Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25347, John Allen, Conn. Continental
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(3 -- 1776)
SERVICE
Conn. Continental

Allen, John 
Electa
NUMBER
W. 25347
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Connecticut Rolls.
1,259
John Allen, Capt Wooster Private, Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21st of April 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30, of June 1818, and sent to the Pensioner at Plymouth, Connecticut.

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
4 months 14/30.
from

$35.73

{Revolutionary claim}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

From g Ap. 77 [illegible] during the War
Plymouth Litchfield
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John Allen
21 Apl. [April], 1818 at Plymouth Con [Connecticut]
to himself 
Webb's Connect [Connecticut], Reg. 
Correct

Dr. Lindly [side bar illegible]
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  John Allen of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut depon and declare that in May or June 1777 I entered the service of my Country in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Wooster in Col. Samuel B. Webb's Regiment and joined the army of Peekskill under the Command of General Sam H. Parsons in the Connecticut line in which service I continued untill [until] the month of February preceding the Capture of Lord Cornwallis, when I was detached into Capt. Roger Welles Company in Colo. [illegible] Regiment under the command of Marquis D. La Fayette  and served in said Regiment at the capture of Cornwallis at York Town after which I was detach under the command of Capt, Pray in the boat service on Hudson River where I continued untill [until] the month of June 1783 when I was discharged that I continued constantly in the service of Country as aforesaid from the time of entering the same untill [until] my said discharge except one or two short furloughs. That I served during the said war as much as six years. That I enlisted on the 9th day of April 1777 during the war. I further depon and declare that during said service I became disabled and have never moved and that from my reduced circumstances I stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support.

John Allen
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  State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss.

  On the 21st day of April AD. 1818 personally appeared the witness named John Allen and made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed and on the same day appeared Brainard Lindsly of said Plymouth and made solemn oath that he was and is acquainted with the said Allen and that said Allen
served in the army in the manner by him within depond [despondent].
  Before me
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
of Litchfield Court of Common Pleas
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  State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss.

  I Augustus Pettibone Esq. Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of of Litchfield, do hereby certify the foregoing of affidavits and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Allen served in the revolutionary war as a private soldier, against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for more than nine months; and that by manner of his undenied circumstances in life he is need of assistance from his Country for support.
  In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and the seal of the said Court to be affixed this 21st day of April AD 1818

Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
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  I Asenath Russel of Orange in the County of Newhaven and State of Connecticut depose testify and say that I am seventy nine years old and am the sister of Electa Allen Plymouth in Litchfield County in said State, the widow of John Allen late of said Plymouth now deceased and who while living was a Revolutionary Pensioner; that I was present at the marriage of the said Electa to the said John Allen and now their married; that said marriage took place on the 5 day of November 1783
  At the time the said John Allen and Electa were married they both resided in Woodbridge in said Newhaven County and her name before marriage was Electa Peck

Curtis Sperry       }
Stephen R. Russel} Witnesses

Asenath [her X mark] Russel

State of Connecticut}
Newhaven County   }

  On this 17th day of September 1838
Asenath Russel who has subscribed the
foregoing affidavit and who is known
to me to be entitled to and for truth and
veracity came personally before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and having been sworn according to law made oath to her [illegible] affidavit.
  Certified by Nathan Merwin Justice of the Peace
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I, ROYAL R. HINMAN, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, THAT Nathan Merwin Esq is and for more than two months last past, has been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Merwin in Court and Country.
  In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State the 25th of Sept. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
  And I certify that the signature of said Merwin hereto annexed is genuine.

Royal R Hinman Secretary.
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2170
Electa Allen wid of John
Conn Act July 7 1838
Married 1783
Died 1831
Allow $80 per annum
2 yrs [illegible] 6 d [days] Sam Webb.
Cont [Continental] line.
Pension under the Act of May 15, 1828 see no 724.
Calvin Butler
Plymouth Conn
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State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield } ss.

