" " " Aug: 15/53,
D.B. Booth " Oct: 3d " Nov: 9" "
Act Feby 3/53
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69.171
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Redding April 12 1855 
Hon Loren P. Waldo 
Dear Sir,
The warrants to ["the" crossed out] which the within applicants are entitled can be directed to me or(?) them(?) severally at Redding, Fairfield County Conn- 
Very respectfully Yours
Lemuel Sanford
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Danbury March 26th 1853
Hon L.P. Waldo
I enclose a power of Atty. from Hannah Read, widow of Zalmon Read, a Revolutionary Pensioner, authorizing me to act for her in her
application now before your Office-
Will you please inform me of its receipt-
Will you also please inform me what the regulations of the office are under the act of February 3d 1853
Truly Yours
D. B. Booth
Declaration filed by Evans & Fant
[illegible] this day charged to Mr Mayo 
Adams
Mar 29/55
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[illegible]
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FIFTY SIXTH CONGRESS 
ORVILLE H. PLATT, CHAIRMAN.
N.W. ALDRICH
S.M. CULLOM
JAS. MCMILLAN
WM. E. CHANDER
JNO. C. SPOONER
H.M. TELLER
H.D. MONEY
MARION BUTLER
J.P. TALIAFERRO
CHAS. G. PHELPS, CLERK.

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH CUBA WASHINGTON. D.C. 
Wallingford, Conn. 
June 6th, 1901. 
Hon. J.L. Davenport, 
Deputy Commissioner etc. 
Dear Mr. Davenport: 
I enclose herewith a list of names of Revolutionary soldiers who were pensioned and resided in Connecticut and New York. I wish you would have sent me as complete information as may be on file in the Pension Office as to their military records and the place where they last received their pension. I need not assure you that I shall deem it a favor and appreciate it very much. 
Very truly yours, 
Chas G. Phelps
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[illegible] DEPUTY
JUN(?) [illegible]
COMMISSIONER
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✓ Gamaliel Benedict, private Captain Northrup's company, 1st Batallion [Battalion], Wadsworth Brigade, Connecticut troops. 
James Benedict, private Captain Watson's company of Norwalk, 7th regiment Connecticut line. 
✓ Daniel Betts, in Captain Comstock's company, 9th regiment Connecticut militia. Believed to have been living in Wilton, Conn. 1840. 
x Nehemiah Banks, in Captain Hall's company, 18th regiment Conn. militia, also in Captain Burr's company, 4th or Col. Whitings regiment. 
17632-32 ✓Moses Gilbert, in 3rd company 8th or Col. Huntington's regiment. Pensioner 1832, Lived in Fairfield Co. Conn. 
28157 32✓ Alvan Hyat, 5th company, 5th or Col. Waterbury's regiment. Pensioner 1832 
6892[illegible]2 x Benjamin Jones, in Captain Skinner's company, Col. Latimers regiment. Pensioner 1832 
17344-32 x David Keeler, private in 8th regiment Connecticut line. Pensioner 1832 
1306-44(?) x Isaac Keeler, 2nd regiment Connecticut Line. Pensioner 1832 
17544[illegible] ✓ Clapp Rockwell, pensioner in 1832, Connecticut service, regiment and company not given. 
3351-55✓ Zalmon Read, Captain 10th company 5th regiment, Col. Waterbury. Pensioner 1832
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28136 x 32 Ebenezer Smith, private 3rd company, 3rd regiment, Col. Putnam. Pension 1832 
281472(?) 17794 17678 74112(?) ✓ Samuel Smith, pensioner in 1832, Connecticut service, company and regiment not given. 
✓ Micajah Weeks, 5th regiment Connecticut line, pensioner under act of 1818. 
x Jabez Smith, 1st company 5th regiment, Col. Waterbury's. Pension 1832 
x John Rockwell, 7th company 4th regiment, Connecticut troops, pensioner under act of 1818 
✓ Abraham Resseguie, 5th Connecticut regiment, Captain Hait's company, pensioned under act of 1818. 
x Joseph Hawley, 7th company 7th, or Col. Webb's regiment, pensioned under act of 1818.
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Brief in the case of Hannah Read, Wid: of Zalmon, Fairfield County and State of Connecticut, act 3d Feby: 1853.

Claim, ("original" ["or for increase" crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June, 1832.
Marriage proven by two Witnesses who witnessed the same.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? 