  On this 24th day of September AD. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Plymouth in the County aforesaid Electa Allen a resident of Plymouth in the County and State aforesaid aged twenty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of John Allen who was a private soldier in the army of the Revolution and at his death was a pensioner under the Act of Congress of 1828 on the Connecticut agency and for proof and length of his service she refers the Department to his Declaration made as she thinks in 1828 to process his pension
  She further declares that she was married to the said John Allen on the 5th day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three and that her husband the said John Allen died on the 28th day of November 1831. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz. at the time above stated; that she has no record evidence of her marriage but can prove the same by the deposition of Asenath Russel the which accompanies this
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Application

  Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before the said Court

Electa [her X mark] Allen

Witnesses
  Calvin Butler
  Eli Potter

  On the same, day and year first above named before the same Court of Probate personally appeared Eli Potter a resident of said Plymouth in said State of Connecticut tho in his [illegible] own to his Court to be a witness and for with and who being first duly sworn according to law and on his oath depon testify and say that he the deponent was present at the death of the above named John Allen of said Plymouth who while living was a revolutionary Pensioner, and that the said John Allen died at Plymouth aforesaid on the 24th of November 1831 and that the said Electa Allen has ever since resided within [illegible] hundred [illegible] of the deponents [illegible] and that she has not been married since the death of said John but she remains his widow.

  Sworn and subscribed this day and year above written before said Court
Eli Potter

  And the said Court hereby declares their opinion that the above named applicant is the widow of John Allen deceased who while living was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that she was married to him.
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on the 5th day of November 1783 and that  he died on the 28th day of November 1831 and that she the said Electa has not been married since the death of said John Butler remains his widow.

  I Egbert T. Butler Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Plymouth in the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains her origin of providing, of the said Court in the matter of the application of Electa Allen for a Pension.
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and not of office this 24th day of September A.D. 1838

Egbert T. Butler Clerk
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Reported
683.
Connecticut
  Electa Allen widow of John Allen who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private.
  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
  Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of July 1848, and sent to Henry Fowler Hartford Ct.
  Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 256 Vol. 1.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.

  Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Roger Allen of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut one of the children of Electa Allen late of said Plymouth deceased said Electa Allen being at the time of the deceased Revolutionary Pensioner do hereby constitute and appoint Elisha Johnson of said Plymouth my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of myself & the other children of said Electa for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
  Witness my hand and Seal this 6th day May A. D. 1853.

Signed and Sealed in presence of}
Lucius Bradley                              }
Ammi Giddings                            }

Roger Allen

STATE OF CONNECTICUT}
COUNTY OF LITCHFIELD } ss. LITCHFIELD.

  I, Frederick D. Beeman Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Ammi Giddings Esq whose genuine signature appears to the accompanying instruments 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, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds; and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of of Record, having general jurisdiction.
  Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Litchfield, this 7th day of May A. D. 1853.
Frederick D Beeman Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY -- Revolutionary Pension Claims.

  Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Roger Allen of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut one of the children Electa Allen late of said Plymouth deceased said Electa Allen being at the time of her deceased hereby constitute and appoint Elisha Johnson of said Plymouth my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of myself & the other Children of same Electa for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to me and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
  Witness my hand and Seal this 6th day May A. D. 1853.

Signed and Sealed in the presence of}
Lucius Bradley                                     }
Ammi Giddings                                   }

Roger Allen

State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield } ss.

  On this 6th day of May A. D. 1853 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Roger Allen and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand}
the day and year aforesaid.                             }

Ammi Giddings Justice Peace.
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CLAIM OF Electa Allen
ACT OF March 4th 1848.

STATE OF Connecticut}
COUNTY Litchfield     } ss.

Be it known, That on this 6th day of May A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Roger Allen a resident of Plymouth in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Electa Allen late of said Plymouth who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Sworn to and subscribed,                     }
the day and year aforesaid, before me.}
Ammi Giddings J. Peace.                       }        

Roger Allen

  I, Ammi Giddings Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Roger Allen who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.

Ammi Giddings
J. Peace.

  I, Frederick D. Beeman Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that Ammi Giddings
before whom the foregoing papers were
executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to
administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed is his signature.
  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official Seal this ---- day of A. D. 1853

Clerk.
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STATE OF Connecticut}
COUNTY of Litchfield } ss.
Probate District of Plymouth.