Hon: Daniel B. Booth
Danbury, Ct:
Name and residence of Agent

S.C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Danbury Nov. 19, 1853. 
Hon L. P Waldo 
Dear Sir- 
I enclose you the certificate of the Justice to the credibility of the witnesses whose affidavits are filed in the Pension Office to prove the marriage of Hannah Read with Zalmon Read, deceased. 
By a reference to the power of attorney which I filed in the case of Mrs Read, you will see that all other powers before given by her were revoked so that the certificate once issued should pass through my hands- She desires this to be done as the other agents who are prosecuting her claim have as she claims, imposed upon and deceived her, and it was for this reason that their powers were revoked- I do not know who the other agents are but only state the idea which she has of the matter- 
Truly Yours,
D. B. Booth
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Washington, March, 27. 1853
Sir,
We herewith enclose the declaration of Hannah Read, Act 3d Feby 1853 and Martha Nichols's power of Attorney.
Very respectfully
Evans & Fant.

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
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Danbury Ct. Nov 7. 1853. 
Dear Sir 
Some time in the fore part of last summer I transmitted to your office the application of Hannah Read of Reading [Redding] widow of Zalmon Read, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner, for a pension under the act of February 3d 1853 and at the same time a power of attorney form Mrs. R. [illegible]- soon after I sent to the Department the necessary affidavits to prove the marriage and in the latter part of September or fore part of October an affidavit of Mrs. Read that there was no record evidence of her marriage- I have never heard either directly or indirectly from your Department whether the papers or any of them have ever been received, and if they have what action has been taken upon them 
I saw in a Washington paper a day or two since that all the business before the Pension Office on the 1st of the month had been disposed of and I thought it rather strange if this were true that I had never received any official Communication or any Communication whatever from the Department in relation to this claim.-
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Will you have the kindness to inform me what has become of the claim
Truly Yours
DB Booth

To Hon LP. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Jany 9th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appears from the pay roll of the first Continental Regiment, for the year 1781, commanded by Col. John Durkee, that Zalmon Reed [Read] commenced service therein as an Ensign, on the first day of January 1781.
Elisha Phelps
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss
I William B. Wooster a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of New Haven, before whom the affidavits of Asa Bassett and Sally Lum of Derby in said County, to prove the marriage of Zalmon Read and Hannah Read were subscribed and sworn on the 31st day of March AD 1853 do certify that I was on said 31st day of March A.D. 1853 and now am well acquainted with the said Asa Bassett and Sally Lum and that they were and are now credible witnesses
Witness my hand at Derby in said County this 17th day of November A.D 1853
Wm B Wooster
Justice of the Peace
for New Haven County
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I Asahel Salmon of the Town of Reading [Redding] County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged 74 years, being duly sworn, depose and say that I left the Revolutionary Army on a vist [visit] to my friends in Reading [Redding] on the first of Jany. 1781, when I arrived at home, I was informed that Zalmon Read of said Reading [Redding] had received a Commission in the Continental Army, and I well remember that soon after said Read was absent from home and it was reported that he had joined the Army. On my return to the Army, about the last Feby. following I saw said Read in the Army at the Highlands and I often saw him when he was in service during the Summer of that year, as I stated in a former Deposition. I further depose that I have no knowledge of any man residing in Redding during the Revolutionary War, by the name of Zalmon Read, except the person who has a now applied for a Pension, and his father, who was a Captain in the Revolutionary Army- Asahel Salmon 

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. The aforesaid Asahel Salmon, on this 28th day of January 1833, made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the in the [sic] foregoing Deposition, and I certify that the Deponent is personally well known to me and sustains a good Character for truth and is a credible Witness
Jonathan R. Sanford Jusce. of Peace
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Senate Chamber
Feb. 19. 1833.

I hereby certify that Jonathan R. Sanford has been for several years past an acting Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield in Connecticut & that the within signature of his name is undoubtedly genuine.
G. Tomlinson

Asahel Salmon's Deposition
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I Jacob Patchen of the Town of Redding County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, aged sixty eight years, being duly cautioned and sworn, depose and say, that I enlisted into the Revolutionary Army of the Connecticut line in General Parsons Brigade and Col Butlers Regiment, in March 1781, and that I was at time and now am well acquainted with Zalmon Read of said Ridding and that I know the said Read served in the same year as an Ensign in the said Parsons Brigade Jacob Patchen 

State of Connecticut 
Fairfield County S.S. 
The aforesaid Jacob Patchin [Patchen] on this 29th day of January 1833 made oath to the truth of the facts in the above deposition, and I certify that the deponent is personally well known to me, and sustains a good character for truth, and is a credible witness 
Thomas B. Fanton Justice of Peace 

I hereby certify that Thomas B. Fanton is known to me as a gentleman of highly respectable standing, that I believe him to be a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County in Connecticut & that the above signature of his name is undoubtedly genuine 
Gideon Tomlinson
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Know all men by these presents. That I Hannah Read of Reading [Redding] in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby constitute and appoint David B Booth of Danbury in said County and State my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to prosecute a claim for a pension under the act of Congress passed February 3d 1853 and for which I have made a declaration and do hereby authorize and empower my said attorney to examine all documents and papers connected with my said claim and to do and transact all things necessary and lawful in the premises except drawing the money which will be hereafter provided for- and I do hereby authorize and empower my said attorney to receive the pension certificate which may be issued to me. And I do hereby revoke any and all powers of attorney by me at any time heretofore given to any person or persons whatsoever conferring upon him or them any power or authority to act for me
in the prosecution of my said claim, or in any matter connected therewith, and do hereby declare the said David B Booth to be my sole and only attorney- In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this
21st day of March 1853
Hannah Read
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
Abby M. Sanford
Lemuel Sanford
Fairfield County ss  Reading March 21st 1853
Personally appeared Hannah Read, signer
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and sealer of the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed before me 
Lemuel Sanford Justice of Peace

was on the 21 day of March 1853 [illegible] a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State. 
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State on this 23d day of March A. D. 1853 
Wm H Noble Clerk.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, 
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD,
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. ss. Bridgeport
I, Wm H Noble CLERK of the County Court within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify- THAT
Lemuel Sanford ESQUIRE, was on the 21st day of March 1853 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State on this 23d day of March A. D. 1853
Wm H Noble Clerk.
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I Hannah Reed of Reading in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut
being duly sworn do depose and say
that I have made application, under the
act of February 3d 1853 for a pension as the
widow of Zalmon Reed deceased that
I have caused diligent search to be
made for record evidence of my marriage
with the said Zalmon but have been
unable to find any such record, and
from the best information which I have
been able to obtain, and according to
the best of my knowlege I belief no
such record exists
Hannah Read
State of Connecticut SS
Fairfield County
subscribed and
Sworn to before me at Reading in said
County this 23d day of September 1853
Lemuel Sanford
Justice of Peace
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD,
COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. ss. Bridgeport
I, Wm H Noble CLERK of the County Court within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify- THAT
Lemuel Sanford ESQUIRE, was on the 23d day of September 1853 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated according to the laws of this State.
In Testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State on this 27th day of September A. D. 1853
Wm H Noble Clerk.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Fairfield ss Redding 
On this 1st day of April AD 1853 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Redding in said County and State (the same being a Court of Record) Hannah Read a resident of said Town of Redding aged sixty eight years, who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on her oath according to the best of her knowledge and belief make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853 [illegible] granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war- That she is the widow of Zalmon Read late of said Redding decd. who was an officer in the Revolutionary war & was a pensioner of the United States under Act of Jan 7th 1832 at the rate of two Hundred & forty dollars per annum, & for proof of his service in said war she refers to his declaration under said act of June 7th 1832 at Washington City And she further declares that she was married to the said Zalmon Read at Derby in said County by the Revd Abner Smith in the year eighteen hundred and eleven in the month of July the day of the month she is not positive. That her maiden the was Hannah Bassett and that her husband the aforesaid Zalmon Read died at said Redding on the third day of October in the year eighteen Hundred
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and forty six - - - - 
Hannah Read
Sworn to and Subscribed before said Court on the day & year first above mentioned(?)-Attest Lemuel Sanford Judge of Probate for the Dist. of Redding- 

I Lemuel Sanford Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Redding in the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hannah Read above named is a respectable resident of said Redding and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, as I believe, and that her statements are entitled to the fullest credit 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand they 1st day of April 1853-
Lemuel Sanford Judge

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss Reading
I Jonathan R Sanford Jr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Redding in said County & State, do hereby certify that Lemuel Sanford before whom the foregoing proceedings were(?) held(?) was at the time of the execution of the same Judge of said Court of Probate duly commissioned & qualified and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are genuine, and that the foregoing contains
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the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of said Hannah Read for a pension and I the said clerk do further certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said court that Zalmon Read above named was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, that the said Zalmon Read died in said Redding on the third day of October in the year Eighteen hundred forty six and that the  said Hannah Read is now living as the widow of said Zalmon Read in said  town of Redding-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand  and affixed the seal of said Court this 1st day of April AD 1853-
Jonathan R Sanford Clerk