  It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Ammi Giddings Judge of Probate within and for said Probate District that Electa Allen was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $80.-- per annum and that she died on the twelfth day of February eighteen hundred and forty nine leaving surviving four children whose names are as follows William H. Allen, Jared Allen, Roger Allen and Polly Bradley. and that the said William H. Allen, Jared Allen, Roger Allen and Polly Bradley are the only surviving children of the aforesaid, Electa Allen

  IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 6th day of May one thousand eight hundred and fifty three

Ammi Giddings Judge
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  In reply to your request of ----, received ---- a statement of the military history of John Allen a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (& his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Wid. File 25,347

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
  Apl. [Apr.] 9, 77
  Feby. [Feb.] 81
  Oct. 81
  disch. [discharged]

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
  over 6 yrs.
  ----
  ----
  June 1783

RANK.
  Priv.
  ----
  ----
  Became disabled in service -- no particulars given

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
  Thos. Wooster
  Roger Welles
  Pray's boat service on Hudson river
  Became disabled in service -- no particulars given

COLONEL.
  Samil B. Webb
  Samil B. Webb
  Pray's boat service on Hudson river
  Became disabled in service -- no particulars given

STATE.
  Continental afterwards 3d Conn.
  Continental afterwards 3d Conn.
  Pray's boat service on Hudson river
  Became disabled in service -- no particulars given

Battles engaged in, [check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Apl. [Apr.] 21, 1818
Residence at date of application, Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, [check mark]

Remarks: Sol. mar.
Nov. 5, 1783 Electa Peck, he died Nov. 28, 1831 Plymouth
Mr. Allen. Sept 24, 1838 al 77 yrs. res Plymouth, Conn. Allowed she d. Mch [she died March] 5 1849 leaving 4 ch [children]. William H. Jared & Roger Allen and Polly Bradley
Very respectfully,
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25347
Electa Allen wid. of John Allen 
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2d 1848.
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 11
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Dec. 97 Histy. [History] to Mr. C. Sanord Bull
Waterbury - Conn.
1908 Dec. 2. Hist. to Geo. E. Baldwin
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37 663
INVALID.
Recd consolidated with Wid. 25,347.
File No. 37,663
John Allen
Priv. Rev War

Act: 18th March 18th
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 8
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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2420
Connecticut

Electa Allen widow of John Allen decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1828 and who died on the 28th November 1831 of Litchfield in the State of CT. who was a Private in the Compy. [Company] commanded by Captain ---- of the  Regt. commanded by Col Webb in the CT. line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of CT.
at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate
of Pension issued the 19 day of Apl. [April]
1839 and sent Calvin Butler, Plymouth CT.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar.                            $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39    $40.00
                                                                    ________
                                                                    $280.00

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by Addison Clerk,
Book A
Vol. 1st 
Page 164
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(4654)
Connecticut

  Electa Allen widow of John Allen who was a Private in the Revolution

  Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

  Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Jany [Jan] 1844 and sent to C. R. Butler, Plymouth Conn

  (Act of March 3, 1843.)
Recorded in Book
Vol./Page
A/61
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District of Plymouth ss Probate Court April 30, 1853
  This may certify that Roger Allen, who was a son and heir of Electa Allen late of Plymouth within this district deceased, was by this Court appointed Administrator on the Estate of the Electa Allen decd. on the 5th day of March AD 1849, and that he then gave a bond with Surety to this Court for the faithful performance of said Trust, and that he still remains and continues to act and administer upon said Estate under & by virtue of said appointment
  In Witness wherof [whereof] I have signed these pursuits and affixed the Seal of said Office thereunto this 30th day of April AD 1853
  Ammi Giddings Judge
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(1101)
No. of Original payment 724

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
30 Sept 1828.

  John Allen of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain ----'s company, in Col Webbs regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing

  The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by by the records in his office.

  By order of the Secretary
F. A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
3. October 1828

  It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to John Allyn in the Connecticut line
  It further appears that John Allyn is not on the pension list of any agency, and has not been so since the 3d. March 1826

J. Thompson
Chief Clerk
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  For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the fifteenth of May 1828, I John Allen of Plymouth, in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service untill [until]  its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain Roger Welles Company in the 3rd Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Colonel Samuel M. Webb. And I also declare that according to the best of my resolution and belief I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778. I earned a regular discharge at the close of the war, but it is not in my possession, being lodged [located] in some of the public offices. And I further declare, that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States

N. M. The word "certify" in the 6th line and and the word "declare" in the 13th line from top interlined [underlined], before signing.

John Allen
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  Before me Calvin Butler a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut personally appeared this day Benoni Moss and Nathaniel Humaston of said County known to me to be persons of credit  who did orally make oath that John Allen by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the revolution in manner as therein stated and he said Moss made oath that he knows said John Allen and or therein stated the said  Moss having served in the same regiment with said Allen at the time of their discharge
  Witness my hand this 8th day of September in the year 1828

Calvin Butler Justice of Peace
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  I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
  That Calvin Butler Esquire, before whom the affidavit of Benoni Moss and Nathaniel Humaston were taken, is, and for more than one year last past, has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said Sate, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Justice in Court and Country.
  In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the eighteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

Thomas Day
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Plymouth Court Sept 22nd 1828

  Sir, Should Mrs. Allen be allowed any money she requests it may be paid at the U. S. A. Branch Bank Hartd [Hartford] Conn.

Very Respectfully
Calvin Butler

Nov. Richard [illegible]              }
[illegible] of morning [illegible].}

  P.S. The Clerk of Litchfield county being witness [illegible] I about [illegible] I procured a certificate from the State Sanitary [illegible] which I presume will be [illegible].

C. Butler
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Revolutionary Claim

[Seal] PLYMOUTH CT. OCT 6

B 5031
Oct 10, 1843
Electa Allen act 1843
$80 per annum

C. R. Butler
Plymouth Con.

[Stamp] FREE
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  Enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs. Electa Allen, to obtain the Pension certificate under the act of 1843.
  
In the certificate you will observe she does not recollect what Regiment her husband John Allen, served in -- But I am informed that he was a private in Webbs Regiment in the Connecticut Line.

  If the certificate is granted please direct  to her, or to me, at Plymouth Conn.
 
 Very Respectfully,
Calvin R. Butler
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  In order to obtain the benefits of the act Congress of the third of March 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7th 1843

State of Connecticut ss.
  On this twenty first day of September A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of Peace for the County of Litchfield Electa Allen a resident of Plymouth, in the County of Litchfield, aged Eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the third of March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
  That she is the widow of John Allen who was a private in the army of the Revolution drew a pension under the act of 1828, but she does not recollect what regiment he served in, and that she received Eighty dollars per annum, under the act of July 7th 1838.
  She further declares that she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before

Electa [her X mark] Allen

Calvin Butler    }
Calvin R. Butler}
Calvin R. Butler Justice of Peace.

  I hereby certify that the declarant Electa Allen above named is personally known to me Calvin R. Butler Justice of Peace.
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT}
LITCHFIELD COUNTY,      } ss. Litchfield.

  I Geo. C. Woodruff Assistant Clerk of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Calvin R Butter Esq is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds. And that his commission was dated on the 8th day of June A. D. 1843 and will expire on the 20th day of June, A.D. 1844 & that the annexed signature which purports to be his is genuine

  Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this 4th day of October A.D. 1843
Geo. C. Woodruff
Assistant Clerk
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Admitted
Henry Fowler
Hartford
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  Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February 1848 entitled an "Act making further provision for Surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution" 
  State of Connecticut}
  Litchfield County      } SS.

  On this 30th day of June 1848 personally appeared before me a magistrate in & for the County aforesaid Electa Allen a resident of Plymouth in  the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut Aged Eighty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2nd February 1848 granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
  That she is the Widow of John Allen who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818.
  That she received a pension under the Act of June 17 1844 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
  She further declares that she is still a Widow. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
  Electa [her X mark] Allen

  Before me
(In presence 
Elisha Johnson
Roger Allen)
  Elisha Johnson Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above Declarant and know she is the same
individual who drew a pension as stated in the
foregoing Declaration 

Elisha Johnson Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut.

  I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern. That Elisha Johnson is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
  And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said Elisha Johnson to be genuine.

  In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford this 6th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
John B. Robertson
Secretary of State.
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Hartford July 6 1848

Sir
  Herewith I transmit the Declarations of 
Electa Allen
Miriam Akeley
Mary Fox
Sylvia Farnam
Meliscent Lane
Phebe Norton
Phebe Peck
Abigail Wright
Catharine Webb
Mabel Wright
and Sarah Wickham, late Pensioners per Act 17 June 1844, in order to obtain pensions under the Act of 2d February 1848
  I found to be correct please forward certificates to my care
  I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Henry Fowler

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Office May 24, 1853
  In the matter of the application of Electa Allen widow of John Allen of the State of Connecticut, under the act of July 29, 1848. John Allen was a pensioner under the act of June 18, 1818 at $96.00 per year & was accepted in 1820
  He was afterwards pensioned under the act of May 15, 1828 at $80.00 and received this annually until his death Nov. 28, 1831.
  Electa Allen was manned Nov. 5, 1783 and received a pension of $80.00 a year under the act of July 7, 1838, March 3. 1843, June 17, 1844 and July 2, 1848 and divorced July 12 1849. Her administrator now asks for the arrears of pension due her at the time of her divorce under the act of July 29, 1848.
  Electa Allen having already received the arrears amount of Pension annually to which her husband would have been entitled if living under existing pension laws, there was nothing in arrears at her divorce & of arrears withing [illegible] now to be paid her administrator further benefit of her children.

L. P. Waldo

The above facts were comments to Mrs. Elisha Johnson presented the day above mentioned.
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Lot 1828
Settled at Treasury and with
Invalid file #37663
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  This certifies that John Allen enlisted as a Private into the Continental Army of April 1777 in the Reg commanded by Colo Saml B. Webb & that he served in said Regiment part of the time in Cap Woosters Company & part in Cap Roger Wells company untill [until] the close of the War & was then Honorably discharged

Nathan Beers [illegible] & Pay Master in the late 3d Connecticut Regiment Comm by Colo Saml B Webb

New Haven  }
22 Aug 1820}
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Payable on the 4, March & 4, Sept. of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, Middletown,
Connecticut.

[Signature of J. C. Calhoun]
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

  I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18, March 1818; John Allen, late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty first day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18.

  GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this 30, day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18.

J. C. Calhoun
Sec. of War.
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Plymouth Conn. [Illegible] 29th 1838
J. L. Edward Esq.

  Sir, Please direct to me on the subject of the widows application for a Pension.
  Yours Respectfully
Calvin Butler
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[Ink Stamp] RECORD DIVISION
NOV 11 1908
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Forestville, N.Y.
Nov 9 1908

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

gentlemen:
  About the year 1838, Electa (Peck) Allen or Alling of Harwinton, Conn (possibly Plymouth, Conn) applied for and secured a widow's Revolutionary pension for John Allen (or Alling).
  Possibly her son, Roger Allen, was the applicant.
  I wish to get a copy of the application or any other information that will throw light on the Revolutionary career of my great great grandfather, John Allen (Alling)
  Very truly yours,
Geo E Baldwin
Forestville New York

[Ink Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE
NOV 10 1908
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The Waterbury Watch Company
Waterbury, Conn.
U.S.A.
[Ink Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 29 1897

Nov. 26, 1897
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

[Ink Stamp] DEC 1 1897

  If you can will you have the kindness to give me some information regarding a John Allen who served in the Revolutionary war. I have an affidavit made by his widow Electa Allen Sept. 24 1838 to the Court of Probate Plymouth, Conn asking for pension. And I also have letters from Treasury Dept saying the pension is enclosed. I would like to find from what town he enlisted I find record of one John Allen in several places but can not be sure that he is the one mentioned above.
  If I could learn from what town he enlisted it would help me very
much. If you have any other information regarding him I should be very much indebted to you if you will let me know of it. 
  The John Allen I am looking for must have enlisted from some Connecticut town and very probably Litchfield or Farmington
  Yours truly
C. Sanford Bull